Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Signaling in Hippocampal Neurons by Vyacheslav M. Shkryl

“…Calcium plays a central role in the modulation and regulation of numerous functions in excitable cells. …”
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A Trusted and Energy Efficient Approach for Cluster-Based Wireless Sensor Networks by Tianshu Wang, Gongxuan Zhang, Xichen Yang, Ahmadreza Vajdi

“…The approach offers (i) trusted hardware module design; (ii) energy-efficient clustering algorithm; and (iii) network operation. …”
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Macrophage Polarization in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases: Killers or Builders? by Luca Parisi, Elisabetta Gini, Denisa Baci, Marco Tremolati, Matteo Fanuli, Barbara Bassani, Giampietro Farronato, Antonino Bruno, Lorenzo Mortara

“…Induction of specific macrophage functions is closely related to the surrounding environment that acts as a relevant orchestrator of macrophage functions. …”
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Large scale investigation of GPCR molecular dynamics data uncovers allosteric sites and lateral gateways by David Aranda-García, Tomasz Maciej Stepniewski, Mariona Torrens-Fontanals, Adrian García-Recio, Marta Lopez-Balastegui, Brian Medel-Lacruz, Adrián Morales-Pastor, Alejandro Peralta-García, Miguel Dieguez-Eceolaza, David Sotillo-Nuñez, Tianyi Ding, Matthäus Drabek, Célien Jacquemard, Jakub Jakowiecki, Willem Jespers, Mireia Jiménez-Rosés, Víctor Jun-Yu-Lim, Alessandro Nicoli, Urszula Orzel, Aida Shahraki, Johanna K. S. Tiemann, Vicente Ledesma-Martin, Francho Nerín-Fonz, Sergio Suárez-Dou, Oriol Canal, Gáspár Pándy-Szekeres, Jiafei Mao, David E. Gloriam, Esther Kellenberger, Dorota Latek, Ramon Guixà-González, Hugo Gutiérrez-de-Terán, Irina G. Tikhonova, Peter W. Hildebrand, Marta Filizola, M. Madan Babu, Antonella Di Pizio, Slawomir Filipek, Peter Kolb, Arnau Cordomi, Toni Giorgino, Maria Marti-Solano, Jana Selent

“…Abstract G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute a functionally diverse protein family and are targets for a broad spectrum of pharmaceuticals. …”
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Coherent manipulation of second-harmonic generation via terahertz-field mediated phonon-polariton in zinc oxide by Yifei Fang, Jiajing Hao, Jianhua Sang, Jixing Gao, Liwei Song, Ye Tian, Ruxin Li

“…This work establishes a dual-functionality platform enabling spectral-temporal resolved mapping of quasiparticle interaction dynamics while simultaneously advancing polariton-engineered nonlinear optical modulators through symmetry-broken frequency conversion architectures.…”
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Regulation of rDNA transcription by proto-oncogene PELP1. by Vijay K Gonugunta, Binoj C Nair, Rajib Rajhans, Gangadhara R Sareddy, Sujit S Nair, Ratna K Vadlamudi

“…<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>Collectively, our results suggest that proto-oncogene PELP1 plays a vital role in rDNA transcription. PELP1 modulation of rRNA transcription, a key step in ribosomal biogenesis may have implications in PELP1-mediated oncogenic functions.…”
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Understanding the Role of Calcium in Kiwifruit: Ion Transport, Signaling, and Fruit Quality by Greta Nicla Larocca, Elena Baldi, Moreno Toselli

“…Calcium (Ca²⁺) plays a fundamental role in metabolic processes, and it is involved in several structural functions at the cell level, such as vacuole osmotic regulation, cell wall strengthening, and plasma membrane stability, as well as acting as a secondary messenger for several different signals. …”
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ON USING PERIODIC REFERENCE SIGNAL IN HOMODYNE ACOUSTO-OPTIC SPECTRUM ANALYZER by Leonid A. Aronov, Yurii S. Dobrolenskii, Victor N. Ushakov

“…For a homodyne acousto-optic spectrum analyzer functioning a reference optical channel must be organized. …”
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The SUV39 Family of H3K9 Methyltransferases in Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells by Pauline Garcia, Slimane Ait‐Si‐Ali, Fabien Le Grand

“…This family comprises SUV39H1, SUV39H2, SETDB1, SETDB2, G9A, and GLP. While the functions of SUV39 family members have been well characterized during development in embryonic stem cells and in disease contexts such as cancer, their functions in adult stem cell populations, especially in MuSCs, are still not fully understood. …”
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Expression of chicken interleukin-2(IL-2) in E. coli. and preparation of its polyclonal antibody by YU Lian, XIE Rong-hui, LU Mi-jia, HUANG Yao-wei, LI Jian-rong

“…Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is known to play a number of functions in the modulation of immunity. In this study the chicken IL-2 gene was cloned into a prokaryon vector pET-28b and the recipient cell of E. coli. …”
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Design of Eddy Current Braking Test Stand for High-speed Maglev Train by Yijing XU, Haitao ZHAO, Wenjie XIA, Jiachuan GUO

“…The system scheme of eddy current braking test-bed was designed to study the influencing factors of eddy current braking, and the functions of each module of the system were briefly introduced. …”
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Method of 128-position quadrature amplitude-polarization manipulation by P. E. Korneev

“…The functioning of modern digital communication systems tends to occur in a complex interference environment. …”
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Open Source Sensor Interface for Soft Detectors in Surgical Simulators by Thomas Thurner, Roland Pruckner, Martin Kaltenbrunner, Andreas Schrempf

“…The module can measure complex voltages and impedances between multiple measurement channels at various frequencies. …”
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Toll-like Receptors in Immuno-Metabolic Regulation of Emotion and Memory by Carla Crespo-Quiles, Teresa Femenía

“…They regulate a wide range of immune and non-immune functions, such as cytokine and chemokine signaling, and play key roles in modulating synaptic plasticity, neurogenesis, and neuronal survival. …”
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Multifunctional Evaluation of Graphene Oxide–Sulfonamide Nanoconjugates: Antimicrobial, Antibiofilm, Cytocompatibility and Xenobiotic Metabolism Gene Expression Insight by Irina Zarafu, Irina Mușat, Carmen Limban, Diana C. Nuță, Ioana Daniela Dulama, Cristiana Radulescu, Raluca Maria Stirbescu, Arnaud Tatibouet, Carmen M. Chifiriuc, Luminita Marutescu, Marcela Popa, Laura D. Dragu, Elena Radu, Ioana Nicolau, Coralia Bleotu, Petre Ionita

“…In this study, we synthesized five graphene oxide–sulfonamide nanoconjugates (GO–S1 to GO–S5) via covalent functionalization, comprehensively characterized them by IR, Raman, SEM, EDS, etc., and evaluated their antimicrobial, antibiofilm, cytotoxic, apoptotic, hemolytic and gene expression-modulating effects. …”
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Insights into CSF-1R Expression in the Tumor Microenvironment by Caterina Tomassetti, Gaia Insinga, Francesca Gimigliano, Andrea Morrione, Antonio Giordano, Emanuele Giurisato

“…Similarly, CSF-1R signaling influences MDSCs to exert immunosuppressive functions, hindering anti-tumor immunity. In DCs, the CSF-1R alters antigen-presenting capabilities, compromising immune surveillance against cancer cells. …”
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Recent progress in the study of exosomes in the gastric cancer immune microenvironment by Haibo Liu, Lei Zhu, Jianmei Yin

“…Immune cell-derived exosomes can similarly modulate immune functions and the TME. Immunotherapy represents a GC treatment breakthrough and is expected to show efficacy when combined with exosome-targeted therapy. …”
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Composite fault feature extraction for gears based on MCKD-EWT adaptive wavelet threshold noise reduction by Yanchang LV, Jingyue Wang, Chengqiang Zhang, Jianming Ding

“…Firstly, envelope entropy and information entropy are used as fitness functions, and the parameters of the MCKD algorithm are optimized by the improved particle swarm algorithm, then the empirical wavelet decomposition is carried out on the signals, and finally adaptive wavelet threshold denoising is carried out on the decomposed Intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) components. …”
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An Overview of Seasonal Changes in Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defence Parameters in Some Invertebrate and Vertebrate Species by Gagan Bihari Nityananda Chainy, Biswaranjan Paital, Jagneswar Dandapat

“…At low concentration, ROS regulates several physiological processes, whereas at higher concentration they are toxic to organisms because they impair cellular functions by oxidizing biomolecules. Seasonal changes in antioxidant defences make species able to maintain their correct ROS titre to take various physiological functions such as hibernation, aestivation, migration, and reproduction against changing environmental physical parameters. …”
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The Fanconi anemia group C protein interacts with uncoordinated 5A and delays apoptosis. by FengFei Huang, Manel Ben Aissa, Audrey Magron, Caroline C Huard, Chantal Godin, Georges Lévesque, Madeleine Carreau

“…FANCC is mainly cytoplasmic and has many functions, including apoptosis suppression through caspase-mediated proteolytic processing. …”
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