Nevertheless, despite the importance of carbohydrates in biology and the vast array of literature on functionalized nanomaterials, little is known about the effects of carbohydrates on the uptake and toxicity of nanoparticles
by different type of cells.
Not exact matches
From that bag
of chemicals, an entire life form with scores
of different types of cells forms, all
by chemistry.
Our powers
of color vision derive from
cells in our eyes called cones, three
types in all, each triggered
by different wavelengths
of light.
By administering a complementary antibody, they blocked the function
of two such immune checkpoints, whereby
different types of endogenous T -
cells were activated.
The functions
of the hippocampus are based on
different cell types, some
of which are generated throughout life
by neural stem
cells.
«Just as normal
cells with the same genome differentiate into many
different cell types, a single tumor characterized
by specific genetic mutations can contain many
different types of cells — stem - like and more differentiated
cells — with the difference being rooted in their epigenetic information.
«
By observing entorhinal - hippocampal neurons based on their birthdate, we realized that these
cells were somehow special and very
different from the other surrounding
cell types, which was instrumental to find out how and to what extent they influenced the assembly
of the network.»
It was thought that
different layers
of neurons are generated in successive waves
by a single
type of stem
cell.
These conditions are distinguished
by the
different types of brain nerve
cells that are first affected and
by the symptoms that first appear.
«We want to start looking system
by system to see how widely acting this process is on
different types of cells,» he says.
One way to get many
types of cells or proteins from the same genetic starting material is
by mixing and matching
different parts
of one gene to produce multiple gene readouts, a phenomenon known as alternative splicing.
In order to isolate the 3D structure
of the chromosome during metaphase, the authors used a combination
of chromosome conformation capture technologies (3C, 5C and Hi - C) developed
by the Dekker lab over the last decade to map the points
of contact along the mitotic chromosome in
different cell types synchronized to divide at the same time.
By tweaking
different fly genes and counting how many neuron
types were produced as the flies matured, the team identified a network
of five genes that work together like coordinated control switches to guide the precursor
cells» transformation to mature neurons.
«This is a major breakthrough and a beautiful example
of convergent evolution where vertebrates at least five times have independently evolved» this ability «
by modifying
different cell types to serve the same function.»
Today, a team
of scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) led
by Professor Partha Mitra describes a new mathematical model that combines large data sets to predict where
different types of cells are located within the brain, based on their molecular identity.
By programming
cells to produce
different types of curli fibers under certain conditions, the researchers were able to control the biofilms» properties and create gold nanowires, conducting biofilms, and films studded with quantum dots, or tiny crystals that exhibit quantum mechanical properties.
Now a UC Santa Barbara researcher has added to that body
of knowledge
by determining how stem
cells produce
different types of «daughter»
cells in Drosophila (fruit flies).
«This tells you that all the
different types of stromal
cells in breast tissue are affected
by the GT198 mutation because they all come from a common progenitor
cell.»
A research group led
by Kobe University Graduate School
of Medicine Ph.D. student KATSUNUMA Sayaka and Assistant Professor TOGASHI Hideru discovered the mechanism for a mosaic pattern formation
of two
different cell types.
By placing
different types of cells at various distances from the bubbles, researchers can begin to explore the details
of how
cells respond.
The researchers also note that more investigation is needed to fully understand all the mechanisms
by which HOXC10 mediates
cell proliferation and death, and the roles it may play in
different types of tumors.
Understanding which cytokines are best for monitoring inflammation and immunosuppression, and knowing which are secreted
by different immune
cell types at each stage
of maturation and activation, will provide essential insights into disease treatment options.
The CNIO researchers show that
cell defects caused
by the inhibition
of Cdh1 are independent
of the presence
of the p53 molecule, which is mutated in
different types of tumours.
Surprisingly, they found that although the patterns
of gene expression — as shown
by the RNA sequencing — differed between the hepatocellular carcinomas and the liver cancers with biliary phenotype and depended on the histological
type, the overall pattern
of mutations in the
cells was actually similar between the tumors —
of either
type — that had emerged in patients who had had infections with either hepatitis C or B, and were
different in patients without such infections.
«Although right now we are focusing on developing a cancer vaccine, in the future we could be able to manipulate which
type of dendritic
cells or other
types of immune
cells are recruited to the 3D scaffold
by using
different kinds
of cytokines released from the MSRs,» said co-lead author Aileen Li, a graduate student pursuing her Ph.D. in bioengineering at Harvard SEAS.
«Our next step is to find out more about how we can vary the size
of the embryoid body
by changing the printing and structural parameters, and how varying the embryoid body size leads to «manufacture»
of different cell types» adds Rui Yao, another author on the paper.
The researchers were also able to control the relative composition
of different hormonal
cell types simply
by exposing human pluripotent stem
cells to
different ratios
of two proteins: fibroblast growth factor 8 and bone morphogenetic protein 2.
To monitor the behaviour
of the
different cell types, the heart muscle
cells were furthermore altered
by genetic engineering in such a way that
cells from the atrium and the ventricle lit up differently.
Exosomes are surrounded
by bits
of cell membrane and filled with proteins and
different types of the genetic material RNA.
By seeding elements with an assortment
of antibodies, the device could be set up to capture several
different cancer
cells types using a single blood sample.
Once the intruder has been bound
by the BCR, the B
cell is activated and, together with other immune
cells, can fight off a range
of different types of pathogens.
«
By labelling the
different types of cells in the embryos
of skate, we were able to trace their fates.
Hsp90 inhibitors are among several innovative new
types of treatment designed to attack cancer indirectly,
by destabilising multiple
different proteins required for the growth and survival
of cancer
cells.
«We think that its partner in this case, mGluR5, may also play a role
of previously unrecognized breadth, acting within many
different types of cells to intensify signals, such as those transmitted
by GABA, glutamate, or other neurotransmitters,» Kim adds.
Varvel was working with mice in which two
different types of cells are marked
by fluorescent proteins.
A research team, led
by Chao Cheng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department
of Genetics at The Geisel School
of Medicine at Dartmouth, used gene expression data from breast cancer patients to computationally infer the presence
of different types of immune
cells.
Because most immune
cells typically can't get into the brain, microglia are adapted to perform multiple functions that are normally handled
by several
different types of immune
cells.
Although, Hedrick and Linden target
different cell types, innovations
by both groups could encourage clinical tests
of drugs designed to switch on a patient's immune
cells by eradicating secondary lung malignancies.
These are special
types of proteins that control the process
by which blood - forming stem
cells differentiate into
different types of blood
cells.
The SDF - 1 / CXCR4 interaction stimulates tyrosine phosphorylation
of CXCR4, followed
by the activation
of multiple G protein - dependent signaling pathways, which may be
different among
cell types.
Hematopoiesis is the process
by which the
different types of blood
cells are generated in the body (the term literally means «to make blood»).
Yours truly generated the DHS data set
by starting with all
of the DHS sites from 125
different human
cell types from the ENCODE Project.
«The second aim
of the study was to see whether pancreatic insulin and enzyme secretions are controlled
by different types of vagal motoneurons — the
cells of the nervous system that control motor functions
of the pancreas through the vagus nerve.»
Cellular senescence is often fueled
by nuclear DNA damage followed
by chronic DDR activation; telomere shortening, mitogenic oncogenes, or intrinsic DNA damage can lead to
different types of senescence limiting the replicative lifespan
of cells.
They do this
by using a huge army
of defender
cells which consist
of different types of white blood
cell.
The authors refer to their hypothesis as differential partitioning - environmental buffering, and suggest that partitioning
cells into
different fates according to prevailing conditions could be a strategy used
by many other
types of cell coalitions — whether microbial communities, humans, trees, or jellyfish.
They will focus on how those genes, from
different parts
of chromosomes, work together to determine what
type of heart
cells will be made, and how these mechanisms are disrupted
by gene mutations that cause congenital heart defects.
The Society believes that research involving the transfer
of a human nucleus into an animal egg will lead to important new knowledge about
cell nuclear replacement (CNR) technology and, if it were to prove possible to produce embryonic stem
cells by this route, would increase understanding
of how to programme these
cells to develop into
different tissue
types.
To develop the methodology, the group analyzed the molecular profiles
of human embryonic stem
cells and compared them with data for 12,000 samples
of 33
different tumor
types held
by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a U.S. public database.
«The Notch pathway has been implicated in a number
of malignancies, with
different roles that are
cell and tissue -
type dependent,» wrote researchers led
by Silvia Licciulli, PhD,
of the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida.