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Mouneimne G, Connors C, Watson AW, Grant A, Campo D, Ring A, Kaur P and Lang JE. (2025). Cancers. Mechanical Conditioning (MeCo) Score Progressively Increases Through the Metastatic Cascade in Breast Cancer via Circulating Tumor Cells.

Quintela-Fandino M, Bermejo B, Zamora E, Moreno F, Garcia-Saenz JA, Pernas S, Janez NM, Jimenez D, Adrover E, Andres R, Mouron S, Bueno MJ, Manso L, Vinas G, Alba E, Llombart-Cussac A, Cortes J, Tebar C, Roe D, Grant A, Watson AW, Colomer R and Mouneimne G. (2024). Clinical Cancer Research. High mechanical conditioning by tumor extracellular matrix stiffness is a predictive biomarker for antifibrotic therapy in HER2-negative breast cancer.

Watson AW, Grant A, Parker S, Hill S, Whalen M, Chakrabarti J, Harman M, Roman M, Forte B, Castro-Portuguez R, Stolze L, Franck C, Cusanovich D, Zavros Y, Padi M, Romanoski C and Mouneimne G. (2021). Cell Reports. Breast tumor stiffness instructs bone metastasis via maintenance of mechanical conditioning. 

Puleo J, Parker S, Roman M, Watson AW, Eliato KR, Peng L, Saboda K, Roe D, Ros R, Gertler F and Mouneimne G. (2019). Journal of Cell Biology. Mechanosensing during directed cell migration requires dynamic actin polymerization at focal adhesions.

Padilla-Rodriguez M, Parker S, Westerling T, Adams D, Puleo J, Watson AW, Noon M, Gaudin R, Tong D, Roe D, Knudsen B and Mouneimne G. (2018). Nature Communications. The Actin Cytoskeletal Architecture of Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer Cells Suppresses Invasion. 

Peela N, Sam FS, Christenson W, Truong D, Watson AW and Mouneimne G, Ros R, Nikkhah M. (2015). Biomaterials. A three dimensional micropatterned tumor model for breast cancer cell migration studies.