The zebrafish has long been the favorite organism in many scientific disciplines. Although
its attributes as a model were expounded for many years and thus were no secret, the …

… of the Rho kinase inhibitor Y-27632. As the concentration of Y-27632 is increased from 1 to
… Cells treated with 1 µM Y-27632 exert traction forces indistinguishable from WT cells. In the …

… This study, a culmination of 15 y of research from mice to humans, provides ...Dietary
flavanols are food constituents found in certain fruits and vegetables that have been linked to …

Circulating barrier disruptive agonists bind specific cell membrane receptors and trigger signal
transduction pathways leading to the activation of cell contractility and endothelial cell (EC…

… (b) Box plots of FA lengths in U2OS cells as a function of Y-27632 concentration (n = 101
(WT), 78 (1 µM), 134 (2 µM), 117 (5 µM), 124 (10 µM) FAs). (c) Representative GFP-actin …

… The x, y positions of individual cells obtained by tracking in Metamorph and were … +(y t +τ
–y t ) 2 ]} and linear distance from starting point to end point {D = √[(x end –x start ) 2 +(y end –y …

Reversible changes in lung microstructure accompany lung inflammation, although alterations
in tissue micromechanics and their impact on inflammation remain unknown. This study …

The origin of the amniote egg is one of the most significant events in the evolution of
terrestrial vertebrates. This innovation was probably driven by increased egg size, and to find …

… Image sequences were corrected for x/y drift using the Stackreg plugin in ImageJ and a
custom MATLAB script (MathWorks). Fluorescence imaging of cells expressing H2B-mCherry …

Eleutherodactylus coqui develops directly on land to a frog. The large 3.5‐mm oocyte of E.
coqui has enough yolk to allow development without a feeding tadpole. In the smaller …