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. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    ATP-driven conformational dynamics reveal hidden intermediates in a heterodimeric ABC transporter

    Matija Pečak, Christoph Nocker, Robert Tampé
    Hidden outward-facing intermediates and long-lived ATP-bound states reveal how ATP binding drives conformational dynamics in the heterodimeric ABC transporter TmrAB.
    1. Neuroscience

    Comprehensive characterization of human color discrimination thresholds

    Fangfang Hong, Ruby Bouhassira ... David H Brainard
    Leveraging the smooth variation of internal noise makes comprehensive characterization of color discrimination practical, offering an efficient framework for studying perceptual limits across various sensory domains.
    1. Cell Biology

    Decoupling AMPK from fatty acid synthesis allows maintenance of fitness late in life

    Hanane Hadj-Moussa, Megan Ulusan ... Jonathan Houseley
    Re-engineering a highly conserved metabolic pathway in yeast prevents age-related functional decline and proves that ageing is not inevitably linked to loss of fitness.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Repurposed small molecule toxin inhibitors neutralise a diversity of venoms from the Neotropical viperid snake genus Bothrops

    Rachel H Clare, Adam Westhorpe ... Nicholas R Casewell
    Despite the variation in venom across the Bothrops snake genus, repurposed drugs demonstrated pan-species neutralisation in enzymatic, coagulation, and haemorrhage assays, highlighting their value as novel therapies for Neotropical snakebites.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Pink1-mediated mitophagy in the endothelium releases proteins encoded by mitochondrial DNA and activates neutrophil responses during inflammation

    Priyanka Gajwani, Li Wang ... Jalees Rehman
    Inflammatory activation of endothelial cells triggers Pink1-dependent mitophagy and mitochondrial formyl peptides release, which drives neutrophil recruitment and lung injury.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Dichotomy between extracellular signatures of active dendritic chemical synapses and gap junctions

    Richa Sirmaur, Rishikesh Narayanan
    Fundamental distinctions in the extracellular signatures of active-dendritic chemical and electrical synapses necessitate a revision of conventional interpretations of local field potentials centered on chemical synapses.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    The titin N2A-MARP signalosome constrains muscle longitudinal hypertrophy in response to stretch

    Robbert van der Pijl, Jochen Gohlke ... Coen Ottenheijm
    Titin-associated muscle ankyrin repeat proteins limit stretch-induced longitudinal muscle hypertrophy and link titin mechanosensing to mTOR signaling.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Acute opioid responses are modulated by dynamic interactions of Oprm1 and Fgf12

    Paige M Lemen, Yanning Zuo ... Hao Chen
    A time-dependent genetic interaction between the µ opioid receptor and genes drives early morphine responses in mice, highlighting pathways linked to human substance use disorder.
    1. Neuroscience

    Excitatory cholecystokinin neurons in the CA3 area regulate the navigation learning and neuroplasticity

    Fengwen Huang, Abdul Baset, Stephen Temitayo Bello
    Cholecystokinin release from CA3 inputs to CA1 links local excitatory circuitry to hippocampal plasticity and spatial memory.
    1. Medicine

    Magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate alleviates alcohol-associated liver disease through targeting HSD11B1

    Lu Xiao, Lu Li ... Jia Xiao
    MgIG directly targets HSD11B1 to alleviate alcohol-associated liver disease by suppressing the HSD11B1–SREBP2–IDI1 pathway, thereby reducing hepatic steatosis, inflammation, and apoptosis.