Research Articles

Research Articles published by eLife are full-length studies that present important breakthroughs across the life sciences and biomedicine. There is no maximum length and no limits on the number of display items.

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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Phospholipid scramblase 1 (PLSCR1) regulates interferon-lambda receptor 1 (IFN-λR1) and IFN-λ signaling in influenza A virus (IAV) infection

    Alina Xiaoyu Yang, Lisa Ramos-Rodriguez ... Yang Zhou
    PLSCR1 is an IFN-λ-stimulated gene that enhances IFN-λR1 expression at both transcriptional and protein level, highlighting the potential for targeting PLSCR1 pathways in anti-influenza therapy.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Class A scavenger receptor MARCO negatively regulates Ace expression and aldosterone production

    Conan JO O'Brien, Giorgio Ratti ... Ana I Domingos
    Loss of class A scavenger receptor MARCO results in elevated lung Ace expression and elevated plasma aldosterone concentrations in male mice, demonstrating an endocrine function of this immune scavenger receptor.
    1. Neuroscience

    Projection-specific integration of convergent thalamic and retrosplenial signals in the presubicular head direction cortex

    Louis Richevaux, Dongkyun Lim ... Desdemona Fricker
    Nonlinear dendritic integration in single presubicular neurons provides a mechanism for combining vestibular-based head-direction signals and visual landmark signals to anchor the brain’s internal compass.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Nucleosome wrapping energy in CpG islands and the role of epigenetic base modifications

    Rasa Giniūnaitė, Rahul Sharma ... Daiva Petkevičiūtė-Gerlach
    CpG density and epigenetic modification state modulate DNA mechanics, altering its intrinsic compatibility with nucleosome formation.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Predictive modeling of hematoma expansion from non-contrast computed tomography in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage patients

    Natasha Ironside, Kareem El Naamani ... VISTA-ICH
    In spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage patients, features of hematoma expansion can be visualized and predicted from non-contrast computed tomography using transport-based morphometry.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Cryptovaranoides is not a squamate

    Michael W Caldwell, Chase D Brownstein ... Tiago R Simões
    Claims for a Triassic-aged crown lizard merit detailed reanalysis, the results of which find that Cryptovaranoides is not only not a lizard, but is a more distantly related diapsid reptile.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Mac-/Lactosylceramide regulates intestinal homeostasis and secretory cell fate commitment by facilitating Notch signaling

    Kebei Tang, Xuewen Li ... Rongwen Xi
    An evolutionarily conserved glycosphingolipid metabolite ensures precise stem cell fate decisions by modulating Delta-Notch signaling dynamics.
    1. Medicine
    2. Neuroscience

    GPR30 in spinal cholecystokinin-positive neurons modulates neuropathic pain

    Qing Chen, Hui Wu ... Xinzhong Chen
    A combination of viral strategies, electrophysiological methods, and behavioral tests reveals how GPR30 in spinal CCK+ neurons modulates neuropathic pain.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Functional genomics reveals strain-specific genetic requirements conferring hypoxic growth in Mycobacterium intracellulare

    Yoshitaka Tateishi, Yuriko Ozeki ... Sohkichi Matsumoto
    Transposon sequencing analyses reveal that among genomically diverse clinical Mycobacterium intracellulare strains and the type strain, 131 genes were comprehensively identified as universal essential genes suggesting promising drug targets.