Scientific papers - Cellular adhesion / cytomechanics

Technique

• Ultramicroscopy 106: 637-644 (2006) P.-H. Puech, K. Poole, D. Knebel, D.J. Mueller "A new technical approach to quantify cell-cell adhesion forces by AFM"
• Sci. STKE 2007, pl5 (2007) C.M. Franz, A. Taubenberger, P.-H. Puech, D.J. Muller, "Studying integrin-mediated cell adhesion at the single-molecule level using AFM force spectroscopy"
• Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 1(4): 289-300 (2008) C.M. Franz, P.-H. Puech "Atomic Force Microscopy: A Versatile Tool for Studying Cell Morphology, Adhesion and Mechanics"

Developmental biology

• J. Cell Sci. 118: 4199-4206 (2005) P.-H. Puech, A. Taubenberger, F. Ulrich, M. Krieg, D.J. Muller, C.-P. Heisenberg "Measuring cell adhesion forces of primary gastrulating cells from zebrafish using atomic force microscopy"
• Developmental Cell 9: 555-564 (2005) F. Ulrich, M. Krieg, E.-M.Schötz, V. Link, I. Castanon, V. Schnabel, A. Taubenberger, D. Mueller, P.-H. Puech, C.-P. Heisenberg, "Wnt11 Functions in gastrulation by controlling cell cohesion through Rab5c and E-cadherin"
• Nature Cell Biology 10(4): 429-436 (2008) M. Krieg, Y. Arboledo-Estudillo, P.H. Puech, J. Käfer, F. Graner, D.J. Mueller, C.-P. Heisenberg "Tensile forces govern germ-layer organization in Zebrafish"

Cell adhesion

• Mol. Biol. Cell 18 (5): 1634-1644 (2007) A. Taubenberger, D.A. Cisneros, J. Friedrichs, P.-H. Puech, D.J. Muller, C.M. Franz, "Revealing early steps of {alpha}2beta1 integrin-mediated adhesion to collagen type I by using single-cell force spectroscopy"
• J. Biol. Chem. 282 (40): 29375-29383 (2007) J. Friedrichs, J.M. Torkko, J. Helenius, T.P. Teräväinen, J. Füllekrug, D.J. Müller, K. Simons, A. Manninen, "Contributions of Galectin-3 and -9 to epithelial cell adhesion analysed by single cell force spectroscopy"
• J. Cell Sci. 121: 877-886 (2008) P. Pittet, K. Lee, A.J. Kulik, J.-J. Meister, B. Hinz, "Fibrogenic fibroblasts increase intercellular adhesion strength by reinforcing individual OB-cadherin bonds"
• J. Mol. Biol. 377 (4): 1082-1093 (2008) F.A. Fierro, A. Taubenberger, P.-H. Puech, G. Ehninger, M. Bornhauser, D.J. Muller, T. Illmer, "BCR/ABL expression of myeloid progenitors increases β1-integrin mediated adhesion to stromal cells"
• Biophysical Journal 95(11): 5424-5431 (2008) Ch. Selhuber-Unkel, M. Lopez-Garcia, H. Kessler, J.P. Spatz, "Cooperativity in Adhesion Cluster Formation during Initial Cell Adhesion"
• Biointerphases 4(2): 27-34 (2009) G. Weder, J. Vörös, M. Giazzon, N. Matthey, H. Heinzelmann, M. Liley, "Measuring cell adhesion forces during the cell cycle by force spectroscopy"
• Microscopy Research and Technique 72(12): 957-964 (2009) Veronica Saravia, José L. Toca-Herrera, "Substrate influence on cell shape and cell mechanics: HepG2 cells spread on positively charged surfaces"



Cell Mechanics / Cell Motility

• Current Biology 18: 91-101 (2008) P. Kunda, A.E. Pelling, T. Liu, B. Baum, "Moesin controls cortical rigidity, cell rounding, and spindle morphogenesis during mitosis"
• J. Mol. Recognit. 20: 1-9 (2007) A.E. Pelling, F.S. Veraitch, C. Chu, B.M. Nicholls, A.L. Hemsley, C.Mason, M.A. Horton, "Mapping correlated membrane pulsations and fluctuations in human cells"
• PNAS 103: 17759-17764 (2006) Y.-B. Lu, K. Franze, G. Seifert, C. Steinhäuser, F. Kirchhoff, H. Wolburg, J. Guck, P.Janmey, E.-Q. Wei, J. Käs, A. Reichenbach, "Viscoelastic properties of individual glial cells and neurons in the CNS"
• Eur. Biophys. J. 35 (8): 713-719 (2006) C.A. Brunner, A. Ehrlicher, B. Kohlstrunk, D. Knebel, J.A. Käs, M. Goegler, "Cell migration through small gaps",
• Ultramicroscopy 107 (10):.948-953 (2007) Z. Leonenko, E. Finot, M. Amrein, "Adhesive interaction measured between AFM probe and lung epithelial type II cells"
• J.Cell. Mol. Med. 12 (2): 537-552 (2008) D. Docheva, D. Padula, C. Popov, W. Mutschler, H. Clausen-Schaumann, M. Schieker, "Researching into the cellular shape, volume and elasticity of mesenchymal stem cells, osteoblasts and osteosarcoma cells by atomic force microscopy"
• Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 66:193-201, 2009 Schulze C., Müller K., Käs J.A., Gerdelmann J.C., "Compaction of cell shape occurs before decrease of elasticity in CHO-K1 cells treated with actin cytoskeleton disrupting drug Cytochalasin D"

Immunology

• Immunity 29: 1-12 (2008) G. Ng, K. Sharma, S.M. Ward, M.D. Desrosiers, L.A. Stephens, W.M. Schoel, T. Li, C.A. Lowell, C.-C. Ling, M. W. Amrein, Y. Shi, "Receptor-Independent, Direct Membrane Binding Leads to Cell-Surface Lipid Sorting and Syk Kinase Activation in Dentritic Cells"
• PNAS 106/42 : 17852-17857 (2009) B. H. Hosseini et al., "Immune synapse formation determines interaction forces between T cells and antigen-presenting cells measured by atomic force microscopy"

Tether Pulling and tether characterization

• FEBS Letters 582, 3520-3524 (2008) M. Tulla, J. Helenius, J. Jokinen, , A. Taubenberger, D.J. Muller, J. Heino "TBA primes α2β1 integrins for cell adhesion"
• Angewandte Chemie 120: 9921-9923 (2008) M. Krieg, J. Helenius, C.P. Heisenberg, D.J. Müller, "A bond for a lifetime: Employing membrane nanotubes from living cells to determine receptor-ligand kinetics."
• Biophysical Journal 95: 1448-1459 (2008) J. Schmitz, M. Benoit, K.-E. Gottschalk, "The Viscoelasticity of Membrane Tethers and its Importance for Cell Adhesion."