Inflammatory environment induces gingival tissue-specific mesenchymal stem cells to differentiate towards a pro-fibrotic phenotype.

abstract：:The membrane content in phospholipids along the secretory pathway in rat pancreatic B-cells was studied in situ by high-resolution cytochemistry, applying the recently introduced phospholipase A2-gold technique. The gold particles were mostly associated with cell membranes, and the various types of membranes were labe...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Coulombe PA,Bendayan M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma membrane components of the parasitic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica, the causative agent of human invasive amebiasis, have been biochemically and immunologically characterized during the last decade. In addition, genes coding for certain surface proteins have been cloned. In spite of these advances, a unif...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Espinosa-Cantellano M,Martínez-Palomo A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:There are several reports indicating that starved fibroblasts show higher proliferation rates when re-fed with foetal bovine serum. We have evidence demonstrating that this phenomenon is related to secretory proteins which may be beneficial to wound healing. RESULTS:After re-feeding, 16 and 72 h...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Golpour M,Fattahi S,Niaki HA,Hadipoor A,Abedian Z,Ahangarian GR,Parsian H,Mosapour A,Khorasani HR,Vaziri HR,Bijani A,Mostafazadeh A

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the organization of centrosomes in mouse splenic T lymphocytes stimulated by concanavalin A (con A) were examined by electron microscopy of serial sections. In both resting and stimulated lymphocytes the single centrosome consists of a pair of centrioles, satellite bodies, and pericentriolar material. In re...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Schweitzer I,Brown DL

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:Claudin-1 (CLDN1) is a four-span transmembrane protein localised at cell-cell tight junctions (TJs), playing an important role in epithelial impermeability and tissue homoeostasis under physiological conditions. Moreover, CLDN1 expression is up-regulated in several cancers, and the level of CLDN1...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Clément CMH,Deffieu MS,Dorobantu CM,Baumert TF,Ayala-Nunez NV,Mély Y,Ronde P,Gaudin R

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study reports morphological growth characteristics and chromosome analysis of neoplastic rat pleural mesothelial cells (RPMC) isolated from a mesothelioma-bearing rat. The pleural mesothelioma was induced by intrapleural injection of chrysotile fibers. Neoplastic RPMC were cultured by the standard methods used for...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Jaurand MC,Renier A,Van der Meeren A,Magne L,Pinchon MC,Bignon J

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholinesterase activity was detected in the carotid labyrinth of amphibians by both biochemical and histochemical methods. The histochemical tests showed enzyme activity in surfaces of afferent and efferent nerve terminals in contact with type I cells, but none within the type I cells. Acetylcholinesterase activ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Poullet M,Verdiere M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:Caspase-dependent and -independent death mechanisms are involved in apoptosis in a variety of human carcinoma cells treated with antineoplastic compounds. Our laboratory has reported that p53 is a key contributor of mitochondrial apoptosis in cervical carcinoma cells after staurosporine exposure....

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Nicolier M,Decrion-Barthod AZ,Launay S,Prétet JL,Mougin C

更新日期：2009-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:PD (peritoneal dialysis) is an established mode of renal replacement therapy, based on the exchange of fluid and solutes between blood in peritoneal capillaries and a dialysate that has been introduced into the peritoneal cavity. The dialysis process involves diffusive and convective transports and osmosis through the...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Devuyst O,Ni J,Verbavatz JM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:PCD (programmed cell death) is a common mechanism to remove unwanted and excessive cells from organisms. In several exocrine cell types, PCD mode of release of secretory products has been reported. The molecular mechanism of the release, however, is largely unknown. Our aim was to study the molec...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Pirger Z,Rácz B,Kiss T

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detergent extraction of human blood platelets pre-treated with Taxol to stabilize microtubules allows isolation of marginal band (MB) cytoskeletons. We studied MB cytoskeleton structure using dark-field light microscopy and negative stain electron microscopy (EM). Dark-field illumination clearly demonstrated the "hoop...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Kowit JD,Linck RW,Kenney DM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review highlights new developments in miRNA as diagnostic and surveillance tools in diseases damaging the renal proximal tubule mediated by endothelin in the field of renal carcinoma, proteinuric kidney disease and tubulotoxicity. A new mechanism in the miRNA regulation of proteins leads to the binding of the miR...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Fries JWU

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image analysis was used to study the repair process of a circular mechanical lesion of confluent human endothelial cells in culture after irradiation (10 Gy) prior to wounding. Coverage of denuded areas 48 and 96 h after injury of endothelial cells was identical in control and irradiated cultures, although the labelin...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Klein-Soyer C,Beretz A,Cazenave JP,Driot F,Maffrand JP

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity and the tissue distribution of the oxygen radical producing enzyme xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) were measured in the digestive gland of the common marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk along an annual cycle. No xanthine oxidase (XOX) activity could be measured, the enzyme only displaying xanthine d...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Cancio I,Cajaraville MP

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome replication and assembly of viruses often takes place in specific intracellular compartments where viral components concentrate, thereby increasing the efficiency of the processes. For a number of viruses the formation of 'factories' has been described, which consist of perinuclear or cytoplasmic foci that most...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Novoa RR,Calderita G,Arranz R,Fontana J,Granzow H,Risco C

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a heterogeneous group of inherited retinal degenerative diseases, characterized by the progressive death of rod and cone photoreceptors. A tremendous genetic heterogeneity is associated with the RP phenotype. Most mutations affect rods selectively and, through an unknown pathway, cause the...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Delyfer MN,Léveillard T,Mohand-Saïd S,Hicks D,Picaud S,Sahel JA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciliary receptor cells, typified by cilia or modified cilia, are very common in the animal kingdom. In addition to the cytoskeleton of their ciliary processes these receptors possess other specific prominent cytoskeletal elements. Two representative systems are presented: i) scolopidia, mechanosensitive sensilla of va...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Wolfrum U

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:ROS (reactive oxygen species) as well as components of the antioxidant redox systems may act as signals. To link acute environmental change with gene expression, changes in ROS and GSH/GSSG (reduced/oxidized glutathione) level were measured upon acute changes in temperature or oxygen availability...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Becker D,Brinkmann BF,Zeis B,Paul RJ

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:Loss of sensitivity to TGF-beta1 (transforming growth factor beta1)-induced growth arrest is an important step towards malignant transformation in human epithelial cells, and Id-1 (inhibitor of differentiation or DNA binding-1) has been associated with cell proliferation and cell-cycle progressio...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Di K,Ling MT,Tsao SW,Wong YC,Wang X

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lateral line of the zebrafish has many of the advantages that made the sensory organs of Drosophila a very productive model system: 1) it comprises a set of discrete sense organs (neuromasts) arranged in a defined, species-specific pattern, such that each organ can be individually recognized; 2) the neuromasts are...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Dambly-Chaudière C,Sapède D,Soubiran F,Decorde K,Gompel N,Ghysen A

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:Substantial evidence indicates the existence of NCSCs (neural crest-derived stem cells) in embryonic mandibular processes; however, they have not been fully investigated or isolated. The aim of the present study was to isolate stem cells from mandibular process during embryonic development by MAC...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Zhang J,Duan X,Zhang H,Deng Z,Zhou Z,Wen N,Smith AJ,Zhao W,Jin Y

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating glucocorticoid (GC) levels are thought to modulate the basal activity of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons within the mediobasal hypothalamus (MBH) of the male rat. In a recent study we demonstrated that Fos-immunoreactivity (Fos-IR) was spontaneously induced throughout the dark phase of the light/dark c...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Jamali KA,Tramu G

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated cells from the proximal tubule have previously been used to study specific renal physiological processes. Here we analysed the structural changes induced by mechanical isolation on rat proximal tubule cells. As major modifications we detected: 1) a redistribution of brush border microvilli, which spread out o...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Rebelo L,Carmo-Fonseca M,Moura TF

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HT 29-D4 is a clonal cell line, derived from the human colon adenocarcinoma cell line HT 29, which can be induced to differentiate into enterocyte-like cells by replacing glucose with galactose in the culture medium (Fantini et al. [1986], J. Cell Sci. 83, 235-249). Both undifferentiated and differentiated HT 29-D4 ce...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Fantini J,Verrier B,Marvaldi J,Mauchamp J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow cytometry has important advantages over conventional techniques. It is rapid, highly sensitive and allows multi-parametric analysis and cell sorting. Potential exists for the measurement of many cell functions by flow cytometry. The technique can be used to determine cell viability, intracellular calcium and pH, ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Maftah A,Huet O,Gallet PF,Ratinaud MH

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:Death receptors (DRs) induce intracellular signalling upon engagement of their cognate ligands, leading to apoptosis, cell survival or pro-inflammatory responses. In mammals, DR signalling is mediated by the recruitment of several DD (death domain)-containing molecules, such as FADD (Fas-associat...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Ishizawa YH,Tamura K,Yamaguchi T,Matsumoto K,Komiyama M,Takamatsu N,Shiba T,Ito M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LDs (lipid droplets) have long been considered as inert particles used by the cells to store fatty acids and sterols as esterified non-toxic lipid species (i.e. triacylglycerols and steryl esters). However, accumulating evidence suggests that LDs behave as a dynamic compartment, which is involved in the regulation of ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Hapala I,Marza E,Ferreira T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The low pH dependent membrane fusion reaction responsible for the delivery of the Semliki Forest virus genome into the host cell for replication was visualized by electron microscopy. In order to increase the frequency at which fusion images could be detected a reversible inhibitor, ammonium chloride, was used to sync...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Helenius A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:AQP10 (aquaporin 10) is a new member of water channels and two different transcripts have been reported. The difference between these transcripts is in the presence or the absence of an insertion of 475 nt, which leads to a translation frame shift resulting in a different termination of amino aci...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Li H,Kamiie J,Morishita Y,Yoshida Y,Yaoita E,Ishibashi K,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several transformed cells have been demonstrated to secrete growth factors. We studied the effect of conditioned medium from neoplastic rat pleural mesothelial cells on normal and neoplastic mesothelial cell growth. The results showed that the concentrated conditioned medium stimulated neoplastic mesothelial cell grow...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Van der Meeren A,Levy F,Bignon J,Jaurand MC

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00