This review aims to survey the current state of mechanotransduction in vascular smooth
muscle cells (VSMCs) and endothelial cells (ECs), including their sensing of mechanical …

Recent technological advances have made it possible to decode DNA methylomes at single-
base-pair resolution under various physiological conditions. Many aberrant or differentially …

Transcription, translation and subsequent protein modification represent the transfer of
genetic information from the archival copy of DNA to the short-lived messenger RNA, usually …

DNA hypomethylation was the initial epigenetic abnormality recognized in human tumors.
However, for several decades after its independent discovery by two laboratories in 1983, it …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted by plants as a consequence of their
interaction with biotic and abiotic factors, and have a very important role in plant evolution …

MLL, the human homolog of Drosophila trithorax, maintains Hox gene expression in
mammalian embryos and is rearranged in human leukemias resulting in Hox gene …

Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the formation and
maintenance of memories is a central goal of the neuroscience community. It is well …

Cancer testis antigens (CTA) are a large family of tumor-associated antigens expressed in
human tumors of different histological origin, but not in normal tissues except for testis and …

Plants produce an incredible variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that assist the
interactions with their environment, such as attracting pollinating insects and seed …

The identification and characterization of molecular mechanisms utilized by cells to mediate
transcriptional repression at methylated loci are fundamental to understanding the biological …