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41) B Miller*, SJ Coeyman*, A Wentzel, CM Mels, WJ Richardson. “Machine Learning Model for Detecting Masked Hypertension in Young Adults.” (in review)

40) A Yeganegi*, K Robles*, WJ Richardson. “Sensitivity Analysis to Isolate the Effects of Proteases and Protease Inhibitors on Extracellular Matrix Turnover.” (in review; preprint available at biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.21.639501v1)

39)  MJ Potter*, JD Heywood*, SJ Coeyman*, WJ Richardson. “Heart Scar-In-A-Dish: Tissue Culture Platform to Study Myocardial Infarct Healing In Vitro.” (in review; preprint available at biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.28.640625v1)

38)  J Wang, CH Lee, WJ Richardson, Y Yu. “A Physics-Guided Smoothing Method for Material Modeling with Digital Image Correlation Measurements.” (in press at IEEE ICIP)

37)  RM Biggs, Y Zhang, DN Silverman, CF Baicu, AV Laer, L Wakefield, D Bhatt, S Masline, LS Neff, A Kilic, LJ Witer, BA Houston, SJ Coeyman*, WJ Richardson, MR Zile, AD Bradshaw. “Persistent Fibrosis in Heart Failure with a Reduced Ejection Fraction Linked to Phenotypic Differences in Human Cardiac Fibroblast Populations.” Journal of American Heart Association 14 (8), e039747 (2025).

36) Z Zhang, X Chen, WJ Richardson, BZ Gao, A Razi, T Ye. “Quantification of Cardiac Capillarization in Basement Membrane Immunostained Myocardial Slices using Segment Anything Model.” Scientific Reports 14, 1-11 (2024).

35)    KM Watts*, WJ Richardson. “Inclusive Pedagogy Strategies to Introduce High Schoolers to Systems Biology.” Biomedical Engineering Education 4, 87-96 (2024).

34)    KM Watts*, W Nichols*, WJ Richardson. “Computational Screen for Sex-Specific Drug Effects in a Cardiac Fibroblast Network Model.” Scientific Reports 13, 17068 (2023).

33)    M Figueroa, SR Hall, V Mattia, A Mendoza, A Brown, Y Xiong, R Mukherjee, JA Jones, WJ Richardson, JM Ruddy. “Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Mechanotransduction through Serum and Glucocorticoid Inducible Kinase-1 Promotes Interleukin-6 Production and Macrophage Accumulation in Murine Hypertension.” Journal of Vascular Surgery 4, 100124 (2023).

32)    Z Zhang, H Fan, WJ Richardson, BZ Gao, T Ye. “Management of Autofluorescence in Formaldehyde-Fixed Myocardium: Choosing the Right Treatment.” European Journal of Histochemistry 67(4), 3812 (2023).

31)    Z Zhang, L Neff, AD Bradshaw, H Fan, E Ye, WJ Richardson, BZ Gao, T Ye. “Multimodal Microscopy Imaging of Cardiac Collagen Network: Are We Looking at the Same Structures?” Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Light 12355, 52-56 (2023).

30) SJ Coeyman*, Y Zhang, CF Baicu, MR Zile, AD Bradshaw, WJ Richardson. “In Vitro Bioreactor for Mechanical Control and Characterization of Tissue Constructs.” Journal of Biomechanics 147, 111458 (2023).

29)    A Yeganegi*, K Whitehead, LE de Castro Bras, WJ Richardson. “Mechanical Strain Modulates Extracellular Matrix Degradation and Byproducts in an Isoform-Specific Manner.” Biochemica et Biophysica Acta 1867(3), 130286 (2023).

28)    A Haque*, WD Stubbs, FG Spinale, N Hubig, WJ Richardson. “Interpretable Machine Learning Predicts Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Responses from Personalized Biochemical and Biomechanical Features.” BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 22:282, 1-10 (2022).

27)    SJ Coeyman*, WJ Richardson, AD Bradshaw. “Mechanics & Matrix Feedback Loops Driving Interstitial Cardiac Fibrosis.” Current Opinion in Physiology 28, 100560 (2022).

26)    M Ward*, A Yeganegi*, CF Baicu, AD Bradshaw, FG Spinale, MR Zile, WJ Richardson. “Ensemble Machine Learning Model Identifies HFpEF Patients from Matrix-Related Plasma Biomarkers.” American Journal of Physiology – Heart & Circulatory Physiology 322, H00497 (2022).

25)    Z Zhang, A Baker, H Fan, WJ Richardson, TK Borg, BZ Gao, T Ye. “Integrating SHG and Two-Color STED Microscopy for Super-Resolved Imaging of Cell-Matrix Interactions in Myocardium.” Proceedings of SPIE 11967, 1196708 (2022).

24)    JD Rogers*, BA Aguado, KM Watts*, KS Anseth, WJ Richardson. “Network Modeling Predicts Personalized Drug Responses in Myofibroblasts Cultured with Patient Sera.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 199, e2117323119 (2022).

23)    CJ Kostelnik, J Hohn, CE Escota-Diaz, JB Kooistra, MM Stern, DE Swinton, WJ Richardson, W Carver, JF Eberth. “Small-Diameter Artery Decellularization: Effects of Anionic Detergent Concentration and Treatment Duration on Porcine Internal Thoracic Arteries.” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B – Applied Biomaterials 110(4), 885-897 (2022).

22)    JD Rogers*, WJ Richardson. “Fibroblast Mechanotransduction Network Predicts Targets for Mechano-Adaptive Infarct Therapies.” eLife 11, e62856 (2022).

21)    JE Morningstar, C Gensemer, R Moore, D Fulmer, TC Beck, C Wang, K Moore, L Guo, F Sieg, Y Nagata, P Bertrand, RA Spampinato, J Glover, S Poelzing, RG Gourdie, KM Watts*, WJ Richardson, RA Levine, MA Borger, RA Norris. “Mitral Valve Prolapse Induces Regionalized Myocardial Fibrosis.” Journal of the American Heart Association 10(24), e022332 (2021).

20)    MJ Potter*, WJ Richardson. “Fabrication and Characterization Methods for Investigating Cell-Matrix Interactions in Environments Possessing Spatial Orientation Heterogeneity.” Acta Biomaterialia 136, 420-428 (2021).

19)    KM Watts*, WJ Richardson. “Effects of Sex and 17β-estradiol on Cardiac Fibroblast Morphology and Signaling Activities In Vitro.” Cells 10(10), 2564 (2021).

18)    WJ Richardson, JD Rogers*, F Spinale. “Does the Heart Want What It Wants? A case for self-adapting, mechano-sensitive therapies after infarction.” Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 8, 705100 (2021).

17)    J Montgomery, WJ Richardson, JM Rhett, F Bustos, K Degen, GS Ghatnekar, CL Grek, S Marsh, LJ Jourdan, JW Holmes, RG Gourdie. “The Connexin 43 Carboxyl Terminal Mimetic Peptide αCT1 Prompts Differentiation of a Collagen Scar Matrix Resembling Unwounded Skin.” FASEB Journal 35, e21762 (2021).

16) JD Rogers*, JW Holmes, JJ Saucerman, WJ Richardson. “Mechano-Chemo Signaling Interactions Modulate Matrix Production by Cardiac Fibroblasts.” Matrix Biology Plus 10:100055 (2021).

15)    AC Daulagala, J Yost, A Yeganegi*, WJ Richardson, MJ Yost, A Kourtidis. “A Simple Method to Test Mechanical Strain on Epithelial Cell Monolayers, In-Vitro, using a 3D-Printed Stretcher.” Methods in Molecular Biology – Permeability Barrier, 2367 Springer (2020).

14)    MA McCullough, N Msafiri, WJ Richardson, M Harman, JD DesJardins, D Dean. “Development of a Global Design Education Experience in Bioengineering through International Partnerships.” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 141(12), 124503.1-8 (2019).

13)    CE Korenczuk, VH Barocas, WJ Richardson. “Effects of Collagen Heterogeneity on Myocardial Infarct Mechanics in a Multiscale Fiber Network Model.” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 141(9), 091015.1-9 (2019). – invited paper for Y.C. Fung tribute issue

12)    WJ Richardson, B Kegerreis, S Thomopoulos, JW Holmes. “Potential Strain-Dependent Mechanisms Defining Matrix Alignment in Healing Tendons.” Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology 17(6), 1569-1580 (2018).

11)    JD Rogers*, A Yeganegi*, WJ Richardson. “Mechano-Regulation of Fibrillar Collagen Turnover by Fibroblasts.” Mechanobiology Handbook, 2nd Edition. CRC Press, Ed. J Nagatomi and E Ebong (2018).

10)    WJ Richardson, JW Holmes. “Emergence of Collagen Orientation Heterogeneity in Healing Infarcts and an Agent-Based Model.” Biophysical Journal 110(10), 2266-2277 (2016).

9)      AC Ziegler, WJ Richardson, JW Holmes, JJ Saucerman. “A Computational Model of Cardiac Fibroblast Signaling Predicts Context-Dependent Drivers of Myofibroblast Differentiation.” Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 94, 72-81 (2016).

8)      SA Clarke, WJ Richardson, JW Holmes. “Modifying the Mechanics of Healing Infarcts: Is Better the Enemy of Good?” Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 93, 115-124 (2016).

7)      AC Ziegler, WJ Richardson, JW Holmes, JJ Saucerman. “Computational Modeling of Cardiac Fibroblasts and Fibrosis.” Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 93, 73-83 (2016).

6)      WJ Richardson, JW Holmes. “Why is Infarct Expansion Such an Elusive Therapeutic Target?” Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research 8(7), 421-430 (2015).

5)      WJ Richardson, SA Clarke, TA Quinn, JW Holmes. “Physiological Implications of Myocardial Scar Structure.” Comprehensive Physiology 5(4), 1877-1909 (2015).

4)      S Jamalian, CD Bertram, WJ Richardson, JE Moore Jr. “Parameter Sensitivity Analysis of a Lumped-parameter Model of a Chain of Lymphangions in Series.” American Journal of Physiology – Heart & Circulatory Physiology 305(12), H1709-H1717 (2013).

3)      WJ Richardson, DD van der Voort, JE Moore Jr. “Differential Orientation of 10T1/2 Mesenchymal Cells on Non-uniform Stretch Environments.” Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics 10(3), 245-265 (2013).

2)      WJ Richardson, E Wilson, JE Moore Jr. “Altered Phenotypic Gene Expression of 10T1/2 Mesenchymal Cells in Non-uniformly Stretched PEGDA Hydrogels.” American Journal of Physiology – Cell Physiology 305(1), C100-10 (2013).

1)      WJ Richardson, R Metz, M Moreno, E Wilson, JE Moore Jr. “A Device to Study the Effects of Stretch Gradients on Cell Behavior.” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 133(10), 101008.1-9 (2011). – Richard Skalak Best Paper Award, selected as #1 paper in JBME in 2011