PMID- 19740640 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100305 LR - 20091202 IS - 1879-0410 (Electronic) IS - 0955-0674 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 6 DP - 2009 Dec TI - Cytoskeletal control of growth and cell fate switching. PG - 864-70 LID - 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.08.001 [doi] AB - Living cells must be able to switch between growth and differentiation with high fidelity and precise spatial control to ensure that normal tissue patterns are formed in the embryo and maintained throughout adult life. Most work on cell proliferation focuses on elucidating the signaling pathways responsible for control of cell cycle progression that are triggered by cell binding to soluble growth factors and insoluble extracellular matrix. Here we review recent work, which has revealed that mechanical tension-dependent changes in cell shape and cytoskeletal structure are equally critical for control of growth, as well as cell fate switching. This interplay between soluble, insoluble, and mechanical cues helps to explain how cell behaviors responsible for tissue formation are controlled in the physical context of living tissues. FAU - Mammoto, Akiko AU - Mammoto A AD - Vascular Biology Program, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA. FAU - Ingber, Donald E AU - Ingber DE LA - eng GR - CA045548/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20090908 PL - England TA - Curr Opin Cell Biol JT - Current opinion in cell biology JID - 8913428 RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Cycle/physiology MH - Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation MH - *Cell Proliferation MH - Cytoskeleton/*metabolism MH - Embryonic Development MH - Extracellular Matrix/metabolism MH - Growth/physiology MH - Humans MH - Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism RF - 57 EDAT- 2009/09/11 06:00 MHDA- 2010/03/06 06:00 CRDT- 2009/09/11 06:00 PHST- 2009/07/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/08/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/09/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/09/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/03/06 06:00 [medline] AID - S0955-0674(09)00148-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.08.001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2009 Dec;21(6):864-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.08.001. Epub 2009 Sep 8.