Biophysics in tumor growth and progression: from single mechano-sensitive molecules to mechanomedicine

Y Xin, K Li, M Huang, C Liang, D Siemann, L Wu, Y Tan… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Evidence from physical sciences in oncology increasingly suggests that the interplay
between the biophysical tumor microenvironment and genetic regulation has significant …

Towards an integrative understanding of cancer mechanobiology: calcium, YAP, and microRNA under biophysical forces

C Liang, M Huang, T Li, L Li, H Sussman, Y Dai… - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
An increasing number of studies have demonstrated the significant roles of the interplay
between microenvironmental mechanics in tissues and biochemical-genetic activities in …

YAP at the Crossroads of Biomechanics and Drug Resistance in Human Cancer

M Huang, H Wang, C Mackey, MC Chung… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biomechanical forces are of fundamental importance in biology, diseases, and medicine.
Mechanobiology is an emerging interdisciplinary field that studies how biological …

[PDF][PDF] Combining 3D magnetic force actuator and multi-functional fluorescence imaging to study nucleus mechanobiology

M Huang, H Wang, AA Delgado, TA Reid… - Journal of Visualized …, 2022 - par.nsf.gov
A fundamental question in mechanobiology is how living cells sense extracellular
mechanical stimuli in the context of cell physiology and pathology. The cellular mechano …

Automatic Multi-functional Integration Program (AMFIP) towards all-optical mechano-electrophysiology interrogation

Q Luo, J Zhang, M Huang, G Lin, M Tanaka, S Lepler… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Automatic operations of multi-functional and time-lapse live-cell imaging are necessary for
the biomedical science community to study active, multi-faceted, and long-term biological …

Functional Interrogation of Ca2+ Signals in Human Cancer Cells In Vitro and Ex Vivo by Fluorescent Microscopy and Molecular Tools

C Liang, M Huang, M Tanaka, S Lightsey… - Microfluidic Systems for …, 2023 - Springer
Genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) and high-resolution confocal microscopy
enable dynamic visualization of calcium signals in cells and tissues. Two-dimensional and …