Highlights

Latest research

    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast cysteine desulfurase provides sulfur for both iron-sulfur cluster assembly and tRNA modification

    Russell P Swift, Rubayet Elahi ... Sean T Prigge
    Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast SufS is required for both iron-sulfur synthesis and tRNA modification by MnmA, a novel paradigm that is likely to apply to other plastid-containing organisms.
    1. Cell Biology

    Insights into cargo sorting by SNX32 and its role in neurite outgrowth

    Jini Sugatha, Amulya Priya ... Sunando Datta
    The adaptive SNX32 regulates cargo sorting in neuronal and non-neuronal cells.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Host and viral determinants of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the Syrian hamster

    Julia R. Port, Dylan H. Morris ... Vincent J. Munster
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Atf3 defines a population of pulmonary endothelial cells essential for lung regeneration

    Terren K Niethamer, Lillian I Levin ... Edward E Morrisey
    After acute lung injury, the transcription factor Atf3 is essential for regeneration of the capillary endothelium, which is critical for restoring the structure of the lung alveolus.
    1. Neuroscience

    Dopamine in the dorsal bed nucleus of stria terminalis signals Pavlovian sign-tracking and reward violations

    Utsav Gyawali, David A Martin ... Donna Calu
    Dopamine signaling in the bed nucleus of stria terminalis supports sign-tracking, reinforcer-specific satiety, and encodes reward prediction errors.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Immune mechanisms underlying COVID-19 pathology and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)

    Sindhu Mohandas, Prasanna Jagannathan ... RECOVER Mechanistic Pathways Task Force
    Immune dysregulation is thought to be a hallmark of long COVID or PASC but there is a need for understanding the underlying mechanisms which drive the disease progression.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Npr3 regulates neural crest and cranial placode progenitors formation through its dual function as clearance and signaling receptor

    Arun Devotta, Hugo Juraver-Geslin ... Jean-Pierre Saint-Jeannet
    A combination of morpholino-based knockdowns, pharmacological inhibitors, and rescue assays reveal a novel role for natriuretic peptide signaling in the regulation of cell fates in the embryonic ectoderm.