supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81970884,81900941,81970885,82371157,82171145,82271173,and 81771019);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20190121 and BK20200133);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2020M681555);a Distinguished Young Scholarship supported by the Medical Science and Technology Development Foundation,Nanjing Department of Health (JQX20003).
Deafness is the prevailing sensory impairment among humans,impacting every aspect of one's existence.Half of congenital deafness cases are attributed to genetic factors.Studies have shown that Luzp2 is expressed in ha...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,No.BK20221377(to JG);the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China,No.22KJB180023(to JG)。
Rho GTPases are essential regulators of the actin cytoskeleton.They are involved in various physiological and biochemical processes such as the regulation of cytoskeleton dynamics,development,proliferation,survival,an...
This work was supported by grants from National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFA1101300,2020YFA0112503,2020YFA0113600);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Science(XDA16010303);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82030029,81970882,82071013,81870721,92149304,82000984);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BE2019711);the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province(2021YFS0371);the Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program(JCYJ20190814093401920,JCYJ20210324125608022);the China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents(BX20200082);the Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering,Fudan University(SKLGE-2109).
Auditory hair cells(HCs)are the mechanosensory receptors of the cochlea,and HC loss or malfunction can result from genetic defects.Dock4,a member of the Dock180-related protein superfamily,is a guanine nucleotide exch...
This work was supported by grants from the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0507900 to 1.Z,2019YFA0508402 to C.W.);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32122036,U2032122,and 31770779 to 1.Z;22122703,91953110,and 32170767 to C.W.);the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(20S 11900200);the Interdisciplinary Innovative Talent Training Program of Shanghai Jiao Tong University(to 1.Z.);the Scientific Research Foundation for Youth Scholars of Shanghailiao Tong University(AF0890029 to L.L.)。
Sound waves are converted into electric signals by hair bundles(also known as stereocilia)in the cochlear hair cells.Stereocilia,a cluster of actin protrusions at the apical surface of hair cells,are organized into ro...
supported by grants from Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Science(XDA16010303);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81570921,82030029,81970882,81970884,81900941,81771019,81700913);Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BE2019711,BK20190121);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M681555);Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program(JCYJ20190814093401920)。
Several clinical studies have reported that hearing loss is correlated with autism in children.However,little is known about the underlying mechanism between hearing loss and autism.p21-activated kinases(PAKs)are a fa...
National Key Basic Research Program of China(No.2018YFC1003600);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81771001);Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Cell and Developmental Biology(No.SPKLACDB-2019000);the Fundamental Research Funds of Shandong University(No.2018JC025).
Myosins comprise a large superfamily of adenosine triphosphatases(ATPases)that interact with actin filaments to generate motility or force.Unconventional myosins are implicated in diverse cellular processes including ...
Tprn encodes the taperin protein,which is concentrated in the tapered region of hair cell stereocilia in the inner ear.In humans,TPRN mutations cause autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness(DFNB79)by an unknown mech...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11272200 and 11572186)
A three-dimensional inner stereocilium model is established by PATRAN. According to the relevant data, the corresponding pressure is applied to one side of the inner stereocilia. The top displacement of the inner ster...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11272200 and11572186)
According to the vibration characteristics of the organ of Corti (OC), seven hypotheses are made to simplify the structure of the model, and a mechanical OC model is established. Using the variational principle, a d...
When the processes of neurons are in close proximity they effectively couple to each other in a process termed Ephaptic coupling. This coupling occurs without the membranes touching when the space between them is some...