PUBLIcations & Patents

* indicates equally contributing co-first authors

12. Ohnsorg ML, Mash KM, Khang A, Rao VV, Kirkpatrick BE, Bera K, Anseth KS. Nonlinear Elastic Bottlebrush Polymer Hydrogels Modulate Actomyosin Mediated Protrusion Formation in Mesenchymal Stromal Cells. Advanced Materials. 2024 Mar 13:2403198. (link)

11. Bera K, Kiepas A, Godet I, Li Y, Mehta P, Ifemembi B, Paul CD, Sen A, Serra SA, Stoletov K, Tao J, Shatkin G, Lee SJ, Zhang Y, Boen A, Mistriotis P, Gilkes DM, Lewis JD, Fan CM, Feinberg AP, Valverde MA, Sun SX, Konstantopoulos K. Extracellular fluid viscosity enhances cell migration and cancer dissemination. Nature. 2022 Nov;611(7935):365-373. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05394-6. (link)

10. Zhang Y, Li Y, Thompson KN, Stoletov K, Yuan Q, Bera K, Lee SJ, Zhao R, Kiepas A, Wang Y, Mistriotis P, Serra SA, Lewis JD, Valverde MA, Martin SS, Sun SX, Konstantopoulos K. Polarized NHE1 and SWELL1 regulate migration direction, efficiency and metastasis. Nat Commun. 2022 Oct 17;13(1):6128. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33683-1. (link)

9. Maity D, Bera K, Li Y, Ge Z, Ni Q, Konstantopoulos K, Sun SX. Extracellular Hydraulic Resistance Enhances Cell Migration. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2022 Oct;9(29):e2200927. doi: 10.1002/advs.202200927. (link)

8. Afthinos A*, Bera K*, Chen J, Ozcelikkale A, Amitrano A, Choudhury MI, Huang R, Pachidis P, Mistriotis P, Chen Y, Konstantopoulos K. Migration and 3D Traction Force Measurements inside Compliant Microchannels. Nano Lett. 2022 Sep 28;22(18):7318-7327. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01261. (link)

7. Bera K, Kiepas A, Zhang Y, Sun SX, Konstantopoulos K. The interplay between physical cues and mechanosensitive ion channels in cancer metastasis. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2022;10:954099. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.954099. (link)

6. Yankaskas CL*, Bera K*, Stoletov K, Serra SA, Carrillo-Garcia J, Tuntithavornwat S, Mistriotis P, Lewis JD, Valverde MA, Konstantopoulos K. The fluid shear stress sensor TRPM7 regulates tumor cell intravasation. Sci Adv. 2021 Jul;7(28). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abh3457. (link)

5. Zhao R, Cui S, Ge Z, Zhang Y, Bera K, Zhu L, Sun SX, Konstantopoulos K. Hydraulic resistance induces cell phenotypic transition in confinement. Sci Adv. 2021 Apr;7(17). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abg4934. (link)

4. Wisniewski EO*, Mistriotis P*, Bera K, Law RA, Zhang J, Nikolic M, Weiger M, Parlani M, Tuntithavornwat S, Afthinos A, Zhao R, Wirtz D, Kalab P, Scarcelli G, Friedl P, Konstantopoulos K. Dorsoventral polarity directs cell responses to migration track geometries. Sci Adv. 2020 Jul;6(31):eaba6505. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aba6505. (link)

3. Mistriotis P,* Wisniewski EO*, Bera K, Keys J, Li Y, Tuntithavornwat S, Law RA, Perez-Gonzalez NA, Erdogmus E, Zhang Y, Zhao R, Sun SX, Kalab P, Lammerding J, Konstantopoulos K. Confinement hinders motility by inducing RhoA-mediated nuclear influx, volume expansion, and blebbing. J Cell Biol. 2019 Dec 2;218(12):4093-4111. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201902057. (link)

2. Banna M, Bera K, Sochol R, Lin L, Najjaran H, Sadiq R, Hoorfar M. 3D Printing-Based Integrated Water Quality Sensing System. Sensors (Basel). 2017 Jun 8;17(6). doi: 10.3390/s17061336. (link)

1. Pandit S*, Khilari S*, Bera K, Pradhan D, Das D. Application of PVA-PDDA polymer electrolyte composite anion exchange membrane separator for improved bioelectricity production in a single chambered microbial fuel cell. Chemical Engineering Journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996). 2014 December; 257:138-147. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.06.077. (link)

1. Ohnsorg M L, Kayla M M, Khang A, Rao V V, Kirkpatrick B E, Bera K, Anseth K S. Nonlinear elastic bottlebrush polymer hydrogels modulate actomyosin mediated protrusion formation in mesenchymal stromal cells. bioRxiv. 2024 March. (link)

2. Tran A, Wisniewski E, Mistriotis P, Stoletov K, Parlani M, Amitrano A, Ifemembi B, Lee S J, Bera K, Zhang Y, Tuntithavornwat S, Afthinos A, Kiepas A, Jamieson J, Zuo Y, Habib D, Wu P S, Martin S, Gerecht S, Gu L, Lewis J, Kalab P, Friedl P, Konstantopoulos K. Cytoplasmic accumulation and plasma membrane association of anillin and Ect2 promote confined migration and invasion. Research Square. 2024 January. (link)

3. Beedle A EM, Jaganathan A, Albajar-Sigales A, Yavitt F M, Bera K, Andreu I, Granero-Moya I, Zalvidea D, Kechagia Z M, Wiche G, Trepat X, Ivaska J, Anseth K S, Shenoy V, Roca-Cusachs P. Fibrillar adhesion dynamics govern the timescales of nuclear mechano-response via the vimentin cytoskeleton. bioRxiv. 2023 November. (link)

4. Ni Q, Ge Z, Li Y, Shatkin G, Fu J, Bera K, Yang Y, Wang Y, Sen A, Yufei Wu, Vasconcelosi A CN, Feinberg A P, Konstantopoulos K, Sun S X. Cytoskeletal activation of NHE1 regulates cell volume and DNA methylation. bioRxiv. 2023 September. (link)

1. Maji S, Kar S, Bera K, Maiti T K, Chakraborty S. A Portable Gel Electrophoresis System. Indian Patent Application: 201831028977; Patent: 446116; Filed: August 01, 2018; Published: February 07, 2020; Granted: August 21, 2023.