2014
Extracellular matrix control of dendritic spine and synapse structure and plasticity in adulthood
Levy AD, Omar MH, Koleske AJ. Extracellular matrix control of dendritic spine and synapse structure and plasticity in adulthood. Frontiers In Neuroanatomy 2014, 8: 116. PMID: 25368556, PMCID: PMC4202714, DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDendritic spinesMost excitatory synapsesCentral nervous systemLate-onset diseaseBrain extracellular matrixExcitatory synapsesExtracellular matrixSynapse stabilityOnset diseaseNervous systemSpine stabilityAlzheimer's diseaseSynapse formationAdult spineSynapse structureAdult animalsSpineDiseaseNormal functionSpine structureCircuit functionCritical regulatorAdulthoodMeshwork of proteinsECM receptors
2011
An EGFR–Src–Arg–Cortactin Pathway Mediates Functional Maturation of Invadopodia and Breast Cancer Cell Invasion
Mader CC, Oser M, Magalhaes MA, Bravo-Cordero JJ, Condeelis J, Koleske AJ, Gil-Henn H. An EGFR–Src–Arg–Cortactin Pathway Mediates Functional Maturation of Invadopodia and Breast Cancer Cell Invasion. Cancer Research 2011, 71: 1730-1741. PMID: 21257711, PMCID: PMC3057139, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-10-1432.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer cell invasionActin polymerizationCancer cell invasionInvadopodium maturationCell invasionCortactin phosphorylationEGFR-SrcExtracellular matrixTumor cell invasionInvadopodia functionV-SrcProtein cortactinEpidermal growth factorKnockdown cellsInvadopodiaFunctional maturationMaster switchSrc overexpressionCandidate therapeutic targetInvasive carcinoma cellsECM degradationNovel mechanismPhosphorylationNovel mediatorArg activation