Zora Chui-Kuen Chan, Hiu-Lam Rachel Kwan ... Chi Wai Lee
Postsynaptic MT1-MMP serves as a molecular switch to synaptogenesis by clearing the surrounding ECM environment that allows effective deposition of nerve-derived synaptogenic factors to induce postsynaptic differentiation at developing NMJs.
Marion Portes, Thomas Mangeat ... Renaud Poincloux
Cutting-edge super-resolution microscopy methods reveal the architecture and dynamics of the sealing zone formed by human osteoclasts and composed of coordinated groups of podosomal cores encircled by adhesion complexes.
During ingestion of antibody-coated targets, phagocytes probe and deform the target via Arp2/3-dependent protrusions and myosin-dependent constriction during cup closure.
Transferrin receptor 1-mediated iron uptake plays a pivotal role in osteoclast energy metabolism and cytoskeleton and regulates bone remodeling in female mice.
It is shown that the absence of the centrosome protein ninein provokes premature ossification during mouse development, due to a defect in the fusion of precursor cells into syncytial osteoclasts.