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119 Publications
2021 | Thesis | IST-REx-ID: 10307 | 
Tomasek K. Pathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:10307
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2021 | Preprint | IST-REx-ID: 10316 |
Tomasek K, Leithner AF, Glatzová I, Lukesch MS, Guet CC, Sixt MK. Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2021.10.18.464770
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2020 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7234 |
Obeidy P, Ju LA, Oehlers SH, et al. Partial loss of actin nucleator actin-related protein 2/3 activity triggers blebbing in primary T lymphocytes. Immunology and Cell Biology. 2020;98(2):93-113. doi:10.1111/imcb.12304
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2020 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7623 |
Jankowiak G, Peurichard D, Reversat A, Schmeiser C, Sixt MK. Modeling adhesion-independent cell migration. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences. 2020;30(3):513-537. doi:10.1142/S021820252050013X
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2020 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7885
Reversat A, Gärtner FR, Merrin J, et al. Cellular locomotion using environmental topography. Nature. 2020;582:582–585. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2283-z
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2020 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7875 |
Kopf A, Renkawitz J, Hauschild R, et al. Microtubules control cellular shape and coherence in amoeboid migrating cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 2020;219(6). doi:10.1083/jcb.201907154
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2020 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7876 |
Sixt MK, Lämmermann T. T cells: Bridge-and-channel commute to the white pulp. Immunity. 2020;52(5):721-723. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2020.04.020
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2020 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7909 |
Damiano-Guercio J, Kurzawa L, Müller J, et al. Loss of Ena/VASP interferes with lamellipodium architecture, motility and integrin-dependent adhesion. eLife. 2020;9. doi:10.7554/eLife.55351
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2020 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 8132
Salzer E, Zoghi S, Kiss MG, Kage F, Rashkova C, Stahnke S, Haimel M, Platzer R, Caldera M, Ardy RC, Hoeger B, Block J, Medgyesi D, Sin C, Shahkarami S, Kain R, Ziaee V, Hammerl P, Bock C, Menche J, Dupré L, Huppa JB, Sixt MK, Lomakin A, Rottner K, Binder CJ, Stradal TEB, Rezaei N, Boztug K. 2020. The cytoskeletal regulator HEM1 governs B cell development and prevents autoimmunity. Science Immunology. 5(49), eabc3979.
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2020 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 8787 |
Nicolai L, Schiefelbein K, Lipsky S, Leunig A, Hoffknecht M, Pekayvaz K, Raude B, Marx C, Ehrlich A, Pircher J, Zhang Z, Saleh I, Marel A-K, Löf A, Petzold T, Lorenz M, Stark K, Pick R, Rosenberger G, Weckbach L, Uhl B, Xia S, Reichel CA, Walzog B, Schulz C, Zheden V, Bender M, Li R, Massberg S, Gärtner FR. 2020. Vascular surveillance by haptotactic blood platelets in inflammation and infection. Nature Communications. 11, 5778.
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2020 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 8142 |
Montesinos López JC, Abuzeineh A, Kopf A, et al. Phytohormone cytokinin guides microtubule dynamics during cell progression from proliferative to differentiated stage. The Embo Journal. 2020;39(17). doi:10.15252/embj.2019104238
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2020 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 8190 |
Sixt MK, Huttenlocher A. Zena Werb (1945-2020): Cell biology in context. The Journal of cell biology. 2020;219(8). doi:10.1083/jcb.202007029
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2019 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 6824
Gärtner FR, Massberg S. Patrolling the vascular borders: Platelets in immunity to infection and cancer. Nature Reviews Immunology. 2019;19(12):747–760. doi:10.1038/s41577-019-0202-z
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2019 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7009
Yamada K, Sixt MK. Mechanisms of 3D cell migration. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 2019;20(12):738–752. doi:10.1038/s41580-019-0172-9
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2019 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 6988
Nicolai L, Gärtner FR, Massberg S. Platelets in host defense: Experimental and clinical insights. Trends in Immunology. 2019;40(10):922-938. doi:10.1016/j.it.2019.08.004
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2019 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 6979
Kopf A, Sixt MK. Gut homeostasis: Active migration of intestinal epithelial cells in tissue renewal. Current Biology. 2019;29(20):R1091-R1093. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.068
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2019 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7105 |
Yolland L, Burki M, Marcotti S, et al. Persistent and polarized global actin flow is essential for directionality during cell migration. Nature Cell Biology. 2019;21(11):1370-1381. doi:10.1038/s41556-019-0411-5
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2019 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7420 |
Sahgal P, Alanko JH, Icha J, et al. GGA2 and RAB13 promote activity-dependent β1-integrin recycling. Journal of Cell Science. 2019;132(11). doi:10.1242/jcs.233387
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2019 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7404 |
Stürner T, Tatarnikova A, Müller J, et al. Transient localization of the Arp2/3 complex initiates neuronal dendrite branching in vivo. Development. 2019;146(7). doi:10.1242/dev.171397
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2019 | Thesis | IST-REx-ID: 6891 |
Kopf A. The implication of cytoskeletal dynamics on leukocyte migration. 2019. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6891
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2019 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 6328 |
Renkawitz J, Kopf A, Stopp JA, et al. Nuclear positioning facilitates amoeboid migration along the path of least resistance. Nature. 2019;568:546-550. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1087-5
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2019 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 6877
Kopf A, Sixt MK. The neural crest pitches in to remove apoptotic debris. Cell. 2019;179(1):51-53. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2019.08.047
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2019 | Thesis | IST-REx-ID: 6947 |
Assen FP. Lymph node mechanics: Deciphering the interplay between stroma contractility, morphology and lymphocyte trafficking. 2019. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6947
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 6354 |
Fan S, Lorenz M, Massberg S, Gärtner FR. Platelet migration and bacterial trapping assay under flow. Bio-Protocol. 2018;8(18). doi:10.21769/bioprotoc.3018
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 318 |
Casano AM, Sixt MK. A fat lot of good for wound healing. Developmental Cell. 2018;44(4):405-406. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2018.02.009
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 308 |
Ratheesh A, Bicher J, Smutny M, et al. Drosophila TNF modulates tissue tension in the embryo to facilitate macrophage invasive migration. Developmental Cell. 2018;45(3):331-346. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2018.04.002
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 437 |
Leithner AF, Renkawitz J, de Vries I, Hauschild R, Haecker H, Sixt MK. Fast and efficient genetic engineering of hematopoietic precursor cells for the study of dendritic cell migration. European Journal of Immunology. 2018;48(6):1074-1077. doi:10.1002/eji.201747358
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 5672 |
Reversat A, Sixt MK. IgM’s exit route. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2018;215(12):2959-2961. doi:10.1084/jem.20181934
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 275 |
Brown M, Johnson L, Leone D, et al. Lymphatic exosomes promote dendritic cell migration along guidance cues. Journal of Cell Biology. 2018;217(6):2205-2221. doi:10.1083/jcb.201612051
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 5858 |
Hross S, Theis FJ, Sixt MK, Hasenauer J. Mechanistic description of spatial processes using integrative modelling of noise-corrupted imaging data. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 2018;15(149). doi:10.1098/rsif.2018.0600
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2018 | Book Chapter | IST-REx-ID: 153
Renkawitz J, Reversat A, Leithner AF, Merrin J, Sixt MK. Micro-engineered “pillar forests” to study cell migration in complex but controlled 3D environments. In: Methods in Cell Biology. Vol 147. Academic Press; 2018:79-91. doi:10.1016/bs.mcb.2018.07.004
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 276 |
Frick C, Dettinger P, Renkawitz J, et al. Nano-scale microfluidics to study 3D chemotaxis at the single cell level. PLoS One. 2018;13(6). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0198330
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 5861 |
Alanko JH, Sixt MK. The cell sets the tone. eLife. 2018;7. doi:10.7554/eLife.37888
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 5984 |
Morri M, Sanchez-Romero I, Tichy A-M, et al. Optical functionalization of human class A orphan G-protein-coupled receptors. Nature Communications. 2018;9(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04342-1
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 5992 |
Dolati S, Kage F, Mueller J, et al. On the relation between filament density, force generation, and protrusion rate in mesenchymal cell motility. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2018;29(22):2674-2686. doi:10.1091/mbc.e18-02-0082
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 6497 |
Moalli F, Ficht X, Germann P, et al. The Rho regulator Myosin IXb enables nonlymphoid tissue seeding of protective CD8+T cells. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2018;2015(7):1869–1890. doi:10.1084/jem.20170896
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2018 | Thesis | IST-REx-ID: 323 |
Leithner AF. Branched actin networks in dendritic cell biology. 2018. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_998
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 15 |
Hons M, Kopf A, Hauschild R, et al. Chemokines and integrins independently tune actin flow and substrate friction during intranodal migration of T cells. Nature Immunology. 2018;19(6):606-616. doi:10.1038/s41590-018-0109-z
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 402 |
Brown M, Assen FP, Leithner AF, et al. Lymph node blood vessels provide exit routes for metastatic tumor cell dissemination in mice. Science. 2018;359(6382):1408-1411. doi:10.1126/science.aal3662
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2017 | Research Data | IST-REx-ID: 5567 |
Leithner AF. Immunological synapse DC-Tcells. 2017. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:71
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 569 |
Spira F, Cuylen Haering S, Mehta S, et al. Cytokinesis in vertebrate cells initiates by contraction of an equatorial actomyosin network composed of randomly oriented filaments. eLife. 2017;6. doi:10.7554/eLife.30867
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 571
Gärtner FR, Ahmad Z, Rosenberger G, Fan S, Nicolai L, Busch B, Yavuz G, Luckner M, Ishikawa Ankerhold H, Hennel R, Benechet A, Lorenz M, Chandraratne S, Schubert I, Helmer S, Striednig B, Stark K, Janko M, Böttcher R, Verschoor A, Leon C, Gachet C, Gudermann T, Mederos Y Schnitzler M, Pincus Z, Iannacone M, Haas R, Wanner G, Lauber K, Sixt MK, Massberg S. 2017. Migrating platelets are mechano scavengers that collect and bundle bacteria. Cell Press. 171(6), 1368–1382.
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 659 |
Kage F, Winterhoff M, Dimchev V, et al. FMNL formins boost lamellipodial force generation. Nature Communications. 2017;8. doi:10.1038/ncomms14832
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 668 |
Horsthemke M, Bachg A, Groll K, et al. Multiple roles of filopodial dynamics in particle capture and phagocytosis and phenotypes of Cdc42 and Myo10 deletion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2017;292(17):7258-7273. doi:10.1074/jbc.M116.766923
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 672 |
Vaahtomeri K, Brown M, Hauschild R, et al. Locally triggered release of the chemokine CCL21 promotes dendritic cell transmigration across lymphatic endothelia. Cell Reports. 2017;19(5):902-909. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2017.04.027
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 674
Schwarz J, Bierbaum V, Vaahtomeri K, et al. Dendritic cells interpret haptotactic chemokine gradients in a manner governed by signal to noise ratio and dependent on GRK6. Current Biology. 2017;27(9):1314-1325. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.004
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 677 |
Lademann C, Renkawitz J, Pfander B, Jentsch S. The INO80 complex removes H2A.Z to promote presynaptic filament formation during homologous recombination. Cell Reports. 2017;19(7):1294-1303. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2017.04.051
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 679 |
Ebner F, Sedlyarov V, Tasciyan S, et al. The RNA-binding protein tristetraprolin schedules apoptosis of pathogen-engaged neutrophils during bacterial infection. The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2017;127(6):2051-2065. doi:10.1172/JCI80631
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 694 |
Veß A, Blache U, Leitner L, et al. A dual phenotype of MDA MB 468 cancer cells reveals mutual regulation of tensin3 and adhesion plasticity. Journal of Cell Science. 2017;130(13):2172-2184. doi:10.1242/jcs.200899
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1161
Müller J, Sixt MK. Cell migration: Making the waves. Current Biology. 2017;27(1):R24-R25. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.11.035
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