Exocytosis articles within Nature Communications

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• Article | 22 January 2013

  Non-uniform membrane diffusion enables steady-state cell polarization via vesicular trafficking

  The mechanism by which proteins become polarized to a specific cortical site in budding yeast cells has been a topic of recent debate. Slaughter et al.show that differing diffusion rates of Cdc42 within plasma membrane environments sustain the polarized state.

  • Brian D. Slaughter
  • , Jay R. Unruh
  •  & Rong Li

• Article | 23 October 2012

  Imaging the post-fusion release and capture of a vesicle membrane protein

  Rapid synaptic transmission requires efficient recycling of synaptic vesicle membrane proteins. Sochackiet al.use live cell, electron and super-resolution microscopy to visualize exocytosis of vesicular transporters and their rapid recapture in clathrin-rich microdomains in the plasma membrane.

  • Kem A. Sochacki
  • , Ben T. Larson
  •  & Justin W. Taraska

• Article
  19 April 2011 | Open Access

  Unidirectional transfer of microRNA-loaded exosomes from T cells to antigen-presenting cells

  Exosomes released from cells can transfer RNA to recipient cells. In this study, the authors demonstrate that microRNAs in exosomes from T cells can be transferred to antigen-presenting cells during immune synapsis, and that this can alter gene expression, suggesting a new form of cellular communication.

  • María Mittelbrunn
  • , Cristina Gutiérrez-Vázquez
  •  & Francisco Sánchez-Madrid