Vinculin May Keep Us Young at Heart (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Vinculin May Keep Us Young at Heart (1 of 3)

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A section of the heart (center) is running along the abdomen of a wildtype, 1-week-old, female Drosophila fly. Blobby pericardial cells around the heart and abdominal wall muscles are seen in the background, along with actin (red) and vinculin (green). This image relates to a paper that appeared in the June 17, 2015, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by Dr. Gaurav Kaushik at University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, Calif., and colleagues was titled, "Vinculin network-mediated cytoskeletal remodeling regulates contractile function in the aging heart."

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Gaurav Kaushik and Ayla O. Sessions

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