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The cell surface protein MUL_3720 confers binding of the skin pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans to sulfated glycans and keratin.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of the chronic, necrotizing skin disease Buruli ulcer. Modes of transmission and molecular mechanisms involved in the establishment of M. ulcerans infections are poorly understood.
Christopher J Day, Katharina Röltgen, Gerd Pluschke, Michael P Jennings   +3 more
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Microengineered Gradient Hydrogels for Mechanobiology

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Gradient hydrogels are used to mimic the mechanical heterogeneity in native tissues, offering powerful in vitro platforms to study cell‐material interactions in diverse pathophysiological contexts. Here, we present a comprehensive review of the design and experimental considerations for stiffness gradient hydrogels, discussing exemplary achievements ...
Shin Wei Chong, Deepu Ashok, Anna Waterhouse, Marcela M. M. Bilek, Daniele Vigolo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of high-performance two-dimensional gel electrophoresis for human hair shaft proteome.

PLoS ONE, 2019
The primary components of human hair shaft-keratin and keratin-associated proteins (KAPs), together with their cross-linked networks-are the underlying reason for its rigid structure.
Sing Ying Wong, Onn Haji Hashim, Nobuhiro Hayashi   +2 more
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Effects of keratin filaments on ERK signaling during Fas-induced death of cervical cancer (HeLa) cells [PDF]

, 2014
Survival of cancer cells is influenced by a variety of factors, including physical elements such as keratin filaments. We know HeLa cells containing or lacking keratin 8/18 intermediate filaments (K+ and K- cells, respectively) are more sensitive to the ...
Berger, Amanda
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Human Galectins Induce Conversion of Dermal Fibroblasts into Myofibroblasts and Production of Extracellular Matrix: Potential Application in Tissue Engineering and Wound Repair [PDF]

, 2011
Members of the galectin family of endogenous lectins are potent adhesion/growth-regulatory effectors. Their multi-functionality opens possibilities for their use in bioapplications. We studied whether human galectins induce the conversion of human dermal
André A., S., André K., S., Barbora Dvořánková, Bergmann J., M., Cheb Y.-Y., S.-J., Dam T.K., Demetter O., P., Dvoránková J., B., Engelhardt H.-J., R., Eva Sykova, Fischer H., C., Fritz A., P., Hans-Joachim Gabius, Herbert Kaltner, Hung C.W., Jana Uhrova, Jones D.L., Jones G.E., Jones G.E., Karel Smetana, Jr., Kim Y.-B., H.-W., Kojima S., S., Lacina H., L., Lacina J., L., Lataillade T., J.-J., Legendre N., H., Lensch A., M., Lu J., Z.-H., Lukas Lacina, Miller S.N., Nagy I., N., Nakachi Y., K., Nogales-Gonzalés A., A., O’Donoghue J., K., Pavol Szabo, Pei S., Z., Peter Gal, Sabine André, Sanchez-Ruderisch C., H., Sanchez-Ruderisch S., H., Sansone S., F., Seyrek H., K., Smetana B., K., Smetana L., K., Smetana Z., K., Tomas Zima, Uchida K., K., von Reitzenstein J., C.   +47 more
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Linkage Relationships between Keratin-Associated Protein (KRTAP) Genes and Growth Hormone in Sheep

Genomics, 1994
The ovine hair keratin-associated protein (KRTAP) genes are grouped into several families. In this study, we analyzed linkage relationships between members of four KRTAP families and growth hormone and beta-hemoglobin. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms and a microsatellite polymorphism were typed in 10 sire groups from a flock of Australian ...
Y M, Parsons, L R, Piper, D W, Cooper
openaire   +2 more sources

Engineered Protein‐Based Ionic Conductors for Sustainable Energy Storage Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Rational incorporation of charged residues into an engineered, self‐assembling protein scaffold yields solid‐state protein films with outstanding ionic conductivity. Salt‐doping further enhances conductivity, an effect amplified in the engineered variants. These properties enable the material integration into an efficient supercapacitor.
Juan David Cortés‐Ossa, Paolo Blesio, Marcial Fernandez‐Castro, Lisa Almonte, Maxence Fernandez, Mantas Liutkus, Perumal Pandurangan, Carlos Sabater, Aitor Villaverde, Manuel Melle‐Franco, Nurit Ashkenasy, Felipe Jiménez‐Ángeles, M. Carmen Morant‐Miñana, M. Reyes Calvo, Aitziber L. Cortajarena   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nail Properties and Bone Health: A Review

Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2018
Physicochemical properties of nail may offer valuable insight into the health of bone. Currently, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the gold standard technique for evaluating bone health through bone mineral density (BMD).
Pouya Saeedi, Amin Shavandi, Kim Meredith-Jones   +2 more
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Contrasting patterns of coding and flanking region evolution in mammalian keratin associated protein-1 genes [PDF]

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2018
AbstractDNA repeats are common elements in eukaryotic genomes, and their multi-copy nature provides the opportunity for genetic exchange. This exchange can produce altered evolutionary patterns, including concerted evolution where within genome repeat copies are more similar to each other than to orthologous repeats in related species.
Huitong Zhou, Tina Visnovska, Hua Gong, Sebastian Schmeier, Jon Hickford, Austen R.D. Ganley   +5 more
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Hydrogel‐Based Airway‐on‐Tube With Perfusable Endothelial Lumen and Outward Epithelialization

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A hydrogel‐based airway‐on‐tube platform featuring a perfusable endothelial lumen and outward epithelialization is presented. The system supports primary human bronchial epithelial and lung microvascular endothelial coculture under air‐liquid interface conditions.
Ali Doryab, Jack F. Murphy, Michael Bartolf‐Kopp, Jenny C‐C Hsin, Alice Chernaik, Frank McCaughan, Yan Yan Shery Huang, Tomasz Jungst, Jürgen Groll   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source