Introduction: Pulmonary fibrosis includes a spectrum of diseases and is incurable. There is a variation in disease course, but it is often progressive leading to increased breathlessness, impaired quality of life, and decreased...
A coarse-grained (CG) model for atactic polystyrene is presented and studied via classical molecular dynamics simulations. The interactions between the CG segments are described by Mie potentials, with parameters obtained from a...
Muscle differentiation requires the assembly of high-order structures called myofibrils, composed of sarcomeres. Even though the molecular organization of sarcomeres is well known, the mechanisms underlying myofibrillogenesis...
Muscle development is a multistep process that involves cell specification, myoblast fusion, myotube migration, and attachment to the tendons. In spite of great efforts trying to understand the basis of these events, little is...
A coarse-grained (CG) model for atactic polystyrene is presented and studied via classical molecular dynamics simulations. The interactions between the CG segments are described by Mie potentials, with parameters obtained from a...
Forces generated by the actomyosin cytoskeleton are key contributors to many morphogenetic processes. The actomyosin cytoskeleton organises in different types of networks depending on intracellular signals and on cell-cell and...
The important growth of industrial, transport, and agriculture activities, has not led only to the air quality and climate changes issues, but also to the increase of the potential natural disasters. The emission of harmful...
Cell homeostasis is perturbed when dramatic shifts in the external environment cause the physical-chemical properties inside the cell to change. Experimental approaches for dynamically monitoring these intracellular effects are...
A feature of metazoan reproduction is the elimination of maternal centrosomes from the oocyte. In animals that form syncytial cysts during oogenesis, including Drosophila and human, all centrosomes within the cyst migrate to the...
Basement membranes (BMs) are specialized extracellular matrices required for tissue organization and organ formation. We study the role of laminin and its integrin receptor in the regulation of tissue migration during Drosophila...
p53 is a well-known tumor suppressor that has emerged as an important player in energy balance. However, its metabolic role in the hypothalamus remains unknown. Herein, we show that mice lacking p53 in agouti-related peptide...