Pouyan Esmailzadeh Boukany

This paper develops a microfluidic platform using insulator-based dielectrophoresis to isolate breast cancer cells from blood with high recovery and purity.

This study shows that SEPT7 depletion reduces breast cancer cell invasion in 3D collagen gels by affecting actin-based protrusions and cell shape.

This study identifies the distinct and combined roles of actin and vimentin in determining cell viscoelasticity and compression stiffening using mouse embryonic fibroblasts.

This study shows invasive cancer cells alter collagen network mechanics through volume exclusion, adhesion, and contractility, leading to softening and suppression of stress-stiffening.

This study shows that cancer cell deformability affects their ability to squeeze through narrow spaces but not their decision-making at channel junctions.

This study investigates how CAFs drive cancer cell invasion through matrix remodeling and inter-spheroid proximity in a 3D in vitro model of Luminal A breast cancer.

This study investigates how EMT-dependent cell-matrix interactions influence unjamming transitions in cancer spheroid invasion using 3D invasion assays and quantitative image analysis.

This study links metastatic potential with viscoelastic properties of breast cancer spheroids using microfluidic compression and relaxation tests.