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Breadcrumb Alberto Elosegui Artola Elosegui Artola lab Cell and Tissue Mechanobiology Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Members Publications Vacancies PublicationsYear published2023 (5)2022 (4)2021 (3)2020 (2)2019 (1)2018 (2)2017 (7)2016 (2) Facet Year publishedCrick/Pre-CrickCrick publications (6)Pre-Crick publications (20) Facet Crick/Pre-CrickPublication typePrimary research (21)Review (3)Commentary (2) (-)Journal article (26) Facet Publication typeJournalNature Communications (4)Nature Cell Biology (3)Nature Materials (3)Bioengineering and Translational Medicine (1)Biophysical Journal (1)Cell (1)Current Biology (1)Current Opinion in Cell Biology (1)eLife (1)iScience (1)Lab on a Chip (1)Molecular Biology of the Cell (1)Nature (1)Nature Nanotechnology (1)Oncotarget (1)Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition) (1)Science (1)Trends in Cancer (1)Trends in Cell Biology (1) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 20 of 26Last updated : 28 March 2024 03:21 The laminin-keratin link shields the nucleus from mechanical deformation and signalling Authors (14) Zanetta Kechagia Pablo Sáez Manuel Gómez-GonzálezBrenda Canales Srivatsava Viswanadha Martín Zamarbide[...]Alberto Elosegui Artola Patrick WB Derksen Xavier Trepat Marino Arroyo Pere Roca-Cusachs Nature Materials Published 1 November 2023 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Metabolic glycan labeling immobilizes dendritic cell membrane and enhances antitumor efficacy of dendritic cell vaccine Authors (6) Joonsu Han Rimsha Bhatta Yusheng Liu Yang BoAlberto Elosegui Artola Hua Wang Nature Communications Published 19 August 2023 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details AMPK is a mechano-metabolic sensor linking cell adhesion and mitochondrial dynamics to Myosin-dependent cell migration Authors (19) Eva Crosas-Molist Vittoria Graziani Oscar Maiques Pahini Pandya Joanne Monger Remi Samain[...] Guillaume Charras Maria R ConteAlberto Elosegui Artola Mark Holt Victoria Sanz-Moreno Nature Communications Published 22 May 2023 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Hydrogel viscoelasticity modulates migration and fusion of mesenchymal stem cell spheroids Authors (6) David T Wu Mani Diba Stephanie Yang Benjamin R FreedmanAlberto Elosegui Artola David J Mooney Bioengineering and Translational Medicine Published 1 May 2023 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Matrix viscoelasticity controls spatiotemporal tissue organization Authors (13)Alberto Elosegui Artola Anupam Gupta Alexander J Najibi Bo Ri Seo Ryan Garry Christina M Tringides[...] Wei Gu Qiao Zhou David A Weitz L Mahadevan David J Mooney Nature Materials Published 1 January 2023 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Caveolae couple mechanical stress to integrin recycling and activation Authors (9) Fidel-Nicolás Lolo Dácil María Pavón Araceli GrandeAlberto Elosegui Artola Valeria Inés Segatori Sara Sánchez Xavier Trepat Pere Roca-Cusachs Miguel A del Pozo eLife Published 20 October 2022 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Mechanical force application to the nucleus regulates nucleocytoplasmic transport Authors (12) Ion Andreu Ignasi Granero-Moya Nimesh R Chahare Kessem Clein Marc Molina-Jordán Amy EM Beedle[...] Juan F Abenza Leone Rossetti Xavier Trepat Barak Raveh Pere Roca-Cusachs Nature Cell Biology Published 1 June 2022 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Actuated 3D microgels for single cell mechanobiology Authors (8) Berna Özkale Junzhe Lou Ece ÖzelçiAlberto Elosegui Artola Christina M Tringides Angelo S Mao Mahmut Selman Sakar David J Mooney Lab on a Chip Published 21 May 2022 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Tissue architecture in tumor initiation and progression Authors (5)Jorge Almagro Hendrik A MessalAlberto Elosegui Artola Jacco van RheenenAxel Behrens Trends in Cancer Published 1 June 2022 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaAxel BehrensFull details The force loading rate drives cell mechanosensing through both reinforcement and cytoskeletal softening Authors (14) Ion Andreu Bryan Falcones Sebastian Hurst Nimesh Chahare Xarxa Quiroga Anabel-Lise Le Roux[...] Xavier Trepat Ramon Farré Timo Betz Isaac Almendros Pere Roca-Cusachs Nature Communications Published 9 July 2021 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Viscoelastic surface electrode arrays to interface with viscoelastic tissues Authors (13) Christina M Tringides Nicolas Vachicouras Irene de Lázaro Hua Wang Alix Trouillet Bo Ri Seo[...] Yuyoung Shin Cinzia Casiraghi Kostas Kostarelos Stéphanie P Lacour David J Mooney Nature Nanotechnology Published 1 September 2021 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details The extracellular matrix viscoelasticity as a regulator of cell and tissue dynamics Authors (1)Alberto Elosegui Artola Current Opinion in Cell Biology Published 1 October 2021 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Cell migration: Deconstructing the matrix Authors (2)Alberto Elosegui Artola Roger Oria Current Biology Published 19 October 2020 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Integrin binding dynamics modulate ligand-specific mechanosensing in mammary gland fibroblasts Authors (10) Martina LercheAlberto Elosegui Artola Jenny Z Kechagia Camilo Guzmán Maria Georgiadou Ion Andreu Donald Gullberg Pere Roca-Cusachs Emilia Peuhu Johanna Ivaska iScience Published 27 March 2020 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Traction forces at the cytokinetic ring regulate cell division and polyploidy in the migrating zebrafish epicardium Authors (12) Marina Uroz Anna Garcia-Puig Isil TekeliAlberto Elosegui Artola Juan F Abenza Ariadna Marín-Llauradó[...] Vito Conte Lorenzo Albertazzi Pere Roca-Cusachs Ángel Raya Xavier Trepat Nature Materials Published 1 September 2019 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Mechanochemical feedback control of dynamin independent endocytosis modulates membrane tension in adherent cells Authors (18) Joseph Jose Thottacherry Anita Joanna Kosmalska Amit Kumar Amit Singh VishenAlberto Elosegui Artola Susav Pradhan[...] Robert G Parton Madan Rao Pramod Pullarkat Pere Roca-Cusachs Satyajit Mayor Nature Communications Published 11 October 2018 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Control of mechanotransduction by molecular clutch dynamics Authors (3)Alberto Elosegui Artola Xavier Trepat Pere Roca-Cusachs Trends in Cell Biology Published 1 May 2018 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Force loading explains spatial sensing of ligands by cells Authors (14) Roger Oria Tina Wiegand Jorge EscribanoAlberto Elosegui Artola Juan Jose Uriarte Cristian Moreno-Pulido[...] Daniel Navajas Xavier Trepat José Manuel García-Aznar Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti-Adam Pere Roca-Cusachs Nature Published 14 December 2017 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Force triggers YAP nuclear entry by regulating transport across nuclear pores Authors (15)Alberto Elosegui Artola Ion Andreu Amy EM Beedle Ainhoa Lezamiz Marina Uroz Anita J Kosmalska[...] Catherine M Shanahan Xavier Trepat Daniel NavajasSergi Garcia-Manyes Pere Roca-Cusachs Cell Published 30 November 2017 Crick labsSergi Garcia-ManyesAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Amoebae as mechanosensitive tanks Authors (2)Alberto Elosegui Artola Pere Roca-Cusachs Biophysical Journal Published 20 June 2017 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
The laminin-keratin link shields the nucleus from mechanical deformation and signalling Authors (14) Zanetta Kechagia Pablo Sáez Manuel Gómez-GonzálezBrenda Canales Srivatsava Viswanadha Martín Zamarbide[...]Alberto Elosegui Artola Patrick WB Derksen Xavier Trepat Marino Arroyo Pere Roca-Cusachs Nature Materials Published 1 November 2023 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Metabolic glycan labeling immobilizes dendritic cell membrane and enhances antitumor efficacy of dendritic cell vaccine Authors (6) Joonsu Han Rimsha Bhatta Yusheng Liu Yang BoAlberto Elosegui Artola Hua Wang Nature Communications Published 19 August 2023 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
AMPK is a mechano-metabolic sensor linking cell adhesion and mitochondrial dynamics to Myosin-dependent cell migration Authors (19) Eva Crosas-Molist Vittoria Graziani Oscar Maiques Pahini Pandya Joanne Monger Remi Samain[...] Guillaume Charras Maria R ConteAlberto Elosegui Artola Mark Holt Victoria Sanz-Moreno Nature Communications Published 22 May 2023 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Hydrogel viscoelasticity modulates migration and fusion of mesenchymal stem cell spheroids Authors (6) David T Wu Mani Diba Stephanie Yang Benjamin R FreedmanAlberto Elosegui Artola David J Mooney Bioengineering and Translational Medicine Published 1 May 2023 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Matrix viscoelasticity controls spatiotemporal tissue organization Authors (13)Alberto Elosegui Artola Anupam Gupta Alexander J Najibi Bo Ri Seo Ryan Garry Christina M Tringides[...] Wei Gu Qiao Zhou David A Weitz L Mahadevan David J Mooney Nature Materials Published 1 January 2023 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Caveolae couple mechanical stress to integrin recycling and activation Authors (9) Fidel-Nicolás Lolo Dácil María Pavón Araceli GrandeAlberto Elosegui Artola Valeria Inés Segatori Sara Sánchez Xavier Trepat Pere Roca-Cusachs Miguel A del Pozo eLife Published 20 October 2022 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Mechanical force application to the nucleus regulates nucleocytoplasmic transport Authors (12) Ion Andreu Ignasi Granero-Moya Nimesh R Chahare Kessem Clein Marc Molina-Jordán Amy EM Beedle[...] Juan F Abenza Leone Rossetti Xavier Trepat Barak Raveh Pere Roca-Cusachs Nature Cell Biology Published 1 June 2022 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Actuated 3D microgels for single cell mechanobiology Authors (8) Berna Özkale Junzhe Lou Ece ÖzelçiAlberto Elosegui Artola Christina M Tringides Angelo S Mao Mahmut Selman Sakar David J Mooney Lab on a Chip Published 21 May 2022 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Tissue architecture in tumor initiation and progression Authors (5)Jorge Almagro Hendrik A MessalAlberto Elosegui Artola Jacco van RheenenAxel Behrens Trends in Cancer Published 1 June 2022 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaAxel BehrensFull details
The force loading rate drives cell mechanosensing through both reinforcement and cytoskeletal softening Authors (14) Ion Andreu Bryan Falcones Sebastian Hurst Nimesh Chahare Xarxa Quiroga Anabel-Lise Le Roux[...] Xavier Trepat Ramon Farré Timo Betz Isaac Almendros Pere Roca-Cusachs Nature Communications Published 9 July 2021 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Viscoelastic surface electrode arrays to interface with viscoelastic tissues Authors (13) Christina M Tringides Nicolas Vachicouras Irene de Lázaro Hua Wang Alix Trouillet Bo Ri Seo[...] Yuyoung Shin Cinzia Casiraghi Kostas Kostarelos Stéphanie P Lacour David J Mooney Nature Nanotechnology Published 1 September 2021 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
The extracellular matrix viscoelasticity as a regulator of cell and tissue dynamics Authors (1)Alberto Elosegui Artola Current Opinion in Cell Biology Published 1 October 2021 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Cell migration: Deconstructing the matrix Authors (2)Alberto Elosegui Artola Roger Oria Current Biology Published 19 October 2020 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Integrin binding dynamics modulate ligand-specific mechanosensing in mammary gland fibroblasts Authors (10) Martina LercheAlberto Elosegui Artola Jenny Z Kechagia Camilo Guzmán Maria Georgiadou Ion Andreu Donald Gullberg Pere Roca-Cusachs Emilia Peuhu Johanna Ivaska iScience Published 27 March 2020 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Traction forces at the cytokinetic ring regulate cell division and polyploidy in the migrating zebrafish epicardium Authors (12) Marina Uroz Anna Garcia-Puig Isil TekeliAlberto Elosegui Artola Juan F Abenza Ariadna Marín-Llauradó[...] Vito Conte Lorenzo Albertazzi Pere Roca-Cusachs Ángel Raya Xavier Trepat Nature Materials Published 1 September 2019 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Mechanochemical feedback control of dynamin independent endocytosis modulates membrane tension in adherent cells Authors (18) Joseph Jose Thottacherry Anita Joanna Kosmalska Amit Kumar Amit Singh VishenAlberto Elosegui Artola Susav Pradhan[...] Robert G Parton Madan Rao Pramod Pullarkat Pere Roca-Cusachs Satyajit Mayor Nature Communications Published 11 October 2018 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Control of mechanotransduction by molecular clutch dynamics Authors (3)Alberto Elosegui Artola Xavier Trepat Pere Roca-Cusachs Trends in Cell Biology Published 1 May 2018 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Force loading explains spatial sensing of ligands by cells Authors (14) Roger Oria Tina Wiegand Jorge EscribanoAlberto Elosegui Artola Juan Jose Uriarte Cristian Moreno-Pulido[...] Daniel Navajas Xavier Trepat José Manuel García-Aznar Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti-Adam Pere Roca-Cusachs Nature Published 14 December 2017 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Force triggers YAP nuclear entry by regulating transport across nuclear pores Authors (15)Alberto Elosegui Artola Ion Andreu Amy EM Beedle Ainhoa Lezamiz Marina Uroz Anita J Kosmalska[...] Catherine M Shanahan Xavier Trepat Daniel NavajasSergi Garcia-Manyes Pere Roca-Cusachs Cell Published 30 November 2017 Crick labsSergi Garcia-ManyesAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details
Amoebae as mechanosensitive tanks Authors (2)Alberto Elosegui Artola Pere Roca-Cusachs Biophysical Journal Published 20 June 2017 Crick labsAlberto Elosegui ArtolaFull details