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2024

Journal Article

The desmosome-intermediate filament system facilitates mechanotransduction at adherens junctions for epithelial homeostasis

Nanavati, Bageshri Naimish, Noordstra, Ivar, Lwin, Angela K.O., Brooks, John W., Rae, James, Parton, Robert G., Verma, Suzie, Duszyc, Kinga, Green, Kathleen J. and Yap, Alpha S. (2024). The desmosome-intermediate filament system facilitates mechanotransduction at adherens junctions for epithelial homeostasis. Current Biology, 34 (17), 4081-4090. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.07.074

The desmosome-intermediate filament system facilitates mechanotransduction at adherens junctions for epithelial homeostasis

2024

Journal Article

BECLIN1 is essential for intestinal homeostasis involving autophagy-independent mechanisms through its function in endocytic trafficking

Tran, Sharon, Juliani, Juliani, Harris, Tiffany J., Evangelista, Marco, Ratcliffe, Julian, Ellis, Sarah L., Baloyan, David, Reehorst, Camilla M., Nightingale, Rebecca, Luk, Ian Y., Jenkins, Laura J., Ghilas, Sonia, Yakou, Marina H., Inguanti, Chantelle, Johnson, Chad, Buchert, Michael, Lee, James C., De Cruz, Peter, Duszyc, Kinga, Gleeson, Paul A., Kile, Benjamin T., Mielke, Lisa A., Yap, Alpha S., Mariadason, John M., Douglas Fairlie, W. and Lee, Erinna F. (2024). BECLIN1 is essential for intestinal homeostasis involving autophagy-independent mechanisms through its function in endocytic trafficking. Communications Biology, 7 (1) 209, 209. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-05890-7

BECLIN1 is essential for intestinal homeostasis involving autophagy-independent mechanisms through its function in endocytic trafficking

2023

Journal Article

Apical extrusion prevents apoptosis from activating an acute inflammatory program in epithelia

Duszyc, Kinga, von Pein, Jessica B., Ramnath, Divya, Currin-Ross, Denni, Verma, Suzie, Lim, Fayth, Sweet, Matthew J., Schroder, Kate and Yap, Alpha S. (2023). Apical extrusion prevents apoptosis from activating an acute inflammatory program in epithelia. Developmental Cell, 58 (21), 2235-2248.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.08.009

Apical extrusion prevents apoptosis from activating an acute inflammatory program in epithelia

2023

Journal Article

Pre-existing tissue mechanical hypertension at adherens junctions disrupts apoptotic extrusion in epithelia

Mann, Zoya, Lim, Fayth, Verma, Suzie, Nanavati, Bageshri N., Davies, Julie M., Begun, Jakob, Hardeman, Edna C., Gunning, Peter W., Subramanyam, Deepa, Yap, Alpha S. and Duszyc, Kinga (2023). Pre-existing tissue mechanical hypertension at adherens junctions disrupts apoptotic extrusion in epithelia. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 35 (1) br3, 1-12. doi: 10.1091/mbc.e23-08-0337

Pre-existing tissue mechanical hypertension at adherens junctions disrupts apoptotic extrusion in epithelia

2022

Journal Article

Dynamically regulated focal adhesions coordinate endothelial cell remodelling in developing vasculature

Chau, Tevin C. Y., Keyser, Mikaela S., Da Silva, Jason A., Morris, Elysse K., Yordanov, Teodor E., Duscyz, Kinga P., Paterson, Scott, Yap, Alpha S., Hogan, Benjamin M. and Lagendijk, Anne Karine (2022). Dynamically regulated focal adhesions coordinate endothelial cell remodelling in developing vasculature. Development, 149 (23) dev200454, 1-14. doi: 10.1242/dev.200454

Dynamically regulated focal adhesions coordinate endothelial cell remodelling in developing vasculature

2022

Journal Article

Regulating life after death: how mechanical communication mediates the epithelial response to apoptosis

Bonfim-Melo, Alexis, Duszyc, Kinga, Gomez, Guillermo A. and Yap, Alpha S. (2022). Regulating life after death: how mechanical communication mediates the epithelial response to apoptosis. The European Physical Journal E, 45 (1) 9, 9. doi: 10.1140/epje/s10189-022-00163-9

Regulating life after death: how mechanical communication mediates the epithelial response to apoptosis

2022

Book Chapter

Epithelial mechanosensing at cell-cell contacts and tight junctions

Brooks, John W., Parton, Robert G., Yap, Alpha S. and Duszyc, Kinga (2022). Epithelial mechanosensing at cell-cell contacts and tight junctions. Tight Junctions. (pp. 27-50) edited by Lorenza González-Mariscal. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-97204-2_3

Epithelial mechanosensing at cell-cell contacts and tight junctions

2021

Journal Article

Live imaging of apoptotic extrusion and quantification of apical extrusion in epithelial cells

Duszyc, Kinga, Noordstra, Ivar, Yap, Alpha S and Gomez, Guillermo A (2021). Live imaging of apoptotic extrusion and quantification of apical extrusion in epithelial cells. Bio-protocol, 11 (22) e4232, e4232. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.4232

Live imaging of apoptotic extrusion and quantification of apical extrusion in epithelial cells

2021

Journal Article

Enhanced RhoA signaling stabilizes E-cadherin in migrating epithelial monolayers

Gupta, Shafali, Duszyc, Kinga, Verma, Suzie, Budnar, Srikanth, Liang, Xuan, Gomez, Guillermo A., Marcq, Philippe, Noordstra, Ivar and Yap, Alpha S. (2021). Enhanced RhoA signaling stabilizes E-cadherin in migrating epithelial monolayers. Journal of Cell Science, 134 (17) jcs258767, 1-13. doi: 10.1242/jcs.258767

Enhanced RhoA signaling stabilizes E-cadherin in migrating epithelial monolayers

2021

Journal Article

Mechanotransduction activates RhoA in the neighbors of apoptotic epithelial cells to engage apical extrusion

Duszyc, Kinga, Gomez, Guillermo A., Lagendijk, Anne K., Yau, Mei-Kwan, Nanavati, Bageshri Naimish, Gliddon, Briony L., Hall, Thomas E., Verma, Suzie, Hogan, Benjamin M., Pitson, Stuart M., Fairlie, David P., Parton, Robert G. and Yap, Alpha S. (2021). Mechanotransduction activates RhoA in the neighbors of apoptotic epithelial cells to engage apical extrusion. Current Biology, 31 (6), 1326-1336.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.003

Mechanotransduction activates RhoA in the neighbors of apoptotic epithelial cells to engage apical extrusion

2020

Journal Article

Snail induces epithelial cell extrusion by regulating RhoA contractile signalling and cell–matrix adhesion

Wee, Kenneth, Hediyeh-Zadeh, Soroor, Duszyc, Kinga, Verma, Suzie, Nanavati, Bageshri N., Khare, Satyajeet, Varma, Amrita, Daly, Roger J., Yap, Alpha S., Davis, Melissa J. and Budnar, Srikanth (2020). Snail induces epithelial cell extrusion by regulating RhoA contractile signalling and cell–matrix adhesion. Journal of Cell Science, 133 (13) jcs235622, jcs235622. doi: 10.1242/jcs.235622

Snail induces epithelial cell extrusion by regulating RhoA contractile signalling and cell–matrix adhesion

2019

Other Outputs

Elimination of apoptotic epithelial cells: Regulation of apoptotic extrusion and immune responses to epithelial apoptosis

Duszyc, Kinga Patrycja (2019). Elimination of apoptotic epithelial cells: Regulation of apoptotic extrusion and immune responses to epithelial apoptosis. PhD Thesis, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.709

Elimination of apoptotic epithelial cells: Regulation of apoptotic extrusion and immune responses to epithelial apoptosis

2018

Journal Article

A mechanosensitive RhoA pathway that protects epithelia against acute tensile stress

Acharya, Bipul R., Nestor-Bergmann, Alexander, Liang, Xuan, Gupta, Shafali, Duszyc, Kinga, Gauquelin, Estelle, Gomez, Guillermo A., Budnar, Srikanth, Marcq, Philippe, Jensen, Oliver E., Bryant, Zev and Yap, Alpha S. (2018). A mechanosensitive RhoA pathway that protects epithelia against acute tensile stress. Developmental Cell, 47 (4), 439-452. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.09.016

A mechanosensitive RhoA pathway that protects epithelia against acute tensile stress

2018

Journal Article

Mechanosensing and mechanotransduction at cell-cell junctions

Yap, Alpha S., Duszyc, Kinga and Viasnoff, Virgile (2018). Mechanosensing and mechanotransduction at cell-cell junctions. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 10 (8) a028761, a028761. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a028761

Mechanosensing and mechanotransduction at cell-cell junctions

2017

Journal Article

In life there is death: How epithelial tissue barriers are preserved despite the challenge of apoptosis

Duszyc, Kinga, Gomez, Guillermo A., Schroder, Kate, Sweet, Matthew J. and Yap, Alpha S. (2017). In life there is death: How epithelial tissue barriers are preserved despite the challenge of apoptosis. Tissue Barriers, 5 (4) e1345353, e1345353. doi: 10.1080/21688370.2017.1345353

In life there is death: How epithelial tissue barriers are preserved despite the challenge of apoptosis

2017

Journal Article

ROCK1 but not ROCK2 contributes to RhoA signaling and NMIIA-mediated contractility at the epithelial zonula adherens

Priya, Rashmi, Liang, Xuan, Teo, Jessica L., Duszyc, Kinga, Yap, Alpha S. and Gomez, Guillermo A. (2017). ROCK1 but not ROCK2 contributes to RhoA signaling and NMIIA-mediated contractility at the epithelial zonula adherens. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 28 (1), 12-20. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E16-04-0262

ROCK1 but not ROCK2 contributes to RhoA signaling and NMIIA-mediated contractility at the epithelial zonula adherens