Arina E. Velieva

Magnetoactive hydrogels to probe curvature-directed endothelial cell mechanosensing

This study uses a magnetoactive hydrogel to investigate how curvature affects endothelial cell mechanosensing, finding that curvature influences YAP localization and junctional dynamics independently of shear stress.

Nascent extracellular matrix converts biomaterial cues into cell fate decisions

The paper shows that nascent extracellular matrix converts hydrogel chemical cues into cell fate decisions, with low modification promoting differentiation and high modification promoting proliferation.

Mechanical Cues Regulate Estrogen and Progesterone-Induced Nascent ECM Deposition by Human Endometrial Stromal Cells

This study shows that mechanical and hormonal cues regulate ECM deposition by endometrial stromal cells during decidualization.