@article{7f12e5ab312f43578a28361fe78c8ddc,
title = "Rigidity sensing explained by active matter theory",
abstract = "The magnitude of traction forces exerted by living animal cells on their environment is a monotonically increasing and approximately sigmoidal function of the stiffness of the external medium. We rationalize this observation using active matter theory, and propose that adaptation to substrate rigidity results from an interplay between passive elasticity and active contractility.",
author = "Philippe Marcq and Natsuhiko Yoshinaga and Jacques Prost",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, and the Ministry of Education and Scientific Research under the Japan-France Integrated Action Program SAKURA.",
year = "2011",
month = sep,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1016/j.bpj.2011.08.023",
language = "English",
volume = "101",
pages = "L33--L35",
journal = "Biophysical Journal",
issn = "0006-3495",
publisher = "Cell Press",
number = "6",
}