A team of researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi has uncovered a key mechanism that helps shape how our brains are wired, and what can ...

Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi discovered how m6A methylation controls the production of essential proteins in neurons, crucial ...

Summary: New research reveals how a tiny chemical mark on RNA helps wire the brain during development. Scientists discovered that m6A methylation regulates the production of proteins essential for ...

Not only have researchers identified how a common cellular protein affects aging, but they’ve tweaked the genes that produce it in fruit flies, extending healthy lifespan by 25% to 30%. The ...

The assembly and disassembly of actin filaments are processes regulated by a large number of actin-interacting proteins, and maintenance of the actin cytoskeleton is “highly susceptible to ...

These receptors activate intracellular cascades that trigger changes in the actin cytoskeleton, which promote the initial ... The latter bind actin directly, and a brain-specific isoform ...

Actin Cytoskeleton Remodeling Drives Breast Cancer Cell Escape from Natural Killer–Mediated Cytotoxicity. Cancer Research , 2018; 78 (19): 5631 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-0441 Cite This Page : ...

Synaptotoxicity in Alzheimer's Disease Involved a Dysregulation of Actin Cytoskeleton Dynamics through Cofilin 1 Phosphorylation. The Journal of Neuroscience , 2018; 38 (48): 10349 DOI: 10.1523 ...

The actin cytoskeleton is the largest of the organelles and has a highly dynamic structure that quickly alters in shape and organization in response to the stimuli and the different stages of ...

The actin cytoskeleton is essential for maintaining the shape of cells and enabling motility, and plays critical roles in tumor cell invasion and metastasis.

More information: Antoun Al Absi et al, Actin Cytoskeleton Remodeling Drives Breast Cancer Cell Escape from Natural Killer–Mediated Cytotoxicity, Cancer Research (2018). DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472 ...