Publications

Accumulation of Glucosylceramide in the Absence of the Beta-Glucosidase GBA2 Alters Cytoskeletal Dynamics
Raju D / Schonauer S / Hamzeh H / Flynn KC / Bradke F / Vom Dorp K / Dörmann P / Yildiz Y / Trötschel C / Poetsch A / Breiden B / Sandhoff K / Körschen HG / Wachten D.
23 June 2015
Keywords:
GBA2, GlcCer, cytoskeleton, sertoli, filopodia, lamellipodia, Signaling

PLoS Genet. 2015 Mar 24;11(3):e1005063. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005063. eCollection 2015.

 

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A mechanical coupling between trans‐synaptic N‐cadherin adhesions and the actin flow stabilizes dendritic spines
Chazeau A / Garcia M / Czöndör K / Perrais D / Tessier B / Giannone G / Thoumine O
23 June 2015
Keywords:
Neuro, N-cadherin, filopodia, hippocampal, spines

Mol Biol Cell. 2015 Mar 1;26(5):859-73. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E14-06-1086. Epub 2015 Jan 7.

 
AmotL2 links VE-cadherin to contractile actin fibres necessary for aortic lumen expansion
Hultin S / Zheng Y / Mojallal M / Vertuani S / Gentili C / Balland M / Milloud R / Belting HG / Affolter M / Helker CS / Adams RH / Herzog W / Uhlen P / Majumdar A / Holmgren L.
23 June 2015
Keywords:
Contractility, cadherin, junction, cytoskeleton, aort, lumen, cell shape

Nat Commun. 2014 May 7;5:3743. doi: 10.1038/ncomms4743.
 

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Reconstituting actomyosin-dependent mechanosensitive protein complexes in vitro
Ciobanasu C / Faivre B / Le Clainche C
08 January 2015
Keywords:
mechanosensitivity, ABP, actomyosin, cytoskeleton, vinculin, talin, TIRF

Nat Protoc. 2015 Jan;10(1):75-89. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2014.200. Epub 2014 Dec 11.

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Myosin-Va and Dynamic Actin Oppose Microtubules to Drive Long-Range Organelle Transport
Richard D. Evans / Christopher Robinson / Deborah A. Briggs / David J. Tooth / Jose S. Ramalho / Marta Cantero / Lluis Montoliu / Shyamal Patel / Elena V. Sviderskaya / and Alistair N. Hume
13 November 2014
Keywords:
microtubule, actin, Myosin, Melanosomes, Melanocytes, Reference Cell, Organelles, Trafficking

Curr Biol. 2014 Aug 4;24(15):1743-50. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.019. Epub 2014 Jul 24.

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Dynamics of Cell Shape and Forces on Micropatterned Substrates Predicted by a Cellular Potts Model
Philipp J. Albert and Ulrich S. Schwarz
13 November 2014
Keywords:
Forces, dynamics, biophysics, modelling, cell behavior, spreading, prediction

Biophys J. 2014 Jun 3;106(11):2340-52. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.04.036.

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Spatial control of membrane receptor function using ligand nanocalipers
Alan Shaw / Vanessa Lundin / Ekaterina Petrova / Ferenc Fördős / Erik Benson / Abdullah Al-Amin / Anna Herland / Andries Blokzijl3 / Björn Högberg & Ana I Teixeira
13 November 2014
Keywords:
Signaling, receptor, ligand, nanocaliper, breast cancer, membrane, ephrin-A5, invasion, presentation

Nat Methods. 2014 Aug;11(8):841-6. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.3025. Epub 2014 Jul 6.

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FAK transduces extracellular forces that orient the mitotic spindle and control tissue morphogenesis
Nicoletta I. Petridou & Paris A. Skourides
13 November 2014
Keywords:
mitotic spindle, morphogenesis, FAK, development, embryo, mitosis

Nature Communications 5, Article number: 5240 doi:10.1038/ncomms6240

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Phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate regulates invasion through binding and activation of Tiam1
Julien Viaud / Frederic Lagarrigue / Damien Ramel / Sophie Allart / Gaetan Chicanne / Laurie Ceccato / Delphine Courilleau / Jean-Marie Xuereb / Olivier Pertz / Bernard Payrastre & Frederique Gaits-Iacovoni
13 November 2014
Keywords:
Phosphoinositides, oncology, RPE-1, MEF, invasion, bacteriology, lymphoma, FRET, endosome

Nat Commun. 2014 Jun 6;5:4080. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5080.

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A method to recapitulate early embryonic spatial patterning in human embryonic stem cells.
Warmflash A / Sorre B / Etoc F / Siggia ED / Brivanlou AH.
18 July 2014
Keywords:
hESC, Assay, stem cells, Developmental Biology, Maturation, Differentiation, Gastrulation, Spacial Patterning

Nat Methods. 2014 Jun 29. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.3016

 

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