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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.