Follow the flow: Actin and membrane act as an integrated system to globally coordinate cell shape and movement

H De Belly, OD Weiner - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Migratory cells are polarized with protrusive fronts and contractile rears. This spatial
organization necessitates long-range coordination of the signals that organize protrusions …

Blebology: principles of bleb-based migration

JM García-Arcos, A Jha, CM Waterman, M Piel - Trends in Cell Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Bleb-based migration, a conserved cell motility mode, has a crucial role in both
physiological and pathological processes. Unlike the well-elucidated mechanisms of …

Exocrine gland–resident memory CD8+ T cells use mechanosensing for tissue surveillance

N Ruef, J Martínez Magdaleno, X Ficht… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Tissue-resident CD8+ T cells (TRM) continuously scan peptide-MHC (pMHC) complexes in
their organ of residence to intercept microbial invaders. Recent data showed that TRM …

S1PR1 inhibition induces proapoptotic signaling in T cells and limits humoral responses within lymph nodes

D Dixit, VM Hallisey, EYS Zhu… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Effective immunity requires a large, diverse naive T cell repertoire circulating among
lymphoid organs in search of antigen. Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) and its receptor …

Molecular tuning of actin dynamics in leukocyte migration as revealed by immune-related actinopathies

A Kamnev, C Lacouture, M Fusaro, L Dupré - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Motility is a crucial activity of immune cells allowing them to patrol tissues as they
differentiate, sample or exchange information, and execute their effector functions. Although …

The tumor suppressor adenomatous polyposis coli regulates T lymphocyte migration

M Mastrogiovanni, P Vargas, T Rose, C Cuche… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) is a tumor suppressor whose mutations underlie familial
adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and colorectal cancer. Although its role in intestinal epithelial …

Stromal Notch ligands foster lymphopenia-driven functional plasticity and homeostatic proliferation of naive B cells

DG Atria, BT Gaudette, J Londregan… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
In lymphopenic environments, secondary lymphoid organs regulate the size of B and T cell
compartments by supporting the homeostatic proliferation of mature lymphocytes. The …

Roles of the nucleus in leukocyte migration

Y Li, M Chen, W Chang - Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Leukocytes patrol our bodies in search of pathogens and migrate to sites of injury in
response to various stimuli. Rapid and directed leukocyte motility is therefore crucial to our …

Non-muscle myosin II and the plasticity of 3D cell migration

JM Cowan, JJ Duggan, BR Hewitt… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Confined cells migrating through 3D environments are also constrained by the laws of
physics, meaning for every action there must be an equal and opposite reaction for cells to …

A Clockwork Bleb: cytoskeleton, calcium, and cytoplasmic fluidity

J Ikenouchi, K Aoki - The FEBS journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
When the plasma membrane (PM) detaches from the underlying actin cortex, the PM
expands according to intracellular pressure and a spherical membrane protrusion called a …