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Based on the results obtained in DC we propose a model in which cells could control their shape by regulating the balance between endocytosis and recycling and we suggest this to be a mechanism widely used in morphogenesis to modulate cell shape changes (Figure 6H).

In S. pombe, complex molecular networks have been identified that modulate cell shape, and therefore may be involved at some level in regulating cell wall machinery.

AFAP1L1 can modulate cell shape and motility, presumably partially through interactions with vinculin, and may play a role in the inhibition of anoikis.

The present in vitro studies are also important since they afford an experimental opportunity to modulate cell shape, ECM production and proliferative capabilities in a human cell type about which there is still relatively little in vitro information.

A microgravity environment may influence the oscillating behavior of the nucleus [ 22] and then trigger a series of mechanical adjustments that may modulate cell shape and structures, as well as functions by way of transcription activities.

Invasive behavior is strongly influenced by stromally produced TGF-β signal, which is processed by the pSmad2L/C pathway to modulate cell shape, adhesion and localized proteolysis in the nearby extracellular matrix.

Genetic and biochemical studies have shown that Mycobacterium tuberculosis serine/threonine protein kinases PknA and PknB play a role in modulating cell shape and possibly cell division.

This change can affect the subsequent chondrogenesis of MSCs as it has been shown that collagen type II favors chondrogenic induction by modulating cell shape, as compared to collagen type I [ 95].

PKN modulates cell shape during Drosophila embryonic dorsal closure (a sheet epithelial migration that occurs during embryogenesis), and regulates F-actin organisation (Lu and Settleman, 1999; Vincent and Settleman, 1997).

These results suggest that AFAP1L1 plays a role in the progression of CRCs by modulating cell shape and motility and by inhibiting anoikis, presumably through interactions with vinculin-including protein complexes.

These findings indicate that palmitoylation of PMP22 at C85 is critical for the role of the protein in modulating epithelial cell shape and motility.