| Differential proliferation rates generate patterns of mechanical tension that orient tissue growth Y Mao, AL Tournier, A Hoppe, L Kester, BJ Thompson, N Tapon The EMBO journal 32 (21), 2790-2803, 2013 | 342 | 2013 |
| Planar polarization of the atypical myosin Dachs orients cell divisions in Drosophila Y Mao, AL Tournier, PA Bates, JE Gale, N Tapon, BJ Thompson Genes & development 25 (2), 131-136, 2011 | 251 | 2011 |
| Tissue fluidity promotes epithelial wound healing RJ Tetley, MF Staddon, D Heller, A Hoppe, S Banerjee, Y Mao Nature physics 15 (11), 1195-1203, 2019 | 197 | 2019 |
| Stress relaxation in epithelial monolayers is controlled by the actomyosin cortex N Khalilgharibi, J Fouchard, N Asadipour, R Barrientos, M Duda, ... Nature physics 15 (8), 839-847, 2019 | 185 | 2019 |
| Inter-cellular forces orchestrate contact inhibition of locomotion JR Davis, A Luchici, F Mosis, J Thackery, JA Salazar, Y Mao, GA Dunn, ... Cell 161 (2), 361-373, 2015 | 140 | 2015 |
| Fundamental physical cellular constraints drive self‐organization of tissues D Sánchez‐Gutiérrez, M Tozluoglu, JD Barry, A Pascual, Y Mao, ... The EMBO journal 35 (1), 77-88, 2016 | 129 | 2016 |
| To form and function: on the role of basement membrane mechanics in tissue development, homeostasis and disease N Khalilgharibi, Y Mao Open biology 11 (2), 200360, 2021 | 128 | 2021 |
| EpiTools: an open-source image analysis toolkit for quantifying epithelial growth dynamics D Heller, A Hoppe, S Restrepo, L Gatti, AL Tournier, N Tapon, K Basler, ... Developmental cell 36 (1), 103-116, 2016 | 115 | 2016 |
| Polarization of myosin II refines tissue material properties to buffer mechanical stress M Duda, NJ Kirkland, N Khalilgharibi, M Tozluoglu, AC Yuen, N Carpi, ... Developmental cell 48 (2), 245-260. e7, 2019 | 98 | 2019 |
| Tug of war—the influence of opposing physical forces on epithelial cell morphology Y Mao, B Baum Developmental biology 401 (1), 92-102, 2015 | 90 | 2015 |
| Planar differential growth rates initiate precise fold positions in complex epithelia M Tozluoǧlu, M Duda, NJ Kirkland, R Barrientos, JJ Burden, JJ Munoz, ... Developmental cell 51 (3), 299-312. e4, 2019 | 87 | 2019 |
| Contribution of sequence variation in Drosophila actins to their incorporation into actin-based structures in vivo K Röper, Y Mao, NH Brown Journal of cell science 118 (17), 3937-3948, 2005 | 86 | 2005 |
| Fasciclin 2, the Drosophila orthologue of neural cell-adhesion molecule, inhibits EGF receptor signalling Y Mao, M Freeman Oxford University Press for The Company of Biologists Limited 136 (3), 473-481, 2009 | 55 | 2009 |
| The same but different: cell intercalation as a driver of tissue deformation and fluidity RJ Tetley, Y Mao Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 373 …, 2018 | 44 | 2018 |
| Lymph node homeostasis and adaptation to immune challenge resolved by fibroblast network mechanics HL Horsnell, RJ Tetley, H De Belly, S Makris, LJ Millward, AC Benjamin, ... Nature immunology 23 (8), 1169-1182, 2022 | 43 | 2022 |
| On folding morphogenesis, a mechanical problem M Tozluoglu, Y Mao Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 375 (1809), 20190564, 2020 | 42 | 2020 |
| Development of a new 3D hybrid model for epithelia morphogenesis F Ioannou, MA Dawi, RJ Tetley, Y Mao, JJ Muñoz Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 8, 405, 2020 | 26 | 2020 |
| Cost–benefit analysis of the mechanisms that enable migrating cells to sustain motility upon changes in matrix environments M Tozluoglu, Y Mao, PA Bates, E Sahai Journal of The Royal Society Interface 12 (106), 20141355, 2015 | 26 | 2015 |
| Tissue mechanics regulate mitotic nuclear dynamics during epithelial development NJ Kirkland, AC Yuen, M Tozluoglu, N Hui, EK Paluch, Y Mao Current Biology 30 (13), 2419-2432. e4, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
| Mechanical state transitions in the regulation of tissue form and function Y Mao, SA Wickström Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 25 (8), 654-670, 2024 | 24 | 2024 |