Polarized microtubule dynamics directs cell mechanics and coordinates forces during epithelial morphogenesis

Forces shaping the Drosophila wing

(2017) M.C. Diaz de la Loza et al.   MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

A homeostatic apical microtubule network shortens cells for epithelial folding via a basal polarity shift

(2017) Michiko Takeda et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Microtubules acquire resistance from mechanical breakage through intralumenal acetylation

(2017) Zhenjie Xu et al.   SCIENCE

Mesenchymal Cell Invasion Requires Cooperative Regulation of Persistent Microtubule Growth by SLAIN2 and CLASP1

(2016) Benjamin P. Bouchet et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Self-repair promotes microtubule rescue

(2016) Charlotte Aumeier et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Photoswitchable Inhibitors of Microtubule Dynamics Optically Control Mitosis and Cell Death

(2015) Malgorzata Borowiak et al.   CELL

Regulation of tissue morphodynamics: an important role for actomyosin contractility

(2015) Michael J Siedlik et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Patterned Anchorage to the Apical Extracellular Matrix Defines Tissue Shape in the Developing Appendages of Drosophila

(2015) Robert P. Ray et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Microtubules self-repair in response to mechanical stress

(2015) Laura Schaedel et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Interplay of cell dynamics and epithelial tension during morphogenesis of the Drosophila pupal wing

(2015) Raphaël Etournay et al.   eLife

Active contraction of microtubule networks

(2015) Peter J Foster et al.   eLife

Drosophila Myosin-XX Functions as an Actin-Binding Protein To Facilitate the Interaction between Zyx102 and Actin

(2014) Yang Cao et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Prickle/spiny-legs isoforms control the polarity of the apical microtubule network in planar cell polarity

(2014) Jessica Olofsson et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Microtubules provide directional information for core PCP function

(2014) Maja Matis et al.   eLife

Forces in Tissue Morphogenesis and Patterning

(2013) Carl-Philipp Heisenberg et al.   CELL

PTEN Controls Junction Lengthening and Stability during Cell Rearrangement in Epithelial Tissue

(2013) Pierre-Luc Bardet et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Regulation of PCP by the Fat signaling pathway

(2013) M. Matis et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Mechanical state, material properties and continuous description of an epithelial tissue

(2012) I. Bonnet et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Growing Microtubules Push the Oocyte Nucleus to Polarize the Drosophila Dorsal-Ventral Axis

(2012) T. Zhao et al.   SCIENCE

Force Generation, Transmission, and Integration during Cell and Tissue Morphogenesis

(2011) Thomas Lecuit et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Cell Flow Reorients the Axis of Planar Polarity in the Wing Epithelium of Drosophila

(2010) Benoît Aigouy et al.   CELL

Hippo signaling: growth control and beyond

(2010) G. Halder et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Atypical Cadherins Dachsous and Fat Control Dynamics of Noncentrosomal Microtubules in Planar Cell Polarity

(2010) Toshiyuki Harumoto et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Fluidization of tissues by cell division and apoptosis

(2010) J. Ranft et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Polarised Population of Dynamic Microtubules Mediates Homeostatic Length Control in Animal Cells

(2010) Remigio Picone et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Tissue tectonics: morphogenetic strain rates, cell shape change and intercalation

(2009) Guy B Blanchard et al.   NATURE METHODS

Force-generation and dynamic instability of microtubule bundles

(2008) Liedewij Laan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA