Nuclear mechanics during cell migration

P Friedl, K Wolf, J Lammerding - Current opinion in cell biology, 2011 - Elsevier
During cell migration, the movement of the nucleus must be coordinated with the
cytoskeletal dynamics at the leading edge and trailing end, and, as a result, undergoes …

The nuclear envelope environment and its cancer connections

KH Chow, RE Factor, KS Ullman - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2012 - nature.com
Because of the association between aberrant nuclear structure and tumour grade, nuclear
morphology is an indispensible criterion in the current pathological assessment of cancer …

Chemical inhibition of NAT10 corrects defects of laminopathic cells

D Larrieu, S Britton, M Demir, R Rodriguez, SP Jackson - Science, 2014 - science.org
Down-regulation and mutations of the nuclear-architecture proteins lamin A and C cause
misshapen nuclei and altered chromatin organization associated with cancer and …

Low lamin A levels enhance confined cell migration and metastatic capacity in breast cancer

ES Bell, P Shah, N Zuela-Sopilniak, D Kim, AA Varlet… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Aberrations in nuclear size and shape are commonly used to identify cancerous tissue.
However, it remains unclear whether the disturbed nuclear structure directly contributes to …

Nuclear lamins: building blocks of nuclear architecture

RD Goldman, Y Gruenbaum, RD Moir… - Genes & …, 2002 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Nuclear lamins were initially identified as the major components of the nuclear lamina, a
proteinaceous layer found at the interface between chromatin and the inner nuclear …

Transient nuclear envelope rupturing during interphase in human cancer cells

JD Vargas, EM Hatch, DJ Anderson, MW Hetzer - Nucleus, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Neoplastic cells are often characterized by specific morphological abnormalities of the
nuclear envelope (NE), which have been used for cancer diagnosis for more than a century …

Decreased mechanical stiffness in LMNA−/− cells is caused by defective nucleo-cytoskeletal integrity: implications for the development of laminopathies

JLV Broers, EAG Peeters, HJH Kuijpers… - Human molecular …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Laminopathies comprise a group of inherited diseases with variable clinical phenotypes,
caused by mutations in the lamin A/C gene (LMNA). A prominent feature in several of these …

Nuclear lamins: key regulators of nuclear structure and activities

M Prokocimer, M Davidovich… - Journal of cellular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
• The lamin molecule‐Domain organization of lamins‐Lamins are divided to type A and type
B‐Post‐translational processing of lamin molecules‐Lamin molecules in evolution• The …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanics of the nucleus

J Lammerding - Comprehensive physiology, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The nucleus is the distinguishing feature of eukaryotic cells. Until recently, it was often
considered simply as a unique compartment containing the genetic information of the cell …

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 …