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Snap‐Through–Driven Liquid Crystal Elastomers for High‐Power Remote Microneedle Actuation Toward Smart Livestock Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A magnetically assisted snap‐through liquid crystal elastomer transforms photochemical deformation into a high‐power mechanical impulse, enabling remote microneedle actuation and highlighting its potential for future smart livestock intervention systems.
Chae Won Lee, Nankyung Kim, SeungHyun Park, Dae Seok Kim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural modeling of ion channels using AlphaFold2, RoseTTAFold2, and ESMFold

Channels
Ion channels play key roles in human physiology and are important targets in drug discovery. The atomic-scale structures of ion channels provide invaluable insights into a fundamental understanding of the molecular mechanisms of channel gating and ...
Phuong Tran Nguyen, Brandon John Harris, Diego Lopez Mateos, Adriana Hernández González, Adam Michael Murray, Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy   +5 more
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Sulfation‐Tunable Peptide‐Glycosaminoglycan Hydrogels for Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell Expansion

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Co‐assembly of rationally designed glycosaminoglycan‐binding peptides with sulfated glycosaminoglycans yields supramolecular hydrogels with tunable mechanics and matrix‐mediated cytokine retention. The glycosaminoglycans thereby act as cofactors, driving a coil‐to‐β‐sheet transition that triggers gelation.
Shirel Veretnik, Prannoy Seth, Maximilian Fusenig, Jens Friedrichs, Nicole Fertala, Passant Atallah, Uwe Freudenberg, Ayala Lampel, Carsten Werner   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels as Insecticide Targets [PDF]

, 2014
Voltage-gated sodium channels are critical for the generation and propagation of action potentials. They are the primary target of several classes of insecticides, including DDT, pyrethroids and sodium channel blocker insecticides (SCBIs). DDT and pyrethroids preferably bind to open sodium channels and stabilize the open state, causing prolonged ...
Kristopher S, Silver, Yuzhe, Du, Yoshiko, Nomura, Eugenio E, Oliveira, Vincent L, Salgado, Boris S, Zhorov, Ke, Dong   +6 more
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A 3D Human Neuron‐on‐Chip Platform to Monitor Neuronal Injury Responses

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a novel 3D Neuron‐on‐Chip model that can maintain human PSC‐derived excitatory prefrontal cortex neurons in 3D hydrogels and can be used to monitor neuronal injury responses over time. Results show injury‐induced acute neuronal excitotoxicity, declining neuronal connectivity, and the activation of a neurodegenerative, SASP‐like ...
Ruiping Tang, Charles‐Francois Latchoumane, Avi Chopra, Md Marzan Sarkar, Chunki Kim, Nathan Gonsalves, Hsueh‐Fu Wu, John C. Sentmanat, Alan Liu, Isha Mhatre‐Winters, Aditya Mishra, Andrei G. Fedorov, Jay M. Patel, Nadja Zeltner, Steven L. Stice, Jason R. Richardson, Lohitash Karumbaiah   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive evolution of scn4aa in Takifugu and Tetraodon

Aquaculture and Fisheries
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin firstly discovered in the ovary of pufferfish. The genetic basis of voltage-gated sodium channel resistance to TTX has been widely studied, but it remains unclear in the evolution history of voltage-gated sodium ...
Hexing Wu, Yonglai Hu, Jing Wang, Xiaoling Gong, Baolong Bao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engineered Microvascular Model of the Blood–Brain–Tumor Barrier Reveals Endothelial Remodeling in Diffuse Midline Glioma

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
We developed a patient‐derived, functional microfluidic model of the diffuse midline glioma (DMG) blood–brain–tumor barrier (BBTB) comprised of endothelial cells, astrocytes, pericytes, and tumor cells. The system forms perfusable microvasculature, reveals the BBTB retains vascular integrity, identifies DMG‐specific transcriptomic changes distinct from
Kimberly R. Bennett, Yann S. Vanrobaeys, Tessy Teboh, Zakiya Smith, Anderson Scott, Cynthia Hajal, Paula T. Hammond, Joelle P. Straehla   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The neurosteroid allopregnanolone sulfate inhibits Nav1.3 α subunit-containing voltage-gated sodium channels, expressed in Xenopus oocytes

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2018
The neurosteroid allopregnanolone has potent analgesic effects, and its potential use for neuropathic pain is supported by recent reports. However, the analgesic mechanisms are obscure.
Takafumi Horishita, Nobuyuki Yanagihara, Susumu Ueno, Dan Okura, Reiko Horishita, Tomoko Minami, Yuichi Ogata, Yuka Sudo, Yasuhito Uezono, Takashi Kawasaki   +9 more
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Encoded Cell‐Material Interactions to Reroute Cytokine Signaling for Regenerative Medicine

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
We present native MATRIX (Material Activated To Regulate Inducible gene eXpression), a co‐engineered material‐cell platform. Surfaces functionalized with antibodies for endogenous soluble ligands (e.g., IL‐1β or IL‐6) capture and immobilize ligands for presentation to a cognate, engineered synthetic Notch receptor, releasing a transcription factor (TF)
Zachary M. Eidman, Jhanvi Sharma, Joanne C. Lee, Nicholas F. Schulze, Hannah J. Brien, Kevin C. Corn, Marjan Rafat, Jonathan M. Brunger   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neurological perspectives on voltage-gated sodium channels [PDF]

Brain, 2012
The activity of voltage-gated sodium channels has long been linked to disorders of neuronal excitability such as epilepsy and chronic pain. Recent genetic studies have now expanded the role of sodium channels in health and disease, to include autism, migraine, multiple sclerosis, cancer as well as muscle and immune system disorders.
Eijkelkamp, N, Linley, JE, Baker, MD, Minett, MS, Cregg, R, Werdehausen, R, Rugiero, F, Wood, JN   +7 more
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