One aspect of their work studies
how cell signaling pathways, such as those that initiate cell growth or death, are affected by the nanostructures and microstructures of implant materials such as titanium.
Not exact matches
«The
pathway mainly involves
signalling via the brains» immune
cells, and thus differs from
how today's drugs operate.
A
signaling pathway is
how developing
cells get instruction on what types of
cell to become, such as a liver
cell, a skin
cell, a brain
cell, etc..
The team's next step is to zoom in on the molecular mechanisms that control
how the Wnt
signaling pathway interacts with the nail stem
cells to influence bone and nail growth.
The daf - 2 gene is also part of a
signaling pathway that influences
how well
cells age and cope with stress.
Still unclear is
how the methuselah gene mutation makes flies more stress - resistant, but the amino acid sequence of the protein it makes may be part of a
signaling pathway that controls
how well
cells resist or repair these stresses.
«For example, mouse mammary tumors shared a
signaling pathway that is found in human lung cancer and controls
how cells reproduce and move from one location to another.»
Jasper says TOR can be regulated by a number of stimuli, and researchers are now attempting to better understand
how the activity of this
signaling pathway is controlled in stem
cells.
Scientists at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University set out to solve the mystery of
how blood flow keeps the vessels intact and, to their surprise, discovered a completely new
cell signaling pathway that is a promising target for drugs to treat a variety of debilitating conditions.
A fundamental question is
how signaling pathways are regulated in time and space to facilitate directional migration of
cells.
Still unclear is
how enhanced
signaling through the insulin
pathway protects against obesity, although the researchers speculate that it might boost energy consumption by liver and muscle
cells.
However, her research group has not yet identified
how to make stem
cells yield entirely dI1 or entirely dI3
cells — perhaps because another
signaling pathway is involved, she said.
It locks onto and deactivates a protein, Smoothened, that activates the Hedgehog
signaling pathway, which orchestrates
how embryonic stem
cells develop.
But what scientists did not know is
how the mutations trigger a molecular
signaling pathway that leads to the death of photoreceptor
cells.
We therefore believe that a targeted inhibition of this specific
signalling pathway, which controls
how the
cells in the vessel walls are connected, might work better as a cancer therapy than the more general VEGFA inhibition that is used today,» says Lena Claesson - Welsh.
We are investigating the genes that are the target of this
pathway,
how it influences the
cells of growing worms, the size differences between the sexes (hermaphrodite worms are larger than males), and the way in which it mediates
signals from the environment.
Major studies
how cancer
cells hijack specific
signaling pathways to spread throughout the body, using drugs and genetic manipulation to probe the inner workings of these out - of - control
cells.
To better understand
how insulin
signaling affects beta -
cell growth, the Joslin scientists next studied a
pathway involving a protein called FOXM1.
Here we show
how second messengers relevant to the Gq
signaling pathway can be detected in living
cells using assays for DAG, PIP2, and Ca2 +.
Her goals are to continue working to understand
how the dynamics of p53 and other
signaling pathways important in cancer control
cell fate decisions.
Her research focuses on understanding
how signaling pathways control gene expression, using T
cells and other
cells of the immune system as models.
AÂ Emory News item on a helpful part of the microbiome focuses on
how the same type of bacteria â $ «lactobacilli â $ «activates the same ancient
signaling pathway in intestinal
cells in both insects and mammals. It continues a line of research from Rheinallt Jones and Andrew Neish on
how beneficial bacteria stimulate wound healing by activating ROS (reactive oxygen species).
In an exclusive interview with SelectScience, the founder of Montana Molecular, Anne Marie Quinn, shares
how her team measures, in real time, multiple GPCR
signaling pathways inside a living
cell using the CLARIOstar microplate reader.
«Here, we show
how a common growth
signaling pathway in
cells can destroy one of the brakes on
cell division to allow
cell division to move forward,» Emanuele said.