TrackMate 7: integrating state-of-the-art segmentation algorithms into tracking pipelines

D Ershov, MS Phan, JW Pylvänäinen, SU Rigaud… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
TrackMate is an automated tracking software used to analyze bioimages and is distributed
as a Fiji plugin. Here, we introduce a new version of TrackMate. TrackMate 7 is built to …

A guide to ERK dynamics, part 1: mechanisms and models

A Ram, D Murphy, N DeCuzzi, M Patankar… - Biochemical …, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) has long been studied as a key driver of both
essential cellular processes and disease. A persistent question has been how this single …

ER-directed TREX1 limits cGAS activation at micronuclei

L Mohr, E Toufektchan, P von Morgen, K Chu… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Micronuclei are aberrant nuclear compartments that can form as a result of chromosome mis-
segregation. Frequent loss of micronuclear envelope integrity exposes DNA to the …

DNA-functionalized artificial mechanoreceptor for de novo force-responsive signaling

S Yang, M Wang, D Tian, X Zhang, K Cui, S Lü… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Synthetic signaling receptors enable programmable cellular responses coupling with
customized inputs. However, engineering a designer force-sensing receptor to rewire …

Intracellular signaling dynamics and their role in coordinating tissue repair

SJ Ghilardi, BM O'Reilly, AE Sgro - … Reviews: Systems Biology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue repair is a complex process that requires effective communication and coordination
between cells across multiple tissues and organ systems. Two of the initial intracellular …

Transferred mitochondria accumulate reactive oxygen species, promoting proliferation

CU Kidwell, JR Casalini, S Pradeep, SD Scherer… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Recent studies reveal that lateral mitochondrial transfer, the movement of mitochondria from
one cell to another, can affect cellular and tissue homeostasis. Most of what we know about …

Defined extracellular matrix compositions support stiffness-insensitive cell spreading and adhesion signaling

JRW Conway, A Isomursu, G Follain, V Härmä… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Integrin-dependent adhesion to the extracellular matrix (ECM) mediates mechanosensing
and signaling in response to altered microenvironmental conditions. In order to provide …

Coordination of MAPK and p53 dynamics in the cellular responses to DNA damage and oxidative stress

RL Hanson, E Batchelor - Molecular systems biology, 2022 - embopress.org
In response to different cellular stresses, the transcription factor p53 undergoes different
dynamics. p53 dynamics, in turn, control cell fate. However, distinct stresses can generate …

SHANK3 depletion leads to ERK signalling overdose and cell death in KRAS-mutant cancers

J Lilja, J Kaivola, JRW Conway, J Vuorio… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The KRAS oncogene drives many common and highly fatal malignancies. These include
pancreatic, lung, and colorectal cancer, where various activating KRAS mutations have …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-to-cell variability in Myc dynamics drives transcriptional heterogeneity in cancer cells

C Liu, T Kudo, X Ye, K Gascoigne - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Cell-to-cell heterogeneity is vital for tumor evolution and survival. How cancer cells achieve
and exploit this heterogeneity remains an active area of research. Here, we identify c-Myc as …