Christoph Ballestrem
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Tandon B, Aguilar Cosme J, Xue R, Srirussamee K, Aguilar-Tadeo J, Ballestrem C, et al.
Biomater Adv
. 2025 Mar;
173:214283.
PMID: 40086006
Bone tissue engineering has emerged as a promising approach to address the challenges of bone fracture repair and regeneration. The application of external stimuli (mechanical and electrical) can drive specific...
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Fulle J, de Almeida R, Lawless C, Stockdale L, Yanes B, Lane E, et al.
Mol Cell Proteomics
. 2024 Feb;
23(3):100735.
PMID: 38342409
Desmosomes are multiprotein adhesion complexes that link intermediate filaments to the plasma membrane, ensuring the mechanical integrity of cells across tissues, but how they participate in the wider signaling network...
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Li X, Goult B, Ballestrem C, Zacharchenko T
Open Biol
. 2023 Jun;
13(6):230058.
PMID: 37339751
Adhesion between cells and the extracellular matrix is mediated by heterodimeric () integrin receptors that are intracellularly linked to the contractile actomyosin machinery. One of the proteins that control this...
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Mana G, Valdembri D, Askari J, Li Z, Caswell P, Zhu C, et al.
Life Sci Alliance
. 2022 Nov;
6(2).
PMID: 36410791
Modulation of integrin function is required in many physiological and pathological settings, such as angiogenesis and cancer. Integrin allosteric changes, clustering, and trafficking cooperate to regulate cell adhesion and motility...
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Atherton P, Konstantinou R, Neo S, Wang E, Balloi E, Ptushkina M, et al.
J Cell Biol
. 2022 Sep;
221(10).
PMID: 36074065
The formation of healthy tissue involves continuous remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Whilst it is known that this requires integrin-associated cell-ECM adhesion sites (CMAs) and actomyosin-mediated forces, the underlying...
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Desmosome dualism - most of the junction is stable, but a plakophilin moiety is persistently dynamic
Fulle J, Huppert H, Liebl D, Liu J, de Almeida R, Yanes B, et al.
J Cell Sci
. 2021 Oct;
134(21).
PMID: 34635908
Desmosomes, strong cell-cell junctions of epithelia and cardiac muscle, link intermediate filaments to cell membranes and mechanically integrate cells across tissues, dissipating mechanical stress. They comprise five major protein classes...
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Wang D, Melero C, Albaraky A, Atherton P, Jansen K, Dimitracopoulos A, et al.
Exp Cell Res
. 2021 Sep;
407(2):112805.
PMID: 34487728
Integrin receptors are transmembrane proteins that bind to the extracellular matrix (ECM). In most animal cell types integrins cluster together with adaptor proteins at focal adhesions that sense and respond...
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Atherton P, Lausecker F, Carisey A, Gilmore A, Critchley D, Barsukov I, et al.
J Cell Biol
. 2019 Dec;
219(1).
PMID: 31816055
Talin, vinculin, and paxillin are core components of the dynamic link between integrins and actomyosin. Here, we study the mechanisms that mediate their activation and association using a mitochondrial-targeting assay,...
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Wang P, Wu J, Wood A, Jones M, Pedley R, Li W, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2019 Dec;
9(1):18400.
PMID: 31804547
Vinculin is an essential component of cell adhesion complexes, where it regulates the strength and stability of adhesions. Whilst the role of vinculin in cell motility is well established, it...
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Melero C, Kolmogorova A, Atherton P, Derby B, Reid A, Jansen K, et al.
J Vis Exp
. 2019 Oct;
(152).
PMID: 31657796
Cells sense a variety of extracellular cues, including the composition and geometry of the extracellular matrix, which is synthesized and remodeled by the cells themselves. Here, we present the method...