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Tatyana Svitkina

Research Associate Professor

Web site: http://www.medupenn.edu/camb/faculty/abp/svitkina.html
Email: svitkina@sas.upenn.edu

Publications:

Mejillano MR, Kojima S, Applewhite DA, Gertler FB, Svitkina TM, Borisy GG. Lamellipodial versus filopodial mode of the actin nanomachinery: pivotal role of the filament barbed end. Cell. 2004 Aug 6;118(3):363-73.

Jeng RL, Goley ED, D'Alessio JA, Chaga OY, Svitkina TM, Borisy GG, Heinzen RA, Welch MD. A Rickettsia WASP-like protein activates the Arp2/3 complex and mediates actin-based motility. Cell Microbiol. 2004 Aug;6(8):761-9.

Lebrand C, Dent EW, Strasser GA, Lanier LM, Krause M, Svitkina TM, Borisy GG, Gertler FB. Critical role of Ena/VASP proteins for filopodia formation in neurons and in function downstream of netrin-1. Neuron. 2004 Apr 8;42(1):37-49.

Biyasheva A, Svitkina T, Kunda P, Baum B, Borisy G. Cascade pathway of filopodia formation downstream of SCAR. J Cell Sci. 2004 Feb 29;117(Pt 6):837-48.

Verkhovsky AB, Chaga OY, Schaub S, Svitkina TM, Meister JJ, Borisy GG. Orientational order of the lamellipodial actin network as demonstrated in living motile cells. Mol Biol Cell. 2003 Nov;14(11):4667-75.

Vignjevic D, Yarar D, Welch MD, Peloquin J, Svitkina T, Borisy GG. Formation of filopodia-like bundles in vitro from a dendritic network.
J Cell Biol. 2003 Mar 17;160(6):951-62.

Svitkina TM, Bulanova EA, Chaga OY, Vignjevic DM, Kojima S, Vasiliev JM, Borisy GG. Mechanism of filopodia initiation by reorganization of a dendritic network. J Cell Biol. 2003 Feb 3;160(3):409-21.

McDonald D, Vodicka MA, Lucero G, Svitkina TM, Borisy GG, Emerman M, Hope TJ. Visualization of the intracellular behavior of HIV in living cells. J Cell Biol. 2002 Nov 11;159(3):441-52. Epub 2002 Nov 04.

Bear, J.E., Svitkina, T.M., Krause,M., Schafer, D.A., Loureiro, J.J., Strasser, G.A., Maly, I.V., Chaga, O.Y., Cooper, J.A., Borisy, G.G., and Gertler, F.B. (2002). Antagonism between Ena/VASP proteins and actin filament capping regulates fibroblast motility. Cell, 109:509-521.

Cameron, L.A., Svitkina, T.M., Vignjevic, D., Theriot, J.A., Borisy G.G. (2001). Dendritic organization of actin comet tails. Curr Biol. 2001 Jan 23;11(2):130-5

Clubb B.H., Chou Y.H., Herrmann H., Svitkina T.M., Borisy G.G., Goldman R.D. (2000). The 300-kDa intermediate filament-associated protein (IFAP300) is a hamster plectin ortholog. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 273(1):183-7

Borisy, G.G. and Svitkina, T.M. (2000). Actin machinery: Pushing the envelope. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol., 12(1):104-12

Svitkina, T.M. and Borisy, G.G. (1999). Arp2/3 Complex and ADF/Cofilin in Dendritic Organization and Treadmilling of Actin Filament Array in Lamellipodia. J. Cell Biol., 145(5): 1009-1026.

Verkhovsky, A.B., Svitkina, T.M. and Borisy, G.G. (1999). Self-Polarization and Directional Motility of Cytoplasm. Curr. Biol., 9(1): 11-20

Verkhovsky, A.B., Svitkina, T.M. and Borisy, G.G. (1999). A Network Contraction Model for Cell Translocation and Retrograde Flow. In: Cell Behaviour: Control and Mechanism of Motility, 207-222.

Rodionov, V.I., Hope, A.J., Svitkina, T.M., and Borisy, G.G. (1998). Functional Coordination of Microtubule and Actin Based Motility in Melanophores. Curr. Biol., 8(3): 165-168

Svitkina, T. M. and Borisy, G.G. (1998). Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy of the Cytoskeleton of Cultured Cells. "Methods in Enzymology", 298: 570-92.

Vorobjev, I. A., Svitkina, T. M., and Borisy, G.G. (1997). Cytoplasmic assembly of microtubules in cultured cells. J. Cell Sci., 110: 2635-2645

Svitkina, T. M., Verkhovsky, A. B., McQuade, K. M. and Borisy, G.G. (1997). Keratocytes: Mechanism of Cell Body Translocation. J. Cell. Biol., 139: 397-415.

Svitkina, T. M., Verkhovsky, A. B. and Borisy, G.G. (1997). Electron Microscopy Of The Cytoskeleton Of Cultured Cells. In: "Recent Advances in Microscopy of Cells, Tissues and Organs" (ed. P. M. Motta), pp. 93-100. Antonio Delfino Editore S.r.l., Rome.

Verkhovsky, A. B., Svitkina, T. M. and Borisy, G.G. (1997). Polarity sorting of actin filaments in cytochalasin-treated fibroblasts. J. Cell Sci., 110: 1693-1704, 1997

Svitkina, T. M., Verkhovsky, A. B. and Borisy, G.G. (1996). Plectin sidearms mediate interaction of intermediate filaments with microtubules and other components of the cytoskeleton. J. Cell Biol. 135: 991-1007

Svitkina, T. M., Verkhovsky, A. B. and Borisy, G.G. (1995). Improved Procedures For Electron Microscopic Visualization Of The Cytoskeleton Of Cultured Cells. J. Struct. Biol. 115: 290-303

Verkhovsky, A. B., Svitkina, T. M. and Borisy, G.G. (1995). Myosin II filament assemblies in the active lamella of fibroblasts: Their morphogenesis and role in the formation of actin filament bundles. J. Cell Biol. 131: 989-1002

Svitkina TM, Rovensky YA, Bershadsky AD, Vasiliev JM. (Feb 1995) Transverse pattern of microfilament bundles induced in epitheliocytes by cylindrical substrata. J Cell Sci 108 ( Pt 2): 735-745

Svitkina TM, Parsons DF. (Mar 12 1993) Binding of some metastatic tumor cell lines to fibrous elastin and elastin peptides. Int J Cancer 53 (5): 824-828

Popov SV, Svitkina TM, Margolis LB, Tsong TY. (Jul 22 1991) Mechanism of cell protrusion formation in electrical field: the role of actin. Biochim Biophys Acta 1066 (2): 151-158

Vasiliev JM, Ivanova OY, Svitkina TM, Fetisova EK. (1991) The competition of 2 types of epithelial layers in mixed cultures. Tsitologiia 33 (2): 56-59

Fetisova EK, Ivanova OY, Potapova TV, Svitkina TM, Vasiliev JM. (Nov 1990) Competition of contacting heterotypic epithelial sheets for the territory in culture. Cell Biol Int Rep 14 (11): 957-965

Aleksandrova AY, Vasiliev JM, Domnina LV, Liubimov AV, Svitkina TM. (1990) Immunomorphological research on the formation of the extracellular matrix in epithelial cell cultures. Tsitologiia 32 (6): 633-640

Svitkina TM, Kaverina IN. (Dec 1989) Disorders of the actin cytoskeleton in transformed epithelial cells. Tsitologiia 31 (12): 1441-1447

Svitkina TM. (Dec 1989) The cytoskeletal organization of epithelial cells in culture. Tsitologiia 31 (12): 1435-1440

Svitkina TM. (Oct 1989) Fibroblast spreading in the presence of cytochalasin D: immunoelectron microscopy of the cytoskeleton. Tsitologiia 31 (10): 1158-1164

Bozhok YM, Bannikov GA, Tavokina LV, Svitkina TM, Troianovskii SM. (May 1989) Local expression of cytokeratins 8, 17 and 18 in the mesenchyme and smooth muscles in the early stages of human organogenesis. Ontogenez 20 (3): 250-257

Svitkina TM, Surguchova IG, Verkhovsky AB, Gelfand VI, Moeremans M, De Mey J. (1989) Direct visualization of bipolar myosin filaments in stress fibers of cultured fibroblasts. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 12 (3): 150-156 (1989) Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 12 (3): 150-156

Svetlichnaia NI, Svitkina TM. (Aug 1988) Structural disorder of the endoplasmic sheath of microfilaments during neoplastic transformation. Tsitologiia 30 (8): 976-982

Svitkina TM. (Jul 1988) The formation of an endoplasmic microfilament layer during fibroblast spreading. Tsitologiia 30 (7): 861-866

Verkhovsky AB, Surgucheva IG, Svitkina TM, Tint IS, Gelfand VI. (Nov 1987) Organization of stress fibers in cultured fibroblasts after extraction of actin with bovine brain gelsolin-like protein. Exp Cell Res 173 (1): 244-255

Dugina VB, Svitkina TM, Vasiliev JM, Gelfand IM. (Oct 1987) Changes in the form and cytoskeleton of cultured fibroblasts as affected by 12-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate. Tsitologiia 29 (10): 1138-1143

Dugina VB, Svitkina TM, Vasiliev JM, Gelfand IM.(Jun 1987) Special type of morphological reorganization induced by phorbol ester: reversible partition of cell into motile and stable domains. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 84 (12): 4122-4125

Bershadsky AD, Tint IS, Svitkina TM. (1987) Association of intermediate filaments with vinculin-containing adhesion plaques of fibroblasts. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 8 (3): 274-283

Svitkina TM, Neyfakh AA Jr, Bershadsky AD. (Jun 1986) Actin cytoskeleton of spread fibroblasts appears to assemble at the cell edges. J Cell Sci 82: 235-248

Svitkina TM, Vasiliev JM. (Jan 1986) Cytoskeletal changes in mouse embryonic fibroblasts exposed to colcemid. Electron microscopic research on platinum replicas. Tsitologiia 28 (1): 38-42

Svitkina TM, Shevelev AA, Bershadsky AD, Gelfand VI. (May 1984) Cytoskeleton of mouse embryo fibroblasts. Electron microscopy of platinum replicas. Eur J Cell Biol 34 (1): 64-74

Domnina LV, Ivanova OY, Pletiushkina OY, Svitkina TM, Vasiliev JM. (May 1984) Formation of processes during fibroblast spreading in an in vitro medium with cytochalasin B. Ontogenez 15 (3): 275-282

Neyfakh AA Jr, Svitkina TM. (Dec 1983) Isolation of focal contact membrane using saponin. Exp Cell Res 149 (2): 582-586

Neyfakh AA Jr, Tint IS, Svitkina TM, Bershadsky AD, Gelfand VI. (Dec 1983) Visualization of cellular focal contacts using a monoclonal antibody to 80 kD serum protein adsorbed on the substratum. Exp Cell Res 149 (2): 387-396

Svitkina TM, Shevelev AA, Bershadskii AD, Gelfand VI. (Sep 1983) Structure of the cytoskeleton of embryonic muscle fibroblasts. Electron microscopic study of platinum replicas. Tsitologiia 25 (9): 1004-1012

Lyass LA, Svitkina TM, Vasiliev JM. (Oct 1982) The effects of increased osmotic pressure on focal contacts and microfilament bundles of cultured fibroblasts. Exp Cell Res 141 (2): 488-492

Bliokh ZL, Domnina LV, Ivanova OY, Pletjushkina OY, Svitkina TM, Smolyaninov VA, Vasiliev JM, Gelfand IM. (Oct 1980) Spreading of fibroblasts in medium containing cytochalasin B: formation of lamellar cytoplasm as a combination of several functional different processes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 77 (10): 5919-5922

Ivanova OY, Svitkina TM, Vasiliev JM, Gelfand IM. (Aug 1980) Effect of colcemid on the distribution of pseudopodial activity in fibroblasts. Microtubule-independent stabilization of cell surface. Exp Cell Res 128 (2): 457-461

Bershadsky AD, Gelfand VI, Svitkina TM, Tint IS. (Jun 1980) Destruction of microfilament bundles in mouse embryo fibroblasts treated with inhibitors of energy metabolism. Exp Cell Res 127 (2): 421-429

Bershadsky AD, Gelfand VI, Svitkina TM, Tint IS. (Jan 1979) Cold-stable microtubules in the cytoplasm of mouse embryo fibroblasts. Cell Biol Int Rep 3 (1): 45-50

Bershadsky AD, Gelfand VI, Svitkina TM, Tint IS.(Sep 1978) Microtubules in mouse embryo fibroblasts extracted with Triton X-100. Cell Biol Int Rep 2 (5): 425-432

Svitkina TM. (Jul 1978) Effect of antibulins on the distribution of fibrillar elements in mouse embryonal fibroblasts. Tsitologiia 20 (7): 736-741

Svitkina TM. (Jun 1977) Effect of colchamine on the morphology of transformed fibroblast-like cells in culture. Tsitologiia 19 (6): 671-675


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