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Cx26 drives self-renewal in triple-negative breast cancer via interaction with NANOG and focal adhesion kinase

Nature Communications, 2018
Connexin proteins are usually considered as tumor suppressors. Here, the authors show that connexin 26 (Cx26) regulates the self-renewal of breast cancer stem cells via a ternary complex with FAK and NANOG.
Praveena S. Thiagarajan, Maksim Sinyuk, Soumya M. Turaga, Erin E. Mulkearns-Hubert, James S. Hale, Vinay Rao, Abeba Demelash, Caner Saygin, Arnab China, Tyler J. Alban, Masahiro Hitomi, Luke A. Torre-Healy, Alvaro G. Alvarado, Awad Jarrar, Andrew Wiechert, Valery Adorno-Cruz, Paul L. Fox, Benjamin C. Calhoun, Jun-Lin Guan, Huiping Liu, Ofer Reizes, Justin D. Lathia   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

Limbal Stem Cell Markers

Medicine Science, 2016
Limbal stem cell deficiency has an important position among corneal blindness, it is the second most common cause of blindness in the worldwide.
Cemal Ekici, Cumali Degirmenci
doaj   +1 more source

Bioprinted Excitable Tissues with Multistimulation Systems for Promoting Function and Maturation

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
This review provides an overview of stimulation strategies used to enhance the functional maturation of bioprinted excitable tissues. It addresses key limitations in physiological performance of bioprinted excitable tissues, outlines major stimulation modalities—including electrical, mechanical, optical, magnetic, ultrasound, and hybrid—and examines ...
Uijung Yong, Jinseon Park, Jinah Jang
wiley   +1 more source

Primary cultures of chick osteocytes retain functional gap junctions between osteocytes and between osteocytes and osteoblasts [PDF]

, 2008
The inaccessibility of osteocytes due to their embedment in the calcified bone matrix in vivo has precluded direct demonstration that osteocytes use gap junctions as a means of intercellular communication.
Ishihara, Yoshihito, Kamioka, Hiroshi, Lim, Soo-Siang, Murshid, Sakhr A., Ris, Hans, Sugawara, Yasuyo, Yamamoto, Teruko Takano   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Role of soft tissue and bone interactions in the developmental integration and modularity of the skull in neural crest‐specific gap junction alpha‐1 knockout mice

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The vertebrate skull is composed of bones derived from neural crest cells and mesoderm. The evolutionary capacity of the skull has been linked, in part, to the emergence of neural crest cells; however, this increased capacity for evolutionary change requires that variation within neural crest‐ and mesoderm‐derived bones remains partly ...
Alyssa C. Moore, Madeline Tourigny, Diana Quinonez, Kevin Barr, Matthew W. Grol, Katherine E. Willmore   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regulation of the G2/M Transition in Rodent Oocytes [PDF]

, 2010
Regulation of maturation in meiotically competent mammalian oocytes is a complex process involving the carefully coordinated exchange of signals between the somatic and germ cell compartments of the ovarian follicle via paracrine and cell–cell coupling ...
Downs, Stephen
core   +2 more sources

Biomaterial design strategies for enhancing mitochondrial transplantation therapy

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Biomaterials to facilitate mitochondrial transplantation therapy: biomaterials as barriers to protect mitochondria from pathophysiological microenvironments, like osmotic stress caused by the excessive concentration of calcium ion, reactive oxygen species, and advanced glycation end products; biomaterials integrating with biochemical cues to improve ...
Shaoyang Kang, Yushan Zhang, Hang Li, Sirui Peng, Donghao Lyu, Chunxiao Zhou, Sheng Ding, Zujian Feng, Pingsheng Huang, Chuangnian Zhang, Hongjun Wang, Deling Kong, Weiwei Wang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diet-dependent immunohistochemical evaluation of connexin 43 in the sheep rumen [PDF]

, 2016
The objective of this study was to characterize the immunohistochemical localization of plasma membrane connexin 43 in the rumen of sheep after changing the diet from hay (ad libitum) to a mixed hay/concentrate diet.
Ahmed, Rasha S., Martens, Holger, Muelling, Christoph   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Nanomaterial‐based immune therapeutic strategies in neurodegenerative diseases

BMEMat, EarlyView.
This review highlights the immunomodulatory potential of nanomaterials (NMs) in treating neurodegenerative diseases (NDs). It focuses on their roles in regulating innate and adaptive immune responses to maintain immune homeostasis. By providing insights into these mechanisms, the review lays the groundwork for innovative NMs therapeutic strategies to ...
Xinru Zhou, Jia Liu, Shulin Lai, Suhan Yin, Bingmin Luo, Longquan Shao, Yiyuan Kang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

MAPK phosphorylation of connexin 43 promotes binding of cyclin E and smooth muscle cell proliferation

, 2012
<p>Rationale: Dedifferentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) leading to a proliferative cell phenotype significantly contributes to the development of atherosclerosis.
Best, A.K., Columbus, L., Dunn, C.A., Isakson, B.E., Johnstone, S.R., Koval, M., Kroncke, B.M., Lampe, P.D., Lo, C.W., Mitchell, L.A., Nakamoto, R.K., Peskova, Y., Straub, A.C.   +12 more
core   +1 more source