Adherens junctions as molecular regulators of emergent tissue mechanics

O Campàs, I Noordstra, AS Yap - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Tissue and organ development during embryogenesis relies on the collective and
coordinated action of many cells. Recent studies have revealed that tissue material …

E-cadherin junctions as active mechanical integrators in tissue dynamics

T Lecuit, AS Yap - Nature cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
During epithelial morphogenesis, E-cadherin adhesive junctions play an important part in
mechanically coupling the contractile cortices of cells together, thereby distributing the …

Dynamic contacts: rearranging adherens junctions to drive epithelial remodelling

M Takeichi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2014 - nature.com
Epithelial cells display dynamic behaviours, such as rearrangement, movement and shape
changes, particularly during embryonic development and in equivalent processes in adults …

New insights into the regulation and cellular functions of the ARP2/3 complex

JD Rotty, C Wu, JE Bear - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract The actin-related protein 2/3 (ARP2/3) complex nucleates branched actin filament
networks, but requires nucleation promoting factors (NPFs) to stimulate this activity. NPFs …

Adherens junction: the ensemble of specialized cadherin clusters

SM Troyanovsky - Trends in cell biology, 2023 - cell.com
The cell–cell connections in adherens junctions (AJs) are mediated by transmembrane
receptors, type I cadherins (referred to here as cadherins). These cadherin-based …

Stress relaxation in epithelial monolayers is controlled by the actomyosin cortex

N Khalilgharibi, J Fouchard, N Asadipour, R Barrientos… - Nature physics, 2019 - nature.com
Epithelial monolayers are one-cell-thick tissue sheets that line most of the body surfaces,
separating internal and external environments. As part of their function, they must withstand …

Personalized immunotherapy against several neuronal and brain tumors

S Kuttruff-coqui, T Weinschenk, J Fritsche… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
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Mechanosensing and mechanotransduction at cell–cell junctions

K Duszyc, V Viasnoff - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2018 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Cell adhesion systems are defined by their ability to resist detachment force. Our
understanding of the biology of cell–cell adhesions has recently been transformed by the …

Contact inhibition (of proliferation) redux

AI McClatchey, AS Yap - Current opinion in cell biology, 2012 - Elsevier
It has long been appreciated that proliferation of many cells is inhibited by density, a
phenomenon that is often attributed to cell–cell contact. The basic properties of this …

Cadherin-mediated cell-cell interactions in normal and cancer cells

NA Gloushankova, SN Rubtsova, IY Zhitnyak - Tissue barriers, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Adherens junctions (AJs) are molecular complexes that mediate cell-cell adhesive
interactions and play pivotal roles in maintenance of tissue organization in adult organisms …