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Displaying 1 - 20 of 20Last updated : 23 April 2024 02:31 Friction pulls cells into shape Authors (2)Toby AndrewsRashmi Priya Nature Physics Published 1 February 2024 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details Editorial: Forces in biology - Cell and developmental mechanobiology and its implications in disease - Volume II Authors (8) Selwin K Wu Guillermo A Gomez Samantha Stehbens Bipul R Acharya Aparna RatheeshRashmi Priya Anne Lagendijk Alexander Bershadsky Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology Published 1 December 2022 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details Preprint Highlight: ERK-mediated curvature feedback regulates branching morphogenesis in lung epithelial tissue Authors (1)Rashmi Priya Molecular Biology of the Cell Published 1 December 2022 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details The developing epicardium regulates cardiac chamber morphogenesis by promoting cardiomyocyte growth Authors (9)Giulia Boezio Shengnan Zhao Josephine GollinRashmi Priya Shivani Mansingh Stefan Guenther Nana Fukuda Felix Gunawan Didier YR Stainier Disease Models and Mechanisms Published 1 May 2023 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details Preprint highlight: Dynamic interplay of protrusive microtubule and contractile actomyosin forces drive tissue extension Authors (1)Rashmi Priya Molecular Biology of the Cell Published 1 October 2022 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details Preprint Highlight: Intertissue mechanical interactions shape the olfactory circuit in zebrafish Authors (1)Rashmi Priya Molecular Biology of the Cell Published 1 July 2022 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details Apelin signaling dependent endocardial protrusions promote cardiac trabeculation in zebrafish Authors (6) Jialing Qi Annegret RittershausRashmi Priya Shivani Mansingh Didier YR Stainier Christian SM Helker eLife Published 28 February 2022 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details The zebrafish issue: 25 years on Authors (5) Mary C Mullins Joaquín Navajas AcedoRashmi Priya Lilianna Solnica-Krezel Stephen W Wilson Development Published 15 December 2021 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details The EMT transcription factor Snai1 maintains myocardial wall integrity by repressing intermediate filament gene expression Authors (8) Alessandra Gentile Anabela Bensimon-BritoRashmi Priya Hans-Martin Maischein Janett Piesker Stefan Guenther Felix Gunawan Didier YR Stainier eLife Published 21 June 2021 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details Sculpting the heart: Cellular mechanisms shaping valves and trabeculae Authors (3) Felix GunawanRashmi Priya Didier YR Stainier Current Opinion in Cell Biology Published 1 December 2021 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details Tension heterogeneity directs form and fate to pattern the myocardial wall Authors (7)Rashmi Priya Srinivas Allanki Alessandra Gentile Shivani Mansingh Veronica Uribe Hans-Martin Maischein Didier YR Stainier Nature Published 3 December 2020 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details Spatio-temporal regulation of RhoGTPases signaling by myosin II Authors (2) Selwin K WuRashmi Priya Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology Published 28 May 2019 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details Bistable front dynamics in a contractile medium: Travelling wave fronts and cortical advection define stable zones of RhoA signaling at epithelial adherens junctions Authors (7)Rashmi Priya Guillermo A Gomez Srikanth Budnar Bipul R Acharya Andras Czirok Alpha S Yap Zoltan Neufeld PLoS Computational Biology Published 8 March 2017 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details ROCK1 but not ROCK2 contributes to RhoA signaling and NMIIA-mediated contractility at the epithelial zonula adherens Authors (6)Rashmi Priya Xuan Liang Jessica L Teo Kinga Duszyc Alpha S Yap Guillermo A Gomez Molecular Biology of the Cell Published 1 January 2017 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details Coronin 1B supports RhoA signaling at cell-cell junctions through Myosin II Authors (6)Rashmi Priya Kenneth Wee Srikanth Budnar Guillermo A Gomez Alpha S Yap Magdalene Michael Cell Cycle Published 16 November 2016 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details Contact inhibition of locomotion and mechanical cross-talk between cell-cell and cell-substrate adhesion determine the pattern of junctional tension in epithelial cell aggregates Authors (12) Luke Coburn Hender Lopez Benjamin J Caldwell Elliott Moussa Chloe YapRashmi Priya[...] Anthony P Roberts Vladimir Lobaskin Alpha S Yap Zoltan Neufeld Guillermo A Gomez Molecular Biology of the Cell Published 7 November 2016 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details Feedback regulation through myosin II confers robustness on RhoA signalling at E-cadherin junctions Authors (7)Rashmi Priya Guillermo A Gomez Srikanth Budnar Suzie Verma Hayley L Cox Nicholas A Hamilton Alpha S Yap Nature Cell Biology Published 1 October 2015 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details Making a choice: How cadherin switching controls cell migration Authors (2)Rashmi Priya Alpha S Yap Developmental Cell Published 24 August 2015 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details Active tension: the role of cadherin adhesion and signaling in generating junctional contractility Authors (2)Rashmi Priya Alpha S Yap Current Topics in Developmental Biology Published 1 January 2015 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details An RPTPα/Src family kinase/Rap1 signaling module recruits myosin IIB to support contractile tension at apical E-cadherin junctions Authors (12) Guillermo A Gomez Robert W McLachlan Selwin K Wu Benjamin J Caldwell Elliott Moussa Suzie Verma[...]Rashmi Priya Robert G Parton Katharina Gaus Jan Sap Alpha S Yap Molecular Biology of the Cell Published 1 April 2015 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Friction pulls cells into shape Authors (2)Toby AndrewsRashmi Priya Nature Physics Published 1 February 2024 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
Editorial: Forces in biology - Cell and developmental mechanobiology and its implications in disease - Volume II Authors (8) Selwin K Wu Guillermo A Gomez Samantha Stehbens Bipul R Acharya Aparna RatheeshRashmi Priya Anne Lagendijk Alexander Bershadsky Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology Published 1 December 2022 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
Preprint Highlight: ERK-mediated curvature feedback regulates branching morphogenesis in lung epithelial tissue Authors (1)Rashmi Priya Molecular Biology of the Cell Published 1 December 2022 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
The developing epicardium regulates cardiac chamber morphogenesis by promoting cardiomyocyte growth Authors (9)Giulia Boezio Shengnan Zhao Josephine GollinRashmi Priya Shivani Mansingh Stefan Guenther Nana Fukuda Felix Gunawan Didier YR Stainier Disease Models and Mechanisms Published 1 May 2023 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
Preprint highlight: Dynamic interplay of protrusive microtubule and contractile actomyosin forces drive tissue extension Authors (1)Rashmi Priya Molecular Biology of the Cell Published 1 October 2022 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
Preprint Highlight: Intertissue mechanical interactions shape the olfactory circuit in zebrafish Authors (1)Rashmi Priya Molecular Biology of the Cell Published 1 July 2022 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
Apelin signaling dependent endocardial protrusions promote cardiac trabeculation in zebrafish Authors (6) Jialing Qi Annegret RittershausRashmi Priya Shivani Mansingh Didier YR Stainier Christian SM Helker eLife Published 28 February 2022 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
The zebrafish issue: 25 years on Authors (5) Mary C Mullins Joaquín Navajas AcedoRashmi Priya Lilianna Solnica-Krezel Stephen W Wilson Development Published 15 December 2021 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
The EMT transcription factor Snai1 maintains myocardial wall integrity by repressing intermediate filament gene expression Authors (8) Alessandra Gentile Anabela Bensimon-BritoRashmi Priya Hans-Martin Maischein Janett Piesker Stefan Guenther Felix Gunawan Didier YR Stainier eLife Published 21 June 2021 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
Sculpting the heart: Cellular mechanisms shaping valves and trabeculae Authors (3) Felix GunawanRashmi Priya Didier YR Stainier Current Opinion in Cell Biology Published 1 December 2021 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
Tension heterogeneity directs form and fate to pattern the myocardial wall Authors (7)Rashmi Priya Srinivas Allanki Alessandra Gentile Shivani Mansingh Veronica Uribe Hans-Martin Maischein Didier YR Stainier Nature Published 3 December 2020 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
Spatio-temporal regulation of RhoGTPases signaling by myosin II Authors (2) Selwin K WuRashmi Priya Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology Published 28 May 2019 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
Bistable front dynamics in a contractile medium: Travelling wave fronts and cortical advection define stable zones of RhoA signaling at epithelial adherens junctions Authors (7)Rashmi Priya Guillermo A Gomez Srikanth Budnar Bipul R Acharya Andras Czirok Alpha S Yap Zoltan Neufeld PLoS Computational Biology Published 8 March 2017 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
ROCK1 but not ROCK2 contributes to RhoA signaling and NMIIA-mediated contractility at the epithelial zonula adherens Authors (6)Rashmi Priya Xuan Liang Jessica L Teo Kinga Duszyc Alpha S Yap Guillermo A Gomez Molecular Biology of the Cell Published 1 January 2017 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
Coronin 1B supports RhoA signaling at cell-cell junctions through Myosin II Authors (6)Rashmi Priya Kenneth Wee Srikanth Budnar Guillermo A Gomez Alpha S Yap Magdalene Michael Cell Cycle Published 16 November 2016 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
Contact inhibition of locomotion and mechanical cross-talk between cell-cell and cell-substrate adhesion determine the pattern of junctional tension in epithelial cell aggregates Authors (12) Luke Coburn Hender Lopez Benjamin J Caldwell Elliott Moussa Chloe YapRashmi Priya[...] Anthony P Roberts Vladimir Lobaskin Alpha S Yap Zoltan Neufeld Guillermo A Gomez Molecular Biology of the Cell Published 7 November 2016 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
Feedback regulation through myosin II confers robustness on RhoA signalling at E-cadherin junctions Authors (7)Rashmi Priya Guillermo A Gomez Srikanth Budnar Suzie Verma Hayley L Cox Nicholas A Hamilton Alpha S Yap Nature Cell Biology Published 1 October 2015 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
Making a choice: How cadherin switching controls cell migration Authors (2)Rashmi Priya Alpha S Yap Developmental Cell Published 24 August 2015 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
Active tension: the role of cadherin adhesion and signaling in generating junctional contractility Authors (2)Rashmi Priya Alpha S Yap Current Topics in Developmental Biology Published 1 January 2015 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details
An RPTPα/Src family kinase/Rap1 signaling module recruits myosin IIB to support contractile tension at apical E-cadherin junctions Authors (12) Guillermo A Gomez Robert W McLachlan Selwin K Wu Benjamin J Caldwell Elliott Moussa Suzie Verma[...]Rashmi Priya Robert G Parton Katharina Gaus Jan Sap Alpha S Yap Molecular Biology of the Cell Published 1 April 2015 Crick labsRashmi PriyaFull details