The bacterial flagellum is an amazingly complex molecular machine with a diversity of roles
in pathogenesis including reaching the optimal host site, colonization or invasion …

Objective To estimate the risk of developing comorbidities in patients after physician‐
diagnosed knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA). Methods This was a cohort study using Swedish …

Purpose To investigate the impact of COVID-19 in Sweden on rates of knee and hip
surgeries. Methods We used healthcare data for the population of the southernmost region …

Bacterial growth is controlled by the peptidoglycan (PG) cell wall, a rigid and essential
structure composed of glycan strands cross-linked by d-amino acid (DAA)-containing short …

The Gram-negative bacterium Caulobacter crescentus forms a thin polar stalk, which
mediates its attachment to solid surfaces. Whereas stalks remain short (1 µm) in nutrient-rich …

Objective To develop and perform ex vivo 3D imaging of meniscus posterior horn
microstructure using micro-computed tomography (μCT), and to compare specimens from …

While vegetative B acillus subtilis cells and mature spores are both surrounded by a thick
layer of peptidoglycan (PG, a polymer of glycan strands cross‐linked by peptide bridges), it …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease, where articular cartilage degradation
is often accompanied with sclerosis of the subchondral bone. However, the association …

Protein localization mechanisms dictate the functional and structural specialization of cells.
Of the four polar surface organelles featured by the dimorphic bacterium Caulobacter …

Organelles with specialized form and function occur in diverse bacteria. Within the A
lphaproteobacteria, several species extrude thin cellular appendages known as stalks …