An updated look at actin dynamics in filopodia

The inverse BAR domain protein IBARa drives membrane remodeling to control osmoregulation, phagocytosis and cytokinesis

(2014) J. Linkner et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Maturation of Filopodia Shaft Adhesions Is Upregulated by Local Cycles of Lamellipodia Advancements and Retractions

(2014) Wei Hu et al.   PLoS One

Helical buckling of actin inside filopodia generates traction

(2014) Natascha Leijnse et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How filopodia pull: What we know about the mechanics and dynamics of filopodia

(2013) Thomas Bornschlögl   Cytoskeleton

Filopodium retraction is controlled by adhesion to its tip

(2013) Stephane Romero et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Specialized filopodia direct long-range transport of SHH during vertebrate tissue patterning

(2013) Timothy A. Sanders et al.   NATURE

Cadherin-dependent filopodia control preimplantation embryo compaction

(2013) Juan Carlos Fierro-González et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Islands of Conformational Stability for Filopodia

(2013) D. Robert Daniels et al.   PLoS One

Fluxes of Water through Aquaporin 9 Weaken Membrane-Cytoskeleton Anchorage and Promote Formation of Membrane Protrusions

(2013) Thommie Karlsson et al.   PLoS One

Membrane Elastic Properties and Cell Function

(2013) Bruno Pontes et al.   PLoS One

Filopodial retraction force is generated by cortical actin dynamics and controlled by reversible tethering at the tip

(2013) T. Bornschlogl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Formin mDia1 senses and generates mechanical forces on actin filaments

(2013) Antoine Jégou et al.   Nature Communications

The role of filopodia in the recognition of nanotopographies

(2013) Jörg Albuschies et al.   Scientific Reports

Macrophages lift off surface-bound bacteria using a filopodium-lamellipodium hook-and-shovel mechanism

(2013) Jens Möller et al.   Scientific Reports

FMNL2 Drives Actin-Based Protrusion and Migration Downstream of Cdc42

(2012) Jennifer Block et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Measuring forces at the leading edge: a force assay for cell motility

(2012) Brenda Farrell et al.   Integrative Biology

Effects of cholesterol on nano-mechanical properties of the living cell plasma membrane

(2012) Nima Khatibzadeh et al.   Soft Matter

Use the force: membrane tension as an organizer of cell shape and motility

(2012) Alba Diz-Muñoz et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

On the Mechanical Stabilization of Filopodia

(2011) Alexandra Zidovska et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cell Cytoskeleton and Tether Extraction

(2011) B. Pontes et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cofilin cooperates with fascin to disassemble filopodial actin filaments

(2011) D. Breitsprecher et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The 'ins' and 'outs' of podosomes and invadopodia: characteristics, formation and function

(2011) Danielle A. Murphy et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

The role of actin bundling proteins in the assembly of filopodia in epithelial cells

(2011) Seema Khurana et al.   Cell Adhesion & Migration

Filopodia and adhesion in cancer cell motility

(2011) Antti Arjonen et al.   Cell Adhesion & Migration

I-BAR domain proteins: linking actin and plasma membrane dynamics

(2010) Hongxia Zhao et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Autonomous right-screw rotation of growth cone filopodia drives neurite turning

(2010) Atsushi Tamada et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Filopodia: Complex models for simple rods

(2009) Jan Faix et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

Visualizing cellular processes at the molecular level by cryo-electron tomography

(2009) K. Ben-Harush et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The trip of the tip: understanding the growth cone machinery

(2009) Laura Anne Lowery et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Molecular noise of capping protein binding induces macroscopic instability in filopodial dynamics

(2009) Pavel I. Zhuravlev et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Clustering of VASP actively drives processive, WH2 domain-mediated actin filament elongation

(2008) Dennis Breitsprecher et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Building the actin cytoskeleton: filopodia contribute to the construction of contractile bundles in the lamella

(2008) Maria Nemethova et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Membrane-induced bundling of actin filaments

(2008) Allen P. Liu et al.   Nature Physics

Filopodia: molecular architecture and cellular functions

(2008) Pieta K. Mattila et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Membrane nanotubes: dynamic long-distance connections between animal cells

(2008) Daniel M. Davis et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Limits of Filopodium Stability

(2008) Sander Pronk et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Traction Dynamics of Filopodia on Compliant Substrates

(2008) C. E. Chan et al.   SCIENCE