Impaired mitophagy and the accumulation of damaged mitochondria are key drivers of endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction in ...

For decades, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and amyloid-forming peptides were studied in largely separate contexts.

A collaboration between the University of Geneva and Lausanne University Hospital has shown in new detail how the body's defenses fight back against malignant cells. Those defenses involve T ...

Neurons carry vital signals all over our body, and the nervous system controls many crucial functions, from breathing to ...

From the fluid mosaic model to tight junctions, cell membranes are the ultimate gatekeepers of life. They manage what comes in and out, maintain balance, and even signal to other cells. Understanding ...

Gpr124 represents a promising novel target for improving the integrity and function of the blood-retina barrier (BRB) with the goal of slowing, halting, preventing or even reversing vision loss ...

Scientists at Durham University, working in partnership with Jagiellonian University in Poland, have developed a new ...

In mouse brain cells, and in follow-up work involving worms and human cortical neurons, the team found that many axons ...

Researchers from the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Nagoya City University, and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute ...

Summary: For over a century, potassium ions were viewed as mere passengers in the brain—particles that flow through channels ...

Before seedlings can photosynthesize, they depend on fatty acids—and on peroxisomes to process them. Researchers discovered ...