Feedback between mechanosensitive signaling and active forces governs endothelial junction integrity | Nature Communications

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Download PDF Subjects Biophysics Cell adhesion Computational biophysics Computational models Cytoskeleton Abstract The formation and recovery of gaps in the vascular endothelium governs a wide range of physiological and pathological phenomena, from angiogenesis to tumor cell extravasation. However, the interplay between the mechanical and signaling processes that drive dynamic behavior in vascular endothelial cells is not well understood. In this study, we propose a chemo-mechanical model to investigate the regulation of endothelial junctions as dependent on the feedback between actomyosin con

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