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Cells, Volume 9, Issue 1

January 2020 - 259 articles

Cover Story: As we age, failure to maintain the structural interface between muscle fibers and the motoneuron known as the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) leads to muscle fiber denervation, which in turn precipitates many of the most severe consequences of aging in skeletal muscle, including the decline in muscle mass and strength. Mitochondria are strongly implicated in aging biology and are particularly enriched on both sides of the NMJ. Here, we focus on the role of the mitochondrion in the age-related deterioration of the NMJ, taking account of the impact of aging on mitochondrial structure and function in muscle fibers and motoneurons. We also review the role of mtDNA alterations, mitochondrial dynamics, and the related maintenance of the mitochondrial number and quality known as mitostasis, in the mitochondrial changes occurring at the aging NMJ. View this paper.
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Articles (259)

  • Review
  • Open Access
150 Citations
15,947 Views
17 Pages

Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and Cardiovascular Diseases: An Update

  • Aldo Bonaventura,
  • Alessandra Vecchié,
  • Antonio Abbate and
  • Fabrizio Montecucco

17 January 2020

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are formed by decondensed chromatin, histones, and neutrophil granular proteins and have a role in entrapping microbial pathogens. NETs, however, have pro-thrombotic properties by stimulating fibrin deposition, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,818 Views
17 Pages

17 January 2020

Methylglyoxal (MGO), a highly reactive dicarbonyl compound, is a key precursor of the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs). MGO and MGO-AGEs were reportedly increased in patients with diabetic dysfunction, including diabetic nephropath...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,295 Views
15 Pages

DKK1 Induced by 1,25D3 Is Required for the Mineralization of Osteoblasts

  • Sungsin Jo,
  • Subin Yoon,
  • So Young Lee,
  • So Yeon Kim,
  • Hyosun Park,
  • Jinil Han,
  • Sung Hoon Choi,
  • Joong-Soo Han,
  • Jae-Hyuk Yang and
  • Tae-Hwan Kim

17 January 2020

1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25D3), the most popular drug for osteoporosis treatment, drives osteoblast differentiation and bone mineralization. Wnt/β-catenin signaling is involved in commitment and differentiation of osteoblasts, but the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
58 Citations
7,700 Views
19 Pages

17 January 2020

Bladder cancer (BC) is a complex and highly heterogeneous stem cell disease associated with high morbidity and mortality rates if it is not treated properly. Early diagnosis with personalized therapy and regular follow-up are the keys to a successful...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,387 Views
22 Pages

Hydrogen Sulfide Impairs Meiosis Resumption in Xenopus laevis Oocytes

  • Armance Gelaude,
  • Sylvain Slaby,
  • Katia Cailliau,
  • Matthieu Marin,
  • Arlette Lescuyer-Rousseau,
  • Caroline Molinaro,
  • Jan Nevoral,
  • Veronica Kučerová-Chrpová,
  • Marketa Sedmikova and
  • Jaroslav Petr
  • + 2 authors

17 January 2020

The role of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is addressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Three enzymes involved in H2S metabolism, cystathionine β-synthase, cystathionine γ-lyase, and 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase, were detected in prophase I and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,967 Views
17 Pages

Prevention of DNA Replication Stress by CHK1 Leads to Chemoresistance Despite a DNA Repair Defect in Homologous Recombination in Breast Cancer

  • Felix Meyer,
  • Saskia Becker,
  • Sandra Classen,
  • Ann Christin Parplys,
  • Wael Yassin Mansour,
  • Britta Riepen,
  • Sara Timm,
  • Claudia Ruebe,
  • Maria Jasin and
  • Harriet Wikman
  • + 3 authors

17 January 2020

Chromosomal instability not only has a negative effect on survival in triple-negative breast cancer, but also on the well treatable subgroup of luminal A tumors. This suggests a general mechanism independent of subtypes. Increased chromosomal instabi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,712 Views
15 Pages

Applications of Genome Editing Technology in Research on Chromosome Aneuploidy Disorders

  • Silvia Natsuko Akutsu,
  • Kazumasa Fujita,
  • Keita Tomioka,
  • Tatsuo Miyamoto and
  • Shinya Matsuura

17 January 2020

Chromosomal segregation errors in germ cells and early embryonic development underlie aneuploidies, which are numerical chromosomal abnormalities causing fetal absorption, developmental anomalies, and carcinogenesis. It has been considered that human...

  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
6,030 Views
22 Pages

Exosomes in Bone Sarcomas: Key Players in Metastasis

  • Mariona Chicón-Bosch and
  • Oscar M. Tirado

17 January 2020

Bone sarcomas are rare cancers which often present with metastatic disease and are still associated with poor survival rates. Studies in the last decade have identified that exosomes, a type of extracellular vesicle released by cells, play an importa...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
60 Citations
11,934 Views
24 Pages

Crosstalk between Mitochondria and Cytoskeleton in Cardiac Cells

  • Andrey V. Kuznetsov,
  • Sabzali Javadov,
  • Michael Grimm,
  • Raimund Margreiter,
  • Michael J. Ausserlechner and
  • Judith Hagenbuchner

16 January 2020

Elucidation of the mitochondrial regulatory mechanisms for the understanding of muscle bioenergetics and the role of mitochondria is a fundamental problem in cellular physiology and pathophysiology. The cytoskeleton (microtubules, intermediate filame...

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