DJ-1 is a protein with wide subcellular distribution and pleiotropic functions. The loss-of-function mutations of DJ-1 are associated with autosomal recessive early-onset Parkinson's disease yet the ...

Paul Victor, Dhamodharan Umapathy, Leema George, Udyama Juttada, Goutham V. Ganesh, Karan Naresh Amin, Vijay Viswanathan and Kunka Mohanram Ramkumar Increasing evidence in substantiating the roles of ...

Azoospermia is a condition in which sperm cells are completely absent in a male’s ejaculate. Typically, sperm production occurs in the testes and is regulated by a complex series of cellular and ...

PhD defence: Tangled yet in tune: Orchestrating the dynamics of microtubules, vimentin and endoplasmic reticulum PLEASE NOTE: If a candidate gives a layman's talk, the livestream will start fifteen ...

Each cell in an organism has a sensor that measures the health of its "internal" environment. This "alarm" is found in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which is able to sense cellular stress and ...

A collaborative French-Swiss study reveals a previously unknown role for astrocytes in the brain's information processing. Published in the journal Cell, the research shows that these glial cells are ...

Inside cells, there exists an extensive system of canals known as the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which consists of membrane-encased tubes that are partially broken down as needed -- for instance in ...

Newly discovered mechanism helps detach and recycle parts of cellular canal membranes as needed – models developed using ...