Eiji Matsumoto

The paper develops a dynamical model to show how ECM stiffness and mechanoadaptive processes generate diverse focal adhesion modes and influence their stability.

This study investigates how mechanical stretch affects actin-bundle organization in vascular smooth muscle cells with impaired actin polymerization, revealing destabilizing effects on bundle connectivity.

The paper develops a time-delayed mechanochemical model to explain how stable adhesion maintenance and dynamic remodeling of cell-matrix adhesions can arise from feedback mechanisms.

The paper identifies the minimal mathematical structure of mechanics-turnover coupling that enables mechanical homeostasis and derives an analytical expression for adaptation timescale.