Brigid M. Bleaken

A central role for vimentin in regulating repair function during healing of the lens epithelium

A. Sue Menko, Brigid M. Bleaken, Alex A. Libowitz et al. · Molecular Biology of the Cell · 2014 · 118 citations · Full text

Ocular Disease, Cell Adhesion, Lens Epithelium +17

In wound repair vimentin mediates the transition of mesenchymal leader cells to a myofibroblast phenotype

Janice L. Walker, Brigid M. Bleaken, Alison Romisher et al. · Molecular Biology of the Cell · 2018 · 88 citations

Cytoskeleton, Cellular Physiology, Injury Repair +16

Unique precursors for the mesenchymal cells involved in injury response and fibrosis

Janice L. Walker, Ni Zhai, Brigid M. Bleaken et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 49 citations

Ocular Disease, Adult Stem Cell, Cellular Physiology +23

Cells activated for wound repair have the potential to direct collective invasion of an epithelium

Brigid M. Bleaken, A. Sue Menko, Janice L. Walker · Molecular Biology of the Cell · 2015 · 30 citations · Full text

Engineering, Wound Repair, Cell Adhesion +23

Regional-specific alterations in cell–cell junctions, cytoskeletal networks and myosin-mediated mechanical cues coordinate collectivity of movement of epithelial cells in response to injury

A. Sue Menko, Brigid M. Bleaken, Janice L. Walker · Experimental Cell Research · 2014 · 23 citations · Full text

Engineering, Cytoskeleton, Mechanotransduction +17