Heather A. Cirka

Nonlinear Strain Stiffening Is Not Sufficient to Explain How Far Cells Can Feel on Fibrous Protein Gels

Mathilda Sophia Rudnicki, Heather A. Cirka, Maziar Aghvami et al. · Biophysical Journal · 2013 · 119 citations · Full text

Mechanobiology, Engineering, How Far Cells +15

TRIP6 inhibits Hippo signaling in response to tension at adherens junctions

Shubham Dutta, Sebastian Mana‐Capelli, Murugan Paramasivam et al. · EMBO Reports · 2017 · 79 citations · Full text

Signal Transduction, Signaling Pathway, Cell Interaction +8

Active Traction Force Response to Long-Term Cyclic Stretch Is Dependent on Cell Pre-stress

Heather A. Cirka, Melissa Monterosso, Nicole Diamantides et al. · Biophysical Journal · 2016 · 50 citations · Full text

Mechanobiology, Soft Tissue Injury, Cell Pre-stress +12

Reproducible in vitro model for dystrophic calcification of cardiac valvular interstitial cells: insights into the mechanisms of calcific aortic valvular disease

Heather A. Cirka, Johana Uribe, Vivian Liang et al. · Lab on a Chip · 2017 · 18 citations

Heterogeneity Profoundly Alters Emergent Stress Fields in Constrained Multicellular Systems

Zachary E. Goldblatt, Habibeh Ashouri Choshali, Heather A. Cirka et al. · Biophysical Journal · 2019 · 12 citations · Full text

Biophysical Modeling, Pattern Formation, Constrained Multicellular Systems +10