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Micropatterned substrates for studying astrocytes in culture
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2009 Recent studies of the physiological roles of astrocytes have ignited renewed interest in the functional significance of these glial cells in the central nervous system.
William Lee, Vladimir Parpura
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A Parsimonious Model of the Rabbit Action Potential Elucidates the Minimal Physiological Requirements for Alternans and Spiral Wave Breakup. [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2016 Elucidating the underlying mechanisms of fatal cardiac arrhythmias requires a tight integration of electrophysiological experiments, models, and theory.
Richard A Gray, Pras Pathmanathan
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Exercise-Induced Skeletal Muscle Adaptations Alter the Activity of Adipose Progenitor Cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Exercise decreases adiposity and improves metabolic health; however, the physiological and molecular underpinnings of these phenomena remain unknown. Here, we investigate the effect of endurance training on adipose progenitor lineage commitment.
Daniel Zeve +3 more
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Hormone-switching islet cells: parallels to transmitter-switching neurons
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental BiologyAlthough originating from different germ layers, pancreatic islet cells and neurons share extensive similarities, both physiological (e.g., voltage-dependent release of a bioactive molecule) and molecular (e.g., highly similar composition of ...
Yuval Dor, Nicholas C. Spitzer
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Single cell sequencing in the study of hematopoietic system: application and perspects
Di-san junyi daxue xuebao, 2021 Single cell sequencing (SCS) is a technique for precise analysis of cells at an individual level, which provides a new perspective on the identification of individual cell types, functions, states and interactions with other cells, and greatly deepens ...
WANG Junping, CHEN Naicheng
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Cytoskeletal proteins and morphogenesis in planarians [PDF]
Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2006 Regeneration processes employ a series of differentiative events related to various embryonic morphogenetic phenomena in which the cytoskeleton plays a fundamental role.
A Fagotti +3 more
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Mediators of Inflammation, 2015 The transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) family forms a group of three isoforms, TGF-β1, TGF-β2, and TGF-β3, with their structure formed by interrelated dimeric polypeptide chains.
Łukasz A. Poniatowski +3 more
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Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2008 PET (Positron Emission Tomography) is a nuclear medicine imaging method, frequently used in oncology during the last years. It is a non-invasive technique that provides quantitative in vivo assessment of physiological and biological phenomena.
Zullo Angelo +8 more
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An Agent-Based Interpretation of Leukocyte Chemotaxis in Cancer-on-Chip Experiments
Mathematics, 2022 The present paper was inspired by recent developments in laboratory experiments within the framework of cancer-on-chip technology, an immune-oncology microfluidic chip aiming at studying the fundamental mechanisms of immunocompetent behavior. We focus on
Gabriella Bretti, Andrea De Gaetano
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021 Senotherapeutics are new drugs that can modulate senescence phenomena within tissues and reduce the onset of age-related pathologies. Senotherapeutics are divided into senolytics and senomorphics.
Mustafa Burak Acar +10 more
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