An C, Hu W, Gao J, Ju BF, Obeidy P, Zhao YC, Tu X, Fang W, Ju LA, Chen W (2020) Ultra-stable biomembrane force probe for accurately determining slow dissociation kinetics of PD-1 blockade antibodies on single living cells. Nano Lett 20(7): 5133−5140 doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01360
Banani SF, Lee HO, Hyman AA, Rosen MK (2017) Biomolecular condensates: organizers of cellular biochemistry. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 18(5): 285−298 doi: 10.1038/nrm.2017.7
Bracha D, Walls MT, Wei MT, Zhu L, Kurian M, Avalos JL, Toettcher JE, Brangwynne CP (2018) Mapping local and global liquid phase behavior in living cells using photo-oligomerizable seeds. Cell 175(6): 1467−1480.e1413 doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.10.048
Chen W, Evans EA, McEver RP, Zhu C (2008) Monitoring receptor-ligand interactions between surfaces by thermal fluctuations. Biophys J 94(2): 694−701 doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117895
Chen W, Lou J, Evans EA, Zhu C (2012) Observing force-regulated conformational changes and ligand dissociation from a single integrin on cells. J Cell Biol 199(3): 497−512 doi: 10.1083/jcb.201201091
Chen W, Lou J, Zhu C (2010) Forcing switch from short- to intermediate- and long-lived states of the alphaA domain generates LFA-1/ICAM-1 catch bonds. J Biol Chem 285(46): 35967−35978 doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.155770
Chen Y, Ju LA, Zhou F, Liao J, Xue L, Su QP, Jin D, Yuan Y, Lu H, Jackson SP, Zhu C (2019) An integrin alphaIIbbeta3 intermediate affinity state mediates biomechanical platelet aggregation. Nat Mater 18(7): 760−769 doi: 10.1038/s41563-019-0323-6
Chen Y, Liu B, Ju L, Hong J, Ji Q, Chen W, Zhu C (2015) Fluorescence biomembrane force probe: concurrent quantitation of receptor-ligand kinetics and binding-induced intracellular signaling on a single cell. J Vis Exp (102): e52975. DOI: 10.3791/52975
Elbaum-Garfinkle S, Brangwynne CP (2015) Liquids, fibers, and gels: the many phases of neurodegeneration. Dev Cell 35(5): 531−532 doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.11.014
Evangelopoulos AE, Glynos E, Madani-Grasset F, Koutsos V (2012) Elastic modulus of a polymer nanodroplet: theory and experiment. Langmuir 28(10): 4754−4767 doi: 10.1021/la2049037
Evans E, Ritchie K, Merkel R (1995) Sensitive force technique to probe molecular adhesion and structural linkages at biological interfaces. Biophys J 68(6): 2580−2587 doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(95)80441-8
Jawerth L, Fischer-Friedrich E, Saha S, Wang J, Franzmann T, Zhang X, Sachweh J, Ruer M, Ijavi M, Saha S, Mahamid J, Hyman AA, Julicher F (2020) Protein condensates as aging Maxwell fluids. Science 370(6522): 1317−1323 doi: 10.1126/science.aaw4951
Jawerth LM, Ijavi M, Ruer M, Saha S, Jahnel M, Hyman AA, Julicher F, Fischer-Friedrich E (2018) Salt-dependent rheology and surface tension of protein condensates using optical traps. Phys Rev Lett 121(25): 258101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.258101 doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.258101
Ju L (2019) Dynamic force spectroscopy analysis on the redox states of protein disulphide bonds. Methods Mol Biol 1967: 115−131
Ju L, Chen Y, Li K, Yuan Z, Liu B, Jackson SP, Zhu C (2017) Dual biomembrane force probe enables single-cell mechanical analysis of signal crosstalk between multiple molecular species. Sci Rep 7(1): 14185. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13793-3 doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13793-3
Ju L, Chen Y, Zhou F, Lu H, Cruz MA, Zhu C (2015a) Von Willebrand factor-A1 domain binds platelet glycoprotein Ibalpha in multiple states with distinctive force-dependent dissociation kinetics. Thromb Res 136(3): 606−612 doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2015.06.019
Ju L, Lou J, Chen Y, Li Z, Zhu C (2015b) Force-Induced unfolding of leucine-rich repeats of glycoprotein Ibalpha strengthens ligand interaction. Biophys J 109(9): 1781−1784 doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.08.050
Ju L, McFadyen JD, Al-Daher S, Alwis I, Chen Y, Tonnesen LL, Maiocchi S, Coulter B, Calkin AC, Felner EI, Cohen N, Yuan Y, Schoenwaelder SM, Cooper ME, Zhu C, Jackson SP (2018) Compression force sensing regulates integrin alphaIIbbeta3 adhesive function on diabetic platelets. Nat Commun 9(1): 1087. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03430-6 doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03430-6
Kuznetsova TG, Starodubtseva MN, Yegorenkov NI, Chizhik SA, Zhdanov RI (2007) Atomic force microscopy probing of cell elasticity. Micron 38(8): 824−833 doi: 10.1016/j.micron.2007.06.011
Liu B, Chen W, Evavold BD, Zhu C (2014) Accumulation of dynamic catch bonds between TCR and agonist peptide-MHC triggers T cell signaling. Cell 157(2): 357−368 doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.02.053
Murakami T, Qamar S, Lin JQ, Schierle GS, Rees E, Miyashita A, Costa AR, Dodd RB, Chan FT, Michel CH, Kronenberg-Versteeg D, Li Y, Yang SP, Wakutani Y, Meadows W, Ferry RR, Dong L, Tartaglia GG, Favrin G, Lin WL, Dickson DW, Zhen M, Ron D, Schmitt-Ulms G, Fraser PE, Shneider NA, Holt C, Vendruscolo M, Kaminski CF, St George-Hyslop P (2015) ALS/FTD mutation-induced phase transition of FUS liquid droplets and reversible hydrogels into irreversible hydrogels impairs RNP granule function. Neuron 88(4): 678−690 doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.10.030
Poling-Skutvik R, Di X, Osuji CO (2020) Correlation of droplet elasticity and volume fraction effects on emulsion dynamics. Soft Matter 16(10): 2574−2580 doi: 10.1039/C9SM02394A
Shin Y, Chang YC, Lee DSW, Berry J, Sanders DW, Ronceray P, Wingreen NS, Haataja M, Brangwynne CP (2018) Liquid nuclear condensates mechanically sense and restructure the genome. Cell 175(6): 1481−1491.e1413 doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.10.057
Sibener LV, Fernandes RA, Kolawole EM, Carbone CB, Liu F, McAffee D, Birnbaum ME, Yang X, Su LF, Yu W, Dong S, Gee MH, Jude KM, Davis MM, Groves JT, Goddard WA, 3rd, Heath JR, Evavold BD, Vale RD, Garcia KC (2018) Isolation of a structural mechanism for uncoupling T cell receptor signaling from peptide-MHC binding. Cell 174(3): 672−687.e627 doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.06.017
Taylor NO, Wei MT, Stone HA, Brangwynne CP (2019) Quantifying dynamics in phase-separated condensates using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching. Biophys J 117(7): 1285−1300 doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.08.030
Wu P, Zhang T, Liu B, Fei P, Cui L, Qin R, Zhu H, Yao D, Martinez RJ, Hu W, An C, Zhang Y, Liu J, Shi J, Fan J, Yin W, Sun J, Zhou C, Zeng X, Xu C, Wang J, Evavold BD, Zhu C, Chen W, Lou J (2019) Mechano-regulation of peptide-MHC class I conformations determines TCR antigen recognition. Mol Cell 73(5): 1015−1027.e1017 doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.12.018
Zeng M, Chen X, Guan D, Xu J, Wu H, Tong P, Zhang M (2018) Reconstituted postsynaptic density as a molecular platform for understanding synapse formation and plasticity. Cell 174(5): 1172−1187.e1116 doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.06.047
Zhang H, Ji X, Li P, Liu C, Lou J, Wang Z, Wen W, Xiao Y, Zhang M, Zhu X (2020) Liquid-liquid phase separation in biology: mechanisms, physiological functions and human diseases. Sci China Life Sci 63(7): 953−985 doi: 10.1007/s11427-020-1702-x