Ruchi Kakar

Dr. Ruchi Kakar


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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24 November 2023 in Biomolecules
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RKRuchi Kakar
Ruchi Kakar
CGChinmoy Ghosh
Chinmoy Ghosh
Yue SunYue Sun
Yue Sun
In response to different immune challenges, immune cells migrate to specific sites in the body, where they perform their functions such as defense against infection, inflammation regulation, antigen recognition, and immune surveillance. Therefore, the migration ability is a fundamental aspect of immune cell function. Phosphoinositide signaling plays critical roles in modulating immune cell migration by controlling cell polarization, cytoskeletal rearrangement, protrusion formation, and uropod contraction. Upon chemoattractant stimulation, specific phosphoinositide kinases and phosphatases control the local phosphoinositide levels to establish polarized phosphoinositide distribution, which recruits phosphoinositide effectors to distinct subcellular locations to facilitate cell migration. In this Special Issue of “Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Cell Adhesion and Migration”, we discuss the significance of phosphoinositide production and conversion by phosphoinositide kinases and phosphatases in the migration of different types of immune cells.

1 August 2022 in Clinical and Translational Oncology
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TDTahir Bashir Dar
Tahir Bashir Dar
FBFleury Augustin Nsole Biteghe
Fleury Augustin Nsole Biteghe
RKRuchi Kakar
Ruchi Kakar
Eric Chekwube AniogoEric Chekwube Aniogo
Eric Chekwube Aniogo
ZMZaria Malindi
Zaria Malindi
JNJean Marc Ngome Ndong
Jean Marc Ngome Ndong