Microparticle traction force microscopy reveals subcellular force exertion patterns in immune cell–target interactions

Traction force microscopy is an effective method for measuring cellular forces but it is limited by planar geometry. Here the authors develop a facile method to produce deformable hydrogel particles and a reference-free computational method to resolve surface traction forces from particle shape defo...

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Main Authors: Daan Vorselen, Yifan Wang, Miguel M. de Jesus, Pavak K. Shah, Matthew J. Footer, Morgan Huse, Wei Cai, Julie A. Theriot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13804-z
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spelling doaj-fbc3f6afb17f46f49e6de46d02f86e782021-05-11T09:16:33ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232020-01-0111111410.1038/s41467-019-13804-zMicroparticle traction force microscopy reveals subcellular force exertion patterns in immune cell–target interactionsDaan Vorselen0Yifan Wang1Miguel M. de Jesus2Pavak K. Shah3Matthew J. Footer4Morgan Huse5Wei Cai6Julie A. Theriot7Department of Biochemistry, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford UniversityImmunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterDevelopmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering InstituteDepartment of Biochemistry, Stanford UniversityImmunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Biochemistry, Stanford UniversityTraction force microscopy is an effective method for measuring cellular forces but it is limited by planar geometry. Here the authors develop a facile method to produce deformable hydrogel particles and a reference-free computational method to resolve surface traction forces from particle shape deformation.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13804-z
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Yifan Wang
Miguel M. de Jesus
Pavak K. Shah
Matthew J. Footer
Morgan Huse
Wei Cai
Julie A. Theriot
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Yifan Wang
Miguel M. de Jesus
Pavak K. Shah
Matthew J. Footer
Morgan Huse
Wei Cai
Julie A. Theriot
Microparticle traction force microscopy reveals subcellular force exertion patterns in immune cell–target interactions
Nature Communications
author_facet Daan Vorselen
Yifan Wang
Miguel M. de Jesus
Pavak K. Shah
Matthew J. Footer
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Wei Cai
Julie A. Theriot
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title Microparticle traction force microscopy reveals subcellular force exertion patterns in immune cell–target interactions
title_short Microparticle traction force microscopy reveals subcellular force exertion patterns in immune cell–target interactions
title_full Microparticle traction force microscopy reveals subcellular force exertion patterns in immune cell–target interactions
title_fullStr Microparticle traction force microscopy reveals subcellular force exertion patterns in immune cell–target interactions
title_full_unstemmed Microparticle traction force microscopy reveals subcellular force exertion patterns in immune cell–target interactions
title_sort microparticle traction force microscopy reveals subcellular force exertion patterns in immune cell–target interactions
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
issn 2041-1723
publishDate 2020-01-01
description Traction force microscopy is an effective method for measuring cellular forces but it is limited by planar geometry. Here the authors develop a facile method to produce deformable hydrogel particles and a reference-free computational method to resolve surface traction forces from particle shape deformation.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13804-z
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