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Controlling cell-matrix traction forces by extracellular geometry
Shiladitya Banerjee, M. Cristina Marchetti
We present a minimal continuum model of strongly adhering cells as active contractile isotropic media and use the model to study the effect of the geometry of the adhesion patch in…
Cadherin-Based Intercellular Adhesions Organize Epithelial Cell-Matrix Traction Forces
Aaron F. Mertz, Yonglu Che, Shiladitya Banerjee +6
Cell--cell and cell-matrix adhesions play essential roles in the function of tissues. There is growing evidence for the importance of crosstalk between these two adhesion types, ye…
Polymorphism and bistability in adherent cells
Shiladitya Banerjee, Luca Giomi
The optimal shapes attained by contractile cells on adhesive substrates are determined by the interplay between intracellular forces and adhesion with the extracellular matrix. We…
Contractile stresses in cohesive cell layers on finite-thickness substrates
Shiladitya Banerjee, M. Cristina Marchetti
Using a minimal model of cells or cohesive cell layers as continuum active elastic media, we examine the effect of substrate thickness and stiffness on traction forces exerted by s…