Genetic evidence for conserved non-coding element function across species-the ears have it.

abstract：:Tubular aggregates (TAs) in skeletal muscle fibers are unusual accumulation of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) tubes that are found in different disorders including TA myopathy (TAM). TAM is a muscular disease characterized by muscle pain, cramping, and weakness that has been recently linked to mutations in STIM1 and ORAI...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Boncompagni S,Pecorai C,Michelucci A,Pietrangelo L,Protasi F

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:While many effectors have been identified in enamel matrix and cells via genetic studies, physiological networks underlying their expression levels and thus the natural spectrum of enamel thickness and degree of mineralization are now just emerging. Several transcription factors are candidates for enamel gene expressi...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Babajko S,de La Dure-Molla M,Jedeon K,Berdal A

更新日期：2015-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Pinocembrin (PIN) is a natural flavonoid widely found in bee propolis with potent gastrointestinal protective effects. In consequence, PIN has great potential in preventing inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) while scant information is available. In this study, a dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced rats ulcerative col...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Hu L,Wu C,Zhang Z,Liu M,Maruthi Prasad E,Chen Y,Wang K

更新日期：2019-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Eccentric loading is an effective stimulus for muscle hypertrophy and strength gains, however, the effect of lengthening velocity is under debate. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the influence of muscle lengthening velocity during eccentric training on muscle hypertrophy and strength gains at a giv...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Marzilger R,Bohm S,Mersmann F,Arampatzis A

更新日期：2019-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:While the intention of endurance athletes undertaking short term heat training protocols is to rapidly gain meaningful physical adaption prior to competition in the heat, it is currently unclear whether or not this process also presents an overt, acute challenge to the immune system. The aim of this study was t...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Guy JH,Pyne DB,Deakin GB,Miller CM,Edwards AM

更新日期：2016-07-29 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：:Planarians undergo continuous body size remodeling under starvation or during regeneration. This process likely involves autophagy and autophagic cell death, but this hypothesis is supported by few studies. To test this hypothesis, we cloned and characterized autophagy-related gene 7 (Atg7) from the planarian Dugesia ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Ma K,Zhang Y,Song G,Wu M,Chen G

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a causal link between chronic inflammation and cancer has been established, the exact molecular mechanism linking inflammation to cancer remains largely unknown. It was previously postulated that molecular switches responsible for cancer cell development, and for infiltration of inflammatory cells into cancer...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Liu ST,Pham H,Pandol SJ,Ptasznik A

更新日期：2014-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Southeast Asian Ovalocytosis results from a heterozygous deletion of 9 amino acids in the erythrocyte anion exchange protein AE1 (band 3). The report of the first successful birth of an individual homozygous for this mutation showed an association with severe dyserythropoietic anemia. Imaging of the proband's erythroc...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Flatt JF,Stevens-Hernandez CJ,Cogan NM,Eggleston DJ,Haines NM,Heesom KJ,Picard V,Thomas C,Bruce LJ

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Prone position can reduce mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), but several studies found variable effects on oxygenation and lung mechanics. It is unclear whether different positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) titration techniques modify the effect of prone position. We tested, in an animal mode...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Scaramuzzo G,Ball L,Pino F,Ricci L,Larsson A,Guérin C,Pelosi P,Perchiazzi G

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and Purpose: Store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) is an important physiological phenomenon that extensively mediates intracellular calcium ion (Ca2+) load. It has been previously found in myocytes isolated from neonatal or diseased hearts. We aimed to determine its existence, molecular nature in undiseased h...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Wen H,Zhao Z,Fefelova N,Xie LH

更新日期：2018-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent strategies to treat peripheral arterial disease (PAD) have focused on stem cell based therapies, which are believed to result in local secretion of vascular growth factors. Little is known, however, about the role of ischemic endogenous cells in this context. We hypothesized that ischemic muscle cells (MC) are ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： McClung JM,Reinardy JL,Mueller SB,McCord TJ,Kontos CD,Brown DA,Hussain SN,Schmidt CA,Ryan TE,Green TD

更新日期：2015-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Skeletal muscle aging is marked by the development of a sarcopenic phenotype, a global decline of muscle energetic capacities, and an intolerance to exercise. Among the metabolic disorders involved in this syndrome, NAD metabolism was shown to be altered in skeletalmuscle, with an important role for the NA...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Deloux R,Tannous C,Ferry A,Li Z,Mericskay M

更新日期：2018-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and spinal-bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) are devastating diseases characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons. Although the molecular causes underlying these diseases differ, recent findings have highlighted the contribution of intrinsic skele...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Boyer JG,Ferrier A,Kothary R

更新日期：2013-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Fatigue is a core feature of functional somatic syndromes (FSS). Fatigue is also prominent in patients with thyroid diseases, which is unsurprising given the role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis in regulating physiological energy demands. Research in healthy women has shown that early life ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Fischer S,Markert C,Strahler J,Doerr JM,Skoluda N,Kappert M,Nater UM

更新日期：2018-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanization reflects not only body color variation but also environmental plasticity. It is a strategy that helps insects adapt to environmental change. Different color morphs may have distinct life history traits, e.g., development time, growth rate, and body weight. The green slender planthopper Saccharosydne proce...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Yin H,Shi Q,Shakeel M,Kuang J,Li J

更新日期：2016-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Current cardiac drug safety assessments focus on hERG channel block and QT prolongation for evaluating arrhythmic risks, whereas the optogenetic approach focuses on the action potential (AP) waveform generated by a monolayer of human cardiomyocytes beating synchronously, thus assessing the contribution of several ion ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Björk S,Ojala EA,Nordström T,Ahola A,Liljeström M,Hyttinen J,Kankuri E,Mervaala E

更新日期：2017-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse is one of the most important model organisms for understanding human genetic function and disease. This includes characterization of the factors that influence energy expenditure and dysregulation of energy balance leading to obesity and its sequelae. Measuring energy metabolism in the mouse presents a chall...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Speakman JR

更新日期：2013-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand dynamic changes in polyamines (PAs) forms and components of polyamine metabolism in zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica Steud.) response to salt stress with exogenous spermidine (Spd) application, two Chinese zoysia cultivars, z081 and z057, were exposed to sodium chloride stress for 2, 4, 6, and 8 days. The z0...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Li S,Cui L,Zhang Y,Wang Y,Mao P

更新日期：2017-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Coral reef communities are undergoing marked declines due to a variety of stressors including disease. The sea fan coral, Gorgonia ventalina, is a tractable study system to investigate mechanisms of immunity to a naturally occurring pathogen. Functional studies in Gorgonia ventalina immunity indicate that several key ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Burge CA,Mouchka ME,Harvell CD,Roberts S

更新日期：2013-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The term myocardial contractility is thought to have originated more than 125 years ago and has remained and enigma ever since. Although the term is frequently used in textbooks, editorials and contemporary manuscripts its definition remains illusive often being conflated with cardiac performance or inotropy. The abse...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Muir WW,Hamlin RL

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Collective behavior in the forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria) meets the thermal constraints of being an early spring folivore, but introduces other constraints in food choice. These are minimized by state-dependent, inter-individual, and ontogenetic variations in responses to social cues. Forest tent caterp...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Despland E

更新日期：2013-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic cigarettes (ECs) are a modern nicotine delivery system that rapidly grew in widespread use, particularly in younger populations. Given the long history of the comorbidity of alcohol and nicotine use, the rising prevalence of ECs raises the question as to their role in the consumption of alcohol. Of the nume...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Wetzel TJ,Wyatt TA

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe our development of the diffusion tensor imaging modality for the bovine ocular lens. Diffusion gradients were added to a spin-echo pulse sequence and the relevant parameters of the sequence were refined to achieve good diffusion weighting in the lens tissue, which demonstrated heterogeneous regions of diff...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Vaghefi E,Donaldson PJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mammalian ear, transduction of sound stimuli is initiated by K+ entry through mechano-sensitive channels into inner hair cells. K+ entry is driven by a positive endocochlear potential that is maintained by the marginal cell layer of the stria vascularis. This process requires basolateral K+ import by NKCC1 Na+-...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Tan H,Bungert-Plümke S,Fahlke C,Stölting G

更新日期：2017-05-15 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：:Sarcopenia is the age-related progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength finally leading to poor physical performance. Impaired myogenesis contributes to the pathogenesis of sarcopenia, while mitochondrial dysfunctions are thought to play a primary role in skeletal muscle loss during aging. Here we studied ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Belli R,Bonato A,De Angelis L,Mirabilii S,Ricciardi MR,Tafuri A,Molfino A,Leigheb M,Costelli P,Caruso M,Muscaritoli M,Ferraro E

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute liver failure (ALF) is characterized by a sudden and severe deterioration of liver function, typically mirrored by a marked increase of the international normalized ratio (INR) and hepatic encephalopathy (HE). Due to various possible causes hepatocytes get damaged via either apoptotic or necrotic pathways. Antic...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Hadem J,Strassburg CP,Manns MP

更新日期：2012-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest human malignancies and little progress has been achieved in its treatment over the past decades. Advances in our understanding of the biology of this disease provide new potential opportunities for treatment. Pancreatic cancer is preceded by precursor lesions, the most common ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Collins MA,Pasca di Magliano M

更新日期：2014-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper introduces the use of low frequencies forced oscillation technique (FOT) in the presence of breathing signal. The hypothesis tested is to evaluate the sensitivity of FOT to various degrees of obstruction in COPD patients. The measurements were performed in the frequency range 0-2 Hz. The use of FOT to evalu...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Ghita M,Copot D,Ghita M,Derom E,Ionescu C

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00