Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is recognized for its aggressive nature, dismal prognosis, and a notably low five-year survival rate, underscoring the critical need for early detection methods and more effective therapeutic approaches. This r...
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) have the potential to self-renew and induce cancer, which may contribute to a poor prognosis by enabling metastasis, recurrence, and therapy resistance. Hence, this study was performed to identify the association between CSC-...
Chemical mutagenesis-driven forward genetic screens are pivotal in unveiling gene functions, yet identifying causal mutations behind phenotypes remains laborious, hindering their high-throughput application. Here, we reveal a non-uniform mutation rat...
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in engineering dynamic and autonomous systems with robotic functionalities using biomolecules. Specifically, the ability of molecular motors to convert chemical energy to mechanical forces and the pr...
BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic immune-related disease characterized by synovial inflammation and destruction of joint cartilage. The pathogenesis of RA remains unclear, and diagnostic markers with high sensitivity and specificity...
Drosophila Ncd proteins are motor proteins that play important roles in spindle organization. Ncd and the tubulin dimer are highly charged. Thus, it is crucial to investigate Ncd-tubulin dimer interactions in the presence of ions, especially ions tha...
The active assembly of molecules by nanorobots has advanced greatly since “molecular manufacturing”—that is, the use of nanoscale tools to build molecular structures—was proposed. In contrast to a catalyst, which accelerates a reaction by smoothing t...
Leveraging the motion and force of individual molecular motors in a controlled manner to perform macroscopic tasks can provide substantial benefits to many applications, including robotics. Nonetheless, although millimetre-scale movement has been dem...
International journal of biological macromolecules
Jun 1, 2025
The pathogenesis of kidney cancer is not fully understood, so there is an urgent need to identify new biomarkers to improve diagnosis and treatment. The study identified KIF4A, TOP2A and ASPM as novel protein biomarkers for renal cancer and explored ...
A smart self-powered cargo delivery system that is composed of creatine phosphate kinase (CPK) microspheres, kinesins and microtubules is demonstrated. The CPK microsphere not only acts as an ATP generation and buffering system, but also as a carrier...
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