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Dev Cell
December 2024
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCD), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31000 Toulouse, France. Electronic address:
Tumors evolve through the acquisition of increasingly aggressive traits associated with dysplasia. This progression is accompanied by alterations in tumor mechanical properties, especially through extracellular matrix remodeling. However, the contribution of pre-tumoral tissue mechanics to tumor aggressiveness remains poorly known in vivo.
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November 2024
Departments of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Anatomy, Institute for Human Genetics, Bakar Aging Research Institute, and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Electronic address:
Skeletal defects are hallmark features of many extracellular matrix (ECM) and collagen-related disorders. However, a biological function in bone has never been defined for the highly evolutionarily conserved type IV collagen. Collagen type IV alpha 1 (COL4A1) and alpha 2 (COL4A2) form α1α1α2 (IV) heterotrimers that represent a fundamental basement membrane constituent present in every organ of the body, including the skeleton.
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August 2024
Department of General Gastroenterological and Endocrine Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
Purpose: This study aimed to determine the occurrence of incidental obturator hernia and clinical risk factors of their appearance in patients undergoing totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernioplasty.
Methods: Data were collected retrospectively from patients who underwent TEP inguinal hernioplasty between June 2020 and December 2022.
Results: A total of 251 patients were included in the study.
Intercellular adhesion complexes must withstand mechanical forces to maintain tissue cohesion while also retaining the capacity for dynamic remodeling during tissue morphogenesis and repair. Many cell-cell adhesion complexes contain at least one PSD95/Dlg/ZO-1 (PDZ) domain situated between the adhesion molecule and the actin cytoskeleton. However, PDZ-mediated interactions are characteristically nonspecific, weak, and transient, with multiple binding partners per PDZ domain, micromolar dissociation constants, and bond lifetimes of seconds or less.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfect Drug Resist
September 2023
Department of Laboratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Background: Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is a promising tool for improving antimicrobial therapy and infection control decision-making in complex infections. Secondary infection surveillance using mNGS in COVID-19 patients has rarely been reported.
Methods: Respiratory pathogen and antibiotic resistance prediction were evaluated by BALF mNGS for 192 hospitalized COVID-19 patients between December 2022 and February 2023.
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