Cytoskeletal crosstalk: when three different personalities team up.

abstract：:Research into the molecular mechanisms of target cell recognition by natural killer (NK) cells has recently progressed rapidly. NK cells express several MHC I recognizing receptors that inactivate the NK cells' functions. In pathological alterations of MHC I expression, the NK cell inhibitory receptors do not engage a...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Timonen T,Helander TS

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three recent reports indicate that p120-catenin can modulate the activities of RhoA, Rac and Cdc42, suggesting an elegant and previously unexpected mechanism for regulating the balance between adhesive and motile cellular phenotypes. The observations in these reports provide important new clues toward p120's mechanism...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Anastasiadis PZ,Reynolds AB

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely recognized that after endocytosis, internalized cargo is delivered to endosomes that act as sorting stations. The limiting membrane of endosomes contain specialized subregions, or microdomains, that represent distinct functions of the endosome, including regions competing for cargo capture leading to degr...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Norris A,Grant BD

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three germ layers - mesoderm, endoderm and ectoderm - constituting the cellular blueprint for the tissues and organs that will form during embryonic development, are specified at gastrulation. Cells of mesodermal origin are the most abundant in the human body, representing a great variety of cell types, including ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Ferretti E,Hadjantonakis AK

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Directional guidance of migrating cells is relatively well explored in the reductionist setting of cell culture experiments. Here spatial gradients of chemical cues as well as gradients of mechanical substrate characteristics prove sufficient to attract single cells as well as their collectives. How such gradients pre...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Majumdar R,Sixt M,Parent CA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assembly of intermediate filament (IF) arrays involves the recruitment of a complex set of cell-type-specific IF-associated proteins. Some of them are integral membrane proteins, others act as crosslinking proteins with vectorial binding activities, and yet others comprise motor proteins. In vivo IFs appear to be ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Herrmann H,Aebi U

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein degradation plays key roles in diverse pathways in cell division, growth and differentiation. Aberrant stabilization of crucial proteins participating in oncogenic pathways is often observed in cancer. The importance of proper protein turnover is exemplified by the SCF(Fbxw7) ubiquitin ligase, which is frequen...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Kourtis N,Strikoudis A,Aifantis I

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell division cycle is one of the most intensively studied biological processes, yet, in spite of great effort, many questions remain as to how the cell cycle is controlled by cyclin-dependent kinases and other critical regulators. Recent functional genomic and proteomic approaches have yielded new insights into a...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Tyers M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multimolecular WAVE regulatory (WRC) and Arp2/3 complexes are primarily responsible to generate pushing forces at migratory leading edges by promoting branch elongation of actin filaments. The architectural complexity of these units betrays the necessity to impose a tight control on their activity. This is exerted...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Bisi S,Disanza A,Malinverno C,Frittoli E,Palamidessi A,Scita G

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recently discovered mammalian cell adhesion proteins recognize and bind to sialic acid-containing ligands. Reports concerning the molecular specificities of these interactions have been intriguing but somewhat confusing, partly because of pitfalls in methodology or interpretation. Nevertheless, these protein-c...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Varki A

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell competition is a short-range intercellular communication, in which cells compare their fitness with that of their neighbors and eliminate the cells with relatively lower fitness. It is considered important for the formation and maintenance of healthy tissues; however, its exact role during development, especially...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Hashimoto M,Sasaki H

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleoskeleton is composed of many interacting structural proteins that provide the framework for DNA replication, transcription and a variety of other nuclear functions. For example, the type-V intermediate filament proteins, the lamins, and their associated proteins (e.g. Lap2alpha) play important roles in DNA r...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Shumaker DK,Kuczmarski ER,Goldman RD

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Important advances in the study of Polycomb Group (PcG) complexes in the past two years have focused on the role of this repressive system in programing the genome. Genome-wide analyses have shown that PcG mechanisms control a large number of genes regulating many cellular functions and all developmental pathways. Cur...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Schwartz YB,Pirrotta V

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is universally accepted that protein synthesis occurs in the cytoplasm, the possibility that translation can also take place in the nucleus has been hotly debated. Reports have been published claiming to demonstrate nuclear translation, but alternative explanations for these results have not been excluded,...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Dahlberg JE,Lund E

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic cancer cells produce invasive membrane protrusions called invadopodia and pseudopodia, which play a central role in driving cancer cell dissemination in the body. Malignant cells use these structures to attach to and degrade extracellular matrix proteins, generate force for cell locomotion, and to penetrate...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Klemke RL

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primordial germ cells (PGCs), the progenitors of the gametes, migrate from the position where they are specified towards the region where the gonad develops. To reach their target, the PGCs obtain directional cues from cells positioned along their migration path. One such cue, the chemokine SDF-1, has recently been fo...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Raz E

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, plays an essential role in specific cell deletion during normal embryonic and adult development in vertebrate and invertebrate species. Recent evidence suggests that signal transduction pathways governing cellular proliferation and cell cycle progression also mediate the physiologi...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Lee S,Christakos S,Small MB

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macropinocytosis is increasingly recognized for its versatile adaptations and functions as a highly conserved, ubiquitous pathway for the bulk uptake of fluid, particulate cargo, and membranes. Innate immune cells and transformed cancer cells share the capacity for both constitutive and induced macropinocytosis, which...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Stow JL,Hung Y,Wall AA

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the adult, angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from pre-existing vasculature contributes to the pathogenesis of many disorders including cancer. The role of adhesion molecules, especially integrins, in pathological angiogenesis has long been the subject of investigation, mostly because of their potenti...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Hodivala-Dilke K

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of cell migration for both normal physiological functions and disease processes has been clear for the past 50 years. Although investigations of two-dimensional (2D) migration in regular tissue culture have elucidated many important molecular mechanisms, recent evidence suggests that cell migration depe...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Doyle AD,Petrie RJ,Kutys ML,Yamada KM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of proteins that are necessary for membrane transport have been identified using cell-free assays and yeast genetics. Although our knowledge of transport mechanisms remains limited, common themes are clearly emerging. In particular, specific GTP-binding proteins appear to be involved, not only at all steps of...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Gruenberg J,Clague MJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline stem cells (GSCs) sustain gametogenesis during the life of organisms. Recent progress has substantially extended our understanding of GSC behavior, including the mechanisms of stem cell self-renewal, asymmetric stem cell division, stem cell niches, dedifferentiation, and tissue aging. GSCs typically are highl...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Yuan H,Yamashita YM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The shaping of the vertebrate embryonic body plan depends heavily on the narrowing and lengthening (convergence and extension) of embryonic tissues by cell intercalation, a process by which cells actively crawl between one another along the axis of convergence to produce a narrower, longer array. We discuss recent evi...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Skoglund P,Keller R

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of various membrane trafficking steps over the past year indicate that membranes are tethered together prior to the interaction of v-SNAREs and t-SNAREs across the membrane junction. The tethering proteins identified to date are quite large, being either fibrous proteins or multimeric protein complexes. The te...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Waters MG,Pfeffer SR

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a 'double-edged sword', neutrophil (polymorphonuclear leukocyte) migration across epithelial-lined organs is an important component of host defense, but it also results in epithelial pathophysiology and disease symptoms. There have been significant advances in better understanding the mechanisms of how leukocytes c...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Zen K,Parkos CA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ephrins are cell-surface-tethered ligands for Eph receptors, the largest family of receptor tyrosine kinases. During development, the Eph/ephrin cell communication system appears to influence cell behavior such as attraction/repulsion, adhesion/de-adhesion and migration, thereby influencing cell fate, morphogenesis an...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Klein R

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular asymmetries have been proposed to play a role in plant embryogenesis. Genetic studies of Arabidopsis and other experimental approaches in several plant species have addressed the origins of cellular asymmetry in specific cases. Although zygote polarity, which precedes the formation of the apical-basal axis of...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Jürgens G,Grebe M,Steinmann T

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meiosis is a key processes of sexual reproduction in eukaryotes. By combining two cell division cycles with a single round of DNA replication meiosis provides a mechanism to generate haploid gametes. Coincidentally, processes involved in ensuring appropriate segregation of homologous chromosomes also result in genetic...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Burke B

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles that constantly fuse and divide. Dynamin-related GTPases are the core components of the machineries that mediate mitochondrial fusion and fission. The role and regulation of these machineries are currently under intense investigation. Recently, members of the BCL2 family of p...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Rolland SG,Conradt B

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polarity is defined by the segregation of cellular components along a defined axis. To polarize robustly, cells must be able to break symmetry and subsequently amplify these nascent asymmetries. Finally, asymmetric localization of signaling molecules must be translated into functional regulation of downstream effector...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Peglion F,Goehring NW

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00