Rigidity sensing explained by active matter theory
Quantitative Methods
2011-09-22 v1
Abstract
The magnitude of traction forces exerted by living animal cells on their environment is a monotonically increasing and approximately sigmoidal function of the stiffness of the external medium. This observation is rationalized using active matter theory: adaptation to substrate rigidity results from an interplay between passive elasticity and active contractility.
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@article{arxiv.1109.1206,
title = {Rigidity sensing explained by active matter theory},
author = {P. Marcq and N. Yoshinaga and J. Prost},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.1206},
year = {2011}
}
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4 pages, 2 figures