• Generation of a novel mouse strain with fibroblast-specific expression of Cre recombinase 

      Alam, Jahedul; Musiime, Moses; Romaine, Andreas; Sawant, Mugdha; Melleby, Arne Olav; Lu, Ning; Eckes, Beate; Christensen, Geir; Gullberg, Donald (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Cell-specific expression of genes offers the possibility to use their promoters to drive expression of Cre-recombinase, thereby allowing for detailed expression analysis using reporter gene systems, cell lineage tracing, ...
    • Integrin Binding Dynamics Modulate Ligand-Specific Mechanosensing in Mammary Gland Fibroblasts 

      Lerche, Martina; Elosegui-Artola, Alberto; Kechagia, Jenny Z.; Guzmán, Camilo; Georgiadou, Maria; Andreu, Ion; Gullberg, Donald; Roca-Cusachs, Pere; Peuhu, Emilia; Ivaska, Johanna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The link between integrin activity regulation and cellular mechanosensing of tissue rigidity, especially on different extracellular matrix ligands, remains poorly understood. Here, we find that primary mouse mammary gland ...
    • Integrin α11β1 is a receptor for collagen XIII 

      Koivunen, Jarkko; Tu, Hongmin; Kemppainen, Antti; Anbazhagan, Padmanabhan; Finnilä, Mikko A; Saarakkala, Simo; Käpylä, Jarmo; Lu, Ning; Heikkinen, Anne; Juffer, André H; Heino, Jyrki; Gullberg, Donald; Taina, Pihlajaniemi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Collagen XIII is a conserved transmembrane collagen mainly expressed in mesenchymal tissues. Previously, we have shown that collagen XIII modulates tissue development and homeostasis. Integrins are a family of receptors ...