«One of the characteristics of cancer cells is that they tend to have more oxidative
stress than normal cells,» said Bret Freudenthal, Ph.D., lead author of the paper and postdoctoral fellow in Wilson's group.
Not exact matches
In separate experiments, when Rab32 rises in response to
stress in the endoplasmic reticulum, or ER, several things happen: The nerve
cell fibers (both axons and the message - receiving dendrites) are shorter, mitochondria are bulkier
than normal and their numbers spike.
In addition,
cells under
stress often behave differently
than normal cells do, a huge stumbling block for scientists trying to draw connections between their experiments and the natural world.