In multicellular organisms, cellular behaviour is tightly regulated to allow proper embryonic development and maintenance of adult tissue. A critical component in this control is the …
The inner workings of a biological cell or a chemical reactor can be rationalized by the network of reactions, whose structure reveals the most important functional mechanisms. For …
Millions of naïve T cells with different TCRs may interact with a peptide-MHC ligand, but very few will activate. Remarkably, this fine control is orchestrated using a limited set of …
Cellular microenvironments are dynamic. When exposed to extracellular cues, such as changing concentrations of inflammatory cytokines, cells activate signaling networks that …
J Feng, X Zhang, T Tian - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is an important intracellular signaling cascade that plays a key role in various cellular processes. Understanding the regulatory …
K Seitz, PJ Krysan - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are key regulators of numerous biological processes in plants. To better understand the mechanisms by which these kinases function …
AE Pomeroy, MI Pena, JR Houser, G Dixit… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Cells use signaling pathways to receive and process information about their environment. These nonlinear systems rely on feedback and feedforward regulation to respond …
Melanoma is among the most heterogeneous and aggressive type of cancers. The BRAFV600E mutation, found in over 50% of metastatic melanomas, drives aberrant MAPK …
All biological systems constantly receive, process and respond to external signals. Cells, although being the basic unit of life, show remarkable ability to decipher the environmental …