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    1. Neuroscience

    Deletion of neuroligins from astrocytes does not detectably alter synapse numbers or astrocyte cytoarchitecture by maturity

    Samantha Rose Golf, Justin H Trotter ... Thomas C Südhof
    Genetic deletions in mouse models and human neuron co-cultures reveal that astrocytic neuroligins are dispensable for synapse formation and maintenance of normal astrocyte morphology, suggesting neuroligins serve alternative, unidentified roles.
    1. Cell Biology

    Analysis of cancer mutations introduced into the Drosophila melanogaster Notch negative regulatory region uncovers a diversity of regulatory outcomes

    Hideyuki Shimizu, Martin Baron
    Heterogeneity in outcomes of differently located activating mutations of Notch indicates the need and potential for mutant specific targeting of Notch in cancer.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Methylation clocks fail to generalize across genetically admixed individuals

    Sebastián Cruz-Gonzalez, Ogechukwu Okpala ... John A Capra
    DNA-methylation-based predictors of biological age often fail to generalize across human populations, limiting their utility as biomarkers of aging and disease.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Physiology

    Gene dosage imbalance disrupts systemic metabolism in the Dp16 Down syndrome mouse model

    Fangluo Chen, Muzna Saqib ... G William Wong
    Gene dosage imbalance due to the triplication of human chromosome 21 gene orthologs impairs whole-body glucose and lipid metabolism by disrupting homeostatic processes across major metabolic tissues.
    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. 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. 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. 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
    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. 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.