March 2007

• Research Article: DCs metabolize sunlight-induced vitamin D3 to 'program' T cell attraction to the epidermal chemokine CCL27

  Sigmundsdottir H. et al.
  Nature Immunology 8, 285-293
  (2007); doi:10.1038/ni1433

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• News and Views: Vitamins in control of lymphocyte migration

  Mebius R.E.
  Nature Immunology 8, 229-230
  (2007); doi:10.1038/ni0307-229

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• Review: Frizzled/PCP signalling: a conserved mechanism regulating cell polarity and directed motility

  Seifert J.R.K., Mlodzik M.
  Nature Reviews Genetics 8, 126-138
  (2007); doi:10.1038/nrg2042

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• Research Article: Control of local actin assembly by membrane fusion-dependent compartment mixing

  Yu H.E., Bement W.M
  Nature Cell Biology 9, 149-159
  (2007); doi:10.1038/ncb1527

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• Report: Evidence That Focal Adhesion Complexes Power Bacterial Gliding Motility

  Mignot T., Shaevitz J.W., Hartzell P.L., Zusman D.R.
  Science 315, 853-856 (2007)
  doi: 10.1126/science.1137223

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• Report: Lamellipodial Actin Mechanically Links Myosin Activity with Adhesion-Site Formation

  Giannone G. et al.
  Cell 128, 561-575 (2007)
  doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.039

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• Report: Twisting of neocortical progenitor cells underlies a spring-like mechanism for daughter-cell migration

  Miyata T., Ogawa M.
  Curr Biol. 17, 146-51 (2007)
  doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.11.023

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• Report: PtdIns(3,4,5)P(3)-dependent and -independent roles for PTEN in the control of cell migration

  Leslie N.R., Yang X., Downes C.P., Weijer C.J.
  Curr Biol. 17, 115-125 (2007)
  doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.026

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• Report: Rac1 and Rac3 have opposing functions in cell adhesion and differentiation of neuronal cells

  Hajdo-Milasinovic A., Ellenbroek S.I.J., van Es S., van der Vaart B., Collard J.G.
  J Cell Sci. 120, 555-566 (2007)
  doi: 10.1242/jcs.03364

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• Article: IQGAP1 regulates cell motility by linking growth factor signaling to actin assembly

  Bensenor L.B. et al.
  J Cell Sci. 120, 658-669 (2007)
  doi: 10.1242/jcs.03376

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• Article: EHD1 regulates β integrin endosomal transport: effects on focal adhesions, cell spreading and migration

  Jovic M., Naslavsky N., Rapaport D., Horowitz M., Caplan S.
  J Cell Sci. 120, 802-814 (2007)
  doi: 10.1242/10.1242/jcs.03383

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• Article: Rac1-induced cell migration requires membrane recruitment of the nuclear oncogene SET

  ten Klooster J.P., van Leeuwen I., Scheres N., Anthony E.C., Hordijk P.L.
  EMBO Journal 26, 336–345 (2007)
  doi: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601518

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• Article: Somatic excision demonstrates that c-Jun induces cellular migration and invasion through induction of stem cell factor

  Katiyar S., Jiao X., Wagner E., Lisanti M.P., Pestell R.G.
  Mol Cell Biol. 27, 1356-1369 (2007)
  doi: 10.1128/MCB.01061-06

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• Article: Endogenous ARF6 interacts with Rac1 upon Angiotensin II stimulation to regulate membrane ruffling and cell migration

  Cotton M. et al.
  Mol Biol Cell. 8, 126-38 (2007)
  doi: 10.1091/mbc.E06-06-0567

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• Article: Caspase proteolysis of the integrin β4 subunit disrupts hemidesmosome assembly, promotes apoptosis, and inhibits cell migration

  Werner M.E. et al.
  J Biol Chem. 282, 3205-3212 (2007)
  doi: 10.1074/jbc.M607174200

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• Article: Calmodulin-like protein increases filopodia-dependent cell motility via up-regulation of myosin-10

  Bennett R.D., Mauer A.S., Strehler E.E.
  J Biol Chem. 282, 3205-3212 (2007)
  doi: 10.1074/jbc.M607174200

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• Article: Axonal-SMN (a-SMN), a protein isoform of the survival motor neuron gene, is specifically involved in axonogenesis

  Setola V. et al.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 104, 1959-64 (2007)
  doi: 10.1073/pnas.0610660104

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• Article: Prostate-derived ETS factor is a mediator of metastatic potential through the inhibition of migration and invasion in Breast Cancer

  Turner D.P., Moussa O., Sauane M., Fisher P.B., Watson D.K.
  Cancer Res. 67, 1618-1625 (2007)
  doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-2913

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• Article: Sp1 Is Required for Transforming Growth Factor-β-Induced Mesenchymal Transition and Migration in Pancreatic Cancer Cells

  Jungert K. et al.
  Cancer Res. 67, 1563-70 (2007)
  doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-1670

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• Article: Receptor for advanced glycation endproducts mediates neutrophil migration across intestinal epithelium

  Zen K., Chen C.X., Chen Y.T., Wilton R., Liu Y.
  J Immunol. 178, 2483-2490 (2007)

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• Article: TCR signaling antagonizes rapid IP-10-mediated transendothelial migration of effector memory CD4⁺ T cells

  Manes T.D., Shiao S.L., Dengler T.J., Pober J.S.
  J Immunol. 178, 3237-3243 (2007)

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• Article: Reelin regulates neuronal progenitor migration in intact and epileptic hippocampus

  Gong C., Wang T.W., Huang H.S., Parent J.M.
  J Neurosci. 21, 1803-11 (2007)
  doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3111-06.2007

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• Article: Phosphoinositides and Rho proteins spatially regulate actin polymerization to initiate and maintain directed movement in a one-dimensional model of a motile cell

  Dawes A.T., Edelstein-Keshet L.
  Biophys J. 92, 744-768 (2007)
  doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.090514

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• Article: Receptor-mediated and intrinsic polarization and their interaction in chemotaxing cells

  Krishnan J., Iglesias P.A.
  Biophys J. 92, 816-30 (2007)
  doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.087353

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