Cellular navigation along spatial gradients

Multitier mechanics control stromal adaptations in swelling lymph nodes
F.P. Assen, J. Abe, M. Hons, R. Hauschild, S. Shamipour, W. Kaufmann, T. Costanzo, G. Krens, M. Brown, B. Ludewig, S. Hippenmeyer, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, W. Weninger, E.B. Hannezo, S.A. Luther, J.V. Stein, M.K. Sixt, Nature Immunology 23 (2022) 1246–1255.

Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14
K. Tomasek, A.F. Leithner, I. Glatzová, M.S. Lukesch, C.C. Guet, M.K. Sixt, ELife 11 (2022).

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).

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

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).

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

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

En-Face Imaging of T Cell-Dendritic Cell Immunological Synapses
A.F. Leithner, J. Merrin, M.K. Sixt, in:, C. Baldari, M. Dustin (Eds.), The Immune Synapse, Springer Nature, New York, NY, 2023, pp. 137–147.

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).

CCR7 acts as both a sensor and a sink for CCL19 to coordinate collective leukocyte migration
J.H. Alanko, M.C. Ucar, N. Canigova, J.A. Stopp, J. Schwarz, J. Merrin, E.B. Hannezo, M.K. Sixt, Science Immunology 8 (2023).

Lift-out cryo-FIBSEM and cryo-ET reveal the ultrastructural landscape of extracellular matrix
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).

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

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.

Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14
K. Tomasek, A.F. Leithner, I. Glatzová, M.S. Lukesch, C.C. Guet, M.K. Sixt, BioRxiv (n.d.).

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.