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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Long-range migration of centrioles to the apical surface of the olfactory epithelium

    Kaitlin Ching, Jennifer T Wang, Tim Stearns
    Olfactory sensory neurons have centrioles that are amplified in number and that migrate from the cell body to the end of the dendrite relatively slowly and in groups, becoming mature only after they reach their destination.
    1. Neuroscience

    Independent and interacting value systems for reward and information in the human brain

    Irene Cogliati Dezza, Axel Cleeremans, William H Alexander
    Reward and information are independently optimized in the human prefrontal cortex, while their signals combine in subcortical regions.
    1. Cell Biology

    Measurements and simulations of microtubule growth imply strong longitudinal interactions and reveal a role for GDP on the elongating end

    Joseph M Cleary, Tae Kim ... Luke M Rice
    State-of-the-art measurements of microtubule growth combined with computational models provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying microtubule elongation, including a role for GDP on the growing microtubule end.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Characterization of convergent thickening, a major convergence force producing morphogenic movement in amphibians

    David R Shook, Jason WH Wen ... Ray E Keller
    Xenopus embryos use tissue surface tension to generate hoop-stress around the blastopore to help close it during gastrulation.
    1. Neuroscience

    Deletion of Calsyntenin-3, an atypical cadherin, suppresses inhibitory synapses but increases excitatory parallel-fiber synapses in cerebellum

    Zhihui Liu, Man Jiang ... Thomas C Südhof
    Calsyntenin-3 functions in cerebellar Purkinje neurons as a postsynaptic adhesion molecule that, unexpectedly, suppresses excitatory parallel-fiber synapse numbers but boosts inhibitory synapse numbers and thereby controls the excitatory/inhibitory balance of Purkinje neurons.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Proteolysis of fibrillin-2 microfibrils is essential for normal skeletal development

    Timothy J Mead, Daniel R Martin ... Suneel S Apte
    Proteolytic cleavage of the extracellular matrix glycoprotein fibrillin-2 by the secreted metalloprotease ADAMTS6 influences skeletal development by modulating fibrillin microfibril abundance and GDF5/BMP signaling, illustrating the crucial role of extracellular matrix proteostatic mechanisms in growth factor regulation during morphogenesis.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    The Jurassic rise of squamates as supported by lepidosaur disparity and evolutionary rates

    Arnau Bolet, Thomas L Stubbs ... Michael J Benton
    Evidence for a largely unexplored radiation of squamates (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians) in the Middle to Late Jurassic is revealed by analyses of morphospace expansion, disparity, and evolutionary rates.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    The oncoprotein BCL6 enables solid tumor cells to evade genotoxic stress

    Yanan Liu, Juanjuan Feng ... Xiufeng Pang
    Oncoprotein BCL6 confers tumor adaptive resistance to genotoxic stress through the IFN-BCL6-PTEN axis in solid tumors and presents a promising combinational target for chemo-sensitization.
    1. Cell Biology

    Discovery and functional assessment of a novel adipocyte population driven by intracellular Wnt/β-catenin signaling in mammals

    Zhi Liu, Tian Chen ... YiPing Chen
    A novel population of adipocytes that play essential roles in adaptive thermogenesis via cell autonomous and non-autonomous effects and regulate systemic glucose metabolism in mice.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Quantifying chromosomal instability from intratumoral karyotype diversity using agent-based modeling and Bayesian inference

    Andrew R Lynch, Nicholas L Arp ... Mark E Burkard
    Chromosomal instability of cancer can be quantitatively measured by phylogenetic analysis of 200 tumor cells while using evolutionary principles to account for cellular selection.