Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) are typically cell-surface proteins that mediate contact-dependent interactions and contribute to the spatial organization and stabilization of synaptic contacts. They ...

Imagine a world in which engineered cells, plants, tissues and nonliving yet biologically active entities are integrated into our everyday lives and have critical roles in solving grand challenges in ...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced naturally during cellular metabolism often cause oxidative damage to cells. However, these molecules also play an important role in normal cellular signaling.

Researchers at Tulane University, with a team of colleagues from eight other universities, have discovered a new nerve cell signaling mechanism that could transform our understanding of pain and lead ...

A study led by a University of Louisville School of Medicine pediatrics and child neurology researcher reveals how a specific signaling mechanism in microglia, the brain immune cell, can regulate ...

An epigenetic "mechanostat" has been discovered that protects tooth-forming progenitor cells from mechanical stress and ...

FGF21 is primarily known as a metabolic hormone. A new study by researchers at Helmholtz Munich and Ludwig Maximilians ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have uncovered a completely new mechanism by which fat cells (adipocytes) control how they store and release fat. The results of the study change our ...

For the immune system to effectively combat pathogens, antibody responses must be precisely controlled. So-called follicular ...

Researchers from the Biosciences Department at Durham University have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that helps plants control the formation of wood, a finding that could open new ...