Recent insight into intermediate filament structure

SA Eldirany, IB Lomakin, M Ho, CG Bunick - Current opinion in cell biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Intermediate filaments (IFs) are key players in multiple cellular processes throughout human
tissues. Their biochemical and structural properties are important for understanding filament …

Lamin A/C mechanotransduction in laminopathies

F Donnaloja, F Carnevali, E Jacchetti, MT Raimondi - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mechanotransduction translates forces into biological responses and regulates cell
functionalities. It is implicated in several diseases, including laminopathies which are …

[HTML][HTML] How nuclear envelope dynamics can direct laminopathy phenotypes

D Van Heerden, S Klima, I Van den Bout - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
The nuclear envelope separates the genome from the cytoplasmic environment. However,
the nuclear envelope is also physically associated with the genome and exerts influence on …

Most myopathic lamin variants aggregate: A functional genomics approach for assessing variants of uncertain significance

CL Anderson, ER Langer, TC Routes… - NPJ Genomic …, 2021 - nature.com
Hundreds of LMNA variants have been associated with several distinct disease phenotypes.
However, genotype–phenotype relationships remain largely undefined and the impact for …

Computational modeling establishes mechanotransduction as a potent modulator of the mammalian circadian clock

EA Francis, P Rangamani - Journal of Cell Science, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Mechanotransduction, which is the integration of mechanical signals from the external
environment of a cell to changes in intracellular signaling, governs many cellular functions …

PIGB maintains nuclear lamina organization in skeletal muscle of Drosophila

M Yamamoto-Hino, M Ariura, M Tanaka… - Journal of Cell …, 2024 - rupress.org
The nuclear lamina (NL) plays various roles and participates in nuclear integrity, chromatin
organization, and transcriptional regulation. Lamin proteins, the main components of the NL …

Active microrheology using pulsed optical tweezers to probe viscoelasticity of lamin A

C Mukherjee, A Kundu, R Dey, A Banerjee, K Sengupta - Soft matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Lamins are nucleoskeletal proteins of mammalian cells that stabilize the structure and
maintain the rigidity of the nucleus. These type V intermediate filament proteins which are …

The lamin A/C Ig-fold undergoes cell density-dependent changes that alter epitope binding

M Wallace, GR Fedorchak, R Agrawal, RM Gilbert… - Nucleus, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Lamins A/C are nuclear intermediate filament proteins that are involved in diverse cellular
mechanical and biochemical functions. Here, we report that recognition of Lamins A/C by a …

Nuclear pore dysfunction and disease: a complex opportunity

CM Fare, JD Rothstein - Nucleus, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The separation of genetic material from bulk cytoplasm has enabled the evolution of
increasingly complex organisms, allowing for the development of sophisticated forms of life …

Investigating the differential structural organization and gene expression regulatory networks of lamin A Ig fold domain mutants of muscular dystrophy

S Dutta, V Kumar, A Barua, M Vasudevan - Biochemical Journal, 2024 - portlandpress.com
Lamins form a proteinaceous meshwork as a major structural component of the nucleus.
Lamins, along with their interactors, act as determinants for chromatin organization …