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Introduction: Regulatory processes, an emerging feature in intracellular membrane traffic
The subject of this volume is the molecular mechanism of the intracellular membrane trafficking, a central eukaryotic cell biological process. In the... -
Functions of Rab GTPases in organelle biogenesis
Rab GTPases regulate diverse aspects of the biogenesis of secretory and endocytic organelles. The conformational changes that accompany GTP binding... -
Production and Formulation of Adenovirus Vectors
Adenovirus vectors have attracted considerable interest over the past decade, with ongoing clinical development programs for applications ranging... -
Nonviral Delivery of Cancer Genetic Vaccines
The potential use of genetic vaccines to address numerous diseases including cancer is promising, but currently unrealized. Here, we review... -
Advanced Targeting Strategies for Murine Retroviral and Adeno-associated Viral Vectors
Targeted gene delivery involves broadening viral tropism to infect previously nonpermissive cells, replacing viral tropism to infect a target cell... -
Molecular Conjugates
Molecular conjugates are nanometer-sized entities consisting of synthetic materials (lipids, polycations, targeting agents, and so on) and nucleic... -
Regulation of SNARE assembly by protein phosphorylation
Protein phosphorylation is emerging as an important regulatory mechanism that controls the secretory pathway. It enables coupling between the... -
Tethering proteins in membrane traffic
In eukaryotic cells, protein secretion and the transport of materials between membrane-bounded organelles require efficient and accurate delivery of... -
Molecular mechanisms in clathrin-mediated membrane budding
Clathrin-coated vesicles (CCVs) form at the plasma membrane where they select cargo for endocytic entry into cells. CCVs also form at the trans-Golgi... -
Regulation of exocytotic events by centrosome-analogous structures
Centrosomes, spindle pole bodies, and related structures, generally termed microtubule organising centres (MTOCs; Pickett-Heaps 1969), are best... -
Lentiviral Vectors
We review the use of lentiviral vectors in current human gene therapy applications that involve genetic modification of nondividing tissues with... -
Plasmid Vaccines and Therapeutics: From Design to Applications
In the late 1980s, Vical and collaborators discovered that the injection into tissues of unformulated plasmid encoding various proteins resulted in... -
Adeno-associated Virus as a Gene Therapy Vector: Vector Development, Production and Clinical Applications
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) has emerged as an attractive vector for gene therapy. AAV vectors have successfully been utilized to promote... -
The function of Sec1/Munc18 proteins – Solution of the mystery in sight?
Members of the Sec1/Munc18 (SM) protein family form a central part of the machinery responsible for transport vesicle docking and fusion. Their... -
Phosphoinositides and membrane traffic in health and disease
The phosphorylated derivatives of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) are collectively known as the polyphosphoinositides (PIs) and they were originally... -
Regulating membrane curvature
Membranes of living cells are subject to a variety of shape changes. Membrane deformation is essential for cell division, locomotion, organelle... -
Mesomelia-synostoses syndrome: contiguous deletion syndrome, SULF1 haploinsufficiency or enhancer adoption?
BackgroundMesomelia-Synostoses Syndrome (MSS)(OMIM 600,383) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by mesomelic limb shortening, acral...
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Boosting working memory in the elderly: driving prefrontal theta–gamma coupling via repeated neuromodulation
The escalating global burden of age-related neurodegenerative diseases and associated healthcare costs necessitates innovative interventions to...
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BRD7 facilitates ferroptosis via modulating clusterin promoter hypermethylation and suppressing AMPK signaling in diabetes-induced testicular damage
BackgroundDiabetes mellitus (DM)-induced testicular damage is associated with sexual dysfunction and male infertility in DM patients. However, the...