Tensegrity Structures

Donald Ingber has been developing a model of cell structure and function using tensegrity structures for several years. Here is a list of referecnces to Donald Ingber's, et. al., work on modeling cell structure and function with tensegrity structures.

• Chen CS, Ingber DE. Tensegrity and mechanoregulation: from skeleton to cytoskeleton. Osteoarthritis and Articular Cartilage (January 1999-in press
• Chicurel M, Chen CS, Ingber DE. Cellular control lies in the balance of forces. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 1998; 10:232-239.
• Ingber, D.E., The Architecture of Life. Scientific American Jan 1998; 278:48-57.
• Ingber D.E., Tensegrity: the architectural basis of cellular mechanotransduction. Annu. Rev. Physiol. 1997; 59:575-599.
• Ingber D.E., Integrins, tensegrity, and mechanotransduction. Grav. and Space Bio. Bultn. 1997; 10:49-55.
• Maniotis A, Chen C, Ingber DE. Demonstration of mechanical connections between integrins, cytoskeletal filaments and nucleoplasm that stabilize nuclear structure. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 1997; 94:849-854.
• Maniotis A, Bojanowski K, Ingber DE. Mechanical continuity and reversible chromosome disassembly within intact genomes microsurgically removed from living cells. J. Cellul. Biochem. 1997; 65:114-130.
• Dimitrije S., Fredberg J., Wang N., Butler J., Ingber D.E., A Microstructural Approach to Cytoskeletal Mechanics Based on Tensegrity, J. Theor. Biol., Vol. 181, pp. 125-136, 1996
• Stamenovic D, Fredberg J, Wang N, Butler J, Ingber D. A microstructural approach to cytoskeletal mechanics based on tensegrity. J. Theor. Biol. 1996; 181:125-136.
• Wang N., Ingber D.E., Control of Cytoskeletal Mechanics By Extracellular matrix, Cell Shape, and Mechanical Tension, Biophys. J., Vol. 66, pp. 2181-2189, 1994
• Ingber D.E., Dike L., Hansen L., Karp S., Liley H., Maniotis A., McNamee H., Mooney D., Plopper G., Sims J., Wang N., Cellular Tensegrity: Exploring How Mechanical Changes in the Cytoskeleton Regulate Cell Growth, Migration, and Tissue Pattern During Morphogenesis, Int. Rev. Cytol, Vol. 150, pp. 173-224, 1994
• Ingber D.E., The Riddle of Morphogenesis: A Question of Solution Chemistry or Molecular Cell Engineering?, Cell, Vol. 75, pp. 1249-1252, 1993
• Wang, N., Butler J.P., Ingber D.E., Mechanotransduction Across the Cell Surface and Through the Cytoskeleton, Scinece, Vol. 260, pp. 1124-1127, 1993
• Ingber D.E., Cellular Tensegrity: Defining New Rules of Biological Design That Govern The Cytoskeleton, J. Cell Sci., Vol. 104, pp. 613-627, 1993

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