Mechanisms of microtubule organization in differentiated animal cells

A Akhmanova, LC Kapitein - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Microtubules are polarized cytoskeletal filaments that serve as tracks for intracellular
transport and form a scaffold that positions organelles and other cellular components and …

Developments of CRBN-based PROTACs as potential therapeutic agents

C Wang, Y Zhang, Y Wu, D Xing - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Protease-targeted chimeras (PROTACs) are a new technology that is receiving much
attention in the treatment of diseases. The mechanism is to inhibit protein function by …

Are microtubules tension sensors?

O Hamant, D Inoue, D Bouchez, J Dumais… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Mechanical signals play many roles in cell and developmental biology. Several
mechanotransduction pathways have been uncovered, but the mechanisms identified so far …

Molecular hybrids: A five-year survey on structures of multiple targeted hybrids of protein kinase inhibitors for cancer therapy

OM Soltan, ME Shoman, SA Abdel-Aziz… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Protein kinases have grown over the past few years as a crucial target for different cancer
types. With the multifactorial nature of cancer, and the fast development of drug resistance …

Mesoscale physical principles of collective cell organization

X Trepat, E Sahai - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
We review recent evidence showing that cell and tissue dynamics are governed by
mesoscale physical principles. These principles can be understood in terms of simple state …

Microtubule dysfunction: a common feature of neurodegenerative diseases

A Sferra, F Nicita, E Bertini - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Neurons are particularly susceptible to microtubule (MT) defects and deregulation of the MT
cytoskeleton is considered to be a common insult during the pathogenesis of …

[HTML][HTML] 3D FIB-SEM reconstruction of microtubule–organelle interaction in whole primary mouse β cells

A Müller, D Schmidt, CS Xu, S Pang, JV D'Costa… - Journal of Cell …, 2021 - rupress.org
Microtubules play a major role in intracellular trafficking of vesicles in endocrine cells.
Detailed knowledge of microtubule organization and their relation to other cell constituents …

Mechanism of ribosome-associated mRNA degradation during tubulin autoregulation

M Höpfler, E Absmeier, SY Peak-Chew… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Microtubules play crucial roles in cellular architecture, intracellular transport, and mitosis.
The availability of free tubulin subunits affects polymerization dynamics and microtubule …

[HTML][HTML] Generation and regulation of microtubule network asymmetry to drive cell polarity

JCM Meiring, BI Shneyer, A Akhmanova - Current opinion in cell biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Microtubules control cell architecture by serving as a scaffold for intracellular transport,
signaling, and organelle positioning. Microtubules are intrinsically polarized, and their …

Disease‐associated tau phosphorylation hinders tubulin assembly within tau condensates

A Savastano, D Flores, H Kadavath… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cellular condensation of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) through liquid–liquid phase
separation (LLPS) allows dynamic compartmentalization and regulation of biological …