Latest papers

The effect of 3D hydrogel scaffold modulus on osteoblast differentiation and mineralization revealed by combinatorial screening

Nuclear morphology and deformation in engineered cardiac myocytes and tissues.

Functional anatomy of intrathoracic neurons innervating the atria and ventricles.

Electromechanical wavebreak in a model of the human left ventricle.

Specific roles for DEG/ENaC and TRP channels in touch and thermosensation in C. elegans nociceptors.

Neighborly relations: cadherins and mechanotransduction.

Eukaryotic mechanosensitive channels.

Mechanical tugging force regulates the size of cell-cell junctions.

The physical basis of ventilator-induced lung injury.

FAK mediates the activation of cardiac fibroblasts induced by mechanical stress through regulation of the mTOR complex.

Mechanical factors and bone health: effects of weightlessness and neurologic injury.

Comments on Point:Counterpoint: IGF is/is not the major physiological regulator of muscle mass. IGF-1 is not key for adult skeletal muscle hypertrophy.

Measurement of single-cell adhesion strength using a microfluidic assay.

Calcium ion propagation in cultured keratinocytes and other cells in skin in response to hydraulic pressure stimulation.

Dynamic deformation of red blood cell in dual-trap optical tweezers.

Mechanical loading modulates chondrocyte primary cilia incidence and length.

Gene expression patterns of osteocyte-like MLO-Y4 cells in response to cyclic compressive force stimulation.

Multispectral four-dimensional imaging reveals that evoked activity modulates peripheral arborization and the selection of plane-polarized targets by sensory neurons.

Mechanical stimulation and intermittent parathyroid hormone treatment induce disproportional osteogenic, geometric, and biomechanical effects in growing mouse bone.

Coherent reflection without traveling waves: on the origin of long-latency otoacoustic emissions in lizards.