Near-infrared (NIR) organic small molecule dyes (OSMDs) are effective photothermal agents
for photothermal therapy (PTT) due to their advantages of low cost and toxicity, good …

The Eph receptor tyrosine kinases and their ephrin ligands have intriguing expression
patterns in cancer cells and tumour blood vessels, which suggest important roles for their …

Little is known about how pro-obesity diets regulate tissue stem and progenitor cell function.
Here we show that high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity augments the numbers and function …

Critical roles for EPH receptor (EPH)–ephrin signalling in a range of chronic and
regenerative diseases are increasingly being recognized. In particular, the complex roles of …

Wnt signaling plays an important role in development and disease. In this review we focus
on the role of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway in somatic stem cell biology and its …

Wnt signaling pathways play divergent roles during development, normal homeostasis and
disease. The responses that result from the activation of the pathway control both …

Metastatic cancer cells typically fail to halt migration on contact with non-cancer cells. This
invasiveness is in contrast to normal mesenchymal cells that retract on contact with another …

Photothermal ablation (PTA) is an emerging technique that uses near-infrared (NIR) laser
light–generated heat to destroy tumor cells. However, complete tumor eradication by PTA …

Bones cannot properly form or be maintained without cell-cell interactions through ephrin
ligands and Eph receptors. Cell culture analysis and evaluation of genetic mouse models …

The vertebral column is a conserved anatomical structure that defines the vertebrate phylum.
The periodic or segmental pattern of the vertebral column is established early in …