Xavier Trepat

23.8k total citations · 10 hit papers
136 papers, 16.1k citations indexed

About

Xavier Trepat is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xavier Trepat has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 16.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Cell Biology, 62 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 28 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xavier Trepat's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (111 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (49 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (23 papers). Xavier Trepat is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (111 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (49 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (23 papers). Xavier Trepat collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and France. Xavier Trepat's co-authors include Jeffrey J. Fredberg, Pere Roca‐Cusachs, James P. Butler, Alberto Elósegui-Artola, David A. Weitz, Daniel Navajas, Thomas E. Angelini, Vito Conte, Xavier Serra‐Picamal and Emil Millet and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Xavier Trepat

134 papers receiving 15.9k citations

Hit Papers

Force Triggers YAP Nuclear Entry ... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2017 2009 2011 2016 2003 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Force Triggers YAP Nuclear Entry by Regulating Transport across Nuclear Pores
    2017 1.0k citations Alberto Elósegui-Artola, Ion Andreu et al. profile →
  2. Physical forces during collective cell migration
    2009 886 citations Xavier Trepat, Emil Millet et al. Nature Physics profile →
  3. Collective cell guidance by cooperative intercellular forces
    2011 667 citations Dhananjay T. Tambe, James P. Butler et al. Nature Materials profile →
  4. Mechanical regulation of a molecular clutch defines force transmission and transduction in response to matrix rigidity
    2016 588 citations Alberto Elósegui-Artola, Roger Oria et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
  5. Microrheology of Human Lung Epithelial Cells Measured by Atomic Force Microscopy
    2003 571 citations Xavier Trepat, Ramón Farré et al. profile →
  6. A mechanically active heterotypic E-cadherin/N-cadherin adhesion enables fibroblasts to drive cancer cell invasion
    2017 569 citations Anna Labernadie, Agustí Brugués et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
  7. Universal physical responses to stretch in the living cell
    2007 552 citations Xavier Trepat, James P. Butler et al. profile →
  8. Glass-like dynamics of collective cell migration
    2011 517 citations Xavier Trepat, Jeffrey J. Fredberg et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  9. Collective cell durotaxis emerges from long-range intercellular force transmission
    2016 447 citations Raimon Sunyer, Vito Conte et al. profile →
  10. Quantifying forces in cell biology
    2017 361 citations Pere Roca‐Cusachs, Vito Conte et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xavier Trepat Spain 65 11.1k 6.7k 4.2k 1.8k 1.6k 136 16.1k
Denis Wirtz United States 80 9.5k 0.9× 5.8k 0.9× 8.8k 2.1× 2.3k 1.3× 2.3k 1.4× 258 22.5k
Guillaume Charras United Kingdom 54 7.6k 0.7× 3.4k 0.5× 3.9k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 118 12.1k
Ben Fabry Germany 69 8.1k 0.7× 5.9k 0.9× 2.4k 0.6× 2.4k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 186 14.3k
Benoît Ladoux France 57 8.3k 0.8× 5.8k 0.9× 2.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 760 0.5× 133 11.6k
Ning Wang United States 60 9.9k 0.9× 5.5k 0.8× 4.6k 1.1× 2.0k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 115 15.3k
Gaudenz Danuser United States 71 9.9k 0.9× 3.2k 0.5× 8.2k 2.0× 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 210 17.7k
Viola Vogel Switzerland 75 7.6k 0.7× 5.2k 0.8× 6.3k 1.5× 3.8k 2.2× 730 0.5× 264 19.0k
Micah Dembo United States 53 10.2k 0.9× 6.6k 1.0× 3.8k 0.9× 2.4k 1.3× 1.7k 1.1× 103 17.0k
Clare M. Waterman United States 79 13.7k 1.2× 3.8k 0.6× 8.0k 1.9× 2.0k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 149 20.3k
Pere Roca‐Cusachs Spain 42 7.5k 0.7× 3.2k 0.5× 3.3k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 81 10.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xavier Trepat

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Venturini, Valeria, Adrià Cañellas‐Socias, Carme Cortina, et al.. (2024). Membrane to cortex attachment determines different mechanical phenotypes in LGR5+ and LGR5- colorectal cancer cells. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3363–3363. 12 indexed citations
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Abenza, Juan F., et al.. (2024). Parametric modeling of mechanical effects on circadian oscillators. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 34(1). 2 indexed citations
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Pensalfini, Marco, et al.. (2023). Nonaffine Mechanics of Entangled Networks Inspired by Intermediate Filaments. Physical Review Letters. 131(5). 58101–58101. 10 indexed citations
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Trepat, Xavier & Ricard Alert. (2023). How to bridge the gap between theory and experiments in biological physics. Nature Physics. 19(12). 1738–1739. 2 indexed citations
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Andreu, Ion, Marc Molina-Jordán, Amy E. M. Beedle, et al.. (2022). Mechanical force application to the nucleus regulates nucleocytoplasmic transport. Nature Cell Biology. 24(6). 896–905. 107 indexed citations
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Pérez‐González, Carlos, Gerardo Ceada, Francesco Greco, et al.. (2021). Mechanical compartmentalization of the intestinal organoid enables crypt folding and collective cell migration. Nature Cell Biology. 23(7). 745–757. 136 indexed citations
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Pérez‐González, Carlos, Gerardo Ceada, Marija Matejčić, & Xavier Trepat. (2021). Digesting the mechanobiology of the intestinal epithelium. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 72. 82–90. 30 indexed citations
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Nyga, Agata, José J. Muñoz, Marina Uroz, et al.. (2021). Oncogenic RAS instructs morphological transformation of human epithelia via differential tissue mechanics. Science Advances. 7(42). eabg6467–eabg6467. 21 indexed citations
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Andreu, Ion, Bryan Falcones, Sebastian Hurst, et al.. (2021). The force loading rate drives cell mechanosensing through both reinforcement and cytoskeletal softening. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4229–4229. 77 indexed citations
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Alert, Ricard & Xavier Trepat. (2021). Living cells on the move. Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona). 12 indexed citations
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Gómez‐González, Manuel, Ernest Latorre, Marino Arroyo, & Xavier Trepat. (2020). Measuring mechanical stress in living tissues. Nature Reviews Physics. 2(6). 300–317. 101 indexed citations
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Garreta, Elena, Roger D. Kamm, Susana M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes, et al.. (2020). Rethinking organoid technology through bioengineering. Nature Materials. 20(2). 145–155. 229 indexed citations
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Uroz, Marina, Alberto Elósegui-Artola, Juan F. Abenza, et al.. (2019). Traction forces at the cytokinetic ring regulate cell division and polyploidy in the migrating zebrafish epicardium. Nature Materials. 18(9). 1015–1023. 36 indexed citations
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Park, Danielle, Stefan Boeing, Anna Labernadie, et al.. (2019). Extracellular matrix anisotropy is determined by TFAP2C-dependent regulation of cell collisions. Nature Materials. 19(2). 227–238. 92 indexed citations
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Pardo-Pastor, Carlos, Fanny Rubio-Moscardó, Marina Vogel-González, et al.. (2018). Piezo2 channel regulates RhoA and actin cytoskeleton to promote cell mechanobiological responses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(8). 1925–1930. 166 indexed citations
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Kong, Xinyu, et al.. (2018). Epidermal growth factor receptor and integrins control force-dependent vinculin recruitment to E-cadherin junctions. Journal of Cell Science. 131(6). 23 indexed citations
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Brugués, Agustí, Vito Conte, Guiomar Solanas, et al.. (2017). Long-lived force patterns and deformation waves at repulsive epithelial boundaries. Nature Materials. 16(10). 1029–1037. 55 indexed citations
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Ladoux, Benoît, René‐Marc Mège, & Xavier Trepat. (2016). Front–Rear Polarization by Mechanical Cues: From Single Cells to Tissues. Trends in Cell Biology. 26(6). 420–433. 110 indexed citations
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Elósegui-Artola, Alberto, Roger Oria, Yunfeng Chen, et al.. (2016). Mechanical regulation of a molecular clutch defines force transmission and transduction in response to matrix rigidity. Nature Cell Biology. 18(5). 540–548. 588 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tambe, Dhananjay T., Xavier Trepat, Jae Hun Kim, et al.. (2013). Monolayer Stress Microscopy: Limitations, Artifacts, and Accuracy of Recovered Intercellular Stresses. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e55172–e55172. 158 indexed citations

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