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Papers

(The TQCC of APL Bioengineering is 9. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The yellow brick road to nuclear membrane mechanotransduction	97
Design and implementation of a microfluidic device capable of temporal growth factor delivery reveal filtering capabilities of the EGFR/ERK pathway	69
A low-profile electromechanical packaging system for soft-to-flexible bioelectronic interfaces	63
Black phosphorus-enhanced injectable hydrogel for infected soft tissue healing	57
Aqueous electrolyte-gated solution-processed metal oxide transistors for direct cellular interfaces	48
Proteomics of human platelet lysates and insight from animal studies on platelet protein diffusion to hippocampus upon intranasal administration	47
Scheduled dosage regimen by irreversible electroporation of loaded erythrocytes for cancer treatment	41
Thermosensitive hydrogel carrying extracellular vesicles from adipose-derived stem cells promotes peripheral nerve regeneration after microsurgical repair	40
Substrate stiffness modulates collective colony expansion of the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus	38
Adenine base editing rescues pathogenic phenotypes in tissue engineered vascular model of Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome	37
Engineering CAR T cells for enhanced efficacy and safety	34
GelMA micropattern enhances cardiomyocyte organization, maturation, and contraction via contact guidance	33
Machine learning-informed predictions of nanoparticle mobility and fate in the mucus barrier	33
Evaluation of chromatin mesoscale organization	33
Unpleasant odors compared to pleasant ones cause higher cortical activations detectable by fNIRS and observable mostly in females	31
Fibroblast senescence-associated extracellular matrix promotes heterogeneous lung niche	29
A novel portable in situ printer for hydrogel multi-structure molding and cell printing	29
Electrophysiological features of cortical 3D networks are deeply modulated by scaffold properties	27
Exploring the translational impact of type 1 diabetes on cerebral neurovascular function through ECoG-LSCI	26
Geometrically engineered organoid units and their assembly for pre-construction of organ structures	25
Erratum: “New contrast agents for photoacoustic imaging and theranostics: Recent 5-year overview on phthalocyanine/naphthalocyanine-based nanoparticles” [APL Bioeng. 5, 031510 (2021)]	25
Computational modeling of the physical features that influence breast cancer invasion into adipose tissue	25
A fully automated deep learning approach for coronary artery segmentation and comprehensive characterization	24
Current state of the art and future directions for implantable sensors in medical technology: Clinical needs and engineering challenges	21
Degradation-aware neural imputation: Advancing decoding stability in brain machine interfaces	21

The mechanobiology of nuclear phase separation	21
Mechanism study on the influences of buffer osmotic pressure on microfluidic chip-based cell electrofusion	20
The role of biomechanical factors in models of intervertebral disc degeneration across multiple length scales	20
Orthopedic meta-implants	20
Model discovery approach enables noninvasive measurement of intra-tumoral fluid transport in dynamic MRI	20
Fluorescence spectroscopy as a novel tool in hematological diagnostics	19
M/EEG source localization for both subcortical and cortical sources using a convolutional neural network with a realistic head conductivity model	18
Immunogenic cell death-related cancer-associated fibroblast clusters and prognostic risk model in cervical cancer	18
Advancements in textile techniques for cardiovascular tissue replacement and repair	18
Terahertz in vivo imaging of human skin: Toward detection of abnormal skin pathologies	17
Model of collective detachment in high-grade serous ovarian cancer demonstrates that tumor spheroids produce ECM to support metastatic processes	17
Hyaluronic acid turnover controls the severity of cerebral cavernous malformations in bioengineered human micro-vessels	16
Injectable photosensitive bone cement enhancing angiogenesis and osteogenic differentiation for the treatment of bone nonunion	16
A review: Blood pressure monitoring based on PPG and circadian rhythm	15
Investigation of the hepatic development in the coculture of hiPSCs-derived LSECs and HLCs in a fluidic microenvironment	14
Altered blood flow due to larger aortic diameters in patients with transcatheter heart valve thrombosis	14
Investigations on artificially extending the spectral range of natural vision	13
CAR T cell infiltration and cytotoxic killing within the core of 3D breast cancer spheroids under the control of antigen sensing in microwell arrays	13
Bioengineering of the liver	13
In vivo label-free tissue histology through a microstructured imaging window	13
Publisher's Note: “Contrast-enhanced ultrasound tracking of helical propellers with acoustic phase analysis and comparison with color Doppler” [APL Bioeng. 6, 036102 (2022)]	13
Differential effects of vascular endothelial growth factor on glycocalyx of endothelial and tumor cells and potential targets for tumor metastasis	13
Long-term effect of sodium selenite on the integrity and permeability of on-chip microvasculature	12
Fluid flow to mimic organ function in 3D in vitro models	12
Improvement of clinical wound microcirculation diagnosis using an object tracking-based laser speckle contrast imaging system	12
Collagen density regulates tip–stalk cell rearrangement during angiogenesis via cellular bioenergetics	12
The effects of strain history on aortic valve interstitial cell activation in a 3D hydrogel environment	12
Mechanobiology of the cell nucleus	12
A patient-specific echogenic soft robotic left ventricle embedded into a closed-loop cardiovascular simulator for advanced device testing	11
Photoplethysmography-based HRV analysis and machine learning for real-time stress quantification in mental health applications	11
PEDOT:PSS-coated platinum electrodes for neural stimulation	11
FRESH™ 3D bioprinted cardiac tissue, a bioengineered platform for in vitro pharmacology	11
Single-pericyte nanomechanics measured by contraction cytometry	11
Interacting with tumor cells weakens the intrinsic clockwise chirality of endothelial cells	11
Hemodynamics of thrombus formation in intracranial aneurysms: An in silico observational study	11
Biosensors integrated within wearable devices for monitoring chronic wound status	11
Publisher's Note: “Skin-on-a-chip models: General overview and future perspectives” [APL Bioengineering 5, 030901 (2021)]	11
Nuclear mechanoprotection: From tissue atlases as blueprints to distinctive regulation of nuclear lamins	11
Magnetic self-assembly of 3D multicellular microscaffolds: A biomimetic brain tumor-on-a-chip for drug delivery and selectivity testing	10
Publisher's Note: “Magneto-responsive hyaluronan hydrogel for hyperthermia and bioprinting: Magnetic, rheological properties and biocompatibility” [APL Bioeng. 7, 036113 (2023)]	10
Engineering approaches for understanding mechanical memory in cancer metastasis	10
Engineered matrix microenvironments reveal the heterogeneity of liver sinusoidal endothelial cell phenotypic responses	10
Atomic force microscopy—A tool for structural and translational DNA research	10
High-throughput quantitation of human neutrophil recruitment and functional responses in an air-blood barrier array	10
Nondestructive, quantitative viability analysis of 3D tissue cultures using machine learning image segmentation	10
A high throughput cell stretch device for investigating mechanobiology in vitro	10
Mechanosensitive miR-99b mediates the regulatory effect of matrix stiffness on bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell fate both in vitro and in vivo	10
Surface electromyography using dry polymeric electrodes	10
Burst sine wave electroporation (B-SWE) for expansive blood–brain barrier disruption and controlled non-thermal tissue ablation for neurological disease	10
Cerebellar contribution to multisensory integration: A computational modeling exploration	9

All-in-one properties of an anticancer-covered airway stent for the prevention of malignant central airway obstruction	9
Imaging of the vascular distribution of the outer ear using optical coherence tomography angiography for highly accurate positioning of a hearable sensor	9
3D photopolymerized microstructured scaffolds influence nuclear deformation, nucleo/cytoskeletal protein organization, and gene regulation in mesenchymal stem cells	9
GelMA-glycol chitosan hydrogels for cartilage regeneration: The role of uniaxial mechanical stimulation in enhancing mechanical, adhesive, and biochemical properties	9
Rapid flowing cells localization enabled by spatiotemporal manipulation of their holographic patterns	9
Survivin as a mediator of stiffness-induced cell cycle progression and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells	9