Cytoskeletal force generation and force transduction of migrating leukocytes

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

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

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

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

Quantitative analysis of dendritic cell haptotaxis
J. Schwarz, M.K. Sixt, Methods in Enzymology 570 (2016) 567–581.

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

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

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

Solution structure of CCL19 and identification of overlapping CCR7 and PSGL-1 binding sites
Veldkamp C, Kiermaier E, Gabel Eissens S, Gillitzer M, Lippner D, Disilvio F, Mueller C, Wantuch P, Chaffee G, Famiglietti M, Zgoba D, Bailey A, Bah Y, Engebretson S, Graupner D, Lackner E, Larosa V, Medeiros T, Olson M, Phillips A, Pyles H, Richard A, Schoeller S, Touzeau B, Williams L, Sixt MK, Peterson F. 2015. Solution structure of CCL19 and identification of overlapping CCR7 and PSGL-1 binding sites. Biochemistry. 54(27), 4163–4166.

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

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

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

Synchronization in collectively moving inanimate and living active matter
M. Riedl, I.D. Mayer, J. Merrin, M.K. Sixt, B. Hof, Nature Communications 14 (2023).

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

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

Cellular locomotion using environmental topography
A. Reversat, F.R. Gärtner, J. Merrin, J.A. Stopp, S. Tasciyan, J.L. Aguilera Servin, I. de Vries, R. Hauschild, M. Hons, M. Piel, A. Callan-Jones, R. Voituriez, M.K. Sixt, Nature 582 (2020) 582–585.

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

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