Self-incompatibility (SI) prevents inbreeding through specific recognition and rejection of
incompatible pollen. In incompatible Papaver rhoeas pollen, SI triggers a Ca 2+ signaling …

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a severe intestinal inflammation in neonates, occurs
following bacterial colonization of the gut. LPS-induced production of inflammatory factors in …

Increased production and activation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) are critical
events in skeletal muscle angiogenesis and are known to occur in response to mechanical …

Endometrial apoptosis increases from the proliferative phase through the secretory phase
and peaks at menses. However, with the onset of pregnancy, the corpus luteum is rescued …

Platelets express, among others, initiator caspase 9 and effector caspase 3. Upon activation
by physiological agonists, calcium ionophores or under shear stress they might develop …

Abstract Changes in cell morphology are linked to many cellular events including
cytokinesis, differentiation, migration and apoptosis. We recently showed that BNIP-Sα …

Aralia cordata were determined by measuring (1) GAG and collagen expression,(2) GAG
and collagen degrada-tion,(3) TIMP and MMPs expression, and (4) TIMP and MMPs activity …

Background Nitric oxide (NO) in articular chondrocytes regulates dedifferentiation and
inflammatory responses by modulating MAP kinases. In this study, we investigated whether …

Background Caveolin, a family of integral membrane proteins are a principal component of
caveolae membranes. In this study, we investigated the effect of p38 kinase on …

Background Caveolin-1 is a principal component of caveolae membranes in vivo. Although
expression of caveolae structure and expression of caveolin family, caveolin-1,-2 and-3, was …