Vimentin is a key regulator of cell mechanosensing through opposite actions on actomyosin and microtubule networks

Affiliations

• ¹ Center for Engineering Mechanobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
• ² Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA.
• ³ Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 3340 Smith Walk, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
• ⁴ Physics Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA.
• ⁵ BioInspired Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA.
• ⁶ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
• ⁷ Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA.
• ⁸ Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA.
• ⁹ Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA.
• ¹⁰ Departments of Physiology, and Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
• ¹¹ Center for Engineering Mechanobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. [email protected].
• ¹² Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. [email protected].