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Cells, Volume 7, Issue 12

December 2018 - 57 articles

Cover Story: Defective structures or functions of primary cilia lead to numerous disorders that are called ciliopathies and include cystic kidney disease, cardiovascular disorders, cancer, obesity, and several other diseases. In the circulatory system, fluid-flow is the major mechanical force that bends and activates cilia, resulting in cilia-dependent calcium signaling and subsequent release of nitric oxide, which acts as a vasodilator. Increasing cilia length is an important factor to increase the chemo- and mechano-sensitivity of cilia. Unfortunately, there are limited pharmacological agents currently available to selectively improve cilia length and function. Therefore, more research is required for cilia-targeting therapy, which could help in managing cardiovascular disorders associated with ciliopathy. View Paper here.
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Articles (57)

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,342 Views
24 Pages

Proteogenomic Analysis of Burkholderia Species Strains 25 and 46 Isolated from Uraniferous Soils Reveals Multiple Mechanisms to Cope with Uranium Stress

  • Meenakshi Agarwal,
  • Ashish Pathak,
  • Rajesh Singh Rathore,
  • Om Prakash,
  • Rakesh Singh,
  • Rajneesh Jaswal,
  • John Seaman and
  • Ashvini Chauhan

12 December 2018

Two Burkholderia spp. (strains SRS-25 and SRS-46) were isolated from high concentrations of uranium (U) from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-managed Savannah River Site (SRS). SRS contains soil gradients that remain co-contaminated by heavy metal...

  • Review
  • Open Access
174 Citations
12,413 Views
18 Pages

12 December 2018

Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion is a complicated pathological process. The injury and cascade reactions caused by cerebral ischemia and reperfusion are characterized by high mortality, high recurrence, and high disability. However, only a limited numbe...

  • Review
  • Open Access
50 Citations
8,179 Views
16 Pages

11 December 2018

Rac1 is a small GTPase that belongs to the Rho family. The Rho family of small GTPases is a subfamily of the Ras superfamily. The Rho family of GTPases mediate a plethora of cellular effects, including regulation of cytoarchitecture, cell size, cell...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,683 Views
15 Pages

Metabolic Signature of Dietary Iron Overload in a Mouse Model

  • Chiara Volani,
  • Giuseppe Paglia,
  • Sigurdur V. Smarason,
  • Peter P. Pramstaller,
  • Egon Demetz,
  • Christa Pfeifhofer-Obermair and
  • Guenter Weiss

11 December 2018

Iron is an essential co-factor for several metabolic processes, including the Krebs cycle and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. Therefore, maintaining an appropriate iron balance is essential to ensure sufficient energy production and to avoid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
4,993 Views
16 Pages

Liposomal Delivery of miR-34b-5p Induced Cancer Cell Death in Thyroid Carcinoma

  • Hamidreza Maroof,
  • Farhadul Islam,
  • LanFeng Dong,
  • Prabha Ajjikuttira,
  • Vinod Gopalan,
  • Nigel A.J. McMillan and
  • Alfred K. Lam

11 December 2018

This study aims to determine the functional roles of microRNA-34b-5p (miR-34b) in the suppression of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. We used hydration-of-freeze-dried-matrix (HFDM) formulated liposomes (liposome-loaded miR-34b) for effective delivery o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,472 Views
14 Pages

Accumulation of Ag(I) by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells Expressing Plant Metallothioneins

  • Lavinia L. Ruta,
  • Melania A. Banu,
  • Aurora D. Neagoe,
  • Ralph Kissen,
  • Atle M. Bones and
  • Ileana C. Farcasanu

11 December 2018

The various applications of Ag(I) generated the necessity to obtain Ag(I)-accumulating organisms for the removal of surplus Ag(I) from contaminated sites or for the concentration of Ag(I) from Ag(I)-poor environments. In this study we obtained Ag(I)-...

  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
8,657 Views
18 Pages

Exploring the Roles of Aquaporins in Plant–Microbe Interactions

  • Ruirui Wang,
  • Min Wang,
  • Kehao Chen,
  • Shiyu Wang,
  • Luis Alejandro Jose Mur and
  • Shiwei Guo

11 December 2018

Aquaporins (AQPs) are membrane channel proteins regulating the flux of water and other various small solutes across membranes. Significant progress has been made in understanding the roles of AQPs in plants’ physiological processes, and now the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,589 Views
18 Pages

10 December 2018

The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) has significantly increased in recent decades, and this disease has become an important health issue worldwide. Currently, there is no useful prognostic or diagnostic biomarker for CRC. Heat shock protein 27 (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,151 Views
17 Pages

Alpha-Synuclein and Calpains Disrupt SNARE-Mediated Synaptic Vesicle Fusion During Manganese Exposure in SH-SY5Y Cells

  • Can Wang,
  • Zhuo Ma,
  • Dong-Ying Yan,
  • Chang Liu,
  • Yu Deng,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Zhao-Fa Xu and
  • Bin Xu

8 December 2018

Synaptic vesicle fusion is mediated by an assembly of soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptors (SNAREs), composed of syntaxin 1, soluble NSF-attachment protein (SNAP)-25, and synaptobrevin-2/VAMP-2. Previous stud...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,518 Views
16 Pages

Lysosomal Sequestration Impairs the Activity of the Preclinical FGFR Inhibitor PD173074

  • Bernhard Englinger,
  • Sebastian Kallus,
  • Julia Senkiv,
  • Anna Laemmerer,
  • Patrick Moser,
  • Lisa Gabler,
  • Diana Groza,
  • Christian R. Kowol,
  • Petra Heffeter and
  • Michael Grusch
  • + 1 author

8 December 2018

Knowledge of intracellular pharmacokinetics of anticancer agents is imperative for understanding drug efficacy as well as intrinsic and acquired cellular resistance mechanisms. However, the factors driving subcellular drug distribution are complex an...

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