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20162023
most citedActin filaments growing against an elastic membrane: Effect of membrane tension

14 citations · 40 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

physics.bio-ph2023

A minimal physical model for curvotaxis driven by curved protein complexes at the cell's leading edge

Raj Kumar Sadhu, Marine Luciano, Wang Xi +12

Cells often migrate on curved surfaces inside the body, such as curved tissues, blood vessels or highly curved protrusions of other cells. Recent \textit{in-vitro} experiments prov…

physics.bio-ph2022

Coiling of cellular protrusions around extracellular fibers

Raj Kumar Sadhu, Christian Hernandez-Padilla, Yael Eshed Eisenbach +8

Protrusions at the leading-edge of a cell play an important role in sensing the extracellular cues, during cellular spreading and motility. Recent studies provided indications that…

cond-mat.soft2022

Theoretical model of efficient phagocytosis driven by curved membrane proteins and active cytoskeleton forces

Raj Kumar Sadhu, Sarah R Barger, Samo Penič +4

Phagocytosis is the process of engulfment and internalization of comparatively large particles by the cell, that plays a central role in the functioning of our immune system. We st…

physics.bio-ph2021

Modelling cellular spreading and emergence of motility in the presence of curved membrane proteins and active cytoskeleton forces

Raj Kumar Sadhu, Samo Penič, Aleš Iglič +1

Eukaryotic cells adhere to extracellular matrix during the normal development of the organism, forming static adhesion as well as during cell motility. We study this process by con…

cond-mat.stat-mech2020★ 5 cited

Phase diagram of the repulsive Blume-Emery-Griffiths model in the presence of external magnetic field on a complete graph

Soheli Mukherjee, Raj Kumar Sadhu, Sumedha

For the repulsive Blume-Emery-Griffiths model the phase diagram in the space of three fields, temperature (T), crystal field (), and magnetic field (H), is computed on a complet…

physics.bio-ph2019★ 6 cited

Interplay between surface and bending energy helps membrane protrusion formation

Raj Kumar Sadhu, Sakuntala Chatterjee

We consider a one-dimensional elastic membrane, which is pushed by growing filaments. The filaments tend to grow by creating local protrusions in the membrane and this process has…

physics.bio-ph2019★ 3 cited

Actin filaments pushing against a barrier: Comparison between two force generation mechanisms

Raj Kumar Sadhu, Sakuntala Chatterjee

To theoretically understand force generation properties of actin filaments, many models consider growing filaments pushing against a movable obstacle or barrier. In order to grow,…

physics.bio-ph2018★ 14 cited

Actin filaments growing against an elastic membrane: Effect of membrane tension

Raj Kumar Sadhu, Sakuntala Chatterjee

We study the force generation by a set of parallel actin filaments growing against an elastic membrane. The elastic membrane tries to stay flat and any deformation from this flat s…

q-bio.SC2016★ 12 cited

Actin filaments growing against a barrier with fluctuating shape

Raj Kumar Sadhu, Sakuntala Chatterjee

We study force generation by a set of parallel actin filaments growing against a non-rigid obstacle, in presence of an external load. The filaments polymerize by either moving the…