Torsten Wittmann - Publications

Affiliations: 
Cell Biology University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 
Area:
Cell Biology, Molecular Biology

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2024 Dema A, Charafeddine RA, van Haren J, Rahgozar S, Viola G, Jacobs KA, Kutys ML, Wittmann T. Doublecortin reinforces microtubules to promote growth cone advance in soft environments. Biorxiv : the Preprint Server For Biology. PMID 38464100 DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.28.582626  0.307
2022 Dema A, van Haren J, Wittmann T. Optogenetic EB1 inactivation shortens metaphase spindles by disrupting cortical force-producing interactions with astral microtubules. Current Biology : Cb. PMID 35090591 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.017  0.451
2020 Zhang J, Velmeshev D, Hashimoto K, Huang YH, Hofmann JW, Shi X, Chen J, Leidal AM, Dishart JG, Cahill MK, Kelley KW, Liddelow SA, Seeley WW, Miller BL, Walther TC, ... ... Wittmann T, et al. Neurotoxic microglia promote TDP-43 proteinopathy in progranulin deficiency. Nature. PMID 32866962 DOI: 10.1038/S41586-020-2709-7  0.309
2020 Wittmann T, Dema A, van Haren J. Lights, cytoskeleton, action: Optogenetic control of cell dynamics. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 66: 1-10. PMID 32371345 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ceb.2020.03.003  0.422
2020 van Haren J, Adachi LS, Wittmann T. Optogenetic Control of Microtubule Dynamics. Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2101: 211-234. PMID 31879907 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0219-5_14  0.436
2019 Charafeddine RA, Cortopassi WA, Lak P, Tan R, McKenney RJ, Jacobson MP, Barber DL, Wittmann T. Tau repeat regions contain conserved histidine residues that modulate microtubule-binding in response to changes in pH. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. PMID 30992364 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.Ra118.007004  0.452
2019 van Haren J, Wittmann T. Microtubule Plus End Dynamics - Do We Know How Microtubules Grow?: Cells boost microtubule growth by promoting distinct structural transitions at growing microtubule ends. Bioessays : News and Reviews in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. e1800194. PMID 30730055 DOI: 10.1002/Bies.201800194  0.506
2018 van Haren J, Charafeddine RA, Ettinger A, Wang H, Hahn KM, Wittmann T. Local control of intracellular microtubule dynamics by EB1 photodissociation. Nature Cell Biology. PMID 29379139 DOI: 10.1038/S41556-017-0028-5  0.503
2018 Wittmann T, Haren Jv. Generation of cell lines with light-controlled microtubule dynamics Protocol Exchange. DOI: 10.1038/Protex.2017.155  0.371
2018 van Haren J, Charafeddine R, Ettinger A, Wang H, Hahn KM, Wittmann T. Optical Control of EB1 Reveals Local Functions of the Microtubule +TIP Complex During Cell Migration and Division Biophysical Journal. 114: 382a. DOI: 10.1016/J.Bpj.2017.11.2115  0.398
2017 Webb BA, Dosey AM, Wittmann T, Kollman JM, Barber DL. The glycolytic enzyme phosphofructokinase-1 assembles into filaments. The Journal of Cell Biology. PMID 28646105 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bpj.2017.11.1268  0.365
2017 Pemble H, Kumar P, van Haren J, Wittmann T. GSK3-mediated CLASP2 phosphorylation modulates kinetochore dynamics. Journal of Cell Science. PMID 28232523 DOI: 10.1242/Jcs.194662  0.784
2016 Kenific CM, Wittmann T, Debnath J. Autophagy in adhesion and migration. Journal of Cell Science. PMID 27672021 DOI: 10.1242/Jcs.188490  0.389
2016 Ettinger A, van Haren J, Ribeiro SA, Wittmann T. Doublecortin Is Excluded from Growing Microtubule Ends and Recognizes the GDP-Microtubule Lattice. Current Biology : Cb. PMID 27238282 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2016.04.020  0.52
2016 Kenific CM, Stehbens SJ, Goldsmith J, Leidal AM, Faure N, Ye J, Wittmann T, Debnath J. NBR1 enables autophagy-dependent focal adhesion turnover. The Journal of Cell Biology. 212: 577-590. PMID 26903539 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.201503075  0.433
2016 Matov A, Rooij Jd, Gatlin J, Rohrberg J, Ahmad N, Aggarwal R, Simko J, Goga A, Ryan C, Wittmann T. Abstract 243: Investigating microtubule growth dynamics in patient-derived metastatic prostate cancer cells Cancer Research. 76: 243-243. DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.Am2016-243  0.307
2015 Prochazka J, Prochazkova M, Du W, Spoutil F, Tureckova J, Hoch R, Shimogori T, Sedlacek R, Rubenstein JL, Wittmann T, Klein OD. Migration of Founder Epithelial Cells Drives Proper Molar Tooth Positioning and Morphogenesis. Developmental Cell. 35: 713-24. PMID 26702830 DOI: 10.1016/J.Devcel.2015.11.025  0.372
2014 Basu S, Sladecek S, Pemble H, Wittmann T, Slotman JA, van Cappellen W, Brenner HR, Galjart N. Acetylcholine receptor (AChR) clustering is regulated both by glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β)-dependent phosphorylation and the level of CLIP-associated protein 2 (CLASP2) mediating the capture of microtubule plus-ends. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289: 30857-67. PMID 25231989 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M114.589457  0.745
2014 Stehbens SJ, Wittmann T. Analysis of focal adhesion turnover: a quantitative live-cell imaging example. Methods in Cell Biology. 123: 335-46. PMID 24974036 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-420138-5.00018-5  0.407
2014 Ettinger A, Wittmann T. Fluorescence live cell imaging. Methods in Cell Biology. 123: 77-94. PMID 24974023 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-420138-5.00005-7  0.38
2014 Liz MA, Mar FM, Santos TE, Pimentel HI, Marques AM, Morgado MM, Vieira S, Sousa VF, Pemble H, Wittmann T, Sutherland C, Woodgett JR, Sousa MM. Neuronal deletion of GSK3β increases microtubule speed in the growth cone and enhances axon regeneration via CRMP-2 and independently of MAP1B and CLASP2. Bmc Biology. 12: 47. PMID 24923837 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-12-47  0.742
2014 Stehbens SJ, Paszek M, Pemble H, Ettinger A, Gierke S, Wittmann T. CLASPs link focal-adhesion-associated microtubule capture to localized exocytosis and adhesion site turnover. Nature Cell Biology. 16: 561-73. PMID 24859005 DOI: 10.1038/Ncb2975  0.732
2014 Tran CS, Eran Y, Ruch TR, Bryant DM, Datta A, Brakeman P, Kierbel A, Wittmann T, Metzger RJ, Mostov KE, Engel JN. Host cell polarity proteins participate in innate immunity to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. Cell Host & Microbe. 15: 636-43. PMID 24832456 DOI: 10.1016/J.Chom.2014.04.007  0.325
2014 Moon HM, Youn YH, Pemble H, Yingling J, Wittmann T, Wynshaw-Boris A. LIS1 controls mitosis and mitotic spindle organization via the LIS1-NDEL1-dynein complex. Human Molecular Genetics. 23: 449-66. PMID 24030547 DOI: 10.1093/Hmg/Ddt436  0.778
2014 van Haren J, Wittmann T. Light-Modulated Cell Adhesion to Control Cell and Tissue Morphogenesis Biophysical Journal. 106: 789a. DOI: 10.1016/J.Bpj.2013.11.4325  0.413
2013 Zhao X, Kumar P, Shah-Simpson S, Caradonna KL, Galjart N, Teygong C, Blader I, Wittmann T, Burleigh BA. Host microtubule plus-end binding protein CLASP1 influences sequential steps in the Trypanosoma cruzi infection process. Cellular Microbiology. 15: 571-84. PMID 23107073 DOI: 10.1111/Cmi.12056  0.45
2012 Lyle KS, Corleto JA, Wittmann T. Microtubule dynamics regulation contributes to endothelial morphogenesis. Bioarchitecture. 2: 220-7. PMID 23267416 DOI: 10.4161/bioa.22335  0.4
2012 Stehbens S, Wittmann T. Targeting and transport: how microtubules control focal adhesion dynamics. The Journal of Cell Biology. 198: 481-9. PMID 22908306 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.201206050  0.551
2012 Kumar P, Wittmann T. +TIPs: SxIPping along microtubule ends. Trends in Cell Biology. 22: 418-28. PMID 22748381 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tcb.2012.05.005  0.482
2012 Gierke S, Wittmann T. EB1-recruited microtubule +TIP complexes coordinate protrusion dynamics during 3D epithelial remodeling. Current Biology : Cb. 22: 753-62. PMID 22483942 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2012.02.069  0.772
2012 Kumar P, Chimenti MS, Pemble H, Schönichen A, Thompson O, Jacobson MP, Wittmann T. Multisite phosphorylation disrupts arginine-glutamate salt bridge networks required for binding of cytoplasmic linker-associated protein 2 (CLASP2) to end-binding protein 1 (EB1). The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287: 17050-64. PMID 22467876 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M111.316661  0.763
2012 Stehbens S, Pemble H, Murrow L, Wittmann T. Imaging intracellular protein dynamics by spinning disk confocal microscopy. Methods in Enzymology. 504: 293-313. PMID 22264541 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391857-4.00015-X  0.739
2011 Haynes J, Srivastava J, Madson N, Wittmann T, Barber DL. Dynamic actin remodeling during epithelial-mesenchymal transition depends on increased moesin expression. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22: 4750-64. PMID 22031288 DOI: 10.1091/Mbc.E11-02-0119  0.457
2011 Elwell CA, Jiang S, Kim JH, Lee A, Wittmann T, Hanada K, Melancon P, Engel JN. Chlamydia trachomatis co-opts GBF1 and CERT to acquire host sphingomyelin for distinct roles during intracellular development. Plos Pathogens. 7: e1002198. PMID 21909260 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Ppat.1002198  0.309
2010 Matov A, Applegate K, Kumar P, Thoma C, Krek W, Danuser G, Wittmann T. Analysis of microtubule dynamic instability using a plus-end growth marker. Nature Methods. 7: 761-8. PMID 20729842 DOI: 10.1038/Nmeth.1493  0.475
2010 Gierke S, Kumar P, Wittmann T. Analysis of microtubule polymerization dynamics in live cells. Methods in Cell Biology. 97: 15-33. PMID 20719263 DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(10)97002-7  0.776
2009 Kumar P, Lyle KS, Gierke S, Matov A, Danuser G, Wittmann T. GSK3beta phosphorylation modulates CLASP-microtubule association and lamella microtubule attachment. The Journal of Cell Biology. 184: 895-908. PMID 19289791 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.200901042  0.79
2009 Lyle K, Kumar P, Wittmann T. SnapShot: Microtubule Regulators I. Cell. 136: 380, 380.e1. PMID 19167337 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cell.2009.01.010  0.549
2008 Wittmann T. EBs clip CLIPs to growing microtubule ends. The Journal of Cell Biology. 183: 1183-5. PMID 19103811 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.200811136  0.443
2007 Delorme V, Machacek M, DerMardirossian C, Anderson KL, Wittmann T, Hanein D, Waterman-Storer C, Danuser G, Bokoch GM. Cofilin activity downstream of Pak1 regulates cell protrusion efficiency by organizing lamellipodium and lamella actin networks. Developmental Cell. 13: 646-62. PMID 17981134 DOI: 10.1016/J.Devcel.2007.08.011  0.408
2006 Kita K, Wittmann T, Näthke IS, Waterman-Storer CM. Adenomatous polyposis coli on microtubule plus ends in cell extensions can promote microtubule net growth with or without EB1. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 17: 2331-45. PMID 16525027 DOI: 10.1091/Mbc.E05-06-0498  0.511
2005 Wittmann T, Waterman-Storer CM. Spatial regulation of CLASP affinity for microtubules by Rac1 and GSK3beta in migrating epithelial cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 169: 929-39. PMID 15955847 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.200412114  0.548
2005 Wittmann T, Desai A. Microtubule cytoskeleton: a new twist at the end. Current Biology : Cb. 15: R126-9. PMID 15723782 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2005.02.010  0.468
2005 Wittmann T, Waterman-Storer CM. Correction: Spatial regulation of CLASP affinity for microtubules by Rac1 and GSK3β in migrating epithelial cells Journal of Cell Biology. 171: 393-393. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200412114101105c  0.35
2004 Shirasu-Hiza M, Perlman ZE, Wittmann T, Karsenti E, Mitchison TJ. Eg5 causes elongation of meiotic spindles when flux-associated microtubule depolymerization is blocked. Current Biology : Cb. 14: 1941-5. PMID 15530396 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2004.10.029  0.478
2004 Brunet S, Sardon T, Zimmerman T, Wittmann T, Pepperkok R, Karsenti E, Vernos I. Characterization of the TPX2 domains involved in microtubule nucleation and spindle assembly in Xenopus egg extracts. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15: 5318-28. PMID 15385625 DOI: 10.1091/Mbc.E04-05-0385  0.433
2004 Wittmann T, Bokoch GM, Waterman-Storer CM. Regulation of microtubule destabilizing activity of Op18/stathmin downstream of Rac1. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279: 6196-203. PMID 14645234 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M307261200  0.481
2003 Wittmann T, Bokoch GM, Waterman-Storer CM. Regulation of leading edge microtubule and actin dynamics downstream of Rac1. The Journal of Cell Biology. 161: 845-51. PMID 12796474 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.200303082  0.496
2003 Adams MC, Salmon WC, Gupton SL, Cohan CS, Wittmann T, Prigozhina N, Waterman-Storer CM. A high-speed multispectral spinning-disk confocal microscope system for fluorescent speckle microscopy of living cells. Methods (San Diego, Calif.). 29: 29-41. PMID 12543069 DOI: 10.1016/S1046-2023(02)00282-7  0.35
2002 Andersen SS, Wittmann T. Toward reconstitution of in vivo microtubule dynamics in vitro. Bioessays : News and Reviews in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. 24: 305-7. PMID 11948616 DOI: 10.1002/Bies.10084  0.478
2001 Wittmann T, Waterman-Storer CM. Cell motility: Can Rho GTPases and microtubules point the way? Journal of Cell Science. 114: 3795-3803. PMID 11719546  0.398
2001 Wittmann T, Hyman A, Desai A. The spindle: A dynamic assembly of microtubules and motors Nature Cell Biology. 3. PMID 11146647 DOI: 10.1038/35050669  0.466
2000 Wittmann T, Wilm M, Karsenti E, Vernos I. TPX2, A novel xenopus MAP involved in spindle pole organization. The Journal of Cell Biology. 149: 1405-18. PMID 10871281 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.149.7.1405  0.492
2000 Ahmad FJ, Hughey J, Wittmann T, Hyman A, Greaser M, Baas PW. Motor proteins regulate force interactions between microtubules and microfilaments in the axon. Nature Cell Biology. 2: 276-80. PMID 10806478 DOI: 10.1038/35010544  0.366
1999 Wittmann T, Hyman T. Recombinant p50/dynamitin as a tool to examine the role of dynactin in intracellular processes Methods in Cell Biology. 61: 137-143. PMID 9891312 DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(08)61978-0  0.4
1998 Wittmann T, Boleti H, Antony C, Karsenti E, Vernos I. Localization of the kinesin-like protein Xklp2 to spindle poles requires a leucine zipper, a microtubule-associated protein, and dynein. The Journal of Cell Biology. 143: 673-85. PMID 9813089 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.143.3.673  0.482
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