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Liver organoids: modelling complexity in homeostasis and disease

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Studying liver in vitro has been challenging because simple 2D cell cultures fail to capture liver's cellular and architectural complexity. To bridge this gap, scientists increasingly use organoids, 3D liver models which better mimic liver composition and function. This review examines recent advances in liver organoid complexity and realism, discusses
Anna M. Dowbaj, Meritxell Huch
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Autophagy and mitophagy in pancreatic β‐cell homeostasis and their involvement in diabetes pathophysiology

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This review focuses on the role of autophagy and mitophagy in maintaining pancreatic β‐cell function and homeostasis. We discuss how genetic defects affecting these pathways contribute to the development of type 1, type 2, monogenic, and gestational diabetes. We further explore their potential as therapeutic targets. Created in BioRender.
Yunkyeong Lee, Mingming Tong, Anna L. Gloyn   +2 more
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Narcissism of Minor Differences

The narcissism of minor differences is a type of cognitive dissonance that affects individuals or groups. Those affected believed that minor differences in physical or social characteristics are linked to a moral deficiency.
Breda, Vito
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The social and spatial dimensions of ethnic conflict : contextualizing the divided city of Nicosia, Cyprus [PDF]

, 2014
textEthnic conflict is a persistent and vexing problem for the world today. The intercommunal violence during these conflicts not only significantly alters the social and spatial geography in these regions for decades, but also frequently involves ...
Oswald, John Frederick
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Note on the shape-preservation of a new class of Kantorovich-type operators via divided differences

Demonstratio Mathematica
Shape-preserving approximation is a significant approximation method that has many application areas, such as computer-based geometric design, image processing, geodesy, chemistry, and robotics.
Turhan Nezihe
doaj   +1 more source

Partial depletion of plasminogen activator inhibitor‐1 decreases subcutaneous fat cell hypertrophy and liver cholesterol in high‐fat‐fed female mice

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Obesity raises blood levels of PAI‐1, a protein linked to metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease in people with obesity. In female mice fed a high‐fat diet, partially lowering PAI‐1 led to smaller subcutaneous fat cells and lower liver cholesterol, without changing body weight or insulin sensitivity.
Claudia E. Ramirez Bustamante, Robert Sharp, Pradip K. Saha, Elizabeth S. Anaya, Elizabeth L. Lieu, Evelyn L. de Groot, Pooja Patel, Mi Jeong Heo, Aaron R. Cox, Kang Ho Kim, Sean M. Hartig   +10 more
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Divided differences, shift transformations and Larkin’s root finding method

, 1985
For a one-dimensional complex-valued function f this paper deals with iterative root finding methods using divided differences of f. Assuming that f is given in a Newtonian representation we show how Horner-like transformations ("shift transformations ...
A. Neumaier, A. Schäfer
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Ligand‐dependent transcriptional heterogeneity in cell cycle gene expression delays G1/S entry

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
EGF and HRG induce distinct G1/S progression programs in ErbB2‐amplified BT474 breast cancer cells. Despite activating the potent ErbB2–ErbB3 heterodimer, HRG does not accelerate cell‐cycle entry. Instead, EGF promotes earlier restriction‐point passage via ERK–FOS signaling, whereas HRG activates the AKT–MYC axis, driving transcriptional heterogeneity ...
Ririn Rahmala Febri, Ayaka Nagasato‐Ichikawa, Keita Iida, Shuhei Kimura, Akira Imamoto, Mariko Okada   +5 more
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How the Effect of Virtual Reality on Cognitive Functioning Is Modulated by Gender Differences

Bioengineering
Virtual reality (VR) can be a promising tool to simulate reality in various settings but the real impact of this technology on the human mental system is still unclear as to how VR might (if at all) interfere with cognitive functioning. Using a computer,
Stefania Righi, Gioele Gavazzi, Viola Benedetti, Giulia Raineri, Maria Pia Viggiano   +4 more
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From junk to function — How weak selection in eukaryotes builds new parts and drives genomic complexity

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
How do genomes gain new functional parts? In eukaryotes, which tend to evolve under weak selection, much of the genome is junk. Palazzo and Qiu borrow the logic of Markov chains to show how non‐functional DNA becomes functional through the appearance of intermediate states, which arise due to epistasis, buffering, and biochemical messiness, allowing ...
Alexander F. Palazzo, Yi Qiu
wiley   +1 more source