Publications: DR Marco Pensalfini

Mirza W, De Corato M, Pensalfini M, Vilanova G, Torres-Sánchez A, Arroyo M ( 2025 ) . Theory of active self-organization of dense nematic structures in the actin cytoskeleton . eLife vol. 13 ,

Pensalfini M, Bielicki A, Shaiek A, Dal Belo SE, Santoprete R ( 2025 ) . Decoding Multiscale Mechanisms in Facial Sagging: Impact of Soft Tissue Deformability, Growth, and Dermal Anchoring on Jowl Formation . Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Pensalfini M, Golde T, 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 ( 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, Werner S ( 2020 ) . Activin-mediated alterations of the fibroblast transcriptome and matrisome control the biomechanical properties of skin wounds . Nature Communications vol. 11 , ( 1 )

Bircher K, Zündel M, Pensalfini M, Ehret AE, Mazza E ( 2019 ) . Publisher Correction: Tear resistance of soft collagenous tissues . Nature Communications vol. 10 , ( 1 )

Wahlsten A, Pensalfini M, Stracuzzi A, Hopf R ( 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 ( 2019 ) . Tear resistance of soft collagenous tissues . Nature Communications vol. 10 , ( 1 )

Lintas V, Fioretta ES, Motta SE, Dijkman PE, Pensalfini M, Mazza E, Rodriguez H, Lipiski M 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, Schiestl C ( 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 ( 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, Wietecha M ( 2017 ) . The mechanical fingerprint of murine excisional wounds . Acta Biomaterialia vol. 65 , 226 - 236 .

Pensalfini M, Meneghello S, Lintas V, Bircher K, Ehret AE ( 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 ( 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 ( 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, 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 ( 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 )

Golde T, Pensalfini M, Chahare N, Roca-Cusachs P, Wiche G, Charras GT, Arroyo M, Trepat X . A keratin bundling transition uncages the nucleus in stretched epithelia .