2026
Aldo Abarca-Ortega, Blanca González-Bermúdez, Judith Félix-Escalera, Mónica González-Sánchez, Enzo Brito, Mónica De la Fuente, and Gustavo R. Plaza. “Resilient Biophysical Phenotype of Memory CD4+ T Cells in Long-Lived Mice.” Immunology, Volume 178, Issue 2, 363–374 (2026). DOI: doi.org/10.1111/imm.70123.
Enzo Brito, Claudio García-Herrera, Blanca González-Bermúdez, Gustavo R. Plaza, Diego Celentano, Bernardo J. Krause, and Aldo Abarca-Ortega. “Mechanical characterization and visco-hyperelastic modeling of epithelial cells: Pressure-rate dependency of the apparent elastic modulus.” International Journal of Engineering Science (2026). DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2025.104459.
Yingze Li, Mengge Zheng, Zhenyan Zhu, Yajuan Zhang, Peng Ning, Haotian Chen, Rui Gao, Chang Xu, Xueyan Wei, Yali Liu, Yingying Wang, Ruimei Zhou, Yuan Li, Zhenguang Li, Cheng Lv, Chen Liu, Junfang Xu, Zihan Guo, Zhixiang Hu, Lan Fang, Ke Wei, Mengying Feng, Changshi Zhou, Yunlang She, Weiyan Sun, Erzhen Chen, Gustavo R. Plaza, Bin He, Jason Miska, Weiwei Yang, Yichao Tang, Haipeng Liu, Chang Chen, and Yu Cheng. “Dynamic Magneto-Mechanical Force in Lysosomes Induces Durable Macrophage Repolarization for Antitumor Immunity.” Cell Research, Volume 36, 197–218 (2026). DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41422-025-01217-1
2025
Tommaso Vicanolo, Alaz Özcan, Jackson LiangYao Li, Carla Huerta-López, Iván Ballesteros, Andrea Rubio-Ponce, Andra C. Dumitru, Jose Ángel Nicolás-Ávila, Miguel Molina-Moreno, Pablo Reyes-Gutierrez, Andrew D. Johnston, Catherine Martone, Eric Greto, Antonio Quílez-Alvarez, Enrique Calvo, Elena Bonzon-Kulichenko, Rebeca Álvarez-Velez, Ming Yao Chooi, Immanuel Kwok, Blanca González-Bermúdez, Benoit Malleret, Francisco M. Espinosa, Ming Zhang, Yu-Long Wang, Dasheng Sun, Shu Zhen Chong, Ali El-Armouche, Kevin K. Kim, Irina A. Udalova, Valentina Greco, Ricardo Garcia, Jesús Vázquez, Ana Dopazo, Gustavo R. Plaza, Jorge Alegre-Cebollada, Stefan Uderhardt, Lai Guan Ng, and Andrés Hidalgo. “Matrix-producing neutrophils populate and shield the skin.” Nature, Volume 641, 740–748 (2025). DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08741-5
Rui Gao, Chang Xu, Chen Liu, Zhenyan Zhu, Min Wang, Xueyan Wei, Peng Ning, Wei Zhang, Yingze Li, Yajuan Zhang, Junwu Shen, Yifan Tong, Feng Tao, Xiaolei Chen, Xiaoyi Jiang, Huan Ren, Cheng Lv, Gustavo R. Plaza, Jason Miska, Haiming Fan, Xiaoqing Zhang, Yichao Tang, Yalei Dai, Weiwei Yang, Bin He, and Yu Cheng. “An Intracellular Magnetic Micromotor Drives Spatiotemporal Mechano-Immunotherapy.” Advanced Materials, Volume 37, Issue 47, e04404 (2025). DOI: doi.org/10.1002/adma.202504404.
2024
Sylvain Landiech, Marianne Elias, Pierre Lapèze, Hajar Ajiyel, Marine Plancke, Blanca González-Bermúdez, Adrian Laborde, Fabien Mesnilgrente, David Bourrier, Debora Berti, Costanza Montis, Laurent Mazenq, Jérémy Baldo, Clément Roux, Morgan Delarue, Pierre Joseph. “Parallel on-chip micropipettes enabling quantitative multiplexed characterization of vesicle mechanics and cell aggregates rheology”. APL bioengineering8.2 (2024). DOI: doi.org/10.1063/5.0193333
Aldo Abarca-Ortega, Blanca González-Bermúdez, Cristina Castro-Domínguez, Aroa Álvarez-López, Cristina Díaz-Alcaraz, María Garvía-Rodríguez, Gustavo V Guinea, Gustavo R Plaza. “Single-cell mechanical characterization in constriction-based cytometry.” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 268 (2024): 108979. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2024.108979
Aldo Abarca-Ortega, Blanca González-Bermúdez, and Gustavo R. Plaza. “Enhancing micropipette aspiration with artificial-intelligence analysis.” Biophysical Journal Biophysical Journal, Volume 123, Issue 17, 2860 – 2868 (2024).DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.04.006
2022
Blanca González-Bermúdez, Aldo Abarca-Ortega, Mónica González-Sánchez, Mónica De la Fuente, Gustavo R. Plaza. “Possibilities of using T-cell biophysical biomarkers of aging”. Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine. 2022 Sep 16:1-31. DOI: doi.org/10.1017/erm.2022.29
Blanca González‐Bermúdez, Hikaru Kobayashi, Aldo Abarca‐Ortega, Miguel Córcoles‐Lucas, Mónica González‐Sánchez, Mónica De la Fuente, Gustavo V Guinea, Manuel Elices, Gustavo R Plaza “Aging is accompanied by T‐cell stiffening and reduced interstitial migration through dysfunctional nuclear organization”. Immunology. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/imm.13559
Mónica González-Sánchez, Víctor García-Martíneza, Sara Bravo, Hikaru Kobayashi, Irene Martínez de Toda, Blanca González-Bermúdez, Gustavo R. Plaza, Mónica De la Fuente. “Mitochondrial DNA insertions into nuclear DNA affecting chromosome segregation: insights for a novel mechanism of immunosenescence in mice”. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 111722. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2022.111722
2020
Blanca González-Bermúdez, Hikaru Kobayashi, Álvaro Navarrete, César Nyblad, Mónica González-Sánchez, Mónica De la Fuente, Gonzalo Fuentes, Gustavo Victor Guinea Tortuero, Claudio García, Gustavo R Plaza 2020. “Single-cell biophysical study reveals deformability and internal ordering relationship in T cells”. Soft Matter, 16:5669-5678. DOI: doi 10.1039/D0SM00648C.
Jiaojiao Wu, Peng Ning, Rui Gao, Qishuai Feng, Yajing Shen, Yifan Zhang, Yingze Li, Chang Xu, Yao Qin, Gustavo R Plaza, Qianwen Bai, Xing Fan, Zhenguang Li, Yu Han, Maciej S Lesniak, Haiming Fan, Yu Cheng 2020. “Programmable ROS‐Mediated Cancer Therapy via Magneto‐Inductions”. Advanced Science 7(12):1902933. DOI: doi 10.1002/advs.201902933.
Andrés Díaz Lantada, Noelia Mazarío Picazo, Markus Guttmann, Markus Wissmann, Marc Schneider, Matthias Worgull, Stefan Hengsbach, Florian Rupp, Klaus Bade, Gustavo R Plaza 2020. “Soft-Lithography of Polyacrylamide Hydrogels Using Microstructured Templates: Towards Controlled Cell Populations on Biointerfaces”. Materials 13(7):1586. DOI: doi 10.3390/ma13071586.
Mengwei Chen, Jiaojiao Wu, Peng Ning, Jingjing Wang, Zuan Ma, Liqun Huang, Gustavo R Plaza, Yajing Shen, Chang Xu, Yu Han, Maciej S Lesniak, Zhongmin Liu, Yu Cheng 2020. “Remote Control of Mechanical Forces via Mitochondrial‐Targeted Magnetic Nanospinners for Efficient Cancer Treatment”. Small 16(3):1905424. DOI: doi 10.1002/smll.201905424.
2019
Rafael Daza, Blanca Gonzalez-Bermudez, Julia Cruces, Mónica De la Fuente, Gustavo R Plaza, Maria Arroyo-Hernandez, Manuel Elices, José Pérez-Rigueiro, Gustavo V Guinea 2019. “Comparison of cell mechanical measurements provided by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and micropipette aspiration (MPA)”. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 95:103-115. DOI: doi 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.03.031.
Blanca González-Bermúdez, Gustavo V Guinea, Gustavo R Plaza 2019. “Advances in micropipette aspiration: applications in cell biomechanics, models, and extended studies”. Biophysical Journal 116(4):587-594. DOI: doi 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.01.004.
2017
Y Shen, Y Cheng, TQP Uyeda, GR Plaza 2017. “Cell mechanosensors and the possibilities of using magnetic nanoparticles to study them and to modify cell fate”. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 45 (10):2475-2486. DOI: doi 10.1007/s10439-017-1884-7.
Blanca González-Bermúdez, Quingxuan Li, Gustavo V Guinea, Miguel Ángel Peñalva, Gustavo R Plaza 2017. “Probing the effect of tip pressure on fungal growth: Application to Aspergillus nidulans“. Physical Review E 96 (2):022402. DOI: doi 10.1103/PhysRevE.96.022402.
Gustavo Esteban-Manzanares, Blanca González-Bermúdez, Julia Cruces, Mónica De la Fuente, Qingxuan Li, Gustavo V Guinea, José Pérez-Rigueiro, Manuel Elices, Gustavo R Plaza 2017. “Improved measurement of elastic properties of cells by micropipette aspiration and its application to lymphocytes”. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 45:1375-1385. DOI: doi 10.1007/s10439-017-1795-7.
Yajing Shen, Congyu Wu, Taro QP Uyeda, Gustavo R Plaza, Bin Liu, Yu Han, Maciej S Lesniak, Yu Cheng 2017. “Elongated Nanoparticle Aggregates in Cancer Cells for Mechanical Destruction with Low Frequency Rotating Magnetic Field”. Theranostics 7(6):1735–1748. DOI: doi 10.7150%2Fthno.18352.
2015
Aurora Bernal, Laura M Pérez, Beatriz De Lucas, Nuria San Martín, Anke Kadow-Romacker, Gustavo Plaza, Kay Raum, Beatriz G Gálvez 2015. “Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound improves the functional properties of cardiac mesoangioblasts”. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports 11(6):852-865. DOI: doi 10.1007/s12015-015-9608-6.
Rafael Daza, Julia Cruces, María Arroyo-Hernández, Núria Marí-Buyé, Mónica De la Fuente, Gustavo R Plaza, Manuel Elices, José Pérez-Rigueiro, Gustavo V Guinea 2015. “Topographical and mechanical characterization of living eukaryotic cells on opaque substrates: development of a general procedure and its application to the study of non-adherent lymphocytes”. Physical Biology 12 (2):026005.
2015
GR Plaza, TQP Uyeda, Z Mirzaei, CA Simmons 2013. “Study of the influence of actin-binding proteins using linear analyses of cell deformability”. Soft Matter 11 (27), 5435-5446. DOI: doi 10.1039/C5SM00125K.
2014
GR Plaza, N Mari, BG Galvez, A Bernal, GV Guinea, R Daza, J Perez-Rigueiro, C Solanas, M Elices 2014. “Simple measurement of the apparent viscosity of a cell from only one picture: Application to cardiac stem cells”. Physical Review E 90(5):052715. DOI: doi 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.052715.
2013
GR Plaza, TQP Uyeda 2013. “Contraction speed of the actomyosin cytoskeleton in the absence of the cell membrane”. Soft Matter 9 (17):4390-4400. DOI: doi 10.1039/C3SM27867K.
