Search Results - "Paululat, Achim"
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On the Morphology of the Drosophila Heart
Published in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease (12-04-2016)“…The circulatory system of represents an easily amenable genetic model whose analysis at different levels, , from single molecules up to functional anatomy, has…”
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The septate junction protein Mesh is required for epithelial morphogenesis, ion transport, and paracellular permeability in the Drosophila Malpighian tubule
Published in American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology (01-03-2020)“…Septate junctions (SJs) are occluding cell-cell junctions that have roles in paracellular permeability and barrier function in the epithelia of invertebrates…”
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APC/CFzr regulates cardiac and myoblast cell numbers, and plays a crucial role during myoblast fusion
Published in Journal of cell science (15-07-2018)“…ABSTRACT Somatic muscles are formed by the iterative fusion of myoblasts into muscle fibres. This process is driven by the recurrent recruitment of proteins to…”
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Interplay between SERCA, 4E-BP, and eIF4E in the Drosophila heart
Published in PloS one (19-05-2022)“…Appropriate cardiac performance depends on a tightly controlled handling of Ca2+ in a broad range of species, from invertebrates to mammals. The role of the…”
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Neprilysins regulate muscle contraction and heart function via cleavage of SERCA-inhibitory micropeptides
Published in Nature communications (29-07-2022)“…Muscle contraction depends on strictly controlled Ca 2+ transients within myocytes. A major player maintaining these transients is the sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic…”
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Formation and function of intracardiac valve cells in the Drosophila heart
Published in Journal of experimental biology (15-05-2017)“…harbours a simple tubular heart that ensures haemolymph circulation within the body. The heart is built by a few different cell types, including cardiomyocytes…”
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The conserved ADAMTS-like protein lonely heart mediates matrix formation and cardiac tissue integrity
Published in PLoS genetics (01-07-2013)“…Here we report on the identification and functional characterization of the ADAMTS-like homolog lonely heart (loh) in Drosophila melanogaster. Loh displays all…”
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Klf15 Is Critical for the Development and Differentiation of Drosophila Nephrocytes
Published in PloS one (24-08-2015)“…Insect nephrocytes are highly endocytic scavenger cells that represent the only invertebrate model for the study of human kidney podocytes. Despite their…”
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SERCA is critical to control the Bowditch effect in the heart
Published in Scientific reports (20-08-2018)“…The Bowditch effect or staircase phenomenon is the increment or reduction of contractile force when heart rate increases, defined as either a positive or…”
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Ammonia excretion in the marine polychaete Eurythoe complanata (Annelida)
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-02-2017)“…Ammonia is a toxic waste product from protein metabolism and needs to be either converted into less toxic molecules or, in the case of fish and aquatic…”
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Biosynthesis and assembly of the Collagen IV-like protein Pericardin in Drosophila melanogaster
Published in Biology open (15-04-2018)“…In , formation of the cardiac extracellular matrix (ECM) starts during embryogenesis. Assembly and incorporation of structural proteins such as Collagen IV,…”
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Identification and In Vivo Characterisation of Cardioactive Peptides in Drosophila melanogaster
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (20-12-2018)“…Neuropeptides and peptide hormones serve as critical regulators of numerous biological processes, including development, growth, reproduction, physiology, and…”
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Debris buster is a Drosophila scavenger receptor essential for airway physiology
Published in Developmental biology (01-10-2017)“…Scavenger receptors class B (SR-B) are multifunctional transmembrane proteins, which in vertebrates participate in lipid transport, pathogen clearance,…”
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Drosophila neprilysins control insulin signaling and food intake via cleavage of regulatory peptides
Published in eLife (06-12-2016)“…Insulin and IGF signaling are critical to numerous developmental and physiological processes, with perturbations being pathognomonic of various diseases,…”
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Generation of a TMEM43 knockout human induced pluripotent stem cell line (HDZi003-A-1) using CRISPR/Cas9
Published in Stem cell research (01-04-2024)“…TMEM43 (LUMA) is a ubiquitously expressed protein with unknown function. The protein is phylogenetically highly conserved and also found in Drosophila…”
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The Drosophila wing hearts originate from pericardial cells and are essential for wing maturation
Published in Developmental biology (01-06-2008)“…In addition to the heart proper, insects possess wing hearts in the thorax to ensure regular hemolymph flow through the narrow wings. In Drosophila, the wing…”
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Combined transcriptome and proteome profiling reveal cell-type-specific functions of Drosophila garland and pericardial nephrocytes
Published in Communications biology (01-11-2024)“…Drosophila nephrocytes are specialised cells that share critical functional, morphological, and molecular features with mammalian podocytes. Accordingly,…”
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Muscle Function Assessment Using a Drosophila Larvae Crawling Assay
Published in Bio-protocol (20-07-2018)“…Here we describe a simple method to measure larval muscle contraction and locomotion behavior. The method enables the user to acquire data, without the…”
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The bHLH Transcription Factor Hand Regulates the Expression of Genes Critical to Heart and Muscle Function in Drosophila melanogaster
Published in PloS one (07-08-2015)“…Hand proteins belong to the highly conserved family of basic Helix-Loop-Helix transcription factors and are critical to distinct developmental processes,…”
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New yeast/E. coli/Drosophila triple shuttle vectors for efficient generation of Drosophila P element transformation constructs
Published in Gene (15-12-2012)“…We have generated a set of novel triple shuttle vectors that facilitate the construction of Drosophila-P-element transformations vectors. These YED-vectors…”
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