Outer membrane vesiclesOuter membrane vesicles (OMVs) are vesicles released from the outer membranes of Gram-negative bacteria. While Gram-positive bacteria release vesicles as well those vesicles fall under the broader category of bacterial membrane vesicles (MVs). OMVs were the first MVs to be discovered, and are distinguished from outer inner membrane vesicles (OIMVS), which are gram-negitive baterial vesicles containing portions of both the outer and inner bacterial membrane.
Tissu biologiqueUn tissu en biologie est le niveau d'organisation intermédiaire entre la cellule et l'organe. Un tissu est un ensemble de cellules semblables et de même origine, regroupées en amas, réseau ou faisceau (fibre). Un tissu forme un ensemble fonctionnel, c'est-à-dire que ses cellules concourent à une même fonction. Les tissus biologiques se régénèrent régulièrement et sont assemblés entre eux pour former des organes. La science qui étudie les tissus est l'histologie. Il existe plus d'une centaine de tissus chez les animaux.
Medical literatureMedical literature is the scientific literature of medicine: articles in journals and texts in books devoted to the field of medicine. Many references to the medical literature include the health care literature generally, including that of dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and the allied health professions. Contemporary and historic views regarding diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of medical conditions have been documented for thousands of years. The Edwin Smith papyrus is the first known medical treatise.
Rho-associated protein kinaseRho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) is a kinase belonging to the AGC (PKA/ PKG/PKC) family of serine-threonine specific protein kinases. It is involved mainly in regulating the shape and movement of cells by acting on the cytoskeleton. ROCKs (ROCK1 and ROCK2) occur in mammals (human, rat, mouse, cow), zebrafish, Xenopus, invertebrates (C. elegans, mosquito, Drosophila) and chicken. Human ROCK1 has a molecular mass of 158 kDa and is a major downstream effector of the small GTPase RhoA.
