Featured Articles
Each month we showcase exciting new cell migration articles from the literature.
January 2009
Dendritic cell migration: Coupling movement and antigen processing
Standfirst
The major histocompatibility complex class II-associated invariant chain (Ii) regulates dendritic cell movement by controlling myosin-II activity, thus providing a mechanism to coordinate antigen processing and migration.
Original research paper: Science 322, 1705-1710 (2009)
Neural Crest migration: Guided by contact
Standfirst
Contact inhibition of locomotion is important for the directional migration of neural crest cells and requires non-canonical Wnt signalling.
Original research paper: Nature 456, 957-961 (2009)