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. Cell Biology

    Specific proteolysis mediated by a p97-directed proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC)

    Constanza Salinas-Rebolledo, Javier Blesa ... Alejandro Rojas-Fernandez
    1. Neuroscience

    Prosapip1 (encoded by the Lzts3 gene) in the dorsal hippocampus mediates synaptic protein composition, long-term potentiation, and spatial memory

    Zachary W Hoisington, Himanshu Gangal ... Dorit Ron
    Novel function of Prosapip1, a scaffolding protein highly expressed in the hippocampus, in maintaining postsynaptic density integrity and plays a vital role in synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory.
    1. Cell Biology

    The RAB27A effector SYTL5 regulates mitophagy and mitochondrial metabolism

    Ana Lapão, Lauren Sophie Johnson ... Anne Simonsen
    RAB27A-dependent mitochondrial recruitment of SYTL5 promotes mitophagy and mitochondrial bioenergetics upon hypoxia.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Avoidance of hydrogen sulfide is modulated by external and internal states in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Longjun Pu, Lina Zhao ... Changchun Chen
    Mitochondrial remodeling, ROS-dependent signaling, and diverse environmental and physiological cues underlie the initiation and persistence of locomotory activity of C. elegans in toxic H2S.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Evolution of gene expression in seasonal environments

    Shuichi N Kudo, Yuka Ikezaki ... Akiko Satake
    A comparative analysis of genome-wide seasonal gene expression dynamics across four forest tree species revealed that a shared 'molecular calendar' emerges in winter, constraining gene expression evolution and potentially limiting temporal niche partitioning and species divergence in seasonal environments.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Decapping activators Edc3 and Scd6 act redundantly with Dhh1 in post-transcriptional repression of starvation-induced pathways

    Rakesh Kumar, Fan Zhang ... Alan G Hinnebusch
    Multi-omics analyses reveal redundant functions of yeast mRNA decapping activators Scd6 and Edc3 in facilitating recruitment of helicase Dhh1 and accelerating degradation of transcripts required for respiration in glucose-replete cells.
    1. Neuroscience

    Generation of biophysical neuron model parameters from recorded electrophysiological responses

    Jimin Kim, Minxian Peng ... Eli Shlizerman
    A deep generative approach learns the translation from neurons’ electrophysiological recordings to the biophysical parameters of neuron models, assisting in the development of a detailed nervous system model.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    RBMX2 links Mycobacterium bovis infection to epithelial–mesenchymal transition and lung cancer progression

    Chao Wang, Yongchong Peng ... Yingyu Chen
    Integrative analyses uncover RBMX2 as a pivotal mediator that bridges Mycobacterium bovis infection to epithelial–mesenchymal transition and tumor progression in the lung.
    1. Neuroscience

    Progressive remote memory decline coincides with parvalbumin interneuron hyperexcitability and enhanced inhibition of cortical engram cells in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

    Julia J van Adrichem, Rolinka J van der Loo ... Ronald E van Kesteren
    Remote memories in Alzheimer’s disease are impaired through loss of inhibitory control over cortical engram neurons by hyperexcitable parvalbumin interneurons.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    HoxB-derived hoxba and hoxbb clusters are essential for the anterior–posterior positioning of zebrafish pectoral fins

    Morimichi Kikuchi, Renka Fujii ... Akinori Kawamura
    HoxB-dependent anterior–posterior patterning and the evolutionary origin of pectoral fins.