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Adaptive force transmission in amoeboid cell migration

Jörg Renkawitz,Kathrin Schumann,6 Authors,M. Sixt

2009 · DOI: 10.1038/ncb1992
Nature Cell Biology · 305 Citations

TLDR

It is shown that chemotactic dendritic cells mechanically adapt to the adhesive properties of their substrate by switching between integrin-mediated andIntegrin-independent locomotion, which endowed these 'amoeboid' cells with extraordinary flexibility, enabling them to traverse almost every type of tissue.