Short Reports

A Short Report allows authors to publish the results of a small number of experiments, provided the conclusion is clear and justified, and the findings are novel and judged to be of high importance.

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    1. Neuroscience

    A stochastic explanation for observed local-to-global foraging states in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Andrew Margolis, Andrew Gordus
    Changes in internal state for stochastic behaviors can be more easily explained by a stochastic model with no state change.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Cell type-specific contributions to a persistent aggressive internal state in female Drosophila

    Hui Chiu, Alice A Robie ... Catherine E Schretter
    While persistent aggressive states in females are promoted by select cell types with recurrent connections (aIPg, pC1d+e), additional data and models are needed to explain the maintenance of these states.
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    1. Cancer Biology

    Metastatic small cell lung cancer arises from TP53/RB1-deficient and MYC overproduction hESC-derived PNECs

    Huanhuan Joyce Chen, Eric E Gardner ... Harold Varmus
    A human pluripotent stem cell-based model demonstrates how TP53/RB1 loss and MYC overexpression drive aggressive, neuroendocrine small cell lung cancer progression and metastasis, enabling investigation of tumor heterogeneity and therapeutic response in a defined genetic context.
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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    mirror determines the far posterior domain in butterfly wings

    Martik Chatterjee, Xin Yi Yu ... Robert D Reed
    The selector gene mirror defines the far posterior wing domain in butterflies, revealing how ancestral axial subdivisions have been evolutionarily reduced in Drosophila.
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Targeted protein degradation by KLHDC2 ligands identified by high-throughput screening

    Han Zhou, Tonglian Zhou ... Michael J Bollong
    A high-throughput chemical screen identifies ligands of the Kelch domain of E3 ligase KLHDC2 capable of being modified as proteolysis-targeting chimeras.
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    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Molecular requirements for C. elegans transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of pathogen avoidance

    Rachel Kaletsky, Rebecca S Moore ... Coleen T Murphy
    Deviating from established protocols is the most likely reason why Gainey et al. (2024) could not reproduce earlier results in a Caenorhabditis elegans transgenerational inheritance paradigm, and the earlier findings are also supported by tests with over 30 new genes.
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Allosteric modulation by the fatty acid site in the glycosylated SARS-CoV-2 spike

    A Sofia F Oliveira, Fiona L Kearns ... Adrian J Mulholland
    Equilibrium and nonequilibrium simulations uncover how the fatty acid site in the SARS-CoV-2 spike modulates protein dynamics, revealing its intricate allosteric connections and the impact of glycans on these networks.
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    1. Neuroscience

    A novel method (RIM-Deep) for enhancing imaging depth and resolution stability of deep cleared tissue in inverted confocal microscopy

    Yisi Liu, Pu Wang ... Hongwei Zhou
    RIM-Deep enhances imaging depth in confocal microscopy enabling high-quality visualization of large cleared samples across various fields with minimal cost.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Inhibiting NINJ1-dependent plasma membrane rupture protects against inflammasome-induced blood coagulation and inflammation

    Jian Cui, Hua Li ... Congqing Wu
    Procoagulant microvesicles derived from ruptured immune cells fuel blood coagulation.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Unraveling the power of NAP-CNB’s machine learning-enhanced tumor neoantigen prediction

    Almudena Mendez-Perez, Andres M Acosta-Moreno ... Esteban Veiga
    NAP-CNB, a machine learning platform, accurately identifies tumor neoantigens, where higher tumor expression correlates with optimal antitumor activity, and multiantigen vaccination enhances immune responses.
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