Zens B, Fäßler F, Hansen J, Hauschild R, Datler J, Hodirnau V-V, Zheden V, Alanko JH, Sixt MK, Schur FK. 2024. Lift-out cryo-FIBSEM and cryo-ET reveal the ultrastructural landscape of extracellular matrix. Journal of Cell Biology. 223(6), e202309125.

Leithner AF, Merrin J, Sixt MK. 2023.En-Face Imaging of T Cell-Dendritic Cell Immunological Synapses. In: The Immune Synapse. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 2654, 137–147.

Riedl M, Sixt MK. 2023. The excitable nature of polymerizing actin and the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11, 1287420.

Riedl M, Mayer ID, Merrin J, Sixt MK, Hof B. 2023. Synchronization in collectively moving inanimate and living active matter. Nature Communications. 14, 5633.

Sitarska E, Almeida SD, Beckwith MS, Stopp JA, Czuchnowski J, Siggel M, Roessner R, Tschanz A, Ejsing C, Schwab Y, Kosinski J, Sixt MK, Kreshuk A, Erzberger A, Diz-Muñoz A. 2023. Sensing their plasma membrane curvature allows migrating cells to circumvent obstacles. Nature Communications. 14, 5644.

Alanko JH, Ucar MC, Canigova N, Stopp JA, Schwarz J, Merrin J, Hannezo EB, Sixt MK. 2023. CC acts as both a sensor and a sink for CCL19 to coordinate collective leukocyte migration. Science Immunology. 8(87), ad84.

Assen FP, Abe J, Hons M, Hauschild R, Shamipour S, Kaufmann W, Costanzo T, Krens G, Brown M, Ludewig B, Hippenmeyer S, Heisenberg C-PJ, Weninger W, Hannezo EB, Luther SA, Stein JV, Sixt MK. 2022. Multitier mechanics control stromal adaptations in swelling lymph nodes. Nature Immunology. 23, 1246–1255.

Tomasek K, Leithner AF, Glatzová I, Lukesch MS, Guet CC, Sixt MK. 2022. Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to C. eLife. 11, e78995.

Cremer S, Sixt MK. 2022. Principles of disease defence in organisms, superorganisms and societies. Nature Reviews Immunology. 22(12), 713–714.

Stopp JA, Sixt MK. 2022. Plan your trip before you leave: The neutrophils’ search-and-run journey. Journal of Cell Biology. 221(8), e202206127.

Gaertner F, Reis-Rodrigues P, de Vries I, Hons M, Aguilera J, Riedl M, Leithner AF, Tasciyan S, Kopf A, Merrin J, Zheden V, Kaufmann W, Hauschild R, Sixt MK. 2022. WASp triggers mechanosensitive actin patches to facilitate immune cell migration in dense tissues. Developmental Cell. 57(1), 47–62.e9.

Vaahtomeri K, Moussion C, Hauschild R, Sixt MK. 2021. Shape and function of interstitial chemokine CCL21 gradients are independent of heparan sulfates produced by lymphatic endothelium. Frontiers in Immunology. 12, 630002.

Gärtner FR, Sixt MK. 2021. Engaging the front wheels to drive through fibrous terrain. Developmental Cell. 56(6), 723–725.

Zisis T, Schwarz J, Balles M, Kretschmer M, Nemethova M, Chait RP, Hauschild R, Lange J, Guet CC, Sixt MK, Zahler S. 2021. Sequential and switchable patterning for studying cellular processes under spatiotemporal control. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 13(30), 35545–35560.

Stahnke S, Döring H, Kusch C, de Gorter DJJ, Dütting S, Guledani A, Pleines I, Schnoor M, Sixt MK, Geffers R, Rohde M, Müsken M, Kage F, Steffen A, Faix J, Nieswandt B, Rottner K, Stradal TEB. 2021. Loss of Hem1 disrupts macrophage function and impacts migration, phagocytosis, and integrin-mediated adhesion. Current Biology. 31(10), 2051–2064.e8.

Leithner AF, Altenburger L, Hauschild R, Assen FP, Rottner K, TEB S, Diz-Muñoz A, Stein J, Sixt MK. 2021. Dendritic cell actin dynamics control contact duration and priming efficiency at the immunological synapse. Journal of Cell Biology. 220(4), e202006081.

Tomasek K, Leithner AF, Glatzová I, Lukesch MS, Guet CC, Sixt MK. Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to C. bioRxiv,10.1101/2021.10.18.464770 .

Obeidy P, Ju LA, Oehlers SH, Zulkhernain NS, Lee Q, Galeano Niño JL, Kwan RYQ, Tikoo S, Cavanagh LL, Mrass P, Cook AJL, Jackson SP, Biro M, Roediger B, Sixt MK, Weninger W. 2020. Partial loss of actin nucleator actin-related protein 2/3 activity triggers blebbing in primary T lymphocytes. Immunology and Cell Biology. 98(2), 93–113.

Jankowiak G, Peurichard D, Reversat A, Schmeiser C, Sixt MK. 2020. Modeling adhesion-independent cell migration. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences. 30(3), 513–537.

Kopf A, Renkawitz J, Hauschild R, Girkontaite I, Tedford K, Merrin J, Thorn-Seshold O, Trauner D, Häcker H, Fischer KD, Kiermaier E, Sixt MK. 2020. Microtubules control cellular shape and coherence in amoeboid migrating cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(6), e201907154.

Sixt MK, Lämmermann T. 2020. T cells: Bridge-and-channel commute to the white pulp. Immunity. 52(5), 721–723.

Damiano-Guercio J, Kurzawa L, Müller J, Dimchev GA, Schaks M, Nemethova M, Pokrant T, Brühmann S, Linkner J, Blanchoin L, Sixt MK, Rottner K, Faix J. 2020. Loss of Ena/VASP interferes with lamellipodium architecture, motility and integrin-dependent adhesion. eLife. 9, e55351.

Salzer E, Zoghi S, Kiss MG, Kage F, Rashkova C, Stahnke S, Haimel M, Platzer R, Caldera M, Ardy RC, Hoeger B, Block J, Medgyesi D, Sin C, Shahkarami S, Kain R, Ziaee V, Hammerl P, Bock C, Menche J, Dupré L, Huppa JB, Sixt MK, Lomakin A, Rottner K, Binder CJ, Stradal TEB, Rezaei N, Boztug K. 2020. The cytoskeletal regulator HEM1 governs B cell development and prevents autoimmunity. Science Immunology. 5(49), eab79.

Montesinos López JC, Abuzeineh A, Kopf A, Juanes Garcia A, Ötvös K, Petrásek J, Sixt MK, Benková E. 2020. Phytohormone cytokinin guides microtubule dynamics during cell progression from proliferative to differentiated stage. The Embo Journal. 39(17), e104238.

Reversat A, Gärtner FR, Merrin J, Stopp JA, Tasciyan S, Aguilera Servin JL, de Vries I, Hauschild R, Hons M, Piel M, Callan-Jones A, Voituriez R, Sixt MK. 2020. Cellular locomotion using environmental topography. Nature. 582, 582–585.

Sixt MK, Huttenlocher A. 2020. Zena Werb (1945-2020): Cell biology in context. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(8), e202007029.

Yamada K, Sixt MK. 2019. Mechanisms of 3D cell migration. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 20(12), 738–752.

Kopf A, Sixt MK. 2019. Gut homeostasis: Active migration of intestinal epithelial cells in tissue renewal. Current Biology. 29(20), 91–93.

Yolland L, Burki M, Marcotti S, Luchici A, Kenny FN, Davis JR, Serna-Morales E, Müller J, Sixt MK, Davidson A, Wood W, Schumacher LJ, Endres RG, Miodownik M, Stramer BM. 2019. Persistent and polarized global actin flow is essential for directionality during cell migration. Nature Cell Biology. 21(11), 1370–1381.

Renkawitz J, Kopf A, Stopp JA, de Vries I, Driscoll MK, Merrin J, Hauschild R, Welf ES, Danuser G, Fiolka R, Sixt MK. 2019. Nuclear positioning facilitates amoeboid migration along the path of least resistance. Nature. 568, 546–550.

Kopf A, Sixt MK. 2019. The neural crest pitches in to remove apoptotic debris. Cell. 179(1), 51–53.

Casano AM, Sixt MK. 2018. A fat lot of good for wound healing. Developmental Cell. 44(4), 405–406.

Leithner AF, Renkawitz J, de Vries I, Hauschild R, Haecker H, Sixt MK. 2018. Fast and efficient genetic engineering of hematopoietic precursor cells for the study of dendritic cell migration. European Journal of Immunology. 48(6), 1074–1077.

Reversat A, Sixt MK. 2018. IgM’s exit route. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 215(12), 2959–2961.

Brown M, Johnson L, Leone D, Májek P, Vaahtomeri K, Senfter D, Bukosza N, Schachner H, Asfour G, Langer B, Hauschild R, Parapatics K, Hong Y, Bennett K, Kain R, Detmar M, Sixt MK, Jackson D, Kerjaschki D. 2018. Lymphatic exosomes promote dendritic cell migration along guidance cues. Journal of Cell Biology. 217(6), 2205–2221.

Hross S, Theis FJ, Sixt MK, Hasenauer J. 2018. Mechanistic description of spatial processes using integrative modelling of noise-corrupted imaging data. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 15(149), 20180600.

Renkawitz J, Reversat A, Leithner AF, Merrin J, Sixt MK. 2018.Micro-engineered “pillar forests” to study cell migration in complex but controlled 3D environments. In: Methods in Cell Biology. vol. 147, 79–91.

Alanko JH, Sixt MK. 2018. The cell sets the tone. eLife. 7, e37888.

Dolati S, Kage F, Mueller J, Müsken M, Kirchner M, Dittmar G, Sixt MK, Rottner K, Falcke M. 2018. On the relation between filament density, force generation, and protrusion rate in mesenchymal cell motility. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 29(22), 2674–2686.

Moalli F, Ficht X, Germann P, Vladymyrov M, Stolp B, de Vries I, Lyck R, Balmer J, Fiocchi A, Kreutzfeldt M, Merkler D, Iannacone M, Ariga A, Stoffel MH, Sharpe J, Bähler M, Sixt MK, Diz-Muñoz A, Stein JV. 2018. The Rho regulator Myosin IXb enables nonlymphoid tissue seeding of protective C+T cells. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2015(7), 1869–1890.

Brown M, Assen FP, Leithner AF, Abe J, Schachner H, Asfour G, Bagó Horváth Z, Stein J, Uhrin P, Sixt MK, Kerjaschki D. 2018. Lymph node blood vessels provide exit routes for metastatic tumor cell dissemination in mice. Science. 359(6382), 1408–1411.

Hons M, Kopf A, Hauschild R, Leithner AF, Gärtner FR, Abe J, Renkawitz J, Stein J, Sixt MK. 2018. Chemokines and integrins independently tune actin flow and substrate friction during intranodal migration of T cells. Nature Immunology. 19(6), 606–616.

Spira F, Cuylen Haering S, Mehta S, Samwer M, Reversat A, Verma A, Oldenbourg R, Sixt MK, Gerlich D. 2017. Cytokinesis in vertebrate cells initiates by contraction of an equatorial actomyosin network composed of randomly oriented filaments. eLife. 6, e30867.

Gärtner FR, Ahmad Z, Rosenberger G, Fan S, Nicolai L, Busch B, Yavuz G, Luckner M, Ishikawa Ankerhold H, Hennel R, Benechet A, Lorenz M, Chandraratne S, Schubert I, Helmer S, Striednig B, Stark K, Janko M, Böttcher R, Verschoor A, Leon C, Gachet C, Gudermann T, Mederos Y Schnitzler M, Pincus Z, Iannacone M, Haas R, Wanner G, Lauber K, Sixt MK, Massberg S. 2017. Migrating platelets are mechano scavengers that collect and bundle bacteria. Cell Press. 171(6), 1368–1382.

Kage F, Winterhoff M, Dimchev V, Müller J, Thalheim T, Freise A, Brühmann S, Kollasser J, Block J, Dimchev GA, Geyer M, Schnittler H, Brakebusch C, Stradal T, Carlier M, Sixt MK, Käs J, Faix J, Rottner K. 2017. FMNL formins boost lamellipodial force generation. Nature Communications. 8, 14832.

Horsthemke M, Bachg A, Groll K, Moyzio S, Müther B, Hemkemeyer S, Wedlich Söldner R, Sixt MK, Tacke S, Bähler M, Hanley P. 2017. Multiple roles of filopodial dynamics in particle capture and phagocytosis and phenotypes of Cd and Myo10 deletion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(17), 7258–7273.

Vaahtomeri K, Brown M, Hauschild R, de Vries I, Leithner AF, Mehling M, Kaufmann W, Sixt MK. 2017. Locally triggered release of the chemokine CCL21 promotes dendritic cell transmigration across lymphatic endothelia. Cell Reports. 19(5), 902–909.

Schwarz J, Bierbaum V, Vaahtomeri K, Hauschild R, Brown M, de Vries I, Leithner AF, Reversat A, Merrin J, Tarrant T, Bollenbach MT, Sixt MK. 2017. Dendritic cells interpret haptotactic chemokine gradients in a manner governed by signal to noise ratio and dependent on GRK6. Current Biology. 27(9), 1314–1325.

Veß A, Blache U, Leitner L, Kurz A, Ehrenpfordt A, Sixt MK, Posern G. 2017. A dual phenotype of MDA MB 468 cancer cells reveals mutual regulation of tensin3 and adhesion plasticity. Journal of Cell Science. 130(13), 2172–2184.

Müller J, Sixt MK. 2017. Cell migration: Making the waves. Current Biology. 27(1), –.

Mueller J, Szep G, Nemethova M, de Vries I, Lieber A, Winkler C, Kruse K, Small J, Schmeiser C, Keren K, Hauschild R, Sixt MK. 2017. Load adaptation of lamellipodial actin networks. Cell. 171(1), 188–200.

Assen FP, Sixt MK. 2017. The dynamic cytokine niche. Immunity. 46(4), 519–520.

Ebner F, Sedlyarov V, Tasciyan S, Ivin M, Kratochvill F, Gratz N, Kenner L, Villunger A, Sixt MK, Kovarik P. 2017. The RNA-binding protein tristetraprolin schedules apoptosis of pathogen-engaged neutrophils during bacterial infection. The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 127(6), 2051–2065.

Salzer E, Ça7daf D, Hons M, Mace E, Garncarz W, Petronczki O, Platzer R, Pfajfer L, Bilic I, Ban S, Willmann K, Mukherjee M, Supper V, Hsu H, Banerjee P, Sinha P, Mcclanahan F, Zlabinger G, Pickl W, Gribben J, Stockinger H, Bennett K, Huppa J, Dupré L, Sanal Ö, Jäger U, Sixt MK, Tezcan I, Orange J, Boztug K. 2016. RASGR deficiency causes immunodeficiency with impaired cytoskeletal dynamics. Nature Immunology. 17(12), 1352–1360.

Martins R, Maier J, Gorki A, Huber K, Sharif O, Starkl P, Saluzzo S, Quattrone F, Gawish R, Lakovits K, Aichinger M, Radic Sarikas B, Lardeau C, Hladik A, Korosec A, Brown M, Vaahtomeri K, Duggan M, Kerjaschki D, Esterbauer H, Colinge J, Eisenbarth S, Decker T, Bennett K, Kubicek S, Sixt MK, Superti Furga G, Knapp S. 2016. Heme drives hemolysis-induced susceptibility to infection via disruption of phagocyte functions. Nature Immunology. 17(12), 1361–1372.

Renkawitz J, Sixt MK. 2016. A Radical Break Restraining Neutrophil Migration. Developmental Cell. 38(5), 448–450.

Schwarz J, Bierbaum V, Merrin J, Frank T, Hauschild R, Bollenbach MT, Tay S, Sixt MK, Mehling M. 2016. A microfluidic device for measuring cell migration towards substrate bound and soluble chemokine gradients. Scientific Reports. 6, 36440.

Renkawitz J, Sixt MK. 2016. Formin’ a nuclear protection. Cell. 167(6), 1448–1449.

Paluch E, Aspalter I, Sixt MK. 2016. Focal adhesion-independent cell migration. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 32, 469–490.

Russo E, Teijeira A, Vaahtomeri K, Willrodt A, Bloch J, Nitschké M, Santambrogio L, Kerjaschki D, Sixt MK, Halin C. 2016. Intralymphatic CCL21 promotes tissue egress of dendritic cells through afferent lymphatic vessels. Cell Reports. 14(7), 1723–1734.

Kiermaier E, Moussion C, Veldkamp C, Gerardy  Schahn R, de Vries I, Williams L, Chaffee G, Phillips A, Freiberger F, Imre R, Taleski D, Payne R, Braun A, Förster R, Mechtler K, Mühlenhoff M, Volkman B, Sixt MK. 2016. Polysialylation controls dendritic cell trafficking by regulating chemokine recognition. Science. 351(6269), 186–190.

Schwarz J, Sixt MK. 2016. Quantitative analysis of dendritic cell haptotaxis. Methods in Enzymology. 570, 567–581.

Leithner AF, Eichner A, Müller J, Reversat A, Brown M, Schwarz J, Merrin J, De Gorter D, Schur FK, Bayerl J, de Vries I, Wieser S, Hauschild R, Lai F, Moser M, Kerjaschki D, Rottner K, Small V, Stradal T, Sixt MK. 2016. Diversified actin protrusions promote environmental exploration but are dispensable for locomotion of leukocytes. Nature Cell Biology. 18, 1253–1259.

Maiuri P, Rupprecht J, Wieser S, Ruprecht V, Bénichou O, Carpi N, Coppey M, De Beco S, Gov N, Heisenberg C-PJ, Lage Crespo C, Lautenschlaeger F, Le Berre M, Lennon Duménil A, Raab M, Thiam H, Piel M, Sixt MK, Voituriez R. 2015. Actin flows mediate a universal coupling between cell speed and cell persistence. Cell. 161(2), 374–386.

Heger K, Kober M, Rieß D, Drees C, de Vries I, Bertossi A, Roers A, Sixt MK, Schmidt Supprian M. 2015. A novel Cre recombinase reporter mouse strain facilitates selective and efficient infection of primary immune cells with adenoviral vectors. European Journal of Immunology. 45(6), 1614–1620.

Hons M, Sixt MK. 2015. The lymph node filter revealed. Nature Immunology. 16(4), 338–340.

Chabaud M, Heuzé M, Bretou M, Vargas P, Maiuri P, Solanes P, Maurin M, Terriac E, Le Berre M, Lankar D, Piolot T, Adelstein R, Zhang Y, Sixt MK, Jacobelli J, Bénichou O, Voituriez R, Piel M, Lennon Duménil A. 2015. Cell migration and antigen capture are antagonistic processes coupled by myosin II in dendritic cells. Nature Communications. 6, 7526.

Sixt MK, Raz E. 2015. Editorial overview: Cell adhesion and migration. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 36(10), 4–6.

Sarris M, Sixt MK. 2015. Navigating in tissue mazes: Chemoattractant interpretation in complex environments. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 36(10), 93–102.

Kiermaier E, Sixt MK. 2015. Fragmented communication between immune cells: Neutrophils blaze a trail with migratory cues for T cells to follow to sites of infection. Science. 349(6252), 1055–1056.

Holst K, Guseva D, Schindler S, Sixt MK, Braun A, Chopra H, Pabst O, Ponimaskin E. 2015. The serotonin receptor 5-HR regulates the morphology and migratory properties of dendritic cells. Journal of Cell Science. 128(15), 2866–2880.

Veldkamp C, Kiermaier E, Gabel Eissens S, Gillitzer M, Lippner D, Disilvio F, Mueller C, Wantuch P, Chaffee G, Famiglietti M, Zgoba D, Bailey A, Bah Y, Engebretson S, Graupner D, Lackner E, Larosa V, Medeiros T, Olson M, Phillips A, Pyles H, Richard A, Schoeller S, Touzeau B, Williams L, Sixt MK, Peterson F. 2015. Solution structure of CCL19 and identification of overlapping CC and PSGL-1 binding sites. Biochemistry. 54(27), 4163–4166.

Ruprecht V, Wieser S, Callan Jones A, Smutny M, Morita H, Sako K, Barone V, Ritsch Marte M, Sixt MK, Voituriez R, Heisenberg C-PJ. 2015. Cortical contractility triggers a stochastic switch to fast amoeboid cell motility. Cell. 160(4), 673–685.

Sixt MK, Vaahtomeri K. 2014. Physiology: Relax and come in. Nature. 514(7523), 441–442.

Konradi S, Yasmin N, Haslwanter D, Weber M, Gesslbauer B, Sixt MK, Strobl H. 2014. Langerhans cell maturation is accompanied by induction of N-cadherin and the transcriptional regulators of epithelial-mesenchymal transition ZE/2. European Journal of Immunology. 44(2), 553–560.

Majumdar R, Sixt MK, Parent C. 2014. New paradigms in the establishment and maintenance of gradients during directed cell migration. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 30(1), 33–40.

Stoler Barak L, Moussion C, Shezen E, Hatzav M, Sixt MK, Alon R. 2014. Blood vessels pattern heparan sulfate gradients between their apical and basolateral aspects. PLoS One. 9(1), e85699.

Dueck A, Eichner A, Sixt MK, Meister G. 2014. A miR-155-dependent microRNA hierarchy in dendritic cell maturation and macrophage activation. FEBS Letters. 588(4), 632–640.

Moussion C, Sixt MK. 2013. A conduit to amplify innate immunity. Immunity. 38(5), 853–854.

Weber M, Hauschild R, Schwarz J, Moussion C, de Vries I, Legler D, Luther S, Bollenbach MT, Sixt MK. 2013. Interstitial dendritic cell guidance by haptotactic chemokine gradients. Science. 339(6117), 328–332.

Fuertbauer E, Zaujec J, Uhrin P, Raab I, Weber M, Schachner H, Bauer M, Schütz G, Binder B, Sixt MK, Kerjaschki D, Stockinger H. 2013. Thymic medullar conduits-associated podoplanin promotes natural regulatory T cells. Immunology Letters. 154(1–2), 31–41.

Weber M, Sixt MK. 2013.Live Cell Imaging of Chemotactic Dendritic Cell Migration in Explanted Mouse Ear Preparations. In: Chemokines. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1013, 215–226.

Schachtner H, Li A, Stevenson D, Calaminus S, Thomas S, Watson S, Sixt MK, Wedlich Söldner R, Strathdee D, Machesky L. 2012. Tissue inducible Lifeact expression allows visualization of actin dynamics in vivo and ex vivo. European Journal of Cell Biology. 91(11–12), 923–929.

Sixt MK. 2012. Cell migration: Fibroblasts find a new way to get ahead. Journal of Cell Biology. 197(3), 347–349.

Sixt MK, Parent C. 2011. Cells on the move in Philadelphia. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22(6), 724.

Sixt MK, Lämmermann T. 2011. In vitro analysis of chemotactic leukocyte migration in 3D environments. Cell Migration. 769, 149–165.

Sixt MK. 2011. Interstitial locomotion of leukocytes. Immunology Letters. 138(1), 32–34.

Eichner A, Sixt MK. 2011. Setting the clock for recirculating lymphocytes. Science Signaling. 4(198), pe43.

Schraivogel D, Weinmann L, Beier D, Tabatabai G, Eichner A, Zhu J, Anton M, Sixt MK, Weller M, Beier C, Meister G. 2011. CAMT is a novel tumour suppressor regulated by miR-9/9 * in glioblastoma stem cells. EMBO Journal. 30(20), 4309–4322.

Soriano S, Hons M, Schumann K, Kumar V, Dennier T, Lyck R, Sixt MK, Stein J. 2011. In vivo analysis of uropod function during physiological T cell trafficking. Journal of Immunology. 187(5), 2356–2364.

Schumann K, Lämmermann T, Bruckner M, Legler D, Polleux J, Spatz J, Schuler G, Förster R, Lutz M, Sorokin L, Sixt MK. 2010. Immobilized chemokine fields and soluble chemokine gradients cooperatively shape migration patterns of dendritic cells. Immunity. 32(5), 703–713.

Mohan H, Krumbholz M, Sharma R, Eisele S, Junker A, Sixt MK, Newcombe J, Wekerle H, Hohlfeld R, Lassmann H, Meinl E. 2010. Extracellular matrix in multiple sclerosis lesions: fibrillar collagens, biglycan and decorin are upregulated and associated with infiltrating immune cells. Brain Pathology. 20(5), 966–975.

Renkawitz J, Sixt MK. 2010. Mechanisms of force generation and force transmission during interstitial leukocyte migration. EMBO Reports. 11(10), 744–750.

Weber M, Sixt MK. 2010. MEK signalling tunes actin treadmilling for interstitial lymphocyte migration. EMBO Journal. 29(17), 2861–2863.

Riedl J, Flynn K, Raducanu A, Gärtner FR, Beck G, Bosl M, Bradke F, Massberg S, Aszodi A, Sixt MK, Wedlich Söldner R. 2010. Lifeact mice for studying F-actin dynamics. Nature Methods. 7(3), 168–169.

Nourshargh S, Hordijk P, Sixt MK. 2010. Breaching multiple barriers: leukocyte motility through venular walls and the interstitium. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 11(5), 366–378.

Cremer S, Sixt MK. 2009. Analogies in the evolution of individual and social immunity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 364(1513), 129–142.

Lämmermann T, Renkawitz J, Wu X, Hirsch K, Brakebusch C, Sixt MK. 2009. Cd-dependent leading edge coordination is essential for interstitial dendritic cell migration (Plenary Paper). Blood. 113(23), 5703–5710.

Bauer M, Brakebusch C, Coisne C, Sixt MK, Wekerle H, Engelhardt B, Fässler R. 2009. ;21 integrins differentially control extravasation of inflammatory cell subsets into the CNS during autoimmunity. PNAS. 106(6), 1920–1925.

Quast T, Tappertzhofen B, Schild C, Grell J, Czeloth N, Förster R, Alon R, Fraemohs L, Dreck K, Weber C, Lämmermann T, Sixt MK, Kolanus W. 2009. Cytohesin-1 controls the activation of RhoA and modulates integrin-dependent adhesion and migration of dendritic cells. Blood. 113(23), 5801–5810.

Renkawitz J, Schumann K, Weber M, Lämmermann T, Pflicke H, Piel M, Polleux J, Spatz J, Sixt MK. 2009. Adaptive force transmission in amoeboid cell migration. Nature Cell Biology. 11(12), 1438–1443.

Schymeinsky J, Gerstl R, Mannigel I, Niedung K, Frommhold D, Panthel K, Heesemann J, Sixt MK, Quast T, Kolanus W, Mocsai A, Wienands J, Sperandio M, Walzog B. 2009. A fundamental role of mAb in neutrophils: impact on ;2(2) integrin-mediated phagocytosis and adhesion in vivo. Blood. 114(19), 4209–4220.

Wolf A, Eller K, Zeiser R, Dürr C, Gerlach U, Sixt MK, Markut L, Gastl G, Rosenkranz A, Wolf D. 2009. The sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor agonist F potently inhibits regulatory T cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo. Journal of Immunology. 183(6), 3751–3760.

Pflicke H, Sixt MK. 2009. Preformed portals facilitate dendritic cell entry into afferent lymphatic vessels. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(13), 2925–2935.

Moser M, Bauer M, Schmid S, Ruppert R, Schmidt S, Sixt MK, Wang H, Sperandio M, Fässler R. 2009. Kindlin-3 is required for ;22 integrin-mediated leukocyte adhesion to endothelial cells. Nature Medicine. 15(3), 300–305.

Lämmermann T, Sixt MK. 2009. Mechanical modes of ‘amoeboid’ cell migration. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 21(5), 636–644.

Tripp C, Haid B, Flacher V, Sixt MK, Peter H, Farkas J, Gschwentner R, Sorokin L, Romani N, Stoitzner P. 2008. The lymph vessel network in mouse skin visualised with antibodies against the hyaluronan receptor LYVE-1. Immunobiology. 213(9–10), 715–28.

Frommhold D, Ludwig A, Bixel MG, Zarbock A, Babushkina I, Weissinger M, Cauwenberghs S, Ellies L, Marth J, Beck Sickinger A, Sixt MK, Lange Sperandio B, Zernecke A, Brandt E, Weber C, Vestweber D, Ley K, Sperandio M. 2008. Sialyltransferase SGal-IV controls CXC-mediated firm leukocyte arrest during inflammation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 205(6), 1435–1446.

Kessenbrock K, Fröhlich L, Sixt MK, Lämmermann T, Pfister H, Bateman A, Belaaouaj A, Ring J, Ollert M, Fässler R, Jenne D. 2008. Proteinase 3 and neutrophil elastase enhance inflammation in mice by inactivating antiinflammatory progranulin. The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 118(7), 2438–2447.

Lämmermann T, Bader B, Monkley S, Worbs T, Wedlich Söldner R, Hirsch K, Keller M, Förster R, Critchley D, Fässler R, Sixt MK. 2008. Rapid leukocyte migration by integrin-independent flowing and squeezing. Nature. 453(7191), 51–55.

Riedl J, Crevenna A, Kessenbrock K, Yu J, Neukirchen D, Bista M, Bradke F, Jenne D, Holak T, Werb Z, Sixt MK, Wedlich Soldner R. 2008. Lifeact: a versatile marker to visualize F-actin. Nature Methods. 5(7), 605–607.

Lämmermann T, Sixt MK. 2008. The microanatomy of T-cell responses. Immunological Reviews. 221(1), 26–43.

Lokmic Z, Lämmermann T, Sixt MK, Cardell S, Hallmann R, Sorokin L. 2008. The extracellular matrix of the spleen as a potential organizer of immune cell compartments. Seminars in Immunology. 20(1), 4–13.

Dorn T, Kuhn U, Bungartz G, Stiller S, Bauer M, Ellwart J, Peters T, Scharffetter Kochanek K, Semmrich M, Laschinger M, Holzmann B, Klinkert W, Straten P, Køllgaard T, Sixt MK, Brakebusch C. 2007. RhoH is important for positive thymocyte selection and T-cell receptor signaling. Blood. 109(6), 2346–2355.

Woolf E, Grigorova I, Sagiv A, Grabovsky V, Feigelson S, Shulman Z, Hartmann T, Sixt MK, Cyster J, Alon R. 2007. Lymph node chemokines promote sustained T lymphocyte motility without triggering stable integrin adhesiveness in the absence of shear forces. Nature Immunology. 8(10), 1076–1085.

Henic E, Sixt MK, Hansson S, Høyer Hansen G, Casslén B. 2006. EGF-stimulated migration in ovarian cancer cells is associated with decreased internalization, increased surface expression, and increased shedding of the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor. Gynecologic Oncology. 101(1), 28–39.

Drumea Mirancea M, Wessels J, Müller C, Essl M, Eble J, Tolosa E, Koch M, Reinhardt D, Sixt MK, Sorokin L, Stierhof Y, Schwarz H, Klein G. 2006. Characterization of a conduit system containing laminin-5 in the human thymus: a potential transport system for small molecules. Journal of Cell Science. 119(Pt 7), 1396–1405.

Chu H, Thievessen I, Sixt MK, Lämmermann T, Waisman A, Braun A, Noegel A, Fässler R. 2006. ;3-Parvin is dispensable for hematopoiesis, leukocyte trafficking, and T-cell-dependent antibody response. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(5), 1817–1825.

Sixt MK, Bauer M, Lämmermann T, Fässler R. 2006. ;21 integrins: zip codes and signaling relay for blood cells. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 18(5), 482–490.

Sixt MK, Kanazawa N, Selg M, Samson T, Roos G, Reinhardt D, Pabst R, Lutz M, Sorokin L. 2005. The conduit system transports soluble antigens from the afferent lymph to resident dendritic cells in the T cell area of the lymph node. Immunity. 22(1), 19–29.

Zhang H, Baader S, Sixt MK, Kappler J, Rauch U. 2004. Neurocan-GFP fusion protein: a new approach to detect hyaluronan on tissue sections and living cells. Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry. 52(7), 915–922.

Witte V, Laffert B, Rosorius O, Lischka P, Blume K, Galler G, Stilper A, Willbold D, D’Aloja P, Sixt MK, Kolanus J, Ott M, Kolanus W, Schuler G, Baur A. 2004. HIV-1 Nef mimics an integrin receptor signal that recruits the polycomb group protein Eed to the plasma membrane. Molecular Cell. 13(2), 179–190.

Sixt MK, Hallmann R, Wendler O, Scharffetter Kochanek K, Sorokin L. 2001. Cell adhesion and migration properties of ;22-integrin negative polymorphonuclear granulocytes on defined extracellular matrix molecules. Relevance for leukocyte extravasation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(22), 18878–18887.

Wolf D, Hallmann R, Sass G, Sixt MK, Küsters S, Fregien B, Trautwein C, Tiegs G. 2001. TNF-;1-induced expression of adhesion molecules in the liver is under the control of TNF--relevance for concanavalin A-induced hepatitis. Journal of Immunology. 166(2), 1300–1307.

Sixt MK, Engelhardt B, Pausch F, Hallmann R, Wendler O, Sorokin L. 2001. Endothelial cell laminin isoforms, laminins 8 and 10, play decisive roles in T cell recruitment across the blood-brain barrier in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Journal of Cell Biology. 153(5), 933–946.