Sascha Kopic,John P Geibel
Sascha Kopic
Calcium balance is essential for a multitude of physiological processes, ranging from cell signaling to maintenance of bone health. Adequate intestinal absorption of calcium is a major factor for maintaining systemic calcium homeostasis. Re...
Josephine M Forbes,Mark E Cooper
Josephine M Forbes
It is increasingly apparent that not only is a cure for the current worldwide diabetes epidemic required, but also for its major complications, affecting both small and large blood vessels. These complications occur in the majority of indiv...
Metabolism and the circadian clock converge [0.03%]
metabolism and the circadian clock converge代谢与昼夜钟同步
Kristin Eckel-Mahan,Paolo Sassone-Corsi
Kristin Eckel-Mahan
Circadian rhythms occur in almost all species and control vital aspects of our physiology, from sleeping and waking to neurotransmitter secretion and cellular metabolism. Epidemiological studies from recent decades have supported a unique r...
Michal Bohdanowicz,Sergio Grinstein
Michal Bohdanowicz
Endocytosis, phagocytosis, and macropinocytosis are fundamental processes that enable cells to sample their environment, eliminate pathogens and apoptotic bodies, and regulate the expression of surface components. While a great deal of effo...
Hang Yin,Feodor Price,Michael A Rudnicki
Hang Yin
Adult skeletal muscle in mammals is a stable tissue under normal circumstances but has remarkable ability to repair after injury. Skeletal muscle regeneration is a highly orchestrated process involving the activation of various cellular and...
Paul Trayhurn
Paul Trayhurn
The rise in the incidence of obesity has led to a major interest in the biology of white adipose tissue. The tissue is a major endocrine and signaling organ, with adipocytes, the characteristic cell type, secreting a multiplicity of protein...
Distinct initial SNARE configurations underlying the diversity of exocytosis [0.03%]
不同的初始SNARE构型构成了多种多样的胞外转运过程的基础
Haruo Kasai,Noriko Takahashi,Hiroshi Tokumaru
Haruo Kasai
The dynamics of exocytosis are diverse and have been optimized for the functions of synapses and a wide variety of cell types. For example, the kinetics of exocytosis varies by more than five orders of magnitude between ultrafast exocytosis...
Albrecht Schwab,Anke Fabian,Peter J Hanley et al.
Albrecht Schwab et al.
Cell motility is central to tissue homeostasis in health and disease, and there is hardly any cell in the body that is not motile at a given point in its life cycle. Important physiological processes intimately related to the ability of the...
Vasopressin V1a and V1b receptors: from molecules to physiological systems [0.03%]
血管加压素V1a和V1b受体：从分子到生理系统
Taka-aki Koshimizu,Kazuaki Nakamura,Nobuaki Egashira et al.
Taka-aki Koshimizu et al.
The neurohypophysial hormone arginine vasopressin (AVP) is essential for a wide range of physiological functions, including water reabsorption, cardiovascular homeostasis, hormone secretion, and social behavior. These and other actions of A...
Ion channels in plants [0.03%]
植物中的离子通道
Rainer Hedrich
Rainer Hedrich
Since the first recordings of single potassium channel activities in the plasma membrane of guard cells more than 25 years ago, patch-clamp studies discovered a variety of ion channels in all cell types and plant species under inspection. T...