“…FA assembly, growth and maintenance depend on actomyosin traction forces, which adapt to the substrate elasticity (Burridge and Wittchen, 2013). In spite of alternative pathways involving MRCK (which has two isoforms, MRCKα and MRCKβ, also known as CDC42BPA and CDC42BPB, respectively), MLCK (also known as MYLK) or mDia (Burridge and Wittchen, 2013;Chen et al, 2014;Jégou et al, 2013;Totsukawa et al, 2004), a key event is the modulation of cellular contractility through myosin-based contractility and ROCK (which has two isoforms, ROCK1 and ROCK2) activity. However, signaling pathways underlying FA-mediated rigidity sensing and the mechano-response are not fully understood.…”