Dr Pamela Swiatlowska
All Publications
2025
- Mechanosensitive biochemical imprinting of the talin interaction with DLC1 regulates RhoA activity and cardiomyocyte remodeling
Marhuenda E, Xanthis I, Smith PO, Prakash A, Kallem T, Pandey P, Wilson DGS, Azad A et al.
Science Advances, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 11 (36)
05-09-2025
2024
- Mechano-epigenetic regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype in atherosclerosis
Swiatlowska P, Iskratsch T, Shanahan C
Atherosclerosis, Elsevier vol. 395
01-08-2024 - Hypertensive Pressure Mechanosensing Alone Triggers Lipid Droplet Accumulation and Transdifferentiation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells to Foam Cells (Adv. Sci. 9/2024)
Swiatlowska P, Tipping W, Marhuenda E, Severi P, Fomin V, Yang Z, Xiao Q, Graham D et al.
Advanced Science, Wiley vol. 11 (9)
01-03-2024
2023
- Hypertensive Pressure Mechanosensing Alone Triggers Lipid Droplet Accumulation and Transdifferentiation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells to Foam Cells
Swiatlowska P, Tipping W, Marhuenda E, Severi P, Fomin V, Yang Z, Xiao Q, Graham D et al.
Advanced Science, Wiley vol. 11 (9)
25-12-2023 - Lem2 is essential for cardiac development by maintaining nuclear integrity
Ross JA, Arcos-Villacis N, Battey E, Boogerd C, Orellana CA, Marhuenda E, Swiatlowska P, Hodzic D et al.
Cardiovascular Research, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 119 (11), 2074-2088.
17-04-2023 - Cardiovascular Mechano-Epigenetics: Force-Dependent Regulation of Histone Modifications and Gene Regulation
Swiatlowska P, Iskratsch T
Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, Springer Nature vol. 38 (2), 215-222.
18-01-2023
2022
- Mechanoregulation of vascular smooth muscle cells phenotype in atherosclerosis
Swiatlowska P, Sit B, Feng Z, Marhuenda E, Zhou X, Xiao Q, Shanahan C, Yu C-H et al.
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Elsevier vol. 173, 41-42.
01-12-2022 - Intrinsic cell rheology drives junction maturation
Sri-Ranjan K, Sanchez-Alonso JL, Swiatlowska P, Rothery S, Gerlach S, Koeninger D, Merkel R, Stevens MM et al.
Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 13 (1)
17-08-2022 - Pressure and stiffness sensing together regulate vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype switching
Swiatlowska P, Sit B, Feng Z, Marhuenda E, Xanthis I, Zingaro S, Ward M, Zhou X et al.
Science Advances, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 8 (15)
15-04-2022
2021
- Cardiovascular mechanobiology—a Special Issue to look at the state of the art and the newest insights into the role of mechanical forces in cardiovascular development, physiology and disease
Swiatlowska P, Iskratsch T
Biophysical Reviews, Springer Nature vol. 13 (5), 575-577.
11-09-2021 - Tools for studying and modulating (cardiac muscle) cell mechanics and mechanosensing across the scales
Swiatlowska P, Iskratsch T
Biophysical Reviews, Springer Nature vol. 13 (5), 611-623.
05-09-2021 - Announcing the call for the Special Issue on “Cardiovascular mechanobiology—a special issue to look at the state of the art and the newest insights into the role of mechanical forces in cardiovascular development, physiology, and disease”
Swiatlowska P, Iskratsch T
Biophysical Reviews, Springer Nature vol. 13 (3), 307-308.
03-05-2021
2020
- Matrix stiffness and blood pressure together regulate vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype switching
Swiatlowska P, Sit B, Feng Z, Marhuenda E, Xanthis I, Zingaro S, Ward M, Zhou X et al.
, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
28-12-2020 - Microtubules regulate cardiomyocyte transversal Young’s modulus
Swiatlowska P, Sanchez-Alonso JL, Novak P
Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences vol. 117 (6), 2764-2766.
27-01-2020