GEF means go: turning on RHO GTPases with guanine nucleotide-exchange factors

KL Rossman, CJ Der, J Sondek - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2005 - nature.com
Guanine nucleotide-exchange factors (GEFs) are directly responsible for the activation of
Rho-family GTPases in response to diverse extracellular stimuli, and ultimately regulate …

Guanine nucleotide exchange factors for Rho GTPases: turning on the switch

A Schmidt, A Hall - Genes & development, 2002 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Rho GTPases control many aspects of cell behavior through the regulation of multiple signal
transduction pathways (Van Aelst and D'Souza-Schorey 1997; Hall 1998). Rho, Rac, and …

Mapping the proximity interaction network of the Rho-family GTPases reveals signalling pathways and regulatory mechanisms

H Bagci, N Sriskandarajah, A Robert, J Boulais… - Nature cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Guanine nucleotide exchange factors (RhoGEFs) and GTPase-activating proteins
(RhoGAPs) coordinate the activation state of the Rho family of GTPases for binding to …

Altered function and differentiation of age-associated B cells contribute to the female bias in lupus mice

E Ricker, M Manni, D Flores-Castro, D Jenkins… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Differences in immune responses to viruses and autoimmune diseases such as systemic
lupus erythematosus (SLE) can show sexual dimorphism. Age-associated B cells (ABC) are …

Molecular mechanisms controlling age‐associated B cells in autoimmunity

S Phalke, J Rivera‐Correa, D Jenkins… - Immunological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Age‐associated B cells (ABCs) have emerged as critical components of immune responses.
Their inappropriate expansion and differentiation have increasingly been linked to the …

ROP GTPases structure-function and signaling pathways

G Feiguelman, Y Fu, S Yalovsky - Plant physiology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
ROP GTPases Structure-Function and Signaling Pathways | Plant Physiology | Oxford
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Unconventional Rac-GEF activity is mediated through the Dock180–ELMO complex

E Brugnera, L Haney, C Grimsley, M Lu, SF Walk… - Nature cell …, 2002 - nature.com
Mammalian Dock180 and ELMO proteins, and their homologues in Caenorhabditis elegans
and Drosophila melanogaster, function as critical upstream regulators of Rac during …

Regulatory T cells sequentially migrate from inflamed tissues to draining lymph nodes to suppress the alloimmune response

N Zhang, B Schröppel, G Lal, C Jakubzick, X Mao… - Immunity, 2009 - cell.com
To determine the site and mechanism of suppression by regulatory T (Treg) cells, we
investigated their migration and function in an islet allograft model. Treg cells first migrated …

Alloantigen-presenting plasmacytoid dendritic cells mediate tolerance to vascularized grafts

JC Ochando, C Homma, Y Yang, A Hidalgo… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
The induction of alloantigen-specific unresponsiveness remains an elusive goal in organ
transplantation. Here we identify plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) as phagocytic antigen …

Foot and mouth: podosomes, invadopodia and circular dorsal ruffles

R Buccione, JD Orth, MA McNiven - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2004 - nature.com
The plasma membrane of many motile cells undergoes highly regulated protrusions and
invaginations that support the formation of podosomes, invadopodia and circular dorsal …