Before seedlings can photosynthesize, they depend on fatty acids—and on peroxisomes to process them. Researchers discovered that the protein PEX11 not only helps these structures divide but also ...

dDepartment of Molecular Brain Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan eLaboratory for Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Development, RIKEN Center for ...

President Donald Trump’s second term began on January 20 with a focus on Latin America. President Donald Trump’s second term began on January 20 with a focus on Latin America. His inaugural address ...

Diabetic keratopathy (DK) is a common diabetic complication and can impair corneal wound healing. DK lacks effective therapy as its pathogenesis is unclear. In this work, we identified for the first ...

Tissue engineered cultured meat has been proposed as an emerging innovative process for meat production to overcome the severe consequences of livestock farming, climate change, and an increasing ...

Background and Objective: Retinal ischemia-reperfusion (IR) leads to massive loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGC) and characterizes several blind-causing ophthalmic diseases. However, the mechanism ...

DNA methylation acts as a mechanism of gene transcription regulation. It has recently gained attention as a possible therapeutic target in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. However, its exact ...

School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, China. PGCs are progenitors of germ cells and play an important role in the production of early embryonic germ cells [1] [2] . This ...

Peroxisomes are eukaryotic organelles crucial for development. Peroxisomal matrix proteins are imported by the peroxisome import machinery composed of peroxins (PEX proteins), but how the function of ...

The adipocyte/macrophage fatty acid-binding proteins aP2 (FABP4) and Mal1 (FABP5) are intracellular lipid chaperones that modulate systemic glucose metabolism, insulin sensitivity, and atherosclerosis ...