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Structure‐forward targeting of claudins with synthetic binders

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Claudins form the paracellular barriers between epithelial and endothelial tissues at tight junctions and are targets for molecular binders with the goal of modulating barrier permeability. Claudin‐binding molecules are relevant in drug delivery or in altering claudin interactions with disease‐causing proteins.
Alex J. Vecchio
wiley   +1 more source

A minimal spatial cell lineage model of epithelium: tissue stratification and multi-stability

open access: yesNew Journal of Physics, 2018
A minimal model which includes spatial and cell lineage dynamics for stratified epithelia is presented. The dependence of tissue steady state on cell differentiation models, cell proliferation rate, cell differentiation rate, and other parameters are ...
Wei-Ting Yeh, Hsuan-Yi Chen
doaj   +1 more source

Defect order in active nematics on a curved surface

open access: yesNew Journal of Physics, 2020
We investigate the effects of extrinsic curvature on the turbulent behavior of a 2D active nematic confined to the surface of a cylinder. The surface of a cylinder has no intrinsic curvature and only extrinsic curvature.
D J G Pearce
doaj   +1 more source

Nutrient/TOR signaling controls adipose mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) to regulate organismal growth in Drosophila

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Animals must match their growth rate to available nutrients. We show that in Drosophila larvae, the nutrient‐sensing TOR kinase controls growth by regulating levels of TFAM, a key regulator of mitochondrial function, in the adipose tissue. When nutrients are abundant, high TOR activity suppresses TFAM, lowering mitochondrial bioenergetic activity and ...
Shrivani Sriskanthadevan‐Pirahas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydrodynamics of thermal active matter [PDF]

open access: yesPhysical Review E
Active matter concerns many-body systems comprised of living or self-driven agents that collectively exhibit macroscopic phenomena distinct from conventional passive matter. Using Schwinger-Keldysh effective field theory, we develop a novel hydrodynamic framework for thermal active matter that accounts for energy balance, local temperature variations ...
Jay Armas, Akash Jain, Ruben Lier
openaire   +4 more sources

Active cluster crystals

open access: yesNew Journal of Physics, 2017
We study the appearance and properties of cluster crystals (solids in which the unit cell is occupied by a cluster of particles) in a two-dimensional system of self-propelled active Brownian particles with repulsive interactions.
Jean-Baptiste Delfau   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Integrated Cytoskeletal Model of Neurite Outgrowth

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2018
Neurite outgrowth underlies the wiring of the nervous system during development and regeneration. Despite a significant body of research, the underlying cytoskeletal mechanics of growth and guidance are not fully understood, and the relative ...
Kyle E. Miller   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The microbiome in human skin aging

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐related skin changes encompass the well‐known visible phenotypic alterations, together with microbiome dysbiosis and a series of molecular aging hallmarks. These hallmarks characterize not only a fully stablished aged phenotype but also the skin aging process itself.
Manuel Huerta Arana   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vortex formation and dynamics of defects in active nematic shells

open access: yesNew Journal of Physics, 2017
We present a hydrodynamic model for a thin spherical shell of active nematic liquid crystal with an arbitrary configuration of defects. The active flows generated by defects in the director lead to the formation of stable vortices, analogous to those ...
Diana Khoromskaia, Gareth P Alexander
doaj   +1 more source

Stochastic Stirling Engine Operating in Contact with Active Baths

open access: yesEntropy, 2017
A Stirling engine made of a colloidal particle in contact with a nonequilibrium bath is considered and analyzed with the tools of stochastic energetics. We model the bath by non Gaussian persistent noise acting on the colloidal particle. Depending on the
Ruben Zakine   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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