Publications by authors named "Yuryanni Rodriguez"
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- Type I cells in taste buds make up about half the cell population and have been largely understudied in terms of their function.
- Research using GCaMP3 mice revealed that Type I cells respond to ATP but not to serotonin or direct taste stimuli, indicating their role in chemosensory activation.
- The study suggests that Type I cells contribute to taste signaling by responding to ATP released by Type II cells, potentially acting similarly to glial cells in the central nervous system.
Collapsin Response Mediator Protein 2 (CRMP2) is an intracellular protein involved in axon and dendrite growth and specification. In this study, CRMP2 was identified in a conditioned media derived from degenerated sciatic nerves (CM). On cultured rat hippocampal neurons, acute extracellular application of CM or partially purified recombinant CRMP2 produced an increase in cytoplasmic calcium.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSevere to profound hearing impairment affects 1 of every 1000 newborn children each year. Inheritance accounts for 60% of these cases, of which 70% are nonsyndromic. The most common cause of autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss (ARNSHL) is mutation in GJB2, a gene on chromosome 13, which encodes a gap junction protein named Connexin 26.
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