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Refereed

  • Wei, Q., Song, H.-M., Leonov, A. P., Hale, J. A., Oh, D., Ong, Q. K., Ritchie, K. and Wei, A. (2009)
    Gyromagnetic Imaging: Dynamic Optical Contrast Using Gold Nanostars with Magnetic Cores.
    J Am Chem Soc., 131:9728-9734

  • Kodippili, G. C., Spector, J., Sullivan, C., Kuypers, F. A., Labotka, R., Gallagher, P. G., Ritchie, K. and Low, P. S. (2009)
    Imaging of the diffusion of single band 3 molecules on normal and mutant erythrocytes.
    Blood, 113: 6237-6245.

  • Yu, C., Hale, J., Ritchie, K., Prasad, N. K and Irudayaraj J. (2009)
    Receptor overexpression or inhibition alters cell surface dynamics of EGF-EGFR interaction: new insights from real-time single molecule analysis.
    Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 378:376-82.

  • Murcia, M. J., Minner, D. E., Mustata, G. M., Ritchie, K. and Naumann, C. A. (2008)
    Design of Quantum Dot-Conjugated Lipids for Long-Term, High-Speed Tracking Experiments on Cell Surfaces.
    J Am Chem Soc., 130:15054-15062.

  • Simon, S. I., Nyunt, T., Florine-Casteel, K., Ritchie, K., Ting-Beall, H. P., Evans, E. and Needham, D. (2007)
    Dynamics of neutrophil membrane compliance and microstructure probed with a micropipet-based piconewton force transducer.
    Ann. Biomed. Eng. 35:595-604.

  • Suzuki, K., Ritchie, K., Kajikawa, E., Fujiwara, T. and Kusumi, A. (2005)
    Rapid hop diffusion of a G-protein-coupled receptor in the plasma membrane as revealed by single-molecule techniques.
    Biophys. J. 88:3659-3680.

  • Ritchie, K., Shan, X.-Y., Kondo, J., Iwasawa, K., Fujiwara, T. and Kusumi A. (2005)
    Detection of non-Brownian diffusion in the cell membrane in single molecule tracking.
    Biophys. J. 88:2266-2277.

  • Koyama-Honda, I., Ritchie, K., Fujiwara, T., Iino, R., Murakoshi, H., Kasai, R.S. and Kusumi, A. (2005)
    Fluorescence imaging for monitoring the colocalization of two single molecules in living cells.
    Biophys. J. 88:2126-2136.

  • Murase, K., Fujiwara, T., Umemura, Y., Suzuki, K., Iino, R., Yamashita, H., Saito, M., Murakoshi, H., Ritchie, K. and Kusumi A. (2004)
    Ultrafine membrane compartments for molecular diffusion as revealed by single molecule techniques.
    Biophys. J. 86:4075-4093.

  • Nakada, C., Ritchie, K., Oba, Y., Nakamura, M., Hotta, Y., Iino, R., Kasai, R. S., Yamaguchi, K., Fujiwara, T. and Kusumi, A. (2003)
    Accumulation of anchored proteins forms membrane diffusion barriers as neurons develop polarization.
    Nat. Cell Biol., 5:626-632.

  • Ike, H., Kosugi, A., Kato, A., Iino, R., Hirano, H., Fujiwara, T., Ritchie, K. and Kusumi, A. (2003)
    Mechanism of Lck recruitment to the T-cell receptor cluster as studied by single molecule fluorescence video imaging.
    ChemPhysChem 4:620-626.

  • Ritchie K. and Kusumi A. (2002)
    Single molecule probe scanning optical force imaging microscope for viewing live cells.
    J. Biol. Phys. 28:619-626.

  • Fujiwara, T., Ritchie, K., Murakoshi, H., Jacobson, K. and Kusumi, A. (2002)
    Phospholipids undergo hop diffusion in compartmentalized cell membrane.
    J. Cell Biol. 157:1071-1081.

  • Heinrich, V., Ritchie, K., Mohandas, N., and Evans E. (2001)
    Elastic Thickness Compressibility of the Red Cell Membrane.
    Biophys. J., 81:1452-1463.

  • Evans, E. and Ritchie, K. (1999)
    Rupture of a Weak Bond Connecting Flexible Polymer Chains.
    Biophys. J., 76:2439-2447.

  • Merkel, R., Nassoy, P., Leung, A., Ritchie, K., and Evans, E. (1998)
    Using Dynamic Force Spectroscopy to Explore Energy Landscapes of Receptor-Ligand Bonds.
    Nature, 397:50-53.

  • Evans, E. and Ritchie, K. (1997)
    Dynamic strength of molecular adhesion bonds.
    Biophys. J., 72:1541-1555.

  • Leung, S.-M., Senisterra, G., Ritchie, K.P., Sadis, S.E., Lepock, J.R. and Hightower, L.E. (1996)
    Thermal activation of bovine hsc70 molecular chaperone at physiological temperatures: Physical evidence of a molecular thermometer.
    Cell Stress and Chaperones, 1:78-89.

  • Evans, E., Ritchie, K., and Merkel, R. (1995)
    Ultrasensitive Force Technique to Probe Molecular Adhesion and Structure at Biological Interfaces.
    Biophys. J., 68:2580-2587.

  • Ritchie, K.P., Keller, B.M., Syed, K.M., and Lepock, J.R. (1995)
    Hyperthermia (Heat Shock)-Induced Protein Denaturation in Liver, Muscle, and Lens Tissue as Determined by Differential Scanning Calorimetry.
    Int. J. Hyperthermia, 10:605-618.

  • Lepock, J.R., Frey, H.E., and Ritchie, K.P. (1993)
    Protein Denaturation in Intact Hepatocytes and Isolated Cellular Organelles during Heat Shock.
    J. Cell. Biol., 122, no. 6:1267-1276.

  • Lepock, J.R., Ritchie, K.P., Kolios, M.C., Rodahl, A.M., Heinz, K.A., and Kruuv, J. (1992)
    Influence of Transition Rates and Scan Rate on Kinetic Simulations of Differential Scanning Calorimetry Profiles of Reversible and Irreversible Protein Denaturation.
    Biochem., 31:12706-12712.

  • Lepock, J.R., Frey, H.E., Heynen, M.P., Nishio, J., Waters, B., Ritchie, K.P., and Kruuv, J. (1990)
    Increased Thermostability of Thermotolerant CHL V79 as Determined by Differential Scanning Calorimetry.
    J. Cell. Physiol., 142:628-634.


Books, Chapters and Invited Reviews


  • Ritchie, K. and Spector, J. (2007)
    Single molecule studies of molecular diffusion in cellular membranes: Determining membrane structure.
    Biopolymers (Invited Review) 87, 95-101.

  • Kusumi, A., Nakada, C., Ritchie, K., Murase, K., Suzuki, K., Murakoshi, H., Kasai, R.S., Kondo, J. and Fujiwara T. (2005)
    Paradigm Shift Of The Plasma Membrane Concept From The Two-Dimensional Continuum Fluid To The Partitioned Fluid: High-Speed Single-Molecule Tracking of Membrane Molecules.
    Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct. 34: 351-378.

  • Ritchie, K. and Kusumi A. (2004)
    Role of the membrane skeleton in creation of microdomains.
    Subcellular Biochem. 37:233-245.

  • Ritchie, K. and Kusumi, A. (2003)
    Single particle tracking image microscopy.
    Methods In Enzymol, 360 "Biophotonics", G. Marriott and Ian Parker, editors. pp. 618-634.

  • Fujiwara, T., Ritchie, K., Yamashita, H., and Kusumi, A. (2003)
    (Use of optical tweezers for single molecule manipulation)
    in (Nanophotonics Engineering Handbook). Asakura Publishing.

  • Ritchie, K., Iino, R., Fujiwara, T., Murase, K. and Kusumi, A. (2002)
    The fence and picket structure of the plasma membrane of live cells as revealed by single molecule techniques (Review).
    Mol. Memb. Biol 20:13-18.

  • Murase, K., Ritchie, K., Fujiwara, T., Iino, R., Nakada, C., and Kusumi, A. (2002)
    (Regulation mechanisms for molecular diffusion in the cell membrane by the membrane skeleton: A single molecule approach).
    Membrane, 27: 58-66.

  • Ritchie, K. (2002)
    (Optical tweezers and scanning optical force microscopy)
    in (Understanding modern bioimaging), Kusumi, A., Kobayashi, T., Yoshimura Editors, (Experimental Medicine, Special Volume) 20, No. 5, 121-125.

  • Fujiwara, T., Ritchie, K. and Suzuki, K. (2001)
    (Single molecule observation and manipulation EInvestigations of compartments and domains in cell membranes),
    (Cell Technology) 20, 697-703.

  • Evans, E., Merkel, R., Ritchie, K., Tha, S., and Zilker, A. (1994)
    Picoforce Method to Probe Submicroscopic Actions in Biomembrane Adhesion.
    In Methods for Studying Cell Adhesion. Bongrand, Claesson and Curtis Eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

  • Evans, E., and Ritchie, K. (1994)
    Probing Molecular Attachments to Cell Surface Receptors: Image of Stochastic Bonding and Rupture Processes.
    In Scanning Probe Microscopies and Molecular Materials. Rabe, J., Gaub, H. and Hansma, P. eds. Kluwer Publ., Amsterdam.