Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor (SLPI) expression downregulates E-cadherin, induces β-catenin re-localisation and triggers apoptosis-related events in breast cancer cells.

abstract：:The quick-freeze, freeze-fracture, deep-etching and rotary replication techniques were used to analyze the structural organization of Giardia duodenalis. The surface of the flagella was rugous, in contrast to the cell body surface which was smooth. The ventral region was characterized in more detail, exposing the laye...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Kattenbach WM,Diniz Junior JA,Benchimol M,de Souza W

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lentil seedlings were grown for 28 h in space, on board Spacelab (IML 1 Mission) and growth of the primary root was analysed. The length of cortical cells was less in near weightlessness than on the 1 g centrifuge (flight control) and mitotic index was lower but there was no apparent perturbation in the mitosis. To fu...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Driss-Ecole D,Schoevaert D,Noin M,Perbal G

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:SaOS-2 cell line presents osteoblastic characteristics which can be modulated by specific agonists involving also phosphoinositide breakdown. In order to determine whether SaOS-2 cells display a phosphoinositide signalling system not only at the cytosol-cell membrane level but also, as recently reported for other cell...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Maraldi NM,Zini N,Santi S,Bavelloni A,Valmori A,Marmiroli S,Ognibene A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:Available data concerning the sperm morphology of teleost fishes demonstrate wide variation. In the present study, the spermatozoa of Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869), a chondrostean fish, was investigated. In contrast with teleost fish, chondrostean spermatozoa have a head with ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Psenicka M,Alavi SM,Rodina M,Gela D,Nebesarova J,Linhart O

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：:cdc25 proteins are universally involved in the control of cell division. Using an original method of sequence analysis, cdc25 proteins from different sources were compared to protein phosphatases. Protein phosphatases could clearly be characterized as two distinct protein families, the phospho-seryl/threonyl phosphata...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Bellé R,Ollivier E,Guerrucci MA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much remains to be learned about how cancer cells acquire the property of migration, a prerequisite for invasiveness and metastasis. Loss of p53 functions is assumed to be a crucial step in the development of many types of cancers, leading to dysregulation of cell cycle checkpoint controls and apoptosis. However, emer...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Roger L,Gadea G,Roux P

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different cytochemical and morphological parameters were used to compare the functional patterns of the erythrocytes in the transition from the trophic (yellow eel) to the reproductive (silver eel) phases of European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.). Data on the nucleus were obtained by microdensitometric (Feulgen reaction)...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Barni S,Gerzeli G

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggest that oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) cellular uptake is cell cycle-dependent which may have important implications in cancer cell targeting. To further our understanding of ODN transport and activity, this study examines the relationships between the cell cycle, ODN cellular uptake, intracellular t...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Wu-Pong S,Bard J,Huffman J,Jimerson J

更新日期：1997-07-01 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:The mitogen-inducible gene-6 (Mig-6) is a non-kinase scaffolding adaptor protein. It has been shown that Mig-6 may play important roles in regulating stress response, maintaining homeostasis and functioning as a tumour suppressor. In this study, we investigated the role of Mig-6 in cellular senes...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Xie B,Zhao L,Chen H,Jin B,Mao Z,Yao Z

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrate embryos are able to reconstitute the body plan when early blastomeres are deleted, but it is not known whether this is accomplished by cells local to the lesion or by a readjustment of the entire pattern of the embryo. We distinguished between these two possibilities by studying which embryonic cells change...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Gallagher BC,Moody SA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we describe the structural and cytological changes observed in staggerer mutant olfactory bulbs, as compared to normal mice. On the basis of photonic and ultrastructural observations we tried to define the alterations induced by the mutation: i.e. a reduction of bulb size, a reduction in the volu...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Monnier Z,Bahjaoui-Bouhaddi M,Bride J,Bride M,Math F,Propper A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

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：:In eukaryotes transcription and translation takes place in two different compartments separated by the nuclear envelope. Nuclear translation has been reported in several publications, however, all these published results have been criticized, particularly with respect to cytoplasmic contamination of the nuclei. We hav...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Cosson B,Philippe M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:TSPO (translocator protein), previously known as PBR (peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor), is a ubiquitous 18 kDa transmembrane protein that participates in diverse cell functions. High-affinity TSPO ligands are best known for their ability to stimulate cholesterol transport in organs synthe...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Ostuni MA,Tumilasci OR,Péranzi G,Cardoso EM,Contreras LN,Arregger AL,Papadopoulos V,Lacapere JJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mature ciliated cells, the basal feet associated to the basal bodies point out in the direction of the effective stroke of the ciliary beating. In contrast, during ciliogenesis, the basal feet of the newly anchored basal bodies are randomly oriented. The reorientation of basal bodies occurs during the beginning of ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Boisvieux-Ulrich E,Laine MC,Sandoz D

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:AQP4 (aquaporin 4) internalization and a concomitant decrease in the osmotic water permeability coefficient (Pf) after histamine exposure has been reported in AQP4-transfected gastric HGT1 cells. RESULTS:In the present study we report that AQP4 internalization is followed by an increase in AQP4 ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Carmosino M,Procino G,Tamma G,Mannucci R,Svelto M,Valenti G

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Background information. In vitro-cultured microspores, after an appropriate stress treatment, can switch towards an embryogenic pathway. This process, known as microspore embryogenesis, is an important tool in plant breeding. Basic studies on this process in economically interesting crops, especially in recalcitrant p...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Bárány I,González-Melendi P,Fadón B,Mitykó J,Risueño MC,Testillano PS

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:Netrins are secreted proteins that play a crucial role in neuronal migration and in axon guidance during the development of the nervous system. Netrin-1 has been shown to interact with the transmembrane receptors DCC and UNC5H and these receptors appeared of key importance in mediating the chemotropic activity of netr...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Mehlen P,Mazelin L

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ESCRTs (endosomal sorting complexes required for transport) were first discovered in yeast and are known to be required in the biogenesis of the MVB (multivesicular body). Most ESCRT research has been carried out in vitro using models such as yeast and mammalian cells in culture. The role of the ESCRTs genes in endoso...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Michelet X,Djeddi A,Legouis R

更新日期：2010-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A new class of fluorescent dye which upon excitation at 488 nm turns red is shown to be probe-suitable for using in flow cytometry alone or in conjunction with fluorescein derivatives. 7-dimethylamino 3-(p-formylstyryl) 1,4 benzoxazin 2-one is suitable for rendering microorganisms, such as Plasmodium merozoites and ce...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Monsigny M,Midoux P,Le Bris MT,Roche AC,Valeur B

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:The sensory organs of the vertebrate head derive from two embryological structures, the neural crest and the ectodermal placodes. Although quite a lot is known about the secreted and transcription factors that regulate neural crest development, until recently little was known about the molecular pathways that regulate...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Brugmann SA,Moody SA

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:Variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) of Trypanosoma brucei brucei AnTat 1.1 was released by means of the procedure described by Baltz et al. ([1976], Ann. Immunol. [Inst. Pasteur] 127C, 761-774). The concanavalin-A chromatography yielded 3 VSG fractions according to the addition, in the elution buffer, of alpha-methyl-D...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Boutignon F,Hublart M,Gomes V,Mendonca-Previato L,Tetaert D,Huet-Duvillier G,Degand P

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00