Maintenance of plasma membrane integrity is essential for normal cell viability and function.
Thus, robust membrane repair mechanisms have evolved to counteract the eminent threat of …

Adult skeletal muscle in mammals is a stable tissue under normal circumstances but has
remarkable ability to repair after injury. Skeletal muscle regeneration is a highly orchestrated …

Eukaryotic cells have been confronted throughout their evolution with potentially lethal
plasma membrane injuries, including those caused by osmotic stress, by infection from …

Sensorineural hearing impairment is the most common form of hearing loss, and
encompasses pathologies of the cochlea and the auditory nerve. Hearing impairment …

Neuromuscular disorders comprise a diverse group of human inborn diseases that arise
from defects in the structure and/or function of the muscle tissue—encompassing the muscle …

Skeletal muscle is the most abundant type of tissue in human body, being involved in
diverse activities and maintaining a finely tuned metabolic balance. Autophagy …

Skeletal muscle continuously adapts to changes in its mechanical environment through
modifications in gene expression and protein stability that affect its physiological function …

Mammalian skeletal muscle shows an enormous variability in its functional features such as
rate of force production, resistance to fatigue, and energy metabolism, with a wide spectrum …

Muscular dystrophy includes a diverse group of inherited muscle diseases characterized by
wasting and weakness of skeletal muscle. Mutations in dysferlin are linked to two clinically …

Membrane fusion can occur between cells, between different intracellular compartments,
between intracellular compartments and the plasma membrane and between lipid-bound …