Publications of the Week The Role of Mitochondrial Apoptotic Pathway in Islet Amyloid-Induced β-Cell Death Wong, H. Y., et al. | August 27, 2021 Islet amyloid, formed by aggregation of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP), contributes to β-cell death in type…pthomsonAugust 27, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Biomaterial and Cellular Implants: Foreign Surfaces Where Immunity and Coagulation Meet Kizhakkedathu, J. N., & Conway, E. M. | August 23, 2021 Exposure of blood to a foreign surface in the form of a diagnostic or therapeutic…pthomsonAugust 23, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Conservation of Endo-Glucanase 16 (EG16) Activity across Highly Divergent Plant Lineages Behar, H., et al. | August 20, 2021 Plant cell walls are highly dynamic structures that are composed predominately of polysaccharides. As such,…pthomsonAugust 20, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Prevention of Vascular-Allograft Rejection by Protecting the Endothelial Glycocalyx with Immunosuppressive Polymers Siren, E. M. J., & Luo, H. D., et al. | August 16, 2021 Organ transplant is an important procedure, particular to those with end-stage organ failure. Currently, global…pthomsonAugust 16, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week The Actin-Disassembly Protein Glia Maturation Factor γ Enhances Actin Remodeling and B Cell Antigen Receptor Signaling at the Immune Synapse Deretic, N., et al. | August 13, 2021 Signaling by the B cell antigen receptor (BCR) initiates actin remodeling. The assembly of branched…pthomsonAugust 13, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Comparison of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells from Peritoneal Dialysis Effluent with Those from Umbilical Cords: Characteristics and Therapeutic Effects on Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis in Uremic Rats Du Y., et al. | August 9, 2021 A long-term of peritoneal dialysis (PD) using a hypertonic PD solution (PDS) leads to patient’s…pthomsonAugust 9, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Ist2 Recruits the Lipid Transporters Osh6/7 to ER–PM Contacts to Maintain Phospholipid Metabolism Wong, A. K. O., et al. | August 6, 2021 ER-plasma membrane (PM) contacts are proposed to be held together by distinct families of tethering…pthomsonAugust 6, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Human Placental Piwi-Interacting RNA Transcriptome Is Characterized by Expression from the DLK1-DIO3 Imprinted Region Martinez, V. D., et al. | August 6, 2021 The placenta is vital to embryonic development and requires a finely-tuned pattern of gene expression,…pthomsonAugust 6, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week De Novo and Cell Line Models of Human Mammary Cell Transformation Reveal an Essential Role for YB-1 in Multiple Stages of Human Breast Cancer Lefort, S., et al. | July 28, 2021 Breast cancer heterogeneity has made it challenging to identify mechanisms critical to the initial stages…pthomsonJuly 28, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Molecular Events in Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer Development Wang, Y., et al. | July 27, 2021 Neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) is a lethal subtype of prostate cancer. NEPC arises de novo…pthomsonJuly 27, 2021 Read More