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Overview

Adam J. Engler is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. The main subfields Engler has contributed to are Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biomedical Engineering, with additional work in Oncology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Congenital heart defects research

Adam J. Engler has published in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to venues such as:

  • APL Bioengineering
  • Cancer Research
  • Cell Reports
  • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  • Biomaterials

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Engler include:

  • "Matrix Rigidity Controls Epithelial-Mesenchymal Plasticity and Tumor Metastasis via a Mechanoresponsive EPHA2/LYN Complex," 2020, Developmental Cell
  • "Adhesion strength and contractility enable metastatic cells to become adurotactic," 2021, Cell Reports
  • "YAP silencing by RB1 mutation is essential for small-cell lung cancer metastasis," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Getting physical: Material mechanics is an intrinsic cell cue," 2023, Cell Stem Cell
  • "Recent advancements and future requirements in vascularization of cortical organoids," 2022, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Benjamin Yeoman
  • Parag Katira
  • Natalie J. Kirkland
  • Gisselle Gonzalez
  • Pranjali Beri

Best Publications

  • Matrix elasticity directs stem cell lineage specification.

    Adam J. Engler;Shamik Sen;H. Lee Sweeney;Dennis E. Discher

  • Myotubes differentiate optimally on substrates with tissue-like stiffness: pathological implications for soft or stiff microenvironments

    Adam J. Engler;Maureen A. Griffin;Shamik Sen;Carsten G. Bönnemann

  • Substrate Compliance versus Ligand Density in Cell on Gel Responses

    Adam Engler;Lucie Bacakova;Cynthia Newman;Alina Hategan

  • Stem cell fate dictated solely by altered nanotube dimension

    Seunghan Oh;Karla S. Brammer;Y. S. Julie Li;Dayu Teng

  • Preparation of Hydrogel Substrates with Tunable Mechanical Properties

    Justin R. Tse;Adam J. Engler

  • Interplay of matrix stiffness and protein tethering in stem cell differentiation

    Jessica H. Wen;Ludovic G. Vincent;Alexander Fuhrmann;Yu Suk Choi;Yu Suk Choi

  • Materials as stem cell regulators

    William L. Murphy;Todd C. McDevitt;Adam J. Engler

  • Embryonic cardiomyocytes beat best on a matrix with heart-like elasticity: scar-like rigidity inhibits beating

    Adam J. Engler;Christine Carag-Krieger;Colin P. Johnson;Matthew Raab

  • Intrinsic extracellular matrix properties regulate stem cell differentiation

    Gwendolen C. Reilly;Adam J. Engler

  • Mesenchymal stem cell injection after myocardial infarction improves myocardial compliance

    Mark F. Berry;Adam J. Engler;Y. Joseph Woo;Timothy J. Pirolli

  • Matrix stiffness drives epithelial–mesenchymal transition and tumour metastasis through a TWIST1–G3BP2 mechanotransduction pathway

    Spencer C. Wei;Laurent Fattet;Jeff H. Tsai;Yurong Guo

  • Stiffness gradients mimicking in vivo tissue variation regulate mesenchymal stem cell fate.

    Justin R. Tse;Adam J. Engler

  • Stem cell migration and mechanotransduction on linear stiffness gradient hydrogels

    William J. Hadden;Jennifer L. Young;Andrew W. Holle;Andrew W. Holle;Meg L. McFetridge

  • Cell responses to the mechanochemical microenvironment--implications for regenerative medicine and drug delivery.

    Florian Rehfeldt;Adam J. Engler;Adam Eckhardt;Fariyal Ahmed

  • Surface probe measurements of the elasticity of sectioned tissue, thin gels and polyelectrolyte multilayer films : correlations between substrate stiffness and cell adhesion

    Adam J. Engler;Ludovic Richert;Joyce Y. Wong;Catherine Picart

  • Hydrogels with Time-Dependent Material Properties Enhance Cardiomyocyte Differentiation In Vitro

    Jennifer L. Young;Adam J. Engler

  • Recent Advances in Extrusion-Based 3D Printing for Biomedical Applications.

    Jesse K. Placone;Adam J. Engler

  • Power-Law Rheology of Isolated Nuclei with Deformation Mapping of Nuclear Substructures

    Kris Noel Dahl;Adam J. Engler;J. David Pajerowski;Dennis E. Discher

  • RAP2 mediates mechanoresponses of the Hippo pathway

    Zhipeng Meng;Yunjiang Qiu;Kimberly C. Lin;Aditya Kumar

  • Mesenchymal Stem Cell Durotaxis Depends on Substrate Stiffness Gradient Strength

    Ludovic G. Vincent;Yu Suk Choi;Baldomero Alonso-Latorre;Juan C. del Álamo

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis E. Discher
Dennis E. Discher University of Pennsylvania
Rolf Bodmer
Rolf Bodmer Discovery Institute
Giuseppe Battaglia
Giuseppe Battaglia Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia
Jean E. Schwarzbauer
Jean E. Schwarzbauer Princeton University
Bing Ren
Bing Ren New York Genome Center
Jennifer E. Van Eyk
Jennifer E. Van Eyk Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Shu Chien
Shu Chien University of California, San Diego
H. Lee Sweeney
H. Lee Sweeney University of Florida
Eric J. Topol
Eric J. Topol Scripps Research Institute
Shaochen Chen
Shaochen Chen University of California, San Diego

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