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Publications: Dr Marco Pensalfini

Pensalfini M, Golde T, Trepat X, Arroyo M ( 2023 ) . Nonaffine Mechanics of Entangled Networks Inspired by Intermediate Filaments . Physical Review Letters vol. 131 , ( 5 )
Pensalfini M, Tepole AB ( 2023 ) . Mechano-biological and bio-mechanical pathways in cutaneous wound healing . PLOS Computational Biology vol. 19 , ( 3 )
Pensalfini M, Rotach M, Hopf R, Bielicki A, Santoprete R, Mazza E ( 2020 ) . How cosmetic tightening products modulate the biomechanics and morphology of human skin . Acta Biomaterialia vol. 115 , 299 - 316 .
Wietecha MS, Pensalfini M, Cangkrama M, Müller B, Jin J, Brinckmann J, Mazza E, Werner S ( 2020 ) . Activin-mediated alterations of the fibroblast transcriptome and matrisome control the biomechanical properties of skin wounds . Nature Communications vol. 11 , ( 1 )
Wahlsten A, Pensalfini M, Stracuzzi A, Restivo G, Hopf R, Mazza E ( 2019 ) . On the compressibility and poroelasticity of human and murine skin . Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology vol. 18 , ( 4 ) 1079 - 1093 .
Bircher K, Zündel M, Pensalfini M, Ehret AE, Mazza E ( 2019 ) . Tear resistance of soft collagenous tissues . Nature Communications vol. 10 , ( 1 )
Lintas V, Fioretta ES, Motta SE, Dijkman PE, Pensalfini M, Mazza E, Caliskan E, Rodriguez H et al. ( 2018 ) . Development of a Novel Human Cell-Derived Tissue-Engineered Heart Valve for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: an In Vitro and In Vivo Feasibility Study . Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research vol. 11 , ( 6 ) 470 - 482 .
Müller B, Elrod J, Pensalfini M, Hopf R, Distler O, Schiestl C, Mazza E ( 2018 ) . A novel ultra-light suction device for mechanical characterization of skin . PLOS ONE vol. 13 , ( 8 )
Pensalfini M, Weickenmeier J, Rominger M, Santoprete R, Distler O, Mazza E ( 2017 ) . Location-specific mechanical response and morphology of facial soft tissues . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials vol. 78 , 108 - 115 .
Pensalfini M, Haertel E, Hopf R, Wietecha M, Werner S, Mazza E ( 2017 ) . The mechanical fingerprint of murine excisional wounds . Acta Biomaterialia vol. 65 , 226 - 236 .
Pensalfini M, Meneghello S, Lintas V, Bircher K, Ehret AE, Mazza E ( 2017 ) . The suture retention test, revisited and revised . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials vol. 77 , 711 - 717 .
Pensalfini M, Ehret AE, Stüdeli S, Marino D, Kaech A, Reichmann E, Mazza E ( 2016 ) . Factors affecting the mechanical behavior of collagen hydrogels for skin tissue engineering . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials vol. 69 , 85 - 97 .
Kesti M, Fisch P, Pensalfini M, Mazza E, Zenobi-Wong M ( 2016 ) . Guidelines for standardization of bioprinting: a systematic study of process parameters and their effect on bioprinted structures . BioNanoMaterials vol. 17 , ( 3-4 ) 193 - 204 .
Maurer MM, Badir S, Pensalfini M, Bajka M, Abitabile P, Zimmermann R, Mazza E ( 2015 ) . Challenging the in-vivo assessment of biomechanical properties of the uterine cervix: A critical analysis of ultrasound based quasi-static procedures . Journal of Biomechanics vol. 48 , ( 9 ) 1541 - 1548 .
Pensalfini M, Duenwald-Kuehl S, Kondratko-Mittnacht J, Lakes R, Vanderby R ( 2014 ) . Evaluation of Global Load Sharing and Shear-Lag Models to Describe Mechanical Behavior in Partially Lacerated Tendons . Journal of Biomechanical Engineering vol. 136 , ( 9 )