Section on Mechanobiology Publications

Septins provide microenvironment sensing and cortical actomyosin partitioning in motile amoeboid T lymphocytes.

Zhovmer ASManning ASmith CNguyen APrince OSáez PJMa XTsygankov DCartagena-Rivera AXSingh NASingh RKTabdanov ED

Sci Adv

2024 Jan 05

Atomic force microscopy-mediated mechanobiological profiling of complex human tissues.

Cho DHAguayo SCartagena-Rivera AX

Biomaterials

2023 Dec

Septins Enable T Cell Contact Guidance Amoeboid-Mesenchymal Switch.

Zhovmer ASManning ASmith CWang JMa XTsygankov DDokholyan NVCartagena-Rivera AXSingh RKTabdanov ED

bioRxiv

2023 Sep 27

Combined AAV-mediated gene replacement therapy improves auditory function in a mouse model of human DFNB42 deafness.

Isgrig KCartagena-Rivera AXWang HJGrati MFernandez KAFriedman TBBelyantseva IAChien W

Mol Ther

2023 Sep 06

Frequency-dependent nanomechanical profiling for medical diagnosis.

Solares SDCartagena-Rivera AX

Beilstein J Nanotechnol

2022

Unbalanced bidirectional radial stiffness gradients within the organ of Corti promoted by TRIOBP.

Babahosseini HBelyantseva IAYousaf RTona RHadi SInagaki SWilson EKitajiri SIFrolenkov GIFriedman TBCartagena-Rivera AX

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

2022 Jun 28

Stiffening of Circumferential F-Actin Bands Correlates With Regenerative Failure and May Act as a Biomechanical Brake in the Mammalian Inner Ear.

Rudolf MAAndreeva AKim CEDeNovio ACKoshar ANBaker WCartagena-Rivera AXCorwin JT

Front Cell Neurosci

2022

A myosin chaperone, UNC-45A, is a novel regulator of intestinal epithelial barrier integrity and repair.

Lechuga SCartagena-Rivera AXKhan ACrawford BINarayanan VConway DELehtimäki JLappalainen PRieder FLongworth MSIvanov AI

FASEB J

2022 May

Viscoelastic parameterization of human skin cells characterize material behavior at multiple timescales.

Parvini CHCartagena-Rivera AXSolares SD

Commun Biol

2022 Jan 11

Mechanical Counterbalance of Kinesin and Dynein Motors in a Microtubular Network Regulates Cell Mechanics, 3D Architecture, and Mechanosensing.

Zhovmer ASManning ASmith CHayes JBBurnette DTWang JCartagena-Rivera AXDokholyan NVSingh RKTabdanov ED

ACS Nano

2021 Nov 23

Survey of cancer cell anatomy in nonadhesive confinement reveals a role for filamin-A and fascin-1 in leader bleb-based migration.

Adams GLópez MPCartagena-Rivera AXWaterman CM

Mol Biol Cell

2021 Aug 19

Budding epithelial morphogenesis driven by cell-matrix versus cell-cell adhesion.

Wang SMatsumoto KLish SRCartagena-Rivera AXYamada KM

Cell

2021 Jul 08

Engineering T cells to enhance 3D migration through structurally and mechanically complex tumor microenvironments.

Tabdanov EDRodríguez-Merced NJCartagena-Rivera AXPuram VVCallaway MKEnsminger EAPomeroy EJYamamoto KLahr WSWebber BRMoriarity BSZhovmer ASProvenzano PP

Nat Commun

2021 May 14

Myosin II isoforms promote internalization of spatially distinct clathrin-independent endocytosis cargoes through modulation of cortical tension downstream of ROCK2.

Wayt JCartagena-Rivera ADutta DDonaldson JGWaterman CM

Mol Biol Cell

2021 Feb 01

Coupling of β integrins to actin by a mechanosensitive molecular clutch drives complement receptor-mediated phagocytosis.

Jaumouillé VCartagena-Rivera AXWaterman CM

Nat Cell Biol

2019 Nov

TRIOBP-5 sculpts stereocilia rootlets and stiffens supporting cells enabling hearing.

Katsuno TBelyantseva IACartagena-Rivera AXOhta KCrump SMPetralia RSOno KTona RImtiaz ARehman AKiyonari HKaneko MWang YXAbe TIkeya MFenollar-Ferrer CRiordan GPWilson EAFitzgerald TSSegawa KOmori KIto JFrolenkov GIFriedman TBKitajiri SI

JCI Insight

2019 Jun 20

Cochlear outer hair cell horizontal top connectors mediate mature stereocilia bundle mechanics.

Cartagena-Rivera AXLe Gal SRichards KVerpy EChadwick RS

Sci Adv

2019 Feb

Evaluation of the elastic Young's modulus and cytotoxicity variations in fibroblasts exposed to carbon-based nanomaterials.

Pastrana HFCartagena-Rivera AXRaman AÁvila A

J Nanobiotechnology

2019 Feb 23

Mapping heterogeneity of cellular mechanics by multi-harmonic atomic force microscopy.

Efremov YMCartagena-Rivera AXAthamneh AIMSuter DMRaman A