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SUBMITTER: Advani AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4804348 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Advani Alexander S AS Chen Annie Y AY Babbitt Courtney C CC
Evolution, medicine, and public health 20160323 1
There are a number of documented differences between humans and our closest relatives in responses to wound healing and in disease susceptibilities, suggesting a differential cellular response to certain environmental factors. In this study, we sought to look at a specific cell type, fibroblasts, to examine differences in cellular adhesion between humans and chimpanzees in visualized cells and in gene expression. We have found significant differences in the number of focal adhesions between prim ...[more]