TENG Xiang

Research Associate, Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore

mbiteng@nus.edu.sg
Level 10 T-Lab
National University of Singapore
5A Engineering Drive 1
Singapore 117411

Teng Xiang

Research Associate

Principal Investigator

Yusuke Toyama

Research Interests

Mechanotransduction in Tissues

Recent Publications

  1. Tambrin HM, Liu Y, Zhu K, Teng X, Toyama Y, Miao Y, and Ludwig A. ARHGAP12 suppresses F-actin assembly to control epithelial tight junction mechanics and paracellular leak pathway permeability. Cell Rep 2025; 44(4):115511. [PMID: 40198220]
  2. Lin K, Gujar MR, Lin J, Ding WY, Huang J, Gao Y, Tan YS, Teng X, Christine LSL, Kanchanawong P, Toyama Y, and Wang H. Astrocytes control quiescent NSC reactivation via GPCR signaling-mediated F-actin remodeling. Sci Adv 2024; 10(30):eadl4694. [PMID: 39047090]
  3. Teng X, and Toyama Y. Epithelial homeostasis: Cell size shapes cell fate. Curr Biol 2023; 33(22):R1205-R1207. [PMID: 37989102]
  4. Gujar MR, Gao Y, Teng X, Deng Q, Lin K, Tan YS, Toyama Y, and Wang H. Golgi-dependent reactivation and regeneration of Drosophila quiescent neural stem cells. Dev Cell 2023;. [PMID: 37567172]
  5. Gujar MR, Gao Y, Teng X, Ding WY, Lin J, Tan YS, Chew LY, Toyama Y, and Wang H. Patronin/CAMSAP promotes reactivation and regeneration of Drosophila quiescent neural stem cells. EMBO Rep 2023;:e56624. [PMID: 37440685]
  6. Kawaue T, Yow I, Pan Y, Le AP, Lou Y, Loberas M, Shagirov M, Teng X, Prost J, Hiraiwa T, Ladoux B, and Toyama Y. Inhomogeneous mechanotransduction defines the spatial pattern of apoptosis-induced compensatory proliferation. Dev Cell 2023;. [PMID: 36800994]
  7. Jiang Z, Zhang S, Lee YM, Teng X, Yang Q, Toyama Y, and Liou Y. Hyaluronan-Mediated Motility Receptor Governs Chromosome Segregation by Regulating Microtubules Sliding Within the Bridging Fiber. Adv Biol (Weinh) 2021;:e2000493. [PMID: 33788418]
  8. Zhang S, Teng X, Toyama Y, and Saunders TE. Periodic Oscillations of Myosin-II Mechanically Proofread Cell-Cell Connections to Ensure Robust Formation of the Cardiac Vessel. Curr. Biol. 2020;. [PMID: 32679105]
  9. Tlili S, Yin J, Rupprecht J, Mendieta-Serrano MA, Weissbart G, Verma N, Teng X, Toyama Y, Prost J, and Saunders TE. Shaping the zebrafish myotome by intertissue friction and active stress. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2019;. [PMID: 31772022]
  10. Zhao P, Teng X, Tantirimudalige SN, Nishikawa M, Wohland T, Toyama Y, and Motegi F. Aurora-A Breaks Symmetry in Contractile Actomyosin Networks Independently of Its Role in Centrosome Maturation. Dev. Cell 2019; 48(5):631-645.e6. [PMID: 30861375]