Talins and kindlins: partners in integrin-mediated adhesion

DA Calderwood, ID Campbell… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2013 - nature.com
Integrin receptors provide a dynamic, tightly-regulated link between the extracellular matrix
(or cellular counter-receptors) and intracellular cytoskeletal and signalling networks …

The Rap1-RIAM-talin axis of integrin activation and blood cell function

F Lagarrigue, C Kim… - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2016 - ashpublications.org
Integrin adhesion receptors mediate the adhesion of blood cells, such as leukocytes, to
other cells, such as endothelial cells. Integrins also are critical for anchorage of …

Molecular mechanisms of leukocyte β2 integrin activation

L Wen, M Moser, K Ley - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Integrins are transmembrane receptors that mediate cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix
adhesion. Although all integrins can undergo activation (affinity change for ligands), the …

Phosphatidylinositol (3, 4) bisphosphate-specific phosphatases and effector proteins: A distinct branch of PI3K signaling

H Li, AJ Marshall - Cellular signalling, 2015 - Elsevier
The ubiquitously expressed phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) family of lipid kinases control
diverse cellular functions including cell survival, proliferation, metabolism and migration …

Phagocytic integrins: activation and signaling

A Torres-Gomez, C Cabañas, EM Lafuente - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Phagocytic integrins are endowed with the ability to engulf and dispose of particles of
different natures. Evolutionarily conserved from worms to humans, they are involved in …

Ena/VASP proteins cooperate with the WAVE complex to regulate the actin cytoskeleton

XJ Chen, AJ Squarr, R Stephan, B Chen, TE Higgins… - Developmental cell, 2014 - cell.com
Ena/VASP proteins and the WAVE regulatory complex (WRC) regulate cell motility by virtue
of their ability to independently promote actin polymerization. We demonstrate that …

A RIAM/lamellipodin–talin–integrin complex forms the tip of sticky fingers that guide cell migration

F Lagarrigue, P Vikas Anekal, HS Lee, AI Bachir… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The leading edge of migrating cells contains rapidly translocating activated integrins
associated with growing actin filaments that form 'sticky fingers' to sense extracellular matrix …

The focal adhesion protein talin is a mechanically gated A-kinase anchoring protein

M Kang, Y Otani, Y Guo, J Yan… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Protein kinase A (PKA) is a ubiquitous, promiscuous kinase whose activity is specified
through subcellular localization mediated by A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs). PKA has …

Loss of the Rap1 effector RIAM results in leukocyte adhesion deficiency due to impaired β2 integrin function in mice

S Klapproth, M Sperandio, EM Pinheiro… - Blood, The Journal …, 2015 - ashpublications.org
Talin is an integrin adaptor, which controls integrin activity in all hematopoietic cells. How
intracellular signals promote talin binding to the integrin tail leading to integrin activation is …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct integrin activation pathways for effector and regulatory T cell trafficking and function

H Sun, F Lagarrigue, H Wang, Z Fan… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
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