期刊: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2021; 21 (1)
The miR-200 family of microRNAs plays a significant role in inhibiting mammary tumor growth and progression, and its members are being investigated as......
期刊: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2021; 21 (1)
Background Flying is an essential function for mosquitoes, required for mating and, in the case of females, to get a blood meal and consequently funct......
期刊: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2021; 21 (1)
Background Mice with a loss of function mutation in Wdpcp were described previously to display severe birth defects in the developing heart, neural tu......
期刊: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2021; 21 (1)
Background Yaks have a strong adaptability to the plateau environment, which can be attributed to the effective oxygen utilization rate of their lung ......
期刊: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2021; 21 (1)
Background Cardiomyocytes proliferate rapidly during fetal life but lose their ability of proliferation soon after birth. However, before terminal wit......
期刊: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2021; 21 (1)
Background: Mammalian early development comprises the proliferation, differentiation, and self-assembly of the embryonic cells. The classic experiment......
期刊: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2021; 21 (1)
Background: Phosphate is the major ingredient of bone tissue, and is also an important component of commercial bone substitute materials, bone scaffol......
期刊: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2021; 21 (1)
Background: Interleukin-6 (IL6) was recently identified as an embryotrophic factor in bovine embryos, where it acts primarily to mediate inner cell ma......
期刊: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2021; 21 (1)
BackgroundOur previous study have shown that the PSMD11 protein was an important survival factor for cancer cells except for its key role in regulatio......
期刊: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2021; 21 (1)
BackgroundFatty acid oxidation plays an important role in a variety of developing and mature organ systems. However, the role of this metabolic pathwa......
期刊: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2021; 21 (1)
Background Heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2 (HSPG2) encodes for perlecan, a large proteoglycan that plays an important role in cartilage formation, cell......
期刊: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2021; 21 (1)
Background Vasculogenesis in amniotes is often viewed as two spatially and temporally distinct processes, occurring in the yolk sac and in the embryo.......
期刊: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2020; 20 (1)
Background Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1(MCP-1) is a chemokine secreted by Leydig cells and peritubular myoid cells in the rat testis. Its role i......
期刊: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2020; 20 (1)
Background Organismal fitness can be determined at early life-stages, but phenotypic variation at early life-stages is rarely considered in studies on......
期刊: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2020; 20 (1)
Background: Tissue regeneration mediated by mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is deemed a desirable way to repair teeth and craniomaxillofacial tissue def......