Immune response of the Caribbean sea fan, Gorgonia ventalina, exposed to an Aplanochytrium parasite as revealed by transcriptome sequencing.

abstract：:Connexin hemichannels, which are plasma membrane hexameric channels (connexons) composed of connexin protein protomers, have been implicated in a host of physiological processes and pathological conditions. A number of single point pathological mutations impart a "leaky" character to the affected hemichannels, i.e., m...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Ziraldo G,Buratto D,Kuang Y,Xu L,Carrer A,Nardin C,Chiani F,Salvatore AM,Paludetti G,Lerner RA,Yang G,Zonta F,Mammano F

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The aim of this study is to report on the genetic composition of Brugada syndrome (BrS) patients undergoing genetic testing in Hong Kong. Methods:Patients with suspected BrS who presented to the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2019, and underwent genetic testing, were analyzed retrospective...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Tse G,Lee S,Liu T,Yuen HC,Wong ICK,Mak C,Mok NS,Wong WT

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Theoretical cardiac electrophysiology focuses on the dynamics of the membrane and sarcoplasmic reticulum ion currents; however, passive (e.g., membrane capacitance) and quasi-active (response to small signals) properties of the cardiac sarcolemma, which are quantified by impedance, are also important in determining th...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Iravanian S,Herndon C,Langberg JJ,Fenton FH

更新日期：2019-07-09 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：:Pulmonary edema (PE) is an issue widely noted in acute exposure to hypoxia as seen in high altitude climbers, yet the etiology of this is not defined. Previous studies in rats showed that both hypoxia and strong sympathetic activation may induce PE. As acute exposure to hypoxia is accompanied by sympathetic activation...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Bölter C,Gabriel P,Appelt P,Salameh A,Schierle K,Rassler B

更新日期：2019-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Zymogens are delivered to the arterial wall by radial transmural convection. Plasminogen can be activated within the arterial wall to produce plasmin, which is involved in evolution of the atherosclerotic plaque. Vascular smooth muscle cells (vSMCs) protect the vessels from proteolytic injury due to atherosclerosis de...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Boukais K,Bayles R,Borges Lde F,Louedec L,Boulaftali Y,Ho-Tin-Noé B,Arocas V,Bouton MC,Michel JB

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Troponin I (TnI) is a major regulator of cardiac muscle contraction and relaxation. During physiological and pathological stress, TnI is differentially phosphorylated at multiple residues through different signaling pathways to match cardiac function to demand. The combination of these TnI phosphorylations can exhibit...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Salhi HE,Hassel NC,Siddiqui JK,Brundage EA,Ziolo MT,Janssen PM,Davis JP,Biesiadecki BJ

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Overconsumption of fructose leads to metabolic syndrome as a result of hypertension, insulin resistance, and hyperlipidemia. In this study, the renal function of animals submitted to high fructose intake was analyzed from weaning to adulthood using in vivo and ex vivo methods, being compared with a normal control grou...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Yokota R,Ronchi FA,Fernandes FB,Jara ZP,Rosa RM,Leite APO,Fiorino P,Farah V,do Nascimento NRF,Fonteles MC,Casarini DE

更新日期：2018-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Aging and changing age demographics represent critical problems of our time. Physiological functions decline with age, often ending in a systemic process that contributes to numerous impairments and age-related diseases including heart failure (HF). We aimed to analyze whether differences in composite measur...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Wagner J,Knaier R,Königstein K,Klenk C,Carrard J,Lichtenstein E,Scharnagl H,März W,Hanssen H,Hinrichs T,Schmidt-Trucksäss A,Arbeev K

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:More than 30-40% of uric acid is excreted via the intestine, and the dysfunction of intestinal epithelium disrupts uric acid excretion. The involvement of gut microbiota in hyperuricemia has been reported in previous studies, but the changes and mechanisms of intestinal immunity in hyperuricemia are still un...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Lv Q,Xu D,Zhang X,Yang X,Zhao P,Cui X,Liu X,Yang W,Yang G,Xing S

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank, 1781) is an emerging source of allergens in stored products and homes. Feces proteases are the major allergens of astigmatid mites (Acari: Acaridida). In addition, the mites are carriers of microorganisms and microbial adjuvant compounds that stimulate innate signaling pathways. We s...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Erban T,Rybanska D,Harant K,Hortova B,Hubert J

更新日期：2016-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, time-varying inhomogeneous point process models have been introduced for assessment of instantaneous heartbeat dynamics as well as specific cardiovascular control mechanisms and hemodynamics. Assessment of the model's statistics is established through the Wiener-Volterra theory and a multivariate auto...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Chen Z,Purdon PL,Brown EN,Barbieri R

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cell (RBC) deformability is an important determinant of the microcirculation. It is influenced by various hematological parameters but also by nitric oxide (NO) which is produced in RBC from L-arginine by RBC-NO synthase. Longitudinal studies on blood profile, deformability at rest and NO levels but also dif...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Grau M,Cremer JM,Schmeichel S,Kunkel M,Bloch W

更新日期：2018-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Red yeast rice supplements are broadly accepted as treatment for dyslipidaemia in subjects without high cardiovascular (CV) risk. Their effect on lipid profile is well known, but few data are available on their effect on endothelial function. Objectives: To study the effect of a novel nutraceutical compoun...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Cimaglia P,Vieceli Dalla Sega F,Vitali F,Lodolini V,Bernucci D,Passarini G,Fortini F,Marracino L,Aquila G,Rizzo P,Ferrari R,Campo G

更新日期：2019-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain-gut axis plays a critical role in the regulation of different diseases, many of which are characterized by sympathetic dysregulation. However, a direct link between sympathetic dysregulation and gut dysbiosis remains to be illustrated. Bone marrow (BM)-derived immune cells continuously interact with the gut ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Yang T,Ahmari N,Schmidt JT,Redler T,Arocha R,Pacholec K,Magee KL,Malphurs W,Owen JL,Krane GA,Li E,Wang GP,Vickroy TW,Raizada MK,Martyniuk CJ,Zubcevic J

更新日期：2017-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of electrolyte concentrations for cardiac function is well established. Electrolyte variations can lead to arrhythmias onset, due to their important role in the action potential (AP) genesis and in maintaining cell homeostasis. However, most of the human AP computer models available in literature were d...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Bartolucci C,Passini E,Hyttinen J,Paci M,Severi S

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fractal phenomena can be found in numerous scientific areas including neuroscience. Fractals are structures, in which the whole has the same shape as its parts. A specific structure known as pink noise (also called fractal or 1/f noise) is one key fractal manifestation, exhibits both stability and adaptability, and ca...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Akhrif A,Romanos M,Domschke K,Schmitt-Boehrer A,Neufang S

更新日期：2018-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This review details the manner in which the central nervous system regulates metabolic homeostasis in normal weight and obese rodents and humans. It includes a review of the homeostatic contributions of neurons located in the hypothalamus, the midbrain and limbic structures, the pons and the medullary area postrema, n...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Smith JK

更新日期：2018-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a first description of the distribution and characterization of epitheliocystis infections in brown trout (Salmo trutta) from the upper catchments of two major European rivers, the Rhine and the Rhone. Overall, epitheliocystis was widely distributed, with 70% of the Rhine and 67% of the Rhone sites harborin...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Guevara Soto M,Vaughan L,Segner H,Wahli T,Vidondo B,Schmidt-Posthaus H

更新日期：2016-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipids are essential components of a living organism as energy source but also as constituent of the membrane lipid bilayer. In addition fatty acid (FA) derivatives interact with many signaling pathways. FAs have amphipathic properties and therefore require being associated to protein for both transport and intracellu...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Moullé VS,Cansell C,Luquet S,Cruciani-Guglielmacci C

更新日期：2012-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Chaste is an open-source C++ library for computational biology that has well-developed cardiac electrophysiology tissue simulation support. In this paper, we introduce the features available for performing cardiac electrophysiology action potential simulations using a wide range of models from the Physiome repository....

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Cooper J,Spiteri RJ,Mirams GR

更新日期：2015-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of the human brain to interpret and respond to multiple temporal scales in its surroundings suggests that its internal interactions must also be able to operate over a broad temporal range. In this paper, we utilize a recently introduced method for characterizing the rate of change of the phase difference...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Botcharova M,Berthouze L,Brookes MJ,Barnes GR,Farmer SF

更新日期：2015-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Woody breast (WB) myopathy in modern broilers is causing major meat quality issues and consumer complaints. The poultry industry is sorting out WB filets through the inconsistent manual hand-palpation method. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) method was evaluated as a rapid and objective WB detection method. Fres...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Morey A,Smith AE,Garner LJ,Cox MK

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Tree pandemics are a major cause of economic and ecological loss in forest and urban ecosystems. They often depend on the introduction of a non-native pathogen, which is occupying the niche of a native, non-aggressive organism. Complex interactions with native insects carrying fungi and nematodes can be established ba...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Santini A,Battisti A

更新日期：2019-05-08 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：:Animal experiments suggest that total liquid ventilation (TLV) induces less ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) than conventional mechanical gas ventilation. However, TLV parameters that optimally minimize VILI in newborns remain unknown. Our objective was to compare lung inflammation between low (L-VT) and high (H-...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Sage M,See W,Nault S,Morin C,Michalski C,Chabot B,Marouan S,Lavoie PM,Micheau P,Praud JP,Fortin-Pellerin É

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-aging function of Klotho gene has been implicated in age-related diseases. The physiological importance of Klotho in the progression of arterial stiffness with aging, however, remains unclear. The goal of this study is to determine the correlation of circulating Klotho with early age-related aortic stiffening...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Guo X,Kassab GS

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Reticuloendothelial macrophages engulf ∼0.2 trillion senescent erythrocytes daily in a process called erythrophagocytosis (EP). This critical mechanism preserves systemic heme-iron homeostasis by regulating red blood cell (RBC) catabolism and iron recycling. Although extensive work has demonstrated the various effects...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Catala A,Youssef LA,Reisz JA,Dzieciatkowska M,Powers NE,Marchetti C,Karafin M,Zimring JC,Hudson KE,Hansen KC,Spitalnik SL,D'Alessandro A

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: The current study aimed to examine the effects of resistance exercise with concomitant consumption of high vs. low daily doses of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in skeletal muscle. As a secondary aim, we compared the effects of eccentric overload with con...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Cardinale DA,Lilja M,Mandić M,Gustafsson T,Larsen FJ,Lundberg TR

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:There is compelling evidence that the "what it feels like" subjective experience of sensory stimuli arises in the cerebral cortex in both humans as well as mammalian experimental animal models. Humans are alone in their ability to verbally communicate their experience of the external environment. In other species, sen...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Key B,Brown D

更新日期：2018-08-02 00:00:00