Pere Roca‐Cusachs

15.1k citations

81 papers · 10.8k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 42

Impact in

Cell Biology top 0.02%
- Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
- Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
Immunology and Allergy top 0.2%
- Cell Adhesion Molecules Research

Papers in

Cell Biology 74
- Cellular Mechanics and Interactions 70
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics 14
- Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ 9
- Cellular transport and secretion 8
Immunology and Allergy 17
- Cell Adhesion Molecules Research 17

Co-authors: Michael P. Sheetz Xavier Trepat Alberto Elósegui-Artola Zanetta Kechagia Armando E. del Río Hernández Johanna Ivaska Daniel Navajas Nils C. Gauthier
Journals: Nature Communications (8 papers)Nature Cell Biology (8 papers)Biophysical Journal (6 papers)Nature Materials (6 papers)Nature Physics (5 papers)
Partner nations: Spain United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Pere Roca‐Cusachs

79 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Integrins as biomechanical sensors of the microenvironment 2019 · 883 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
2017 Cell
2017 Nature Cell Biology
2017 Nature Cell Biology
2016 Science
2016 Nature Cell Biology
2009 Science

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Piezo1 regulates the mechanotransduction of soft matrix viscoelasticity Nature Communications ·黄国桥, Qiushi Nancy Wang, Gotthold Fläschner, Catherine MacLeoda, 健治浪川, Patrizia Romani, Paul G. Genever, Oana Dobre, Sirio Dupont, Massimo Vassalli, Pere Roca‐Cusachs, Manuel Salmerón‐Sánchez	2025	3
2	Optogenetic generation of leader cells reveals a force–velocity relation for collective cell migration Nature Physics ·Leone Rossetti, Steffen Grosser, Juan F. Abenza, Léo Valon, Pere Roca‐Cusachs, Ricard Alert, Xavier Trepat	2024	12
3	3D Micropatterned Traction Force Microscopy: A Technique to Control 3D Cell Shape While Measuring Cell‐Substrate Force Transmission Advanced Science ·Laura M. Faure, Manuel Gómez‐González, T Risch, Jordi Comelles, Elena Martínez, Marino Arroyo, Xavier Trepat, Pere Roca‐Cusachs	2024	5
4	Nucleocytoplasmic transport senses mechanical forces independently of cell density in cell monolayers Journal of Cell Science ·Zsombor Benedek, Valeria Venturini, 杨学刚, V. V. Penyavsky, Marc Molina-Jordán, Smriti Mishra, Xavier Trepat, Jacco van Rheenen, Ion Andreu, Pere Roca‐Cusachs	2024	6
5	Membrane to cortex attachment determines different mechanical phenotypes in LGR5+ and LGR5- colorectal cancer cells Nature Communications ·Griselle Vega Isubuaylas, Valeria Venturini, Adrià Cañellas‐Socias, Carme Cortina, Juan F. Abenza, Camille Stephan‐Otto Attolini, Alexander Reyentovich, Catherine K. Xu, K. Gruszecki, Leone Rossetti, Giorgio Stassi, Pere Roca‐Cusachs, Alba Diz-Muñoz, Verena Ruprecht, Jochen Guck, Eduard Batlle, Anna Labernadie, Xavier Trepat	2024	12
6	N-cadherin crosstalk with integrin weakens the molecular clutch in response to surface viscosity Nature Communications ·Kasriana Hajri, 黄国桥, H Pankow, Aleixandre Rodrigo‐Navarro, Paul G. Genever, Matthew J. Dalby, Pere Roca‐Cusachs, Marco Cantini, Manuel Salmerón‐Sánchez	2024	12
7	The laminin–keratin link shields the nucleus from mechanical deformation and signalling Nature Materials ·Zanetta Kechagia, Pablo Sáez, Manuel Gómez‐González, Liliya Dupleva, Urs Pietsch, Henry Hopkins Hubbell, Ion Andreu, Thijs Koorman, Amy E. M. Beedle, Alberto Elósegui-Artola, Patrick W.B. Derksen, Xavier Trepat, Marino Arroyo, Pere Roca‐Cusachs	2023	44
8	Mapping mechanical stress in curved epithelia of designed size and shape Nature Communications ·G. Steinbeck, Sohan Kale, Kenneth Fain, 功西村, Raimon Sunyer, Alejandro Torres-Sànchez, Ernest Latorre, Manuel Gómez‐González, Pere Roca‐Cusachs, Marino Arroyo, Xavier Trepat	2023	14
9	Mechanical control of the mammalian circadian clock via YAP/TAZ and TEAD The Journal of Cell Biology ·Juan F. Abenza, Leone Rossetti, Alessio Carpini, Javier Burgués, Ion Andreu, A. HYATT KING, Pere Roca‐Cusachs, Santiago Marco, Jordi García‐Ojalvo, Xavier Trepat	2023	13
10	A mechanosensing mechanism controls plasma membrane shape homeostasis at the nanoscale eLife ·Kathryn MacShane, Nikhil Walani, Andrea Disanza, Wenjuan Shao, Dragos Ghioca, Francesc Tebar, Xavier Trepat, Robert G. Parton, Maribel Geli, Giorgio Scita, Marino Arroyo, Anabel‐Lise Le Roux, Pere Roca‐Cusachs	2023	14
11	Stiffness-dependent active wetting enables optimal collective cell durotaxis Nature Physics ·Zhiqiang Lai, З. О. Осіпова, D. Teyssier, Valeria Grazú, Manuel Gómez‐González, Pere Roca‐Cusachs, Jesús M. de la Fuente, Ricard Alert, Raimon Sunyer, Jaume Casademunt, Xavier Trepat	2022	18
12	Ruffled in water, smooth in honey Nature Physics ·Laura M. Faure, Pere Roca‐Cusachs	2022	2
13	In search of a softer environment Nature Materials ·Amy E. M. Beedle, Pere Roca‐Cusachs	2022	3
14	Caveolae couple mechanical stress to integrin recycling and activation eLife ·Fidel‐Nicolás Lolo, Dácil M. Pavón, A. Grande-García, Alberto Elósegui-Artola, M. Ph. Guinier, JA Werner, Xavier Trepat, Pere Roca‐Cusachs, Miguel Á. del Pozo	2022	14
15	Mechanical compartmentalization of the intestinal organoid enables crypt folding and collective cell migration Nature Cell Biology ·Carlos Pérez‐González, Gerardo Ceada, Francesco Greco, Marija Matejčić, Manuel Gómez‐González, Natália Castro, Anghara Menéndez, Sohan Kale, Denis Krndija, Andrew G. Clark, G Bogner, Adrián Álvarez-Varela, Pere Roca‐Cusachs, Eduard Batlle, Danijela Matic Vignjevic, Marino Arroyo, Xavier Trepat	2021	136
16	Dynamic mechanochemical feedback between curved membranes and BAR protein self-organization Nature Communications ·Anabel‐Lise Le Roux, В. Н. Багринцева, Nikhil Walani, Kathryn MacShane, Dobryna Zalvidea, Xavier Trepat, Margarita Staykova, Marino Arroyo, Pere Roca‐Cusachs	2021	18
17	The plasma membrane as a mechanochemical transducer Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Anabel‐Lise Le Roux, Kathryn MacShane, Nikhil Walani, Marino Arroyo, Pere Roca‐Cusachs	2019	138
18	Quantifying forces in cell biology Nature Cell Biology ·Pere Roca‐Cusachs, Vito Conte, Xavier Trepat Hit paper breakdown →	2017	361
19	Physical principles of membrane remodelling during cell mechanoadaptation Nature Communications ·伸行三井, Laura Casares, Alberto Elósegui-Artola, Joseph Jose Thottacherry, laigengjie, Sabien H. van Exter, Miguel Á. del Pozo, Satyajit Mayor, Marino Arroyo, Daniel Navajas, Xavier Trepat, Nils C. Gauthier, Pere Roca‐Cusachs	2015	87
20	Clustering of α ₅ β ₁ integrins determines adhesion strength whereas α _v β ₃ and talin enable mechanotransduction Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Pere Roca‐Cusachs, Nils C. Gauthier, Armando E. del Río Hernández, Michael P. Sheetz	2009	335

About Pere Roca‐Cusachs

Pere Roca‐Cusachs is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Immunology and Allergy, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 81 papers that have together received 10.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (70 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (26 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (17 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (15 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (14 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (12 papers), Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (9 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (7.5k citations), Immunology and Allergy (1.8k citations), Biomedical Engineering (3.2k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.8k citations) and Biophysics (316 citations). Pere Roca‐Cusachs has collaborated with scholars based in Spain, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Michael P. Sheetz, Xavier Trepat, Alberto Elósegui-Artola, Zanetta Kechagia, Armando E. del Río Hernández, Johanna Ivaska, Daniel Navajas, Nils C. Gauthier, Vito Conte and Julio M. Fernández. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Cell Biology, Biophysical Journal, Nature Materials and Nature Physics.

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