Tag: Max De La Cruz Morrobel
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Expression of Plasmodesmal Regulatory Genes in Response to Brassinosteroids
By Max De La Cruz Morrobel Faculty Mentor: Dr. April Wynn Abstract Brassinosteroids (BRs) are a class of plant growth hormones that induce cellular growth and division whose fine-tuning can have valuable implications for developing higher-yielding transgenic crops. They travel through plasmodesmata (PD), a cytoplasmic sleeve between the cell walls of plants cells. PDs have…
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Inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation does not induce pro-inflammatory macrophage function
By Max De La Cruz Morrobel, Katriana Meiman Faculty Mentor: Dr. Laura Sipe Abstract After infection, SARS-CoV-2 can leave patients with long-term inflammatory cytokine release and connective tissue damage. Studies suggest that this is due to viral infection inhibiting oxidative phosphorylation in macrophages, polarizing them into the inflammatory M1 phenotype and releasing an extracellular-matrix cleaving…
