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Combining 3D Magnetic Force Actuator and Multi-Functional Fluorescence Imaging to Study Nucleus Mechanobiology
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Nuclear mechanobiology rules immune cells' functions: from differentiation to cell trafficking and pathogen killing

Jörg Renkawitz1, Allen Yesin2, Janina Kroll1

  • 1Biomedical Center, Walter Brendel Center of Experimental Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology, Klinikum der Universität, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany.

Nucleus (Austin, Tex.)
|January 6, 2026
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Keywords:
Cell migrationNETosischromatincytoskeleton-to-nucleus couplingimmune cellslaminsnuclear condensatesnuclear deformation and shape

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