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Protein Transport to the Stroma
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2023
Chloroplasts are triple membrane structures with an outer membrane, an inner membrane, and a thylakoid membrane, each containing distinct metabolite transporters, membrane translocons, and enzymes. Appropriate sorting and translocating these proteins to their correct membrane systems is essential for chloroplast function. Protein complexes called the translocon of the outer chloroplast membrane or TOC complex, and the translocon of the inner chloroplast membrane or TIC complex mediate the...
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Brain Imaging Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Observing Virtual Social Interactions
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2011
This article demonstrates an experimental design in which whole-body animated characters are used in conjunction with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate the neural correlates of observing virtual social interactions.
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A Novel Experimental and Analytical Approach to the Multimodal Neural Decoding of Intent During Social Interaction in Freely-behaving Human Infants
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2015
This protocol presents a novel methodology for the neural decoding of intent from freely-behaving infants during unscripted social interaction with an actor. Neural activity is acquired using non-invasive high-density active scalp electroencephalography (EEG). Kinematic data is collected with inertial measurement units and supplemented with synchronized video recording.
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A Novel Stromal Fibroblast-Modulated 3D Tumor Spheroid Model for Studying Tumor-Stroma Interaction and Drug Discovery
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2020
A novel three-dimensional spheroid model based on the heterotypic interaction of tumor cells and stromal fibroblasts is established. Here, we present coculture of tumor cells and stromal fibroblasts, time-lapse imaging, and confocal microscopy to visualize the formation of spheroids. This three-dimensional model offers a pertinent platform to study tumor-stroma interactions and test cancer therapeutics.
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Enumeration of Neural Stem Cells Using Clonal Assays
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2016
Neural stem cells (NSCs) refer to cells which can self-renew and differentiate into the three neural lineages. Here, we describe a protocol to determine NSC frequency in a given cell population using neurosphere formation and differentiation under clonal conditions.
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Neural stroma interaction can transmit information through three complementary routes. Direct cell contact permits close-range communication, whereas extracellular-matrix signals provide environmental cues and soluble factors diffuse through the local microenvironment. Examining these routes separately and together helps researchers connect specific forms of communication with changes in neuronal survival, glial behavior, axon growth, or inflammatory responses.
Extracellular-matrix signals provide noncellular cues that can shape neural responses, rather than acting only as structural background. Within neural stroma interaction, they are considered alongside direct contact and soluble factors to determine how the surrounding tissue influences axon growth, glial behavior, and repair. This distinction helps explain why changing the local matrix may alter neural outcomes even when the participating cells remain present.
Reciprocity means neural cells and stromal cells can each influence the other, so the microenvironment is not a one-way support system. Signals from stromal cells may affect neuronal survival, glial behavior, or inflammation, while neural-cell activity can help shape the surrounding response. This perspective is important when interpreting injury, development, or disease, where cellular effects may reinforce or counteract one another.
Researchers can examine neuronal survival, glial behavior, axon growth, and inflammatory responses as distinct outcomes of neural stroma interaction. These endpoints represent different aspects of tissue behavior: cell persistence, glial activity, neuronal extension, and immune-related change. Considering several outcomes together can reveal whether a microenvironment supports repair broadly or affects only one neural process, which is useful in disease and regeneration research.
A study can be structured by distinguishing direct cell contact, extracellular-matrix signals, and soluble factors, then relating each communication route to neural outcomes such as survival, axon growth, glial behavior, or inflammation. Including growth factors and cytokines within the soluble-factor analysis helps specify possible signaling influences. This framework supports comparisons across development, injury, disease, and repair-focused experiments.
Neural stroma interaction is relevant to neurodegeneration, brain tumors, neural regeneration, and the design of cell-based or biomaterial therapies. In each setting, the central research question concerns how the tissue environment shapes neural structure, function, repair, or disease progression. Studying the communication routes and outcomes can therefore guide interpretation of pathological microenvironments and regenerative strategies.