Spencer E. Szczesny

This study identifies mechanotransduction pathways involved in chicken tendon development and shows how paralysis disrupts these processes.

This study investigates the impaired mechanobiological response of female ACLs to mechanical loading and finds fewer differentially expressed genes and enriched mechanotransduction pathways in females compared to males.

This study compares the biological response of allograft and autograft ACL reconstructions to cyclic loading and finds no difference in remodeling or immune cell markers.

The paper shows that embryo movement is essential for tendon maturation in chick embryos, with YAP signaling and collagen alignment responding to mechanical cues.

This study shows that mechanical stimulation via muscle activity is necessary for tendon maturation during embryonic development, as it affects both macroscale mechanics and microscale collagen structure.