Tetsuro Wakatsuki

Mechanics of cell spreading: role of myosin II.

Reciprocal interactions between cells and extracellular matrix during remodeling of tissue constructs.

Rho-kinase-mediated Ca2+-independent contraction in rat embryo fibroblasts.

Continual assembly of desmosomes within stable intercellular contacts of epithelial A-431 cells.

One-dimensional viscoelastic behavior of fibroblast populated collagen matrices.

The biochemical response of the heart to hypertension and exercise.

Reconstitution of the Frank-Starling mechanism in engineered heart tissues.

Caveolar endocytosis is critical for BK virus infection of human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells.

Tissue engineering: a new frontier in physiological genomics.

Regulation of ENaC expression at the cell surface by Rab11.

Pyk2 mediates endothelin-1 signaling via p130Cas/BCAR3 cascade and regulates human glomerular mesangial cell adhesion and spreading.

High-throughput measurements of hydrogel tissue construct mechanics.

Activator of G protein signaling 3 promotes epithelial cell proliferation in PKD.

Mitochondrial depolarization underlies delay in permeability transition by preconditioning with isoflurane: roles of ROS and Ca2+.

Analysis of the diffusion of Ras2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching.

Engineered heart tissue: high throughput platform for dissection of complex diseases.

Monitoring mitochondrial electron fluxes using NAD(P)H-flavoprotein fluorometry reveals complex action of isoflurane on cardiomyocytes.

Hydrogel tissue construct-based high-content compound screening.

Diffusion of MMPs on the surface of collagen fibrils: the mobile cell surface-collagen substratum interface.

Effects of substrate mechanics on contractility of cardiomyocytes generated from human pluripotent stem cells.

A method for quantifying mechanical properties of tissue following viral infection.

Protease-activated receptor 1 inhibition by SCH79797 attenuates left ventricular remodeling and profibrotic activities of cardiac fibroblasts.