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Dachsous is a key player in epithelial wound closure through modulating cell shape changes and tissue mechanics

Patrícia Porfírio-Rodrigues; Telmo Pereira; Antonio Jacinto; Lara Carvalho

12 March 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.263674

CELL SCIENCE AT A GLANCE

Diversity of microtubule arrays in animal cells at a glance

Emma J. van Grinsven; Anna Akhmanova

12 February 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.263476

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Apical integrins as a switchable target to regulate the epithelial barrier

Raven J. Peterson; Ryan C. Reed; Colin R. Zamecnik; Marwa A. Sallam; Joel A. Finbloom; Francisco J. Martinez; Joshua M. Levy; Aekkacha Moonwiriyakit; Tejal A. Desai; Michael Koval

20 December 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.263580

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Proximity labeling reveals interactions necessary to maintain the distinct apical domains of Drosophila photoreceptors

Lalitha Sastry; Johnathan Rylee; Simpla Mahato; Andrew C. Zelhof

11 December 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.262223

RESEARCH ARTICLE

The Scribble–SGEF–Dlg1 complex regulates E-cadherin and ZO-1 stability, turnover and transcription in epithelial cells

Agustin Rabino; Sahezeel Awadia; Nabaa Ali; Amber Edson; Rafael Garcia-Mata

14 October 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.262181

RESEARCH ARTICLE

The initiation and early development of apical–basal polarity in Toxoplasma gondii

Luisa F. Arias Padilla; Jonathan Munera Lopez; Aika Shibata; John M. Murray; Ke Hu

07 October 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.263436

REVIEW

Polar targeting of proteins – a green perspective

Evgeniya M. Pukhovaya; João Jacob Ramalho; Dolf Weijers

27 September 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.262068

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Cingulin–nonmuscle myosin interaction plays a role in epithelial morphogenesis and cingulin nanoscale organization

Florian Rouaud; Marine Maupérin; Annick Mutero-Maeda; Sandra Citi

25 September 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.262353

SHORT REPORT

The polarity protein Yurt associates with the plasma membrane via basic and hydrophobic motifs embedded in its FERM domain

Clémence L. Gamblin; Charles Alende; François Corriveau; Alexandra Jetté; Frédérique Parent-Prévost; Cornélia Biehler; Nathalie Majeau; Mélanie Laurin; Patrick Laprise

17 May 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261691

PERSPECTIVE

A short guide to the tight junction

Sandra Citi; Michael Fromm; Mikio Furuse; Lorenza González-Mariscal; Asma Nusrat; Sachiko Tsukita; Jerrold R. Turner

07 May 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261776

RESEARCH ARTICLE | REVIEW COMMONS TRANSFER

MUC13 negatively regulates tight junction proteins and intestinal epithelial barrier integrity via protein kinase C

Celia Segui-Perez; Daphne A. C. Stapels; Ziliang Ma; Jinyi Su; Elsemieke Passchier; Bart Westendorp; Richard W. Wubbolts; Wei Wu; Jos P. M. van Putten; Karin Strijbis

13 March 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261468

REVIEW

Inverted apicobasal polarity in health and disease

Nicolas Pasquier; Fanny Jaulin; Florent Peglion

11 March 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261659

CELL SCIENCE AT A GLANCE

The Drosophila neuroblast polarity cycle at a glance

Rhiannon R. Penkert; Bryce LaFoya; Lucille Moholt-Siebert; Elizabeth Vargas; Sarah E. Welch; Kenneth E. Prehoda

11 March 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261789

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Steroid hormone signaling synchronizes cell migration machinery, adhesion and polarity to direct collective movement

Mallika Bhattacharya; Michelle Starz-Gaiano

08 March 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261164

SHORT REPORT

TIAM-1 regulates polarized protrusions during dorsal intercalation in the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo through both its GEF and N-terminal domains

Yuyun Zhu; Zoe Tesone; Minyi Tan; Jeff Hardin

06 March 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261509

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Perspectives on polarity – exploring biological asymmetry across scales

Marieke Margaretha Glazenburg; Nynke Marije Hettema; Liedewij Laan; Ophélie Remy; Géraldine Laloux; Thibaut Brunet; Xin Chen; Yee Han Tee; Wenyu Wen; Mohd Suhail Rizvi; Mohit Kumar Jolly; Meghan Riddell

05 March 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261987

CELL SCIENCE AT A GLANCE

Polarity establishment in the plant zygote at a glance

Hikari Matsumoto; Minako Ueda

04 March 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261809

CELL SCIENTISTS TO WATCH

Cell scientist to watch – Dan Dickinson

15 February 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261964

REVIEW

The contribution of asymmetric cell division to phenotypic heterogeneity in cancer

Julieti Huch Buss; Karine Rech Begnini; Guido Lenz

09 February 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261400

RESEARCH ARTICLE

PALS1 is a key regulator of the lateral distribution of tight junction proteins in renal epithelial cells

Ann-Christin Groh; Annika Möller-Kerutt; Kevin Gilhaus; Verena Höffken; Pavel Nedvetsky; Simon Kleimann; Malina Behrens; Sujasha Ghosh; Uwe Hansen; Michael P. Krahn; Klaus Ebnet; Hermann Pavenstädt; Alexander Ludwig; Thomas Weide

24 January 2024

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261303

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