Research Highlights
This is an archive of research highlights generated between June 2005 and August 2011. These highlights summarize and put into context must-read papers related to cell migration.
August 2010
Cell Polarity: ASPP2 gets a polarity complex
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The tumour suppressor ASPP2 is involved in the regulation of cell polarity.
Nature Reviews Cancer 10, 528 (2010)doi:10.1038/nrc2905
Cell motility: Swimming skills
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Amoebae and neutrophils can swim, and the mechanisms by which they do so share similarities with cell movement across a solid surface.
Nature Reviews Cancer 10, 530 - 531 (2010)doi:10.1038/nrc2891
Metastasis: It's nicer with DICER
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A new family of microRNAs induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastases formation by inhibiting DICER.
Nature Reviews Cancer 10, 530 - 531 (2010)doi:10.1038/nrc2910
Stem cells: To differentiate or not to differentiate?
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Epidermal stem cell differentiation is controlled by actin.
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 11, 540 - 541 (2010)doi:10.1038/nrm2943
B cell responses: Plasmablasts walk the line
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Plasmablasts migrate autonomously and take long, linear routes to the medulla.
Nature Reviews Immunology 10, 541 (2010)doi:10.1038/nri2828