Gravity determines shape of body tissue and affects the functions of life, both in plants and
animals. The cellular response to gravity is an active process of mechanotransduction …

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains prevalent worldwide since its onset
was confirmed in Wuhan, China in 2019. Vaccines against the causative virus, severe acute …

Microplastics (MPs) pollution becomes an emergent threat to the ecosystem, and its joint
effect with organic contaminants will cause more severe consequences. Recently, MPs has …

Stimulation of angiotensin II receptor (ATR) with angiotensin II (Ang II) accelerates cardiac
fibroblast activation, resulting in upregulation of cytokines and growth factors. Growth factors …

The present study investigates the morphological, physicochemical, and structural changes
occurred by the UV-B aging process of low-density polyethylene microplastics (LDPE MPs) …

For the maintenance of epithelial homeostasis, various aberrant or dysfunctional cells are
actively eliminated from epithelial layers. This cell extrusion process mainly falls into two …

Oxidative stress causes cellular injury and damage in the heart primarily through apoptosis
resulting in cardiac abnormalities such as heart failure and cardiomyopathy. During …

Chronic pruritus is a prominent symptom of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) and represents
a huge unmet health problem. However, its underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms …

Abstract Glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 (7-36), a major active form of GLP-1 hormone, is
rapidly cleaved by dipeptidyl peptidase-4 to generate a truncated metabolite, GLP-1 (9-36) …

Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) play a pivotal role in the stability and tonic regulation
of vascular homeostasis. VSMCs can switch back and forth between highly proliferative …