The Actin-Binding Proteins Eps8 and Gelsolin Have Complementary Roles in Regulating the Growth and Stability of Mechanosensory Hair Bundles of Mammalian Cochlear Outer Hair Cells

Progressive hearing loss and gradual deterioration of sensory hair bundles in the ears of mice lacking the actin-binding protein Eps8L2

(2013) David N. Furness et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Regulation of Stereocilia Length by Myosin XVa and Whirlin Depends on the Actin-Regulatory Protein Eps8

(2011) Uri Manor et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Prestin-Driven Cochlear Amplification Is Not Limited by the Outer Hair Cell Membrane Time Constant

(2011) Stuart L. Johnson et al.   NEURON

Eps8 Regulates Hair Bundle Length and Functional Maturation of Mammalian Auditory Hair Cells

(2011) Valeria Zampini et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Roles of the Espin Actin-Bundling Proteins in the Morphogenesis and Stabilization of Hair Cell Stereocilia Revealed in CBA/CaJ Congenic Jerker Mice

(2011) Gabriella Sekerková et al.   PLoS Genetics

The cell biology of hearing

(2010) Martin Schwander et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Gelsolin Plays a Role in the Actin Polymerization Complex of Hair Cell Stereocilia

(2010) Philomena Mburu et al.   PLoS One

Otoferlin interacts with myosin VI: implications for maintenance of the basolateral synaptic structure of the inner hair cell

(2009) P. Heidrych et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Fast Adaptation and Ca2+ Sensitivity of the Mechanotransducer Require Myosin-XVa in Inner But Not Outer Cochlear Hair Cells

(2009) R. Stepanyan et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Twinfilin 2 Regulates Actin Filament Lengths in Cochlear Stereocilia

(2009) A. W. Peng et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Myosin IIIa boosts elongation of stereocilia by transporting espin 1 to the plus ends of actin filaments

(2009) Felipe T. Salles et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Linking genes underlying deafness to hair-bundle development and function

(2009) Christine Petit et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Localization of inner hair cell mechanotransducer channels using high-speed calcium imaging

(2009) Maryline Beurg et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Dynamic length regulation of sensory stereocilia

(2008) U MANOR et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY