Alpha‐actinin‐4 is essential for maintaining normal trophoblast proliferation and differentiation during early pregnancy

Trophoblastic proliferation and invasion regulated by ACTN4 is impaired in early onset preeclampsia

(2019) Wei Peng et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

ACTN4 regulates the stability of RIPK1 in melanoma

(2018) Yuan Yuan Zhang et al.   ONCOGENE

Single-cell RNA-seq reveals the diversity of trophoblast subtypes and patterns of differentiation in the human placenta 

(2018) Yawei Liu et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Acoustic Tweezing Cytometry Induces Rapid Initiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation

(2018) Tuğba Topal et al.   Scientific Reports

Self-Renewing Trophoblast Organoids Recapitulate the Developmental Program of the Early Human Placenta

(2018) Sandra Haider et al.   Stem Cell Reports

Actinin-1 and actinin-4 play essential but distinct roles in invadopodia formation by carcinoma cells

(2017) Hideki Yamaguchi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Trophoblast lineage specification, differentiation and their regulation by oxygen tension

(2017) Ching-Wen Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Direct inhibition of ACTN4 by ellagic acid limits breast cancer metastasis via regulation of β-catenin stabilization in cancer stem cells

(2017) Neng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH

Bio-inspired self-healing structural color hydrogel

(2017) Fanfan Fu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fine-Tuned and Cell-Cycle-Restricted Expression of Fusogenic Protein Syncytin-2 Maintains Functional Placental Syncytia

(2017) Xiaoyin Lu et al.   Cell Reports

Primate-specific miR-515 family members inhibit key genes in human trophoblast differentiation and are upregulated in preeclampsia

(2016) Ming Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Poly-L-ornithine enhances migration of neural stem/progenitor cells via promoting α-Actinin 4 binding to actin filaments

(2016) Hongfei Ge et al.   Scientific Reports

MTA3 regulates differentiation of human cytotrophoblast stem cells

(2015) Mariko Horii et al.   PLACENTA

Differentiation of first trimester cytotrophoblast to extravillous trophoblast involves an epithelial–mesenchymal transition

(2015) Sonia DaSilva-Arnold et al.   PLACENTA

OVO-like 1 regulates progenitor cell fate in human trophoblast development

(2015) Stephen J. Renaud et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular mechanisms of epithelial–mesenchymal transition

(2014) Samy Lamouille et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Formation of atypical podosomes in extravillous trophoblasts regulates extracellular matrix degradation

(2012) Anand Patel et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Actinin-4 in keratinocytes regulates motility via an effect on lamellipodia stability and matrix adhesions

(2012) Kevin J. Hamill et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Familial Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)-linked α-Actinin 4 (ACTN4) Protein Mutants Lose Ability to Activate Transcription by Nuclear Hormone Receptors

(2012) Simran Khurana et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Placental trophoblast cell differentiation: Physiological regulation and pathological relevance to preeclampsia

(2012) Lei Ji et al.   MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MEDICINE

IFPA Award in Placentology Lecture: Molecular regulation of human trophoblast invasion

(2011) M. Knöfler et al.   PLACENTA

Pre-eclampsia: fitting together the placental, immune and cardiovascular pieces

(2010) Joanna L James et al.   JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

α-Actinin-4 Is Essential for Maintaining the Spreading, Motility and Contractility of Fibroblasts

(2010) Hanshuang Shao et al.   PLoS One

Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transitions in Development and Disease

(2009) Jean Paul Thiery et al.   CELL

Epithelial-mesenchymal transitions: the importance of changing cell state in development and disease

(2009) Hervé Acloque et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Integrin Activation in Bovine Placentomes and in Caruncular Epithelial Cells Isolated from Pregnant Cows

(2008) Philip S. Bridger et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

α-Actinin structure and regulation

(2008) B. Sjöblom et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Snail and Slug Promote Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition through β-Catenin–T-Cell Factor-4-dependent Expression of Transforming Growth Factor-β3

(2008) Damian Medici et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL