Cytoskeletal crosstalk in cell migration

S Seetharaman, S Etienne-Manneville - Trends in cell biology, 2020 - cell.com
Cell migration is a highly dynamic process driven by the cytoskeleton, which mainly
comprises the actin microfilaments, microtubules, and intermediate filaments. During …

Focal adhesion dynamics in cellular function and disease

YG Mishra, B Manavathi - Cellular signalling, 2021 - Elsevier
Acting as a bridge between the cytoskeleton of the cell and the extra cellular matrix (ECM),
the cell-ECM adhesions with integrins at their core, play a major role in cell signalling to …

Organization, dynamics and mechanoregulation of integrin-mediated cell–ECM adhesions

P Kanchanawong, DA Calderwood - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
The ability of animal cells to sense, adhere to and remodel their local extracellular matrix
(ECM) is central to control of cell shape, mechanical responsiveness, motility and signalling …

Integrin crosstalk contributes to the complexity of signalling and unpredictable cancer cell fates

I Samaržija, A Dekanić, JD Humphries, M Paradžik… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Integrins are heterodimeric cell surface receptors composed of α and β subunits that control
adhesion, proliferation and gene expression. The integrin heterodimer binding to ligand …

Mitotic centromere-associated kinesin (MCAK/KIF2C) regulates cell migration and invasion by modulating microtubule dynamics and focal adhesion turnover

HH Moon, NN Kreis, A Friemel, S Roth, D Schulte… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton is a crucial factor for organized cell
motility and migration of cancer as well as benign cells. Mitotic centromere-associated …

[HTML][HTML] Adherens junctions stimulate and spatially guide integrin activation and extracellular matrix deposition

R Hadjisavva, O Anastasiou, PS Ioannou, M Zheltkova… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Cadherins and integrins are intrinsically linked through the actin cytoskeleton and are
largely responsible for the mechanical integrity and organization of tissues. We show that …

miRNA-guided reprogramming of glucose and glutamine metabolism and its impact on cell adhesion/migration during solid tumor progression

L Quirico, F Orso, S Cucinelli, M Paradzik… - Cellular and molecular …, 2022 - Springer
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs about 22 nucleotides in length that
regulate the expression of target genes post-transcriptionally, and are highly involved in …

Kank1 is essential for myogenic differentiation by regulating actin remodeling and cell proliferation in C2C12 progenitor cells

MT Nguyen, W Lee - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Actin cytoskeleton dynamics are essential regulatory processes in muscle development,
growth, and regeneration due to their modulation of mechanotransduction, cell proliferation …

Recent advances and prospects in the research of nascent adhesions

B Henning Stumpf, A Ambriović-Ristov… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nascent adhesions are submicron transient structures promoting the early adhesion of cells
to the extracellular matrix. Nascent adhesions typically consist of several tens of integrins …

The ancestral type of the R-RAS protein has oncogenic potential

A Talajić, K Dominko, M Lončarić… - Cellular & molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background The R-RAS2 is a small GTPase highly similar to classical RAS proteins
at the regulatory and signaling levels. The high evolutionary conservation of R-RAS2, its …