Force generation by cytoskeletal motor proteins as a regulator of axonal elongation and retraction.

abstract：:The manner by which the organization and behaviors of cells arise from the activities of their constituent molecules remains poorly understood. Approaches from the physical sciences for studying collective properties may help with this difficult problem, but they must be adapted to account for the specific attributes ...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Needleman D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase CK2 (formerly known as casein kinase 2) is a serine/threonine protein kinase whose functions have been under investigation for over three decades, leading to the recognition that it interacts with several signaling pathways. Recent demonstrations of signal-mediated dynamic localization of CK2 and the id...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Ahmed K,Gerber DA,Cochet C

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endoplasmic reticulum contains a number of proteins involved in the processing of secretory polypeptides. These include BiP, which is an Hsp70-family member highly conserved throughout evolution. BiP is known to be intimately involved in several aspects of protein biogenesis, but our understanding of these events ...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： A R,Tyson JR,Stirling CJ

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virtually all cancers show metabolic changes that result in upregulation of glycolysis and glucose consumption. Although discovered in the 1920s, how this glycolytic switch happens, and whether it is a cause or a consequence of the malignant process, has remained a matter of debate. The p53 tumor suppressor gene, disc...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Bensaad K,Vousden KH

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spindle checkpoint is an evolutionarily conserved mitotic regulatory mechanism that ensures that anaphase is not attempted until chromosomes are properly aligned on the spindle. Two different cell-cycle transitions must be inhibited by the spindle checkpoint to arrest cells at metaphase and prevent mitotic exit. T...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Gardner RD,Burke DJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 15 years mass spectrometry (MS)-based analyses have become established as the method of choice for direct protein identification and measurement. Owing to the remarkable improvements in the sensitivity and resolution of MS instruments, this technology has revolutionised the opportunities available for ...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Ahmad Y,Lamond AI

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of invited women speakers at scientific meetings is much less than their proportion in a field. This means that women have fewer venues to present their research, less opportunity to increase their professional network, and smaller chances of promotion and financial support. The paucity of women speakers al...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Masur SK

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientific research relies on a range of technologies, many of which are developing at a fast pace. Technical experts able to advise researchers on experimental design and validate the performance1 of shared instruments are increasingly recognized as critical members of the research community. Here I describe a novel ...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Waters JC

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear envelope (NE) breaks down reversibly and reassembles at mitosis. Two models of mitotic nuclear membrane disassembly and reformation have emerged from studies of NE dynamics in somatic cells and egg extracts. One model suggests that nuclear membranes fragment reversibly by vesiculation, producing NE-derived...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Collas P,Courvalin JC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intercellular communication refers to the different ways through which cells communicate with each other and transfer a variety of messages. These communication methods involve a number of different processes that occur individually or simultaneously, which change depending on the physiological or pathological context...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Fafián-Labora JA,O'Loghlen A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Across the animal kingdom, color discrimination is achieved by comparing the outputs of photoreceptor cells (PRs) that have different spectral sensitivities. Much remains to be understood about how the pattern of these different PRs is generated and maintained. The Drosophila eye has long provided a beautiful system f...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Wernet MF,Desplan C

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysosome function and position in the cytoplasm depends on the BORCS machinery, which tethers lysosomes to the kinesin microtubule motor. A recent paper of Snouwaert et al. in Cell Reports characterizes a mouse with a spontaneous mutation in the Borcs7 subunit, which causes axonal dystrophy and impaired motor function...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Joshi U,Houwman JA,van der Sluijs P

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ErbB family of four receptor tyrosine kinases occupies a central role in a wide variety of biological processes from neuronal development to breast cancer. New information continues to expand their biologic significance and to unravel the molecular mechanisms that underlie the signaling capacity of these receptors...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Linggi B,Carpenter G

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the presence of phosphoinositides in the nuclei of eukaryotes and the identity of the enzymes responsible for their metabolism have been known for some time, their functions in the nucleus are only now emerging. This is illustrated by the recent identification of effectors for nuclear phosphoinositides. Like the...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Barlow CA,Laishram RS,Anderson RA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular chaperone heat-shock protein of 90 kDa (Hsp90) stabilizes various proteins and occupies a central position in cellular networks. Hsp90 inhibitors are being tested in clinical trials as anticancer drugs. Recent studies have illuminated the unappreciated significance of this chaperone in chromatin transact...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Sawarkar R,Paro R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingomyelin used to be considered only as a structural molecule of the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane of mammalian cells. However, in the last five years it has become clear that sphingomyelin is rapidly degraded and resynthesized in a pathway that could function in signal transduction. Indeed, it is now known...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Kolesnick R

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms underlying targeted deposition of new membrane at the advancing furrow of a dividing cell have long been intriguing to cell biologists. Three recent studies have made use of Drosophila cellularization to explore current questions in this field. These findings indicate that both the secretory p...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Strickland LI,Burgess DR

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenophagy, the process of eliminating intracellular pathogens through the autophagy machinery, is an important defense mechanism against infectious disease, yet the underlying molecular mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Recent work (Xu et al., Cell, 2019) used the discovery of an inhibitor of xenophagy, SopF,...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Pao KC,Rape M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important aspect of cell behaviour is that DNA replication happens only once per cell cycle. Replicated DNA is unable to re-replicate until cell division has occurred. Unreplicated DNA is in a replication-competent or 'licensed' state. The ability to replicate is lost in S phase and regained following passage throu...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Romanowski P,Madine MA

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is a large and diverse gathering. At last year's meeting**The American Society for Cell Biology 38th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA; 12-16 December, 1998. Program chair: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz., there were over 8000 attendees, and the topics ...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Lee G

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role o f iron in cell division, cell death and human disease has recently gained increased attention. The best studied process for iron uptake into mammalian cells involves traps ferrin and its receptor. This review discusses evidence supporting the existence of other routes by which iron can enter mammalian cells...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Jefferies WA,Gabathuler R,Rothenberger S,Food M,Kennard ML

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In higher eukaryotes, the vast majority of protein-coding genes contain introns that must be removed from precursor mRNA (pre-mRNA) with great precision by the spliceosome. Spliceosomes are massive RNA-protein macromolecular machines with >100 distinct components that assemble onto nascent transcripts and are released...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Rino J,Carmo-Fonseca M

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycoproteome, the ensemble of glycans and their carrier proteins, plays major roles in multicellular life by regulating cell interactions with their environment. How information is encoded into the glycome, in other words how glycosylation is modulated in response to signals, remains largely unclear. Glycosylatio...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Bard F,Chia J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The actomyosin cytoskeleton is responsible for most force-driven processes in cells and tissues. How it assembles into the necessary structures at the right time and place is an important question. Here, we focus on molecular mechanisms of actomyosin regulation recently elucidated in animal models, and highlight sever...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Agarwal P,Zaidel-Bar R

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells can sense and respond to blood flow forces and signals, but the exact mechanisms employed remain poorly understood. A recent study describes how low-flow forces are sensed by primary cilia during development of the retinal vasculature, which sensitizes endothelial cells to BMP signaling. ...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Follain G,Goetz JG

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant seeds store nitrogen by accumulating storage proteins in protein bodies within various compartments of the endomembrane system. The prolamin storage proteins of some cereal species are normally retained and assembled into protein bodies within the ER. Yet, these proteins lack a C-terminal KDEL/HDEL signal, sugge...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Galili G,Altschuler Y,Levanony H

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most cells polarize in response to an asymmetric signal but some can spontaneously establish a discrete axis of polarity in the absence of a directional cue. Many mathematical models predict that locally acting positive feedback loops and globally acting negative regulators are required for pattern formation. Here, we...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Sohrmann M,Peter M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell surface receptor Fas/APO-1 and its ligand have recently been identified as important mediators of apoptosis. Both molecules are crucial for the maintenance of a sound immune system, and when defective they give rise to severe autoimmune disorders. Understanding the mechanism and regulation of Fas/APO-1-trigge...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Schulze-Osthoff K

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) regulates cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis, and TGF-beta-related proteins have key roles in development, tissue homeostasis and disease. Upon binding to their cell surface receptors, TGF-beta family proteins signal through Smads to induce changes in gene expr...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Kang JS,Liu C,Derynck R

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell niches are specialized microenvironments where pluripotent cells are maintained to provide undifferentiated cells for the formation of new tissues and organs. The balance between stem cell maintenance within the niche and differentiation of cells that exit it is regulated by local cell-cell communication, to...

journal_title：Trends in cell biology

authors： Tucker MR,Laux T

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00