Publications

Publications of specific relevance to
2024

Padilla‐Lopategui S, Ligorio C, Bu W, Yin C, Laurenza D, Redondo C, Owen R, Sun H, Rose FRAJ,
Iskratsch T and Mata A (2024).
Biocooperative Regenerative Materials by Harnessing Blood‐Clotting and Peptide Self‐Assembly. 10.1002/adma.202407156
Fromager B, Cambedouzou J, Marhuenda E,
Iskratsch T, Pinault M, Bakalara N and Cornu D (2024).
Tunable electrospun scaffolds of polyacrylonitrile loaded with carbon nanotubes: from synthesis to biological applications. vol. 25, (7)
10.1002/cbic.202300768
Swiatlowska P, Tipping W, Marhuenda E, Severi P, Fomin V, Yang Z, Xiao Q, Graham D, Shanahan C and
Iskratsch T (2024).
Hypertensive Pressure Mechanosensing Alone Triggers Lipid Droplet Accumulation and Transdifferentiation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells to Foam Cells (Adv. Sci. 9/2024). vol. 11, (9)
10.1002/advs.202470050
Faleeva M, Ahmad S, Theofilatos K, Lynham S, Watson G, Whitehead M, Marhuenda E,
Iskratsch T, Cox S and Shanahan CM (2024).
Sox9 Accelerates Vascular Aging by Regulating Extracellular Matrix Composition and Stiffness. vol. 134, (3) 307-324.
10.1161/circresaha.123.323365
Zheng T, O'Neill C, Marshall JF,
Iskratsch T and Palma M (2024).
Selective Placement of Functionalised DNA Origami via Thermal Scanning Probe Lithography Patterning. 10.1039/d4ma00828f2023

Swiatlowska P, Tipping W, Marhuenda E, Severi P, Fomin V, Yang Z, Xiao Q, Graham D, Shanahan C and
Iskratsch T (2023).
Hypertensive Pressure Mechanosensing Alone Triggers Lipid Droplet Accumulation and Transdifferentiation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells to Foam Cells. vol. 11, (9)
10.1002/advs.202308686
Ross JA, Arcos-Villacis N, Battey E, Boogerd C, Orellana CA, Marhuenda E, Swiatlowska P, Hodzic D, Prin F, Mohun T, Catibog N, Tapia O, Gerace L,
Iskratsch T, Shah AM and Stroud MJ (2023).
Lem2 is essential for cardiac development by maintaining nuclear integrity. vol. 119, (11) 2074-2088.
10.1093/cvr/cvad061
Swiatlowska P and
Iskratsch T (2023).
Cardiovascular Mechano-Epigenetics: Force-Dependent Regulation of Histone Modifications and Gene Regulation. vol. 38, (2) 215-222.
10.1007/s10557-022-07422-z
Battey E, Ross JA, Hoang A, Wilson DGS, Han Y, Levy Y, Pollock RD, Kalakoutis M, Pugh JN, Close GL, Ellison‐Hughes GM, Lazarus NR,
Iskratsch T, Harridge SDR, Ochala J and Stroud MJ (2023).
Myonuclear alterations associated with exercise are independent of age in humans. 10.1113/jp2841282022

Jacques R, Zhou B, Marhuenda E, Gorecki J, Das A,
Iskratsch T and
Krause S (2022).
Photoelectrochemical imaging of single cardiomyocytes and monitoring of their action potentials through contact force manipulation of organoids. 10.1016/j.bios.2022.115024
Iskratsch T, Hawkes W, Marhuenda E, Reynolds P, O'Neill C, PANDEY P, Wilson D, FREELEY M, HUANG D, Junquiang H, Gondarenko S, Hone J, Gadegaard N and Palma M (2022).
Regulation of Cardiomyocyte Adhesion and
Mechanosignalling Through Distinct Nanoscale Behaviour of
Integrin Ligands Mimicking Healthy or Fibrotic ECM. 10.1098/rstb.2022.0021
Swiatlowska P, Sit B, Feng Z, Marhuenda E, Xanthis I, Zingaro S, Ward M, Zhou X, Xiao Q, Shanahan C, Jones GE, Yu C-H and
Iskratsch T (2022).
Pressure and stiffness sensing together regulate vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype switching. vol. 8, (15)
10.1126/sciadv.abm34712021

Swiatlowska P and
Iskratsch T (2021).
Cardiovascular mechanobiology—a Special Issue to look at the state of the art and the newest insights into the role of mechanical forces in cardiovascular development, physiology and disease. vol. 13, (5) 575-577.
10.1007/s12551-021-00842-5
Swiatlowska P and
Iskratsch T (2021).
Tools for studying and modulating (cardiac muscle) cell mechanics and mechanosensing across the scales. vol. 13, (5) 611-623.
10.1007/s12551-021-00837-2
Swiatlowska P and
Iskratsch T (2021).
Announcing the call for the Special Issue on “Cardiovascular mechanobiology—a special issue to look at the state of the art and the newest insights into the role of mechanical forces in cardiovascular development, physiology, and disease”. vol. 13, (3) 307-308.
10.1007/s12551-021-00800-1
Marhuenda E, Fabre C, Zhang C, Martin-Fernandez M,
Iskratsch T, Saleh A, Bauchet L, Cambedouzou J, Hugnot JP, Duffau H, Dennis JW, Cornu D and Bakalara N (2021).
Glioma stem cells invasive phenotype at optimal stiffness is driven by MGAT5 dependent mechanosensing. vol. 40, (1)
10.1186/s13046-021-01925-72020
2019

Pedrosa A-R, BODRUG N, Gomez-Escudero J, Carter EP, Reynolds LE, Georgiou PN, Fernandez I, Lees DM, Kostourou V, Alexopoulou AN, Batista S, Tavora B, Serrels B, Parsons M,
Iskratsch T and Hodivala-Dilke K (2019).
Tumour angiogenesis is differentially regulated by endothelial cell Focal Adhesion Kinase tyrosine-397 and -861 phosphorylation. 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-3934
Sit B, Gutmann D and
Iskratsch T (2019).
Costameres, dense plaques and podosomes: the cell matrix adhesions in cardiovascular mechanosensing. vol. 40, (2) 197-209.
10.1007/s10974-019-09529-7
Hawkes W, Huang D, Reynolds P, Hammond L, Ward M, Gadegaard N, Marshall JF, Iskratch T and Palma M (2019).
Probing the nanoscale organisation and multivalency of cell surface receptors: DNA origami nanoarrays for cellular studies with single-molecule control. 10.1039/c9fd00023b
Ward M and
Iskratsch T (2019).
Mix and (mis-)match – The mechanosensing machinery in the changing environment of the developing, healthy adult and diseased heart. vol. 1867, (3)
10.1016/j.bbamcr.2019.01.0172018

Ciuba K, Hawkes W, Tojkander S, Kogan K, Engel U,
ISKRATSCH T and Lappalainen P (2018).
Calponin-3 is critical for coordinated contractility of actin stress fibers. 10.1038/s41598-018-35948-6
Pandey P, Hawkes W, Hu J, Megone WV,
Gautrot J, Anilkumar N, Zhang M, Hirvonen L, Cox S, Ehler E, Hone J, Sheetz M and
Iskratsch T (2018).
Cardiomyocytes Sense Matrix Rigidity through a Combination of Muscle and Non-muscle Myosin Contractions. vol. 44, (3) 326-336.e3.
10.1016/j.devcel.2017.12.0242017
2016

Santos LC, Blair DA, Kumari S, Cammer M,
Iskratsch T, Herbin O, Alexandropoulos K, Dustin ML and Sheetz MP (2016).
Actin polymerization-dependent activation of Cas-L promotes immunological synapse stability. vol. 94, (10) 981-993.
10.1038/icb.2016.61
Meacci G, Wolfenson H, Liu S, Stachowiak MR,
Iskratsch T, Mathur A, Ghassemi S, Gauthier N, Tabdanov E, Lohner J, Gondarenko A, Chander AC, Roca-Cusachs P, O'Shaughnessy B, Hone J and Sheetz MP (2016).
α-Actinin links extracellular matrix rigidity-sensing contractile units with periodic cell-edge retractions. vol. 27, (22) 3471-3479.
10.1091/mbc.E16-02-01072015

Wolfenson H, Meacci G, Liu S, Stachowiak MR,
Iskratsch T, Ghassemi S, Roca-Cusachs P, O'Shaughnessy B, Hone J and Sheetz MP (2015).
Tropomyosin controls sarcomere-like contractions for rigidity sensing and suppressing growth on soft matrices. vol. 18, (1) 33-42.
10.1038/ncb3277
Tabdanov E, Gondarenko S, Kumari S, Liapis A, Dustin ML, Sheetz MP, Kam LC and
Iskratsch T (2015).
Micropatterning of TCR and LFA-1 ligands reveals complementary effects on cytoskeleton mechanics in T cells. vol. 7, (10) 1272-1284.
10.1039/c5ib00032g2014

Wolfenson H,
Iskratsch T and Sheetz MP (2014).
Early Events in Cell Spreading as a Model for Quantitative Analysis of Biomechanical Events. vol. 107, (11) 2508-2514.
10.1016/j.bpj.2014.10.041
Iskratsch T, Wolfenson H and Sheetz MP (2014).
Appreciating force and shape—the rise of mechanotransduction in cell biology. vol. 15, (12) 825-833.
10.1038/nrm3903
Dwyer J, Pluess M,
Iskratsch T, Dos Remedios CG and Ehler E (2014).
The formin FHOD1 in cardiomyocytes. vol. 297, (9) 1560-1570.
10.1002/ar.22984
Zhang X, Moore SW,
Iskratsch T and Sheetz MP (2014).
N-WASP-directed actin polymerization activates Cas phosphorylation and lamellipodium spreading. vol. 127, (7) 1394-1405.
10.1242/jcs.1346922013
Iskratsch T, Yu C-H, Mathur A, Liu S, Stévenin V, Dwyer J, Hone J, Ehler E and Sheetz M (2013).
FHOD1 Is Needed for Directed Forces and Adhesion Maturation during Cell Spreading and Migration. vol. 27, (5) 545-559.
10.1016/j.devcel.2013.11.0032012

Lynch CD, Lazar AM,
Iskratsch T, Zhang X and Sheetz MP (2012).
Endoplasmic spreading requires coalescence of vimentin intermediate filaments at force-bearing adhesions. vol. 24, (1) 21-30.
10.1091/mbc.e12-05-0377
Iskratsch T, Reijntjes S, Dwyer J, Toselli P, Dégano IR, Dominguez I and Ehler E (2012).
Two distinct phosphorylation events govern the function of muscle FHOD3. vol. 70, (5) 893-908.
10.1007/s00018-012-1154-7
Roca-Cusachs P,
Iskratsch T and Sheetz MP (2012).
Finding the weakest link – exploring integrin-mediated mechanical molecular pathways. vol. 125, (13) 3025-3038.
10.1242/jcs.0957942011
2010
Iskratsch T, Lange S, Dwyer J, Kho AL, Remedios CD and Ehler E (2010).
Formin follows function: a muscle-specific isoform of FHOD3 is regulated by CK2 phosphorylation and promotes myofibril maintenance. vol. 137, (1) i1-i1.
10.1085/jgp1371oia1
Iskratsch T, Lange S, Dwyer J, Kho AL, dos Remedios C and Ehler E (2010).
Formin follows function: a muscle-specific isoform of FHOD3 is regulated by CK2 phosphorylation and promotes myofibril maintenance. vol. 191, (6) 1159-1172.
10.1083/jcb.2010050602009

Herbst R,
Iskratsch T, Unger E and Bittner RE (2009).
Aberrant development of neuromuscular junctions in glycosylation-defective Largemyd mice. vol. 19, (5) 366-378.
10.1016/j.nmd.2009.02.011
Gutternigg M, Rendić D, Voglauer R,
Iskratsch T and Wilson IBH (2009).
Mammalian cells contain a second nucleocytoplasmic hexosaminidase. vol. 419, (1) 83-90.
10.1042/bj200816302008
Iskratsch T, Braun A, Paschinger K and Wilson IBH (2008).
Specificity analysis of lectins and antibodies using remodeled glycoproteins. vol. 386, (2) 133-146.
10.1016/j.ab.2008.12.005