New insights into the function of Rab GTPases in the context of exosomal secretion

L Blanc, M Vidal - Small GTPases, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In the last two decades, extracellular vesicle-mediated communication between cells has
become a major field in cell biology. However, the function of extracellular vesicles is far …

Role of Rab GTPases in membrane traffic and cell physiology

AH Hutagalung, PJ Novick - Physiological reviews, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
Intracellular membrane traffic defines a complex network of pathways that connects many of
the membrane-bound organelles of eukaryotic cells. Although each pathway is governed by …

The road to lysosome‐related organelles: Insights from Hermansky‐Pudlak syndrome and other rare diseases

SL Bowman, J Bi‐Karchin, L Le, MS Marks - Traffic, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Lysosome‐related organelles (LROs) comprise a diverse group of cell type‐specific,
membrane‐bound subcellular organelles that derive at least in part from the endolysosomal …

The myosin superfamily at a glance

MA Hartman, JA Spudich - Journal of cell science, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
The cytoskeleton is an interconnected network that provides support and organization to
cells. In eukaryotes, its main components include actin and microtubules, two types of …

Increasing the complexity: new genes and new types of albinism

L Montoliu, K Grønskov, AH Wei… - Pigment cell & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Albinism is a rare genetic condition globally characterized by a number of specific deficits in
the visual system, resulting in poor vision, in association with a variable hypopigmentation …

Rab27 effectors, pleiotropic regulators in secretory pathways

M Fukuda - Traffic, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Rab27, a member of the small GTPase Rab family, is widely conserved in metazoan, and
two Rab27 isoforms, Rab27A and Rab27B, are present in vertebrates. Rab27A was the first …

Rab GTPases and their interacting protein partners: Structural insights into Rab functional diversity

O Pylypenko, H Hammich, IM Yu, A Houdusse - Small GTPases, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Rab molecular switches are key players in defining membrane identity and regulating
intracellular trafficking events in eukaryotic cells. In spite of their global structural similarity …

Update on the regulation of mammalian melanocyte function and skin pigmentation

T Kondo, VJ Hearing - Expert review of dermatology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Melanogenesis is the unique process of producing pigmented biopolymers that are
sequestered within melanosomes, which provides color to the skin, hair and eyes of animals …

Autoinhibition and activation mechanisms revealed by the triangular-shaped structure of myosin Va

F Niu, Y Liu, K Sun, S Xu, J Dong, C Yu, K Yan… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
As the prototype of unconventional myosin motor family, myosin Va (MyoVa) transport
cellular cargos along actin filaments in diverse cellular processes. The off-duty MyoVa …

[HTML][HTML] The role of extracellular vesicles in melanoma progression

E Lattmann, MP Levesque - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Melanoma is produced by the malignant transformation of the pigmented
cells in the skin. It is the deadliest form of skin cancer and a global medical burden. Recent …