Nuclear mechanics in cancer

C Denais, J Lammerding - Cancer biology and the nuclear envelope …, 2014 - Springer
Despite decades of research, cancer metastasis remains an incompletely understood
process that is as complex as it is devastating. In recent years, there has been an increasing …

Linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton complex proteins in cardiac structure, function, and disease

MJ Stroud, I Banerjee, J Veevers, J Chen - Circulation research, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
The linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex, composed of proteins within
the inner and the outer nuclear membranes, connects the nuclear lamina to the …

Muscular Dystrophy-Associated SUN1 and SUN2 Variants Disrupt Nuclear-Cytoskeletal Connections and Myonuclear Organization

P Meinke, E Mattioli, F Haque, S Antoku… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Proteins of the nuclear envelope (NE) are associated with a range of inherited disorders,
most commonly involving muscular dystrophy and cardiomyopathy, as exemplified by Emery …

Targeted ablation of nesprin 1 and nesprin 2 from murine myocardium results in cardiomyopathy, altered nuclear morphology and inhibition of the biomechanical …

I Banerjee, J Zhang, T Moore-Morris, E Pfeiffer… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Recent interest has focused on the importance of the nucleus and associated
nucleoskeleton in regulating changes in cardiac gene expression in response to …

Emerin in health and disease

AJ Koch, JM Holaska - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is caused by mutations in the genes encoding
emerin, lamins A and C and FHL1. Additional EDMD-like syndromes are caused by …

Nesprins in health and disease

S Cartwright, I Karakesisoglou - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2014 - Elsevier
LINC (Linker of Nucleoskeleton and Cytoskeleton) complex is an evolutionary conserved
structure that spans the entire nuclear envelope (NE), and integrates the nuclear interior with …

Nesprins: tissue-specific expression of epsilon and other short isoforms

NT Duong, GE Morris, LT Lam, Q Zhang, CA Sewry… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Nesprin-1-giant and nesprin-2-giant regulate nuclear positioning by the interaction of their C-
terminal KASH domains with nuclear membrane SUN proteins and their N-terminal calponin …

LINC complex proteins in development and disease

HF Horn - Current topics in developmental biology, 2014 - Elsevier
The LINC complex spans the nuclear envelope and plays critical roles in coordinating
nuclear and cytoplasmic activities and in organizing nuclear and cytoskeletal features. LINC …

Striated muscle laminopathies

F Azibani, A Muchir, N Vignier, G Bonne… - Seminars in cell & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Lamins A and C, encoded by LMNA, are constituent of the nuclear lamina, a meshwork of
proteins underneath the nuclear envelope first described as scaffolding proteins of the …

Mammalian microtubule P-body dynamics are mediated by nesprin-1

D Rajgor, JA Mellad, D Soong, JB Rattner… - Journal of Cell …, 2014 - rupress.org
Nesprins are a multi-isomeric family of spectrin-repeat (SR) proteins, predominantly known
as nuclear envelope scaffolds. However, isoforms that function beyond the nuclear envelope …