hku.hk; Dr Helen H N Yan; yanhelen{at}hku.hk Objective Cell-cell (CC) and cell-matrix (CM) adhesions are essential for epithelial cell survival, yet dissociation-induced apoptosis is frequently ...

Objectives In this study, we employ a multiomic approach to identify major cell types and subsets, and their transcriptomic profiles within the infrapatellar fat pad (IFP), and to determine ...

Summary: Humans have vestigial ear muscles that once helped our ancestors focus on sounds. New research shows these muscles still activate when we strain to hear in noisy environments. Scientists used ...

Here, we report a composite nanofiber biomaterial scaffold as a promising solution that closely mimics the extracellular matrix (ECM) to improve ... to visualize α- smooth muscle actin (α-SMA).

Skeletal muscles can convert chemical energy into mechanical energy to cause voluntary muscle contraction and movement. Skeletal muscle is composed of fascicles, bundled units of multiple muscle ...

In search of other potential players, the researchers scoured a national database of human tissue samples and noticed an abundance of BCL6 in muscle cells -- a clue that it may play an important ...

If your health goals include building muscle while losing fat and excess weight, you may wonder if you can build muscle while in a calorie deficit (when you eat fewer calories than your body uses).

Skeletal muscle is a subtype of muscle formed of bundles of elongated, cylindrical, multinucleate muscle fibres arranged in a striated pattern. Skeletal muscle is attached to the skeleton by ...

BACKGROUND: The ECM (extracellular matrix) provides the microenvironmental niche sensed by resident vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Aging and disease are associated with dramatic changes in ECM ...

British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences, King’s College London, United Kingdom. (M.W., M ...