Actin filaments are the smallest type, with a diameter of only about 6 nm, and they are made of a protein called actin. Intermediate filaments, as their name suggests, are mid-sized, with a ...

Expressed abundantly and differentially, intermediate filaments provide each cell type with a unique cytoskeletal architecture, thereby providing a mechanism for cell-type-specific cytoskeletal ...

"Other members of the intermediate filament protein family may also be formed by phase separation." Building on this discovery, Adam and his collaborators will now study the amino acid sequences ...

Bidirectional Interplay between Vimentin Intermediate Filaments and Contractile Actin Stress Fibers. Cell Reports , 2015; DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.05.008 Cite This Page : ...

Changes to the intermediate filament (IF) protein, vimentin, were found to promote tumor growth by increasing cancer stemness in an estrogen independent manner. Targeting vimentin and/or the long ...

As such, the current nosology for this entity is FTLD-FUS, which is thought to include not only aFTLD-U but also neuronal intermediate filament inclusion disease (NIFID) and basophilic inclusion body ...

Vimentin intermediate filaments are generally present in mesenchymal cells. Vimentin is found not only in eukaryotic cells, but also in bacteria, where it helps to form the cytoskeleton. Vimentin is ...

Neurofilament light (NfL) is a 68 kDa cytoskeletal intermediate filament protein highly expressed in neuronal axons. It is associated with the 125 kDa Neurofilament medium (NfM) and the 200 kDa ...

Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in collaboration with research groups in Finland, Canada and Slovenia, have discovered a novel and unexpected function ...

Changes to the intermediate filament (IF) protein, vimentin, were found to promote tumor growth by increasing cancer stemness ...