Rab proteins and the compartmentalization of the endosomal system

A Wandinger-Ness, M Zerial - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2014 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Of the approximately 70 human Rab GTPases, nearly three-quarters are involved in
endocytic trafficking. Significant plasticity in endosomal membrane transport pathways is …

Role of Rab GTPases in membrane traffic and cell physiology

AH Hutagalung, PJ Novick - Physiological reviews, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
Intracellular membrane traffic defines a complex network of pathways that connects many of
the membrane-bound organelles of eukaryotic cells. Although each pathway is governed by …

Stiff matrix induces exosome secretion to promote tumour growth

B Wu, DA Liu, L Guan, PK Myint, LK Chin, H Dang… - Nature cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Tissue fibrosis and extracellular matrix (ECM) stiffening promote tumour progression. The
mechanisms by which ECM regulates its contacting cells have been extensively studied …

Upregulation of exosome secretion from tumor-associated macrophages plays a key role in the suppression of anti-tumor immunity

W Zhong, Y Lu, X Han, J Yang, Z Qin, W Zhang, Z Yu… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Macrophages play a pivotal role in tumor immunity. We report that reprogramming of
macrophages to tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) promotes the secretion of …

Rab27a and Rab27b control different steps of the exosome secretion pathway

M Ostrowski, NB Carmo, S Krumeich, I Fanget… - Nature cell …, 2010 - nature.com
Exosomes are secreted membrane vesicles that share structural and biochemical
characteristics with intraluminal vesicles of multivesicular endosomes (MVEs). Exosomes …

The road to lysosome‐related organelles: Insights from Hermansky‐Pudlak syndrome and other rare diseases

SL Bowman, J Bi‐Karchin, L Le, MS Marks - Traffic, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Lysosome‐related organelles (LROs) comprise a diverse group of cell type‐specific,
membrane‐bound subcellular organelles that derive at least in part from the endolysosomal …

Rabs and their effectors: achieving specificity in membrane traffic

BL Grosshans, D Ortiz, P Novick - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Rab proteins constitute the largest branch of the Ras GTPase superfamily. Rabs use the
guanine nucleotide-dependent switch mechanism common to the superfamily to regulate …

Walking to work: roles for class V myosins as cargo transporters

JA Hammer III, JR Sellers - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
Cells use molecular motors, such as myosins, to move, position and segregate their
organelles. Class V myosins possess biochemical and structural properties that should …

Rab GTPases, intracellular traffic and disease

MC Seabra, EH Mules, AN Hume - Trends in molecular medicine, 2002 - cell.com
Membrane and protein traffic in the secretory and endocytic pathways is mediated by
vesicular transport. Recent studies of certain key regulators of vesicular transport, the Rab …

Disorders of lysosome-related organelle biogenesis: clinical and molecular genetics

M Huizing, A Helip-Wooley, W Westbroek… - … Rev. Genomics Hum …, 2008 - annualreviews.org
Lysosome-related organelles (LROs) are a heterogeneous group of vesicles that share
various features with lysosomes, but are distinct in function, morphology, and composition …