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Biology and Life Sciences Forum, Volume 21, Issue 1

Cells 2023 2023 - 33 articles

Cells, Cells and Nothing but Cells: Discoveries, Challenges and Directions

Online | 6–8 March 2023

Volume Editor: Alexander E. Kalyuzhny, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA

Cover Story: This forum is for scientists carrying out research on different fields of cell science, including, but not limited to, stem cells, autophagy, aging, intracellular organelles, proteomics, genomics, metabolism, and cell physiology. The goal of the symposium is to bring scientists together to facilitate the exchanging of data and novel ideas to advance cell science as well as discuss the challenges facing cell biologists.
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Articles (33)

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
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Human Pluripotent Stem Cells from Diabetic and Nondiabetics Improve Retinal Pathology in Diabetic Mice

  • Chang-Hyun Gil,
  • Dibyendu Chakraborty,
  • Cristiano P. Vieira,
  • Nutan Prasain,
  • Sergio Li Calzi,
  • Seth D. Fortmann,
  • Ping Hu,
  • Kimihiko Banno,
  • Mohamed Jamal and
  • Chao Huang
  • + 14 authors

Human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) cells have the proliferative potential and ability to differentiate into numerous cell types [...]

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,559 Views
2 Pages

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive cancer, with over half of patients presenting with metastatic PDAC at diagnosis. Most patients receive conventional chemotherapy which invariably faces resistance, and a key facilitator in this...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1,607 Views
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Lactobacillaceae are Gram-positive and lactic acid-positive (LAB) bacteria that frequently serve as probiotics. LAB strains vary in their responses to different carbohydrates as free-living and biofilm communities. We previously found that fermentabl...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1,430 Views
2 Pages

The neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM is known to mediate cell–to–cell and cell–to–extracellular matrix (ECM) adhesion via homophilic and heterophilic interactions. During brain development, NCAM and the associated glycan, po...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1,710 Views
2 Pages

The Rab11 Family Controls Signalling to the Cytoskeleton for Cell Migration and Invasion

  • Patrick Caswell,
  • Jakub Gemperle,
  • Chloe Flett and
  • Beverley Wilson

Endocytic recycling controls the return of internalised cargos to the plasma membrane to coordinate their positioning, availability and downstream signalling. The Rab4 and Rab11 small GTPase families regulate distinct recycling routes, broadly classi...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1,384 Views
2 Pages

Maternal Hyperhomocysteinemia Disturbs the Brain Development and Maturation in Offspring

  • Dmitrii S. Vasilev,
  • Anastasiia D. Shcherbitskaia,
  • Natalia L. Tumanova,
  • Yulia P. Milyutina,
  • Anna A. Kovalenko,
  • Nadezhda M. Dubrovskaya,
  • Anastasiia V. Mikhel,
  • Daria B. Inozemtseva,
  • Irina V. Zalozniaia and
  • Alexander V. Arutjunyan

The effect of the homocysteine toxicity on both mother and embryo is known to induce disruption of placental blood flow and disturbances of the brain formation in offspring. The mechanisms of these effects are poorly understood and should be studied....

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1,616 Views
2 Pages

Interleukin (IL)-11 Is Involved in the Functional Liaison between Breast Tumor Cells and the Surrounding Stroma

  • Marianna Talia,
  • Francesca Cirillo,
  • Domenica Scordamaglia,
  • Maria Francesca Santolla,
  • Asia Spinelli,
  • Salvatore De Rosis,
  • Lucia Muglia,
  • Azzurra Zicarelli,
  • Anna Maria Miglietta and
  • Marcello Maggiolini
  • + 1 author

Current advances in molecular profiling methodologies and the accessibility of multi-omics datasets are paving the way toward a better understanding of heterogeneous diseases, including breast cancer (BC). In this regard, we sought to uncover the tra...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
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Modulation of Retinoic Acid Receptor Signaling Pathway via All-Trans Retinoic Acid in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Cells

  • John Charles Rotondo,
  • Chiara Mazziotta,
  • Giampaolo Morciano,
  • Christian Felice Cervellera,
  • Giada Badiale,
  • Giulia Tonnini,
  • Giulia Di Mauro,
  • Paolo Pinton,
  • Antoine Touzé and
  • Pauline Gaboriaud
  • + 2 authors

The biological activity of retinoic acid or all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) is mediated by retinoic receptors, which are ligand-dependent transcription factors that activate genes crucial for cell differentiation. Dysregulations of retinoic receptor s...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1,281 Views
2 Pages

New Insights on Signaling Pathways Deregulated in LAP1-Deficient Cells: A Proteomics Study

  • Cátia D. Pereira,
  • Guadalupe Espadas,
  • Filipa Martins,
  • Anne T. Bertrand,
  • Laurent Servais,
  • Eduard Sabidó,
  • Odete A. B. da Cruz e Silva and
  • Sandra Rebelo

Mutations in genes encoding nuclear envelope (NE) proteins, despite being rare, represent a major threat to cell homeostasis by compromising nuclear integrity and function as well as nucleocytoplasmic communication. In the last decade, several diseas...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1,326 Views
2 Pages

Impaired Nuclear and Mitochondrial Cross-Talk Might Alter mtDNA Epigenetic Regulation in Maternally Inherited Diabetes- and Deafness-Affected Patients

  • Luigi Donato,
  • Concetta Scimone,
  • Simona Alibrandi,
  • Maria Vadalà,
  • Massimo Castellucci,
  • Domenico Mordà,
  • Carmela Rinaldi,
  • Rosalia D’Angelo and
  • Antonina Sidoti

Mitochondrial pathologies are clinically composite and show highly variable phenotypes amongst all inherited disorders, mainly due to their heteroplasmic nature. Mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and the nuclear genome (gDNA), or both, have been...

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