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.

Latest articles

    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    A new pipeline SPICE identifies novel JUN-IKZF1 composite elements

    Peng Li, Sree Pulugulla ... Warren J Leonard
    Computational pipeline SPICE systematically screens and predicts novel protein-protein binding complexes including the previously unrecognized global association and functional cooperation between IKZF1 and AP1.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Medicine

    Complement 3a receptor 1 on macrophages and Kupffer cells is not required for the pathogenesis of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease

    Edwin A Homan, Ankit Gilani ... James C Lo
    Ablation of the G-protein-coupled receptor C3aR1 specifically on macrophages or Kupffer cells does not alter the course of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in a dietary mouse model.
    1. Neuroscience

    Frequency-specific cortico-subcortical interaction in continuous speaking and listening

    Omid Abbasi, Nadine Steingräber ... Joachim Gross
    Distinct frequency-based interactions between cortical and subcortical regions highlight the cerebellum’s crucial role in speech production and perception.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    New soft tissue data of pterosaur tail vane reveals sophisticated, dynamic tensioning usage and expands its evolutionary origins

    Natalia Jagielska, Thomas G Kaye ... Michael Pittman
    Laser-stimulated fluorescence (LSF) imaging of early pterosaurs uncovers new soft tissue data of tail vane that reveals sophisticated, dynamic tensioning usage and expands its evolutionary origins.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Ciliary length regulation by intraflagellar transport in zebrafish

    Yi Sun, Zhe Chen ... Chengtian Zhao
    The speed of intraflagellar transport, influenced by particle size, shows a positive correlation with ciliary length in zebrafish.
    1. Ecology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Novel class IIb microcins show activity against Gram-negative ESKAPE and plant pathogens

    Benedikt M Mortzfeld, Shakti K Bhattarai, Vanni Bucci
    12 new class IIb microcins have been structurally identified, phylogenetically assessed, and functionally tested for their antimicrobial activity, increasing the total number of these bacteriocins to 17.
    1. Neuroscience

    A distributed brain response predicting the facial expression of acute nociceptive pain

    Marie-Eve Picard, Miriam Kunz ... Pierre Rainville
    Facial expression provides a complementary channel to communicate pain experiences and reflects the activation of brain mechanisms partly distinct from those associated with subjective self-reports of pain.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    SLC35G1 is a highly chloride-sensitive transporter responsible for the basolateral membrane transport in intestinal citrate absorption

    Yoshihisa Mimura, Tomoya Yasujima ... Hiroaki Yuasa
    SLC35G1 is the first highly chloride-sensitive transporter localized on the basolateral membrane of intestinal epithelial cells, responsible for citrate absorption.
    1. Cell Biology

    PKA regulation of neuronal function requires the dissociation of catalytic subunits from regulatory subunits

    Weihong Xiong, Maozhen Qin, Haining Zhong
    Two alternative models of PKA activation were tested in neurons, and the results support the classical model in which the catalytic subunit dissociated from the regulatory subunit upon activation.
    1. Cell Biology

    Evidence for a role of human blood-borne factors in mediating age-associated changes in molecular circadian rhythms

    Jessica E Schwarz, Antonijo Mrčela ... Amita Sehgal
    Blood-borne factors contribute to changes in the circadian transcriptome with age.