Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells, which form a barrier that defends the body from the outside ...

Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells. This barrier tissue performs its function thanks to ...

Spectacular progress has been made in our understanding of the physical processes that underlie the functions and mechanisms of cytoskeletal proteins. For example, the atomic structures of actin ...

A number of spontaneous mutations in GFAP, encoding an astrocyte-specific intermediate filament protein ... and thereby have an impact on the cytoskeletal architecture and interactions.

Giant axonal neuropathy (GAN) is a rare, genetic neurodegenerative disorder in which large nerve fibers in the brain (axons) ...

Our skin and mucous membranes protect us like vigilant sentinels against the onslaught of harmful pathogens. This extraordinary defense owes its strength to epithelial cells—specialized tissues woven ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton ...

For decades, researchers have been wondering what gives red blood cells their characteristic curves, and now Fowler and her colleagues have the answer: myosin proteins tug on the red blood cell’s ...

Erwin Schrödinger, a theoretical physicist steeped in the philosophy of Schopenhauer and the Upanishads, delivered a series ...

A research team has developed a groundbreaking deep learning-based method for analyzing the cytoskeleton -- the structural framework inside cells -- more accurately and efficiently than ever before.

Both Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are neuromuscular diseases. DMD is a severe X-linked ...