[HTML][HTML] Cell migration

X Trepat, Z Chen, K Jacobson - Comprehensive Physiology, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cell migration is fundamental to establishing and maintaining the proper organization of
multicellular organisms. Morphogenesis can be viewed as a consequence, in part, of cell …

Nonpolarized signaling reveals two distinct modes of 3D cell migration

RJ Petrie, N Gavara, RS Chadwick… - Journal of Cell Biology, 2012 - rupress.org
We search in this paper for context-specific modes of three-dimensional (3D) cell migration
using imaging for phosphatidylinositol (3, 4, 5)-trisphosphate (PIP3) and active Rac1 and …

Stiffness-controlled three-dimensional extracellular matrices for high-resolution imaging of cell behavior

RS Fischer, KA Myers, ML Gardel, CM Waterman - Nature protocols, 2012 - nature.com
Regulation of cell functions by the physical properties of the extracellular matrix (ECM) has
emerged as a crucial contributor to development and disease. Two specific physical …

Hic-5 promotes invadopodia formation and invasion during TGF-β–induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition

J Pignatelli, DA Tumbarello, RP Schmidt… - Journal of Cell …, 2012 - rupress.org
Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β)–stimulated epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is
an important developmental process that has also been implicated in increased cell …

IGF2BP1 promotes cell migration by regulating MK5 and PTEN signaling

N Stöhr, M Köhn, M Lederer, M Glaß… - Genes & …, 2012 - genesdev.cshlp.org
In primary neurons, the oncofetal RNA-binding protein IGF2BP1 (IGF2 mRNA-binding
protein 1) controls spatially restricted β-actin (ACTB) mRNA translation and modulates …

Micro-environmental control of cell migration–myosin IIA is required for efficient migration in fibrillar environments through control of cell adhesion dynamics

AD Doyle, ML Kutys, MA Conti… - Journal of cell …, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Recent evidence suggests that organization of the extracellular matrix (ECM) into aligned
fibrils or fibril-like ECM topographies promotes rapid migration in fibroblasts. However, the …

Migrating fibroblasts reorient directionality by a metastable, PI3K-dependent mechanism

ES Welf, S Ahmed, HE Johnson, AT Melvin… - Journal of Cell …, 2012 - rupress.org
Mesenchymal cell migration as exhibited by fibroblasts is distinct from amoeboid cell
migration and is characterized by dynamic competition among multiple protrusions, which …

Dimensional and temporal controls of three-dimensional cell migration by zyxin and binding partners

SI Fraley, Y Feng, A Giri, GD Longmore… - Nature communications, 2012 - nature.com
Spontaneous molecular oscillations are ubiquitous in biology. But to our knowledge,
periodic cell migratory patterns have not been observed. Here we report the highly regular …

The Dishevelled-associating protein Daple controls the non-canonical Wnt/Rac pathway and cell motility

M Ishida-Takagishi, A Enomoto, N Asai… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Dishevelled is the common mediator of canonical and non-canonical Wnt signalling
pathways, which are important for embryonic development, tissue maintenance and cancer …

Nuclear transport receptor karyopherin-α2 promotes malignant breast cancer phenotypes in vitro

E Noetzel, M Rose, J Bornemann, M Gajewski… - Oncogene, 2012 - nature.com
Tumorigenesis and tumor progression are associated with dysfunction of the nuclear
transport machinery at the level of import and export receptors (karyopherins). Recent …