Haguy Wolfenson

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Haguy Wolfenson is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Immunology and Allergy and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Haguy Wolfenson has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Cell Biology, 12 papers in Immunology and Allergy and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Haguy Wolfenson's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (26 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (12 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (6 papers). Haguy Wolfenson is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (26 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (12 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (6 papers). Haguy Wolfenson collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Singapore. Haguy Wolfenson's co-authors include Michael P. Sheetz, Thomas Iskratsch, Benjamin Geiger, Bo Yang, Yoav I. Henis, Irena Lavelin, Alexander D. Bershadsky, Shuaimin Liu, Sharon Gilead and Ehud Gazit and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Haguy Wolfenson

34 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Appreciating force and shape — the rise of mechanotransduction in cell biology

2014 598 citations Thomas Iskratsch, Haguy Wolfenson et al. profile →

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Thomas Iskratsch United Kingdom

Karen A. Beningo United States

Alba Diz-Muñoz Germany

Roger Oria Spain

Guoying Jiang United States

Olivier Rossier France

Ana M. Pasapera Mexico

Yvonne Aratyn-Schaus United States

Yunfei Cai United States

Raimon Sunyer Spain

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Roy, Avinava, et al.. (2025). Hydrogel Viscoelasticity Modulates Cell Nascent Extracellular Matrix Deposition. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 46(21). e00435–e00435.

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Wolfenson, Haguy, et al.. (2024). YAP phosphorylation within integrin adhesions: Insights from a computational model. Biophysical Journal. 123(21). 3658–3668.

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Gildor, Tsvia, et al.. (2024). A mechanosensitive circuit of FAK, ROCK, and ERK controls biomineral growth and morphology in the sea urchin embryo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(1). e2408628121–e2408628121. 2 indexed citations

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Goult, Benjamin T., et al.. (2023). Force-dependent focal adhesion assembly and disassembly: A computational study. PLoS Computational Biology. 19(10). e1011500–e1011500. 5 indexed citations

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Abashidze, Anastasia, et al.. (2023). Perturbed actin cap as a new personalized biomarker in primary fibroblasts of Huntington’s disease patients. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1013721–1013721. 8 indexed citations

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Zaffryar‐Eilot, Shelly, Elisabeth Nadjar-Boger, Dalit Sela‐Donenfeld, et al.. (2023). Initiation of fibronectin fibrillogenesis is an enzyme-dependent process. Cell Reports. 42(5). 112473–112473. 10 indexed citations

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Wolfenson, Haguy, et al.. (2023). Measuring Cellular Traction Forces with Micropillar Arrays. Methods in molecular biology. 2600. 197–206. 1 indexed citations

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Mukherjee, Abhishek, et al.. (2022). α-Catenin links integrin adhesions to F-actin to regulate ECM mechanosensing and rigidity dependence. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(8). 11 indexed citations

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Yang, Bo, et al.. (2022). Tumor Suppressor DAPK1 Catalyzes Adhesion Assembly on Rigid but Anoikis on Soft Matrices. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 959521–959521. 9 indexed citations

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Natan, Sari, et al.. (2020). Motion magnification analysis of microscopy videos of biological cells. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0240127–e0240127. 6 indexed citations

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Yang, Bo, Haguy Wolfenson, Vin Yee Chung, et al.. (2019). Stopping transformed cancer cell growth by rigidity sensing. Nature Materials. 19(2). 239–250. 80 indexed citations

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Saxena, Mayur, Shuaimin Liu, Bo Yang, et al.. (2017). EGFR and HER2 activate rigidity sensing only on rigid matrices. Nature Materials. 16(7). 775–781. 59 indexed citations

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Meacci, Giovanni, Haguy Wolfenson, Shuaimin Liu, et al.. (2016). α-Actinin links extracellular matrix rigidity-sensing contractile units with periodic cell-edge retractions. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(22). 3471–3479. 57 indexed citations

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Wolfenson, Haguy, Giovanni Meacci, Shuaimin Liu, et al.. (2015). Tropomyosin controls sarcomere-like contractions for rigidity sensing and suppressing growth on soft matrices. Nature Cell Biology. 18(1). 33–42. 145 indexed citations

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Wolfenson, Haguy, Thomas Iskratsch, & Michael P. Sheetz. (2014). Early Events in Cell Spreading as a Model for Quantitative Analysis of Biomechanical Events. Biophysical Journal. 107(11). 2508–2514. 45 indexed citations

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Wolfenson, Haguy, Irena Lavelin, & Benjamin Geiger. (2013). Dynamic Regulation of the Structure and Functions of Integrin Adhesions. Developmental Cell. 24(5). 447–458. 206 indexed citations

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Meacci, Giovanni, Matthew R. Stachowiak, Shuaimin Liu, et al.. (2013). Sarcomere-Like Units Contract Cell Edges. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 477a–478a. 1 indexed citations

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Berkovich, Ronen, Haguy Wolfenson, Marcelo Ehrlich, et al.. (2011). Accurate Quantification of Diffusion and Binding Kinetics of Non‐integral Membrane Proteins by FRAP. Traffic. 12(11). 1648–1657. 22 indexed citations

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Wolfenson, Haguy, Ariel Lubelski, Tamar I. Regev, et al.. (2009). A Role for the Juxtamembrane Cytoplasm in the Molecular Dynamics of Focal Adhesions. PLoS ONE. 4(1). e4304–e4304. 66 indexed citations

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Wolfenson, Haguy, Yoav I. Henis, Benjamin Geiger, & Alexander D. Bershadsky. (2009). The heel and toe of the cell's foot: A multifaceted approach for understanding the structure and dynamics of focal adhesions. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 66(11). 1017–1029. 94 indexed citations

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