Publications
Huang T-Y, Lemke S, Wang Y-C.
Morphogenetic evolution with physical influences
Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology
(2026)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2026.103671
Kwan CW, Sakaguchi S, Takeda M, et al.
Cell-intrinsic compliance mechanism enables release of tensile stress to prevent tissue rupture
bioRxiv
(2026)
doi: 10.64898/2026.02.02.703250
Dey B, Kaul V, Kale G, et al.
Divergent evolutionary strategies pre-empt tissue collision in gastrulation.
Nature
646(8085), 637-646 (2025)
doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09447-4
Thukral S, Dey B, Wang Y-C.
Integrating tissue and cytoplasmic rigidity transitions during morphogenesis.
Development, Growth & Differentiation
67(7), 378-394 (2025)
doi: 10.1111/dgd.70024
Gomez JM, Nolte H, Vogelsang E, et al.
Differential regulation of the proteome and phosphoproteome along the dorso-ventral axis of the early Drosophila embryo.
eLife
13, e99263 (2024)
doi: 10.7554/eLife.99263
Wang Y-C.
The origin and the mechanism of mechanical polarity during epithelial folding.
Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology
120, 94-107 (2021)
doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.05.027
Wen F-L, Kwan CW, Wang Y-C, Shibata T.
Autonomous epithelial folding induced by an intracellular mechano-polarity feedback loop.
PLOS Computational Biology
17(12), e1009614 (2021)
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009614
Eritano AS, Bromley CL, Bolea Albero A, et al.
Tissue-Scale Mechanical Coupling Reduces Morphogenetic Noise to Ensure Precision during Epithelial Folding.
Developmental cell
53(2), 212-228 (2020)
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.02.012
Alégot H, Markosian C, Rauskolb C, et al.
Recruitment of Jub by α-catenin promotes Yki activity and Drosophila wing growth.
Journal of Cell Science
132(5), jcs222018 (2019)
doi: 10.1242/jcs.222018
Takeda M, Sami MM, Wang Y-C.
A homeostatic apical microtubule network shortens cells for epithelial folding via a basal polarity shift.
Nature Cell Biology
20, 36-45. (2018)
doi: 10.1038/s41556-017-0001-3
Wen F-L, Wang Y-C, Shibata T.
Epithelial folding driven by apical or basal-lateral modulation: geometric features, mechanical inference, and boundary effects.
Biophysical Journal
112, 2683-2695 (2017)
doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.05.012
Khan Z, Wang Y-C, Wieschaus EF, Kaschube M.
Quantitative 4D analyses of epithelial folding during Drosophila gastrulation.
Development
141(14), 2895-2900 (2014)
doi: 10.1242/dev.107730
Wang Y-C, Khan Z, Wieschaus EF.
Distinct Rap1 activity states control the extent of epithelial invagination via alpha-catenin.
Developmental Cell
25, 299-309 (2013)
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.04.002
Gavin-Smyth J, Wang Y-C, Butler I, Ferguson EL.
A genetic network conferring canalization to a bistable patterning system in Drosophila.
Current Biology
23(22), 2296-2302 (2013)
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.09.055
Wang Y-C, Khan Z, Kaschube M, Wieschaus EF.
Differential positioning of adherens junctions is associated with initiation of epithelial folding.
Nature
484, 390-3 (2012)
doi: 10.1038/nature10938
Wang Y-C, Ferguson EL.
Spatial bistability of Dpp-receptor interactions during Drosophila dorsal-ventral patterning.
Nature
434, 229-34 (2005)
doi: 10.1038/nature03318
Podos SD, Hanson KK, Wang Y-C, Ferguson EL.
The DSmurf ubiquitin-protein ligase restricts BMP signaling spatially and temporally during Drosophila embryogenesis.
Developmental Cell
1(4), 567-578 (2001)
doi: 10.1016/s1534-5807(01)00057-0