Mitochondria are crucial organelles for life and death of the cell. They are prominent players
in energy conversion and integrated signaling pathways including regulation of Ca2+ …

Once considered simply as the main source of ATP, mitochondria are now implicated in the
control of many additional aspects of cell physiology, such as calcium signaling, and …

Hypothesis Damage to heart mitochondrial structure and function occur with aging, and in
heart failure (HF). However, the extent of mitochondrial dysfunction, the expression of …

Eukaryotic cells have highly organized, interconnected intracellular compartments. The
nuclear surface and cytoplasmic cytoskeletal filaments represent compartments involved in …

Desmin is a structural protein that is expressed in smooth muscle cells of both airways and
alveolar ducts. Therefore, desmin could be well situated to participate in passive and …

Plakin crosslinking proteins have recently emerged as key components of the cytoskeleton.
Bullous pemphigoid antigen 1 (Bpag1) is one such protein, identified as the mutated gene …

In the present work, we identified the lipid raft-associated protein Cap23 to be involved in
several important neuronal functions like the organization of lipid raft platforms, the …