Edited by Dr Julie Chan
A thematic series in Journal of Biomedical Science.
Edited by Dr Julie Chan
A thematic series in Journal of Biomedical Science.
Shiga toxin 2 from enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli is the etiologic agent of bloody diarrhea, hemolytic uremic syndrome and derived encephalopathies that may result to death in patients. Being a Gram negative ...
Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2019 26:16
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most common movement disorder and manifests as resting tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability. Pathologically, PD is characterized by selective loss of dopamin...
Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2018 25:52
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the biggest organelle in cells and is involved in versatile cellular processes. Formation and maintenance of ER morphology are regulated by a series of proteins controlling me...
Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2018 25:2
The sigma-1 receptor (Sig-1R) is a chaperone that resides mainly at the mitochondrion-associated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane (called the MAMs) and acts as a dynamic pluripotent modulator in living syst...
Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2017 24:74
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality of both young adults of less than 45 years of age and the elderly, and contributes to about 30% of all injury deaths in ...
Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2017 24:71
Three-dimensional (3D) brain organoids derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), including embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), appear to recapitulate the brain’s 3D...
Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2017 24:59