Featured Articles
Each month we showcase exciting new cell migration articles from the literature.
May 2008
Mammary development: Collective migration without protrusions
Standfirst
Mammary branching morphogenesis results from the transition of a bilayered epithelium into a multilayered epithelium, followed by a mechanism of collective migration where cells do not form leading protrusions.
Original research paper: Dev. Cell 14, 570-581 (2008)
Differential signalling: For quiescence or for migration?
Standfirst
Angiogenesis and vascular quiescence are regulated by the Tie2 receptor tyrosine kinase and its ligand Angiopoietin-1 through the activation of different signalling cascades at cell–cell and cell–matrix contacts.
Original research papers: Nat. Cell Biol. 10, 513-526 (2008); Nat. Cell Biol. 10, 527-537 (2008)