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2024, 'Re-evaluating TRP channel mechanosensitivity', Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 49, pp. 693 - 702, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2024.05.004
,2024, 'Touch sensation requires the mechanically gated ion channel ELKIN1', Science, 383, pp. 992 - 998, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adl0495
,2023, 'The dynamic nature of netrin-1 and the structural basis for glycosaminoglycan fragment-induced filament formation', Nature Communications, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36692-w
,2023, 'Bacterial Virulence and Prevention for Human Spaceflight', Life, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13030656
,2022, 'Testing 3D printed biological platform for advancing simulated microgravity and space mechanobiology research', npj Microgravity, 8, pp. 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41526-022-00207-6
,2022, 'T cell cytoskeletal forces shape synapse topography for targeted lysis via membrane curvature bias of perforin', Developmental Cell, 57, pp. 2237 - 2247.e8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2022.08.012
,2022, 'From stretch to deflection: the importance of context in the activation of mammalian, mechanically activated ion channels', FEBS Journal, 289, pp. 4447 - 4469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/febs.16041
,2022, 'The Diverse Physiological Functions of Mechanically Activated Ion Channels in Mammals', Annual Review of Physiology, 84, pp. 307 - 329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-physiol-060721-100935
,2021, 'A 3D-Bioprinted Vascularized Glioblastoma-on-a-Chip for Studying the Impact of Simulated Microgravity as a Novel Pre-Clinical Approach in Brain Tumor Therapy', Advanced Therapeutics, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adtp.202100106
,2021, 'Microgravity × Radiation: A Space Mechanobiology Approach Toward Cardiovascular Function and Disease', Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.750775
,2021, 'Heterotypic tumor models through freeform printing into photostabilized granular microgels', Biomaterials Science, 9, pp. 4496 - 4509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1bm00574j
,2021, 'Disrupting ELKIN1-Dependent Mechanoelectrical TransductionModulates Cell-Cell Interactions in Organotypic Tumour Spheroids', BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 120, pp. 65A - 66A, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000629601400320&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2021, 'Modulating the Mechanical Activation of TRPV4 at the Cell-Substrate Interface', Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8, pp. 608951, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.608951
,2021, 'A 3D‐Bioprinted Vascularized Glioblastoma‐on‐a‐Chip for Studying the Impact of Simulated Microgravity as a Novel Pre‐Clinical Approach in Brain Tumor Therapy (Adv. Therap. 11/2021)', Advanced Therapeutics, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adtp.202170033
,2020, 'Collagen Organization Within the Cartilage of Trpv4−/− Mice Studied with Two-Photon Microscopy and Polarized Second Harmonic Generation', Cytometry Part A, 97, pp. 504 - 514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cyto.a.23900
,2020, 'TACAN Is an Ion Channel Involved in Sensing Mechanical Pain', Cell, 180, pp. 956 - 967.e17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.01.033
,2020, 'TMEM87a/Elkin1, a component of a novel mechanoelectrical transduction pathway, modulates melanoma adhesion and migration.', eLife, 9, pp. e53308, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.53308
,2020, 'Modeling the Impact of Microgravity at the Cellular Level: Implications for Human Disease', Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 8, pp. 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2020.00096
,2020, 'Mechanomics Approaches to Understand Cell Behavior in Context of Tissue Neogenesis, During Prenatal Development and Postnatal Healing', Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 7, pp. 354, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2019.00354
,2019, 'Mapping the Mechanome–A Protocol for Simultaneous Live Imaging and Quantitative Analysis of Cell Mechanoadaptation and Ingression', Bio-protocol, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.3439
,2019, 'PIEZO1-Mediated Currents Are Modulated by Substrate Mechanics', ACS Nano, 13, pp. 13545 - 13559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b07499
,2019, 'Analysis of mechanically activated ion channels at the cell-substrate interface: Combining pillar arrays and whole-cell patch-clamp', Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 7, pp. 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00047
,2018, 'A 3D Magnetic Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel for Magnetomechanical Neuromodulation of Primary Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons', Advanced Materials, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201800927
,2018, 'Mechanoelectrical transduction in chondrocytes', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 45, pp. 481 - 488, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1440-1681.12917
,2018, 'Mechanically activated ion channels', International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 97, pp. 104 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2018.02.011
,2017, 'Introducing membrane charge and membrane potential to T cell signaling', Frontiers in Immunology, 8, pp. 1513, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01513
,2017, 'Small-molecule inhibition of STOML3 oligomerization reverses pathological mechanical hypersensitivity', Nature Neuroscience, 20, pp. 209 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn.4454
,2017, 'Direct measurement of TRPV4 and PIEZO1 activity reveals multiple mechanotransduction pathways in chondrocytes', eLife, 6, pp. e21074, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21074
,2016, 'Structural Decoding of the Netrin-1/UNC5 Interaction and its Therapeutical Implications in Cancers', Cancer Cell, 29, pp. 173 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2016.01.001
,2015, 'Sensory mechanotransduction at membrane-matrix interfaces', Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology, 467, pp. 121 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00424-014-1563-6
,2014, 'Tuning Piezo ion channels to detect molecular-scale movements relevant for fine touch', Nature Communications, 5, pp. 3520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4520
,2012, 'A stomatin dimer modulates the activity of acid-sensing ion channels', EMBO Journal, 31, pp. 3635 - 3646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/emboj.2012.203
,2012, 'Rapid method for proline determination in grape juice and wine', Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60, pp. 4259 - 4264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf300403b
,2012, 'Regulation of ASIC channels by a stomatin/STOML3 complex located in a mobile vesicle pool in sensory neurons', Open Biology, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsob.120096
,2012, 'Stomatin-domain proteins', European Journal of Cell Biology, 91, pp. 240 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcb.2011.01.018
,2011, 'Laminin-332 coordinates mechanotransduction and growth cone bifurcation in sensory neurons', Nature Neuroscience, 14, pp. 993 - 1000, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn.2873
,2011, 'The molecular and cellular identity of peripheral osmoreceptors', Neuron, 69, pp. 332 - 344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2010.12.028
,2009, 'Proline transport and stress tolerance of ammonia-insensitive mutants of the PUT4-encoded proline-specific permease in yeast', Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, 55, pp. 427 - 439, http://dx.doi.org/10.2323/jgam.55.427
,2008, 'Probing cellular microenvironments and tissue remodeling by atomic force microscopy', Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology, 456, pp. 29 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00424-007-0398-9
,2008, 'Confocal and Atomic Force Microscopy', Imaging & Microscopy, 10, pp. 56 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/imic.200890049
,2006, 'A new technical approach to quantify cell-cell adhesion forces by AFM', Ultramicroscopy, 106, pp. 637 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2005.08.003
,2006, 'Two Microscopes, One Software', Imaging & Microscopy, 8, pp. 43 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/imic.200790067
,2005, 'Connections between surface structure and functional state of cell membrane of cancer cells', BioSpektrum, 11, pp. 465 - 466
,2005, 'Molecular-scale topographic cues induce the orientation and directional movement of fibroblasts on two-dimensional collagen surfaces', Journal of Molecular Biology, 349, pp. 380 - 386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2005.03.064
,2005, 'Flexible, actin-based ridges colocalise with the β1 integrin on the surface of melanoma cells', British Journal of Cancer, 92, pp. 1499 - 1505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6602515
,2004, 'The effect of raft lipid depletion on microvilli formation in MDCK cells, visualized by atomic force microscopy', FEBS Letters, 565, pp. 53 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2004.03.095
,2004, 'Creating nanoscopic collagen matrices using atomic force microscopy', Microscopy Research and Technique, 64, pp. 435 - 440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jemt.20101
,2002, 'Practical significance of relative assimilable nitrogen requirements of yeast: A preliminary study of fermentation performance and liberation of H