Large-scale force generation is essential for biological functionssuch as cell motility, embryonic development, wound healing and musclecontraction. In these processes, forces generated at the molecularlevel by motor proteins are transmitted by disordered fiber networks,resulting in large-scale active stresses. While fiber networks arewell characterized macroscopically, this stress generation bymicroscopic active units is not well understood. In this Thesis, Ipresent a comprehensive theoretical and numerical study of forcetransmission in elastic fiber networks. I show that the linear,small-force response of the networks is remarkably simple, as themacroscopic active stress depends only on the geometry of theforce-exerting unit. In contrast...
AbstractStress fibers are actomyosin-based bundles whose structural and contractile properties under...
AbstractContractile forces exerted on the surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM) lead to the alignme...
Stress fibers are contractile bundles in the cytoskeleton that stabilize cell structure by exerting ...
Le fonctionnement des organismes vivants requiert la production deforces à grande échelle, pour des ...
8 pages, 4 figures. Supporting information: 5 pages, 5 figuresInternational audienceLarge-scale forc...
Cells residing in living tissues apply forces to their immediate surroundings to promote the restruc...
In a diversity of physiological contexts, eukaryotic cells adhere to an extracellular matrix (ECM), ...
International audienceContractile actomyosin networks are responsible for the production of intracel...
Fibrous networks are ideal functional materials since they provide mechanical rigidity at low weight...
Actomyosin stress fibers (SFs) play key roles in driving polarized motility and generating traction ...
none3siWe apply a recently developed model of cytoskeletal force generation to study a cell’s intrin...
The actin cytoskeleton is a biopolymer network that provides spatial coordination and mechanical str...
While the molecular interactions between individual myosin motors and F-actin are well established,...
Actin filaments play a fundamental role in cell mechanics: assembled into networks by a large number...
AbstractWe apply a recently developed model of cytoskeletal force generation to study a cell’s intri...
AbstractStress fibers are actomyosin-based bundles whose structural and contractile properties under...
AbstractContractile forces exerted on the surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM) lead to the alignme...
Stress fibers are contractile bundles in the cytoskeleton that stabilize cell structure by exerting ...
Le fonctionnement des organismes vivants requiert la production deforces à grande échelle, pour des ...
8 pages, 4 figures. Supporting information: 5 pages, 5 figuresInternational audienceLarge-scale forc...
Cells residing in living tissues apply forces to their immediate surroundings to promote the restruc...
In a diversity of physiological contexts, eukaryotic cells adhere to an extracellular matrix (ECM), ...
International audienceContractile actomyosin networks are responsible for the production of intracel...
Fibrous networks are ideal functional materials since they provide mechanical rigidity at low weight...
Actomyosin stress fibers (SFs) play key roles in driving polarized motility and generating traction ...
none3siWe apply a recently developed model of cytoskeletal force generation to study a cell’s intrin...
The actin cytoskeleton is a biopolymer network that provides spatial coordination and mechanical str...
While the molecular interactions between individual myosin motors and F-actin are well established,...
Actin filaments play a fundamental role in cell mechanics: assembled into networks by a large number...
AbstractWe apply a recently developed model of cytoskeletal force generation to study a cell’s intri...
AbstractStress fibers are actomyosin-based bundles whose structural and contractile properties under...
AbstractContractile forces exerted on the surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM) lead to the alignme...
Stress fibers are contractile bundles in the cytoskeleton that stabilize cell structure by exerting ...