Fitzroy Byfield Institute for Medicine and Engineering University of Pennsylvania Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Fitzroy Byfield has not added a biography. If you are Fitzroy Byfield and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Smooth Muscle Tension Induces Invasive Remodeling of the Zebrafish Intestine PLoS Biology. Sep, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22973180 Cathelicidin LL-37 Increases Lung Epithelial Cell Stiffness, Decreases Transepithelial Permeability, and Prevents Epithelial Invasion by Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22095714 Therapeutic Potential of Plasma Gelsolin Administration in a Rat Model of Sepsis Cytokine. Jun, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21420877 Biophysical Properties of Normal and Diseased Renal Glomeruli American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology. Mar, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21123730 Cathelicidin LL-37 Peptide Regulates Endothelial Cell Stiffness and Endothelial Barrier Permeability American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology. Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 20943960 Plasma Gelsolin Modulates Cellular Response to Sphingosine 1-phosphate American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology. Dec, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20810916 Pericellular Conditions Regulate Extent of Cell-mediated Compaction of Collagen Gels Biophysical Journal. Jul, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20655829 Novel Cationic Lipids with Enhanced Gene Delivery and Antimicrobial Activity Molecular Pharmacology. Sep, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20573781 Combined Antibacterial and Anti-inflammatory Activity of a Cationic Disubstituted Dexamethasone-spermine Conjugate Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Jun, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20308375 Cholesterol-dependent Phase Separation in Cell-derived Giant Plasma-membrane Vesicles The Biochemical Journal. Dec, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19811449 Cell-cycle Control by Physiological Matrix Elasticity and in Vivo Tissue Stiffening Current Biology : CB. Sep, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19765988 Absence of Filamin A Prevents Cells from Responding to Stiffness Gradients on Gels Coated with Collagen but Not Fibronectin Biophysical Journal. Jun, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19527669 Endothelial Actin and Cell Stiffness is Modulated by Substrate Stiffness in 2D and 3D Journal of Biomechanics. May, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19356760 Extracellular Gelsolin Binds Lipoteichoic Acid and Modulates Cellular Response to Proinflammatory Bacterial Wall Components Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). Oct, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18802097 OxLDL Facilitates Flow-induced Realignment of Aortic Endothelial Cells American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology. Aug, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18562483 Resistance of the Antibacterial Agent Ceragenin CSA-13 to Inactivation by DNA or F-actin and Its Activity in Cystic Fibrosis Sputum The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Sep, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17584802 The Effect of Cellular Cholesterol on Membrane-cytoskeleton Adhesion Journal of Cell Science. Jul, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17550968 OxLDL Increases Endothelial Stiffness, Force Generation, and Network Formation Journal of Lipid Research. Apr, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16418538 Cholesterol Sensitivity and Lipid Raft Targeting of Kir2.1 Channels Biophysical Journal. Dec, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15465867 Cholesterol Depletion Increases Membrane Stiffness of Aortic Endothelial Cells Biophysical Journal. Nov, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15347591 Micropipette Aspiration of Substrate-attached Cells to Estimate Cell Stiffness Myung-Jin Oh1, Frank Kuhr1, Fitzroy Byfield2, Irena Levitan1 1Section of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, 2Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania JoVE 3886 Bioengineering
Micropipette Aspiration of Substrate-attached Cells to Estimate Cell Stiffness Myung-Jin Oh1, Frank Kuhr1, Fitzroy Byfield2, Irena Levitan1 1Section of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, 2Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania JoVE 3886 Bioengineering