Single-virus tracking: from imaging methodologies to virological applications

SL Liu, ZG Wang, HY Xie, AA Liu, DC Lamb… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Uncovering the mechanisms of virus infection and assembly is crucial for preventing the
spread of viruses and treating viral disease. The technique of single-virus tracking (SVT) …

Versatile phospholipid assemblies for functional synthetic cells and artificial tissues

X Wang, H Du, Z Wang, W Mu, X Han - Advanced materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The bottom‐up construction of a synthetic cell from nonliving building blocks capable of
mimicking cellular properties and behaviors helps to understand the particular biophysical …

Quantum dots as a platform for nanoparticle drug delivery vehicle design

CE Probst, P Zrazhevskiy, V Bagalkot, X Gao - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
Nanoparticle-based drug delivery (NDD) has emerged as a promising approach to
improving upon the efficacy of existing drugs and enabling the development of new …

Metabolic tricks of cancer cells

K Hönigova, J Navratil, B Peltanova… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the characteristics of cancer cells important for tumorigenesis is their metabolic
plasticity. Indeed, in various stress conditions, cancer cells can reshape their metabolic …

Tunneling nanotubes: Diversity in morphology and structure

MW Austefjord, HH Gerdes, X Wang - Communicative & integrative …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) are recently discovered thin membranous tubes that
interconnect cells. During the last decade, research has shown TNTs to be diverse in …

Long-distance intercellular connectivity between cardiomyocytes and cardiofibroblasts mediated by membrane nanotubes

K He, X Shi, X Zhang, S Dang, X Ma, F Liu… - Cardiovascular …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aims Intercellular interactions between cardiomyocytes (CMs) and cardiofibroblasts (FBs)
are important in the physiological and pathophysiological heart. Understanding such …

Mitochondria are transported along microtubules in membrane nanotubes to rescue distressed cardiomyocytes from apoptosis

J Shen, JH Zhang, H Xiao, JM Wu, KM He, ZZ Lv… - Cell death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Membrane nanotubes (MNTs) act as “highways” between cells to facilitate the transfer of
multiple signals and play an important role in many diseases. Our previous work reported on …

Semiconductor quantum dots for in vitro diagnostics and cellular imaging

Z Jin, N Hildebrandt - Trends in biotechnology, 2012 - cell.com
The need for companion diagnostics, point-of-care testing (POCT) and high-throughput
screening in clinical diagnostics and personalized medicine has pushed the need for more …

Multifaceted roles of tunneling nanotubes in intercellular communication

L Marzo, K Gousset, C Zurzolo - Frontiers in physiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Cell-to-cell communication and exchange of materials are vital processes in multicellular
organisms during cell development, cell repair, and cell survival. In neuronal and …

The cellular protrusions for inter-cellular material transfer: similarities between filopodia, cytonemes, tunneling nanotubes, viruses, and extracellular vesicles

HT Hu, T Nishimura, H Kawana, RAS Dante… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are crucial for transferring bioactive materials between cells and
play vital roles in both health and diseases. Cellular protrusions, including filopodia and …