Here, there, and everywhere: The importance of ER membrane contact sites

H Wu, P Carvalho, GK Voeltz - Science, 2018 - science.org
BACKGROUND The defining feature of eukaryotic cells is the presence of membrane-bound
organelles of diverse kinds, each with specialized functions. Most organelles have multiple …

SERCA control of cell death and survival

ER Chemaly, L Troncone, D Lebeche - Cell calcium, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Intracellular calcium (Ca 2+) is a critical coordinator of various aspects of cellular
physiology. It is increasingly apparent that changes in cellular Ca 2+ dynamics contribute to …

Dysregulation of mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake and sarcolemma repair underlie muscle weakness and wasting in patients and mice lacking MICU1

V Debattisti, A Horn, R Singh, EL Seifert, MW Hogarth… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Muscle function is regulated by Ca 2+, which mediates excitation-contraction coupling,
energy metabolism, adaptation to exercise, and sarcolemmal repair. Several of these …

Prepubertal skeletal muscle growth requires Pax7-expressing satellite cell-derived myonuclear contribution

JF Bachman, A Klose, W Liu, ND Paris… - …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
The functional role of Pax7-expressing satellite cells (SCs) in postnatal skeletal muscle
development beyond weaning remains obscure. Therefore, the relevance of SCs during …

Calcium regulation of bacterial virulence

MM King, BB Kayastha, MJ Franklin, MA Patrauchan - Calcium Signaling, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Calcium (Ca 2+) is a universal signaling ion, whose major informational role
shaped the evolution of signaling pathways, enabling cellular communications and …

Calreticulin: Endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ gatekeeper

M Michalak - Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) luminal Ca2+ is vital for the function of the ER and regulates
many cellular processes. Calreticulin is a highly conserved, ER‐resident Ca2+ binding …

Calcium dynamics mediated by the endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum and related diseases

FN Reddish, CL Miller, R Gorkhali, JJ Yang - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
The flow of intracellular calcium (Ca2+) is critical for the activation and regulation of
important biological events that are required in living organisms. As the major Ca2+ …

[HTML][HTML] Focused ultrasound activates voltage-gated calcium channels through depolarizing TRPC1 sodium currents in kidney and skeletal muscle

SR Burks, RM Lorsung, ME Nagle, TW Tu, JA Frank - Theranostics, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pulsed focused ultrasound (pFUS) technology is being developed for clinical neuro/immune
modulation and regenerative medicine. Biological signal transduction of pFUS forces can …

Patients experiencing statin-induced myalgia exhibit a unique program of skeletal muscle gene expression following statin re-challenge

MB Elam, G Majumdar, K Mozhui, IC Gerling, SR Vera… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Statins, the 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl (HMG)-CoA reductase inhibitors, are widely
prescribed for treatment of hypercholesterolemia. Although statins are generally well …

[HTML][HTML] The relevance of organelle interactions in cellular senescence

J Huang, P Meng, C Wang, Y Zhang, L Zhou - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Organelles are tiny structures with specific functions in eukaryotic cells. Since they are
covered with membranes, different organelles can perform biological processes that are …