Sentences with phrase «semi-reconstituted cell junction»

Finally, researchers proved that most fractures propagate along cell - cell junctions rather than breaking the cells themselves.

Image of the larval tracheal main tube, stained in white to mark the chitinous extracellular matrix and in red to mark the cell - cell junctions.

The accumulation of different amounts of cadherins produced different levels of adhesiveness between cell junctions, resulting in a mosaic pattern.

«It has been very difficult to study cell junctions, which maintain the skin's barrier function by keeping cells attached to each other,» says Sinha.

«The first hit results in the initial separation of cells but only the pathogenic antibodies drive further intracellular changes that lead to the breaking of the cell junction and blistering.»

Changes in cell junctions induced by inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor in oral squamous cell carcinoma cells.

Among the total gene transcripts that were differentially expressed during daytime six biological processes were found: Wnt signaling pathway, cell junction organization, SMAD binding, regulation of cell morphogenesis, TGF - β signaling pathway, and amino acid synthesis (Fig. 4A).

The high calcium concentration treatment during the day revealed genes associated with cell junction organization process exhibiting up - regulation (Fig. 4).

Detailed investigations demonstrated that the formation of stress fibers and cell - cell junctions created the force necessary for the condensation process, all mediated by MSCs through the actomyosin cytoskeletal axis.

The bacterium will be a useful tool for studying the complex cellular events that occur at cell - to - cell junctions,» she added.

Zyxin controls migration in epithelial — mesenchymal transition by mediating actin - membrane linkages at cell — cell junctions.

By culturing RBECs and human endothelial cells under flow conditions, the researchers found that cell - cell junctions they formed accurately mimicked endothelial barrier formation in the brain.

Inflammation kills intestinal cells and loosens the tight cell junctions forming the gut wall, creating «holes».

In the body, the «thread» in the cell junctions is made of proteins.

Since glucose is needed for the mucosal barrier, for cell junctions and gut barrier integrity, and for immune function, zero - carbing makes it much easier for pathogens to reach the brain.

More generally excess Omega 6 is associated with compromised digestion, inflammation and decreases in gut cell junction integrity, so excess Omega 6 LA leading to diminished absorption makes sense at a more general level.

Not exact matches

SV = Secretory vesicle; RER = Rough endoplasmic reticulum; BM = Basement membrane; MFG = Milk fat globule; CLD = Cytoplasmic lipid droplet; N = Nucleus; PC = Plasma cell; FDA = Fat - depleted adipocyte; TJ = Tight junction; GJ = Gap junction; D = Desmosome; ME = Myoepithelial cell.

Nursing mothers can also eat more egg yolk and butter which contains arachidonic acid, a critical ingredient, which facilitates the formation of junctions between skin cells, keeping them firm.

Milk sodium concentration is a marker of tight junction closure between mammary epithelial cells; with the onset of secretory activation (stage II lactogenesis) milk sodium concentrations decrease sharply as potassium concentrations increase [14].

The second hypothesis proposes that the trigger signal spreads from cell to cell through gap junctions, specialized intercellular connections that directly link two cells at points where they touch.

«The cells we found perform immune surveillance and contain the virus in the key battlefield where infection occurs, which is the dermal - epidermal junction,» said Zhu.

«In theory, conventional single - junction solar cells can only achieve an efficiency level of about 34 percent, but in practice they don't achieve that,» said study co-author Paul Braun, a professor of materials science at Illinois.

In the high magnification colorized image of atomic structure in multiple layers typical for a solar cell, the junction of a layer of the transparent hole - conducting material (primarily yellow) with an electron - conducting layer (primarily green) is shown.

The same observations were made in organoids (artificially grown masses of cells that resemble an organ) created from unique basal progenitor cells that were isolated from the gastroesophageal junction in mice and humans.

The study is titled, «Transitional basal cells at the squamous - columnar junction generate Barrett's oesophagus.»

This process produced a solar cell with a junction of metal (cobalt), a silicon - based insulator (SiOx), and a semiconductor.

The image, a mysterious, gray blob surrounding a spot of intense red, was based on an electron - microscope photo of a neuromuscular junction (the connection between a nerve cell and a muscle) clipped from a magazine sometime in the 1980s.

Then they culture heart cells near the junction of the head and the tail.

«Specifically, the protein expression responsible for endothelial cell degeneration and tight junction damage we identified in this study needs to be confirmed through further tests.

«Normally, botulinum neurotoxin molecules are too large to break through this tight junction of epithelial cells,» Jin said.

Certain changes in synapses — the junctions between nerve cells in the brain — have been linked with brain disorders.

«We have discovered that by inserting a very thin film of gallium arsenide into the connecting junction of stacked cells we can virtually eliminate voltage loss without blocking any of the solar energy,» says Dr. Salah Bedair, a professor of electrical engineering at NC State and senior author of a paper describing the work.

But to be effective, solar cell designers need to ensure the connecting junctions between these stacked cells do not absorb any of the solar energy and do not siphon off the voltage the cells produce — effectively wasting that energy as heat.

«Now we have created a connecting junction that loses almost no voltage, even when the stacked solar cell is exposed to 70,000 suns of solar energy,» Bedair says.

«In this tunnel junction, holes from the silicon solar cell recombine with electrons flowing from the perovskite solar cell using quantum mechanical tunneling,» said Jonathan Mailoa, a graduate student at MIT and co-author of the report, in an email.

One avenue involves protein - based adherens junctions, which allow sperm to attach to specialized cells in the testes.

But if the solar energy is significantly intensified — to 700 suns or more — the connecting junctions used in existing stacked cells begin losing voltage.

The discovery means solar cell manufacturers can create stacked solar cells that can handle high - intensity solar energies without losing voltage at the connecting junctions, potentially improving conversion efficiency.

This discovery means that solar cell manufacturers can now create stacked cells that can handle these high - intensity solar energies without losing voltage at the connecting junctions, thus potentially improving conversion efficiency.

In order to reduce these large energy losses and raise efficiency, Professor Kita's research team used two small photons from the energy transmitted through a single - junction solar cell containing a hetero - interface formed from semiconductors with different bandgaps.

In trying to understand the brain, for instance, neuroscientists have focused on synapses — the junctions between nerve - cell endings — as the essential transmitters of thought and feeling.

In theory, 30 % energy - conversion efficiency is the upper limit for traditional single - junction solar cells, as most of the solar energy that strikes the cell passes through without being absorbed, or becomes heat energy instead.

Each glomerulus — «a ball of axons and dendrites,» according to Albeanu — is a junction where axons from sensory neurons meet up with and connect, or synapse, with dendrites sent from the next processing layer in the bulb, populated by mitral cells.

At the time, Bell Labs was developing liquid - junction photovoltaics (a type of solar cell that employs liquid electrolytes), which seemed like a nice fit for her electrochemical training.

The mice were found to have an abnormal microbiome, along with damaged junctions between the cells of the intestinal lining.

At the cellular level, learning and memory require continuous readjustment of the strength of synaptic junctions — the functional connections between nerve cells.

A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has found that stacking materials that are only one atom thick can create semiconductor junctions that transfer charge efficiently, regardless of whether the crystalline structure of the materials is mismatched — lowering the manufacturing cost for a wide variety of semiconductor devices such as solar cells, lasers and LEDs.

These are the junctions between two nerve cells where electrical signals are transmitted.

The researchers found that Toxoplasma attaches to a cell, forming a ring - shaped junction.

Yesterday, Spectrolab announced that its newest triple - junction solar cells had achieved the world record in efficiency, converting 41.6 percent of specially concentrated sunlight into electricity.