Biochemical and Cellular Determinants of Renal Glomerular Elasticity

Normal and Fibrotic Rat Livers Demonstrate Shear Strain Softening and Compression Stiffening: A Model for Soft Tissue Mechanics

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Vimentin Phosphorylation Underlies Myofibroblast Sensitivity to Withaferin A In Vitro and during Corneal Fibrosis

(2015) Paola Bargagna-Mohan et al.   PLoS One

Dissecting the contribution of actin and vimentin intermediate filaments to mechanical phenotype of suspended cells using high-throughput deformability measurements and computational modeling

(2014) Evgeny Gladilin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Inelastic behaviour of collagen networks in cell-matrix interactions and mechanosensation

(2014) H. Mohammadi et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Progenitor Cells and Podocyte Regeneration

(2014) Stuart J. Shankland et al.   SEMINARS IN NEPHROLOGY

The Role of Vimentin Intermediate Filaments in Cortical and Cytoplasmic Mechanics

(2013) Ming Guo et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A Mechanical Checkpoint Controls Multicellular Growth through YAP/TAZ Regulation by Actin-Processing Factors

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ADCK4 mutations promote steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome through CoQ10 biosynthesis disruption

(2013) Shazia Ashraf et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Laminin  2 Gene Missense Mutation Produces Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Podocytes

(2013) Y. M. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

The glomerular basement membrane

(2012) Jeffrey H. Miner   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Withaferin A Alters Intermediate Filament Organization, Cell Shape and Behavior

(2012) Boris Grin et al.   PLoS One

Upregulated Expression of Integrin α1 in Mesangial Cells and Integrin α3 and Vimentin in Podocytes of Col4a3-Null (Alport) Mice

(2012) Brooke M. Steenhard et al.   PLoS One

The Challenge and Response of Podocytes to Glomerular Hypertension

(2012) Nicole Endlich et al.   SEMINARS IN NEPHROLOGY

Cell Biology and Pathology of Podocytes

(2011) Anna Greka et al.   Annual Review of Physiology

COQ6 mutations in human patients produce nephrotic syndrome with sensorineural deafness

(2011) Saskia F. Heeringa et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Role of YAP/TAZ in mechanotransduction

(2011) Sirio Dupont et al.   NATURE

The podocyte cytoskeleton—key to a functioning glomerulus in health and disease

(2011) Gavin I. Welsh et al.   Nature Reviews Nephrology

Biophysical properties of normal and diseased renal glomeruli

(2010) Hans M. Wyss et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Filamin A mediates interactions between cytoskeletal proteins that control cell adhesion

(2010) Hugh Kim et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Lack of Collagen XVIII Long Isoforms Affects Kidney Podocytes, whereas the Short Form Is Needed in the Proximal Tubular Basement Membrane

(2010) Aino I. Kinnunen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Mechanisms of mechanical signaling in development and disease

(2010) P. A. Janmey et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Absence of Filamin A Prevents Cells from Responding to Stiffness Gradients on Gels Coated with Collagen but not Fibronectin

(2009) Fitzroy J. Byfield et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Matrix Crosslinking Forces Tumor Progression by Enhancing Integrin Signaling

(2009) Kandice R. Levental et al.   CELL

Myocardin-related transcription factors and SRF are required for cytoskeletal dynamics and experimental metastasis

(2009) Souhila Medjkane et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Mutations in the formin gene INF2 cause focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

(2009) Elizabeth J Brown et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Ischemic Injury to Kidney Induces Glomerular Podocyte Effacement and Dissociation of Slit Diaphragm Proteins Neph1 and ZO-1

(2008) Mark C. Wagner et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

HIV-1 Nef Disrupts the Podocyte Actin Cytoskeleton by Interacting with Diaphanous Interacting Protein

(2008) Ting-chi Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY