Cell‐inspired all‐aqueous microfluidics: from intracellular liquid–liquid phase separation toward advanced biomaterials

Q Ma, Y Song, W Sun, J Cao, H Yuan… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Living cells have evolved over billions of years to develop structural and functional
complexity with numerous intracellular compartments that are formed due to liquid–liquid …

Walking to work: roles for class V myosins as cargo transporters

JA Hammer III, JR Sellers - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
Cells use molecular motors, such as myosins, to move, position and segregate their
organelles. Class V myosins possess biochemical and structural properties that should …

[HTML][HTML] Tau promotes neurodegeneration via DRP1 mislocalization in vivo

B DuBoff, J Götz, MB Feany - Neuron, 2012 - cell.com
Mitochondrial abnormalities have been documented in Alzheimer's disease and related
neurodegenerative disorders, but the causal relationship between mitochondrial changes …

α-Tubulin tyrosination and CLIP-170 phosphorylation regulate the initiation of dynein-driven transport in neurons

JJ Nirschl, MM Magiera, JE Lazarus, C Janke… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
Motor-cargo recruitment to microtubules is often the rate-limiting step of intracellular
transport, and defects in this recruitment can cause neurodegenerative disease. Here, we …
TP Lele, RB Dickinson, GG Gundersen - Journal of Cell Biology, 2018 - rupress.org
Positioning and sha** the nucleus represents a mechanical challenge for the migrating
cell because of its large size and resistance to deformation. Cells shape and position the …

Linking molecular motors to membrane cargo

A Akhmanova, JA Hammer III - Current opinion in cell biology, 2010 - Elsevier
Three types of motors, myosins, kinesins, and cytoplasmic dynein, cooperate to transport
intracellular membrane organelles. Transport of each cargo is determined by recruitment of …

Signal transduction meets vesicle traffic: the software and hardware of GLUT4 translocation

A Klip, Y Sun, TT Chiu, KP Foley - American Journal of …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Skeletal muscle is the major tissue disposing of dietary glucose, a function regulated by
insulin-elicited signals that impart mobilization of GLUT4 glucose transporters to the plasma …

[HTML][HTML] Local cytoskeletal and organelle interactions impact molecular-motor-driven early endosomal trafficking

AL Zajac, YE Goldman, ELF Holzbaur, EM Ostap - Current Biology, 2013 - cell.com
Background In the intracellular environment, motor-driven cargo must navigate a dense
cytoskeletal network among abundant organelles. Results We investigated the effects of the …

Reaction‐diffusion systems in intracellular molecular transport and control

S Soh, M Byrska… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical reactions make cells work only if the participating chemicals are delivered to
desired locations in a timely and precise fashion. Most research to date has focused on …