Adhesions are thick bands of scar tissue inside your body. They may form after surgery or an infection. They can make your organs stick together or to the inside of your belly. Some people have ...

Contrary to what the terms cytoskeleton and focal adhesion suggest, these anchoring points are by no means static. During the movement of cells, for example, they are constantly dissolved and ...

Since paxillin is present in all cells as a link between integrins and the cytoskeleton, it also serves as a marker to visualize the dot-like and line-like anchoring points, i.e. focal adhesions.

In focal adenomyosis, it is not always apparent whether the growths are endometrial tissue or fibroids using just transvaginal sonography. In that case, an MRI scan can differentiate between the ...

The picture shows focal adhesions (red/blue), in which metavinculin connects to the intracellular actin cytoskeleton (green). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy ...

Nanoengineered Shear-Thinning Hydrogel Barrier for Preventing Postoperative Abdominal Adhesions. Nano-Micro Letters, 2021; 13 (1) DOI: 10.1007/s40820-021-00712-5 ...

This connection is mediated by multi-protein complexes called focal adhesions. A critical component of focal adhesions is integrin, a transmembrane-receptor protein. “The mechanism for integrin ...

Researchers at Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, demonstrate how morphogens combined with cell adhesion can generate tissue domains with a sharp boundary in an in ...

Integral to this study is MYO18B, a gene most often found in human cardiac or skeletal muscle tissue and is responsible for regulating lysosomal exocytosis through the promotion of focal adhesion ...