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Structure Formation in Butterfly Scales: Interplay of Genetic Control, Mechanical Instabilities, and Dynamic Material Properties

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Butterfly wing scales are intricate cuticular functional nanosctructures. This perspective suggests that spatially varying material properties, cytoskeletal constraints, and growth‐driven mechanical instabilities shape the resulting nanoscale architectures created from single cells.
Anupama Prakash, Victoria Lloyd, Yi Yang, Anna‐Lee Jessop, Anthony McDougal, Primož Pirih, Guillaume Duclos, Andrew Parnell, Mathias Kolle, Nicola J. Nadeau, Bodo D. Wilts   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lysosome‐Acidifying Nanoparticles Rescue A30P α‐Synuclein Induced Neuronal Death in Cellular and Drosophila Models of Parkinson's Disease

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Lysosome‐targeted acidic nanoparticles based on a biodegradable poly(ethylene tetrafluorosuccinate‐co‐succinate) copolymer are engineered to restore impaired lysosomal acidification through pH‐responsive intracellular degradation. Localized acid release enhances autophagic proteolysis, reduces α‐synuclein accumulation, and preserves dopaminergic neuron
Chih Hung Lo, Mengda Ren, Gavin Wen Zhao Loi, Eka Norfaishanty Saipuljumri, Jonathan Indajang, Kah Leong Lim, Jialiu Zeng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene family of Anopheles gambiae [PDF]

, 2005
Background Members of the M2 family of peptidases, related to mammalian angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), play important roles in regulating a number of physiological processes.
Burnham, S., Isaac, R.E., Lee, A.J., Shirras, A.D., Smith, J.A.   +4 more
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A New 3D Colon on a Chip to Decipher the Influence of Mechanical Forces on the Physiological Cellular Ecosystem

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
To dissect how mechanical forces influence intestinal physiology, we developed a stretchable 3D colon‐on‐chip that integrates tunable topography, stiffness and peristalsis‐like motion within a physiologically relevant microenvironment. We showed that stretching is a dominant factor governing epithelial behavior, markedly enhancing proliferation and ...
Moencopi Bernheim‐Dennery, Lauriane Gérémie, Julie Brun, Lucas Chassatte, Giacomo Gropplero, Réda Bouras, Jieun Choo, Bertrand Cinquin, Alba Marcellan, Danijela Matic Vignjevic, Stéphanie Descroix   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increasing cell density globally enhances the biogenesis of Piwi-interacting RNAs in Bombyx mori germ cells. [PDF]

, 2017
Piwi proteins and their bound Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are predominantly expressed in the germline and play crucial roles in germline development by silencing transposons and other targets.
Honda, Shozo, Kawamura, Takuya, Kirino, Yohei, Kirino, Yoriko, Loher, Phillipe, Morichika, Keisuke, Rigoutsos, Isidore, Shigematsu, Megumi   +7 more
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Bioelectrical Interfaces Beyond Excitable Cells: Cancer, Aging, and Gene Expression Modulation

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The investigation of biological conductivity has evolved from its classical foundation based on ionic fluxes underpinning cardiac and neuronal excitability to a multifaceted regulator of cellular physiology. Traditional approaches for probing electrical events in living matter focused largely on action potentials recording.
Paolo Cadinu, Matthew K. Burgess, Catarina Franco Jones, Marzia Iarossi, Manuel Schröter, Nako Nakatsuka, Mustafa B. A. Djamgoz, Gil Gonçalves, Sidahmed Abayzeed, Paola Sanjuán‐Alberte, Paula M. Mendes, Frankie J. Rawson, Malavika Nair, Michael Levin, Rosalia Moreddu   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

in vivo localization of the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis proteins, CLN3 and CLN7, at endogenous expression levels

Neurobiology of Disease, 2017
The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses are a group of recessively inherited, childhood-onset neurodegenerative conditions. Several forms are caused by mutations in genes encoding putative lysosomal membrane proteins.
Alamin Mohammed, Megan B. O'Hare, Alice Warley, Guy Tear, Richard I. Tuxworth   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The cell surface receptor Tartan is a potential in vivo substrate for the receptor tyrosine phosphatase Ptp52F [PDF]

, 2009
Receptor-linked protein-tyrosine phosphatases (RPTPs) are essential regulators of axon guidance and synaptogenesis in Drosophila, but the signaling pathways in which they function are poorly defined.
Bugga, Lakshmi, Ratnaparkhi, Anuradha, Zinn, Kai   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Chronic Hypoxia Disrupts Spermatogenesis Through ASXL2–EZH2–Mediated Microtubule Destabilization

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reveals the mechanism by which chronic hypoxia impairs spermatogenesis via the ASXL2–EZH2 axis, hindering the transition of spermatids from round to elongated forms. Key findings reveal that under hypoxic conditions, downregulated ASXL2 expression reduces EZH2 binding to the CEP162 promoter, leading to decreased H3K27me3 modification and ...
Jun Yin, Mengjie Zhang, Wenying Liu, Wenlong Shen, Debao Li, Hongming Miao, Fang Deng, Gang Zhang, Yi Tian, Yi Zhang, Zhihu Zhao, Bing Ni   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drosophila cAMP-dependent protein kinase.

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1984
cAMP-dependent protein kinase has been purified to homogeneity from adult bodies of Drosophila melanogaster. It is tetrameric in structure with two regulatory and two catalytic subunits that dissociate when activated by cAMP. The regulatory subunit exists in phospho and dephospho forms, which have electrophoretic mobilities in sodium dodecyl sulfate ...
J L, Foster, J J, Guttman, L M, Hall, O M, Rosen   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources