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Ireland's first BioBrillouin microscope will enable non-invasive assessment of living cells and tissues in real-time
Trinity College Dublin now has Ireland's first and only BioBrillouin microscope, which will enable researchers to make giant ...
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Diver-Operated Microscope Brings Hidden Coral Biology into Focus
The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...
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Supraorganized collagen enhances Schwann cell reactivity and organization in vitro - SciELO - Brasil
References Correspondence and Footnotes Abstract We investigated the reactivity and expression of basal lamina collagen by Schwann cells (SCs) cultivated on a supraorganized bovine-derived collagen ...
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Schwann Cell Protein Kinase RNA-like ER Kinase (PERK) Is Not Necessary for the Development of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy but Negates the Efficacy of ... - ACS Publications
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a common complication of diabetes arising in part from glycemic damage to neurons and Schwann cells (SC). While the pathogenic mechanisms of DPN are complex, ...
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Stress fiber contributes to rat Schwann cell orientation under magnetic field - IEEE Xplore
In this study, we investigated the role of cytoskeletons such as stress fibers on magnetic orientation of Schwann cells after 8-T magnetic field exposure, using an inhibitor of ROCK/Rho kinase ...
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Morphological and functional characterizations of Schwann cells stimulated with Mycobacterium leprae - SciELO - Brasil
ARTICLES Morphological and functional characterizations of Schwann cells stimulated with Mycobacterium leprae Tatiana Pereira da Silva I; Ana Caroline Costa da Silva I; Maria da Graça Araújo Baruque I ...
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Book Review: ‘The Song of the Cell,’ by Siddhartha Mukherjee - The New York Times
In 1830s Berlin, the botanist Matthias Schleiden and the zoologist Theodor Schwann laid the foundations for cell theory, positing that both plants and animals had a “common means of formation ...
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Nerve healing: Neighboring cells become police force -- and could make tumors benign - ScienceDaily
Scientists show that Schwann cells take over functions of immune cells in nerve healing. Similar mechanisms could prevent nerve tumors from growing. Schwann cells are known to protect and repair ...
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Pancreatic Cancer Spreads With Help From Schwann Cells, MSK Researchers Find - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
The researchers used several experimental approaches to identify how Schwann cells help cancer spread. They analyzed Schwann cells in human pancreatic tumors and saw that if the gene signature for ...
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Cd59 and inflammation regulate Schwann cell development
This work investigates the function of the small GPI-anchored protein Cd59, a protein known to suppress complement-mediated inflammation, in Schwann cell development and myelination, using zebrafish ...
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Transcriptional profiling of mouse peripheral nerves to the single-cell level to build a sciatic nerve ATlas (SNAT) | eLife
Peripheral nerves are organ-like structures containing diverse cell types to optimize function. This interactive assembly includes mostly axon-associated Schwann cells, but also endothelial cells of ...