Recent research has expanded our understanding of these mechanisms ... proteins. Myosin Light Chain (MLC): A protein that plays a key role in muscle contraction by interacting with actin filaments.

Myosin II plays the most important role in cellular force generation. Myosin II molecules self-assemble into filaments with different structures depending on myosin II isoforms and other conditions ...

"Turning off" the stress mechanisms of the sympathetic nervous system can be difficult, which is what yoga seems to help with. Yoga provides relaxation and thus enables us to activate the ...

The team knew there had to be another process, because endothelial tip cells still migrated when they turned off actin polymerization in zebrafish in an earlier study. In the present study, they ...

Only a subset of mice survives and overcomes the lethal phenotype by an unknown mechanism (Peche et al., 2013; Field et al., 2015; Stockigt et al., 2016). During wound healing its loss leads to ...

We conclude by proposing alternative mechanisms of MIC activation that work in tandem with cytoskeletal components and other ion channels to bestow cells with the capacity to sense, respond and ...

The latter includes providing a “platform” for coagulation (exposing phosphatidylserine, PS, on the lipid bilayer), promoting coagulation reactions through the release of coagulation factors, and ...

The term dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) refers to a spectrum of heterogeneous myocardial disorders that are characterized by ventricular dilation and depressed myocardial performance in the absence of ...

5 MSEK from the Swedish National Space Agency for his project investigating the mechanisms behind the changes in the skeletal muscle and the immune system induced by the lack of gravity.