Integrins and cancer: regulators of cancer stemness, metastasis, and drug resistance

L Seguin, JS Desgrosellier, SM Weis, DA Cheresh - Trends in cell biology, 2015 - cell.com
Interactions between cancer cells and their surroundings can trigger essential signaling
cues that determine cell fate and influence the evolution of the malignant phenotype. As the …

Cytoskeletal dynamics: a view from the membrane

M Bezanilla, AS Gladfelter, DR Kovar, WL Lee - Journal of Cell Biology, 2015 - rupress.org
Many aspects of cytoskeletal assembly and dynamics can be recapitulated in vitro; yet, how
the cytoskeleton integrates signals in vivo across cellular membranes is far less understood …

Tumor-associated macrophages-derived exosomes promote the migration of gastric cancer cells by transfer of functional Apolipoprotein E

P Zheng, Q Luo, W Wang, J Li, T Wang, P Wang… - Cell death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are a major component of the tumor
microenvironment and have been shown to contribute to tumor aggressiveness. However …

Profilin regulates F-actin network homeostasis by favoring formin over Arp2/3 complex

C Suarez, RT Carroll, TA Burke, JR Christensen… - Developmental cell, 2015 - cell.com
Fission yeast cells use Arp2/3 complex and formin to assemble diverse filamentous actin (F-
actin) networks within a common cytoplasm for endocytosis, division, and polarization …

Actin stress fiber organization promotes cell stiffening and proliferation of pre-invasive breast cancer cells

S Tavares, AF Vieira, AV Taubenberger… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Studies of the role of actin in tumour progression have highlighted its key contribution in cell
softening associated with cell invasion. Here, using a human breast cell line with conditional …

Internetwork competition for monomers governs actin cytoskeleton organization

C Suarez, DR Kovar - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2016 - nature.com
Cells precisely control the formation of dynamic actin cytoskeleton networks to coordinate
fundamental processes, including motility, division, endocytosis and polarization. To support …

A human organotypic microfluidic tumor model permits investigation of the interplay between patient-derived fibroblasts and breast cancer cells

DD Truong, A Kratz, JG Park, ES Barrientos, H Saini… - Cancer research, 2019 - AACR
Tumor–stroma interactions significantly influence cancer cell metastasis and disease
progression. These interactions are partly comprised of the cross-talk between tumor and …

Profilin and formin constitute a pacemaker system for robust actin filament growth

J Funk, F Merino, L Venkova, L Heydenreich, J Kierfeld… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
The actin cytoskeleton drives many essential biological processes, from cell morphogenesis
to motility. Assembly of functional actin networks requires control over the speed at which …

RNA splicing analysis deciphers developmental hierarchies and reveals therapeutic targets in adult glioma

X Song, D Tiek, S Miki, T Huang, M Lu, A Goenka… - The Journal of clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
Widespread alterations in RNA alternative splicing (AS) have been identified in adult
gliomas. However, their regulatory mechanism, biological significance, and therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] Unravelling the actin cytoskeleton: a new competitive edge?

AJ Davidson, W Wood - Trends in Cell Biology, 2016 - cell.com
Dynamic rearrangements in the actin cytoskeleton underlie a wide range of cell behaviours,
which in turn contribute to many aspects of human health including embryogenesis, cancer …