Imperial College London

DrArmandoDel Rio Hernandez

Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Bioengineering

Reader in Cellular and Molecular Mechanotransduction
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 5187a.del-rio-hernandez

 
 
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Location

 

308Bessemer BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Matellan:2019:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01206,
author = {Matellan, C and Del, Río Hernández AE},
doi = {10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01206},
journal = {ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering},
pages = {3703--3719},
title = {Where no hand has gone before: probing mechanobiology at the cellular level.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01206},
volume = {5},
year = {2019}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - Physical forces and other mechanical stimuli are fundamental regulators of cell behavior and function. Cells are also biomechanically competent: they generate forces to migrate, contract, remodel, and sense their environment. As the knowledge of the mechanisms of mechanobiology increases, the need to resolve and probe increasingly small scales calls for novel technologies to mechanically manipulate cells, examine forces exerted by cells, and characterize cellular biomechanics. Here, we review novel methods to quantify cellular force generation, measure cell mechanical properties, and exert localized piconewton and nanonewton forces on cells, receptors, and proteins. The combination of these technologies will provide further insight on the effect of mechanical stimuli on cells and the mechanisms that convert these stimuli into biochemical and biomechanical activity.
AU - Matellan,C
AU - Del,Río Hernández AE
DO - 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01206
EP - 3719
PY - 2019///
SN - 2373-9878
SP - 3703
TI - Where no hand has gone before: probing mechanobiology at the cellular level.
T2 - ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01206
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33405886
UR - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01206
VL - 5
ER -