Publications

Selected publications

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Hakanpää L, Abouelezz A, Lenaerts AS, Culfa S, Algie M, Bärlund J,  Katajisto P, McMahon HT,  Almeida-Souza L. Reticular adhesions are assembled at flat clathrin lattices and opposed by active integrin α5β1.  Journal of Cell Biology 2023.

Kumari R, Ven K, Chastney M, Peränen J, Aaron J, Almeida-Souza L, Kremneva E, Poincloux R, Chew T-L, Gunning P, Ivaska J, Lappalainen P. Specialized actin nanoscale layers control focal adhesion turnover. BiorXiv 2023. PRE-PRINT

Ermanoska B, Asselbergh B, Morant L, Petrovic-Erfurth ML, Hosseinibarkooie S, Leitão-Gonçalves R, Almeida-Souza L, Bervoets S, Sun L, Lee L, Atkinson D, Khanghahi A, Tournev I, Callaerts P, Verstreken P, Yang XL, Wirth B, Rodal AA, Timmerman V, Goode BL, Godenschwege TA, Jordanova A. Tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase has a noncanonical function in actin bundling. Nature Communications 2023. 

Abouelezz A, Almeida-Souza L. The mammalian endocytic cytoskeleton. European Journal of Cell Biology 2022. 

Almeida-Souza L, O’Brien L. A kinder approach to science. Trends in Cell Biology 2022.

Takahashi K, Kanerva K, Vanharanta L, Almeida-Souza L, Lietha D, Olkkonen VM, Ikonen E. ORP2 couples LDL-cholesterol transport to FAK activation by endosomal cholesterol/PI(4,5)P 2 exchange. EMBO Journal 2021.

Hu M, Cebola I, Carrat G, Jiang S, Nawaz S, Khamis A, Canouil M, Froguel P, Schulte A, Solimena M, Ibberson M, Marchetti P, Cardenas-Diaz FL, Gadue PJ, Hastoy B, Almeida-Souza L, McMahon H, Rutter GA. Chromatin 3D interaction analysis of the STARD10 locus unveils FCHSD2 as a regulator of insulin secretion. Cell Reports 2021.

Almeida-Souza L*, Frank R, García-Nafría J, Colussi A, Gunawardana N, Johnson CM , Yu M, Howard G, Andrews B, Vallis Y, McMahon HT. A flat BAR protein promotes actin polymerisation at the base of clathrin coated pits. Cell, 2018. * Lead contact

Boucrot E, Ferreira APA, Almeida-Souza L, Debard S, Vallis Y, Howard G, Bertot L, Sauvonnet N, McMahon HT. Endophilin marks and controls a clathrin-independent endocytic pathway. Nature, 2015.

Almeida-Souza L, Asselbergh B, De Winter V, Goethals S, Timmerman V, Janssens S. HSPB1 facilitates the formation of non-centrosomal microtubules. Plos One, 2013.

Zimon M, Baets J, Almeida-Souza L, De Vriendt E, Nikodinovic J, Parman Y, Battaloglu E, Matur Z, Guergueltcheva V, Tournev I, Auer-Grumbach M, De Rijk P, Petersen B, Müller T, Fransen E, Van Damme P, Löscher W, Barisic N, Mitrovic Z, Previtali S, Topaloglu H, Bernert G, Beleza-Meireles A, Todorovic S, Savic-Pevicevic D, Ishpekova B, Lechner S, Peeters K, Ooms T, Hahn A, Züchner S, Timmerman V, Van Dijck P, Milic Rasic V, Janecke A, De Jonghe P, Jordanova A. Loss of function mutations in HINT1 are a major cause of autosomal recessive axonal neuropathy with neuromyotonia. Nature Genetics, 2012.

Almeida-Souza L, Asselbergh B, d’Ydewalle C, Moonens K, Goethals S, de Winter V, Gevaert K, Azmi A, Timmermans JP, Irobi J, Remaut H, Van Den Bosch L, Timmerman V, Janssens S. Small heat shock protein HSPB1 mutants stabilize microtubules in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2011. * featured article, *comment on NEJM Dec 15 2011

Almeida-Souza L, Goethals S, de Winter V, Dierick I, Gallardo R, Van Durme J, Irobi J, Gettemans J, Rousseau F, Schymkowitz J, Timmerman V, Janssens S. Increased monomerization of mutant HSPB1 leads to protein hyperactivity in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2010.

Almeida-Souza L, Baets J. PhD survival guide. EMBO reports, 2012.

Krols M, Detry S, Asselbergh B, Almeida-Souza L, Kremer A, Lippens S, de Rycke R, De Winter V, Müller FJ, Kurth I, McMahon HT, Savvides SN, Timmerman V, Janssens S. Sensory neuropathy-causing mutations in ATL3 cause aberrant ER membrane tethering. Cell Reports. 2018.

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