Cellular navigation along spatial gradients

Microtubules control cellular shape and coherence in amoeboid migrating cells
A. Kopf, J. Renkawitz, R. Hauschild, I. Girkontaite, K. Tedford, J. Merrin, O. Thorn-Seshold, D. Trauner, H. Häcker, K.D. Fischer, E. Kiermaier, M.K. Sixt, The Journal of Cell Biology 219 (2020).

Cellular locomotion using environmental topography
A. REVERSAT, F.R. Gärtner, J. Merrin, J.A. Stopp, S. Tasciyan, J.L. Aguilera Servin, I. de Vries, R. Hauschild, M. Hons, M. Piel, A. Callan-Jones, R. Voituriez, M.K. Sixt, Nature 582 (2020) 582–585.

Loss of Ena/VASP interferes with lamellipodium architecture, motility and integrin-dependent adhesion
J. Damiano-Guercio, L. Kurzawa, J. Müller, G.A. Dimchev, M. Schaks, M. Nemethova, T. Pokrant, S. Brühmann, J. Linkner, L. Blanchoin, M.K. Sixt, K. Rottner, J. Faix, ELife 9 (2020).

Fast and efficient genetic engineering of hematopoietic precursor cells for the study of dendritic cell migration
A.F. Leithner, J. Renkawitz, I. de Vries, R. Hauschild, H. Haecker, M.K. Sixt, European Journal of Immunology 48 (2018) 1074–1077.

Shape and function of interstitial chemokine CCL21 gradients are independent of heparan sulfates produced by lymphatic endothelium
K. Vaahtomeri, C. Moussion, R. Hauschild, M.K. Sixt, Frontiers in Immunology 12 (2021).

Nuclear positioning facilitates amoeboid migration along the path of least resistance
J. Renkawitz, A. Kopf, J.A. Stopp, I. de Vries, M.K. Driscoll, J. Merrin, R. Hauschild, E.S. Welf, G. Danuser, R. Fiolka, M.K. Sixt, Nature 568 (2019) 546–550.

Chemokines and integrins independently tune actin flow and substrate friction during intranodal migration of T cells
M. Hons, A. Kopf, R. Hauschild, A.F. Leithner, F.R. Gärtner, J. Abe, J. Renkawitz, J. Stein, M.K. Sixt, Nature Immunology 19 (2018) 606–616.