2026

Reul, Felix, Bergerbit, Cédric, Scarlat, Iulia, Piskova, Teodora, Krishnamurthy, Vasudha Turuvekere, Kozyrina, Aleksandra N., Yam, Stacy Lok Sze, De Laporte, Laura and Di Russo, Jacopo (2026) Photodegradable hydrogels for on‐demand modeling of age‐related spatiotemporal ECM deformation. Small, 22(27), e09246. (doi: 10.1002/smll.202509246) (PMID:41718687) (PMCID:PMC13173314)

Piskova, Teodora, Kozyrina, Aleksandra N., Astrauskaitė, Giedrė ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2328-4425, Mabrouk, Mohamed Elsafi, Schepl, Sebastian, Yam, Stacy Lok Sze, Ravithas, Ragul, Wagner, Wolfgang, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Di Russo, Jacopo (2026) Cell loss disrupts mechanical homeostasis to drive retinal pigment epithelium ageing-like phenotype in vitro. Nature Communications, 17(1), 3404. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-71493-x) (PMID:41951648) (PMCID:PMC13068956)

2025

Piskova, Teodora, Kozyrina, Aleksandra N., Astrauskaitė, Giedrė ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2328-4425, Elsafi Mabrouk, Mohamed, Schepl, Sebastian, Lok Sze Yam, Stacy, Ravithas, Ragul, Wagner, Wolfgang, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Di Russo, Jacopo (2025) Cell loss disrupts mechanical homeostasis to drive retinal pigment epithelium ageing-like phenotype in vitro. bioRxiv, (doi: 10.1101/2025.05.22.655517)

Ali, S. M. et al. (2025) ZO-1/Tjp1 and ZO-2/Tjp2 deletion in retinal pigment epithelium causes progressive retinal degeneration. iScience, 28(11), 113673. (doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.113673) (PMID:41210963) (PMCID:PMC12590551)

Kozyrina, A. N. et al. (2025) Laminin-defined mechanical status modulates retinal pigment epithelium phagocytosis. EMBO Reports, 26(13), 8. (doi: 10.1038/s44319-025-00475-9) (PMID:40389756) (PMCID:PMC12238246)

2023

Piskova, Teodora, Kozyrina, Aleksandra N. and Di Russo, Jacopo (2023) Mechanobiological implications of age-related remodelling in the outer retina. Biomaterials Advances, 147, 213343. (doi: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213343) (PMID:36801797)

2022

Yoon, Sungjun, Windoffer, Reinhard, Kozyrina, Aleksandra N., Piskova, Teodora, Di Russo, Jacopo and Leube, Rudolf E. (2022) Combining image restoration and traction force microscopy to study extracellular matrix-dependent keratin filament network plasticity. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 10, 901038. (doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.901038) (PMID:35646906) (PMCID:PMC9131083)

2020

Kozyrina, Aleksandra N., Piskova, Teodora and Di Russo, Jacopo (2020) Mechanobiology of epithelia from the perspective of extracellular matrix heterogeneity. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8, 596599. (doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.596599) (PMID:33330427) (PMCID:PMC7717998)

Articles

Reul, Felix, Bergerbit, Cédric, Scarlat, Iulia, Piskova, Teodora, Krishnamurthy, Vasudha Turuvekere, Kozyrina, Aleksandra N., Yam, Stacy Lok Sze, De Laporte, Laura and Di Russo, Jacopo (2026) Photodegradable hydrogels for on‐demand modeling of age‐related spatiotemporal ECM deformation. Small, 22(27), e09246. (doi: 10.1002/smll.202509246) (PMID:41718687) (PMCID:PMC13173314)

Piskova, Teodora, Kozyrina, Aleksandra N., Astrauskaitė, Giedrė ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2328-4425, Mabrouk, Mohamed Elsafi, Schepl, Sebastian, Yam, Stacy Lok Sze, Ravithas, Ragul, Wagner, Wolfgang, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Di Russo, Jacopo (2026) Cell loss disrupts mechanical homeostasis to drive retinal pigment epithelium ageing-like phenotype in vitro. Nature Communications, 17(1), 3404. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-71493-x) (PMID:41951648) (PMCID:PMC13068956)

Piskova, Teodora, Kozyrina, Aleksandra N., Astrauskaitė, Giedrė ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2328-4425, Elsafi Mabrouk, Mohamed, Schepl, Sebastian, Lok Sze Yam, Stacy, Ravithas, Ragul, Wagner, Wolfgang, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Di Russo, Jacopo (2025) Cell loss disrupts mechanical homeostasis to drive retinal pigment epithelium ageing-like phenotype in vitro. bioRxiv, (doi: 10.1101/2025.05.22.655517)

Ali, S. M. et al. (2025) ZO-1/Tjp1 and ZO-2/Tjp2 deletion in retinal pigment epithelium causes progressive retinal degeneration. iScience, 28(11), 113673. (doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.113673) (PMID:41210963) (PMCID:PMC12590551)

Kozyrina, A. N. et al. (2025) Laminin-defined mechanical status modulates retinal pigment epithelium phagocytosis. EMBO Reports, 26(13), 8. (doi: 10.1038/s44319-025-00475-9) (PMID:40389756) (PMCID:PMC12238246)

Piskova, Teodora, Kozyrina, Aleksandra N. and Di Russo, Jacopo (2023) Mechanobiological implications of age-related remodelling in the outer retina. Biomaterials Advances, 147, 213343. (doi: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213343) (PMID:36801797)

Yoon, Sungjun, Windoffer, Reinhard, Kozyrina, Aleksandra N., Piskova, Teodora, Di Russo, Jacopo and Leube, Rudolf E. (2022) Combining image restoration and traction force microscopy to study extracellular matrix-dependent keratin filament network plasticity. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 10, 901038. (doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.901038) (PMID:35646906) (PMCID:PMC9131083)

Kozyrina, Aleksandra N., Piskova, Teodora and Di Russo, Jacopo (2020) Mechanobiology of epithelia from the perspective of extracellular matrix heterogeneity. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8, 596599. (doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.596599) (PMID:33330427) (PMCID:PMC7717998)