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Clermont-Paquette A., Larocque K., Piekny A., & Naccache R. Shining a light on cells: amine-passivated fluorescent carbon dots as bioimaging nanoprobes. Materials Advances, 2024 Jan 2. doi: 10.1039/D3MA00702B
Husser M. C., Pham N. P., Law C., Araujo F. R. B., Martin V. J. J., Piekny A. Endogenous tagging using split mNeonGreen in human iPSCs for live imaging studies. eLife. 2023 Nov 1: 12:RP92819 doi: 10.7554/eLife.92819.1
Adeola AO, Clermont-Paquette A, Piekny A, Naccache R. Advances in the design and use of carbon dots for analytical and biomedical applications. Nanotechnology. 2023;35(1):10.1088/1361-6528/acfdaf. Published 2023 Oct 16. doi:10.1088/1361-6528/acfdaf PMID: 37757783
Clermont-Paquette A, Mendoza D-A, Sadeghi A, Piekny A, Naccache R. Ratiometric Sensing of Glyphosate in Water Using Dual Fluorescent Carbon Dots. Sensors. 2023 May 30; 23(11):5200. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23115200 PMID: 37299928 PMCID: PMC10255972
Husser M. C., Ozugergin I., Resta T., Martin V. J. J., & Piekny A. J. Cytokinetic diversity in mammalian cells is revealed by the characterization of endogenous anillin, Ect2 and RhoA. Open biology, 2022 Nov;12(11):220247. doi: 10.1098/rsob.220247. Epub 2022 Nov 23.
PMID: 36416720 PMCID: PMC9683116
Ozugergin I, Mastronardi K, Law C, Piekny A. Diverse mechanisms regulate contractile ring assembly for cytokinesis in the two-cell Caenorhabditis elegans embryo. J Cell Sci. 2022 Feb 1;135(3):jcs258921. doi: 10.1242/jcs.258921. Epub 2022 Feb 8. PMID: 35022791.
Jaunky DB, Larocque K, Husser MC, Liu JT, Forgione P, Piekny A. Characterization of a recently synthesized microtubule-targeting compound that disrupts mitotic spindle poles in human cells. Sci Rep. 2021 Dec 8;11(1):23665. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03076-3. PMID: 34880347; PMCID: PMC8655040.
Liu JT, Jaunky DB, Larocque K, Chen F, Mckibbon K, Sirouspour M, Taylor S, Shafeii A, Campbell D, Braga H, Piekny A, Forgione P. Design, structure-activity relationship study and biological evaluation of the thieno[3,2-c]isoquinoline scaffold as a potential anti-cancer agent. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2021 Nov 15;52:128327. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2021.128327. Epub 2021 Aug 18. PMID: 34416378.
Koh SP, Pham NP, Piekny A. Seeing is believing: tools to study the role of Rho GTPases during cytokinesis. Small GTPases. 2021 Aug 18:1-14. doi: 10.1080/21541248.2021.1957384. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34405757.
Husser MC, Skaik N, Martin VJJ, Piekny A. CRISPR-Cas tools to study gene function in cytokinesis. J Cell Sci. 2021 Apr 15;134(8):jcs254409. doi: 10.1242/jcs.254409. Epub 2021 Apr 22. PMID: 33912919.
Sohrabi Kashani A, Piekny A, Packirisamy M. Using intracellular plasmonics to characterize nanomorphology in human cells. Microsyst Nanoeng. 2020 Dec 14;6:110. doi: 10.1038/s41378-020-00219-w. PMID: 33365137; PMCID: PMC7735169.
Grimbert S, Mastronardi K, Richard V, Christensen R, Law C, Zardoui K, Fay D, Piekny A. Multi-tissue patterning drives anterior morphogenesis of the C. elegans embryo. Dev Biol. 2020 Dec 10;471:49-64. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.12.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33309948.
Beaudet D, Pham N, Skaik N, Piekny A. Importin binding mediates the intramolecular regulation of anillin during cytokinesis. Mol Biol Cell. 2020;31(11):1124-1139. doi:10.1091/mbc.E20-01-0006
Piekny A. Anillin Controls the Rho Zone. Bioessays. 2020 Oct;42(10):e2000193. doi: 10.1002/bies.202000193. Epub 2020 Sep 6. PMID: 32893380.
Ozugergin I, Piekny A. Complementary functions for the Ran gradient during division [published online ahead of print, 2020 Feb 14]. Small GTPases. 2020;1‐11. doi:10.1080/21541248.2020.1725371
Macairan, Jun-Ray, et al. Intracellular ratiometric temperature sensing using fluorescent carbon dots. Nanoscale Advances. 2019;1(11):105-113.
Kashani, AS, Badilescu, S, Piekny, A, Packirisamy, M. Perspective—Bio-Nano-Interaction in treatment and management of cancer. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 2018;166(9): B3007.
Kuruvinashetti, K, Kashani, AS, Badilescu, S. et al. Intracellular Localized Surface Plasmonic Sensing for Subcellular Diagnosis. Plasmonics. 2018;13:1639–1648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-017-0673-3
Kashani AS, Kuruvinashetti K, Beauet D, Badilescu S, Piekny A, Packirisamy M. Enhanced Internalization of Indian Ayurvedic Swarna Bhasma (Gold Nanopowder) for Effective Interaction with Human Cells. J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2018;18(10):6791‐6798. doi:10.1166/jnn.2018.15503
Hong SH, Larocque K, Jaunky DB, Piekny A, Oh JK. Dual disassembly and biological evaluation of enzyme/oxidation-responsive polyester-based nanoparticulates for tumor-targeting delivery. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2018;172:608‐617. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.09.013
Beaudet D, Akhshi T, Phillipp J, Law C, Piekny A. Active Ran regulates anillin function during cytokinesis. Mol Biol Cell. 2017;28(24):3517‐3531. doi:10.1091/mbc.E17-04-0253
Beaudet D, Badilescu S, Kuruvinashetti K, et al. Comparative study on cellular entry of incinerated ancient gold particles (Swarna Bhasma) and chemically synthesized gold particles. Sci Rep. 2017;7(1):10678. Published 2017 Sep 6. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-10872-3
Wernike D, Chen Y, Mastronardi K, Makil N, Piekny A. Mechanical forces drive neuroblast morphogenesis and are required for epidermal closure. Dev Biol. 2016;412(2):261‐277. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.02.023
van Oostende Triplet C, Jaramillo Garcia M, Haji Bik H, Beaudet D, Piekny A. Anillin interacts with microtubules and is part of the astral pathway that defines cortical domains. J Cell Sci. 2014;127(Pt 17):3699‐3710. doi:10.1242/jcs.147504
Wernike D, van Oostende C, Piekny A. Visualizing neuroblast cytokinesis during C. elegans embryogenesis. J Vis Exp. 2014;(85):51188. doi:10.3791/51188
Akhshi TK, Wernike D, Piekny A. Microtubules and actin crosstalk in cell migration and division. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken). 2014;71(1):1‐23. doi:10.1002/cm.21150
Fotopoulos N, Wernike D, Chen Y, Makil N, Marte A, Piekny A. Caenorhabditis elegans anillin (ani-1) regulates neuroblast cytokinesis and epidermal morphogenesis during embryonic development. Dev Biol. 2013;383(1):61‐74. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.08.024
Zanin E, Desai A, Poser I, et al. A conserved RhoGAP limits M phase contractility and coordinates with microtubule asters to confine RhoA during cytokinesis. Dev Cell. 2013;26(5):496‐510. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2013.08.005
Frenette P, Haines E, Loloyan M, Kinal M, Pakarian P, Piekny A. An anillin-Ect2 complex stabilizes central spindle microtubules at the cortex during cytokinesis. PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e34888. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034888
Tse YC, Piekny A, Glotzer M. Anillin promotes astral microtubule-directed cortical myosin polarization. Mol Biol Cell. 2011;22(17):3165‐3175. doi:10.1091/mbc.E11-05-0399
Piekny AJ, Maddox AS. The myriad roles of Anillin during cytokinesis. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2010;21(9):881‐891. doi:10.1016/j.semcdb.2010.08.002
Simon GC, Schonteich E, Wu CC, et al. Sequential Cyk-4 binding to ECT2 and FIP3 regulates cleavage furrow ingression and abscission during cytokinesis. EMBO J. 2008;27(13):1791‐1803. doi:10.1038/emboj.2008.112
Piekny AJ, Glotzer M. Anillin is a scaffold protein that links RhoA, actin, and myosin during cytokinesis. Curr Biol. 2008;18(1):30‐36. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.068
Piekny A, Werner M, Glotzer M. Cytokinesis: welcome to the Rho zone. Trends Cell Biol. 2005;15(12):651‐658. doi:10.1016/j.tcb.2005.10.006
Yüce O, Piekny A, Glotzer M. An ECT2-centralspindlin complex regulates the localization and function of RhoA. J Cell Biol. 2005;170(4):571‐582. doi:10.1083/jcb.200501097
Piekny AJ, Mains PE. Squeezing an egg into a worm: C. elegans embryonic morphogenesis. ScientificWorldJournal. 2003;3:1370‐1381. Published 2003 Dec 18. doi:10.1100/tsw.2003.123
Piekny AJ, Johnson JL, Cham GD, Mains PE. The Caenorhabditis elegans nonmuscle myosin genes nmy-1 and nmy-2 function as redundant components of the let-502/Rho-binding kinase and mel-11/myosin phosphatase pathway during embryonic morphogenesis. Development. 2003;130(23):5695‐5704. doi:10.1242/dev.00807
Piekny AJ, Mains PE. Rho-binding kinase (LET-502) and myosin phosphatase (MEL-11) regulate cytokinesis in the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo. J Cell Sci. 2002;115(Pt 11):2271‐2282.
Piekny AJ, Wissmann A, Mains PE. Embryonic morphogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans integrates the activity of LET-502 Rho-binding kinase, MEL-11 myosin phosphatase, DAF-2 insulin receptor and FEM-2 PP2c phosphatase. Genetics. 2000;156(4):1671‐1689.
Kashani AS, Badilescu S, Piekny A, Packirisamy M. Differing Affinities of Gold Nanostars and Nanospheres toward HeLa and HepG2 Cells: Implications for Cancer Therapy. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2020;3(5):4114-4126. doi: 10.1021/acsanm.0c00244
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