Device Performance of Double-Gate Schottky-Barrier Graphene Nanoribbon Field-Effect Transistors with Physical Scaling by Mu Wen Chuan, Muhammad Amirul Irfan Misnon, Nurul Ezaila Alias, Michael Loong Peng Tan

“…In this paper, the impacts of physical scaling on the device performance of double-gate Schottky-barrier GNR FETs (DG-SB-GNRFETs) are investigated by using NanoTCAD ViDES simulation tool based on the tight-binding Hamiltonian and self-consistent solutions of 3D Poisson and Schrödinger equations with open boundary conditions within the nonequilibrium Green’s function formalism. …”
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Berry curvature-induced transport signature for altermagnetic order by T. Farajollahpour, R. Ganesh, K. V. Samokhin

“…This quantity can be easily measured as a function of temperature, without any spin-selective apparatus. …”
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Screening of anomalies in a double-stranded DNA via global electrical measurements by Sourav Kundu

“…We conduct two-terminal charge transport calculations to detect biological defects in three types of DNA sequences: periodic, quasi-periodic and random. By employing a tight-binding method coupled with Green’s function technique and Landauer-Büttiker formalism we identified signatures of base-pair mismatches in their transport properties. …”
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Covidian Metamorphoses: Art and the Poetics of Transformation in Ali Smith's Seasonal Quartet by Zsófia Orosz-Réti

“…The Quartet offers art as a vital coping mechanism for such critical times, but the present paper argues that the function of art in the Quartet is even more pervasive than that. …”
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Longitudinal changes of blood-brain barrier and transcytolemmal water exchange permeability in Alzheimer's disease mice: A non-contrast MRI study by Chuhan Xiong, Ziyang Yu, Yu Yin, Qinfeng Zhu, Ruicheng Ba, Yao Shen, Haotian Li, Zhiliang Wei, Zixuan Lin, Dan Wu

“…The relationship between glymphatic function and AD pathology, as measured by amyloid beta (Aβ) and tau deposition, was also explored. …”
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AMPK in Intestinal Health and Disease: A Multifaceted Therapeutic Target for Metabolic and Inflammatory Disorders by Yibcharoenporn C, Muanprasat C, Moonwiriyakit A, Satitsri S, Pathomthongtaweechai N

“…It plays a dual role in cancer, acting as both a tumor suppressor and promoter, and it regulates inflammatory pathways, autophagy, tight junction formation, and smooth muscle contractility. …”
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Impacts of trace minerals (zinc, copper, and selenium) supplementation on pig’s health under different challenge models by Maykelly da Silva Gomes, Gabriel Cipriano Rocha, Danyel Bueno Dalto, Damares de Castro Fidelis Toledo, Jansller Luiz Genova

“…Various experimental models replicate challenges faced on commercial farms, in which Zn supports immune function by stabilizing cell membranes, modulating cytokine expression, and strengthening the intestinal barrier through increased synthesis of tight junction proteins, which collectively help reduce inflammation and pathogen translocation. …”
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Mapping the homodimer interface of an optimized, artificial, transmembrane protein activator of the human erythropoietin receptor. by Emily B Cohen, Susan J Jun, Zachary Bears, Francisco N Barrera, Miriam Alonso, Donald M Engelman, Daniel DiMaio

“…The interface requires a GxxxG dimer packing motif and a small amino acid at position 25 for maximal activity, implying that tight packing of the EBC5-16 dimer is a crucial determinant of activity. …”
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The Plasmodium falciparum pseudoprotease SERA5 regulates the kinetics and efficiency of malaria parasite egress from host erythrocytes. by Christine R Collins, Fiona Hackett, Jonathan Atid, Michele Ser Ying Tan, Michael J Blackman

“…Our findings implicate SERA5 as an important regulator of the kinetics and efficiency of egress and suggest that proteolytic modification is required for SERA5 function. In addition, our study reveals that efficient egress requires tight control of the timing of membrane rupture.…”
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Actin isoforms and neoplastic transformation by V. B. Dugina, G. S. Shagieva, N. V. Khromova, P. B. Kopnin

“…The major goal of the research was to elucidate the function of the actin isoforms during motile activities, adhesions and cell division and to investigate whether their expression and/or structural organization is related to pathological function. …”
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Th17 Cytokines Disrupt the Airway Mucosal Barrier in Chronic Rhinosinusitis by Mahnaz Ramezanpour, Sophia Moraitis, Jason L. P. Smith, P. J. Wormald, Sarah Vreugde

“…Additionally, the expression of the tight junction protein Zona Occludens-1 (ZO-1) was examined via immunofluorescence. …”
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Molecular basis of the microtubule-regulating activity of microtubule crosslinking factor 1. by Mohammad Abdul Kader, Tomoko Satake, Masatoshi Yoshida, Ikuko Hayashi, Atsushi Suzuki

“…Among these homo-interaction regions, the first coiled-coil motif adjacent to N-MTBD is sufficient for the MTCL1 function to crosslink microtubules without affecting the dynamic property, and disruption of this motif drastically transformed MTCL1-induced microtubule assembly from tight to network-like bundles. …”
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Vertex–Edge Roman {2}-Domination by Ahlam Almulhim, Saiful Rahman Mondal

“…We determine the exact vertex–edge Roman <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>{</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>}</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>-domination number for cycles and paths, and we provide a tight lower bound and a tight upper bound for the vertex–edge Roman <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>{</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>}</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>-domination number of trees. …”
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PDGFRα signaling regulates cartilage and fibrous tissue differentiation during synovial joint development by John P. Woods, Alex Rackley, Hae Ryong Kwon, Lorin E. Olson

“…To investigate PDGFRα function, we generated mice expressing mutant PDGFRα with a point mutation (D842V) that increases receptor signaling. …”
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Skin Barrier in Normal and Allergic Horses: What Do We Know? by Rosanna Marsella

“…Currently, there is no published study comparing skin barrier function parameters between normal and allergic horses; thus, the functional implications of the ultrastructural changes are unknown. …”
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The nonconventional MHC class II molecule DM governs diabetes susceptibility in NOD mice. by Marc A J Morgan, Pari S S Muller, Arne Mould, Stephen A Newland, Jennifer Nichols, Elizabeth J Robertson, Anne Cooke, Elizabeth K Bikoff

“…Here we exploited newly established germ-line competent NOD ES cells to engineer a loss of function allele. DM deficient NOD mice display defective class II peptide occupancy and surface expression, and are completely protected against type 1 diabetes. …”
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Hymenolepis nana antigens alleviate ulcerative colitis by promoting intestinal stem cell proliferation and differentiation via AhR/IL-22 signaling pathway. by Xuanyin Cui, Yi Cheng, Hongyan Wang, Xiaomao Li, Jinfu Li, Ke Zhang, Rong Mou

“…HnAg intervention could protect the number of goblet cells and enhance the expression of tight junction proteins and mucins, thereby improving intestinal barrier integrity. …”
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Modern View on the Role of Epidermal Barrier in Atopic Phenotype Development in Children by Nikolay N. Murashkin, Alena A. Savelova, Roman A. Ivanov, Dmitri V. Fedorov, Leonid A. Opryatin, Wasel Ahmad

“…Epidermal barrier is one is one of the most important structures of the skin, it performs protective function, ensure internal environment constancy by selective ions and molecules transport and by transepidermal water loss regulation. …”
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A ZO-1/α5β1-integrin complex regulates cytokinesis downstream of PKCε in NCI-H460 cells plated on fibronectin. by Saara Hämälistö, Jeroen Pouwels, Nicola de Franceschi, Markku Saari, Ylva Ivarsson, Pascale Zimmermann, Andreas Brech, Harald Stenmark, Johanna Ivaska

“…In the absence of ZO-1, or a functional ZO-1/α5β1-integrin complex, proper actin-dependent constriction between daughter cells is impaired and cells fail cytokinesis. …”
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VipD of Legionella pneumophila targets activated Rab5 and Rab22 to interfere with endosomal trafficking in macrophages. by Bonsu Ku, Kwang-Hoon Lee, Wei Sun Park, Chul-Su Yang, Jianning Ge, Seong-Gyu Lee, Sun-Shin Cha, Feng Shao, Won Do Heo, Jae U Jung, Byung-Ha Oh

“…VipD of L. pneumophila belongs to a family of bacterial effectors that contain the N-terminal lipase domain and the C-terminal domain with an unknown function. We report the crystal structure of VipD and show that its C-terminal domain robustly interferes with endosomal trafficking through tight and selective interactions with Rab5 and Rab22. …”
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