Loss-of-Function of Gli3 in Mice Causes Abnormal Frontal Bone Morphology and Premature Synostosis of the Interfrontal Suture.

abstract：:Background: The modulation of arachidonic acid (AA) metabolism pathway is identified in metabolic alterations after hypoxia exposure, but its biological function is controversial. We aimed at integrating plasma metabolomic and transcriptomic approaches to systematically explore the roles of the AA metabolism pathway i...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Liu C,Liu B,Liu L,Zhang EL,Sun BD,Xu G,Chen J,Gao YQ

更新日期：2018-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Non-invasive cardiac mapping-also known as Electrocardiographic imaging (ECGi)-is a novel, painless and relatively economic method to map the electrical activation and repolarization patterns of the heart, providing a valuable tool for early identification and diagnosis of conduction abnormalities and arrh...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Perez Alday EA,Whittaker DG,Benson AP,Colman MA

更新日期：2019-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, is currently considered as a pest when infesting stored grains or grain products. However, mealworms are now being promoted as a beneficial insect because their high nutrient content makes them a viable food source and because they are capable of degrading polystyrene and plastic...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Vigneron A,Jehan C,Rigaud T,Moret Y

更新日期：2019-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatogenesis is a complicated process including spermatogonial stem cells self-renewal and differentiates into mature spermatozoa. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) as a class of small non-coding RNAs play a crucial role during the process of spermatogenesis. However, the function of a plenty of miRNAs on spermatogenesis and the ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Gao H,Wen H,Cao C,Dong D,Yang C,Xie S,Zhang J,Huang X,Huang X,Yuan S,Dong W

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep learning (DL) has attracted the attention of computational toxicologists as it offers a potentially greater power for in silico predictive toxicology than existing shallow learning algorithms. However, contradicting reports have been documented. To further explore the advantages of DL over shallow learning, we co...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Idakwo G,Thangapandian S,Luttrell J 4th,Zhou Z,Zhang C,Gong P

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:There are animal species that have adapted to life at high altitude and hypobaric hypoxia conditions in the Andean highlands. One such species is the llama (Lama glama), which seem to have developed efficient protective mechanisms to avoid maladaptation resulting from chronic hypoxia, such as a resistance to the devel...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： López V,Moraga FA,Llanos AJ,Ebensperger G,Taborda MI,Uribe E

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common cause of secondary hypertension. The paucity of good animal models hinders our understanding of the pathophysiology of PA and the hypertensive mechanism of PA remains incompletely known. It was recently reported that genetic deletion of TWIK-related acid-sensitive potassiu...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Shi L,Yuan F,Wang X,Wang R,Liu K,Tian Y,Guo Z,Zhang X,Wang S

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling pathways of red blood cells' (RBCs) micromechanics regulation, which are responsible for maintaining microcirculation, constitute an important property of RBC physiology. Selective control over these processes may serve as an indispensable tool for correction of hemorheological disorders, which accompany a n...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Semenov AN,Shirshin EA,Muravyov AV,Priezzhev AV

更新日期：2019-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Although motor output of the postural function clearly influences postural performance in young and older subjects, no relationship has been formally established between them. However, the relationship between lower-extremity muscle strength/power and postural performance is often pointed out, especially in older subj...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Paillard T

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Athletes should achieve event-specific physiological requirements through careful periodization of training, underpinned by individualized and targeted nutrition strategies. However, evidence of whether, and how, elite endurance athletes periodize nutrition is scarce. Accordingly, elite international female (n = 67) a...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Heikura IA,Stellingwerff T,Burke LM

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The mDurance® system is an innovative digital tool that combines wearable surface electromyography (sEMG), mobile computing and cloud analysis to streamline and automatize the assessment of muscle activity. The tool is particularly devised to support clinicians and sport professionals in their daily routines, as an as...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Molina-Molina A,Ruiz-Malagón EJ,Carrillo-Pérez F,Roche-Seruendo LE,Damas M,Banos O,García-Pinillos F

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Excitatory and inhibitory junction potentials of circular smooth muscle cells in guinea pig ileum and colon are suppressed 30-90 min after setting up in vitro preparations. We have previously shown this "unresponsive" period is associated with a transient loss of dye coupling between smooth muscle cells, which subsequ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Carbone SE,Wattchow DA,Spencer NJ,Hibberd TJ,Brookes SJ

更新日期：2014-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is considered as a chronic disease of arterial wall, with a strong contribution of inflammation. Dendritic cells (DCs) play a crucial role in the initiation of proatherogenic inflammatory response. Mature DCs present self-antigens thereby supporting differentiation of naïve T cells to effector cells th...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Chistiakov DA,Sobenin IA,Orekhov AN,Bobryshev YV

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Heart transplant is the gold standard therapy for patients with advanced heart failure. Over 5,500 heart transplants are performed every year worldwide. Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a common complication post-heart transplant which reduces survival and often necessitates heart retransplantation. P...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Irion CI,Dunkley JC,John-Williams K,Condor Capcha JM,Shehadeh SA,Pinto A,Loebe M,Webster KA,Brozzi NA,Shehadeh LA

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing new methods to treat heart diseases is always a focus for basic research and clinical applications. Existing drugs have strong side-effects and also require lifetime administration for patients. Recent attempts of using nanoparticles (NPs) in treating atherosclerosis in animals and some heart diseases such ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Zhang J,Ma A,Shang L

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the vasculature Kv7 channels are key regulators of basal tone and contribute to a variety of receptor mediated vasorelaxants. The Kv7.4 isoform, abundant within the vasculature, is key to these processes and was recently shown to have an obligatory requirement of G-protein βγ subunits for its voltage dependent ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Greenwood IA,Stott JB

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular chaperones are stress proteins that allow the correct folding or unfolding as well as the assembly or disassembly of macromolecular cellular components. Changes in expression and post-translational modifications of chaperones have been linked to a number of age- and stress-related diseases including cancer, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Penna C,Sorge M,Femminò S,Pagliaro P,Brancaccio M

更新日期：2018-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) gained increasing interest in sports within recent years. However, few intervention studies have examined the effects of WB-EMS on trained subjects in comparison to conventional strength training. Objective: The aim of the present mini-meta-analysis of 5 recently c...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Wirtz N,Dörmann U,Micke F,Filipovic A,Kleinöder H,Donath L

更新日期：2019-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of training status on post-exercise flow-mediated dilation (FMD) is not well characterized. We tested the hypothesis that the more trained the subjects, the lower the reduction in FMD after an acute bout of aerobic exercise. Forty-seven men (mean ± SD, age: 20.1 ± 1.2 years, body mass: 75.5 ± 5.1 kg, height...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Kapilevich LV,Kologrivova VV,Zakharova AN,Mourot L

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: A range of computational methods that rely on the analysis of genome-wide expression datasets have been developed and successfully used for drug repositioning. The success of these methods is based on the hypothesis that introducing a factor (in this case, a drug molecule) that could reverse the disease ge...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Zheng T,Ni Y,Li J,Chow BKC,Panagiotou G

更新日期：2017-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Trehalases (treh) have been found in different organisms, such as bacteria, fungi, yeast, nematodes, insects, vertebrates, and plants. Their biochemical properties are extremely variable and not yet fully understood. Gene expression patterns have shown differences among insect species suggesting a potential functional...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Nardelli A,Vecchi M,Mandrioli M,Manicardi GC

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: High altitude (HA) exposure can lead to changes in resting heart rate variability (HRV), which may be linked to acute mountain sickness (AMS) development. Compared with traditional HRV measures, non-linear HRV appears to offer incremental and prognostic data, yet its utility and relationship to AMS have be...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Boos CJ,Bye K,Sevier L,Bakker-Dyos J,Woods DR,Sullivan M,Quinlan T,Mellor A

更新日期：2018-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Severe dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a viral infection that acts to increase permeability of capillaries, resulting in internal hemorrhage. Linear frequency domain Fourier spectral analysis represents the most published noninvasive tool for diagnosing and assessing health status via calculated heart ra...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Carter R 3rd,Hinojosa-Laborde C,Convertino VA

更新日期：2014-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether neurally-mediated vasodilatation may contribute to exercise hyperemia has not been completely understood. Bülbring and Burn (1935) found for the first time the existence of sympathetic cholinergic nerve to skeletal muscle contributing to vasodilatation in animals. Blair et al. (1959) reported that atropine-sen...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Matsukawa K,Ishii K,Liang N,Endo K

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitosan is a cheap resource, which is widely used in biomedical applications due to its biocompatible and antibacterial properties. In this study, composite nanofibrous membranes of chitosan (CS) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) loaded with antibiotics at different ratios were successfully fabricated by electrospinning....

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Wang M,Roy AK,Webster TJ

更新日期：2017-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: An amount of cognition decline is normal with aging; however, intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors may exacerbate it, affecting social and occupational tasks. Masticatory dysfunction (MD), as a general term, refers to an impairment in the masticatory function triggered by a structural factor, such as tooth...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Alvarenga MOP,Ferreira RO,Magno MB,Fagundes NCF,Maia LC,Lima RR

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Elderly healthy individuals have a reduced exercise tolerance and a decreased left ventricle inotropic reserve related to increased vascular afterload, arterial-ventricular load mismatching, physical deconditioning and impaired autonomic regulation (the so called "β-adrenergic desensitization"). Adrenergic responsiven...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Ferrara N,Komici K,Corbi G,Pagano G,Furgi G,Rengo C,Femminella GD,Leosco D,Bonaduce D

更新日期：2014-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical investigations prove that blue light irradiation reduces the severity of psoriasis vulgaris. Nevertheless, the mechanisms involved in the management of this condition remain poorly defined. Despite the encouraging results of the clinical studies, no clear guidelines are specified in the literature for the irr...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Félix Garza ZC,Liebmann J,Born M,Hilbers PA,van Riel NA

更新日期：2017-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on the effects of climate change in the marine environment continues to accelerate, yet we know little about the effects of multiple climate drivers in more complex, ecologically relevant settings - especially in sub-tropical and tropical systems. In marine ecosystems, climate change (warming and freshening f...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Turner LM,Havenhand JN,Alsterberg C,Turner AD,K GS,Rai A,Venugopal MN,Karunasagar I,Godhe A

更新日期：2019-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation is evolutionarily conserved. Vertebrates exhibit high, widespread DNA methylation whereas invertebrate genomes are less methylated, predominantly within gene bodies. DNA methylation in invertebrates is associated with transcription level, alternative splicing, and genome evolution, but functional outco...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Rivière G

更新日期：2014-04-07 00:00:00