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• 81. Schiffhauer ES, Ren Y, Iglesias V, Kothari P, Iglesias PA, Robinson DN*. Myosin IIB assembly-state determines myosin IIB mechanosensitive dynamics. J. Cell Biol. 2019; 218(3): 895-908. / PDF
• 66. Bai H, Zhu Q, Surcel A, Luo T, Ren Y, Guan B, Liu Y, Wu N, Joseph NE, Wang T-L, Zhang N, Pan D, Alpini G, Robinson DN, Anders RA. Yes-Associated Protein impacts adherens junction assembly through regulating actin cytoskeleton organization. Am. J. Physiol. – Gastrointest. Liver Phys. 2016; 311(3): G396-G411. / PDF
• 59. Kim JH, Ren Y, Ng WP, Li S, Son S, Kee Y-S, Zhang S, Zhang G, Fletcher DA, Robinson DN, Chen EH. Mechanical tension drives cell membrane fusion. Dev. Cell 2015; 32(5): 561-573. / PDF
• 57. Surcel A, Ng WP, West-Foyle H, Zhu Q, Ren Y, Avery L, Krenc AK, Meyers D, Rock RS, Anders RA, Freel Meyers C, Robinson DN*. Pharmacological activation of myosin II paralogs to correct cell mechanics defects. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2015; 112(5): 1428-1433. / PDF
• 55. Ren Y, West-Foyle H, Surcel A, Miller C, Robinson DN*. Genetic suppression of a phosphomimic myosin II identifies system-level factors promoting myosin II cleavage furrow accumulation. Mol. Biol. Cell. 2014; 25(25): 4150-4165. / PDF
• 54. Sun Q, Luo T, Ren Y, Florey O, Shirasawa S, Sasazuki T, Robinson DN, Overholtzer M. Competition between human cells by entosis. Cell Res. 2014; 24: 1299-1310. / PDF
• 53. Luo T, Srivastava V, Ren Y, Robinson DN.* Mimicking the mechanical properties of the cell cortex by the self-assembly of an actin cortex in vesicles. App. Phys. Lett. 2014; 104: 153701-1-5. / PDF
• 40. Kee YS, Ren Y, Dorfman D, Iijima M, Firtel RA, Iglesias PA, Robinson DN.* A mechanosensory system governs myosin II accumulation in dividing cells. Mol. Biol. Cell 2012; 23(8): 1510-1523.  / PDF
• 39. Luo T, Mohan K, Srivastava V, Ren Y, Iglesias PA, Robinson DN.* Understanding the cooperative interactions between myosin II and actin crosslinkers mediated by actin filaments during mechanosensation. Biophys. J. 2012; 102(2): 238-247. / PDF
• 37. Wang Y, Steimle PA, Ren Y, Ross CA, Robinson DN, Egelhoff TT, Sesaki H, Iijima M. Dictyostelium huntingtin controls chemotaxis and cytokinesis through regulation of myosin II phosphorylation. Mol. Biol. Cell 2011; 22:2270-2281. / PDF
• 29. Ren Y, Effler JC, Norstrom M, Luo T, Firtel RA, Iglesias PA, Rock, RS, Robinson DN.* Mechanosensing through cooperative interactions between myosin-II and the actin crosslinker cortexillin-I. Curr. Biol. 2009; 19(17):1421-1428. / PDF
• 26. Reichl EM, Ren Y, Morphew MK, Delannoy M, Effler JC, Girard KD, Divi S, Iglesias PA, Kuo SC, Robinson DN.* Interactions between myosin and actin crosslinkers control cytokinesis contractility dynamics and mechanics. Curr. Biol. 2008; 18(7):471-480. / PDF