| Protease inhibition in 3D collagen converts spindle-shaped HAT1080 and MDA-MB231 cells into spherical cell shape by remodeling of contractile actin cortex | Tumor cell invasion | | | | | Wolf et al., 2003 |
| A375 cells in 3D matrigel leads to cell rounding and remodeling of contractile actin cortex | Tumor cell invasion | + | | | | Sahai and Marshall, 2003 |
| p53−/− MEFs and A375 cells have elevated RhoA activity leading to cell rounding | Cell invasion | + | | | | Gadea et al., 2007 |
| MDA-MB-435 cells in 3D matrigel leads to cell rounding and remodeling of the contractile actin cortex | Tumor cell invasion | + | + | hDia1 | − | Kitzing et al., 2007 |
| SH4 domain overexpression causes spontaneous disruption of actin cortex | Cell invasion | + | + | | + | Tournaviti et al., 2007 |
| Filamin A deficiency in M2 cells leads to spontaneous disruption of actin cortex | ND | + | + | | | Cunningham et al., 1992; Charras et al., 2005 |
| Talin deficiency in megakaryocytes | ND | | | | | Wang et al., 2008 |
| Overexpression of RhoA Q63L in epithelial cells | Cell dissemination | + | | | | Vasiliev et al., 2004 |
| Overexpression of active DIP | ND | + | | mDia2 | | Eisenmann et al., 2007 |
| Rac1 deficiency in mouse fibroblasts | Cell proliferation and morphology | | | | | Vidali et al., 2006 |
| Overexpression of FilGAP causes Rac inhibition and suppresses integrin-mediated cell spreading | Cell polarity | + | | | | Ohta et al., 2006 |
| RacL61A37 overexpression | ND | | | | | Schwartz et al., 1998 |
| Overexpression of PM-anchored MARCKS | Reduced adhesion | | | | | Myat et al., 1997 |
| Disruption of membrane–cytoskeleton interaction by reduced PM PIP2 levels as a result of experimental depletion or PIP5Kγ deficiency | ND | | | | | Raucher et al., 2000; Wang et al., 2008 |
| Migration of primordial germ cells toward SDF1α in zebrafish | Chemotaxis | + | + | | | Blaser et al., 2006 |
| Cell migration of Dictyostelium toward cAMP | Chemotaxis | | + | | | Langridge and Kay, 2006; Yoshida and Soldati, 2006 |
| Exposure of neuroblastoma cells to lysophosphatidic acid | ND | | + | | | Hagmann et al., 1999 |
| Cholecystokinin stimulation of pancreatic acini | ND | | + | | + | Singh and McNiven, 2008 |
| Extracellular ATP via P2X7 surface receptors in various cell types | ND | + | + | | | MacKenzie et al., 2001; Verhoef et al., 2003; Panupinthu et al., 2007 |
| Vaccinia virus presenting phosphatidylserine as pseudoapoptotic signal | Vaccinia virus entry | − (Rac) | + | | | Mercer and Helenius, 2008 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa contact with epithelial cells | Pathogen motility | | | | | Angus et al., 2008 |