Publications
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​Volos P, Fujise K, Rafiq NM. Roles for Primary Cilia in Synapses and Neurological Disorders. Trends Cell Biol (Accepted).
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Dehestani M, Kessler W, Karmali N, Sun W, Volos P, Tsitkov S, Dhingra A, Rodriguez-Nieto S, Tietz J, Schafflick D, Fernandes N, Fitzgerald J, Fraenkel E, Gasser T, Rafiq NM, Kuhlmann T, Bansal V. Single-cell transcriptomic changes in oligodendroglial lineage cells derived from Parkinson’s disease patient-iPSCs with LRRK2-G2019S mutation. In Review. BioRxiv link
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Choi J, Rafiq NM, Park D. Liquid-liquid phase separation in presynaptic nerve terminals. Trends Biochem Sci. (2024) link
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Fujise K, Rosenfeld M and Rafiq NM. Synaptic vesicle characterization of iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons provides insight into distinct secretory vesicle pools. In review. BioRxiv link
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Rafiq NM, Fujise K, Rosenfeld M, Xu Peng, De Camilli P. Parkinsonism Sac domain mutation in Synaptojanin-1 affects ciliary properties in iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons. PNAS. (2024) link
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Rafiq NM, Lyons L, Gowrishankar S, De Camilli P, Ferguson S. JIP3 links lysosome transport to regulation of multiple components of the axonal cytoskeleton. Commun Biol. (2022) link
Gowrishankar S, Lyons L, Rafiq NM, De Camilli P, Ferguson S. Overlapping roles of JIP3 and JIP4 in promoting axonal transport of lysosomes in human iPSC-derived neurons. Mol Biol Cell. (2021) link
Rafiq NBM, Nishimura Y, Plotnikov SV, Thiagarajan V, Zhang Z, Natarajan M, Shi S, Viasnoff V, Jones GE, Kanchanawong P, Jones GE, Bershadsky AD. A mechano-signaling network linking microtubules, myosin-IIA filaments and integrin-based adhesions. Nat Mater. (2019) link
Rafiq NBM, Grenci G, Lim CK, Kozlov ME, Jones GE, Viasnoff V, Bershadsky AD. Forces and constraints controlling podosome assembly and disassembly. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. (2019) link
Rafiq NB, Lieu ZZ, Jiang TT, Yu CH, Matsudaira PT, Jones GE, Bershadsky AD. Podosome assembly is controlled by the GTPase ARF1 and its nucleotide exchange factor ARNO. J Cell Biol. (2017) link
Yu CH, Rafiq NB, Cao F, Zhou Y, Krishnasamy A, Biswas KH, Ravasio A, Chen Z, Wang YH, Kawauchi K, Jones GE, Sheetz MP. Integrin-beta3 clusters recruit clathrin-mediated endocytic machinery in the absence of traction force. Nat Commun. (2015) link
Yu CH, Rafiq NB, Krishnasamy A, Hartman KL, Jones GE, Bershadsky AD, Sheetz MP. Integrin-matrix clusters form podosome-like adhesions in the absence of traction forces. Cell Rep. (2013) link
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