Publications
Publications
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A.D. Countryman, C.A. Doherty, R.M. Herrera-Perez, K.E. Kasza. Endogenous OptoRhoGEFs reveal biophysical principles of tissue furrowing. BioRxiv [Preprint]. May 12, 2024. DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.12.593711
E.M. Kusaka#, S. Ostvar#, X. Wang, X. Liu, K.E. Kasza. Cell rearrangement progression along the apical-basal axis is linked with 3D epithelial tissue structure. BioRxiv [Preprint]. April 30, 2024. DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.29.591620 (#, these authors contributed equally)
C. Cupo, C. Allan, V. Ailiani, K.E. Kasza. Signatures of structural disorder in developing epithelial tissues. BioRxiv [Preprint]. February 14, 2024. DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.12.579900
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X. Wang, C. Cupo, S. Ostvar, A.D. Countryman, K.E. Kasza. E-cadherin tunes tissue mechanical behavior before and during morphogenetic tissue flows. BioRxiv [Preprint]. May 8, 2024. DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.07.592778 (in press at Current Biology)
C.Q. Connors, M.S. Mauro, J.T. Wiles, A.D. Countryman, S.L. Martin, B. LaCroix, M. Shirasu-Hiza, J. Dumont, K.E. Kasza, T.R. Davies, J.C. Canman. Germ fate determinants protect germ precursor cell division by reducing septin and anillin levels at the division plane. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2024; DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E24-02-0096-T
M. Matsuda, J. Rozman, S. Ostvar, K.E. Kasza, S. Sokol. Mechanical control of neural plate folding by apical domain alteration. Nature Communications. 2023; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43973-x
R.M. Herrera-Perez, C. Cupo, C. Allan, A.B. Dagle, and K.E. Kasza. Tissue flows are tuned by actomyosin-dependent mechanics in developing embryos. PRX Life. 2023; DOI: 10.1103/PRXLife.1.013004
R.M. Herrera-Perez, C. Cupo, C. Allan, A. Lin, K.E. Kasza. Using optogenetics to link myosin patterns to contractile cell behaviors during convergent extension. Biophysical Journal. 2021; DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.06.041
X. Wang, M. Merkel, L.B. Sutter, G. Erdemci-Tandogan, M.L. Manning, and K.E. Kasza. Anisotropy links cell shapes to tissue flow during convergent extension. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1916418117
K.E. Kasza, S. Supriyatno, J.A. Zallen. Cellular defects resulting from disease-related myosin II mutations in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2019; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1909227116.
R.M. Herrera-Perez and K.E. Kasza. Manipulating the patterns of mechanical forces that shape multicellular tissues. Physiology. 2019; 34(6):381-391.
R.M. Herrera-Perez and K.E. Kasza. Biophysical control of the cell rearrangements and cell shape changes that build epithelial tissues. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 2018; 51:88-95.
A. Aksit, D.N. Arteaga, M. Arriaga, X. Wang, H. Watanabe, K.E. Kasza, A.K. Lalwani, J.W. Kysar. In-vitro perforation of the round window membrane via direct 3-D printed microneedles. Biomedical Microdevices. 2018; 20(2):47.
M. Guo, A.F. Pegoraro, A. Mao, E.H. Zhou, P.R. Arany, Y. Han, D.T. Burnette, M.H. Jensen, K.E. Kasza, J.R. Moore, F.C. Mackintosh, J.J. Fredberg, D.J. Mooney, J. Lippincott-Schwartz, D.A. Weitz. Cell volume change through water efflux impacts cell stiffness and stem cell fate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2017; 114(41).
K.E. Kasza, D.L. Farrell, J.A. Zallen. Spatiotemporal control of epithelial remodeling by regulated myosin phosphorylation . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2014; 111(32):11732.
K.E. Kasza, D Vader, S Köster, N Wang, DA Weitz. Imaging Techniques for Measuring the Materials Properties of Cells. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2011; (4), pdb. top107.
K.E. Kasza, J.A. Zallen. Dynamics and regulation of contractile actin–myosin networks in morphogenesis . Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 2010; 23(1): 30.
K.E. Kasza, C.P. Broedersz, G.H. Koenderink, Y.C. Lin, W. Messner, E.A. Millman, F. Nakamura, T.P. Stossel, F. C. MacKintosh, D. A. Weitz. Actin filament length tunes elasticity of flexibly cross-linked actin networks. Biophysical Journal. 2010; 99:1091-1100.
C.P. Broedersz, K.E. Kasza, L.M. Jawerth, S. Muenster, D.A. Weitz, F.C. MacKintosh. Measurement of nonlinear rheology of cross-linked biopolymer gels. Soft Matter. 2010; 6:4120.
N.Y. Yao, C.P. Broedersz, Y.C. Lin, K.E. Kasza, F.C. MacKintosh, D.A. Weitz. Elasticity in ionically cross-linked neurofilament networks. Biophysical Journal. 2010; 98:2147.
K.E. Kasza, G.H. Koenderink, Y.C. Lin, C.P. Broedersz, W. Messner, F. Nakamura, T.P. Stossel, F.C. MacKintosh, D.A. Weitz. Nonlinear elasticity of stiff biopolymers connected by flexible linkers. Physical Review E. 2009; 96:4326-35.
K.E. Kasza, F. Nakamura, S. Hu, P. Kollmannsberger, N. Bonakdar, B. Fabry, T.P. Stossel, N. Wang, D.A. Weitz. Filamin A is essential for active cell stiffening but not passive stiffening under external force. Biophysical Journal. 2009; 79:041928.
F. Huang, R. Rotstein, K.E. Kasza, N.T. Flynn, S. Fraden. Phase behavior and rheology of attractive rod-like particles. Soft Matter. 2009; 5: 2766-2771.
F. Nakamura, O. Heikkinen, O.T. Pentikäinen, T.M. Osborn, K.E. Kasza, D.A. Weitz, O. Kupiainen, P. Permi, I. Kilpeläinen, J. Ylänne, J.H. Hartwig, T.P. Stossel. Molecular Basis of Filamin A-FilGAP Interaction and Its Impairment in Congenital Disorders Associated with Filamin A Mutations. PLoS ONE. 2009; 4(3):e4928.
K.E. Kasza, D. Vader, S. Köster, N. Wang, and D.A. Weitz. Imaging techniques for measuring cell materials properties. Live Cell Imaging, 2nd Edition, D. Spector, J. Swedlow, and R. Goldman eds., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. 2009.
M.L. Gardel, K.E. Kasza, C.P. Brangwynne, J. Liu, and D.A. Weitz. Mechanical response of cytoskeletal networks. Biophysical Tools for Biologists, Volume Two: In Vivo Techniques, D. J. J. Correia and H. William Detrich III eds., vol. 89 of Methods in Cell Biology, Academic Press. 2008; 487-519.
K.E. Kasza, A.C. Rowat, J. Liu, T.E. Angelini, C.P. Brangwynne, G.H. Koenderink and D.A. Weitz. The cell as a material. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 2007; 19:101-107.
J. Liu, G.H. Koenderink, K.E. Kasza, F.C. MacKintosh, and D.A. Weitz. Visualizing the Strain Field in Semiflexible Polymer Networks: Strain Fluctuations and Nonlinear Rheology of F-Actin Gels. Physical Review Letters. 2007; 98: 198304.
L.J. Kaufman, C.P. Brangwynne, K.E. Kasza, E. Filippidi, V.D. Gordon, T.S. Deisboeck, and D.A.Weitz. Glioma Expansion in Collagen I Matrices: Analyzing Collagen Concentration-Dependent Growth and Motility Patterns. Biophysical Journal. 2005; 89:635-650.
K. Ladavac, K. Kasza, and D.G. Grier. Sorting mesoscopic objects with periodic potential landscapes: Optical fractionation. Physical Review E. 2004; 70:010901.