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2018
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Fascial well-being: Mechanotransduction in manual and movement therapies
Leon Chaitow
This article discusses mechanotransduction, the process by which cells in connective tissue sense and respond to mechanical forces like stretch, compression, and shear. Specialized cells such as fibroblasts communicate…
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2018
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Cellular Mechanotransduction: From Tension to Function
F Martino, A R Perestrelo, V Vinarský, S Pagliari, G Forte
In this review article, the authors describe mechanotransduction—the process by which cells sense and respond to physical forces from their environment, such as the extracellular matrix. These mechanical cues are conver…
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2009
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From mechanotransduction to extracellular matrix gene expression in fibroblasts
Matthias Chiquet, Laurent Gelman, Roman Lutz, Silke Maier
This 2009 review article explores how connective tissue cells, or fibroblasts, sense and respond to mechanical forces from their environment. Cells attach to the surrounding extracellular matrix via adhesion contacts, w…
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2008
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Tensegrity and Mechanotransduction
D E Ingber
This article summarizes a lecture on how mechanical forces influence biological processes at the cellular level. The author describes mechanotransduction, the process by which cells convert physical forces into biochemi…
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2006
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Subcutaneous Tissue Fibroblast Cytoskeletal Remodeling Induced by Acupuncture: Evidence for a Mechanotransduction-Based Mechanism
Helene M Langevin, Nicole A Bouffard, Gary J Badger, David L Churchill, Alan K Howe
In this mouse tissue study, researchers investigated how rotating an acupuncture needle affects fibroblasts in the connective tissue under the skin. They found that rotation caused the fibroblasts to actively change sha…
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2006
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Mechanisms of Mechanotransduction
A Wayne Orr, Brian P Helmke, Brett R Blackman, Martin A Schwartz
This review describes mechanotransduction, the process by which cells sense and respond to physical forces. The researchers explain that nearly all living organisms, from bacteria to humans, are sensitive to mechanical…
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2004
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Integrins in Mechanotransduction
Akira Katsumi, A Wayne Orr, Eleni Tzima, Martin Alexander Schwartz
This 2004 review article examines how cells sense and respond to physical forces, a process known as mechanotransduction. The authors focus on integrins, a class of proteins that anchor cells to their surroundings and a…
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2003
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Mechanobiology and diseases of mechanotransduction
Donald E Ingber
This 2003 article argues that medicine often overlooks the physical and mechanical aspects of disease, focusing instead on genetics. The author reviews how physical forces and the extracellular matrix are vital for norm…
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