Publications

Herrera-Perez, RM, Cupo, C., Allan, C.J. Dagle, A.B. and Kasza, K.E. 2022. Optogenetic dissection of actomyosin-dependent mechanics underlying tissue fluidity. 2022, doi: 10.1101/2021.11.07.467642

Herrera-Perez RM, Cupo C, Allan C, Lin A, Kasza KE. Using optogenetics to link myosin patterns to contractile cell behaviors during convergent extension. Biophys J. 2021 Oct 5;120(19):4214-4229. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.06.041. Epub 2021 Jul 20. PubMed PMID: 34293302; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8516680.

Herrera-Perez RM, Kasza KE. Manipulating the Patterns of Mechanical Forces That Shape Multicellular Tissues. Physiology (Bethesda). 2019 Nov 1;34(6):381-391. doi: 10.1152/physiol.00018.2019. Review. PubMed PMID: 31577169.

Herrera-Perez RM, Kasza KE. Biophysical control of the cell rearrangements and cell shape changes that build epithelial tissues. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2018 Aug;51:88-95. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2018.07.005. Epub 2018 Aug 10. Review. PubMed PMID: 30103186.

Herrera-Perez RM, Voytik-Harbin SL, Sarkaria JN, Pollok KE, Fishel ML, Rickus JL. Presence of stromal cells in a bioengineered tumor microenvironment alters glioblastoma migration and response to STAT3 inhibition. PLoS One. 2018;13(3):e0194183. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194183. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 29566069; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5863989.

Herrera-Perez M, Voytik-Harbin SL, Rickus JL. Extracellular Matrix Properties Regulate the Migratory Response of Glioblastoma Stem Cells in Three-Dimensional Culture. Tissue Eng Part A. 2015 Oct;21(19-20):2572-82. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEA.2014.0504. PubMed PMID: 26161688; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4605380.

Jaroch DB, Lu J, Madangopal R, Stull ND, Stensberg M, Shi J, Kahn JL, Herrera-Perez R, Zeitchek M, Sturgis J, Robinson JP, Yoder MC, Porterfield DM, Mirmira RG, Rickus JL. Mouse and human islets survive and function after coating by biosilicification. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Nov 15;305(10):E1230-40. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00081.2013. Epub 2013 Sep 3. PubMed PMID: 24002572; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3840215.