The established triple co-culture blood-–brain barrier (BBB) model could be used for predicting drugs’ BBB permeability, and co-culture with neurons and astrocytes enhanced brain endothelial cells’ integrity by secreting GDNF, which upregulated claudin-5 and VE-cadherin expression.
Matthew J Sternfeld, Christopher A Hinckley ... Samuel L Pfaff
Stem cell derived ventral-spinal cord excitatory neurons self-assemble into a rhythmically bursting neural network whose speed and intercellular coordination are both instructively modulated by cell-type specific interactions with inhibitory neurons.
Cindy Dirscherl, Zeynep Hein ... Sebastian Springer
A generally applicable two-hybrid assay demonstrates that MHC class I heavy chains devoid of beta-2 microglobulin associate within and across allotypes, with implications for endocytosis and autoimmunity.
Computational modeling and molecular-biological analysis reveal the role of mechanical force and downstream Yap signaling in growth control during the development and regeneration of sensory epithelium of the inner ear.
Emanuela Abiusi, Paola Infante ... Francesco Danilo Tiziano
The identification of SMA-miR supports the pathogenic role of skeletal muscle in spinal muscular atrophy and, integrated in the SMA-score, may help to improve the phenotypic prediction for patients.
Karine Casier, Valérie Delmarre ... Antoine Boivin
Activation of a piRNA cluster is achieved by high temperature and without maternal inheritance of homologous piRNAs highlighting how variations of species natural habitat can become heritable and shape epigenome.
Jason T Long, Abigail Leinroth ... Matthew J Hilton
Hypertrophic chondrocytes of the growth plate undergo a process of dedifferentiation to generate marrow associated skeletal stem and progenitor cells (SSPCs), which ultimately re-differentiate into cells of the osteoblast or adipocyte lineages during skeletal development.
Joanna L Gillis, Josephine A Hinneh ... Lisa M Butler
A positive feedback loop between the androgen receptor and a key pentose phosphate pathway enzyme, 6PGD, in prostate cancer promotes tumour cell proliferation, survival and intracellular redox control.
Genes associated with age-based division of labor in ants exist in distinct regulatory and evolutionary contexts; genes up-regulated in young nurses are loosely connected and rapidly evolving while genes up-regulated in old foragers are highly connected and conserved.
