[HTML][HTML] Tunneling nanotubes mediate the transfer of stem cell marker CD133 between hematopoietic progenitor cells

D Reichert, J Scheinpflug, J Karbanová, D Freund… - Experimental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Hematopoietic progenitors are interconnected by F-actin-dependent TNTs.•Cell
dislodgement is the primary mechanism responsible for TNT biogenesis.•TNTs emerge from …

B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells use tunneling nanotubes to orchestrate their microenvironment

R Polak, B de Rooij, R Pieters… - Blood, The Journal of …, 2015 - ashpublications.org
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells reside in the bone marrow microenvironment
which nurtures and protects cells from chemotherapeutic drugs. The disruption of cell-cell …

Direct observation of tunneling nanotubes within human mesenchymal stem cell spheroids

J Zhang, J Whitehead, Y Liu, Q Yang… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) play an important role in cell–cell communication. TNTs have
been predominantly reported among cells in monolayer culture. Using various imaging …

Tunneling nanotubes facilitate autophagosome transfer in the leukemic niche

B de Rooij, R Polak, F Stalpers, R Pieters… - Leukemia, 2017 - nature.com
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells disrupt the healthy bone marrow
microenvironment to create a leukemic niche that is crucial for facilitating leukemogenesis …

Tunneling nanotubes: intimate communication between myeloid cells

M Dupont, S Souriant, G Lugo-Villarino… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tunneling nanotubes (TNT) are dynamic connections between cells, which represent a
novel route for cell-to-cell communication. A growing body of evidence points TNT towards a …

The growth determinants and transport properties of tunneling nanotube networks between B lymphocytes

A Osteikoetxea-Molnár, E Szabó-Meleg… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2016 - Springer
Tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) are long intercellular connecting structures providing a special
transport route between two neighboring cells. To date TNTs have been reported in different …

Tunneling nanotubes, a novel mode of tumor cell–macrophage communication in tumor cell invasion

SJ Hanna, K McCoy-Simandle, E Leung… - Journal of cell …, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
The interaction between tumor cells and macrophages is crucial in promoting tumor invasion
and metastasis. In this study, we examined a novel mechanism of intercellular …

[HTML][HTML] Selective block of tunneling nanotube (TNT) formation inhibits intercellular organelle transfer between PC12 cells

NV Bukoreshtliev, X Wang, E Hodneland, S Gurke… - FEBS letters, 2009 - Elsevier
Organelle exchange between cells via tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) is a recently described
form of intercellular communication. Here, we show that the selective elimination of filopodia …

Identification and characterization of tunneling nanotubes for intercellular trafficking

S Abounit, E Delage, C Zurzolo - Current protocols in cell …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) are thin membranous channels providing direct cytoplasmic
connection between remote cells. They are commonly observed in different cell cultures and …

Macrophage polarization impacts tunneling nanotube formation and intercellular organelle trafficking

S Goodman, S Naphade, M Khan, J Sharma… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) are cellular extensions enabling cytosol-to-cytosol intercellular
interaction between numerous cell types including macrophages. Previous studies of …