Frontiers Article Alert

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

 

Frontiers is pleased to announce a number of exciting new articles in the field of Physiology.

 

Frontiers in Physiology, section “Biophysics”

Capturing structure and function in an embryonic heart with biophotonic tools
Ganga Karunamuni, Shi Gu, Lindsy M Peterson, Pei Ma, Yves T Wang, Andrew M Rollins, Michael W Jenkins, and Michiko Watanabe

Frontiers in Physiology, section “Cardiac Electrophysiology”

Is CRT pro-arrhythmic? A comparative analysis of the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias between patients implanted with CRTs and ICDs
A B Gopalamurugan, G Ganesha Babu, Dominic P Rogers, Adam L Simpson, Syed Y Ahsan, Pier D Lambiase, Anthony W Chow, Martin D Lowe, Edward Rowland, and Oliver R Segal
Local delivery of fluorescent dye for fiber-optics confocal microscopy of the living heart
Chao Huang, Aditya K. Kaza, Robert B. Hitchcock, and Frank B. Sachse
Ca2+ signaling in arterioles and small arteries of conscious, restrained, optical biosensor mice
Seth T. Fairfax, Joseph Ryan H. Mauban, Scarlett Hao, Mark A. Rizzo, Jin Zhang, and Withrow Gil Wier
Quantifying distortions in two-photon remote focussing microscope images using a volumetric calibration specimen
Alexander David Corbett, Rebecca-Ann Beatrice Burton, Gil Bub, Patrick S. Salter, Simon Tuohy, Martin J. Booth, and Tony Wilson
Correlative intravital imaging of cGMP signals and vasodilation in mice
Martin Thunemann, Kjestine Schmidt, Cor De Wit, Xiaoxing Han, Rakesh K Jain, Dai Fukumura, and Robert Feil

Frontiers in Physiology, section “Clinical and Translational Physiology”

Interplay between heart rate and its variability: a prognostic game
Jerzy Sacha
Time-domain analysis of scrotal thermoregulatory impairment in varicocele
Enas Ismail, Giuseppe Orlando, Paolo Pompa, Daniela Gabrielli, Luigino Di Donato, Daniela Cardone, and Arcangelo Merla
The adrenergic system in cardiovascular pathophysiology: a translational science point of view
Giuseppe Rengo
Computational modeling of inhibition of voltage-gated Ca channels: identification of different effects on uterine and cardiac action potentials
Wing Chiu Tong, Iffath Ghouri, and Michael J Taggart

Frontiers in Physiology, section “Craniofacial Biology”

Sox2 acts as a rheostat of epithelial to mesenchymal transition during neural crest development
Nikolaos Mandalos, Muriel Rhinn, Zoraide Granchi, Ioannis Karampelas, Thimios Mitsiadis, Aris Economides, Pascal Dolle, and Eumorphia Remboutsika
Analysis of enamel development using murine model systems: approaches and limitations
Megan K Pugach and Carolyn W Gibson
Comparative studies between mice molars and incisors are required to draw an overview of enamel structural complexity
MICHEL GOLDBERG
Maturation and beyond: proteins in the developmental continuum from enamel epithelium to junctional epithelium
Bernhard Ganss and Nastaran Abbarin
Wnt signaling during tooth replacement in zebrafish (Danio rerio): pitfalls and perspectives
Ann Huysseune, Mieke Soenens, and Fien Elderweirdt
Enamel maturation: a brief background with implications for some enamel dysplasias
Colin Robinson
Helium ion microscopy of enamel crystallites and extracellular tooth enamel matrix
Felicitas B Bidlack, Chuong Huynh, Jeffrey Marshman, and Bernhard Goetze

Frontiers in Physiology, section “Gastrointestinal Sciences”

Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR): a point of convergence in the action of insulin/IGF-1 and G protein-coupled receptor agonists in pancreatic cancer cells
Enrique Rozengurt
Targeting p110gamma in gastrointestinal cancers: attack on multiple fronts
Marco Falasca and Tania Maffucci

Frontiers in Physiology, section “Integrative Physiology”

Role of sympathetic nerve activity in the process of fainting
Satoshi Iwase, Naoki Nishimura, and Tadaaki Mano
Cerebral hemodynamics during graded Valsalva maneuvers
Blake Graeme Perry, James David Cotter, Gaizka Mejuto, Toby Mundel, and Samuel J.E. Lucas
The heart cannot pump blood that it does not receive
Wouter Wieling, F J de Lange, and David L Jardine
The efficacy of antihypertensive drugs in chronic intermittent hypoxia conditions
Lucilia Neves Diogo and Emília Carreira Monteiro
Glucose sensing by carotid body glomus cells: potential implications in disease
Lin Gao, Patricia Ortega-Sáenz, María García-Fernández, Patricia González-Rodríguez, Candela Caballero-Eraso, and Jose Lopez-Barneo
Update on 3-iodothyronamine and its neurological and metabolic actions
Riccardo Zucchi, Alice Accorroni, and Grazia Chiellini

Frontiers in Physiology, section “Membrane Physiology and Membrane Biophysics”

Cx43-hemichannel function and regulation in physiology and pathophysiology: insights from the bovine corneal endothelial cell system and beyond
Catheleyne D'hondt, Jegan Iyyathurai, Bernard Himpens, Luc Leybaert, and Geert Bultynck
Effect of an anti-human Co-029/tspan8 mouse monoclonal antibody on tumor growth in a nude mouse model
Naouel Ailane, Céline Greco, Yingying Zhu, Monica Sala-Valdès, Martine Billard, Ibrahim Casal, Olivia Bawa, Paule Opolon, Eric Rubinstein, and Claude Boucheix
BKCa channel dysfunction in neurological diseases
Prosper N'Gouemo
Potential of caveolae in the therapy of cardiovascular and neurological diseases
Gemma Navarro, Kjell Fuxe, Dasiel Oscar Borroto-Escuela, and Rafael Franco

Frontiers in Physiology, section “Membrane Physiology and Membrane Biophysics” (Continued)

Small GTPases and phosphoinositides in the regulatory mechanisms of macropinosome formation and maturation
Youhei Egami, Tomohiko Taguchi, Masashi Maekawa, Hiroyuki Arai, and Nobukazu Araki
Melatonin reduces lipid peroxidation and membrane viscosity
Russel J Reiter, Dun-xian Tan, and Annia Galano
Calcium-activated potassium channels in ischemia reperfusion: a brief update
Jean-Yves Tano and Maik Gollasch
CLC channel function and dysfunction in health and disease
Gabriel Stölting, Martin Fischer, and Christoph Fahlke
BK channel activators and their therapeutic perspectives
Bo Hjorth Bentzen, Søren Peter Olesen, Lars Christian Rønn, and Morten Grunnet
Current understanding of iberiotoxin-resistant BK channels in the nervous system
Bin Wang, David B Jaffe, and Robert Brenner
Pharmacological consequences of the coexpression of BK channel α and auxiliary β subunits
Yolima P. Torres, Sara T. Granados, and Ramon Latorre
Regulation of BK channels by auxiliary γ subunits
Jiyuan Zhang and Jiusheng Yan

Frontiers in Physiology, section “Mitochondrial Research”

Mitochondrial targets for volatile anesthetics against cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury
Bhawana Agarwal, David F Stowe, Ranjan K. Dash, Zeljko J. Bosnjak, and Amadou K S Camara
Bcl-xL in neuroprotection and plasticity
Elizabeth Ann Jonas, George A. Porter, and Kambiz N. Alavian
The “Goldilocks Zone” from a redox perspective—Adaptive vs. deleterious responses to oxidative stress in striated muscle
Rick J Alleman, Lalage A Katunga, Margaret-Ann M Nelson, David A. Brown, and Ethan J Anderson
The location of energetic compartments affects energetic communication in cardiomyocytes
Rikke Birkedal, Martin Laasmaa, and Marko Vendelin

Frontiers in Physiology, section “Oxidant Physiology”

Reactive oxygen species at the crossroads of inflammasome and inflammation
Anantha Harijith, David Ebenezer, and Viswanathan Natarajan
Red blood cell, hemoglobin and heme in the progression of atherosclerosis
Viktória Jeney, György Balla, and József Balla
Modeling hemoglobin and hemoglobin:haptoglobin complex clearance in a non-rodent species–pharmacokinetic and therapeutic implications
Felicitas S Boretti, Jin H Baek, Andre F Palmer, Dominik J Schaer, and Paul W Buehler
Endothelial dysfunction and preeclampsia: role of oxidative stress
Lissette Carolina Sánchez-Aranguren, Carlos Enrique Prada, Carlos Eduardo Riaño-Medina, and Marcos Lopez

Frontiers in Physiology, section “Respiratory Physiology”

Time course of pulmonary burden in mice exposed to residual oil fly ash
Giovanna Marcella Cavalcante Carvalho, Lilian Katie Nagato, Sheila da Silva Fagundes, Flavia Brandão dos Santos, Andrea Surrage Calheiros, Olaf Malm, Patricia Torres Bozza, Paulo Hilario Nascimento Saldiva, Debora Souza Faffe, Patricia Rieken Macedo Rocco, and Walter Araujo Zin

Frontiers in Physiology, section “Striated Muscle Physiology”

Hypothesis and theory: mechanical instabilities and non-uniformities in hereditary sarcomere myopathies
Alf Mansson
Remodeling of the heart in hypertrophy in animal models with myosin essential light chain mutations
Katarzyna Kazmierczak, Chen-Ching Yuan, Jingsheng Liang, Wenrui Huang, Ana I Rojas, and Danuta Szczesna-Cordary
Skeletal muscle tissue engineering: strategies for volumetric constructs
Giorgio Cittadella Vigodarzere and Sara Mantero
Cardiac tissue engineering: a reflection after a decade of hurry
Valentina Di Felice, Rosario Barone, Giorgia Nardone, and Giancarlo Forte
A N-terminal truncated intracellular isoform of matrix metalloproteinase-2 impairs contractility of mouse myocardium
David H Lovett, Charles Chu, Guanying Wang, Mark B Ratcliffe, and Anthony J Baker
Muscle acellular scaffold as a biomaterial: effects on C2C12 cell differentiation and interaction with the murine host environment
Perniconi Barbara, Dario Coletti, Paola Aulino, Alessandra Costa, Paola Aprile, Luigi Santacroce, Ernesto Chiaravalloti, Laura Coquelin, Nathalie Chevallier, Laura Teodori, Sergio Adamo, Massimo Marrelli, and Marco Tatullo
Skeletal muscle myofilament adaptations to aging, disease, and disuse and their effects on whole muscle performance in older adult humans
Mark Stuart Miller, Damien Mark Callahan, and Michael J Toth
Alterations in thin filament length during postnatal skeletal muscle development and aging in mice
David S Gokhin, Emily A Dubuc, Kendra Q Lian, Luanne L Peters, and Velia M Fowler
Skeletal muscle pathology in Huntington's disease
Daniel Zielonka, Izabela Piotrowska, Jerzy T Marcinkowski, and Michal Mielcarek
Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Functional variance among individual cardiomyocytes as a trigger of FHC-phenotype development
Bernhard Brenner, Benjamin Seebohm, Snigdha Tripathi, Judith Montag, and Theresia Kraft
Intermittent hypoxic resistance training: does it provide added benefit?
Brendan Richard Scott, Katie May Slattery, and Ben James Dascombe
Altered cross-bridge properties in skeletal muscle dystrophies
Aziz Guellich, Elisa Negroni, Valérie Decostre, Alexandre Demoule, and Catherine Coirault

Frontiers in Physiology, section “Systems Biology”

The dynamics of signal amplification by macromolecular assemblies for the control of chromosome segregation
Semin Lee and Victor M Bolanos-Garcia
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