BACKGROUND Menarche is the first menstrual period of a girl at puberty. The timing of
menarche is important for health in later life. Age at menarche is a complex trait and has a …

One hypothesis to explain how mutations in the same nuclear envelope proteins yield
pathologies focused in distinct tissues is that as yet unidentified tissue-specific partners …

Background Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is an hereditary bone disease in which increased
bone fragility leads to frequent fractures and other complications, usually in an autosomal …

Described here is a method to measure contractility of isolated skeletal muscles. Parameters
such as muscle force, muscle power, contractile kinetics, fatigability, and recovery after …

The Ca2+ signals that control almost every cellular activity are generated by regulating
Ca2+ transport, usually via Ca2+-permeable channels, across the plasma membrane or the …

During the embryonic development of the central nervous system, neuroepithelial cells act
as neural stem cells. They undergo interkinetic nuclear movements along their apico‐basal …

The cell volume continuously changes in response to varying physiological conditions, and
mechanisms underlying volume regulation have been investigated in both experimental and …

抄録 TRIC (trimeric intracellular cation) channel subtypes, namely TRIC-A and TRIC-B, are
intracellular monovalent cation channels postulated to mediate counter-ion movements …