Vimentin is a type III intermediate filament (IF) protein normally expressed in cells that develop into connective tissue, ...

Our guts are home to trillions of bacteria, and research over the last few decades has established how essential they are to our physiology – in health and disease.

Changes to the intermediate filament (IF) protein, vimentin, were found to promote tumor growth by increasing cancer stemness in an oestrogen independent manner.

A disrupted protein degradation process in heart muscle cells can lead to a range of severe heart diseases. In the case of ...

Low-density lipoproteins (LDL) -- commonly known as bad cholesterol -- have long been on scientists' radar as a major contributor to heart disease. But these microscopic troublemakers have hidden ...

Accumulation of clots causes some of the most severe symptoms of sickle cell disease, including strokes, kidney failure, ...

Molecular communications in the bloodstream is a promising area of research, since the bloodstream has the ability to ...

Insights into the structures could lead to improved treatment strategies for transthyretin amyloidosis, a progressive, fatal disease in men.

While healthy transthyretin moves hormones through blood and spinal fluid ... Their findings, published in Nature Structural ...