Sentences with phrase «shaped cells involved»

Astrocytomas originate in glial cells called astrocytes, the multitudinous star - shaped cells involved in cell repair and nutrient transport.

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By identifying novel genes and molecular pathways involved in shaping a taste cell's function, these findings may someday allow scientists to treat taste disorders, characterize new taste qualities, or even fine - tune a person's taste perception to encourage healthier eating.

The research suggests that reducing production of the protein, called myoferlin, affects cancer cells in two primary ways: by changing the activation of many genes involved in metastasis in favor of normal cell behavior, and by altering mechanical properties of cancer cells — including their shape and ability to invade — so they are more likely to remain nested together rather than breaking away to travel to other tissues.

From this collaboration the teams developed the LOCO - EFA technique which involves decomposing two - dimensional cell shapes — the shapes you can see under a microscope — into a series of ellipses.

The research team found that this non-coding RNA fragment maintains healthy cells through two mechanisms: Firstly by regulating the levels of DIRAS3, one of its neigboring genes that is involved in cell replication; secondly by suppressing a network of genes that prepare cells to change their shape and prepare for metastasis.

Atala's method involved painting several coats of Kaitlyne's muscle cells on the outer surface of a bladder - shaped mold made of collagen.

The chemical labels newly divided cells, and in their brain tissue, it showed up in a sprinkling of neurons in the hippocampus — a seahorse - shaped structure involved in memory and learning.

These network - like structures maintain the cell's shape, provide mechanical support, and are involved in critical processes of the cell's lifecycle.

The research builds on the team's previous work with a technique called three - dimensional culture, which involves incubating stem cells in a floating ball - shaped aggregate, unlike traditional cell culture in which cells grow in a flat layer on the surface of a culture dish.

The cells were located in a part of the hippocampus — a pair of seahorse - shaped structures located deep within the brain and involved in memory and learning.

Kyoto University cell biologists wanted to find out if «flipping» enzymes belonging to the P4 - ATPase family were involved in inducing cell membranes to change shape.

Microtubules are involved in a wide variety of cellular activities ranging from mitosis and transport events to cell movement and the maintenance of cell shape.

The series of events involved rearrangment of the cell's internal «skeleton,» fibers that determine its shape and can transport items from one area of a cell to another.

Our work identifies another factor involved in helical cell shape.

Red blood cells are recycled here; platelets (a small colorless disk - shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting) and white blood cells (less technical term for leukocyte which include lymphocytes, granulocytes, monocytes, and macrophages) are stored in the spleen.