The cilium: cellular antenna and central processing unit

JJ Malicki, CA Johnson - Trends in cell biology, 2017 - cell.com
Cilia mediate an astonishing diversity of processes. Recent advances provide unexpected
insights into the regulatory mechanisms of cilium formation, and reveal diverse regulatory …

Roles of primary cilia in the developing brain

SM Park, HJ Jang, JH Lee - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Essential to development, primary cilia are microtubule-based cellular organelles that
protrude from the surface of cells. Acting as cellular antenna, primary cilia play central roles …

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)1

DJ Klionsky, AK Abdel-Aziz, S Abdelfatah, M Abdellatif… - autophagy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In 2008, we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy.
Since then, this topic has received increasing attention, and many scientists have entered …

Dynamic remodeling of membrane composition drives cell cycle through primary cilia excision

SC Phua, S Chiba, M Suzuki, E Su, EC Roberson… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The life cycle of a primary cilium begins in quiescence and ends prior to mitosis. In quiescent
cells, the primary cilium insulates itself from contiguous dynamic membrane processes on …

Autophagy is required for endothelial cell alignment and atheroprotection under physiological blood flow

AC Vion, M Kheloufi, A Hammoutene… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
It has been known for some time that atherosclerotic lesions preferentially develop in areas
exposed to low SS and are characterized by a proinflammatory, apoptotic, and senescent …

The cholesterol transport protein GRAMD1C regulates autophagy initiation and mitochondrial bioenergetics

MYW Ng, C Charsou, A Lapao, S Singh… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
During autophagy, cytosolic cargo is sequestered into double-membrane vesicles called
autophagosomes. The contributions of specific lipids, such as cholesterol, to the membranes …

ER–plasma membrane contact sites contribute to autophagosome biogenesis by regulation of local PI 3P synthesis

AC Nascimbeni, F Giordano, N Dupont, D Grasso… - The EMBO …, 2017 - embopress.org
The double‐membrane‐bound autophagosome is formed by the closure of a structure
called the phagophore, origin of which is still unclear. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is …

Laminar flow inhibits the Hippo/YAP pathway via autophagy and SIRT1-mediated deacetylation against atherosclerosis

P Yuan, Q Hu, X He, Y Long, X Song, F Wu, Y He… - Cell death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial disease of the vasculature, and shear stress is a crucial
regulator of its process. Disturbed flow promotes atherosclerotic effects, while laminar flow …

Intraflagellar transport proteins as regulators of primary cilia length

W Wang, BM Jack, HH Wang… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Primary cilia are small, antenna-like organelles that detect and transduce chemical and
mechanical cues in the extracellular environment, regulating cell behavior and, in turn …

The AMPK-Sirtuin 1-YAP axis is regulated by fluid flow intensity and controls autophagy flux in kidney epithelial cells

A Claude-Taupin, P Isnard, A Bagattin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Shear stress generated by urinary fluid flow is an important regulator of renal function. Its
dysregulation is observed in various chronic and acute kidney diseases. Previously, we …