Mercedes Costell

Perlecan Maintains the Integrity of Cartilage and Some Basement Membranes

Mercedes Costell, Erika Gustafsson, Attila Aszódi et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1999 · 677 citations · Full text

Engineering, Collagen Fibers, Pathology +19

Prestress in the extracellular matrix sensitizes latent TGF-β1 for activation

Franco Klingberg, Melissa L. Chow, Anne B. Koehler et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2014 · 212 citations · Full text

Engineering, Mechanotransduction, Biomedical Engineering +18

Hyperplastic Conotruncal Endocardial Cushions and Transposition of Great Arteries in Perlecan-Null Mice

Mercedes Costell, Rita Carmona, Erika Gustafsson et al. · Circulation Research · 2002 · 173 citations

Cardiac Muscle, Neural Crest Cells, Great Arteries +20

Fibronectin-bound α5β1 integrins sense load and signal to reinforce adhesion in less than a second

Nico Strohmeyer, Mitasha Bharadwaj, Mercedes Costell et al. · Nature Materials · 2017 · 152 citations

Mechanobiology, Signal Transduction, Engineering +13

Integrin-dependent and -independent functions of astrocytic fibronectin in retinal angiogenesis

Denise Stenzel, Andrea Lundkvist, Dominique Sauvaget et al. · Development · 2011 · 150 citations · Full text

Angiogenesis, Signal Transduction, Ophthalmology +14