Overview
Availability
- Dr Kinga Duszyc is:
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Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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