Highly cited articles

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Our top 20 highly cited articles (16.03.2023).

1. Local force and geometry sensing regulate cell functions
Vogel V, Sheetz M
Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 2006

2. Extracellular-matrix tethering regulates stem-cell fate
Trappmann B, Gautrot JE, Connelly JT, Strange DG, Li Y, Oyen, ML, Cohen Stuart MA, Boehm H, Li B, Vogel V, Spatz JP, Watt FM, Huck WT
Nat. Mater. 2012

3. Unfolding of titin immunoglobulin domains by steered molecular dynamics simulation
Lu H, Isralewitz B, Krammer A, Vogel V, Schulten K
Biophys. J. 1998

4. Bacterial adhesion to target cells enhanced by shear force
Thomas WE, Trintchina E, Forero M, Vogel V, Sokurenko EV
Cell 2002

5. Mechanotransduction involving multimodular proteins: converting force into biochemical signals
Vogel V
Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct. 2006

6. Force-induced unfolding of fibronectin in the extracellular matrix of living cells
Smith, ML, Gourdon D, Little WC, Kubow KE, Eguiluz RA, Luna-Morris S, Vogel V
PLoS biology 2007

7. Fibronectin extension and unfolding within cell matrix fibrils controlled by cytoskeletal tension
Baneyx G, Baugh L, Vogel V
PNAS 2002

8. Light-controlled molecular shuttles made from motor proteins carrying cargo on engineered surfaces
Hess H, Clemmens J, Qin D, Howard J, Vogel V
Nano Lett. 2001

9. Forced unfolding of the fibronectin type III module reveals a tensile molecular recognition switch
Krammer A, Lu H, Isralewitz, B, Schulten K, Vogel V
PNAS 1999

10. Biophysics of catch bonds
Thomas WE, Vogel V, Sokurenko E
Annu. Rev. Biophys. 2008

11. Local surface-potentials and electric-dipole moments of lipid monolayers – contributions of the water lipid and the lipid air interfaces
Vogel V, Mobius D
J. Colloid Interface Sci. 1988

12. Powering nanodevices with biomolecular motors
Hess H, Bachand GD, Vogel V
Chemistry 2004

13. Shear-dependent 'stick-and-roll' adhesion of type 1 fimbriated Escherichia coli
Thomas WE, Nilsson LM, Forero M, Sokurenko EV, Vogel V
Mol. Microbiol. 2004

14. Cell fate regulation by coupling mechanical cycles to biochemical signaling pathways
Vogel V, Sheetz MP
Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 2009

15. Fibronectin forms the most extensible biological fibers displaying switchable force-exposed cryptic binding sites
E Klotzsch, ML Smith, KE Kubow, S Muntwyler, WC Little, F Beyeler, D Gourdon, BJ Nelson, V Vogel
PNAS 2009

16. Harnessing biological motors to engineer systems for nanoscale transport and assembly
Goel A, Vogel V
Nat. Nanotechnol. 2008

17. Mechanical forces regulate the interactions of fibronectin and collagen I in extracellular matrix
KE Kubow, R Vukmirovic, L Zhe, E Klotzsch, ML Smith, D Gourdon, S Luna, V Vogel
Nat. Comm. 2015

18. Structural basis for mechanical force regulation of the adhesin FimH via finger trap-like β sheet twisting
I Le Trong, P Aprikian, BA Kidd, M Forero-Shelton, V Tchesnokova
Cell. 2010

19. How the headpiece hinge angle is opened: new insights into the dynamics of integrin activation
E Puklin-Faucher, M Gao, K Schulten, V Vogel
J. Cell Biol. 2016

20. The role of filopodia in the recognition of nanotopographies
J Albuschies, V Vogel
Sci. Rep. 2013