Michael Susithiran Samuel

@unisa.edu.au

Research Professor of Matrix Biology
University of South Australia

71

Scopus Publications

6609

Scholar Citations

38

Scholar h-index

58

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Compressive stress–driven Piezo1 activation and Rho-ROCK mechanotransduction promote tumor progression via epigenetic mechanical memory
    ST Boyle, D Gallego-Ortega, EJ Buckley, E Cognard, MZ Johan, ...
    Science Advances 12 (10), eaeb1271 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • ROCK2 inhibition has a dual role in reducing ECM remodelling and cell growth, while impairing migration and invasion
    DA Reed, AE Howell, N Kuepper, AMH Tran, A Magenau, DS Barkauskas, ...
    bioRxiv, 2025.07. 21.666015 , 2025
    2025
  • Enhanced RHO‐ROCK signaling is associated with CRELD2 production and fibroblast recruitment in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
    A Pittar, EJ Buckley, ST Boyle, SJ Ibbetson, MS Samuel
    Cytoskeleton 81 (12), 864-871 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Accelerated Closure of Diabetic Wounds by Efficient Recruitment of Fibroblasts upon Inhibiting a 14-3-3/ROCK Regulatory Axis
    MZ Johan, NT Pyne, N Kolesnikoff, V Poltavets, Z Esmaeili, JM Woodcock, ...
    Journal of Investigative Dermatology 144 (11), 2562-2573. e4 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Abstract A073: Desmoglein-2 is a regulator of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression
    CB Ffrench, KK Myo Min, M DeNichilo, MP Cockshell, EL Dorward, ...
    Cancer Research 84 (17_Supplement_2), A073-A073 , 2024
    2024
  • Temporally resolved proteomics identifies nidogen-2 as a cotarget in pancreatic cancer that modulates fibrosis and therapy response
    BA Pereira, S Ritchie, CR Chambers, KA Gordon, A Magenau, KJ Murphy, ...
    Science Advances 10 (27), eadl1197 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 20
  • Actomyosin-Mediated Cellular Tension Drives Increased Tissue Stiffness and b-Catenin Activation to Induce Epidermal Hyperplasia and Tumor Growth (vol 19, pg 776, 2011)
    MS Samuel, JI Lopez, EJ McGhee, DR Croft, D Strachan, P Timpson, ...
    CANCER CELL 42 (2) , 2024
    2024
  • An orthotopic syngeneic mouse model of bortezomib‐resistant multiple myeloma
    M Li, MK Bennett, J Toubia, VS Pope, MN Tea, S Tamang, MS Samuel, ...
    British Journal of Haematology 204 (2), 566-570 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Desmoglein-2 as a cancer modulator: friend or foe?
    KK Myo Min, CB Ffrench, BJ McClure, M Ortiz, EL Dorward, MS Samuel, ...
    Frontiers in Oncology 13, 1327478 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 24
  • Basonuclin-2 regulates extracellular matrix production and degradation
    A Orang, BK Dredge, CY Liu, JM Bracken, CH Chen, L Sourdin, ...
    Life Science Alliance 6 (10) , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 15
  • Bevacizumab-Induced Hypertension in Glioblastoma Patients and Its Potential as a Modulator of Treatment Response
    KG Scheer, LM Ebert, MS Samuel, CS Bonder, GA Gomez
    Hypertension 80 (8), 1590-1597 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 15
  • CSK
    MS Samuel, L Van, P Trevorrow, N Peng, F Nakamura, Q Tang, ...
    PERSPECTIVES 80 (3-4) , 2023
    2023
  • An interview with Michael Samuel‐Tumour Microenvironment Laboratory, Centre for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology and University of South Australia
    MS Samuel, L Van, P Trevorrow
    Cytoskeleton 80 (3-4), 58-59 , 2023
    2023
  • Actomyosin-mediated cellular tension promotes Yap nuclear translocation and myocardial proliferation through α5 integrin signaling
    X Li, C McLain, MS Samuel, MF Olson, GL Radice
    Development 150 (2), dev201013 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 21
  • ALTEN: A High‐Fidelity Primary Tissue‐Engineering Platform to Assess Cellular Responses Ex Vivo
    AMK Law, J Chen, Y Colino‐Sanguino, LR Fuente, G Fang, SM Grimes, ...
    Advanced Science 9 (21), 2103332 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 10
  • Nano-Mechanical Analyses of Native and Cross-Linked Collagen I Matrices Reveal the Mechanical Complexity of Homogenous Samples
    BA Le Cerf, NT Pyne, J Kular, ST Boyle, DA Beattie, M Krasowska, ...
    Frontiers in Physics 10, 835038 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 2
  • Differentiation of the tumor microenvironment: are CAFs the Organizer?
    M Kochetkova, MS Samuel
    Trends in Cell Biology 32 (4), 285-294 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 74
  • Interrelationships between the extracellular matrix and the immune microenvironment that govern epithelial tumour progression
    N Kolesnikoff, CH Chen, MS Samuel
    Clinical Science 136 (5), 361-377 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 61
  • Intravital imaging technology guides FAK-mediated priming in pancreatic cancer precision medicine according to Merlin status
    KJ Murphy, DA Reed, C Vennin, JRW Conway, M Nobis, JX Yin, ...
    Science advances 7 (40), eabh0363 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 50
  • Optimizing metastatic-cascade-dependent Rac1 targeting in breast cancer: Guidance using optical window intravital FRET imaging
    A Floerchinger, KJ Murphy, SL Latham, SC Warren, AT McCulloch, ...
    Cell Reports 36 (11), 109689 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 24

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Actomyosin-mediated cellular tension drives increased tissue stiffness and β-catenin activation to induce epidermal hyperplasia and tumor growth
    MS Samuel, JI Lopez, EJ McGhee, DR Croft, D Strachan, P Timpson, ...
    Cancer cell 19 (6), 776-791 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 655
  • Targeting stromal remodeling and cancer stem cell plasticity overcomes chemoresistance in triple negative breast cancer
    AS Cazet, MN Hui, BL Elsworth, SZ Wu, D Roden, CL Chan, JN Skhinas, ...
    Nature communications 9 (1), 2897 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 474
  • Inhibition of CXCR2 profoundly suppresses inflammation-driven and spontaneous tumorigenesis
    T Jamieson, M Clarke, CW Steele, MS Samuel, J Neumann, A Jung, ...
    The Journal of clinical investigation 122 (9), 3127-3144 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 470
  • The role of the extracellular matrix and its molecular and cellular regulators in cancer cell plasticity
    V Poltavets, M Kochetkova, SM Pitson, MS Samuel
    Frontiers in oncology 8, 431 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 456
  • Barley sex6 mutants lack starch synthase IIa activity and contain a starch with novel properties
    MK Morell, B Kosar‐Hashemi, M Cmiel, MS Samuel, P Chandler, ...
    The Plant Journal 34 (2), 173-185 , 2003
    2003
    Citations: 394
  • Fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (FACE) of oligosaccharides: efficiency of labelling and high-resolution separation
    MG O’Shea, MS Samuel, CM Konik, MK Morell
    Carbohydrate Research 307 (1-2), 1-12 , 1998
    1998
    Citations: 312
  • Transient tissue priming via ROCK inhibition uncouples pancreatic cancer progression, sensitivity to chemotherapy, and metastasis
    C Vennin, VT Chin, SC Warren, MC Lucas, D Herrmann, A Magenau, ...
    Science translational medicine 9 (384), eaai8504 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 303
  • The major proteins of wheat endosperm starch granules
    S Rahman, B Kosar-Hashemi, MS Samuel, A Hill, DC Abbott, JH Skerritt, ...
    Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 22 (5), 793-803 , 1995
    1995
    Citations: 259
  • Differential expression and properties of starch branching enzyme isoforms in developing wheat endosperm
    MK Morell, A Blennow, B Kosar-Hashemi, MS Samuel
    Plant Physiology 113 (1), 201-208 , 1997
    1997
    Citations: 226
  • Glioblastoma heterogeneity and the tumour microenvironment: implications for preclinical research and development of new treatments
    SL Perrin, MS Samuel, B Koszyca, MP Brown, LM Ebert, M Oksdath, ...
    Biochemical Society transactions 47 (2), 625-638 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 196
  • Analysis of starch structure using fluorophore‐assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis
    MK Morell, MS Samuel, MG O'Shea
    Electrophoresis 19 (15), 2603-2611 , 1998
    1998
    Citations: 172
  • Mechanisms of vitamin D3 metabolite repression of IgE-dependent mast cell activation
    KH Yip, N Kolesnikoff, C Yu, N Hauschild, H Taing, L Biggs, D Goltzman, ...
    Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 133 (5), 1356-1364. e14 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 156
  • Role of the Escherichia coli glgX Gene in Glycogen Metabolism
    D Dauvillée, IS Kinderf, Z Li, B Kosar-Hashemi, MS Samuel, L Rampling, ...
    Journal of bacteriology 187 (4), 1465-1473 , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 154
  • ROCK signaling promotes collagen remodeling to facilitate invasive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tumor cell growth
    N Rath, JP Morton, L Julian, L Helbig, S Kadir, EJ McGhee, KI Anderson, ...
    EMBO molecular medicine 9 (2), 198-218 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 148
  • A complex arrangement of genes at a starch branching enzyme I locus in the D-genome donor of wheat
    S Rahman, M Morell, R Appels, S Abrahams, D Abbott, M Samuel, ...
    Genome 40 (4), 465-474 , 1997
    1997
    Citations: 121
  • Genetic Dissection of Differential Signaling Threshold Requirements for the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway In Vivo
    M Buchert, D Athineos, HE Abud, ZD Burke, MC Faux, MS Samuel, ...
    PLoS genetics 6 (1), e1000816 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 115
  • Genetic and biochemical evidence for the involvement of α-1, 4 glucanotransferases in amylopectin synthesis
    C Colleoni, D Dauvillée, G Mouille, A Buléon, D Gallant, B Bouchet, ...
    Plant Physiology 120 (4), 993-1004 , 1999
    1999
    Citations: 112
  • DNA-methylation-dependent alterations of claudin-4 expression in human bladder carcinoma
    S Boireau, M Buchert, MS Samuel, J Pannequin, JL Ryan, A Choquet, ...
    Carcinogenesis 28 (2), 246-258 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 110
  • Biochemical Characterization of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii α-1, 4 Glucanotransferase Supports a Direct Function in Amylopectin Biosynthesis1
    C Colleoni, D Dauvillée, G Mouille, M Morell, M Samuel, MC Slomiany, ...
    Plant physiology 120 (4), 1005-1014 , 1999
    1999
    Citations: 102
  • A RhoA-FRET biosensor mouse for intravital imaging in normal tissue homeostasis and disease contexts
    M Nobis, D Herrmann, SC Warren, S Kadir, W Leung, M Killen, ...
    Cell reports 21 (1), 274-288 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 101