All photosynthetic multicellular Eukaryotes, including land plants and algae, have cells that
are surrounded by a dynamic, complex, carbohydrate-rich cell wall. The cell wall exerts …

Reactogenicity represents the physical manifestation of the inflammatory response to
vaccination, and can include injection-site pain, redness, swelling or induration at the …

Studies on brown algal cell walls have entered a new phase with the concomitant discovery
of novel polysaccharides present in cell walls and the establishment of a comprehensive …

Red seaweeds are key components of coastal ecosystems and are economically important
as food and as a source of gelling agents, but their genes and genomes have received little …

In breast cancer, a key feature of peritumoral adipocytes is their loss of lipid content
observed both in vitro and in human tumors. The free fatty acids (FFAs), released by …

Several studies have pointed out ethical shortcomings in the decision-making process for
withholding or withdrawing life-supporting treatments. We conducted a study to evaluate the …

P2Y12, a G protein-coupled receptor that plays a central role in platelet activation has been
recently identified as the receptor targeted by the antithrombotic drug, clopidogrel. In this …

Abstract Tryptophan catabolism by indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) plays a key role
in tumoral resistance to immune rejection. In humans, constitutive expression of IDO1 has …

Background Molecular probes are required to detect cell wall polymers in-situ to aid
understanding of their cell biology and several studies have shown that cell wall epitopes …

Remorin proteins have been hypothesized to play important roles during cellular signal
transduction processes. Induction of some members of this multigene family has been …