2024
Competition and synergy of Arp2/3 and formins in nucleating actin waves
Le Chua X, San Tong C, Su M, Xǔ X, Xiao S, Wu X, Wu M. Competition and synergy of Arp2/3 and formins in nucleating actin waves. Cell Reports 2024, 43: 114423. PMID: 38968072, PMCID: PMC11378572, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActin wavesActin regulatory proteinsActin cytoskeletal networkConstitutively active mutantArp2/3 complexActin assemblyMonomeric actinActive Cdc42Cdc42-interactingCytoskeletal networkArp2/3Active mutantCellular processesRegulatory proteinsUpstream regulatorCdc42ActinPlasma membraneFMNL1Complex feedback loopsForminPhysiological stateDelayed recruitmentFeedback loopGTPaseCollective dynamics of actin and microtubule and its crosstalk mediated by FHDC1
San Tong C, Su M, Sun H, Le Chua X, Xiong D, Guo S, Raj R, Ong N, Lee A, Miao Y, Wu M. Collective dynamics of actin and microtubule and its crosstalk mediated by FHDC1. Frontiers In Cell And Developmental Biology 2024, 11: 1261117. PMID: 38567385, PMCID: PMC10985548, DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1261117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActin wavesActin polymerizationFormin-mediated actin polymerizationDynamics of actinMultiple cellular processesActin nucleationCell cortexCytoskeletal networkCellular processesMicrotubule networkCell divisionMicrotubule depolymerizationActinAntagonistic interplayMicrotubulesMolecular insightsProtein 1CellsCdc42Mast cellsConcurrent releaseDepolymerizationInteractionInhibition
2008
Nanobiotechnology and Cell Biology: Micro- and Nanofabricated Surfaces to Investigate Receptor-Mediated Signaling
Torres AJ, Wu M, Holowka D, Baird B. Nanobiotechnology and Cell Biology: Micro- and Nanofabricated Surfaces to Investigate Receptor-Mediated Signaling. Annual Review Of Biophysics 2008, 37: 265-288. PMID: 18573082, DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.36.040306.132651.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell biologySpatial regulationReceptor-mediated signalingCellular processesChemical modification schemesCellular interactionsFluorescence microscopyBiologySignalingCellsRegulationFundamental mechanismsReceptor systemImmune cellsNew informationEngineering toolsReceptorsPhysical environmentNew opportunities