News tagged with notch pathway

Top notch decisions in the developing airways bring insights into lung disease

In the normal lung, the airways are lined by a balanced mixture of ciliated, secretory and neuroendocrine cells which perform functions as diverse as air humidification, detoxification, and clearance of environmental particles. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fate in fly sensory organ precursor cells could explain human immune disorder

(June 21, 2009) - Notch signaling helps determine the fate of a number of different cell types in a variety of organisms, including humans. In an article that appears in the current issue of Nature Cell Biology, researchers at Bay ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Signaling pathway is 'executive software' of airway stem cells

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found out how mouse basal cells that line airways "decide" to become one of two types of cells that assist in airway-clearing duties. The findings could help provide new ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast