Plasma membrane tension orchestrates membrane trafficking, cytoskeletal remodeling, and biochemical signaling during phagocytosis TA Masters, B Pontes, V Viasnoff, Y Li, NC Gauthier Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (29), 11875-11880, 2013 | 214 | 2013 |
Membrane tension: A challenging but universal physical parameter in cell biology B Pontes, P Monzo, NC Gauthier Seminars in cell & developmental biology 71, 30-41, 2017 | 176 | 2017 |
Membrane elastic properties and cell function B Pontes, Y Ayala, ACC Fonseca, LF Romao, RF Amaral, LT Salgado, ... PloS one 8 (7), e67708, 2013 | 148 | 2013 |
Membrane tension controls adhesion positioning at the leading edge of cells B Pontes, P Monzo, L Gole, AL Le Roux, AJ Kosmalska, ZY Tam, W Luo, ... Journal of Cell Biology 216 (9), 2959-2977, 2017 | 129 | 2017 |
Capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans grows by enlargement of polysaccharide molecules S Frases, B Pontes, L Nimrichter, NB Viana, ML Rodrigues, A Casadevall Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (4), 1228-1233, 2009 | 128 | 2009 |
Cell cytoskeleton and tether extraction B Pontes, NB Viana, LT Salgado, M Farina, VM Neto, HM Nussenzveig Biophysical journal 101 (1), 43-52, 2011 | 112 | 2011 |
Capsules from pathogenic and non-pathogenic Cryptococcus spp. manifest significant differences in structure and ability to protect against phagocytic cells GS Araujo, FL Fonseca, B Pontes, A Torres, RJB Cordero, ... PloS one 7 (1), e29561, 2012 | 81 | 2012 |
Structure and elastic properties of tunneling nanotubes B Pontes, NB Viana, L Campanati, M Farina, VM Neto, HM Nussenzveig European Biophysics Journal 37, 121-129, 2008 | 79 | 2008 |
Rheological properties of cells measured by optical tweezers YA Ayala, B Pontes, DS Ether, LB Pires, GR Araujo, S Frases, LF Romão, ... BMC biophysics 9, 1-11, 2016 | 76 | 2016 |
Probing the Casimir force with optical tweezers DS Ether, LB Pires, S Umrath, D Martinez, Y Ayala, B Pontes, GRS Araújo, ... Europhysics Letters 112 (4), 44001, 2015 | 76 | 2015 |
Membrane cholesterol removal changes mechanical properties of cells and induces secretion of a specific pool of lysosomes B Hissa, B Pontes, PMS Roma, AP Alves, CD Rocha, TM Valverde, ... PloS one 8 (12), e82988, 2013 | 59 | 2013 |
Chronological aging is associated with biophysical and chemical changes in the capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans RJB Cordero, B Pontes, AJ Guimarães, LR Martinez, J Rivera, BC Fries, ... Infection and immunity 79 (12), 4990-5000, 2011 | 54 | 2011 |
GBM-derived Wnt3a induces M2-like phenotype in microglial cells through Wnt/β-catenin signaling D Matias, LG Dubois, B Pontes, L Rosário, VP Ferrer, J Balça-Silva, ... Molecular Neurobiology 56, 1517-1530, 2019 | 49 | 2019 |
Dual treatment with shikonin and temozolomide reduces glioblastoma tumor growth, migration and glial-to-mesenchymal transition D Matias, J Balça-Silva, LG Dubois, B Pontes, VP Ferrer, L Rosário, ... Cellular oncology 40, 247-261, 2017 | 49 | 2017 |
Antibody binding to Cryptococcus neoformans impairs budding by altering capsular mechanical properties RJB Cordero, B Pontes, S Frases, AS Nakouzi, L Nimrichter, ... The Journal of Immunology 190 (1), 317-323, 2013 | 49 | 2013 |
Esophageal cancer development: crucial clues arising from the extracellular matrix A Palumbo Jr, N Meireles Da Costa, B Pontes, F Leite de Oliveira, ... Cells 9 (2), 455, 2020 | 48 | 2020 |
The mechanical properties of microbial surfaces and biofilms GRS Araújo, NB Viana, F Gómez, B Pontes, S Frases The Cell Surface 5, 100028, 2019 | 45 | 2019 |
Cholesterol depletion impairs contractile machinery in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes B Hissa, PW Oakes, B Pontes, G Ramírez-San Juan, ML Gardel Scientific reports 7 (1), 43764, 2017 | 45 | 2017 |
Effects of cytoskeletal drugs on actin cortex elasticity YA Ayala, B Pontes, B Hissa, ACM Monteiro, M Farina, V Moura-Neto, ... Experimental cell research 351 (2), 173-181, 2017 | 45 | 2017 |
The elastic properties of the Cryptococcus neoformans capsule S Frases, B Pontes, L Nimrichter, ML Rodrigues, NB Viana, A Casadevall Biophysical journal 97 (4), 937-945, 2009 | 45 | 2009 |