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Grape Seed Proanthocyanidin Extract Inhibits Human Esophageal Squamous Cancerous Cell Line ECA109 via the NF-B Signaling Pathway.

Mediators of inflammation
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is the most common type of squamous cell carcinoma. Grape seed proanthocyanidin extract (GSPE) is considered to exhibit anticancer activity against several different types of cancer. We aimed to determine whether GS...

More Than Just a Removal Service: Scavenger Receptors in Leukocyte Trafficking.

Frontiers in immunology
Scavenger receptors are a highly diverse superfamily of proteins which are grouped by their inherent ability to bind and internalize a wide array of structurally diverse ligands which can be either endogenous or exogenous in nature. Consequently, sca...

Acquisition and reconstruction of 4D surfaces of axolotl embryos with the flipping stage robotic microscope.

Bio Systems
We have designed and constructed a Flipping Stage for a light microscope that can view the whole exterior surface of a 2 mm diameter developing axolotl salamander embryo. It works by rapidly inverting the bottom-heavy embryo, imaging it as it rights ...

Regulation of C2C12 Differentiation and Control of the Beating Dynamics of Contractile Cells for a Muscle-Driven Biosyncretic Crawler by Electrical Stimulation.

Soft robotics
Biosyncretic robots have potential advantages associated with both living organisms and electromechanical systems. Skeletal muscle tissue is a candidate as bioactuators for biosyncretic robots because of its excellent contraction force and controllab...

Deconvolution of subcellular protrusion heterogeneity and the underlying actin regulator dynamics from live cell imaging.

Nature communications
Cell protrusion is morphodynamically heterogeneous at the subcellular level. However, the mechanism of cell protrusion has been understood based on the ensemble average of actin regulator dynamics. Here, we establish a computational framework called ...

Robotic Patterning a Superhydrophobic Surface for Collective Cell Migration Screening.

Tissue engineering. Part C, Methods
Collective cell migration, in which cells migrate as a group, is fundamental in many biological and pathological processes. There is increasing interest in studying the collective cell migration in high throughput. Cell scratching, insertion blocker,...

Quantitative assessment of cancer cell morphology and motility using telecentric digital holographic microscopy and machine learning.

Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology
The noninvasive, fast acquisition of quantitative phase maps using digital holographic microscopy (DHM) allows tracking of rapid cellular motility on transparent substrates. On two-dimensional surfaces in vitro, MDA-MB-231 cancer cells assume several...

Chemical characterization and wound healing property of a β-D-glucan from edible mushroom Piptoporus betulinus.

International journal of biological macromolecules
A water-soluble β-D-glucan was obtained from fruiting bodies of Piptoporus betulinus, by hot aqueous extraction followed by freeze-thawing procedure and dialysis. Its molar mass distribution and conformational behavior in solution was assessed by siz...

Bow-tie signaling in c-di-GMP: Machine learning in a simple biochemical network.

PLoS computational biology
Bacteria of many species rely on a simple molecule, the intracellular secondary messenger c-di-GMP (Bis-(3'-5')-cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate), to make a vital choice: whether to stay in one place and form a biofilm, or to leave it in search...

Soft Modular Robotic Cubes: Toward Replicating Morphogenetic Movements of the Embryo.

PloS one
In this paper we present a new type of simple, pneumatically actuated, soft modular robotic system that can reproduce fundamental cell behaviors observed during morphogenesis; the initial shaping stage of the living embryo. The fabrication method use...