The research team found that a specific muscle protein, known as MEF2C, is significantly reduced in muscle cells with CP.

A major trial of a promising gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy has fallen short, but researchers say the lessons learned could pave the way for better, more effective treatments.

In pulmonary hypertension, a combination of metabolic and mechanical dysfunction leads to irreversible vascular damage.

Petrenko V, Sinturel F, Riezman H, Dibner C. Lipid metabolism around the body clocks. Progress in lipid research ...

The amount of lipid in goose follicular granulosa cells increases with the increase of culture time, and the neutral lipid in the cells is stored in the form of lipid droplets (LDs). LD-associated ...

Smooth muscle lacks the striated structure of skeletal muscle and instead consists of sheets or layers of smooth muscle cells. When stimulated by the autonomic nervous system to contract from the ...

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For example, endothelial cells could sense vasoactive factors and provide signals to the vascular smooth muscle cells surrounding ... a problem at other labs that culture their endothelial cells ...

iPSCs: induced pluripotent stem cells, EE: early ectoderm, NC: neural crest, SMC: smooth muscle cells, CFib ... images of orangutan EBs on day 6 of differentiation in 4 different culture conditions.

After every meal, the intestines perform an action called peristalsis — moving food through their hollow interiors with coordinated contractions and relaxations of the smooth muscle. For more than a ...

In China, Islamic culture has thrived and woven itself into the rich tapestry ... the Chinese government takes measures to ensure food hygiene and alleviate traffic congestion, fostering a smooth ...