Nuclear–cytoskeletal linkages facilitate cross talk between the nucleus and intercellular adhesions

Interkinetic Nuclear Migration Is Centrosome Independent and Ensures Apical Cell Division to Maintain Tissue Integrity

(2015) Paulina J. Strzyz et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Microtubule-dependent transport and dynamics of vimentin intermediate filaments

(2015) Caroline Hookway et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Formation of adherens junctions leads to the emergence of a tissue-level tension in epithelial monolayers

(2014) A. R. Harris et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Actin dynamics modulate mechanosensitive immobilization of E-cadherin at adherens junctions

(2014) W. Engl et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Isolated nuclei adapt to force and reveal a mechanotransduction pathway in the nucleus

(2014) Christophe Guilluy et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Cortical F-actin stabilization generates apical–lateral patterns of junctional contractility that integrate cells into epithelia

(2014) Selwin K. Wu et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

β-Catenin protects the epidermis from mechanical stresses

(2013) Samriddha Ray et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Binding to F-actin guides cadherin cluster assembly, stability, and movement

(2013) Soonjin Hong et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Cadherin-based intercellular adhesions organize epithelial cell-matrix traction forces

(2013) A. F. Mertz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Desmosome assembly and dynamics

(2013) Oxana Nekrasova et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

The LINC-anchored actin cap connects the extracellular milieu to the nucleus for ultrafast mechanotransduction

(2013) Allison B. Chambliss et al.   Scientific Reports

LINC Complexes Form by Binding of Three KASH Peptides to Domain Interfaces of Trimeric SUN Proteins

(2012) Brian A. Sosa et al.   CELL

Noncentrosomal microtubules and type II myosins potentiate epidermal cell adhesion and barrier formation

(2012) Kaelyn D. Sumigray et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Tension is required but not sufficient for focal adhesion maturation without a stress fiber template

(2012) Patrick W. Oakes et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Differential positioning of adherens junctions is associated with initiation of epithelial folding

(2012) Yu-Chiun Wang et al.   NATURE

Structural basis for heteromeric assembly and perinuclear organization of keratin filaments

(2012) Chang-Hun Lee et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Scaling of Traction Forces with the Size of Cohesive Cell Colonies

(2012) Aaron F. Mertz et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

LINC Complexes Mediate the Positioning of Cone Photoreceptor Nuclei in Mouse Retina

(2012) David Razafsky et al.   PLoS One

E-cadherin is under constitutive actomyosin-generated tension that is increased at cell-cell contacts upon externally applied stretch

(2012) N. Borghi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2012) T. Zhao et al.   SCIENCE

The nuclear envelope protein Nesprin-2 has roles in cell proliferation and differentiation during wound healing

(2012) R.N. Rashmi et al.   Nucleus

Keeping the LINC: the importance of nucleocytoskeletal coupling in intracellular force transmission and cellular function

(2011) Maria L. Lombardi et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Adipocyte Lineage Cells Contribute to the Skin Stem Cell Niche to Drive Hair Cycling

(2011) Eric Festa et al.   CELL

The Interaction between Nesprins and Sun Proteins at the Nuclear Envelope Is Critical for Force Transmission between the Nucleus and Cytoskeleton

(2011) Maria L. Lombardi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Lis1 is essential for cortical microtubule organization and desmosome stability in the epidermis

(2011) Kaelyn D. Sumigray et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Desmosomal cadherins utilize distinct kinesins for assembly into desmosomes

(2011) Oxana E. Nekrasova et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Nesprin-3 augments peripheral nuclear localization of intermediate filaments in zebrafish

(2011) R. Postel et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The nucleoskeleton as a genome-associated dynamic 'network of networks'

(2011) Dan N. Simon et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Deconstructing the skin: cytoarchitectural determinants of epidermal morphogenesis

(2011) Cory L. Simpson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Tissue Organization by Cadherin Adhesion Molecules: Dynamic Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Morphogenetic Regulation

(2011) Carien M. Niessen et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Cell-ECM traction force modulates endogenous tension at cell-cell contacts

(2011) V. Maruthamuthu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanical Integration of Actin and Adhesion Dynamics in Cell Migration

(2010) Margaret L. Gardel et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

KASH protein Syne-2/Nesprin-2 and SUN proteins SUN1/2 mediate nuclear migration during mammalian retinal development

(2010) Juehua Yu et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Interfering with the connection between the nucleus and the cytoskeleton affects nuclear rotation, mechanotransduction and myogenesis

(2010) Michaela Brosig et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

Vinculin potentiates E-cadherin mechanosensing and is recruited to actin-anchored sites within adherens junctions in a myosin II–dependent manner

(2010) Quint le Duc et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Actomyosin Contraction at the Cell Rear Drives Nuclear Translocation in Migrating Cortical Interneurons

(2010) F. J. Martini et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Abnormal inner root sheath of the hair follicle in the loose anagen hair syndrome: An ultrastructural study

(2010) Paradi Mirmirani et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY

Measuring mechanical tension across vinculin reveals regulation of focal adhesion dynamics

(2010) Carsten Grashoff et al.   NATURE

α-Catenin as a tension transducer that induces adherens junction development

(2010) Shigenobu Yonemura et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Adherens junctions: from molecules to morphogenesis

(2010) Tony J. C. Harris et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Linear Arrays of Nuclear Envelope Proteins Harness Retrograde Actin Flow for Nuclear Movement

(2010) G. W. G. Luxton et al.   SCIENCE

Actomyosin Is the Main Driver of Interkinetic Nuclear Migration in the Retina

(2009) Caren Norden et al.   CELL

UNC-83 coordinates kinesin-1 and dynein activities at the nuclear envelope during nuclear migration

(2009) Heidi N. Fridolfsson et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Classical cadherins control nucleus and centrosome position and cell polarity

(2009) Isabelle Dupin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Physical forces during collective cell migration

(2009) Xavier Trepat et al.   Nature Physics

SUN1 and SUN2 play critical but partially redundant roles in anchoring nuclei in skeletal muscle cells in mice

(2009) K. Lei et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ACF7 Regulates Cytoskeletal-Focal Adhesion Dynamics and Migration and Has ATPase Activity

(2008) Xiaoyang Wu et al.   CELL

Nuclear Shape, Mechanics, and Mechanotransduction

(2008) Kris Noel Dahl et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Nesprin-2 Giant (NUANCE) maintains nuclear envelope architecture and composition in skin

(2008) Y. Luke et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Mechanotransduction at a distance: mechanically coupling the extracellular matrix with the nucleus

(2008) Ning Wang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY