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Zhu, P.; Hawkins, J.; Linthicum, W. H.; Wang, M.; Li, N.; Zhou, N.; Wen, Q.; Timme-Laragy, A.; Song, X.; Sun, Y. Heavy metal exposure leads to rapid changes in cellular biophysical properties. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2020, 6 (4), 1965-1976.
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Cui, F.; Jafarishad, H.; Zhou, Z.; Chen, J.; Shao, J.; Wen, Q.; Liu, Y.; Zhou, H. S. “Batch fabrication of electrochemical sensors on a glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate-based microfluidic device”. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2020, 167, 112521.
Shendi, D.; Marzi, J.; Linthicum, W.; Rickards, A.; Dolivo, D.; Keller, S.; Kauss, M.; Wen, Q.; McDevitt, T.; Dominko, T. “Hyaluronic acid as a macromolecular crowding agent for production of cell-derived matrices”. Acta biomaterialia 2019, 100, 292-305.
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Linthicum, W.; Thanh, M.-T. H.; Vitolo, M. I.; Wen, Q. “Effects of PTEN loss and activated KRAS overexpression on mechanical properties of breast epithelial cells”. International journal of molecular sciences 2018, 19 (6), 1613.
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Ning, D.; Duong, B.; Thomas, G.; Qiao, Y.; Ma, L.; Wen, Q.; Su, M. “Mechanical and Morphological Analysis of Cancer Cells on Nanostructured Substrates”. Langmuir 2016, 32 (11), 2718-2723. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b04469.
Cirka, H.; Monterosso, M.; Diamantides, N.; Favreau, J.; Wen, Q.; Billiar, K. “Active Traction Force Response to Long-Term Cyclic Stretch Is Dependent on Cell Pre-stress”. Biophysical journal 2016, 110 (8), 1845-1857. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.02.036.
Beliveau, A.; Thomas, G.; Gong, J.; Wen, Q.; Jain, A. “Aligned Nanotopography Promotes a Migratory State in Glioblastoma Multiforme Tumor Cells”. Scientific reports 2016, 6. DOI: 10.1038/srep26143.
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Stanton, M. M.; Parrillo, A.; Thomas, G. M.; McGimpsey, W. G.; Wen, Q.; Bellin, R. M.; Lambert, C. R. “Fibroblast extracellular matrix and adhesion on microtextured polydimethylsiloxane scaffolds”. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials 2015, 103 (4), 861-869.
Janmey, P. A.; Slochower, D. R.; Wang, Y.-H.; Wen, Q.; Cebers, A. “Polyelectrolyte properties of filamentous biopolymers and their consequences in biological fluids”. Soft matter 2014, 10 (10), 1439-1449. DOI: 10.1039/c3sm50854d.
El Assal, R.; Guven, S.; Gurkan, U. A.; Gozen, I.; Shafiee, H.; Dalbeyler, S.; Abdalla, N.; Thomas, G.; Fuld, W.; Illigens, B. M. “Bio‐inspired cryo‐ink preserves red blood cell phenotype and function during nanoliter vitrification”. Advanced materials 2014, 26 (33), 5815-5822.
Wen, Q.; Janmey, P. A. “Effects of non-linearity on cell–ECM interactions”. Experimental cell research 2013, 319 (16), 2481-2489.
Thomas, G.; Burnham, N. A.; Camesano, T. A.; Wen, Q. “Measuring the mechanical properties of living cells using atomic force microscopy”. JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) 2013, (76), e50497.
Rudnicki, M. S.; Cirka, H. A.; Aghvami, M.; Sander, E. A.; Wen, Q.; Billiar, K. L. “Nonlinear Strain Stiffening Is Not Sufficient to Explain How Far Cells Can Feel on Fibrous Protein Gels”. Biophysical journal2013, 105 (1), 11-20. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.05.032.
Wen, Q.; Basu, A.; Janmey, P. A.; Yodh, A. G. “Non-affine deformations in polymer hydrogels”. Soft matter 2012, 8 (31), 8039-8049. DOI: 10.1039/c2sm25364j.
Tang, X.; Wen, Q.; Kuhlenschmidt, T. B.; Kuhlenschmidt, M. S.; Janmey, P. A.; Saif, T. A. “Attenuation of Cell Mechanosensitivity in Colon Cancer Cells during In Vitro Metastasis”. Plos One 2012, 7 (11). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050443.
Davis, J. T.; Wen, Q.; Janmey, P. A.; Otteson, D. C.; Foster, W. J. “Müller cell expression of genes implicated in proliferative vitreoretinopathy is influenced by substrate elastic modulus”. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2012, 53 (6), 3014-3019.
Wen, Q.; Janmey, P. A. “Polymer physics of the cytoskeleton”. Current opinion in solid state & materials science 2011, 15 (5), 177-182. DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2011.05.002.
Huisman, E. M.; Wen, Q.; Wang, Y.-H.; Cruz, K.; Kitenbergs, G.; Ērglis, K.; Zeltinš, A.; Cēbers, A.; Janmey, P. A. “Gelation of semiflexible polyelectrolytes by multivalent counterions”. Soft matter 2011, 7 (16), 7257-7261.
Byfield, F. J.; Wen, Q.; Leszczynska, K.; Kułakowska, A.; Namiot, Z.; Janmey, P. A.; Bucki, R. “Cathelicidin LL-37 peptide regulates endothelial cell stiffness and endothelial barrier permeability”. Am J Physiol-Cell Ph 2011, 300 (1), C105-C112.
Basu, A.; Wen, Q.; Mao, X.; Lubensky, T. C.; Janmey, P. A.; Yodh, A. G. “Nonaffine Displacements in Flexible Polymer Networks”. Macromolecules 2011, 44 (6), 1671-1679. DOI: 10.1021/ma1026803.
Kułakowska, A.; Ciccarelli, N. J.; Wen, Q.; Mroczko, B.; Drozdowski, W.; Szmitkowski, M.; Janmey, P. A.; Bucki, R. “Hypogelsolinemia, a disorder of the extracellular actin scavenger system, in patients with multiple sclerosis”. BMC neurology 2010, 10, 1-8.
Foster, W.; Davis, J.; Wen, Q.; Lam, P.; Otteson, D.; Janmey, P. “Substrate Stiffness Influences Müller Cell Morphology, Proliferation, and the Expression of Genes That Are Known to Play a Role in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy”. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2010, 51 (13), 6090-6090.
Chen, D. T. N.; Wen, Q.; Janmey, P. A.; Crocker, J. C.; Yodh, A. G. “Rheology of Soft Materials”. In Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, Vol 1, Vol. 1; 2010; pp 301-322.
Leszczyńska, K.; Namiot, A.; Fein, D. E.; Wen, Q.; Namiot, Z.; Savage, P. B.; Diamond, S.; Janmey, P. A.; Bucki, R. “Bactericidal activities of the cationic steroid CSA-13 and the cathelicidin peptide LL-37 against Helicobacter pylori in simulated gastric juice”. BMC microbiology 2009, 9, 1-10.
Kang, H.; Wen, Q.; Janmey, P. A.; Tang, J. X.; Conti, E.; MacKintosh, F. C. “Nonlinear elasticity of stiff filament networks: strain stiffening, negative normal stress, and filament alignment in fibrin gels”. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2009, 113 (12), 3799-3805.
Janmey, P. A.; Winer, J. P.; Murray, M. E.; Wen, Q. “The Hard Life of Soft Cells”. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 2009, 66 (8), 597-605. DOI: 10.1002/cm.20382.
Byfield, F. J.; Wen, Q.; Levental, I.; Nordstrom, K.; Arratia, P. E.; Miller, R. T.; Janmey, P. A. “Absence of Filamin A Prevents Cells from Responding to Stiffness Gradients on Gels Coated with Collagen but not Fibronectin”. Biophysical journal 2009, 96 (12), 5095-5102. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.046.
Wen, Q.; Li, G.; Tang, J. X.; Huber, G. “Switching statistics of a flagellar motor: First-passage time and dynamic binding”. Journal of Statistical Physics 2007, 128 (1-2), 257-267. DOI: 10.1007/s10955-006-9249-x.
Wen, Q.; Basu, A.; Winer, J. P.; Yodh, A.; Janmey, P. A. “Local and global deformations in a strain-stiffening fibrin gel”. New J Phys 2007, 9 (11), 428.
Wagner, O. I.; Rammensee, S.; Korde, N.; Wen, Q.; Leterrier, J.-F.; Janmey, P. A. “Softness, strength and self-repair in intermediate filament networks”. Experimental cell research 2007, 313 (10), 2228-2235. DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.04.025.
Ērglis, K.; Wen, Q.; Ose, V.; Zeltins, A.; Sharipo, A.; Janmey, P. A.; Cēbers, A. “Dynamics of magnetotactic bacteria in a rotating magnetic field”. Biophysical journal 2007, 93 (4), 1402-1412.
Wen, Q.; Tang, J. X. “Temperature effects on threshold counterion concentration to induce aggregation of fd virus”. Physical Review Letters 2006, 97 (4). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.048101.
Tang, J. X.; Wen, Q.; Bennett, A.; Kim, B.; Sheils, C. A.; Bucki, R.; Janmey, P. A. “Anionic poly (amino acid) s dissolve F-actin and DNA bundles, enhance DNase activity, and reduce the viscosity of cystic fibrosis sputum”. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 2005, 289 (4), L599-L605.
Li, G.; Wen, Q.; Tang, J. X. “Single filament electrophoresis of F-actin and filamentous virus fd”. The Journal of chemical physics 2005, 122 (10), 104708. DOI: 10.1063/1.1859284.
Wen, Q.; Tang, J. “Absence of charge inversion on rodlike polyelectrolytes with excess divalent counterions”. Journal of Chemical Physics 2004, 121 (24), 12666-12670. DOI: 10.1063/1.1822912.