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. Neuroscience

    Sex peptide targets distinct higher order processing neurons in the brain to induce the female post-mating response

    Mohanakarthik P Nallasivan, Deepanshu ND Singh ... Matthias Soller
    Sex peptide response-inducing neurons (SPRINz) in the central brain can induce female post-mating responses through sex peptide received by mating.
    1. Neuroscience

    Sense of control buffers against stress

    Jennifer C Fielder, Jinyu Shi ... Nikolaus Steinbeis
    A novel behavioural task that measures and manipulates subjective control in humans reveals that experimentally heightened feelings of control buffer against the negative impact of subsequent stress.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Accessibility of the unstructured α-tubulin C-terminal tail is controlled by microtubule lattice conformation

    Takashi Hotta, Morgan L Pimm ... Kristen J Verhey
    Three newly developed biosensors demonstrate that the C-terminal tail of α-tubulin does not freely extend from the microtubule surface as widely thought, but rather is inaccessible along most microtubules in cells.
    1. Neuroscience

    Mouse sensorimotor cortex reflects complex kinematic details during reaching and grasping

    Harrison A Grier, Sohrab Salimian, Matthew T Kaufman
    Mouse primary motor and somatosensory cortices contain detailed information about the many time-varying arm and paw joint angles during reaching and grasping, implying a 'low-level' role in controlling these movements.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Citalopram exhibits immune-dependent anti-tumor effects by modulating C5aR1+ TAMs

    Fangyuan Dong, Shan Zhang ... Shu-Heng Jiang
    Drug repurposing analyses show that citalopram exerts anti-tumor effects by targeting C5aR1 on tumor-associated macrophages to enhance phagocytosis and CD8+ T cell immunity.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Mouse skeletal muscle satellite cells co-opt the tenogenic gene Scleraxis to instruct regeneration

    Yun Bai, Tyler Harvey ... Chen-Ming Fan
    Muscle stem cells repurpose the tenogenic factor Scx to establish a muscle-specific transcriptional program that sustains stem cell expansion, migration, differentiation, fusion, self-renewal, and survival.
    1. Neuroscience

    In vivo autofluorescence lifetime imaging of spatial metabolic heterogeneities and learning-induced changes in the Drosophila mushroom body

    Philémon Roussel, Mingyi Zhou ... Auguste Genovesio
    Metabolic imaging of the Drosophila mushroom body reveals distinct profiles among Kenyon cell subtypes and detects a subtle learning-associated metabolic change.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Heterochronic transcription factor expression drives cone-dominant retina development in 13-lined ground squirrels

    Kurt Weir, Pin Lyu ... Seth Blackshaw
    Upregulated expression of transcription factors promoting cone identity in late-stage retinal progenitors drives development of the cone-dominant retina of 13-lined ground squirrels.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Glycolysis-dependent sulfur metabolism orchestrates morphological plasticity and virulence in fungi

    Dhrumi Shah, Nikita Rewatkar ... Sriram Varahan
    A multidisciplinary approach demonstrates that glycolysis orchestrates fungal morphogenesis and virulence by regulating the de novo biosynthesis of sulfur-containing amino acids, thereby establishing a novel metabolic paradigm.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    A single microRNA miR-195 rescues the arrested B cell development induced by EBF1 deficiency

    Yuji Miyatake, Takeshi Kamakura ... Ai Kotani
    Mir195 enables Ebf1-deficient hematopoietic progenitor cells to mature into B cells, suggesting some miRNA can substitute for transcription factors in differentiation.