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  text: 'Cell migration in vivo is often guided by chemical signaling, i.e., chemotaxis.
    For immune cells performing chemotaxis in the organism, this process is influenced
    by the complex geometry of the tissue environment. In this study, we use a theoretical
    model of branched cell migration on a network to explore the cellular response
    to chemical gradients. The model predicts the response of a branched cell to a
    chemical gradient: how the cell reorients its internal polarity and how it navigates
    through a complex environment up a chemical gradient. We then compare the model’s
    predictions with experimental observations of neutrophils migrating to the site
    of a laser-inflicted wound in a zebrafish larva fin, and neutrophils migrating
    in vitro inside a regular lattice of pillars. We find that the model captures
    the details of the subcellular response to the chemokine gradient, as well as
    qualitative characteristics of the large-scale migration, suggesting that the
    neutrophils behave as fast cells, which explains the functionality of these immune
    cells.'
acknowledgement: "N.S.G. is the incumbent of the Lee and William Abramowitz Professorial
  Chair of Biophysics (Weizmann Institute), and acknowledges support from the Royal
  Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship, and Human Frontier Science Program grant RGP0032/2022.
  Work by M.S., I.W., G.R. and A.G. was supported by the Leverhulme Trust (grant RPG-2021-226)
  and the European Research Council (ERC) under the Horizon 2020 program and UKRI,
  Grant agreement No.\r\nEP/Y02799X/1. M.S. and I.d.V acknowledge support by the European
  Research Council (grant ERC-SyG 101071793 to M.S). The funders had no role in study
  design, data collection and\r\nanalysis, decision to publish, or preparation of
  the manuscript."
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- first_name: Jiayi
  full_name: Liu, Jiayi
  last_name: Liu
- first_name: Jonathan E.
  full_name: Ron, Jonathan E.
  last_name: Ron
- first_name: Giulia
  full_name: Rinaldi, Giulia
  last_name: Rinaldi
- first_name: Ivanna
  full_name: Williantarra, Ivanna
  last_name: Williantarra
- first_name: Antonios
  full_name: Georgantzoglou, Antonios
  last_name: Georgantzoglou
- first_name: Ingrid
  full_name: de Vries, Ingrid
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  last_name: de Vries
- first_name: Michael K
  full_name: Sixt, Michael K
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  last_name: Sixt
  orcid: 0000-0002-6620-9179
- first_name: Milka
  full_name: Sarris, Milka
  last_name: Sarris
- first_name: Nir S.
  full_name: Gov, Nir S.
  last_name: Gov
citation:
  ama: Liu J, Ron JE, Rinaldi G, et al. Modelling chemotaxis of branched cells in
    complex environments provides insights into immune cell navigation. <i>PLOS Computational
    Biology</i>. 2026;22(2). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013934">10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013934</a>
  apa: Liu, J., Ron, J. E., Rinaldi, G., Williantarra, I., Georgantzoglou, A., de
    Vries, I., … Gov, N. S. (2026). Modelling chemotaxis of branched cells in complex
    environments provides insights into immune cell navigation. <i>PLOS Computational
    Biology</i>. Public Library of Science. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013934">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013934</a>
  chicago: Liu, Jiayi, Jonathan E. Ron, Giulia Rinaldi, Ivanna Williantarra, Antonios
    Georgantzoglou, Ingrid de Vries, Michael K Sixt, Milka Sarris, and Nir S. Gov.
    “Modelling Chemotaxis of Branched Cells in Complex Environments Provides Insights
    into Immune Cell Navigation.” <i>PLOS Computational Biology</i>. Public Library
    of Science, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013934">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013934</a>.
  ieee: J. Liu <i>et al.</i>, “Modelling chemotaxis of branched cells in complex environments
    provides insights into immune cell navigation,” <i>PLOS Computational Biology</i>,
    vol. 22, no. 2. Public Library of Science, 2026.
  ista: Liu J, Ron JE, Rinaldi G, Williantarra I, Georgantzoglou A, de Vries I, Sixt
    MK, Sarris M, Gov NS. 2026. Modelling chemotaxis of branched cells in complex
    environments provides insights into immune cell navigation. PLOS Computational
    Biology. 22(2), e1013934.
  mla: Liu, Jiayi, et al. “Modelling Chemotaxis of Branched Cells in Complex Environments
    Provides Insights into Immune Cell Navigation.” <i>PLOS Computational Biology</i>,
    vol. 22, no. 2, e1013934, Public Library of Science, 2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013934">10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013934</a>.
  short: J. Liu, J.E. Ron, G. Rinaldi, I. Williantarra, A. Georgantzoglou, I. de Vries,
    M.K. Sixt, M. Sarris, N.S. Gov, PLOS Computational Biology 22 (2026).
date_created: 2026-03-02T10:08:38Z
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date_updated: 2026-03-02T14:12:22Z
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title: Modelling chemotaxis of branched cells in complex environments provides insights
  into immune cell navigation
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abstract:
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  text: Amoeboid cell migration is key to efficient T cell immunity. Spatial polarization
    of organelles within cells, including endo-lysosomes, is a prerequisite of migration.
    However, how ultrastructural polarization is linked to the signaling requirements
    governing T cell migration remains unknown. Here we show that signaling molecules
    generated by endo-lysosome-localized kinases regulate velocity of amoeboid migration.
    Specifically, imaging of T cells identifies accumulation of endo-lysosomes decorated
    with the lipid kinases VPS34–PIKfyve at the uropod of polarized cells. Activity
    of VPS34 and PIKfyve regulates speed, but not directedness, of migrating T cells.
    Mechanistically, PI(3,5)P2 generated by the sequential action of VPS34 and PIKfyve,
    mediates Ca2+ efflux from lysosomes via the mucolipin TRP cation channel 1 (TRPML1),
    thus controlling activity of myosin IIA and hence the generation of propulsive
    force through retrograde actin flow. The VPS34–PIKfyve kinases also regulate velocity
    of myeloid cells, as well as of the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum – establishing
    the axis as an evolutionarily conserved speed control system of amoeboid cell
    migration.
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acknowledgement: We thank the microscopy core facility of the Department of Biomedicine
  at the University and University Hospital of Basel for their technical support.
  This research was technically supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of
  ISTA through resources provided by the Imaging & Optics Facility (IOF) and the Lab
  Support Facility (LSF). CH was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation
  (SNSF) (310030B_201277; 310030_192677; FZEB-0-180487), the ZBF Program Award 2025
  (Hans Zäslin Bustany Foundation), and the Novartis Foundation for Medical-Biological
  Research (NFMBR) (#23A070). PD was supported by the Swiss Academy for Medical Sciences
  (SAMW) and SNSF (183980, 225441), the NFMBR (#23A070), AlumniMedizin Basel, and
  the Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft Basel. DFL was supported by the SNSF (220205).
  Open access funding provided by University of Basel.
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author:
- first_name: Philippe G
  full_name: Dehio, Philippe G
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  last_name: Dehio
- first_name: Céline
  full_name: Michard, Céline
  last_name: Michard
- first_name: Juan Carlos
  full_name: Yam-Puc, Juan Carlos
  last_name: Yam-Puc
- first_name: Adrià Arnau
  full_name: Martí I Líndez, Adrià Arnau
  last_name: Martí I Líndez
- first_name: Anett
  full_name: Jandke, Anett
  last_name: Jandke
- first_name: Gunhild
  full_name: Unterstab, Gunhild
  last_name: Unterstab
- first_name: Lucien
  full_name: Fabre, Lucien
  last_name: Fabre
- first_name: Loïc
  full_name: Sauteur, Loïc
  last_name: Sauteur
- first_name: Marc
  full_name: Artinger, Marc
  last_name: Artinger
- first_name: Daniel F.
  full_name: Legler, Daniel F.
  last_name: Legler
- first_name: Michael K
  full_name: Sixt, Michael K
  id: 41E9FBEA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Sixt
  orcid: 0000-0002-6620-9179
- first_name: Thorsten
  full_name: Schaefer, Thorsten
  last_name: Schaefer
- first_name: Matthias P.
  full_name: Wymann, Matthias P.
  last_name: Wymann
- first_name: Klaus
  full_name: Okkenhaug, Klaus
  last_name: Okkenhaug
- first_name: Thierry
  full_name: Soldati, Thierry
  last_name: Soldati
- first_name: Matthias
  full_name: Mehling, Matthias
  id: 3C23B994-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Mehling
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- first_name: Christoph
  full_name: Hess, Christoph
  last_name: Hess
citation:
  ama: Dehio PG, Michard C, Yam-Puc JC, et al. A conserved VPS34-PIKfyve-TRPML1-myosin
    II axis regulates the speed of amoeboid cell migration. <i>EMBO Reports</i>. 2026.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-026-00861-x">10.1038/s44319-026-00861-x</a>
  apa: Dehio, P. G., Michard, C., Yam-Puc, J. C., Martí I Líndez, A. A., Jandke, A.,
    Unterstab, G., … Hess, C. (2026). A conserved VPS34-PIKfyve-TRPML1-myosin II axis
    regulates the speed of amoeboid cell migration. <i>EMBO Reports</i>. Springer
    Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-026-00861-x">https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-026-00861-x</a>
  chicago: Dehio, Philippe G, Céline Michard, Juan Carlos Yam-Puc, Adrià Arnau Martí
    I Líndez, Anett Jandke, Gunhild Unterstab, Lucien Fabre, et al. “A Conserved VPS34-PIKfyve-TRPML1-Myosin
    II Axis Regulates the Speed of Amoeboid Cell Migration.” <i>EMBO Reports</i>.
    Springer Nature, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-026-00861-x">https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-026-00861-x</a>.
  ieee: P. G. Dehio <i>et al.</i>, “A conserved VPS34-PIKfyve-TRPML1-myosin II axis
    regulates the speed of amoeboid cell migration,” <i>EMBO Reports</i>. Springer
    Nature, 2026.
  ista: Dehio PG, Michard C, Yam-Puc JC, Martí I Líndez AA, Jandke A, Unterstab G,
    Fabre L, Sauteur L, Artinger M, Legler DF, Sixt MK, Schaefer T, Wymann MP, Okkenhaug
    K, Soldati T, Mehling M, Hess C. 2026. A conserved VPS34-PIKfyve-TRPML1-myosin
    II axis regulates the speed of amoeboid cell migration. EMBO Reports.
  mla: Dehio, Philippe G., et al. “A Conserved VPS34-PIKfyve-TRPML1-Myosin II Axis
    Regulates the Speed of Amoeboid Cell Migration.” <i>EMBO Reports</i>, Springer
    Nature, 2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-026-00861-x">10.1038/s44319-026-00861-x</a>.
  short: P.G. Dehio, C. Michard, J.C. Yam-Puc, A.A. Martí I Líndez, A. Jandke, G.
    Unterstab, L. Fabre, L. Sauteur, M. Artinger, D.F. Legler, M.K. Sixt, T. Schaefer,
    M.P. Wymann, K. Okkenhaug, T. Soldati, M. Mehling, C. Hess, EMBO Reports (2026).
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  can be accessed on GitHub (https://github.com/loicsauteur/vesicle-analysis, version
  0.1.1).\r\n\r\nThe source data of this paper are collected in the following database
  record: biostudies:S-SCDT-10_1038-S44319-026-00861-x."
date_created: 2026-07-19T22:01:48Z
date_published: 2026-07-07T00:00:00Z
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title: A conserved VPS34-PIKfyve-TRPML1-myosin II axis regulates the speed of amoeboid
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abstract:
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  text: The shape of animal cells is controlled by their surface, which comprises
    the cell cortex, a peripheral actin network, tethered to the plasma membrane by
    membrane-to-cortex attachment proteins. Changes in cortical components have long
    been considered to dominate the regulation of forces and mechanical properties
    at the cell surface and drive morphogenesis. Here, we show that the coupling of
    the cortex to the membrane is also key for the regulation of its mechanical properties.
    By combining molecular engineering with biophysical approaches and in-cell cryo-electron
    tomography we describe the cell surface with nanometer-resolution and link its
    organization to cell-scale mechanics. We find that membrane-to-cortex attachment
    proteins can physically draw the cortex closer to the membrane, in a density and
    length-dependent manner. This reduction of the membrane-to-cortex distance controls
    the activity of the formin mDia1, leading to a reduction in cortical tension.
    Our study thus defines a novel mechanism whereby the membrane-to-cortex distance
    is a functional geometrical parameter that regulates cell surface properties.
acknowledgement: We thank Jan Ellenberg (SciLifeLab), Stephan Grill (MPI-CBG), Anna
  Erzberger (EMBL) and members of the Diz-Muñoz lab for a critical reading of the
  manuscript. We thank Estela Sosa Osorio (EMBL) and Gisela Juliachs Torroella (EMBL)
  for manual curation of actin segmentation in cryo-electron tomograms, and Evgenia
  Zagoriy (EMBL) and Mukthi Ammai Sridharan Iyer (EMBL) for the visual inspection
  of actin branching points in cryo-electron tomograms. We thank Anne-Cecyle Reyman
  (IGBMC) and her team for extended discussion and inspiring experiments. We thank
  Ruben Tesoro Moreno (EMBL) for Alphafold predictions. We thank Jan Faix (Hannover
  Medical School) for the mDia1 constructs and Jamie Hackett (EMBL Rome) for the Piggybac
  vectors. We thank Sarah Kaspar in the EMBL Data Science Centre for help with statistical
  methods. We thank the EMBL Flow Cytometry Core Facility (especially Daniel Gimenes),
  the EMBL advanced light microscopy facility (especially Marko Lampe and Beate Neumann
  for microscope support, and Christian Tischer for help with image analysis), EMBL
  IT (especially Thomas Hoffmann), and the EMBL cryo-EM platform for support and advice.
  We thank Albert Dominguez Mantes (EPFL) for helpful discussions about Spotiflow.
  We acknowledge the financial support of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory
  (EMBL) to J.M. and A.D-M., the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) grant DI 2205/3-1,
  the Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) grant RGY0073/2018 and ERC grant 101124221
  (MitoMeChAnics) to A.D-M., the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD fellowship and the
  Croucher Scholarship for Doctoral Study to D.C., the EMBL interdisciplinary Postdoc
  (EIPOD) programme under Marie Curie Cofund Actions MSCA-COFUND-FP to M.S. and M.T-N.,
  the EMBO fellowship to S.F.G., the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-21-CE13-0048)
  to O.D.R. and J.H.; This work is partially funded by the European Union. Views and
  opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily
  reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency.
  Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for
  them. Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
article_number: '9501'
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article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Léanne
  full_name: Strauss, Léanne
  last_name: Strauss
- first_name: Sergio
  full_name: Lembo, Sergio
  id: d993a7b2-292f-11ed-aaac-fb045a912e31
  last_name: Lembo
  orcid: 0000-0002-2253-8771
- first_name: Samuel F.
  full_name: Gérard, Samuel F.
  last_name: Gérard
- first_name: Marc
  full_name: Siggel, Marc
  last_name: Siggel
- first_name: Dorothy
  full_name: Cheng, Dorothy
  last_name: Cheng
- first_name: Martin
  full_name: Bergert, Martin
  last_name: Bergert
- first_name: Sarah K.
  full_name: Foster, Sarah K.
  last_name: Foster
- first_name: Joseph
  full_name: Vermeil, Joseph
  last_name: Vermeil
- first_name: Mauricio
  full_name: Toro-Nahuelpan, Mauricio
  last_name: Toro-Nahuelpan
- first_name: Lena M.
  full_name: Fischer, Lena M.
  last_name: Fischer
- first_name: Qin
  full_name: Yu, Qin
  last_name: Yu
- first_name: Ewa
  full_name: Sitarska, Ewa
  last_name: Sitarska
- first_name: Chii Jou
  full_name: Chan, Chii Jou
  last_name: Chan
- first_name: Jan
  full_name: Kosinski, Jan
  last_name: Kosinski
- first_name: Matthieu
  full_name: Piel, Matthieu
  last_name: Piel
- first_name: Olivia
  full_name: Du Roure, Olivia
  last_name: Du Roure
- first_name: Julien
  full_name: Heuvingh, Julien
  last_name: Heuvingh
- first_name: Julia
  full_name: Mahamid, Julia
  last_name: Mahamid
- first_name: Alba
  full_name: Diz-Muñoz, Alba
  last_name: Diz-Muñoz
citation:
  ama: Strauss L, Lembo S, Gérard SF, et al. The membrane-to-cortex distance regulates
    mDia1 activity to control cortical mechanics. <i>Nature Communications</i>. 2026;17.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72845-3">10.1038/s41467-026-72845-3</a>
  apa: Strauss, L., Lembo, S., Gérard, S. F., Siggel, M., Cheng, D., Bergert, M.,
    … Diz-Muñoz, A. (2026). The membrane-to-cortex distance regulates mDia1 activity
    to control cortical mechanics. <i>Nature Communications</i>. Springer Nature.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72845-3">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72845-3</a>
  chicago: Strauss, Léanne, Sergio Lembo, Samuel F. Gérard, Marc Siggel, Dorothy Cheng,
    Martin Bergert, Sarah K. Foster, et al. “The Membrane-to-Cortex Distance Regulates
    MDia1 Activity to Control Cortical Mechanics.” <i>Nature Communications</i>. Springer
    Nature, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72845-3">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72845-3</a>.
  ieee: L. Strauss <i>et al.</i>, “The membrane-to-cortex distance regulates mDia1
    activity to control cortical mechanics,” <i>Nature Communications</i>, vol. 17.
    Springer Nature, 2026.
  ista: Strauss L, Lembo S, Gérard SF, Siggel M, Cheng D, Bergert M, Foster SK, Vermeil
    J, Toro-Nahuelpan M, Fischer LM, Yu Q, Sitarska E, Chan CJ, Kosinski J, Piel M,
    Du Roure O, Heuvingh J, Mahamid J, Diz-Muñoz A. 2026. The membrane-to-cortex distance
    regulates mDia1 activity to control cortical mechanics. Nature Communications.
    17, 9501.
  mla: Strauss, Léanne, et al. “The Membrane-to-Cortex Distance Regulates MDia1 Activity
    to Control Cortical Mechanics.” <i>Nature Communications</i>, vol. 17, 9501, Springer
    Nature, 2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72845-3">10.1038/s41467-026-72845-3</a>.
  short: L. Strauss, S. Lembo, S.F. Gérard, M. Siggel, D. Cheng, M. Bergert, S.K.
    Foster, J. Vermeil, M. Toro-Nahuelpan, L.M. Fischer, Q. Yu, E. Sitarska, C.J.
    Chan, J. Kosinski, M. Piel, O. Du Roure, J. Heuvingh, J. Mahamid, A. Diz-Muñoz,
    Nature Communications 17 (2026).
corr_author: '1'
das_tickbox: '1'
dataavailabilitystatement: "The dataset for the analysis of cortical actin and p-myosin
  in fixed cells, as well as actin and myosin−2 in live cells can be found together
  with the corresponding Fiji macro for immunofluorescence quantification in the Biostudies
  database (accession number S-BIAD2611).\r\n\r\nAll raw frames, tilt series, metadata,
  tomograms and segmentations generated for this work are deposited in the Electron
  Microscopy Public Image Archive (EMPIAR)118 under accession code EMPIAR-13326. A
  representative tomogram associated with this entry is available in the Electron
  Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB)119 under entry EMD-56367.\r\n\r\nThe experimental imaging
  data for the filopodia analysis, the used Spotiflow model with corresponding training
  data and example datasets are available in the BioStudies database (accession number
  S-BIAD2611).\r\n\r\nRaw numbers for plots presented in this paper as well as western
  blot images are available in the Source Data. All other data and unique reagents
  that support this study are available from the corresponding authors upon request.
  Source data are provided in this paper. Source data are provided with this paper.\r\nThe
  code used for cortex analysis from binary segmentations obtained during cryo-ET
  data processing is available on GitHub with the following link: https://github.com/MahamidLab/actin_cortex_analysis/tree/revision.\r\n\r\nThe
  Napari plugin for reviewing and manually correct spot detections used in the filopodia
  analysis is available at GitHub with the following link: https://github.com/diz-lab/filospot."
date_created: 2026-09-13T22:01:51Z
date_published: 2026-09-04T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-09-15T12:58:06Z
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title: The membrane-to-cortex distance regulates mDia1 activity to control cortical
  mechanics
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  text: Although studies of tumor invasion have mainly emphasized the evolution of
    genetic and epigenetic heterogeneity, cellular behaviors also depend on the physical
    microenvironment. Yet, the tumor microenvironment is both complex and continuously
    remodeled, making it hard to rigorously test its causal influence on tumor dissemination.
    Here, we adopted a reductionist approach to studying tumor cell invasion in microengineered
    environments of tunable patterned geometries. We find that not only the presence
    of obstacles but more unexpectedly their spatial disorder causes a drastic shift
    from a collective to a single-cell mode of invasion—comparable in strength to
    loss of cell-cell adhesion. Combining live-imaging and perturbation experiments
    with minimal biophysical modeling, we demonstrate that cell dissemination results
    both from local geometrical constraints and a global integration of spatial disorder
    over time. We identify generic universality classes of invasion dynamics dependent
    on environmental geometry, enabling us to identify quantitative physical principles
    for tumor dissemination.
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acknowledgement: 'We thank all the members of the Hannezo and Sixt groups for fruitful
  discussions and t. Kato for advice on the experimental setup. We are also thankful
  for support from the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of IST Austria through resources
  provided by the imaging and Optics Facility (iOF) and the Lab Support Facility (lSF).
  We used chatGPt (GPt- 5,OpenAi, 2025) to make minor grammatical and stylistic revisions
  to the original manuscript, which was written by us. We carefully reviewed and verified
  all changes and are solely responsible for all scientific content, data, interpretation,
  and conclusions. Funding: Z.D. has received funding from the Doctoral Programme
  of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW):grant agreement 26360. this work was
  supported by the European Research council (grant ERC- SyG 101071793 to M.S.). E.S.
  and R.P.J. are supported by the Francis Crick Institute, which receives its core
  funding from cancer Research UK (cc2040), the UK Medical Research council(cc2040),
  and the Wellcome trust (cc2040) and the European Research council (ERC Advanced
  Grant cAn_ORGAniSe, grant agreement number 101019366).'
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  last_name: Dunajova
- first_name: Saren
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- first_name: Juraj
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  last_name: Merrin
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- first_name: Robert P.
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  last_name: Jenkins
- first_name: Erik
  full_name: Sahai, Erik
  last_name: Sahai
- first_name: Michael K
  full_name: Sixt, Michael K
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  last_name: Sixt
  orcid: 0000-0002-6620-9179
- first_name: Edouard B
  full_name: Hannezo, Edouard B
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  last_name: Hannezo
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citation:
  ama: Dunajova Z, Tasciyan S, Majek J, et al. Substrate heterogeneity promotes cancer
    cell dissemination through interface roughening. <i>Science Advances</i>. 2026;12(37).
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aed0587">10.1126/sciadv.aed0587</a>
  apa: Dunajova, Z., Tasciyan, S., Majek, J., Merrin, J., Jenkins, R. P., Sahai, E.,
    … Hannezo, E. B. (2026). Substrate heterogeneity promotes cancer cell dissemination
    through interface roughening. <i>Science Advances</i>. AAAS. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aed0587">https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aed0587</a>
  chicago: Dunajova, Zuzana, Saren Tasciyan, Juraj Majek, Jack Merrin, Robert P. Jenkins,
    Erik Sahai, Michael K Sixt, and Edouard B Hannezo. “Substrate Heterogeneity Promotes
    Cancer Cell Dissemination through Interface Roughening.” <i>Science Advances</i>.
    AAAS, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aed0587">https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aed0587</a>.
  ieee: Z. Dunajova <i>et al.</i>, “Substrate heterogeneity promotes cancer cell dissemination
    through interface roughening,” <i>Science Advances</i>, vol. 12, no. 37. AAAS,
    2026.
  ista: Dunajova Z, Tasciyan S, Majek J, Merrin J, Jenkins RP, Sahai E, Sixt MK, Hannezo
    EB. 2026. Substrate heterogeneity promotes cancer cell dissemination through interface
    roughening. Science Advances. 12(37), eaed0587.
  mla: Dunajova, Zuzana, et al. “Substrate Heterogeneity Promotes Cancer Cell Dissemination
    through Interface Roughening.” <i>Science Advances</i>, vol. 12, no. 37, eaed0587,
    AAAS, 2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aed0587">10.1126/sciadv.aed0587</a>.
  short: Z. Dunajova, S. Tasciyan, J. Majek, J. Merrin, R.P. Jenkins, E. Sahai, M.K.
    Sixt, E.B. Hannezo, Science Advances 12 (2026).
corr_author: '1'
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  and the associated data and code repositories. Source data underlying all figures
  and supplementary figures have been deposited in a Zenodo repository (DOi: 10.5281/zenodo.21718217)
  and will be made publicly available upon publication. custom simulation and analysis
  codes used in this study are available at https://codeocean.com/capsule/1237446/tree.
  no unique biological materials were generated in this study. Microfluidic mask designs
  generated for this work are available from the corresponding authors upon reasonable
  request.'
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title: Substrate heterogeneity promotes cancer cell dissemination through interface
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  text: Crawling motility is a hallmark of eukaryotic cells and requires a dynamic
    actin cytoskeleton, regulated adhesion and spatially organized signalling pathways1,2.
    Asgard archaea, which are considered the closest known prokaryotic relatives of
    eukaryotes, potentially encode these functions within their large set of ‘eukaryotic
    signature proteins’3,4,5,6. The few cultivated members show a complex cell morphology,
    consisting of a central cell body from which several protrusions extend, filled
    with an actin-based cytoskeleton7,8. Here, live-cell microscopy of two organisms
    of the Lokiarchaea and Hodarchaea lineages7,9 showed that they dynamically and
    greatly change their cell shape on a minute time scale and grow and retract their
    extensive protrusions with a speed of 1.5–4.8 µm min−1, respectively. After adhering
    to a glass surface, cells use their protrusions to undergo active crawling motion.
    In the presence of selected actin inhibitors, however, the observed dynamics were
    arrested, suggesting a central role of actin in these processes. The observed
    cellular plasticity and motility are unique features among prokaryotes and might
    have been crucial for the emergence of the first eukaryotic cells that are thought
    to have formed through the association of a member of the Asgard archaea and an
    α-proteobacterium, the ancestor of mitochondria.
acknowledged_ssus:
- _id: Bio
acknowledgement: This work would not have been possible without the technical support
  in cultivation from K. Hager, F. Baraket, A. Malits and S. Harrer. We thank the
  Imaging and Optics Facility (IOF) at ISTA for their help in setting up the anaerobic
  environment during imaging and the Cell Imaging & Ultrastructure Research (CIUS)
  facility at the University of Vienna for their support. Proteomics analyses were
  performed by the Mass Spectrometry Facility at Max Perutz Labs using the VBCF instrument
  pool. We also thank P. Klahn (University of Gothenburg, Sweden), M. Stadler and
  members of his department (HZI Braunschweig) as well as R. Cox (LUH Hannover) for
  providing different cytochalasans and P. Bieling (King’s College London) for discussion.
  Most of this work was funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) with grant DOI 10.55776/Z437
  (available at https://doi.org/10.55776/Z437) and further supported by an emerging
  field grant with grant DOI 10.55776/EFP25 (available at https://doi.org/10.55776/EFP25)
  to C.S. For open access purposes, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright
  license to any author accepted manuscript version arising from this submission.
  This work was further supported by a European Research Council grant ERC-SyG (101071793)
  to M.S., by the German Research Council through the CytoLabs consortium (Research
  Unit 5170 to K.R. and T.E.B.S.), by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 22H04985 to H.I. and M.N. Furthermore, R.H.
  was supported by CZI grant DAF2020-225401 and a grant (https://doi.org/10.37921/120055ratwvi)
  from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF. Open access funding provided by University
  of Vienna.
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author:
- first_name: Philipp
  full_name: Radler, Philipp
  id: 40136C2A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Radler
  orcid: '0000-0001-9198-2182 '
- first_name: Tobias
  full_name: Viehboeck, Tobias
  last_name: Viehboeck
- first_name: Zhen-Hao
  full_name: Luo, Zhen-Hao
  last_name: Luo
- first_name: Nevena
  full_name: Maslać, Nevena
  last_name: Maslać
- first_name: Katharina
  full_name: Schmidt, Katharina
  last_name: Schmidt
- first_name: Robert
  full_name: Hauschild, Robert
  id: 4E01D6B4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Hauschild
  orcid: 0000-0001-9843-3522
- first_name: Masaru K.
  full_name: Nobu, Masaru K.
  last_name: Nobu
- first_name: Silvia
  full_name: Bulgheresi, Silvia
  last_name: Bulgheresi
- first_name: Theresia E. B.
  full_name: Stradal, Theresia E. B.
  last_name: Stradal
- first_name: Klemens
  full_name: Rottner, Klemens
  last_name: Rottner
- first_name: Hiroyuki
  full_name: Imachi, Hiroyuki
  last_name: Imachi
- first_name: Michael K
  full_name: Sixt, Michael K
  id: 41E9FBEA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Sixt
  orcid: 0000-0002-6620-9179
- first_name: Christa
  full_name: Schleper, Christa
  last_name: Schleper
citation:
  ama: Radler P, Viehboeck T, Luo Z-H, et al. Dynamic protrusions mediate crawling
    motility in Asgard archaea. <i>Nature</i>. 2026. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11063-9">10.1038/s41586-026-11063-9</a>
  apa: Radler, P., Viehboeck, T., Luo, Z.-H., Maslać, N., Schmidt, K., Hauschild,
    R., … Schleper, C. (2026). Dynamic protrusions mediate crawling motility in Asgard
    archaea. <i>Nature</i>. Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11063-9">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11063-9</a>
  chicago: Radler, Philipp, Tobias Viehboeck, Zhen-Hao Luo, Nevena Maslać, Katharina
    Schmidt, Robert Hauschild, Masaru K. Nobu, et al. “Dynamic Protrusions Mediate
    Crawling Motility in Asgard Archaea.” <i>Nature</i>. Springer Nature, 2026. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11063-9">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11063-9</a>.
  ieee: P. Radler <i>et al.</i>, “Dynamic protrusions mediate crawling motility in
    Asgard archaea,” <i>Nature</i>. Springer Nature, 2026.
  ista: Radler P, Viehboeck T, Luo Z-H, Maslać N, Schmidt K, Hauschild R, Nobu MK,
    Bulgheresi S, Stradal TEB, Rottner K, Imachi H, Sixt MK, Schleper C. 2026. Dynamic
    protrusions mediate crawling motility in Asgard archaea. Nature.
  mla: Radler, Philipp, et al. “Dynamic Protrusions Mediate Crawling Motility in Asgard
    Archaea.” <i>Nature</i>, Springer Nature, 2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11063-9">10.1038/s41586-026-11063-9</a>.
  short: P. Radler, T. Viehboeck, Z.-H. Luo, N. Maslać, K. Schmidt, R. Hauschild,
    M.K. Nobu, S. Bulgheresi, T.E.B. Stradal, K. Rottner, H. Imachi, M.K. Sixt, C.
    Schleper, Nature (2026).
das_tickbox: '1'
dataavailabilitystatement: The plots in this manuscript were created using Jupyter
  Notebook; the source data for all figures have been provided in data source tables.
  Microscopy raw data for supplementary videos, the Jupyter notebooks to generate
  the plots and the raw files for the structural phylogenetic analysis are available
  at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.30676367. The remaining raw microscopy data
  generated for this manuscript are available from https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/bioimages/studies/S-BIAD3928.
  The mass spectrometry proteomics data from the Co-IP experiments have been deposited
  to the ProteomeXchange Consortium via the PRIDE partner repository79 and are available
  at https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pride/archive/projects/PXD068820. The mass spectrometry
  proteomics data of the proteome analysis is available at https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pride/archive/projects/PXD074767.
  Source data are provided with this paper.
date_created: 2026-10-19T09:26:53Z
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  text: Structural and functional differences between brain hemispheres are a common
    feature of animal nervous systems with reduced bilateral asymmetry often linked
    to impaired cognitive performance. How neuronal left-right asymmetry is initiated
    and integrated into a bilaterally symmetrical ground pattern is poorly understood.
    Here, we show that the directional asymmetry of a Drosophila central brain circuit
    originates from axonal interactions of two types of bilateral pioneer neurons.
    Subsequent recruitment of neighboring neurons into the asymmetric neuropil primordium
    results in hemisphere-specific microcircuits. Circuit lateralization requires
    dynamic expression of the cell adhesion molecule Fasciclin 2 to maintain structural
    plasticity in axonal remodeling. Reduced circuit asymmetry following cell type–specific
    Fasciclin 2 manipulation affects adult brain function. These results reveal an
    unexpected degree of developmental plasticity of late-born Drosophila neurons
    in the formation of a circuit node via the lateralized recruitment of symmetric
    circuit components.
acknowledgement: "We thank I. Salecker (Flybow), B. Altenhein (Fas2-Gal4Mz507), A.
  Nose (UAS-intra- and extra-Fas2::YFP), and C. S. Goodman (UAS-Fas2PEST+/−), as well
  as the Bloomington Stock Center for providing materials and fly stocks. We thank
  S. Waddell and the lab, especially B. Senapati, for providing the opportunity to
  conduct memory experiments at the CNCB, University of Oxford, and for supervision
  and discussions during this period. We also thank W. Kallina, S. Ilgerl, D. Bartel,
  A. Grimm, and A. Litin for technical support and the Hummel Lab for stimulating
  discussions and critical comments on the manuscript. We acknowledge the early exploratory
  work of A. Mattia, S. Trkulja, C. Schönherr, S. Bogner, B. Simpson, L. Tomasek,
  H. Roth, H. Vokač, R. Gredler, F. Kapelari, T. Kolarova, C. Ignitsch, Á. Bautista-Soldevila,
  and M. Kassem.\r\nThis research was funded by the University of Vienna, the Vienna
  Doctoral School Cognition, Behaviour and Neuroscience (uni:docs fellowship) (to
  J.W.M.) and by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (Cluster of Excellence Neuronal Circuits
  in Health and Disease, grant DOI 10.55776/COE16; https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/research-radar/10.55776/COE16)
  (to T.H.). For open access purposes, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright
  license to any author-accepted manuscript version arising from this submission."
article_number: eaea6020
article_processing_charge: Yes
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author:
- first_name: Johann W.
  full_name: Markovitsch, Johann W.
  last_name: Markovitsch
- first_name: Daniel
  full_name: Mitić, Daniel
  last_name: Mitić
- first_name: Alisa
  full_name: Del Pilar Jiménez García, Alisa
  last_name: Del Pilar Jiménez García
- first_name: Alsberga
  full_name: Zane, Alsberga
  id: 60f7509a-f652-11ea-9d86-b963d6490d7c
  last_name: Zane
  orcid: 0009-0003-0415-7603
- first_name: Sarah
  full_name: Kainz, Sarah
  last_name: Kainz
- first_name: Rashmit
  full_name: Kaur, Rashmit
  last_name: Kaur
- first_name: Thomas
  full_name: Hummel, Thomas
  last_name: Hummel
citation:
  ama: Markovitsch JW, Mitić D, Del Pilar Jiménez García A, et al. Sequential formation
    of Drosophila circuit asymmetry via prolonged structural plasticity. <i>Science
    Advances</i>. 2026;12(13). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aea6020">10.1126/sciadv.aea6020</a>
  apa: Markovitsch, J. W., Mitić, D., Del Pilar Jiménez García, A., Zane, A., Kainz,
    S., Kaur, R., &#38; Hummel, T. (2026). Sequential formation of Drosophila circuit
    asymmetry via prolonged structural plasticity. <i>Science Advances</i>. AAAS.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aea6020">https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aea6020</a>
  chicago: Markovitsch, Johann W., Daniel Mitić, Alisa Del Pilar Jiménez García, Alsberga
    Zane, Sarah Kainz, Rashmit Kaur, and Thomas Hummel. “Sequential Formation of Drosophila
    Circuit Asymmetry via Prolonged Structural Plasticity.” <i>Science Advances</i>.
    AAAS, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aea6020">https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aea6020</a>.
  ieee: J. W. Markovitsch <i>et al.</i>, “Sequential formation of Drosophila circuit
    asymmetry via prolonged structural plasticity,” <i>Science Advances</i>, vol.
    12, no. 13. AAAS, 2026.
  ista: Markovitsch JW, Mitić D, Del Pilar Jiménez García A, Zane A, Kainz S, Kaur
    R, Hummel T. 2026. Sequential formation of Drosophila circuit asymmetry via prolonged
    structural plasticity. Science Advances. 12(13), eaea6020.
  mla: Markovitsch, Johann W., et al. “Sequential Formation of Drosophila Circuit
    Asymmetry via Prolonged Structural Plasticity.” <i>Science Advances</i>, vol.
    12, no. 13, eaea6020, AAAS, 2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aea6020">10.1126/sciadv.aea6020</a>.
  short: J.W. Markovitsch, D. Mitić, A. Del Pilar Jiménez García, A. Zane, S. Kainz,
    R. Kaur, T. Hummel, Science Advances 12 (2026).
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  grateful to the Electron Microscopy Facility, Imaging and Optics\r\nFacility, Zebrafish
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  text: Most cells polarize and migrate in response to electrical fields. In this
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  short: M. Riedl, M.K. Sixt, Cell 189 (2026) 3845–3846.
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  text: 'Patho-mechanistic origins of ulcerative colitis are still poorly understood.
    The actin cross-linker filamin A (FLNA) impacts cellular responses through interaction
    with cytosolic proteins. Posttranscriptional A-to-I editing generates two forms
    of FLNA: genome-encoded FLNAQ and FLNAR. FLNA is edited in colon fibroblasts,
    smooth muscle cells, and endothelial cells. We found that the FLNA editing status
    determines colitis severity. Editing was highest in healthy colons and reduced
    during murine and human colitis. Mice that exclusively express FLNAR were highly
    resistant to DSS-induced colitis, whereas fully FLNAQ animals developed severe
    inflammation. While the genetic induction of FLNA editing influenced transcriptional
    states of structural cells and microbiome composition, we found that FLNAR exerts
    protection specifically via myeloid cells, which are physiologically unedited.
    Introducing fixed FLNAR did not hamper cell migration but reduced macrophage inflammation
    and rendered neutrophils less prone to NETosis. Thus, loss of FLNA editing correlates
    with colitis severity, and targeted editing of myeloid cells serves as a novel
    therapeutic approach in intestinal inflammation.'
acknowledgement: "Sequencing was performed by the Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities
  (Medical University of Vienna Core Facility) and the Biomedical Sequencing Facility
  at CeMM, Vienna. Cell sorting and flow cytometry were performed at the Core Facility
  Flow Cytometry and Imaging (Medical University of Vienna). We thank Jasmin Schwarz,
  Gudrun Kohl, Petra Pjevac, and Joana Seneca Silva from the Joint Microbiome Facility
  of the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna for assisting with
  amplicon and metagenomic sequencing, as well as repositing of sequencing data. We
  thank Sophia Derdak and Michael Schuster for initial data analysis, Robert Vilvoi
  and Stephan Hemm for animal handling, Marcel Kertesz for mouse genotyping, and Salwan
  Roumaia for next generation sequencing sample preparation. Treatment schemes and
  graphical abstracts were created with https://BioRender.com.\r\n\r\nThis work was
  supported by the Austrian Science Fund, grant number ZK 57-B28 to C. Vesely, R.
  Gawish, and F.C. Pereira; grant number V 1025-B to R. Gawish; grant number DOC32-B28
  to R. Varada and M.F. Jantsch; and F8007 and P32678 to M.F. Jantsch. Open Access
  funding provided by Medical University of Vienna."
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  ama: Gawish R, Varada R, Deckert F, et al. Filamin A editing in myeloid cells reduces
    intestinal inflammation and protects from colitis. <i>Journal of Experimental
    Medicine</i>. 2025;222(9). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20240109">10.1084/jem.20240109</a>
  apa: Gawish, R., Varada, R., Deckert, F., Hladik, A., Steinbichl, L., Cimatti, L.,
    … Vesely, C. (2025). Filamin A editing in myeloid cells reduces intestinal inflammation
    and protects from colitis. <i>Journal of Experimental Medicine</i>. Rockefeller
    University Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20240109">https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20240109</a>
  chicago: Gawish, Riem, Rajagopal Varada, Florian Deckert, Anastasiya Hladik, Linda
    Steinbichl, Laura Cimatti, Katarina Milanovic, et al. “Filamin A Editing in Myeloid
    Cells Reduces Intestinal Inflammation and Protects from Colitis.” <i>Journal of
    Experimental Medicine</i>. Rockefeller University Press, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20240109">https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20240109</a>.
  ieee: R. Gawish <i>et al.</i>, “Filamin A editing in myeloid cells reduces intestinal
    inflammation and protects from colitis,” <i>Journal of Experimental Medicine</i>,
    vol. 222, no. 9. Rockefeller University Press, 2025.
  ista: Gawish R, Varada R, Deckert F, Hladik A, Steinbichl L, Cimatti L, Milanovic
    K, Jain M, Torgasheva N, Tanzer A, De Paepe K, Van De Wiele T, Hausmann B, Lang
    M, Pechhacker M, Ibrahim N, de Vries I, Brostjan C, Sixt MK, Gasche C, Boon L,
    Berry D, Jantsch MF, Pereira FC, Vesely C. 2025. Filamin A editing in myeloid
    cells reduces intestinal inflammation and protects from colitis. Journal of Experimental
    Medicine. 222(9), e20240109.
  mla: Gawish, Riem, et al. “Filamin A Editing in Myeloid Cells Reduces Intestinal
    Inflammation and Protects from Colitis.” <i>Journal of Experimental Medicine</i>,
    vol. 222, no. 9, e20240109, Rockefeller University Press, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20240109">10.1084/jem.20240109</a>.
  short: R. Gawish, R. Varada, F. Deckert, A. Hladik, L. Steinbichl, L. Cimatti, K.
    Milanovic, M. Jain, N. Torgasheva, A. Tanzer, K. De Paepe, T. Van De Wiele, B.
    Hausmann, M. Lang, M. Pechhacker, N. Ibrahim, I. de Vries, C. Brostjan, M.K. Sixt,
    C. Gasche, L. Boon, D. Berry, M.F. Jantsch, F.C. Pereira, C. Vesely, Journal of
    Experimental Medicine 222 (2025).
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  text: Efficient immune responses rely on the capacity of leukocytes to traverse
    diverse and complex tissues. To meet such changing environmental conditions, leukocytes
    usually adopt an ameboid configuration, using their forward-positioned nucleus
    as a probe to identify and follow the path of least resistance among pre-existing
    pores. We show that, in dense environments where even the largest pores preclude
    free passage, leukocytes position their nucleus behind the centrosome and organelles.
    The local compression imposed on the cell body by its surroundings triggers assembly
    of a central F-actin pool, located between cell front and nucleus. Central actin
    pushes outward to transiently dilate a path for organelles and nucleus. Pools
    of central and front actin are tightly coupled and experimental depletion of the
    central pool enhances actin accumulation and protrusion formation at the cell
    front. Although this shifted balance speeds up cells in permissive environments,
    migration in restrictive environments is impaired, as the unleashed leading edge
    dissociates from the trapped cell body. Our findings establish an actin regulatory
    loop that balances path dilation with advancement of the leading edge to maintain
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acknowledgement: This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units of ISTA
  through resources provided by the Imaging and Optics, Preclinical and Lab Support
  Facilities. In particular, we thank M. A. Symth and F. G. G. Leite, from the Virus
  Service Team, who helped generating the lentiviral particles used in this study.
  We thank all the members of the Sixt group for valuable discussions and feedback,
  in particular, I. Mayer, for helping with T cell isolation and Z. (P.) Li for providing
  the Actin–GFP DC line. We are also thankful to J. Mandl and C. Shen for their feedback
  during the writing of this manuscript. This work was supported by a European Research
  Council grant ERC-SyG 101071793 to M.S. M.J.A. was supported by an HFSP Postdoctoral
  Fellowship LTF 177 2021 and A.J.G. by a Lise Meitner Fellowship of the FWF (Austrian
  Science Fund). Y.F. was supported by the AMED-CREST (JP19gm1310005), the Medical
  Research Center Initiative for High Depth Omics and CURE:JPMXP1323015486 for MIB,
  Kyushu University. Open access funding provided by Institute of Science and Technology
  (IST Austria).
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citation:
  ama: Dos Reis Rodrigues P, Avellaneda Sarrió M, Canigova N, et al. Migrating immune
    cells globally coordinate protrusive forces. <i>Nature Immunology</i>. 2025;26:1258–1266.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02211-w">10.1038/s41590-025-02211-w</a>
  apa: Dos Reis Rodrigues, P., Avellaneda Sarrió, M., Canigova, N., Gärtner, F. R.,
    Vaahtomeri, K., Riedl, M., … Sixt, M. K. (2025). Migrating immune cells globally
    coordinate protrusive forces. <i>Nature Immunology</i>. Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02211-w">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02211-w</a>
  chicago: Dos Reis Rodrigues, Patricia, Mario Avellaneda Sarrió, Nikola Canigova,
    Florian R Gärtner, Kari Vaahtomeri, Michael Riedl, Ingrid de Vries, et al. “Migrating
    Immune Cells Globally Coordinate Protrusive Forces.” <i>Nature Immunology</i>.
    Springer Nature, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02211-w">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02211-w</a>.
  ieee: P. Dos Reis Rodrigues <i>et al.</i>, “Migrating immune cells globally coordinate
    protrusive forces,” <i>Nature Immunology</i>, vol. 26. Springer Nature, pp. 1258–1266,
    2025.
  ista: Dos Reis Rodrigues P, Avellaneda Sarrió M, Canigova N, Gärtner FR, Vaahtomeri
    K, Riedl M, de Vries I, Merrin J, Hauschild R, Fukui Y, Juanes Garcia A, Sixt
    MK. 2025. Migrating immune cells globally coordinate protrusive forces. Nature
    Immunology. 26, 1258–1266.
  mla: Dos Reis Rodrigues, Patricia, et al. “Migrating Immune Cells Globally Coordinate
    Protrusive Forces.” <i>Nature Immunology</i>, vol. 26, Springer Nature, 2025,
    pp. 1258–1266, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02211-w">10.1038/s41590-025-02211-w</a>.
  short: P. Dos Reis Rodrigues, M. Avellaneda Sarrió, N. Canigova, F.R. Gärtner, K.
    Vaahtomeri, M. Riedl, I. de Vries, J. Merrin, R. Hauschild, Y. Fukui, A. Juanes
    Garcia, M.K. Sixt, Nature Immunology 26 (2025) 1258–1266.
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  text: "Immune responses depend on the coordinated and efficient migration of leukocytes.
    These\r\ncells, which are embedded and tightly confined within tissues, must navigate
    and traverse\r\ndiverse and complex three-dimensional environments. Leukocytes
    adapt their locomotory\r\nbehavior to the mechanical, geometrical, and biochemical
    characteristics of their\r\nsurroundings. In low-density environments, where the
    pore size of the interstitial matrix\r\nallows free passage, these cells position
    the nucleus directly behind the lamellipodium, the\r\nprotrusive actin structure
    that forms the leading front of the cell. In this configuration, they\r\nuse the
    nucleus as a gauge to identify the path of least resistance.\r\nHere, we show
    that in high-density environments, where the pore size precludes free passage\r\nof
    the cell body, leukocytes reposition the microtubule-organizing center (MTOC)
    and\r\nassociated organelles in front of the nucleus. In this configuration, they
    use actin structures\r\nprotruding orthogonally to the direction of migration
    in order to open a path for the cell body.\r\nWe identify two distinct actin populations
    that serve this purpose at different subcellular\r\nlocalizations. At the leading
    edge, local indentation of the plasma membrane leads to\r\nrecruitment of the
    Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp), which, via Arp2/3, results in\r\nthe
    formation of individual actin foci. At the cell body, actin polymerization is
    triggered by\r\nDOCK8, a Cdc42 exchange factor, resulting in the formation of
    a central actin pool.\r\nWe demonstrate that the central and peripheral actin
    pools are functionally communicating\r\nand that depletion of the central actin
    pool leads to increased actin accumulation at the cell\r\nfront, resulting in
    excessive extension of the leading edge."
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acknowledgement: "I would like to acknowledge the\r\nfinancial support of the European
  Research Council through the ERC-SyG grant “Pushing from\r\nwithin: Control of cell
  shape, integrity and motility by cytoskeletal pushing forces”\r\n(01071793), which
  made this research possible. "
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citation:
  ama: Dos Reis Rodrigues P. Coordination of protrusive forces in immune cell migration
    . 2025. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20149">10.15479/AT-ISTA-20149</a>
  apa: Dos Reis Rodrigues, P. (2025). <i>Coordination of protrusive forces in immune
    cell migration </i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20149">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20149</a>
  chicago: Dos Reis Rodrigues, Patricia. “Coordination of Protrusive Forces in Immune
    Cell Migration .” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20149">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20149</a>.
  ieee: P. Dos Reis Rodrigues, “Coordination of protrusive forces in immune cell migration
    ,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025.
  ista: Dos Reis Rodrigues P. 2025. Coordination of protrusive forces in immune cell
    migration . Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
  mla: Dos Reis Rodrigues, Patricia. <i>Coordination of Protrusive Forces in Immune
    Cell Migration </i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20149">10.15479/AT-ISTA-20149</a>.
  short: P. Dos Reis Rodrigues, Coordination of Protrusive Forces in Immune Cell Migration
    , Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025.
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  text: Cell and tissue movement in development, cancer invasion, and immune response
    relies on chemical or mechanical guidance cues. In many systems, this behavior
    is locally directed by self-generated signaling gradients rather than long-range,
    prepatterned cues. However, how heterogeneous mixtures of cells interact nonreciprocally
    and navigate through self-generated gradients remains largely unexplored. Here,
    we introduce a theoretical framework for the self-organized chemotaxis of heterogeneous
    cell populations. We find that the relative chemotactic sensitivities of different
    cell populations control their long-time coupling and comigration dynamics, with
    boundary conditions such as external cell and attractant reservoirs substantially
    influencing the migration patterns. Our model predicts an optimal parameter regime
    that enables robust and colocalized migration. We test our theoretical predictions
    with in vitro experiments demonstrating the comigration of distinct immune cell
    populations, and quantitatively reproduce observed migration patterns under wild-type
    and perturbed conditions. Interestingly, immune cell comigration occurs close
    to the predicted optimal regime. Finally, we incorporate mechanical interactions
    into our framework, revealing a nontrivial interplay between chemotactic and mechanical
    nonreciprocity in driving collective migration. Together, our findings suggest
    that self-generated chemotaxis is a robust strategy for the navigation of mixed
    cell populations.
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acknowledgement: We thank all members of the M.S. and E.H. groups for stimulating
  discussions.We thank the Imaging and Optics facility, the Pre-clinical and Lab Support
  facility of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria for their excellent
  support and provided resources for the experimental research. In particular, we
  thank Jack Merrin from the Nanofabrication facility who generated the microfabricated
  channel used in this study. This work received funding fromt he European Research
  Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
  (grant agreement No. 851288 to E.H.). M.C.U.is funded by a University of Shefﬁeld
  Strategic Research Fellowship in the Physics of Life and Quantitative Biology.
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  last_name: Sixt
  orcid: 0000-0002-6620-9179
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  full_name: Hannezo, Edouard B
  id: 3A9DB764-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Hannezo
  orcid: 0000-0001-6005-1561
citation:
  ama: Ucar MC, Zane A, Alanko JH, Sixt MK, Hannezo EB. Self-generated chemotaxis
    of mixed cell populations. <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</i>.
    2025;122(34). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2504064122">10.1073/pnas.2504064122</a>
  apa: Ucar, M. C., Zane, A., Alanko, J. H., Sixt, M. K., &#38; Hannezo, E. B. (2025).
    Self-generated chemotaxis of mixed cell populations. <i>Proceedings of the National
    Academy of Sciences</i>. National Academy of Sciences. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2504064122">https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2504064122</a>
  chicago: Ucar, Mehmet C, Alsberga Zane, Jonna H Alanko, Michael K Sixt, and Edouard
    B Hannezo. “Self-Generated Chemotaxis of Mixed Cell Populations.” <i>Proceedings
    of the National Academy of Sciences</i>. National Academy of Sciences, 2025. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2504064122">https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2504064122</a>.
  ieee: M. C. Ucar, A. Zane, J. H. Alanko, M. K. Sixt, and E. B. Hannezo, “Self-generated
    chemotaxis of mixed cell populations,” <i>Proceedings of the National Academy
    of Sciences</i>, vol. 122, no. 34. National Academy of Sciences, 2025.
  ista: Ucar MC, Zane A, Alanko JH, Sixt MK, Hannezo EB. 2025. Self-generated chemotaxis
    of mixed cell populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(34),
    e2504064122.
  mla: Ucar, Mehmet C., et al. “Self-Generated Chemotaxis of Mixed Cell Populations.”
    <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</i>, vol. 122, no. 34, e2504064122,
    National Academy of Sciences, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2504064122">10.1073/pnas.2504064122</a>.
  short: M.C. Ucar, A. Zane, J.H. Alanko, M.K. Sixt, E.B. Hannezo, Proceedings of
    the National Academy of Sciences 122 (2025).
corr_author: '1'
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  text: Cell migration is a fundamental process during embryonic development. Most
    studies in vivo have focused on the migration of cells using the extracellular
    matrix (ECM) as their substrate for migration. In contrast, much less is known
    about how cells migrate on other cells, as found in early embryos when the ECM
    has not yet formed. Here, we show that lateral mesendoderm (LME) cells in the
    early zebrafish gastrula use the ectoderm as their substrate for migration. We
    show that the lateral ectoderm is permissive for the animal-pole-directed migration
    of LME cells, while the ectoderm at the animal pole halts it. These differences
    in permissiveness depend on the lateral ectoderm being more cohesive than the
    animal ectoderm, a property controlled by bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling
    within the ectoderm. Collectively, these findings identify ectoderm tissue cohesion
    as one critical factor in regulating LME migration during zebrafish gastrulation.
acknowledged_ssus:
- _id: Bio
- _id: LifeSc
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acknowledgement: 'We are grateful to the colleagues who contributed to this work with
  discussions, technical advice, and feedback on the manuscript: Irene Steccari, David
  Labrousse Arias and the other members of the Heisenberg lab, Nicole Amberg, Florian
  Pauler, Nicoletta Petridou, Elena Scarpa, and Edouard Hannezo. We also thank the
  Imaging and Optics Facility, the Life Science Facility, and the Scientific Computing
  Unit at ISTA for support. The Next Generation Sequencing Facility at Vienna BioCenter
  Core Facilities performed the RNA-seq for animal and lateral ectoderm. D.B.B. was
  supported by the NOMIS Foundation as a NOMIS Fellow and by an EMBO Postdoctoral
  Fellowship (ALTF 343-2022). S. Tavano was supported by an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship
  (ALTF 1159-2018).'
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- first_name: David
  full_name: Brückner, David
  id: e1e86031-6537-11eb-953a-f7ab92be508d
  last_name: Brückner
  orcid: 0000-0001-7205-2975
- first_name: Saren
  full_name: Tasciyan, Saren
  id: 4323B49C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Tasciyan
  orcid: 0000-0003-1671-393X
- first_name: Xin
  full_name: Tong, Xin
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  last_name: Tong
- first_name: Roland
  full_name: Kardos, Roland
  id: 4039350E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Kardos
- first_name: Alexandra
  full_name: Schauer, Alexandra
  id: 30A536BA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Schauer
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- first_name: Robert
  full_name: Hauschild, Robert
  id: 4E01D6B4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Hauschild
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- first_name: Carl-Philipp J
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  last_name: Heisenberg
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citation:
  ama: Tavano S, Brückner D, Tasciyan S, et al. BMP-dependent patterning of ectoderm
    tissue material properties modulates lateral mesendoderm cell migration during
    early zebrafish gastrulation. <i>Cell Reports</i>. 2025;44(3). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115387">10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115387</a>
  apa: Tavano, S., Brückner, D., Tasciyan, S., Tong, X., Kardos, R., Schauer, A.,
    … Heisenberg, C.-P. J. (2025). BMP-dependent patterning of ectoderm tissue material
    properties modulates lateral mesendoderm cell migration during early zebrafish
    gastrulation. <i>Cell Reports</i>. Cell Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115387">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115387</a>
  chicago: Tavano, Ste, David Brückner, Saren Tasciyan, Xin Tong, Roland Kardos, Alexandra
    Schauer, Robert Hauschild, and Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg. “BMP-Dependent Patterning
    of Ectoderm Tissue Material Properties Modulates Lateral Mesendoderm Cell Migration
    during Early Zebrafish Gastrulation.” <i>Cell Reports</i>. Cell Press, 2025. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115387">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115387</a>.
  ieee: S. Tavano <i>et al.</i>, “BMP-dependent patterning of ectoderm tissue material
    properties modulates lateral mesendoderm cell migration during early zebrafish
    gastrulation,” <i>Cell Reports</i>, vol. 44, no. 3. Cell Press, 2025.
  ista: Tavano S, Brückner D, Tasciyan S, Tong X, Kardos R, Schauer A, Hauschild R,
    Heisenberg C-PJ. 2025. BMP-dependent patterning of ectoderm tissue material properties
    modulates lateral mesendoderm cell migration during early zebrafish gastrulation.
    Cell Reports. 44(3), 115387.
  mla: Tavano, Ste, et al. “BMP-Dependent Patterning of Ectoderm Tissue Material Properties
    Modulates Lateral Mesendoderm Cell Migration during Early Zebrafish Gastrulation.”
    <i>Cell Reports</i>, vol. 44, no. 3, 115387, Cell Press, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115387">10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115387</a>.
  short: S. Tavano, D. Brückner, S. Tasciyan, X. Tong, R. Kardos, A. Schauer, R. Hauschild,
    C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Cell Reports 44 (2025).
corr_author: '1'
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  text: Animal cells migrating up chemotactic gradients often show speed oscillations.
    A new study describes a molecular circuit that switches zebrafish germ cells between
    phases of straight runs, tumbling and directional reorientation.
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  ama: 'LI Z, Sixt MK. Cell migration: How animal cells run and tumble. <i>Current
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  apa: 'LI, Z., &#38; Sixt, M. K. (2025). Cell migration: How animal cells run and
    tumble. <i>Current Biology</i>. Cell Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.08.016">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.08.016</a>'
  chicago: 'LI, ZIQIANG, and Michael K Sixt. “Cell Migration: How Animal Cells Run
    and Tumble.” <i>Current Biology</i>. Cell Press, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.08.016">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.08.016</a>.'
  ieee: 'Z. LI and M. K. Sixt, “Cell migration: How animal cells run and tumble,”
    <i>Current Biology</i>, vol. 35, no. 18. Cell Press, pp. R890–R892, 2025.'
  ista: 'LI Z, Sixt MK. 2025. Cell migration: How animal cells run and tumble. Current
    Biology. 35(18), R890–R892.'
  mla: 'LI, ZIQIANG, and Michael K. Sixt. “Cell Migration: How Animal Cells Run and
    Tumble.” <i>Current Biology</i>, vol. 35, no. 18, Cell Press, 2025, pp. R890–92,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.08.016">10.1016/j.cub.2025.08.016</a>.'
  short: Z. LI, M.K. Sixt, Current Biology 35 (2025) R890–R892.
corr_author: '1'
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  text: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is the most common chronic inflammatory skin disease
    worldwide. AD is a highly complex disease with different subtypes. Many elements
    of AD pathophysiology have been described, but if/how they interact with each
    other or which mechanisms are important in which patients is still unclear. Langerhans
    cells (LCs) are antigen-presenting cells (APCs) in the epidermis. Depending on
    the context, they can act either pro- or anti-inflammatory. Many different studies
    have investigated LCs in the context of AD and found them to be connected to all
    major mechanisms of AD pathophysiology. As APCs, LCs recruit other immune cells
    and shape the immune response, especially adaptive immunity via polarization of
    T cells. As sentinel cells, LCs are primary sensors of the skin microbiome and
    are important for the decision of immunity versus tolerance. LCs are also involved
    with the integrity of the skin barrier by influencing tight junctions. Finally,
    LCs are important cells in the neuro-immune crosstalk in the skin. In this review,
    we provide an overview about the many different roles of LCs in AD. Understanding
    LCs might bring us closer to a more complete understanding of this highly complex
    disease. Potentially, modulating LCs might offer new options for targeted therapies
    for AD patients.
acknowledgement: This work was supported by the CK-CARE of the KühneFoundation, Switzerland;
  the China Scholarship Counciland Shanghai Biocelline Enterprise Co. Ltd, China.
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author:
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citation:
  ama: 'Pan Y, Hochgerner M, Cichon MA, Benezeder T, Bieber T, Wolf P. Langerhans
    cells: Central players in the pathophysiology of atopic dermatitis. <i>Journal
    of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology</i>. 2025;39(2):278-289.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.20291">10.1111/jdv.20291</a>'
  apa: 'Pan, Y., Hochgerner, M., Cichon, M. A., Benezeder, T., Bieber, T., &#38; Wolf,
    P. (2025). Langerhans cells: Central players in the pathophysiology of atopic
    dermatitis. <i>Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology</i>.
    Wiley. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.20291">https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.20291</a>'
  chicago: 'Pan, Yi, Mathias Hochgerner, Malgorzata Anna Cichon, Theresa Benezeder,
    Thomas Bieber, and Peter Wolf. “Langerhans Cells: Central Players in the Pathophysiology
    of Atopic Dermatitis.” <i>Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology</i>.
    Wiley, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.20291">https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.20291</a>.'
  ieee: 'Y. Pan, M. Hochgerner, M. A. Cichon, T. Benezeder, T. Bieber, and P. Wolf,
    “Langerhans cells: Central players in the pathophysiology of atopic dermatitis,”
    <i>Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology</i>, vol. 39,
    no. 2. Wiley, pp. 278–289, 2025.'
  ista: 'Pan Y, Hochgerner M, Cichon MA, Benezeder T, Bieber T, Wolf P. 2025. Langerhans
    cells: Central players in the pathophysiology of atopic dermatitis. Journal of
    the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 39(2), 278–289.'
  mla: 'Pan, Yi, et al. “Langerhans Cells: Central Players in the Pathophysiology
    of Atopic Dermatitis.” <i>Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology</i>,
    vol. 39, no. 2, Wiley, 2025, pp. 278–89, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.20291">10.1111/jdv.20291</a>.'
  short: Y. Pan, M. Hochgerner, M.A. Cichon, T. Benezeder, T. Bieber, P. Wolf, Journal
    of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 39 (2025) 278–289.
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dataavailabilitystatement: Data sharing not applicable to this article as no data
  sets were generated or analysed during the review.
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  text: "Cell migration is a crucial process in animal development and maintenance.
    It is incredibly\r\nheterogeneous, with different cell types utilizing fundamentally
    distinct migration strategies.\r\nThe strategies also depend on the cellular microenvironment,
    where cells can switch between\r\nmigration modes as they encounter new environmental
    cues. In this thesis, we investigated\r\nhow dendritic cells adapt their migration
    strategy when encountering geometrically,\r\nmechanically and chemically distinct
    environments.\r\nWhen dendritic cells are embedded in a homogeneous fibrous network,
    they migrate in a fast\r\nand directional amoeboid manner. In this migration strategy,
    extracellular proteolysis and\r\nintegrin-mediated adhesions are dispensable.
    Instead, the cells use topography of the\r\nenvironment to propel their cell body
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    cell front.\r\nUsing various cell migration assays such as fibrous 3D collagen
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    of invasive migration of dendritic cells. We show that\r\nduring invasion the
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    front after invasion and maintaining this positioning during permissive migration.\r\nA
    functional role of the reorientation was uncovered in the first collaboration
    project.\r\nA prominent central actin pool was identified around the MTOC, especially
    pronounced in\r\ndense and compressive environments. The actin pool was shown
    to generate pushing forces\r\nto dilate the space for cell translocation. These
    forces are only necessary in non-permissive\r\nenvironments, where the nucleus
    reorients to the cell rear, allowing the actin pool to\r\ngenerate space. In permissive
    environments where space generation is dispensable, the\r\nMTOC is located behind
    the nucleus and the actin cloud has reduced intensity, allowing more\r\nactin
    to be incorporated into the lamellipodium, speeding up migration.\r\nIn the second
    collaboration project, we investigated the effects of distinct chemical\r\nenvironments
    on dendritic cell migration. The strikingly persistent migration of these cells\r\nwas
    explained by their ability to modulate and even self-generate chemokine gradients.
    This\r\nallows the cells to migrate faster and more persistent in uniform chemokine
    fields compared\r\nto imposed chemokine gradients. The chemokine receptor CCR7
    was identified as a crucial\r\nplayer in this process, both sensing the signal
    and internalizing the chemokine to create a sink."
acknowledgement: "This project has received funding from the Austrian Science Fund
  (FWF) via the doctorate\r\ncollege DK NanoCell and from the European Union’s Horizon
  2020 research and innovation\r\nprogramme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant
  Agreement No. 665385.\r\n"
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  ama: Canigova N. Adaptive strategies of dendritic cell migration in response to
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  apa: Canigova, N. (2025). <i>Adaptive strategies of dendritic cell migration in
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    <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-19745">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-19745</a>
  chicago: Canigova, Nikola. “Adaptive Strategies of Dendritic Cell Migration in Response
    to Environmental Cues.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-19745">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-19745</a>.
  ieee: N. Canigova, “Adaptive strategies of dendritic cell migration in response
    to environmental cues,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025.
  ista: Canigova N. 2025. Adaptive strategies of dendritic cell migration in response
    to environmental cues. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
  mla: Canigova, Nikola. <i>Adaptive Strategies of Dendritic Cell Migration in Response
    to Environmental Cues</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-19745">10.15479/AT-ISTA-19745</a>.
  short: N. Canigova, Adaptive Strategies of Dendritic Cell Migration in Response
    to Environmental Cues, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025.
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  text: While tumor malignancy has been extensively studied under the prism of genetic
    and epigenetic heterogeneity, tumor cell states also critically depend on reciprocal
    interactions with the microenvironment. This raises the hitherto untested possibility
    that heterogeneity of the untransformed tumor stroma can actively fuel malignant
    progression. As biological heterogeneity is inherently difficult to control, we
    adopted a reductionist approach and let tumor cells invade micro-engineered environments
    harboring obstacles with precision-controlled geometry. We find that not only
    the presence of obstacles, but more surprisingly their spatial disorder, causes
    a drastic shift from a collective to a single-cell mode of invasion – comparable
    in strength to cadherin loss. Combining live-imaging and perturbation experiments
    with minimal biophysical modeling, we demonstrate that cell detachments result
    both from local geometrical constraints and a global integration of spatial disorder
    over time. We show that different types of microenvironments map onto different
    universality classes of invasion dynamics - homogeneous substrates follow Kardar–Parisi–Zhang
    (KPZ) scaling, while disordered ones exhibit exponents consistent with KPZ with
    quenched disorder (KPZq). Our findings highlight generic physical principles for
    how the mode of cancer cell invasion depends on environmental heterogeneity, with
    potential implications to understand tumor evolution in vivo.
acknowledgement: "European Research Council, https://ror.org/0472cxd90, 101071793\r\nAustrian
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citation:
  ama: Dunajova Z, Tasciyan S, Majek J, et al. Substrate heterogeneity promotes cancer
    cell dissemination through interface roughening. <i>bioRxiv</i>. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.20.655037">10.1101/2025.05.20.655037</a>
  apa: Dunajova, Z., Tasciyan, S., Majek, J., Merrin, J., Sahai, E., Sixt, M. K.,
    &#38; Hannezo, E. B. (n.d.). Substrate heterogeneity promotes cancer cell dissemination
    through interface roughening. <i>bioRxiv</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.20.655037">https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.20.655037</a>
  chicago: Dunajova, Zuzana, Saren Tasciyan, Juraj Majek, Jack Merrin, Erik Sahai,
    Michael K Sixt, and Edouard B Hannezo. “Substrate Heterogeneity Promotes Cancer
    Cell Dissemination through Interface Roughening.” <i>BioRxiv</i>, n.d. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.20.655037">https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.20.655037</a>.
  ieee: Z. Dunajova <i>et al.</i>, “Substrate heterogeneity promotes cancer cell dissemination
    through interface roughening,” <i>bioRxiv</i>. .
  ista: Dunajova Z, Tasciyan S, Majek J, Merrin J, Sahai E, Sixt MK, Hannezo EB. Substrate
    heterogeneity promotes cancer cell dissemination through interface roughening.
    bioRxiv, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.20.655037">10.1101/2025.05.20.655037</a>.
  mla: Dunajova, Zuzana, et al. “Substrate Heterogeneity Promotes Cancer Cell Dissemination
    through Interface Roughening.” <i>BioRxiv</i>, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.20.655037">10.1101/2025.05.20.655037</a>.
  short: Z. Dunajova, S. Tasciyan, J. Majek, J. Merrin, E. Sahai, M.K. Sixt, E.B.
    Hannezo, BioRxiv (n.d.).
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  text: Contraction and flow of the actin cell cortex have emerged as a common principle
    by which cells reorganize their cytoplasm and take shape. However, how these cortical
    flows interact with adjacent cytoplasmic components, changing their form and localization,
    and how this affects cytoplasmic organization and cell shape remains unclear.
    Here we show that in ascidian oocytes, the cooperative activities of cortical
    actomyosin flows and deformation of the adjacent mitochondria-rich myoplasm drive
    oocyte cytoplasmic reorganization and shape changes following fertilization. We
    show that vegetal-directed cortical actomyosin flows, established upon oocyte
    fertilization, lead to both the accumulation of cortical actin at the vegetal
    pole of the zygote and compression and local buckling of the adjacent elastic
    solid-like myoplasm layer due to friction forces generated at their interface.
    Once cortical flows have ceased, the multiple myoplasm buckles resolve into one
    larger buckle, which again drives the formation of the contraction pole—a protuberance
    of the zygote’s vegetal pole where maternal mRNAs accumulate. Thus, our findings
    reveal a mechanism where cortical actomyosin network flows determine cytoplasmic
    reorganization and cell shape by deforming adjacent cytoplasmic components through
    friction forces.
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acknowledgement: We would like to thank A. McDougall, E. Hannezo and the Heisenberg
  lab for fruitful discussions and reagents. We also thank E. Munro for the iMyo-YFP
  and Bra>iMyo-mScarlet constructs. This research was supported by the Scientific
  Service Units of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria through resources
  provided by the Electron Microscopy Facility, Imaging and Optics Facility and the
  Nanofabrication Facility. This work was supported by a Joint Project Grant from
  the FWF (I 3601-B27).
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  last_name: Peruzzo
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- first_name: Gregory
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- first_name: Irene
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  last_name: Zheden
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- first_name: Jack
  full_name: Merrin, Jack
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  last_name: Merrin
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  full_name: Callan-Jones, Andrew
  last_name: Callan-Jones
- first_name: Raphaël
  full_name: Voituriez, Raphaël
  last_name: Voituriez
- first_name: Carl-Philipp J
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citation:
  ama: Caballero Mancebo S, Shinde R, Bolger-Munro M, et al. Friction forces determine
    cytoplasmic reorganization and shape changes of ascidian oocytes upon fertilization.
    <i>Nature Physics</i>. 2024;20:310-321. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02302-1">10.1038/s41567-023-02302-1</a>
  apa: Caballero Mancebo, S., Shinde, R., Bolger-Munro, M., Peruzzo, M., Szep, G.,
    Steccari, I., … Heisenberg, C.-P. J. (2024). Friction forces determine cytoplasmic
    reorganization and shape changes of ascidian oocytes upon fertilization. <i>Nature
    Physics</i>. Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02302-1">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02302-1</a>
  chicago: Caballero Mancebo, Silvia, Rushikesh Shinde, Madison Bolger-Munro, Matilda
    Peruzzo, Gregory Szep, Irene Steccari, David Labrousse Arias, et al. “Friction
    Forces Determine Cytoplasmic Reorganization and Shape Changes of Ascidian Oocytes
    upon Fertilization.” <i>Nature Physics</i>. Springer Nature, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02302-1">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02302-1</a>.
  ieee: S. Caballero Mancebo <i>et al.</i>, “Friction forces determine cytoplasmic
    reorganization and shape changes of ascidian oocytes upon fertilization,” <i>Nature
    Physics</i>, vol. 20. Springer Nature, pp. 310–321, 2024.
  ista: Caballero Mancebo S, Shinde R, Bolger-Munro M, Peruzzo M, Szep G, Steccari
    I, Labrousse Arias D, Zheden V, Merrin J, Callan-Jones A, Voituriez R, Heisenberg
    C-PJ. 2024. Friction forces determine cytoplasmic reorganization and shape changes
    of ascidian oocytes upon fertilization. Nature Physics. 20, 310–321.
  mla: Caballero Mancebo, Silvia, et al. “Friction Forces Determine Cytoplasmic Reorganization
    and Shape Changes of Ascidian Oocytes upon Fertilization.” <i>Nature Physics</i>,
    vol. 20, Springer Nature, 2024, pp. 310–21, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02302-1">10.1038/s41567-023-02302-1</a>.
  short: S. Caballero Mancebo, R. Shinde, M. Bolger-Munro, M. Peruzzo, G. Szep, I.
    Steccari, D. Labrousse Arias, V. Zheden, J. Merrin, A. Callan-Jones, R. Voituriez,
    C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Nature Physics 20 (2024) 310–321.
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  on request
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abstract:
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  text: Platelet homeostasis is essential for vascular integrity and immune defence1,2.
    Although the process of platelet formation by fragmenting megakaryocytes (MKs;
    thrombopoiesis) has been extensively studied, the cellular and molecular mechanisms
    required to constantly replenish the pool of MKs by their progenitor cells (megakaryopoiesis)
    remains unclear3,4. Here we use intravital imaging to track the cellular dynamics
    of megakaryopoiesis over days. We identify plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs)
    as homeostatic sensors that monitor the bone marrow for apoptotic MKs and deliver
    IFNα to the MK niche triggering local on-demand proliferation and maturation of
    MK progenitors. This pDC-dependent feedback loop is crucial for MK and platelet
    homeostasis at steady state and under stress. pDCs are best known for their ability
    to function as vigilant detectors of viral infection5. We show that virus-induced
    activation of pDCs interferes with their function as homeostatic sensors of megakaryopoiesis.
    Consequently, activation of pDCs by SARS-CoV-2 leads to excessive megakaryopoiesis.
    Together, we identify a pDC-dependent homeostatic circuit that involves innate
    immune sensing and demand-adapted release of inflammatory mediators to maintain
    homeostasis of the megakaryocytic lineage.
acknowledgement: 'We thank S. Helmer, N. Blount, E. Raatz and Z. Sisic for technical
  assistance. This work was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German
  Research Foundation) SFB 1123 (S.M. project B06); SFB 914 (S.M. projects B02 and
  Z01, H.I.-A. project Z01, S.S. project A06, K.S. project B02, C. Schulz project
  A10, B.W. project A02, C. Scheiermann project B09); SFB 1054 (T.B. project B03);
  FOR2033 (F.G., R.A.J.O., S.M.); Individual research grant project ID: 514478744
  (F.G.); Heisenberg Programme project ID: 514477451 (F.G.); the DZHK (German Center
  for Cardiovascular Research) (MHA 1.4VD (S.M.), Postdoc Start-up Grant, 81×3600213
  (F.G.)); and LMUexcellence NFF (F.G.). W.F. received funding from China Scholarship
  Council (CSC, no. 201306270012). P.B. is supported by the German Research Foundation
  (DFG, project IDs 322900939, 432698239 and 445703531), European Research Council
  (ERC Consolidator grant no. 101001791) and the Federal Ministry of Education and
  Research (BMBF, STOP-FSGS-01GM2202C and NATON within the framework of the Network
  of University Medicine, no. 01KX2121). S.v.S. is supported by the START-Program
  of the Faculty of Medicine of the RWTH Aachen University (AZ 125/17). A.D. and S.E.
  are supported by the German Research Foundation (SFB TRR 267); S.E. by the BMBF
  in the framework of the Cluster4future program (CNATM—Cluster for Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
  Munich). This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC)
  under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant
  agreement no. 833440 to S.M.). F.G. received funding from the European Union’s Horizon
  2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement
  no. 747687. The project is funded by the European Union (ERC, MEKanics, 101078110).
  Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily
  reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency.
  Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for
  them.'
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- first_name: Florian R
  full_name: Gärtner, Florian R
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- first_name: Hellen
  full_name: Ishikawa-Ankerhold, Hellen
  last_name: Ishikawa-Ankerhold
- first_name: Susanne
  full_name: Stutte, Susanne
  last_name: Stutte
- first_name: Wenwen
  full_name: Fu, Wenwen
  last_name: Fu
- first_name: Jutta
  full_name: Weitz, Jutta
  last_name: Weitz
- first_name: Anne
  full_name: Dueck, Anne
  last_name: Dueck
- first_name: Bhavishya
  full_name: Nelakuditi, Bhavishya
  last_name: Nelakuditi
- first_name: Valeria
  full_name: Fumagalli, Valeria
  last_name: Fumagalli
- first_name: Dominic
  full_name: Van Den Heuvel, Dominic
  last_name: Van Den Heuvel
- first_name: Larissa
  full_name: Belz, Larissa
  last_name: Belz
- first_name: Gulnoza
  full_name: Sobirova, Gulnoza
  last_name: Sobirova
- first_name: Zhe
  full_name: Zhang, Zhe
  last_name: Zhang
- first_name: Anna
  full_name: Titova, Anna
  last_name: Titova
- first_name: Alejandro Martinez
  full_name: Navarro, Alejandro Martinez
  last_name: Navarro
- first_name: Kami
  full_name: Pekayvaz, Kami
  last_name: Pekayvaz
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Lorenz, Michael
  last_name: Lorenz
- first_name: Louisa
  full_name: Von Baumgarten, Louisa
  last_name: Von Baumgarten
- first_name: Jan
  full_name: Kranich, Jan
  last_name: Kranich
- first_name: Tobias
  full_name: Straub, Tobias
  last_name: Straub
- first_name: Bastian
  full_name: Popper, Bastian
  last_name: Popper
- first_name: Vanessa
  full_name: Zheden, Vanessa
  id: 39C5A68A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Zheden
  orcid: 0000-0002-9438-4783
- first_name: Walter
  full_name: Kaufmann, Walter
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  last_name: Kaufmann
  orcid: 0000-0001-9735-5315
- first_name: Chenglong
  full_name: Guo, Chenglong
  last_name: Guo
- first_name: Guido
  full_name: Piontek, Guido
  last_name: Piontek
- first_name: Saskia
  full_name: Von Stillfried, Saskia
  last_name: Von Stillfried
- first_name: Peter
  full_name: Boor, Peter
  last_name: Boor
- first_name: Marco
  full_name: Colonna, Marco
  last_name: Colonna
- first_name: Sebastian
  full_name: Clauß, Sebastian
  last_name: Clauß
- first_name: Christian
  full_name: Schulz, Christian
  last_name: Schulz
- first_name: Thomas
  full_name: Brocker, Thomas
  last_name: Brocker
- first_name: Barbara
  full_name: Walzog, Barbara
  last_name: Walzog
- first_name: Christoph
  full_name: Scheiermann, Christoph
  last_name: Scheiermann
- first_name: William C.
  full_name: Aird, William C.
  last_name: Aird
- first_name: Claus
  full_name: Nerlov, Claus
  last_name: Nerlov
- first_name: Konstantin
  full_name: Stark, Konstantin
  last_name: Stark
- first_name: Tobias
  full_name: Petzold, Tobias
  last_name: Petzold
- first_name: Stefan
  full_name: Engelhardt, Stefan
  last_name: Engelhardt
- first_name: Michael K
  full_name: Sixt, Michael K
  id: 41E9FBEA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Sixt
  orcid: 0000-0002-6620-9179
- first_name: Robert
  full_name: Hauschild, Robert
  id: 4E01D6B4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Hauschild
  orcid: 0000-0001-9843-3522
- first_name: Martina
  full_name: Rudelius, Martina
  last_name: Rudelius
- first_name: Robert A.J.
  full_name: Oostendorp, Robert A.J.
  last_name: Oostendorp
- first_name: Matteo
  full_name: Iannacone, Matteo
  last_name: Iannacone
- first_name: Matthias
  full_name: Heinig, Matthias
  last_name: Heinig
- first_name: Steffen
  full_name: Massberg, Steffen
  last_name: Massberg
citation:
  ama: Gärtner FR, Ishikawa-Ankerhold H, Stutte S, et al. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells
    control homeostasis of megakaryopoiesis. <i>Nature</i>. 2024;631:645-653. doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07671-y">10.1038/s41586-024-07671-y</a>
  apa: Gärtner, F. R., Ishikawa-Ankerhold, H., Stutte, S., Fu, W., Weitz, J., Dueck,
    A., … Massberg, S. (2024). Plasmacytoid dendritic cells control homeostasis of
    megakaryopoiesis. <i>Nature</i>. Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07671-y">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07671-y</a>
  chicago: Gärtner, Florian R, Hellen Ishikawa-Ankerhold, Susanne Stutte, Wenwen Fu,
    Jutta Weitz, Anne Dueck, Bhavishya Nelakuditi, et al. “Plasmacytoid Dendritic
    Cells Control Homeostasis of Megakaryopoiesis.” <i>Nature</i>. Springer Nature,
    2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07671-y">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07671-y</a>.
  ieee: F. R. Gärtner <i>et al.</i>, “Plasmacytoid dendritic cells control homeostasis
    of megakaryopoiesis,” <i>Nature</i>, vol. 631. Springer Nature, pp. 645–653, 2024.
  ista: Gärtner FR, Ishikawa-Ankerhold H, Stutte S, Fu W, Weitz J, Dueck A, Nelakuditi
    B, Fumagalli V, Van Den Heuvel D, Belz L, Sobirova G, Zhang Z, Titova A, Navarro
    AM, Pekayvaz K, Lorenz M, Von Baumgarten L, Kranich J, Straub T, Popper B, Zheden
    V, Kaufmann W, Guo C, Piontek G, Von Stillfried S, Boor P, Colonna M, Clauß S,
    Schulz C, Brocker T, Walzog B, Scheiermann C, Aird WC, Nerlov C, Stark K, Petzold
    T, Engelhardt S, Sixt MK, Hauschild R, Rudelius M, Oostendorp RAJ, Iannacone M,
    Heinig M, Massberg S. 2024. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells control homeostasis of
    megakaryopoiesis. Nature. 631, 645–653.
  mla: Gärtner, Florian R., et al. “Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Control Homeostasis
    of Megakaryopoiesis.” <i>Nature</i>, vol. 631, Springer Nature, 2024, pp. 645–53,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07671-y">10.1038/s41586-024-07671-y</a>.
  short: F.R. Gärtner, H. Ishikawa-Ankerhold, S. Stutte, W. Fu, J. Weitz, A. Dueck,
    B. Nelakuditi, V. Fumagalli, D. Van Den Heuvel, L. Belz, G. Sobirova, Z. Zhang,
    A. Titova, A.M. Navarro, K. Pekayvaz, M. Lorenz, L. Von Baumgarten, J. Kranich,
    T. Straub, B. Popper, V. Zheden, W. Kaufmann, C. Guo, G. Piontek, S. Von Stillfried,
    P. Boor, M. Colonna, S. Clauß, C. Schulz, T. Brocker, B. Walzog, C. Scheiermann,
    W.C. Aird, C. Nerlov, K. Stark, T. Petzold, S. Engelhardt, M.K. Sixt, R. Hauschild,
    M. Rudelius, R.A.J. Oostendorp, M. Iannacone, M. Heinig, S. Massberg, Nature 631
    (2024) 645–653.
corr_author: '1'
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  text: The extracellular matrix (ECM) serves as a scaffold for cells and plays an
    essential role in regulating numerous cellular processes, including cell migration
    and proliferation. Due to limitations in specimen preparation for conventional
    room-temperature electron microscopy, we lack structural knowledge on how ECM
    components are secreted, remodeled, and interact with surrounding cells. We have
    developed a 3D-ECM platform compatible with sample thinning by cryo-focused ion
    beam milling, the lift-out extraction procedure, and cryo-electron tomography.
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acknowledgement: "Open Access funding provided by IST Austria. We thank Armel Nicolas
  and his team at the ISTA proteomics facility, Alois Schloegl, Stefano Elefante,
  and colleagues at the ISTA Scientific Computing facility, Tommaso Constanzo and
  Ludek Lovicar at the Electron Microsocpy Facility (EMF), and Thomas Menner at the
  Miba Machine shop for their support. We also thank Wanda Kukulski (University of
  Bern) as well as Darío Porley, Andreas Thader, and other members of the Schur group
  for helpful discussions. Matt Swulius and Jessica Heebner provided great support
  in using Dragonfly. We thank Dorotea Fracciolla (Art & Science) for support in figure
  illustration.\r\n\r\nThis research was supported by the Scientific Service Units
  of ISTA through resources provided by Scientific Computing, the Lab Support Facility,
  and the Electron Microscopy Facility. We acknowledge funding support from the following
  sources: Austrian Science Fund (FWF) grant P33367 (to F.K.M. Schur), the Federation
  of European Biochemical Societies (to F.K.M. Schur), Niederösterreich (NÖ) Fonds
  (to B. Zens), FWF grant E435 (to J.M. Hansen), European Research Council under the
  European Union’s Horizon 2020 research (grant agreement No. 724373) (to M. Sixt),
  and Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation (to J. Alanko). This publication has been
  made possible in part by CZI grant DAF2021-234754 and grant DOI https://doi.org/10.37921/812628ebpcwg
  from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community
  Foundation (to F.K.M. Schur)."
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  ama: Zens B, Fäßler F, Hansen J, et al. Lift-out cryo-FIBSEM and cryo-ET reveal
    the ultrastructural landscape of extracellular matrix. <i>Journal of Cell Biology</i>.
    2024;223(6). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202309125">10.1083/jcb.202309125</a>
  apa: Zens, B., Fäßler, F., Hansen, J., Hauschild, R., Datler, J., Hodirnau, V.-V.,
    … Schur, F. K. (2024). Lift-out cryo-FIBSEM and cryo-ET reveal the ultrastructural
    landscape of extracellular matrix. <i>Journal of Cell Biology</i>. Rockefeller
    University Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202309125">https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202309125</a>
  chicago: Zens, Bettina, Florian Fäßler, Jesse Hansen, Robert Hauschild, Julia Datler,
    Victor-Valentin Hodirnau, Vanessa Zheden, Jonna H Alanko, Michael K Sixt, and
    Florian KM Schur. “Lift-out Cryo-FIBSEM and Cryo-ET Reveal the Ultrastructural
    Landscape of Extracellular Matrix.” <i>Journal of Cell Biology</i>. Rockefeller
    University Press, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202309125">https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202309125</a>.
  ieee: B. Zens <i>et al.</i>, “Lift-out cryo-FIBSEM and cryo-ET reveal the ultrastructural
    landscape of extracellular matrix,” <i>Journal of Cell Biology</i>, vol. 223,
    no. 6. Rockefeller University Press, 2024.
  ista: 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.
  mla: Zens, Bettina, et al. “Lift-out Cryo-FIBSEM and Cryo-ET Reveal the Ultrastructural
    Landscape of Extracellular Matrix.” <i>Journal of Cell Biology</i>, vol. 223,
    no. 6, e202309125, Rockefeller University Press, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202309125">10.1083/jcb.202309125</a>.
  short: B. Zens, F. Fäßler, J. Hansen, R. Hauschild, J. Datler, V.-V. Hodirnau, V.
    Zheden, J.H. Alanko, M.K. Sixt, F.K. Schur, Journal of Cell Biology 223 (2024).
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  All tilt series, including frames, raw tilt series, and reconstructed IsoNet-filtered
  tomograms, were deposited in the Electron Microscopy Public Image Archive database
  under the accession code EMPIAR-11897.'
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