Ribbons are found at the presynaptic active zone (AZ) and act as scaffolds to ready synaptic vesicles for release (Schmitz ... we hypothesized that these tracks of microtubules could be used by ...

New research reveals TB bacteria ramp up production of tiny protein packets during iron shortages. These packets help them ...

Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a devastating hemolytic disease, ...

Increasing our understanding of the function of ABC and RND transporters in mammalian cells and their involvement in lipid transport and homeostasis should reveal the mechanisms of subcellular ...

In this context, Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) present a promising alternative ... Exosomes can be released by cells: a) carry new viral particles, which contributes to viral dissemination; b) ...

Fuel cells that react liquid sodium metal with air could be the power source required to give electric airplanes much longer ranges, a new paper has proposed. The idea has yet to leave the ...

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nano-sized lipid bilayer encapsulated particles with a molecular cargo that appears to play important roles within the human body, such as in cell-to-cell ...

Most nuclear and cytoplasmic functions of the NPC seem to increase the efficiency and integration of transport into the broader milieu of the cell. Although the nuclear pore complex (NPC ...

These vesicles effectively downregulate PD-L1 on tumor cells, transforming them from a dormant to an active ... involved in immune regulation. They also transport miR-511-3p, a macrophage-specific ...

Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583, ...