Janna K. Mouw

7.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
27 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Janna K. Mouw is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Janna K. Mouw has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cell Biology, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Janna K. Mouw's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (11 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (10 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (5 papers). Janna K. Mouw is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (11 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (10 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (5 papers). Janna K. Mouw collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Janna K. Mouw's co-authors include Valerie M. Weaver, Michael W. Pickup, Guanqing Ou, Marc E. Levenston, Hongmei Yu, Ivory Dean, Josette Northcott, Russell Bainer, Christopher Hunter and John T. Connelly and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Janna K. Mouw

26 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The extracellular matrix modulates the hallmarks of cancer

2014 1.4k citations Michael W. Pickup, Janna K. Mouw et al. EMBO Reports profile →
Extracellular matrix assembly: a multiscale deconstruction

2014 1.1k citations Janna K. Mouw, Guanqing Ou et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
The cancer glycocalyx mechanically primes integrin-mediated growth and survival

2014 520 citations Russell Bainer, Janna K. Mouw et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Janna K. Mouw United States	18	1.8k	1.8k	1.3k	1.2k	707	27	5.0k
Alexandra Naba United States	30	1.3k 0.7×	2.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	749 0.6×	758 1.1×	54	5.5k
Pengfei Lu China	19	1.3k 0.7×	2.3k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	967 1.4×	47	5.4k
David R. Inman United States	22	1.9k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	689 1.0×	34	4.6k
Frédéric Saltel France	34	1.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	703 0.6×	480 0.7×	73	4.4k
Andreas Friedl United States	37	1.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	876 0.7×	825 1.2×	63	4.9k
Claudia Fischbach United States	51	1.5k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	2.1k 1.6×	3.6k 3.0×	702 1.0×	106	7.0k
Stephanie Alexander United States	16	1.9k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	482 0.7×	23	4.3k
Dieter P. Reinhardt Canada	50	1.4k 0.8×	2.5k 1.4×	720 0.5×	510 0.4×	1.9k 2.8×	151	8.0k
Matthew J. Paszek United States	20	3.8k 2.1×	2.1k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	2.1k 1.8×	404 0.6×	46	6.3k
Erik H.J. Danen Netherlands	42	2.2k 1.2×	3.4k 1.9×	1.4k 1.1×	691 0.6×	1.0k 1.4×	120	6.7k

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Marcus, Laura, et al.. (2025). Metabolic programming defines oxygen-sensitive subpopulation hierarchies and patterning in collective invasion. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 36(11). ar137–ar137.

Marcus, Laura, Gregory K. Tharp, Pritha Bagchi, et al.. (2025). TGF-β1-mediated intercellular signaling fuels cooperative cellular invasion. Cell Reports. 44(2). 115315–115315. 1 indexed citations

Northey, Jason J., Mary-Kate Hayward, Yoshihiro Yui, et al.. (2024). Mechanosensitive hormone signaling promotes mammary progenitor expansion and breast cancer risk. Cell stem cell. 31(1). 106–126.e13. 12 indexed citations

Shanmugam, Mala, et al.. (2024). Abstract 4297: Interrogating metabolic heterogeneity and cooperation in lung cancer collective cell invasion. Cancer Research. 84(6_Supplement). 4297–4297. 1 indexed citations

Sharma, Richa, Janna K. Mouw, Junghui Koo, et al.. (2024). Intra-tumoral YAP and TAZ heterogeneity drives collective NSCLC invasion that is targeted by SUMOylation inhibitor TAK-981. iScience. 27(11). 111133–111133. 2 indexed citations

Konen, Jessica, et al.. (2023). A live-cell platform to isolate phenotypically defined subpopulations for spatial multi-omic profiling. PLoS ONE. 18(10). e0292554–e0292554. 5 indexed citations

Wei, Changyong, Aditi Sharma, Janna K. Mouw, et al.. (2020). Subpopulation targeting of pyruvate dehydrogenase and GLUT1 decouples metabolic heterogeneity during collective cancer cell invasion. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1533–1533. 82 indexed citations

O’Melia, Meghan J., Janna K. Mouw, Erin E. Edwards, et al.. (2019). Analyzing Mechanisms of Metastatic Cancer Cell Adhesive Phenotype Leveraging Preparative Adhesion Chromatography Microfluidic. Advanced Biosystems. 3(3). 10 indexed citations

Northcott, Josette, Ivory Dean, Janna K. Mouw, & Valerie M. Weaver. (2018). Feeling Stress: The Mechanics of Cancer Progression and Aggression. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 6. 17–17. 288 indexed citations

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Miroshnikova, Yekaterina A., Gabriela I. Rozenberg, Luke Cassereau, et al.. (2017). α5β1-Integrin promotes tension-dependent mammary epithelial cell invasion by engaging the fibronectin synergy site. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 28(22). 2958–2977. 52 indexed citations

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Miroshnikova, Yekaterina A., Janna K. Mouw, J. Matthew Barnes, et al.. (2016). Tissue mechanics promote IDH1-dependent HIF1α–tenascin C feedback to regulate glioblastoma aggression. Nature Cell Biology. 18(12). 1336–1345. 259 indexed citations

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Mouw, Janna K., Guanqing Ou, & Valerie M. Weaver. (2014). Extracellular matrix assembly: a multiscale deconstruction. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 15(12). 771–785. 1092 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mouw, Janna K., Yoshihiro Yui, Laura Damiano, et al.. (2014). Tissue mechanics modulate microRNA-dependent PTEN expression to regulate malignant progression. Nature Medicine. 20(4). 360–367. 313 indexed citations

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Pickup, Michael W., Janna K. Mouw, & Valerie M. Weaver. (2014). The extracellular matrix modulates the hallmarks of cancer. EMBO Reports. 15(12). 1243–1253. 1351 indexed citations breakdown →

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Connelly, John T., Eric J. Vanderploeg, Janna K. Mouw, Christopher G. Wilson, & Marc E. Levenston. (2010). Tensile Loading Modulates Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Differentiation and the Development of Engineered Fibrocartilage Constructs. Tissue Engineering Part A. 16(6). 1913–1923. 45 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Penney M., Janna K. Mouw, Johnathon N. Lakins, et al.. (2010). HOXA9 regulates BRCA1 expression to modulate human breast tumor phenotype. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 120(5). 1535–1550. 96 indexed citations

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López, José I., Janna K. Mouw, & Valerie M. Weaver. (2008). Biomechanical regulation of cell orientation and fate. Oncogene. 27(55). 6981–6993. 103 indexed citations

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Mouw, Janna K., et al.. (2006). Ion-channel Regulation of Chondrocyte Matrix Synthesis in 3D Culture Under Static and Dynamic Compression. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. 6(1-2). 33–41. 48 indexed citations

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Mouw, Janna K., Natasha Case, Robert E. Guldberg, Anna Plaas, & Marc E. Levenston. (2005). Variations in matrix composition and GAG fine structure among scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 13(9). 828–836. 122 indexed citations

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Hunter, Christopher, Janna K. Mouw, & Marc E. Levenston. (2003). Dynamic compression of chondrocyte-seeded fibrin gels: effects on matrix accumulation and mechanical stiffness. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 12(2). 117–130. 118 indexed citations

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