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journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Naro F,Venturelli M,Monaco L,Toniolo L,Muti E,Milanese C,Zhao J,Richardson RS,Schena F,Reggiani C

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:One-third of the world's population has been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis), a primary pathogen of the mammalian respiratory system, while about 10% of latent infections progress to active tuberculosis (TB), indicating that host and environmental factors may determine the outcomes such as i...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Luo M,Liu Y,Wu P,Luo DX,Sun Q,Zheng H,Hu R,Pandol SJ,Li QF,Han YP,Zeng Y

更新日期：2017-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: This study investigated the effect of volume-matched strength training programs with different frequency and subsequent detraining on muscle size and strength. Methods: During a training period of 11 weeks, untrained subjects (age: 22.3 ± 0.9 years, height: 173.1 ± 4.8 cm and body mass: 66.8 ± 8.4 kg) perf...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Ochi E,Maruo M,Tsuchiya Y,Ishii N,Miura K,Sasaki K

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Limitations of current methods: Normalization of resting energy expenditure (REE) for body composition using the 2-compartment model fat mass (FM), and fat-free mass (FFM) has inherent limitations for the interpretation of REE and may lead to erroneous conclusions when comparing people with a wide range of a...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Bosy-Westphal A,Braun W,Schautz B,Müller MJ

更新日期：2013-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The possibility of non-invasively assessing load-independent parameters characterizing cardiac function is of high clinical value. Typically, these parameters are assessed during resting conditions. However, for diagnostic purposes, the parameter behavior across a physiologically relevant range of heart ra...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Casas B,Viola F,Cedersund G,Bolger AF,Karlsson M,Carlhäll CJ,Ebbers T

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is a process whose main function is to fight against invading pathogens or foreign agents. Nonetheless, it is widely accepted that inflammation takes part in multiple processes in a physiological or pathophysiological context. Among these processes the inflammation has been closely related to bone metabol...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Alonso-Pérez A,Franco-Trepat E,Guillán-Fresco M,Jorge-Mora A,López V,Pino J,Gualillo O,Gómez R

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The spinal cord demonstrates several forms of plasticity that resemble brain-dependent learning and memory. Among the most studied form of spinal plasticity is spinal memory for noxious (nociceptive) stimulation. Numerous papers have described central pain as a spinally-stored memory that enhances future responses to ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Ferguson AR,Huie JR,Crown ED,Grau JW

更新日期：2012-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Many natural phenomena display "self-organized criticality" (SOC), (Bak et al., 1987). This refers to spatially extended systems for which patterns of activity characterized by different lengthscales can occur with a probability density that follows a power law with pattern size. Differently from power laws at phase t...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Lopez L,Piegari E,Sigaut L,Ponce Dawson S

更新日期：2012-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcopenia is defined as the progressive loss of muscle mass with age, and poses a serious threat to the physiological and psychological health of the elderly population with consequential economic and social burdens. Chronic low-grade inflammation plays a central role in the development of sarcopenia such that it alt...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Xia Z,Cholewa J,Zhao Y,Shang HY,Yang YQ,Araújo Pessôa K,Su QS,Lima-Soares F,Zanchi NE

更新日期：2017-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Circulating cirrhotic endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) interact with both liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSEC) and hepatic stellate cells (HSC) and promote angiogenesis in vitro. This study evaluated the effect of cirrhotic and control EPCs on hepatic angiogenesis, microcirculation, and fibrosis in vi...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Tripathi DM,Hassan M,Siddiqui H,Kaur I,Rawal P,Bihari C,Kaur S,Sarin SK

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Many cell division processes have been conserved throughout evolution and are being revealed by studies on model organisms such as bacteria, yeasts, and protozoa. Cellular membrane constriction is one of these processes, observed almost universally during cell division. It happens similarly in all organisms through a ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Beltrán-Heredia E,Almendro-Vedia VG,Monroy F,Cao FJ

更新日期：2017-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Global environmental change is leading to an increase in the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme weather events, so effective environmental management requires an understanding not only of the physiological response of organisms to increased mean temperatures, but also to extreme environmental conditions. To...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Cooper CE,Withers PC,Hurley LL,Griffith SC

更新日期：2019-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to simultaneously examine the differences of human nerve conduction velocity (NCV) and nerve cross-sectional area (nCSA) between the upper and lower limbs and between different regions of the upper and lower limbs. Thirty healthy subjects volunteered for the study. NCV and nCSA of the ulnar and tibial...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Nobue A,Kunimasa Y,Tsuneishi H,Sano K,Oda H,Ishikawa M

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Understanding the microscopic dynamics of the beating heart has been challenging due to the technical nature of imaging with micrometer resolution while the heart moves. The development of multiphoton microscopy has made in vivo, cell-resolved measurements of calcium dynamics and vascular function possible...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Jones JS,Small DM,Nishimura N

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary shifts develop in post-translational phosphorylation of sarcomeric proteins in multiple animal models of inherited cardiomyopathy. These signaling alterations together with the primary mutation are predicted to contribute to the overall cardiac phenotype. As a result, identification and integration of post-t...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Westfall MV

更新日期：2016-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Ameloblasts are ectoderm-derived cells that produce an extracellular enamel matrix that mineralizes to form enamel. The development and use of immortalized cell lines, with a stable phenotype, is an important contribution to biological studies as it allows for the investigation of molecular activities without the cont...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Sarkar J,Simanian EJ,Tuggy SY,Bartlett JD,Snead ML,Sugiyama T,Paine ML

更新日期：2014-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Intercalated discs (ICDs), which connect adjacent cardiomyocytes, are composed of desmosomes, adherens junctions (AJs) and gap junctions (GJs). Previous data demonstrated that adrenergic signaling enhances cardiac myocyte cohesion, referred to as positive adhesiotropy, via PKA-mediated phosphorylation of plakoglobin (...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Yeruva S,Kempf E,Egu DT,Flaswinkel H,Kugelmann D,Waschke J

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：Aim:Guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase (GAMT) is the second essential enzyme in creatine (Cr) biosynthesis. Short-term Cr deficiency is metabolically well tolerated as GAMT-/- mice exhibit normal exercise capacity and response to ischemic heart failure. However, we hypothesized long-term consequences of Cr deficiency...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Aksentijević D,Zervou S,Eykyn TR,McAndrew DJ,Wallis J,Schneider JE,Neubauer S,Lygate CA

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The arterial baroreflexes, located in the carotid sinus and along the arch of the aorta, are essential for the rapid short term autonomic regulation of blood pressure. In the past, they were believed to be inactivated during exercise because blood pressure, heart rate, and sympathetic activity were radically changed f...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Schwartz CE,Stewart JM

更新日期：2012-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep inertia, the transitional state of reduced alertness and impaired cognitive performance upon waking, is a safety risk for on-call personnel who can be required to perform critical tasks soon after waking. Sleep inertia countermeasures have previously been investigated; however, none have successfully dissipated ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Kovac K,Ferguson SA,Paterson JL,Aisbett B,Hilditch CJ,Reynolds AC,Vincent GE

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: To investigate whether housing temperature influences rat adiposity, and the extent it is modified by diet and/or pregnancy. Housing temperature impacts on brown adipose tissue, that possess a unique uncoupling protein (UCP) 1, which, when activated by reduced ambient temperature, enables rapid heat generation. M...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Albustanji L,Perez GS,AlHarethi E,Aldiss P,Bloor I,Barreto-Medeiros JM,Budge H,Symonds ME,Dellschaft N

更新日期：2019-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The two forms of inorganic arsenic, arsenate (AsV) and arsenite (AsIII), are easily taken up by the cells of the plant root. Once in the cell, AsV can be readily converted to AsIII, the more toxic of the two forms. AsV and AsIII both disrupt plant metabolism, but through distinct mechanisms. AsV is a chemical analog o...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Finnegan PM,Chen W

更新日期：2012-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A water surface acts not only as an optic mirror but also as an acoustic mirror. Echolocation calls emitted by bats at low heights above water are reflected away from the bat, and hence the background clutter is reduced. Moreover, targets on the surface create an enhanced echo. Here, we formally quantified the effect ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Zsebok S,Kroll F,Heinrich M,Genzel D,Siemers BM,Wiegrebe L

更新日期：2013-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Aphidius gifuensis is one of the most important aphid natural enemies and has been successfully used to control Myzys persicae and other aphid species. High temperature in summer is one of the key barriers for the application of A. gifuensis in the field and greenhouse. In this work, we investigated the biological per...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Kang ZW,Liu FH,Liu X,Yu WB,Tan XL,Zhang SZ,Tian HG,Liu TX

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The pre-occlusal eruption brings the molars into functional occlusion and initiates tensional strains during mastication. We hypothesized that upon establishment of occlusal contact, the periodontal ligament (PDL) undergoes cell and extracellular matrix maturation to adapt to this mechanical function. The PDL of 12 Wi...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Denes BJ,Ait-Lounis A,Wehrle-Haller B,Kiliaridis S

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparison of genomic sequences from diverse vertebrate species has revealed numerous highly conserved regions that do not appear to encode proteins or functional RNAs. Often these "conserved non-coding elements," or CNEs, can direct gene expression to specific tissues in transgenic models, demonstrating they have reg...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Turner EE,Cox TC

更新日期：2014-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper reports application of a Markov-like stochastic process agent-based model and a "virtual farm" concept for enhancement of site-specific Integrated Pest Management. Conceptually, the model represents a "bottom-up ethological" approach and emulates behavior of the "primary IPM actors"-large cohorts of individu...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Lux SA,Wnuk A,Vogt H,Belien T,Spornberger A,Studnicki M

更新日期：2016-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the important biological role of red blood cells (RBCs) in vertebrates, the analysis of reshaping and dynamics of RBCs motion is a critical issue in physiology and biomechanics. In this paper the behavior of RBCs within the immature capillary plexus during embryonic development of zebrafish has been analyzed. R...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Djukic TR,Karthik S,Saveljic I,Djonov V,Filipovic N

更新日期：2016-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation-induced impaired function of vascular endothelium may cause leakage of plasma proteins that can lead to edema. Proteins may leave the vascular lumen through two main paracellular and transcellular pathways. As the first involves endothelial cell (EC) junction proteins and the second caveolae formation, th...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Muradashvili N,Tyagi R,Lominadze D

更新日期：2012-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration is likely to influence insect-plant interactions. Aphid, as a typical phloem-feeding herbivorous insect, has shown consistently more positive responses in fitness to elevated CO2 concentrations than those seen in leaf-chewing insects. But, little is known about the...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Jiang S,Dai Y,Lu Y,Fan S,Liu Y,Bodlah MA,Parajulee MN,Chen F

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00