December 2011

• Post-translational regulation of the microtubule cytoskeleton: mechanisms and functions

  Carsten Janke, Jeannette Chloë Bulinski
  Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  doi: 10.1038/nrm3227

  Abstract

• Actin organization and dynamics in filamentous fungi

  Adokiye Berepiki, Alexander Lichius, Nick D. Read
  Nature Reviews Microbiology
  doi: 10.1038/nrmicro2666

  Abstract

• MYBPH, a transcriptional target of TTF-1, inhibits ROCK1, and reduces cell motility and metastasis

  Yasuyuki Hosono, Tomoya Yamaguchi, Eri Mizutani, Kiyoshi Yanagisawa, Chinatsu Arima, Shuta Tomida, Yukako Shimada, Michiyo Hiraoka, Seiichi Kato, Kohei Yokoi, Motoshi Suzuki, Takashi Takahashi
  The EMBO Journal
  doi: 10.1038/emboj.2011.416

  Abstract

• Systematic knockdown of epigenetic enzymes identifies a novel histone demethylase PHF8 overexpressed in prostate cancer with an impact on cell proliferation, migration and invasion

  M Björkman, P Östling, V Härmä, J Virtanen, J-P Mpindi, J Rantala, T Mirtti, T Vesterinen, M Lundin, A Sankila, A Rannikko, E Kaivanto, P Kohonen, O Kallioniemi, M Nees
  Oncogene
  doi: 10.1038/onc.2011.512

  Abstract

• IAPs regulate the plasticity of cell migration by directly targeting Rac1 for degradation

  Tripat Kaur Oberoi, Taner Dogan, Jennifer C Hocking, Rolf-Peter Scholz, Juliane Mooz, Carrie L Anderson, Christiaan Karreman, Dagmar Meyer zu Heringdorf, Gudula Schmidt, Mika Ruonala, Kazuhiko Namikawa, Gregory S Harms, Alejandro Carpy, Boris Macek, Reinhard W Köster, Krishnaraj Rajalingam
  The EMBO Journal
  doi: 10.1038/emboj.2011.423

  Abstract

• PTTG induces EMT through integrin αVβ3-focal adhesion kinase signaling in lung cancer cells

  P P Shah, M Y Fong, S S Kakar
  Oncogene
  doi: 10.1038/onc.2011.488

  Abstract

• Fibroblast polarization is a matrix-rigidity-dependent process controlled by focal adhesion mechanosensing

  Masha Prager-Khoutorsky, Alexandra Lichtenstein, Ramaswamy Krishnan, Kavitha Rajendran, Avi Mayo, Zvi Kam, Benjamin Geiger, Alexander D. Bershadsky
  Nature Cell Biology
  doi: 10.1038/ncb2370

  Abstract

• The function of integrin-linked kinase in normal and activated stellate cells: implications for fibrogenesis in wound healing

  Mahnoush S Shafiei, Don C Rockey
  Laboratory Investigation
  doi: 10.1038/labinvest.2011.155

  Abstract

• The podocyte cytoskeleton—key to a functioning glomerulus in health and disease

  Gavin I. Welsh, Moin A. Saleem
  Nature Reviews Nephrology
  doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2011.151

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• Myosin-5, kinesin-1 and myosin-17 cooperate in secretion of fungal chitin synthase

  Martin Schuster, Steffi Treitschke, Sreedhar Kilaru, Justin Molloy, Nicholas J Harmer, Gero Steinberg
  The EMBO Journal
  doi: 10.1038/emboj.2011.361

  Abstract

• Cellular and molecular mechanisms of renal fibrosis

  Youhua Liu
  Nature Reviews Nephrology
  doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2011.149

  Abstract

• Overexpressed hPTTG1 promotes breast cancer cell invasion and metastasis by regulating GEF-H1/RhoA signalling

  Y C Liao, J W Ruan, I Lua, M H Li, W L Chen, J R Y Wang, R H Kao, J H Chen
  Oncogene
  doi: 10.1038/onc.2011.476

  Abstract

• Fascin, a novel marker of human hepatic stellate cells, may regulate their proliferation, migration, and collagen gene expression through the FAK-PI3K-Akt pathway

  Naoki Uyama, Yuji Iimuro, Norifumi Kawada, Hendrik Reynaert, Kazuhiro Suzumura, Tadamichi Hirano, Nobukazu Kuroda, Jiro Fujimoto
  Laboratory Investigation
  doi: 10.1038/labinvest.2011.150

  Abstract

• The emerging functions of septins in metazoans

  Juha Saarikangas, Yves Barral
  EMBO reports
  doi: 10.1038/embor.2011.193

  Abstract

• Epithelial–mesenchymal transition in malignant mesothelioma

  Ambrogio Fassina, Rocco Cappellesso, Vincenza Guzzardo, Lisa Dalla Via, Stefano Piccolo, Laura Ventura, Matteo Fassan
  Modern Pathology
  doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2011.144

  Abstract

• The nucleoskeleton as a genome-associated dynamic 'network of networks'

  Dan N. Simon, Katherine L. Wilson
  Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  doi: 10.1038/nrm3207

  Abstract

• Using the Drosophila melanogaster D17-c3 cell culture system to study cell motility

  Joshua D Currie, Stephen L Rogers
  Nature Protocols
  doi: 10.1038/nprot.2011.397

  Abstract

• Fibronectin Expression Determines Skin Cell Motile Behavior

  Kevin J Hamill, Susan B Hopkinson, Paul Hoover, Viktor Todorović, Kathleen J Green, Jonathan C R Jones
  Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  doi: 10.1038/jid.2011.297

  Abstract