Responsiveness of human bronchial fibroblasts and epithelial cells from asthmatic and non-asthmatic donors to the transforming growth factor- β1 in epithelial-mesenchymal trophic unit model
The asthma-related airway wall remodeling is associated i.a. with a damage of bronchial epithelium and subepithelial fibrosis. Functional interactions between human bronchial epithelial cells and human bronchi... (Source: BMC Cell Biology)
Source: BMC Cell Biology - March 12, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: Milena Paw, Dawid Wnuk, Bogdan Jakie ła, Grażyna Bochenek, Krzysztof Sładek, Zbigniew Madeja and Marta Michalik Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Intracellular pH regulation: characterization and functional investigation of H+ transporters in Stylophora pistillata
Reef-building corals regularly experience changes in intra- and extracellular H+ concentrations ([H+]) due to physiological and environmental processes. Stringent control of [H+] is required to maintain the homeo... (Source: BMC Cell Biology)
Source: BMC Cell Biology - March 8, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: Laura Capasso, Philippe Ganot, V íctor Planas-Bielsa, Sylvie Tambutté and Didier Zoccola Tags: Research article Source Type: research
SPRD: a surface plasmon resonance database of common factors for better experimental planning
Surface plasmon resonance is a label-free biophysical technique that is widely used in investigating biomolecular interactions, including protein-protein, protein-DNA, and protein-small molecule binding. Surfa... (Source: BMC Cell Biology)
Source: BMC Cell Biology - March 6, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: Purushottam B. Tiwari, Camelia Bencheqroun, Mario Lemus, Taryn Shaw, Marilyn Kouassi-Brou, Adil Alaoui and Aykut Üren Tags: Database Source Type: research
STAU2 protein level is controlled by caspases and the CHK1 pathway and regulates cell cycle progression in the non-transformed hTERT-RPE1 cells
Staufen2 (STAU2) is an RNA binding protein involved in the posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression. In neurons, STAU2 is required to maintain the balance between differentiation and proliferation of ... (Source: BMC Cell Biology)
Source: BMC Cell Biology - March 4, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: Lionel Cond é, Yulemi Gonzalez Quesada, Florence Bonnet-Magnaval, Rémy Beaujois and Luc DesGroseillers Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Fetal sex modulates placental microRNA expression, potential microRNA-mRNA interactions, and levels of amino acid transporter expression and substrates: INFAT study subpopulation analysis of n-3 LCPUFA intervention during pregnancy and associations with offspring body composition
Previously, we revealed sexually dimorphic mRNA expression and responsiveness to maternal dietary supplementation with n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) in placentas from a defined INFAT stud... (Source: BMC Cell Biology)
Source: BMC Cell Biology - March 3, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: Eva-Maria Sedlmeier, Dorothy M. Meyer, Lynne Stecher, Manuela Sailer, Hannelore Daniel, Hans Hauner and Bernhard L. Bader Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Correction to: Avian eggshell biomineralization: an update on its structure, mineralogy and protein tool kit
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. (Source: BMC Cell Biology)
Source: BMC Cell Biology - February 22, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: J. Gautron, L. Stapane, N. Le Roy, Y. Nys, A. B. Rodriguez-Navarro and M. T. Hincke Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Global transcriptome profile of the developmental principles of in vitro iPSC-to-motor neuron differentiation
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) have opened new avenues for regenerative medicine. Consequently, iPSC-derived motor neurons have emerged as potentially viable therapies for spinal cord injuries and... (Source: BMC Cell Biology)
Source: BMC Cell Biology - February 18, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: Emilia Solomon, Katie Davis-Anderson, Blake Hovde, Sofiya Micheva-Viteva, Jennifer Foster Harris, Scott Twary and Rashi Iyer Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Avian eggshell biomineralization: an update on its structure, mineralogy and protein tool kit
The avian eggshell is a natural protective envelope that relies on the phenomenon of biomineralization for its formation. The shell is made of calcium carbonate in the form of calcite, which contains hundreds ... (Source: BMC Cell Biology)
Source: BMC Cell Biology - February 12, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: J. Gautron, L. Stapane, N. Le Roy, Y. Nys, A. B. Rodriguez-Navarro and M. T. Hincke Tags: Review Source Type: research
Isolation, culture, and characterization of chicken intestinal epithelial cells
Enterocytes exert an absorptive and protective function in the intestine, and they encounter many different challenging factors such as feed, bacteria, and parasites. An intestinal epithelial in vitro model ca... (Source: BMC Cell Biology)
Source: BMC Cell Biology - February 12, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: Federico Ghiselli, Barbara Rossi, Martina Felici, Maria Parigi, Giovanni Tosi, Laura Fiorentini, Paola Massi, Andrea Piva and Ester Grilli Tags: Methodology article Source Type: research
Increased expression of MUSASHI1 in epithelial breast cancer cells is due to down regulation of miR-125b
Musashi1 (MSI1) is an oncogenic protein with a crucial role in the proliferation and characteristics of the epithelial cells in breast cancer. The change in expression of MSI1 has a role in solid tumor progressio... (Source: BMC Cell Biology)
Source: BMC Cell Biology - February 4, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: Mahboobeh Forouzanfar, Liana Lachinani, Kianoush Dormiani, Mohammad Hossein Nasr-Esfahani and Kamran Ghaedi Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Identification and characterization of the LRR repeats in plant LRR-RLKs
Leucine-rich-repeat receptor-like kinases (LRR-RLKs) play central roles in sensing various signals to regulate plant development and environmental responses. The extracellular domains (ECDs) of plant LRR-RLKs ... (Source: BMC Cell Biology)
Source: BMC Cell Biology - January 28, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: Tianshu Chen Tags: Research article Source Type: research
The negative charge of the 343 site is essential for maintaining physiological functions of CXCR4
Warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, recurrent bacterial infections and myelokathexis (WHIM) syndrome is a primary immunodeficiency disease (PID) usually caused by autosomal dominant mutations in the chemokine receptor (Source: BMC Cell Biology)
Source: BMC Cell Biology - January 23, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: Liqing Wang, Qiuhong Xiong, Ping Li, Guangxin Chen, Nayab Tariq and Changxin Wu Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Conserved paradoxical relationships among the evolutionary, structural and expressional features of KRAB zinc-finger proteins reveal their special functional characteristics
One striking feature of the large KRAB domain-containing zinc finger protein (KZFP) family is its rapid evolution, leading to hundreds of member genes with various origination time in a certain mammalian genom... (Source: BMC Cell Biology)
Source: BMC Cell Biology - January 22, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: Pan Shen, Aishi Xu, Yushan Hou, Huqiang Wang, Chao Gao, Fuchu He and Dong Yang Tags: Research article Source Type: research
circRNA_0005529 facilitates growth and metastasis of gastric cancer via regulating miR-527/Sp1 axis
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are endogenous non-coding RNAs, which are associated with various biological processes, including microRNA (miRNA) interaction, protein binding and regulatory splicing. circRNA_0005529... (Source: BMC Cell Biology)
Source: BMC Cell Biology - January 20, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: Xing Zhang, Hongwei Yang, Yingdong Jia, Zhengwen Xu, Liuping Zhang, Meng Sun and Jing Fu Tags: Research article Source Type: research
NanoSIMS observations of mouse retinal cells reveal strict metabolic controls on nitrogen turnover
Most of the cells of the mammalian retina are terminally differentiated, and do not regenerate once fully developed. This implies that these cells have strict controls over their metabolic processes, including... (Source: BMC Cell Biology)
Source: BMC Cell Biology - January 11, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: Elisa A. Bonnin, Eugenio F. Fornasiero, Felix Lange, Christoph W. Turck and Silvio O. Rizzoli Tags: Research article Source Type: research
