URMC / Labs / Whasil Lee Lab / Publications Publications Jing XKotelsky AZhang YDirksen RMannava SBuckley MLee W Mechano-adaptation: Exercise-driven Piezo1 & Piezo2 augmentation and chondroprotection in articular cartilage.; bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2024 Aug 06. Anderson DEBroun KGKundu PJing XTang XLu CKotelsky AMannava SLee W PIEZO1 is downregulated in glenohumeral chondrocytes in early cuff tear arthropathy following a massive rotator cuff tear in a mouse model.; Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology; Vol 11, pp. 1244975. 2023 Sep 05. Wise BCMora KELee WBuckley MR Murine Hind Limb Explant Model for Studying the Mechanobiology of Achilles Tendon Impingement.; Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. 2023 Jan 08. Fraser DNguyen TKotelsky ALee WBuckley MBenoit DSW Hydrogel Swelling-Mediated Strain Induces Cell Alignment at Dentin Interfaces.; ACS biomaterials science & engineering. 2022 Jul 06. Gao WHasan HAnderson DELee W The Role of Mechanically-Activated Ion Channels Piezo1, Piezo2, and TRPV4 in Chondrocyte Mechanotransduction and Mechano-Therapeutics for Osteoarthritis.; Frontiers in cell and developmental biology; Vol 10. 2022. Lee WNims RJSavadipour AZhang QLeddy HALiu FMcNulty ALChen YGuilak FLiedtke WB Inflammatory signaling sensitizes Piezo1 mechanotransduction in articular chondrocytes as a pathogenic feed-forward mechanism in osteoarthritis.; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol 118(13). 2021 Mar 30. Kotelsky AElahi ANejat Yigit CProctor AMannava SPröschel CLee W Effect of knee joint loading on chondrocyte mechano-vulnerability and severity of post-traumatic osteoarthritis induced by ACL-injury in mice.; Osteoarthritis and cartilage open; Vol 4(1), pp. 100227. 2021 Jan 15. Kanju PChen YLee WYeo MLee SHRomac JShahid RFan PGooden DMSimon SASpasojevic IMook RALiddle RAGuilak FLiedtke WB Small molecule dual-inhibitors of TRPV4 and TRPA1 for attenuation of inflammation and pain.; Scientific reports; Vol 6. 2016 Jun 01. Chen YKanju PFang QLee SHParekh PKLee WMoore CBrenner DGereau RWWang FLiedtke W TRPV4 is necessary for trigeminal irritant pain and functions as a cellular formalin receptor.; Pain; Vol 155(12). 2014 Dec. Lee WLeddy HAChen YLee SHZelenski NAMcNulty ALWu JBeicker KNColes JZauscher SGrandl JSachs FGuilak FLiedtke WB Synergy between Piezo1 and Piezo2 channels confers high-strain mechanosensitivity to articular cartilage.; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol 111(47). 2014 Nov 25. Lee WStrümpfer JBennett VSchulten KMarszalek PE Mutation of conserved histidines alters tertiary structure and nanomechanics of consensus ankyrin repeats.; The Journal of biological chemistry; Vol 287(23). 2012 Jun 01. Lee WZeng XRotolo KYang MSchofield CJBennett VYang WMarszalek PE Mechanical anisotropy of ankyrin repeats.; Biophysical journal; Vol 102(5). 2012 Mar 07. Lee WZeng XZhou HXBennett VYang WMarszalek PE Full reconstruction of a vectorial protein folding pathway by atomic force microscopy and molecular dynamics simulations.; The Journal of biological chemistry; Vol 285(49). 2010 Dec 03. Kim MAbdi KLee GRabbi MLee WYang MSchofield CJBennett VMarszalek PE Fast and forceful refolding of stretched alpha-helical solenoid proteins.; Biophysical journal; Vol 98(12). 2010 Jun 16. Serquera DLee WSettanni GMarszalek PEPaci EItzhaki LS Mechanical unfolding of an ankyrin repeat protein.; Biophysical journal; Vol 98(7). 2010 Apr 07. Jiang YRabbi MKim MKe CLee WClark RLMieczkowski PAMarszalek PE UVA generates pyrimidine dimers in DNA directly.; Biophysical journal; Vol 96(3). 2009 Feb. Rivera MLee WKe CMarszalek PECole DGClark RL Minimizing pulling geometry errors in atomic force microscope single molecule force spectroscopy.; Biophysical journal; Vol 95(8). 2008 Oct.