Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30944468›Full record

ArticleNature2019

Nuclear positioning facilitates amoeboid migration along the path of least resistance.

Jörg Renkawitz, Aglaja Kopf, Julian Stopp, Ingrid de Vries, Meghan K Driscoll, Jack Merrin, Robert Hauschild, Erik S Welf, Gaudenz Danuser, Reto Fiolka and 1 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nature, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 158 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
158citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

158 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Mechanical regulation of cell memory.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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  7. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  10. Amoeboid cancer cells at a glance.Journal of cell science · 2026
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  13. Amoeboid-mesenchymal transition and the proteolytic control of cancer invasion plasticity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  14. Chemical and Mechanical Regulation of Leukocyte Migration.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2026
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  20. Mechanically-induced Septin Networks Protect Nuclear Integrity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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98 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Jörg RenkawitzInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria. joerg.renkawitz@med.uni-muenchen.de.
Aglaja KopfInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Julian StoppInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Ingrid de VriesInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Meghan K DriscollDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Jack MerrinInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Robert HauschildInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Erik S WelfDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Gaudenz DanuserDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Reto FiolkaDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Michael SixtInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria. michael.sixt@ist.ac.at.

Funding

Resource for Biocomputing Visualization and InformaticsP41GM103311 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FERRIN, THOMAS E · 2012 to 2017
$8.2M
Quantitative Fluorescent Speckle MicroscopyR01GM067230 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI DANUSER, GAUDENZ · 2003 to 2019
$3.3M
Mechanisms of melanoma migration and survival in 3D microenvironmentsK25CA204526 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI WELF, ERIK S · 2016 to 2020
$585k
Formation and function of lamellipodial morphology in 3D microenvironmentsK99GM123221 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI DRISCOLL, MEGHAN KATRIEN · 2018 to 2019
$180k
Bleb Functions in 3D MorphogenesisF32GM116370 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI DRISCOLL, MEGHAN KATRIEN · 2015 to 2016
$118k
Austrian Science Fund FWF P 29911Austrian Science Fund FWF W 1250NCI NIH HHS K25 CA204526NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM116370NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM123221NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During metazoan development, immune surveillance and cancer dissemination, cells migrate in complex three-dimensional microenvironments

Indexed as

AnimalsCell LineCell MovementCell NucleusCell PolarityCells, CulturedChemotaxisFemaleHumansMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMicrotubule-Organizing CenterMicrotubulesPorosity

Identifiers

PMID30944468
PMCPMC7217284

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