Mechanical forces in the immune system

Nature Reviews Immunology 17, 679 (2017). doi:10.1038/nri.2017.74 Author: Morgan Huse Leukocytes can completely reorganize their cytoskeletal architecture within minutes. This structural plasticity, which facilitates their migration and communicative function, also enables them to exert a substantial amount of mechanical force against the extracellular matrix and the surfaces of interacting cells. In recent years, it has
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