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[2] Chanduri M, Kumar A, Weiss D, Emuna N, Barsukov I, Shi M, Tanaka K, Wang X, Datye A, Kanyo J, Collin F, Lam T, Schwarz UD, Bai S, Nottoli T, Goult BT, Humphrey JD and Schwartz MA. Cellular stiffness sensing through talin 1 in tissue mechanical homeostasis. Science Advances, 10, adi6286, 2024
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[4] Chen M, Cavinato C, Hansen J, Tanaka K, Ren P, Hassab A, Li DS, Tellides G, Iyengar R, Humphrey JD and Schwartz MA. FN (Fibronectin)-Integrin alpha5 signaling promotes thoracic aortic aneurysm in a mouse model of Marfan syndrome. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 43, 10.1161/ATVBAHA.123.319120, 2023
[5] Chen M, Hu R, Cavinato C, Zhuang ZW, Zhang J, Yun S, Tussy PF, Singh A, Murtada SI, Tanaka K, Liu M, Fernandez-Hernando C, Humphrey JD and Schwartz MA. Fibronectin-Integrin a5 signaling in vascular complications of Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes, 71: 2020-33, 2022
[6] Tanaka K, Joshi D, Timalsina S, Schwartz MA. Early events in endothelial flow sensing. Cytoskeleton, 78: 217– 231, 2021
[7] Tanaka K#, Prendergast A, Hintzen J, Kumar A, Chung M, Koleske A, Crawford J, Nicoli S and Schwartz MA#. Latrophilins are essential for endothelial junctional fluid shear stress. bioRxiv, 10.1101/2020.02.03.932822, 2020 (# These authors are co-corresponding authors)
[8] Kumar A, Shutova MS, Tanaka K, Iwamoto DV, Calderwood DA, Svitkina TM and Schwartz MA. Filamin A mediates isotropic distribution of applied force across the actin network. J Cell Biol, 218: 2481–2491, 2019
[9] Wang Y, Baeyens N, Corti F, Tanaka K, Fang JS, Zhang J, Jin Y, Coon B, Hirschi KK, Schwartz MA and Simons M. Syndecan 4 controls lymphatic vasculature remodeling during mouse embryonic development. Development, 143: 4441–4451, 2016
[10] Kumar A, Ouyang M, van den Dries K, McGhee EJ, Tanaka K, Anderson MD, Groisman A, Goult BT, Anderson KI and Schwartz MA. Talin tension sensor reveals novel features of focal adhesion force transmission and mechanosensitivity. J Cell Biol, 213: 371–383, 2016
[11] Papangeli I, Kim J, Maier I, Park S, Lee A, Kang Y, Tanaka K, Khan OF, Ju H, Kojima Y, Red-Horse K, Anderson DG, Siekmann AF and Chun HJ. MicroRNA 139-5p coordinates APLNR-CXCR4 crosstalk during vascular maturation. Nature Communications, 7, 11268, 2016
[12] Tanaka K, Tatebayashi K, Nishimura A, Yamamoto K, Yang HY, and Saito H. Yeast osmosensors Hkr1 and Msb2 activate the Hog1 MAPK cascade by different mechanisms. Science Signaling, 7: ra21, 2014
[13] Ross TD, Coon BG, Yun S, Baeyens N, Tanaka K, Ouyang M and Schwartz MA. Integrins in mechanotransduction. Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 25, 613, 2013
[14] Yamamoto K, Tatebayashi K, Tanaka K, and Saito H. Dynamic Control of Yeast MAP Kinase Network by Induced Association and Dissociation between the Ste50 scaffold and the Opy2 Membrane Anchor. Molecular Cell, 40: 87-98, 2010
[15] Tatebayashi K*, Tanaka K*, Yang HY*, Yamamoto K, Matsushita Y, Tomida T, Imai M. and Saito H. Transmembrane mucins Hkr1 and Msb2 are putative osmosensors in the SHO1 branch of yeast HOG pathway. EMBO Journal, 26: 3521-3533, 2007 (*These authors contributed equally.)
[16] Tatebayashi K, Yamamoto K, Tanaka K, Tomida T, Maruoka T, Kasukawa E and Saito H. Adaptor functions of Cdc42, Ste50, and Sho1 in the yeast osmoregulatory HOG MAPK pathway. EMBO Journal, 25: 3033-3044, 2006