Article Open access Published: 16 March 2016 Cellular forces and matrix assembly coordinate fibrous tissue repair Mahmut Selman Sakar, Jeroen Eyckmans, Roel Pieters, Daniel Eberli, Bradley J ...

Cell function depends on tissue rigidity, which cells probe by applying and transmitting forces to their extracellular matrix, and then transducing them into biochemical signals. Here we show that ...