Melody Liles

Mechanical Strain Stabilizes Reconstituted Collagen Fibrils against Enzymatic Degradation by Mammalian Collagenase Matrix Metalloproteinase 8 (MMP-8)

Brendan P. Flynn, Amit P. Bhole, Nima Saeidi et al. · PLoS ONE · 2010 · 193 citations · Full text

Mechanical strain enhances survivability of collagen micronetworks in the presence of collagenase: implications for load-bearing matrix growth and stability

Amit P. Bhole, Brendan P. Flynn, Melody Liles et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · 2009 · 141 citations · Full text

Tissue Engineering, Collagen Fibrils, Engineering +23

Molecular Mechanochemistry: Low Force Switch Slows Enzymatic Cleavage of Human Type I Collagen Monomer

Robert James Camp, Melody Liles, John W. Beale et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2011 · 92 citations · Full text

Tissue Engineering, Engineering, Biomimetic Materials +25

Keratan Sulfate Glycosaminoglycan and the Association with Collagen Fibrils in Rudimentary Lamellae in the Developing Avian Cornea

Robert D. Young, E.C. Gealy, Melody Liles et al. · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2007 · 28 citations

Gene expression and immunolocalisation of a calcium-activated chloride channel during the stratification of cultivated and developing corneal epithelium

Che J. Connon, Satoshi Kawasaki, Melody Liles et al. · Cell and Tissue Research · 2005 · 25 citations

Developmental Biology, Calcium-activated Chloride Channel, Ophthalmology +9