Meredith L. Akins

A compact fiber-optic SHG scanning endomicroscope and its application to visualize cervical remodeling during pregnancy

Yuying Zhang, Meredith L. Akins, Kartikeya Murari et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 174 citations · Full text

Engineering, Microscopy, Gynecology +16

Cervical Softening During Pregnancy: Regulated Changes in Collagen Cross-Linking and Composition of Matricellular Proteins in the Mouse1

Meredith L. Akins, Katherine Luby‐Phelps, Ruud A. Bank et al. · Biology of Reproduction · 2011 · 163 citations · Full text

Collagen Fibrils, Gynecology, Cytoskeleton +19

Second harmonic generation imaging as a potential tool for staging pregnancy and predicting preterm birth

Meredith L. Akins, Katherine Luby‐Phelps, Mala Mahendroo · Journal of Biomedical Optics · 2010 · 109 citations · Full text

Tissue Engineering, Fertility, Reproductive Health +20

The Molecular Mechanisms of Cervical Ripening Differ between Term and Preterm Birth

Roxane Holt, Brenda C. Timmons, Yucel Akgul et al. · Endocrinology · 2011 · 105 citations · Full text

Fertility, Genetics, Reproductive Health +25

Steroid Hormones Are Key Modulators of Tissue Mechanical Function via Regulation of Collagen and Elastic Fibers

Shanmugasundaram Nallasamy, Kyoko Yoshida, Meredith L. Akins et al. · Endocrinology · 2017 · 92 citations · Full text

Tissue Engineering, Engineering, Gynecology +20