Search Results - "Gertler, Frank"
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Tks5 and SHIP2 Regulate Invadopodium Maturation, but Not Initiation, in Breast Carcinoma Cells
Published in Current biology (04-11-2013)“…Tks5 regulates invadopodium formation, but the precise timing during invadopodium lifetime (initiation, stabilization, maturation) when Tks5 plays a role is…”
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Distal Alternative Last Exons Localize mRNAs to Neural Projections
Published in Molecular cell (17-03-2016)“…Spatial restriction of mRNA to distinct subcellular locations enables local regulation and synthesis of proteins. However, the organizing principles of mRNA…”
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An EMT-driven alternative splicing program occurs in human breast cancer and modulates cellular phenotype
Published in PLoS genetics (01-08-2011)“…Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a mechanism important for embryonic development, plays a critical role during malignant transformation. While much is…”
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Three-dimensional microfluidic model for tumor cell intravasation and endothelial barrier function
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (21-08-2012)“…Entry of tumor cells into the blood stream is a critical step in cancer metastasis. Although significant progress has been made in visualizing tumor cell…”
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Ena/VASP: towards resolving a pointed controversy at the barbed end
Published in Journal of cell science (15-06-2009)“…Ena/VASP proteins are conserved regulators of actin dynamics that have important roles in several physiological processes such as morphogenesis, axon guidance,…”
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Acidification of Tumor at Stromal Boundaries Drives Transcriptome Alterations Associated with Aggressive Phenotypes
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-04-2019)“…Acidosis is a fundamental feature of the tumor microenvironment, which directly regulates tumor cell invasion by affecting immune cell function, clonal cell…”
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The receptor AXL diversifies EGFR signaling and limits the response to EGFR-targeted inhibitors in triple-negative breast cancer cells
Published in Science signaling (06-08-2013)“…The relationship between drug resistance, changes in signaling, and emergence of an invasive phenotype is well appreciated, but the underlying mechanisms are…”
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Integrin Signaling Switches the Cytoskeletal and Exocytic Machinery that Drives Neuritogenesis
Published in Developmental cell (18-05-2010)“…Neurons establish their unique morphology by elaborating multiple neurites that subsequently form axons and dendrites. Neurite initiation entails significant…”
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Mechanosensing during directed cell migration requires dynamic actin polymerization at focal adhesions
Published in The Journal of cell biology (02-12-2019)“…The mechanical properties of a cell's microenvironment influence many aspects of cellular behavior, including cell migration. Durotaxis, the migration toward…”
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The growth cone cytoskeleton in axon outgrowth and guidance
Published in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology (01-03-2011)“…Axon outgrowth and guidance to the proper target requires the coordination of filamentous (F)-actin and microtubules (MTs), the dynamic cytoskeletal polymers…”
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Differential Remodeling of Actin Cytoskeleton Architecture by Profilin Isoforms Leads to Distinct Effects on Cell Migration and Invasion
Published in Cancer cell (13-11-2012)“…Dynamic actin cytoskeletal reorganization is integral to cell motility. Profilins are well-characterized regulators of actin polymerization; however,…”
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Microenvironment-triggered multimodal precision diagnostics
Published in Nature materials (01-10-2021)“…Therapeutic outcomes in oncology may be aided by precision diagnostics that offer early detection, localization and the opportunity to monitor response to…”
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Tumor Microenvironment of Metastasis in Human Breast Carcinoma: A Potential Prognostic Marker Linked to Hematogenous Dissemination
Published in Clinical cancer research (01-04-2009)“…Purpose: Multiphoton-based intravital imaging has shown that invasive carcinoma cells in mouse and rat mammary tumors intravasate when associated with…”
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Actin foci facilitate activation of the phospholipase C-γ in primary T lymphocytes via the WASP pathway
Published in eLife (11-03-2015)“…Wiscott Aldrich Syndrome protein (WASP) deficiency results in defects in calcium ion signaling, cytoskeletal regulation, gene transcription and overall T cell…”
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Tumor Cell-Driven Extracellular Matrix Remodeling Drives Haptotaxis during Metastatic Progression
Published in Cancer discovery (01-05-2016)“…Fibronectin (FN) is a major component of the tumor microenvironment, but its role in promoting metastasis is incompletely understood. Here, we show that FN…”
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Loss of the Rap1 effector RIAM results in leukocyte adhesion deficiency due to impaired β2 integrin function in mice
Published in Blood (17-12-2015)“…Talin is an integrin adaptor, which controls integrin activity in all hematopoietic cells. How intracellular signals promote talin binding to the integrin tail…”
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Ena/VASP: proteins at the tip of the nervous system
Published in Current opinion in neurobiology (01-02-2008)“…The emergence of neurites from a symmetrical cell body is an essential feature of nervous system development. Neurites are the precursors of axons and…”
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Ena/VASP regulates mDia2-initiated filopodial length, dynamics, and function
Published in Molecular biology of the cell (01-09-2014)“…Filopodia are long plasma membrane extensions involved in the formation of adhesive, contractile, and protrusive actin-based structures in spreading and…”
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Rap1 and its effector RIAM are required for lymphocyte trafficking
Published in Blood (17-12-2015)“…Regulation of integrins is critical for lymphocyte adhesion to endothelium and trafficking through secondary lymphoid organs. Inside-out signaling to integrins…”
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Tumor microenvironment of metastasis and risk of distant metastasis of breast cancer
Published in JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute (01-08-2014)“…Tumor microenvironment of metastasis (TMEM), consisting of direct contact between a macrophage, an endothelial cell, and a tumor cell, has been associated with…”
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