Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on July 19, 2012
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Modeling cell shape and dynamics on micropatterns. Cell Adh Migr (2016) 0.76
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Multidisciplinary approaches to understanding collective cell migration in developmental biology. Open Biol (2016) 0.75
Homogenizing cellular tension by hepatocyte growth factor in expanding epithelial monolayer. Sci Rep (2017) 0.75
Clustering and jamming in epithelial-mesenchymal co-cultures. Soft Matter (2016) 0.75
Microfabricated tissues for investigating traction forces involved in cell migration and tissue morphogenesis. Cell Mol Life Sci (2016) 0.75
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Method to study cell migration under uniaxial compression. Mol Biol Cell (2017) 0.75
Contact guidance requires spatial control of leading-edge protrusion. Mol Biol Cell (2017) 0.75
Ring-Shaped Microlanes and Chemical Barriers as a Platform for Probing Single-Cell Migration. Sci Rep (2016) 0.75
Collective migration exhibits greater sensitivity but slower dynamics of alignment to applied electric fields. Cell Mol Bioeng (2015) 0.75
Onset of meso-scale turbulence in active nematics. Nat Commun (2017) 0.75
Single and collective cell migration: the mechanics of adhesions. Mol Biol Cell (2017) 0.75
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Determinants of leader cells in collective cell migration. Integr Biol (Camb) (2010) 1.37
Two-photon laser-generated microtracks in 3D collagen lattices: principles of MMP-dependent and -independent collective cancer cell invasion. Phys Biol (2011) 1.30
A steering model of endothelial sheet migration recapitulates monolayer integrity and directed collective migration. Mol Cell Biol (2010) 1.13
Protrusion and actin assembly are coupled to the organization of lamellar contractile structures. Exp Cell Res (2010) 1.12
Traction forces during collective cell motion. HFSP J (2009) 1.08
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Microfluidics for cell separation. Med Biol Eng Comput (2010) 1.92
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Electrospun biomimetic nanocomposite nanofibers of hydroxyapatite/chitosan for bone tissue engineering. Biomaterials (2008) 1.66
Collective cell migration: a mechanistic perspective. Physiology (Bethesda) (2013) 1.58
Cooperative retraction of bundled type IV pili enables nanonewton force generation. PLoS Biol (2008) 1.55
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Slanted spiral microfluidics for the ultra-fast, label-free isolation of circulating tumor cells. Lab Chip (2014) 1.39
Characterizing the mechanics of cultured cell monolayers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.36
Cell crawling mediates collective cell migration to close undamaged epithelial gaps. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.31
Versatile label free biochip for the detection of circulating tumor cells from peripheral blood in cancer patients. Biosens Bioelectron (2010) 1.30
The malaria parasite progressively dismantles the host erythrocyte cytoskeleton for efficient egress. Mol Cell Proteomics (2011) 1.24
Guidance of collective cell migration by substrate geometry. Integr Biol (Camb) (2013) 1.24
A microfluidics approach towards high-throughput pathogen removal from blood using margination. Biomicrofluidics (2012) 1.23
Substrate topography induces a crossover from 2D to 3D behavior in fibroblast migration. Biophys J (2009) 1.22
High-throughput cell cycle synchronization using inertial forces in spiral microchannels. Lab Chip (2011) 1.18
Host cell deformability is linked to transmission in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Cell Microbiol (2012) 1.18
Severe osmotic compression triggers a slowdown of intracellular signaling, which can be explained by molecular crowding. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 1.16
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Chondroitin sulfate A-adhering Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes express functionally important antibody epitopes shared by multiple variants. J Immunol (2010) 1.08
Thickness sensing of hMSCs on collagen gel directs stem cell fate. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2010) 1.05
In the middle of it all: mutual mechanical regulation between the nucleus and the cytoskeleton. J Biomech (2009) 1.05
CD80 and CD86 differentially regulate mechanical interactions of T-cells with antigen-presenting dendritic cells and B-cells. PLoS One (2012) 1.03
Enhanced biomineralization in osteoblasts on a novel electrospun biocomposite nanofibrous substrate of hydroxyapatite/collagen/chitosan. Tissue Eng Part A (2010) 1.02
An ultra-high-throughput spiral microfluidic biochip for the enrichment of circulating tumor cells. Analyst (2014) 0.99
Mechanics of cell spreading within 3D-micropatterned environments. Lab Chip (2010) 0.98
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DEAD-box helicase DP103 defines metastatic potential of human breast cancers. J Clin Invest (2014) 0.97
Computational model of cell positioning: directed and collective migration in the intestinal crypt epithelium. J R Soc Interface (2010) 0.97
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Microfluidic cell trap array for controlled positioning of single cells on adhesive micropatterns. Lab Chip (2013) 0.90
Mechanical interactions between dendritic cells and T cells correlate with T cell responsiveness. J Immunol (2011) 0.89
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Modeling cell entry into a micro-channel. Biomech Model Mechanobiol (2010) 0.88
Atomic force microscope imaging of chromatin assembled in Xenopus laevis egg extract. Chromosoma (2011) 0.88
Highly wrinkled cross-linked graphene oxide membranes for biological and charge-storage applications. Small (2011) 0.88
Generating suspended cell monolayers for mechanobiological studies. Nat Protoc (2013) 0.88
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Probing the cytoadherence of malaria infected red blood cells under flow. PLoS One (2013) 0.87
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The Dynamical Systems Properties of the HOG Signaling Cascade. J Signal Transduct (2011) 0.83
Geometrical constraints and physical crowding direct collective migration of fibroblasts. Commun Integr Biol (2013) 0.83
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