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Akshar Rao

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

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Substrate viscoelasticity regulates fibroblast adhesion and migration

Neha Paddillaya, Akshar Rao, Anshul Shrivastava, Imnatoshi Jamir, Kundan Sengupta, Namrata Gundiah

This study shows that viscoelasticity of substrates affects fibroblast adhesion, migration, and YAP activity, suggesting its importance in fibrotic disease modeling.

Biointerphases · Jul 1, 2025Peer-reviewedBioengineering

Heterotypic interfacial tension between oncogenic and wild-type populations forms the mechanical basis of tissue-specific oncogenesis in epithelia

Amrapali Datta, Phanindra Dewan, Aswin Anto, Tanya Chhabra, Tanishq Tejaswi, Sindhu Muthukrishnan, Akshar Rao, Sumantra Sarkar, Medhavi Vishwakarma

This study shows that mechanical interfacial tension between oncogenic and wild-type cells determines tissue-specific tumor formation in mammary and bronchial epithelia.

bioRxiv · Mar 14, 2025Biophysics