Scientific Publications
SKINTEGRITY.CH Principal Investigators are underlined
2020
Bircher, K., Merluzzi, R., Wahlsten, A., Spiess, D., Simoes-Wust, A. P., Ochsenbein-Kolble, N., Zimmermann, R., Deprest J., & Mazza, E. (2020). Influence of osmolarity and hydration on the tear resistance of the human amniotic membrane. J Biomech, 98, 109419. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.109419
Cangkrama, M., Wietecha, M., Mathis, N., Okumura, R., Ferrarese, L., Al-Nuaimi, D., Antsiferova, M., Dummer, R., Innocenti, M., & Werner, S. (2020). A paracrine activin A-mDia2 axis promotes squamous carcinogenesis via fibroblast reprogramming. EMBO Mol Med, 12(4), e11466. doi:10.15252/emmm.201911466
Hennig, P., Fenini, G., Di Filippo, M., & Beer, H. D. (2020). Electrophiles Against (Skin) Diseases: More Than Nrf2. Biomolecules, 10(2). doi:10.3390/biom10020271
McLuckie, M., Robotti, F., Sanchez-Macedo, N., Enderlin, D., Frese, L., Cheng, P. F., Levesque, M.P., Egana, J.T., Poulikakos, D., Ferrari, A., & Lindenblatt, N. (2020). Lipoconstruct surface topography grating size influences vascularization onset in the dorsal skinfold chamber model. Acta Biomater. doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2020.01.050
Mueller, B., Elrod, J., Distler, O., Schiestl, C., & Mazza, E. (2020). On the Reliability of Suction Measurements for Skin Characterization. ASME. J Biomech Eng. February 2021; 143(2): 021002. doi: 10.1115/1.4047661
Mueller, B., Ruby, L., Jordan, S., Rominger M., Mazza, E. & Distler, O. (2020) Validation of the suction device Nimble for the assessment of skin fibrosis in systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Res Ther 22, 128 (2020). doi: 10.1186/s13075-020-02214-y
2019
Elrod, J., Muller, B., Mohr, C., Meuli, M., Mazza, E., & Schiestl, C. (2019). An effective procedure for skin stiffness measurement to improve Paediatric Burn Care. Burns, 45(5), 1102-1111. doi:10.1016/j.burns.2019.02.004
Fox, S., Polak, J., Schmid Daners, M., & Meboldt, M. (2019). Fabrication of Bioengineered Skin by Injection Molding: A Feasibility Study on Automation. SLAS Technol, 24(5), 506-514. doi:10.1177/2472630319857966
Fox, S., Biedermann, T., Polak, J., Reichmann, E., Daners, M. S., & Meboldt, M. (2019). A simplified fabrication technique for cellularized high-collagen dermal equivalents. Biomed Mater, 14(4), 041001. doi:10.1088/1748-605X/ab09c5
Fox, S. C., Siallagan, D., Schmid Daners, M., & Meboldt, M. (2019). Rethinking automated skin fabrication for regeneration: adapting to commercial challenges. Curr Opin Biomed Engin, 10, 165-173. doi:10.1016/j.cobme.2019.07.001
Matei, A. E., Chen, C. W., Kiesewetter, L., Gyorfi, A. H., Li, Y. N., Trinh-Minh, T., Xu, X., Tran Manh, C., van Kuppevelt, T., Hansmann, J., Jüngel, A., Schett, G., Groeber-Becker, F., &. Distler, J. H. W. (2019). Vascularised human skin equivalents as a novel in vitro model of skin fibrosis and platform for testing of antifibrotic drugs. Ann Rheum Dis, 78(12), 1686-1692. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-216108
Michalak-Micka, K., Klar, A. S., Bottcher-Haberzeth, S., Reichmann, E., Meuli, M., & Biedermann, T. (2019). Impact of human mesenchymal cells of different body site origins on the maturation of dermo-epidermal skin substitutes. Pediatr Surg Int, 35(1), 121-127. doi:10.1007/s00383-018-4383-5
Morel, A., Oberle, S. C., Ulrich, S., Yazgan, G., Spano, F., Ferguson, S. J., .Fortunato, G. & Rossi, R. M. (2019). Revealing non-crystalline polymer superstructures within electrospun fibers through solvent-induced phase rearrangements. Nanoscale, 11(36), 16788-16800. doi:10.1039/c9nr04432a
Polomska, A. K., Proulx, S. T., Brambilla, D., Fehr, D., Bonmarin, M., Brandli, S., Meboldt, M., Steuer, C, Vasileva T., Reinke, N., Leroux, J.C. &. Detmar, M. (2019). Minimally invasive method for the point-of-care quantification of lymphatic vessel function. JCI Insight, 4(4). doi:10.1172/jci.insight.126515
Tuncer E, Calçada RC, Zingg D, Varum S, Cheng P, Freiberger SN, Deng C-X, Kleiter I, Levesque MP, Dummer R, and Sommer L (2019). SMAD signaling promotes melanoma metastasis independently of phenotype switching. J. Clin. Invest., 129:2702-2716. doi: 10.1172/JCI94295
Varum S, Baggiolini A Zurkirchen L, Kalender Atak Z, CantùC, Marzorati E, Bossart R, Wouters J, Häusel J, Tuncer E, Zingg D, Veen D, John N, Balz M, Levesque MP, Basler K, Aerts S, Zamboni N, Dummer R and Sommer L (2019). Yin Yang 1 orchestrates a metabolic program required for both neural crest development and melanoma formation. Cell Stem Cell, 24:637-653. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2019.03.011
Wahlsten, A., Pensalfini, M., Stracuzzi, A., Restivo, G., Hopf, R., & Mazza, E. (2019). On the compressibility and poroelasticity of human and murine skin. Biomech Model Mechanobiol, 18(4), 1079-1093. doi:10.1007/s10237-019-01129-1
2018
Muller, B., Elrod, J., Pensalfini, M., Hopf, R., Distler, O., Schiestl, C., & Mazza, E. (2018). A novel ultra-light suction device for mechanical characterization of skin. PLoS One, 13(8), e0201440. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201440
Parfejevs, V., Debbache, J., Shakhova, O., Schaefer, S. M., Glausch, M., Wegner, M., Suter, U., Riekstina, U., Werner, S., & Sommer, L. (2018). Injury-activated glial cells promote wound healing of the adult skin in mice. Nat Commun, 9, 236. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01488-2
Pensalfini, M., Meneghello, S., Lintas, V., Bircher, K., Ehret, A. E., & Mazza, E. (2018). The suture retention test, revisited and revised. J Mech Behav of Biomed, 77, 711-717. doi:10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.08.021
Pensalfini, M., Weickenmeier, J., Rominger, M., Santoprete, R., Distler, O., & Mazza, E. (2018). Location-specific mechanical response and morphology of facial soft tissues. J Mech Behav of Biomed, 78, 108-115. doi:10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.10.021
Randall, M. J., Jungel, A., Rimann, M., & Wuertz-Kozak, K. (2018). Advances in the Biofabrication of 3D Skin in vitro: Healthy and Pathological Models. Front Bioeng Biotechnol, 6, 154. doi:10.3389/fbioe.2018.00154
Zingg D, Debbache J, Peña-Hernández R, Antunes AT, Schaefer SM, Cheng PF, Zimmerli D, Haeusel J, Calçada RR, Tuncer E, Zhang Y, Bossart R, Wong KK, Basler K, Dummer R, Santoro R, Levesque MP, Sommer L (2018). EZH2-mediated primary cilium deconstruction drives metastatic melanoma formation. Cancer Cell 34: 69-84. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2018.06.00 Highlighted in the same issue: Jackson PK (2018): EZH2 inactivates primary cilia to activate Wnt and drive melanoma. Cancer Cell 34: 3-5.
2017
Klar, A. S., Biedermann, T., Michalak, K., Michalczyk, T., Meuli-Simmen, C., Scherberich, A., Meuli, M., and Reichmann, E. (2017). Human Adipose Mesenchymal Cells Inhibit Melanocyte Differentiation and the Pigmentation of Human Skin via Increased Expression of TGF-beta1. J Invest Dermatol, 137(12), 2560-2569. doi:10.1016/j.jid.2017.06.027
Pensalfini, M., Haertel, E., Hopf, R., Wietecha, M., Werner, S., & Mazza, E. (2017). The mechanical fingerprint of murine excisional wounds. Acta Biomaterialia, 1-11. doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2017.10.021