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• 2019

  A tale of two states: Normal and transformed, with and without rigidity sensing

  Sheetz, M., 2019, In: Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 35, p. 169-190 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • MicroRNAs
  • Growth
  • Neoplasms
  • Wound Healing
  4 Scopus citations

• Integrin Mechano-chemical Signaling Generates Plasma Membrane Nanodomains that Promote Cell Spreading

  Kalappurakkal, J. M., Anilkumar, A. A., Patra, C., van Zanten, T. S., Sheetz, M. P. & Mayor, S., Jun 13 2019, In: Cell. 177, 7, p. 1738-1756.e23

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Nanoclusters
  • Cell membranes
  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositols
  • Integrins
  • Myosins
  25 Scopus citations

• Integrin nanoclusters can bridge thin matrix fibres to form cell–matrix adhesions

  Changede, R., Cai, H., Wind, S. J. & Sheetz, M. P., Dec 1 2019, In: Nature Materials. 18, 12, p. 1366-1375 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nanoclusters
  • nanoclusters
  • Integrins
  • Adhesion
  • Fibers
  23 Scopus citations

• Large and reversible myosin-dependent forces in rigidity sensing

  Lohner, J., Rupprecht, J. F., Hu, J., Mandriota, N., Saxena, M., de Araujo, D. P., Hone, J., Sahin, O., Prost, J. & Sheetz, M., Jul 1 2019, In: Nature Physics. 15, 7, p. 689-695 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • myosins
  • rigidity
  • contraction
  • filaments
  • cells
  10 Scopus citations

• Myosin IIA and formin dependent mechanosensitivity of filopodia adhesion

  Alieva, N. O., Efremov, A. K., Hu, S., Oh, D., Chen, Z., Natarajan, M., Ong, H. T., Jégou, A., Romet-Lemonne, G., Groves, J. T., Sheetz, M. P., Yan, J. & Bershadsky, A. D., Dec 1 2019, In: Nature communications. 10, 1, 3593.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Nonmuscle Myosin Type IIA
  • myosins
  • Pseudopodia
  • Adhesion
  • filaments
  13 Scopus citations

• Steps in Mechanotransduction Pathways that Control Cell Morphology

  Wolfenson, H., Yang, B. & Sheetz, M. P., Feb 10 2019, In: Annual review of physiology. 81, p. 585-605 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Controlled Environment
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Extracellular Matrix
  • Fibrosis
  • Homeostasis
  37 Scopus citations
• 2017

  DNA damage causes rapid accumulation of phosphoinositides for ATR signaling

  Wang, Y. H., Hariharan, A., Bastianello, G., Toyama, Y., Shivashankar, G. V., Foiani, M. & Sheetz, M. P., Dec 1 2017, In: Nature communications. 8, 1, 2118.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • ataxia
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia
  • Phosphatidylinositols
  • lipids
  • deoxyribonucleic acid
  27 Scopus citations

• EGFR and HER2 activate rigidity sensing only on rigid matrices

  Saxena, M., Liu, S., Yang, B., Hajal, C., Changede, R., Hu, J., Wolfenson, H., Hone, J. & Sheetz, M. P., Jul 1 2017, In: Nature Materials. 16, 7, p. 775-781 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Epidermal Growth Factor
  • rigidity
  • Rigidity
  • ErbB Receptors
  • matrices
  34 Scopus citations

• Force-Induced Calpain Cleavage of Talin Is Critical for Growth, Adhesion Development, and Rigidity Sensing

  Saxena, M., Changede, R., Hone, J., Wolfenson, H. & Sheetz, M. P., Dec 13 2017, In: Nano Letters. 17, 12, p. 7242-7251 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Talin
  • Calpain
  • rigidity
  • cleavage
  • Rigidity
  22 Scopus citations

• Integrin and cadherin clusters: A robust way to organize adhesions for cell mechanics

  Changede, R. & Sheetz, M., Jan 1 2017, In: BioEssays. 39, 1, p. 1-12 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Mechanics
  • Cadherins
  • Integrins
  • Cell Adhesion
  • Cell adhesion
  44 Scopus citations

• MDia1 senses both force and torque during F-actin filament polymerization

  Yu, M., Yuan, X., Lu, C., Le, S., Kawamura, R., Efremov, A. K., Zhao, Z., Kozlov, M. M., Sheetz, M., Bershadsky, A. & Yan, J., Dec 1 2017, In: Nature communications. 8, 1, 1650.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Polymerization
  • Torque
  • Actin Cytoskeleton
  • torque
  • polymerization
  36 Scopus citations

• Mechanotransmission and Mechanosensing of Human alpha-Actinin 1

  Le, S., Hu, X., Yao, M., Chen, H., Yu, M., Xu, X., Nakazawa, N., Margadant, F. M., Sheetz, M. P. & Yan, J., Dec 5 2017, In: Cell Reports. 21, 10, p. 2714-2723 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • human ACTN1 protein
  • Actinin
  • Vinculin
  • Mechanical stability
  • Actins
  26 Scopus citations

• Molecular stretching modulates mechanosensing pathways

  Hu, X., Margadant, F. M., Yao, M. & Sheetz, M. P., Jul 1 2017, In: Protein Science. 26, 7, p. 1337-1351 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Stretching
  • Proteins
  • Mechanics
  • Protein Domains
  • Molecules
  23 Scopus citations

• Polymer fiber-based models of connective tissue repair and healing

  Lee, N. M., Erisken, C., Iskratsch, T., Sheetz, M., Levine, W. N. & Lu, H. H., Jan 1 2017, In: Biomaterials. 112, p. 303-312 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nanofibers
  • Connective Tissue
  • Polymers
  • Tissue
  • Repair
  35 Scopus citations

• Spatial control of biological ligands on surfaces applied to T cell activation

  Cai, H., Depoil, D., Muller, J., Sheetz, M. P., Dustin, M. L. & Wind, S. J., 2017, Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana Press Inc., p. 307-331 25 p. (Methods in Molecular Biology; vol. 1584).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Ligands
  • T-Lymphocytes
  • Glass
  • Adsorption
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds
  2 Scopus citations
• 2016

  Actin polymerization-dependent activation of Cas-L promotes immunological synapse stability

  Santos, L. C., Blair, D. A., Kumari, S., Cammer, M., Iskratsch, T., Herbin, O., Alexandropoulos, K., Dustin, M. L. & Sheetz, M. P., Nov 1 2016, In: Immunology and Cell Biology. 94, 10, p. 981-993 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Immunological Synapses
  • Polymerization
  • T-Cell Antigen Receptor
  • Actins
  • T-Lymphocytes
  18 Scopus citations

• Cell contractility arising from topography and shear flow determines human mesenchymal stem cell fate

  Sonam, S., Sathe, S. R., Yim, E. K. F., Sheetz, M. P. & Lim, C. T., Feb 16 2016, In: Scientific reports. 6, 20415.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells
  • Stem Cells
  • Extracellular Matrix
  • Actomyosin
  • Focal Adhesions
  35 Scopus citations

• Cooperative vinculin binding to talin mapped by time-resolved super resolution microscopy

  Hu, X., Jing, C., Xu, X., Nakazawa, N., Cornish, V. W., Margadant, F. M. & Sheetz, M. P., Jul 13 2016, In: Nano Letters. 16, 7, p. 4062-4068 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Dimers
  • Talin
  • Vinculin
  • Microscopic examination
  • microscopy
  20 Scopus citations

• F-actin waves, actin cortex disassembly and focal exocytosis driven by actin-phosphoinositide positive feedback

  Masters, T. A., Sheetz, M. & Gauthier, N. C., Apr 1 2016, In: Cytoskeleton. 73, 4, p. 180-196 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Exocytosis
  • Phosphatidylinositols
  • Actins
  • Lipids
  • Cell Membrane
  11 Scopus citations

• Formin DAAM1 organizes actin filaments in the cytoplasmic nodal actin network

  Luo, W., Lieu, Z. Z., Manser, E., Bershadsky, A. D. & Sheetz, M. P., Oct 2016, In: PloS one. 11, 10, e0163915.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • microfilaments
  • Actin Cytoskeleton
  • actin
  • Actins
  • latrunculin A
  10 Scopus citations

• High-Throughput Mechanobiology Screening Platform Using Micro- and Nanotopography

  Hu, J., Gondarenko, A. A., Dang, A. P., Bashour, K. T., O'Connor, R. S., Lee, S., Liapis, A., Ghassemi, S., Milone, M. C., Sheetz, M. P., Dustin, M. L., Kam, L. C. & Hone, J. C., Apr 13 2016, In: Nano Letters. 16, 4, p. 2198-2204 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • T-cells
  • Screening
  • screening
  • platforms
  • interleukins
  22 Scopus citations

• Matrix mechanics controls FHL2 movement to the nucleus to activate p21 expression

  Nakazawa, N., Sathe, A. R., Shivashankar, G. V. & Sheetz, M. P., Nov 1 2016, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113, 44, p. E6813-E6822

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Mechanics
  • Phosphorylation
  • Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Gene Expression
  • Focal Adhesions
  24 Scopus citations

• Mechanical confinement triggers glioma linear migration dependent on formin FHOD3

  Monzo, P., Chong, Y. K., Guetta-Terrier, C., Krishnasamy, A., Sathe, S. R., Yim, E. K. F., Ng, W. H., Ang, B. T., Tang, C., Ladoux, B., Gauthier, N. C. & Sheetz, M. P., Apr 15 2016, In: Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27, 8, p. 1246-1261 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Glioma
  • Laminin
  • Paxillin
  • Blood Vessels
  • Glioblastoma
  27 Scopus citations

• Mechanosensing Controlled Directly by Tyrosine Kinases

  Yang, B., Lieu, Z. Z., Wolfenson, H., Hameed, F. M., Bershadsky, A. D. & Sheetz, M. P., Sep 14 2016, In: Nano Letters. 16, 9, p. 5951-5961 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • tyrosine
  • rigidity
  • Rigidity
  • Filamins
  • contraction
  45 Scopus citations

• Molecular Occupancy of Nanodot Arrays

  Cai, H., Wolfenson, H., Depoil, D., Dustin, M. L., Sheetz, M. P. & Wind, S. J., Apr 26 2016, In: ACS Nano. 10, 4, p. 4173-4183 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nanodots
  • proteins
  • nucleic acids
  • nanofabrication
  • bleaching
  18 Scopus citations

• Nuclear transport of paxillin depends on focal adhesion dynamics and FAT domains

  Sathe, A. R., Shivashankar, G. V. & Sheetz, M. P., May 15 2016, In: Journal of Cell Science. 129, 10, p. 1981-1988 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Paxillin
  • Focal Adhesions
  • Cell Nucleus Active Transport
  • Islands
  • Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching
  15 Scopus citations

• The mechanical response of talin

  Yao, M., Goult, B. T., Klapholz, B., Hu, X., Toseland, C. P., Guo, Y., Cong, P., Sheetz, M. P. & Yan, J., Jul 7 2016, In: Nature communications. 7, 11966.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Talin
  • Cell adhesion
  • rods
  • bundles
  • Kinetics
  124 Scopus citations

• Tropomyosin controls sarcomere-like contractions for rigidity sensing and suppressing growth on soft matrices

  Wolfenson, H., Meacci, G., Liu, S., Stachowiak, M. R., Iskratsch, T., Ghassemi, S., Roca-Cusachs, P., O'Shaughnessy, B., Hone, J. & Sheetz, M. P., Jan 1 2016, In: Nature Cell Biology. 18, 1, p. 33-42 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tropomyosin
  • Sarcomeres
  • Actomyosin
  • Growth
  • elastomeric
  89 Scopus citations

• α-Actinin links extracellular matrix rigidity-sensing contractile units with periodic cell-edge retractions

  Meacci, G., Wolfenson, H., Liu, S., Stachowiak, M. R., Iskratsch, T., Mathur, A., Ghassemi, S., Gauthier, N., Tabdanov, E., Lohner, J., Gondarenko, A., Chander, A. C., Roca-Cusachs, P., O'Shaughnessy, B., Hone, J. & Sheetz, M. P., Nov 7 2016, In: Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27, 22, p. 3471-3479 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Actinin
  • Extracellular Matrix
  • Actins
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  38 Scopus citations
• 2015

  Cyclic stretching of soft substrates induces spreading and growth

  Cui, Y., Hameed, F. M., Yang, B., Lee, K., Pan, C. Q., Park, S. & Sheetz, M., Feb 23 2015, In: Nature communications. 6, 6333.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Stretching
  • myocardin
  • Substrates
  • Stress Fibers
  • Growth
  130 Scopus citations

• Integrin-beta3 clusters recruit clathrin-mediated endocytic machinery in the absence of traction force

  Yu, C. H., Rafiq, N. B. M., Cao, F., Zhou, Y., Krishnasamy, A., Biswas, K. H., Ravasio, A., Chen, Z., Wang, Y. H., Kawauchi, K., Jones, G. E. & Sheetz, M. P., Oct 28 2015, In: Nature communications. 6, 8672.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Integrin beta3
  • Clathrin
  • machinery
  • traction
  • Traction
  41 Scopus citations

• Mechanobiology

  Shivashankar, G. V., Sheetz, M. & Matsudaira, P., Oct 1 2015, In: Integrative Biology (United Kingdom). 7, 10, p. 1091-1092 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
  6 Scopus citations

• Micropatterning of TCR and LFA-1 ligands reveals complementary effects on cytoskeleton mechanics in T cells

  Tabdanov, E., Gondarenko, S., Kumari, S., Liapis, A., Dustin, M. L., Sheetz, M. P., Kam, L. C. & Iskratsch, T., Oct 1 2015, In: Integrative Biology (United Kingdom). 7, 10, p. 1272-1284 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • T-cells
  • Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1
  • Mechanics
  • T-Cell Antigen Receptor
  • Cytoskeleton
  39 Scopus citations

• Nascent Integrin Adhesions Form on All Matrix Rigidities after Integrin Activation

  Changede, R., Xu, X., Margadant, F. & Sheetz, M. P., 2015, In: Developmental cell. 35, 5, p. 614-621 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Talin
  • Rigidity
  • Integrins
  • Adhesion
  • Chemical activation
  60 Scopus citations

• Parallel near-field photolithography with metal-coated elastomeric masks

  Wu, J., Yu, C. H., Li, S., Zou, B., Liu, Y., Zhu, X., Guo, Y., Xu, H., Zhang, W., Zhang, L., Liu, B., Tian, D., Huang, W., Sheetz, M. & Huo, F., Jan 27 2015, In: Langmuir. 31, 3, p. 1210-1217 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • elastomeric
  • Photolithography
  • photolithography
  • Masks
  • Metals
  19 Scopus citations

• Talin Dependent Mechanosensitivity of Cell Focal Adhesions

  Yan, J., Yao, M., Goult, B. T. & Sheetz, M. P., Mar 2015, In: Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. 8, 1, p. 151-159 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Talin
  • Mechanobiology
  • Adhesion
  • Integrin
  • Focal Adhesions
  49 Scopus citations
• 2014

  Appreciating force and shape-the rise of mechanotransduction in cell biology

  Iskratsch, T., Wolfenson, H. & Sheetz, M. P., Dec 11 2014, In: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 15, 12, p. 825-833 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Cell Biology
  • Cell Movement
  • Cell-Matrix Junctions
  • Biophysics
  • Growth
  315 Scopus citations

• Can small institutes address some problems facing biomedical researchers?

  Sheetz, M., Nov 1 2014, In: Molecular Biology of the Cell. 25, 21, p. 3267-3269 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review

  • Biomedical Research
  • Research Personnel
  • Paranoid Disorders
  • National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  2 Scopus citations

• Early events in cell spreading as a model for quantitative analysis of biomechanical events

  Wolfenson, H., Iskratsch, T. & Sheetz, M. P., Dec 2 2014, In: Biophysical journal. 107, 11, p. 2508-2514 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Fibronectins
  • Integrins
  • Fibroblasts
  • Cell-Matrix Junctions
  • Decision Trees
  25 Scopus citations

• Mechanical activation of vinculin binding to talin locks talin in an unfolded conformation

  Yao, M., Goult, B. T., Chen, H., Cong, P., Sheetz, M. P. & Yan, J., Apr 9 2014, In: Scientific reports. 4, 4610.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Talin
  • Vinculin
  • Focal Adhesions
  • Mutation
  • Growth
  165 Scopus citations

• N-WASP-directed actin polymerization activates Cas phosphorylation and lamellipodium spreading

  Zhang, X., Moore, S. W., Iskratsch, T. & Sheetz, M. P., Apr 2014, In: Journal of Cell Science. 127, 7, p. 1394-1405 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Pseudopodia
  • Polymerization
  • Actins
  • Phosphorylation
  • src-Family Kinases
  22 Scopus citations

• Uncovering the mechanism of trapping and cell orientation during Neisseria gonorrhoeae twitching motility

  Zaburdaev, V., Biais, N., Schmiedeberg, M., Eriksson, J., Jonsson, A. B., Sheetz, M. P. & Weitz, D. A., Oct 7 2014, In: Biophysical journal. 107, 7, p. 1523-1531 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  • Bacteria
  • Cell Body
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Direction compound
  29 Scopus citations

• YAP/TAZ as mechanosensors and mechanotransducers in regulating organ size and tumor growth

  Low, B. C., Pan, C. Q., Shivashankar, G. V., Bershadsky, A., Sudol, M. & Sheetz, M., Aug 19 2014, In: FEBS Letters. 588, 16, p. 2663-2670 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Organ Size
  • Tumors
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Physical Phenomena
  • Oncology
  216 Scopus citations
• 2012

  Cell crawling mediates collective cell migration to close undamaged epithelial gaps

  Anon, E., Serra-Picamal, X., Hersen, P., Gauthier, N. C., Sheetz, M. P., Trepat, X. & Ladoux, B., Jul 3 2012, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109, 27, p. 10891-10896 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Pseudopodia
  • Cell Movement
  • Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase
  • Actomyosin
  • rho-Associated Kinases
  123 Scopus citations

• Cells test substrate rigidity by local contractions on submicrometer pillars

  Ghassemi, S., Meacci, G., Liu, S., Gondarenko, A. A., Mathur, A., Roca-Cusachs, P., Sheetz, M. P. & Hone, J., Apr 3 2012, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109, 14, p. 5328-5333 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Myosins
  • elastomeric
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Growth
  135 Scopus citations

• Finding the weakest link-exploring integrin-mediated mechanical molecular pathways

  Roca-Cusachs, P., Iskratsch, T. & Sheetz, M. P., Jul 1 2012, In: Journal of Cell Science. 125, 13, p. 3025-3038 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Integrins
  • Actins
  • Proteins
  • Protein Conformation
  • Cytoskeleton
  159 Scopus citations

• Following nature’s challenges

  Sheetz, M. P. & Kenan, W. R., Oct 2012, In: Nature Medicine. 18, 10, p. 1483-1485 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Force-dependent cell signaling in stem cell differentiation

  Yim, E. K. F. & Sheetz, M. P., 2012, In: Stem Cell Research and Therapy. 3, 5, 41.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Cell signaling
  • Stem cells
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Stem Cells
  • rho GTP-Binding Proteins
  91 Scopus citations

• Mechanical feedback between membrane tension and dynamics

  Gauthier, N. C., Masters, T. A. & Sheetz, M. P., Oct 2012, In: Trends in Cell Biology. 22, 10, p. 527-535 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Membranes
  • Architectural Accessibility
  • Cytoskeleton
  • Buffers
  • Cell Membrane
  229 Scopus citations

• Microarray with micro- and nano-topographies enables identification of the optimal topography for directing the differentiation of primary murine neural progenitor cells

  Moe, A. A. K., Suryana, M., Marcy, G., Lim, S. K., Ankam, S., Goh, J. Z. W., Jin, J., Teo, B. K. K., Law, J. B. K., Low, H. Y., Goh, E. L. K., Sheetz, M. P. & Yim, E. K. F., Oct 8 2012, In: Small. 8, 19, p. 3050-3061 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Microarrays
  • Topography
  • Cues
  • Stem Cells
  • Cell Communication
  79 Scopus citations