镉（Cd）是一种十分有害的重金属元素，以其较高的移动性和较强的生物毒性著称 [1]，严重威胁生态环境和人类健康。Cd能通过植物进入食物链，最终在人体内累积并诱发多种疾病 ...

Inter-organelle communication via the formation of membrane contact sites (MCS) is essential for cell homeostasis. Bacterial pathogens residing in membrane bound vacuoles have exploited this ...

Lysosomes are an essential source of nutrients for cells and breakdown toxic biomaterials that accumulate as cells age. My lab uses baker's yeast (S. cerevisiae) and its vacuolar lysosome as models to ...

The patient is a 45-year-old Caucasian male with a 5-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). He has flat erythema that is more prominent on the upper chest, neck, and head. The rash ...

Now, using a combination of gene expression analysis, protein identification and enhancer mapping, they have identified a molecule that regulates and controls the CIS gene: potato vacuolar invertase.

"It has the potential to affect every single bag of potato chips around the world." More information: Xiaobiao Zhu et al, Molecular dissection of an intronic enhancer governing cold-induced expression ...

A 42-year-old Black woman with no significant past medical history presents with blue-gray macules on her neck and upper chest that gradually developed over the past year.