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Dr Pika Miklavc's Outputs (23)

Ca2+‐Dependent Actin Coating of Lamellar Bodies after Exocytotic Fusion: A Prerequisite for Content Release or Kiss‐and‐Run (2009)
Journal Article
Miklavc, P., Wittekindt, O. H., Felder, E., & Dietl, P. (2009). Ca2+‐Dependent Actin Coating of Lamellar Bodies after Exocytotic Fusion: A Prerequisite for Content Release or Kiss‐and‐Run. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1152(1), 43-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03989.x

Type II pneumocytes secrete surfactant, a lipoprotein-like substance reducing the surface tension in the lung, by regulated exocytosis of secretory vesicles termed lamellar bodies (LBs). This secretory process is characterized by a protracted postfus... Read More about Ca2+‐Dependent Actin Coating of Lamellar Bodies after Exocytotic Fusion: A Prerequisite for Content Release or Kiss‐and‐Run.

Mechanical strain of alveolar type II cells in culture: changes in the transcellular cytokeratin network and adaptations (2008)
Journal Article
Felder, E., Siebenbrunner, M., Busch, T., Fois, G., Miklavc, P., Walther, P., & Dietl, P. (2008). Mechanical strain of alveolar type II cells in culture: changes in the transcellular cytokeratin network and adaptations. American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 295(5), L849-L857. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00503.2007

Mechanical forces exert multiple effects in cells, ranging from altered protein expression patterns to cell damage and death. Despite undisputable biological importance, little is known about structural changes in cells subjected to strain ex vivo. H... Read More about Mechanical strain of alveolar type II cells in culture: changes in the transcellular cytokeratin network and adaptations.

Lamellar body exocytosis by cell stretch or purinergic stimulation : possible physiological roles, messengers and mechanisms
Journal Article
Dietl, P., Liss, B., Felder, E., Miklavc, P., & Wirtz, H. Lamellar body exocytosis by cell stretch or purinergic stimulation : possible physiological roles, messengers and mechanisms. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 25(001), 001-012. https://doi.org/10.1159/000272046

A major function of the pulmonary alveolar type II cell is the secretion of surfactant, a lipoprotein-like substance, via exocytosis of secretory vesicles termed lamellar bodies (LBs). The process of surfactant secretion is remarkable in several aspe... Read More about Lamellar body exocytosis by cell stretch or purinergic stimulation : possible physiological roles, messengers and mechanisms.