• 2025
  Levayer R, Special issue: “Novel functions of programmed cell death in development: Current status and future challenges”., Semin Cell Dev Biol 2025 Jul; 174(): 103637.
• 2025
  Grata A, Levayer R, Epithelial cell extrusion at a glance., J Cell Sci 2025 Apr; 138(8): .
• 2024
  Levayer R, Staying away from the breaking point: Probing the limits of epithelial cell elimination., Curr Opin Cell Biol 2024 Jan; 86(): 102316.
• 2024
  Matamoro-Vidal A, Cumming T, Davidović A, Levillayer F, Levayer R, Patterned apoptosis has an instructive role for local growth and tissue shape regulation in a fast-growing epithelium., Curr Biol 2024 Jan; (): .
• 2023
  Crozet F, Levayer R, Emerging roles and mechanisms of ERK pathway mechanosensing., Cell Mol Life Sci 2023 Nov; 80(12): 355.
• 2023
  Cumming T, Levayer R, Toward a predictive understanding of epithelial cell death., Semin Cell Dev Biol 2023 Jul; (): .
• 2023
  Villars A, Letort G, Valon L, Levayer R, DeXtrusion: automatic recognition of epithelial cell extrusion through machine learning in vivo., Development 2023 Jul; 150(13): .
• 2023
  Gonen N, Eozenou C, Mitter R, Elzaiat M, Stévant I, Aviram R, Bernardo AS, Chervova A, Wankanit S, Frachon E, Commère PH, Brailly-Tabard S, Valon L, Barrio Cano L, Levayer R, Mazen I, Gobaa S, Smith JC, McElreavey K, Lovell-Badge R, Bashamboo A, , In vitro cellular reprogramming to model gonad development and its disorders., Sci Adv 2023 Jan; 9(1): eabn9793.
• 2023
  Staneva R, Levayer R, Cell polarity and extrusion: How to polarize extrusion and extrude misspolarized cells?, Curr Top Dev Biol 2023 ; 154(): 131-167.
• 2022
  Ichim G, Gibert B, Adriouch S, Brenner C, Davoust N, Desagher S, Devos D, Dokudovskaya S, Dubrez L, Estaquier J, Gillet G, Guénal I, Juin PP, Kroemer G, Legembre P, Levayer R, Manon S, Mehlen P, Meurette O, Micheau O, Mignotte B, Nguyen-Khac F, Popgeorgiev N, Poyet JL, Priault M, Ricci JE, Riquet FB, Susin SA, Suzanne M, Vacher P, Walter L, Mollereau B, Keeping Cell Death Alive: An Introduction into the French Cell Death Research Network., Biomolecules 2022 Jun; 12(7): .
• 2022
  Villars A, Matamoro-Vidal A, Levillayer F, Levayer R, , Microtubule disassembly by caspases is an important rate-limiting step of cell extrusion., Nat Commun 2022 Jun; 13(1): 3632.
• 2022
  Alexis Villars, Romain Levayer, Collective effects in epithelial cell death and cell extrusion, Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, 2022, 72, pp.8-14. ⟨10.1016/j.gde.2021.09.004⟩.
• 2021
  Levayer R, , Cell competition: Bridging the scales through cell-based modeling., Curr Biol 2021 Jul; 31(13): R856-R858.
• 2021
  Herbert S, Valon L, Mancini L, Dray N, Caldarelli P, Gros J, Esposito E, Shorte SL, Bally-Cuif L, Aulner N, Levayer R, Tinevez JY, LocalZProjector and DeProj: a toolbox for local 2D projection and accurate morphometrics of large 3D microscopy images., BMC Biol 2021 Jul; 19(1): 136.
• 2021
  Valon L, Davidović A, Levillayer F, Villars A, Chouly M, Cerqueira-Campos F, Levayer R, , Robustness of epithelial sealing is an emerging property of local ERK feedback driven by cell elimination., Dev Cell 2021 06; 56(12): 1700-1711.e8.
• 2021
  Romain Levayer, Cell scientist to watch- Romain Levayer, Journal of Cell Science 2021 134: jcs256487.
• 2020
  Villars A, Levayer R, , Cell Extrusion: Crowd Pushing and Sticky Neighbours., Curr Biol 2020 02; 30(4): R168-R171.
• 2019
  Matamoro-Vidal A, Levayer R, Multiple Influences of Mechanical Forces on Cell Competition, Curr. Biol. 2019 Aug;29(15):R762-R774.
• 2019
  Levayer R, , Solid stress, competition for space and cancer: The opposing roles of mechanical cell competition in tumour initiation and growth., Semin Cancer Biol 2020 06; 63(): 69-80.
• 2019
  Moreno E, Valon L, Levillayer F, Levayer R, , Competition for Space Induces Cell Elimination through Compaction-Driven ERK Downregulation., Curr Biol 2019 01; 29(1): 23-34.e8.
• 2019
  Valon L, Levayer R, Dying under pressure: cellular characterisation and in vivo functions of cell death induced by compaction, Biol. Cell 2019 Jan;.
• 2018
  Levayer R, Cell Competition: How to Take Over the Space Left by Your Neighbours, Curr. Biol. 2018 Jul;28(13):R741-R744.
• 2016
  Merino MM, Levayer R, Moreno E, Survival of the Fittest: Essential Roles of Cell Competition in Development, Aging, and Cancer, Trends Cell Biol. 2016 Oct;26(10):776-88.
• 2016
  Levayer R, Dupont C, Moreno E, , Tissue Crowding Induces Caspase-Dependent Competition for Space., Curr Biol 2016 Mar; 26(5): 670-7.
• 2016
  Levayer R, Moreno E, How to be in a good shape? The influence of clone morphology on cell competition, Commun Integr Biol 2016 Jan-Feb;9(1):e1102806.
• 2015
  Levayer R, Hauert B, Moreno E, Cell mixing induced by myc is required for competitive tissue invasion and destruction, Nature 2015 Aug;524(7566):476-80.
• 2013
  Levayer R, Lecuit T, Oscillation and polarity of E-cadherin asymmetries control actomyosin flow patterns during morphogenesis, Dev. Cell 2013 Jul;26(2):162-75.
• 2013
  Levayer R, Moreno E, Mechanisms of cell competition: themes and variations, J. Cell Biol. 2013 Mar;200(6):689-98.
• 2012
  Levayer R, [Regulation of intercellular adhesion during epithelial morphogenesis], Biol Aujourdhui 2012;206(3):219-36.
• 2011
  Levayer R, Lecuit T, Biomechanical regulation of contractility: spatial control and dynamics, Trends Cell Biol. 2012 Feb;22(2):61-81.
• 2011
  Levayer R, Pelissier-Monier A, Lecuit T, Spatial regulation of Dia and Myosin-II by RhoGEF2 controls initiation of E-cadherin endocytosis during epithelial morphogenesis, Nat. Cell Biol. 2011 May;13(5):529-40.
• 2008
  Levayer R, Lecuit T, Breaking down EMT, Nat. Cell Biol. 2008 Jul;10(7):757-9.