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Lauren Penfield

University of California, Santa BarbaraORCID 0000-0001-8380-3973Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1

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Cell BiologybioRxivPreprintNov 28, 2025

Hyperactive Rac converts sublethal nibbling to lethal phagocytosis in vivo

Abhinava K. Mishra, Lauren Penfield, Morgan Smith, Denise J. Montell

This paper shows that hyperactive Rac in Drosophila border cells converts sublethal nibbling of nurse cells into lethal phagocytosis, revealing mechanisms that could inform cancer immunotherapy.

DOI 10.1101/2025.11.28.691259

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Cell BiologyMolecular Biology of the CellPeer-reviewedJan 31, 2018

Dynein Pulling Forces On Ruptured Nuclei Counteract Lamin-Mediated Nuclear Envelope Repair Mechanisms In Vivo

Lauren Penfield, Brian Wysolmerski, Michael Sean Mauro…·Shirin Bahmanyar

This study shows that dynein forces on ruptured nuclei counteract lamin-mediated nuclear envelope repair in C. elegans embryos, affecting NE rupture duration and recovery.

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