Issues

Summary: Trpc1-knockout mice are obese, diabetic, hypertriglyceridemic and anemic with liver steatosis on ultrasound, providing a model for studying the pathogenesis and management of metabolic syndrome, a growing global epidemic.

Summary: Recruitment of macrophages to the interdigital regions is not linked to apoptosis initiation and they phagocytize by a mechanism involving high lysosomal activity and an oxidative burst-like phenomenon.

Summary: Myxomycetes plasmodium can recognize one another only if they are of the same species.

Summary: This study introduces an optimized non-destructive silkworm pupae sex classification method that enhances both ecological sustainability and economic efficiency in silkworm seed production.

Summary: A series of different labelling and label-free approaches to study the cellular organisation and properties of the yeast Debaryomyces hansenii.

Summary: In Drosophila, mitochondria are excluded from the axon initial segment, a neuronal compartment that regulates neuron polarity and axon potentials, and this pattern is disrupted in a model of neurodegeneration.

Summary: We measured colourless, UV-absorbing flavonols and photosynthetic parameters in aphid-free and aphid-infested green and senescing birch leaves. Flavonols did not affect aphid amounts but correlated negatively with Photosystem II activity.

Summary: In biological hydrostats the muscles are affected by the pressure they generate. Adverse internal muscle pressures are avoided by design in annelids, in spiders they are only observed while struggling.