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ReviewTrends in cell biology2024

Blebology: principles of bleb-based migration.

Juan Manuel García-Arcos, Ankita Jha, Clare M Waterman, Matthieu Piel

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Review in Trends in cell biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  8. Bleb expansion requires transient membrane invaginations that sequester curvature-preferring proteins.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  9. Amoeboid cancer cells at a glance.Journal of cell science · 2026
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  16. Statistical and mechanical analysis of multi-pseudopodial locomotion in a testate amoeba, Arcella sp.Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences · 2026
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  20. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Juan Manuel García-ArcosDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Ankita JhaNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Clare M WatermanNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Matthieu PielInstitut Curie, UMR144, CNRS, PSL University, Paris, France; Institut Pierre Gilles de Gennes, PSL University, Paris, France. Electronic address: matthieu.piel@curie.fr.

Funding

Mechanical Regulation of Cell AdhesionZIAHL005104 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI WATERMAN, CLARE MICHAL · 2009 to 2025
$30.9M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 HL999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bleb-based migration, a conserved cell motility mode, has a crucial role in both physiological and pathological processes. Unlike the well-elucidated mechanisms of lamellipodium-based mesenchymal migration, the dynamics of bleb-based migration remain less understood. In this review, we highlight in a systematic way the establishment of front-rear polarity, bleb formation and extension, and the distinct regimes of bleb dynamics. We emphasize new evidence proposing a regulatory role of plasma membrane-cortex interactions in blebbing behavior and discuss the generation of force and its transmission during migration. Our analysis aims to deepen the understanding of the physical and molecular mechanisms of bleb-based migration, shedding light on its implications and significance for health and disease.

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Cell MovementAnimalsCell MembraneCell PolarityHumansPseudopodiaactomyosinamoeboid migrationbleb migrationcell polaritysmall GTPase

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PMID38538441
PMCPMC11424778

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