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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-8-20
pubmed:abstractText
Cell migration relies upon forces generated by the cell. Recent studies have provided new insights into the processes by which cells generate and regulate the forces applied to extracellular matrix (ECM)-bound integrins and have led us to the working model described here. In this model, ECM binding to integrins in the front of lamellipodia causes those integrins to attach to the rearward-moving cytoskeleton. Integrin-cytoskeleton attachments in the front are strengthened as a result of ECM rigidity, enabling the cell to pull itself forward. The reduction in contact area at the rear compared with that at the lamellipodium concentrates the traction forces in the rear on fewer integrin-ECM bonds, facilitating release. In such a model, cell pathfinding and motility can be influenced by ECM rigidity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0962-8924
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
51-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Cell migration: regulation of force on extracellular-matrix-integrin complexes.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. m.sheetz@cellbio.duke.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't