Actin remodelling is particularly relevant, as maximal increase in mitochondrial mass occurs at stage I, during which the actin network is extensively remodelled for lamellipodia and filopodia formation (reviewed by da Silva and Dotti, 2002).
At E12.5, the size of the Ret-expressing MN population is not significantly altered in met mutant embryos, as MN numbers are independent of muscle mass at this stage.
Total pancreas hormone levels returned to normal at week 20 and this, coupled with the 3.6-fold expansion in beta cell mass at that stage (ESM Figs 3g, h, j and Fig. 4d), implied lower insulin concentration in cells.
However, since the islet cell population represents only about 20 30% of the total pancreatic mass at the stages examined, it could be that the increase in Hnf6 expression within the islets is actually higher than two-fold.
The partial recombination that we observe in Upf2fl/fl; Alfp-Cre embryos is due to the major contribution of hematopoietic cells to the fetal liver mass at these stages of development.
A considerable body of evidence indicates that tumor cells are shed from a primary and metastatic tumor mass at different stages of malignant progression.
Despite this, all three formulations produced aerosol droplets, with the majority (approximately 60 80%) of the mass depositing at stages 1 3 (ECD = 4.66 2.15 μm, respectively).
Gradual fibrotic changes are observed but fibrotic masses appear from rank 4. Single fibrotic masses become confluent at stage 5. Ranks 5 and 6 are characterized by variable alveolar septa which are mostly inexistent at stage 6.
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Genotypic differences in plant dry mass at the vegetative stage were evident only at 60 mM NaCl, while at maturity differences were evident at 30 mM NaCl.
