--- _id: '1285' abstract: - lang: eng text: Cell migration is central to a multitude of physiological processes, including embryonic development, immune surveillance, and wound healing, and deregulated migration is key to cancer dissemination. Decades of investigations have uncovered many of the molecular and physical mechanisms underlying cell migration. Together with protrusion extension and cell body retraction, adhesion to the substrate via specific focal adhesion points has long been considered an essential step in cell migration. Although this is true for cells moving on two-dimensional substrates, recent studies have demonstrated that focal adhesions are not required for cells moving in three dimensions, in which confinement is sufficient to maintain a cell in contact with its substrate. Here, we review the investigations that have led to challenging the requirement of specific adhesions for migration, discuss the physical mechanisms proposed for cell body translocation during focal adhesion-independent migration, and highlight the remaining open questions for the future. acknowledgement: We would like to thank Dani Bodor for critical comments on the manuscript and Guillaume Salbreux for discussions. The authors are supported by the United Kingdom's Medical Research Council (MRC) (E.K.P. and I.M.A.; core funding to the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology), by the European Research Council [ERC GA 311637 (E.K.P.) and ERC GA 281556 (M.S.)], and by a START award from the Austrian Science Foundation (M.S.). author: - first_name: Ewa full_name: Paluch, Ewa last_name: Paluch - first_name: Irene full_name: Aspalter, Irene last_name: Aspalter - first_name: Michael K full_name: Sixt, Michael K id: 41E9FBEA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sixt orcid: 0000-0002-6620-9179 citation: ama: Paluch E, Aspalter I, Sixt MK. Focal adhesion-independent cell migration. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 2016;32:469-490. doi:10.1146/annurev-cellbio-111315-125341 apa: Paluch, E., Aspalter, I., & Sixt, M. K. (2016). Focal adhesion-independent cell migration. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. Annual Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-cellbio-111315-125341 chicago: Paluch, Ewa, Irene Aspalter, and Michael K Sixt. “Focal Adhesion-Independent Cell Migration.” Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. Annual Reviews, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-cellbio-111315-125341. ieee: E. Paluch, I. Aspalter, and M. K. Sixt, “Focal adhesion-independent cell migration,” Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, vol. 32. Annual Reviews, pp. 469–490, 2016. ista: Paluch E, Aspalter I, Sixt MK. 2016. Focal adhesion-independent cell migration. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 32, 469–490. mla: Paluch, Ewa, et al. “Focal Adhesion-Independent Cell Migration.” Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, vol. 32, Annual Reviews, 2016, pp. 469–90, doi:10.1146/annurev-cellbio-111315-125341. short: E. Paluch, I. Aspalter, M.K. Sixt, Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 32 (2016) 469–490. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:51:08Z date_published: 2016-10-06T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:49:37Z day: '06' department: - _id: MiSi doi: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-111315-125341 ec_funded: 1 intvolume: ' 32' language: - iso: eng month: '10' oa_version: None page: 469 - 490 project: - _id: 25A603A2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '281556' name: Cytoskeletal force generation and force transduction of migrating leukocytes (EU) - _id: 25A8E5EA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: Y 564-B12 name: Cytoskeletal force generation and transduction of leukocytes (FWF) publication: Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology publication_status: published publisher: Annual Reviews publist_id: '6031' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Focal adhesion-independent cell migration type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 32 year: '2016' ...