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
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Cryo-electron tomography reveals the microtubule-bound form of inactive LRRK2

    Siyu Chen, Tamar Basiashvili ... Elizabeth Villa
    Full-length, autoinhibited LRRK2 assembles into distinct, shorter microtubule-bound filaments via a previously unobserved N-terminal repeat interface, revealing new structural states with potential therapeutic implications.
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    scRNA+TCR-seq reveals the proportion and characteristics of dual TCR Treg cells in mouse lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues

    Yuanyuan Xu, Qi Peng ... Xinsheng Yao
    scRNA+TCR-seq technology identifies a high proportion of dual TCR Treg cells in both lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues of mice, revealing their tissue specificity, TCR repertoire characteristics, and functional phenotypes.
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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Meaning-making behavior in a small-brained hominin, Homo naledi, from the late Pleistocene: contexts and evolutionary implications

    Agustín Fuentes, Marc Kissel ... Lee R Berger
    Evidence for H. naledi and increasing recognition of meaning-making behavior across the later Pleistocene suggests that the hominin emotional, socio-cognitive niche is broader and more significant than previously thought.
    1. Neuroscience

    Acquisition phase-specific contribution of climbing fiber transmission to cerebellum-dependent motor memory in mice

    Jewoo Seo, Seung Ha Kim ... Sang Jeong Kim
    Climbing fiber activity gates the acquisition phase of motor learning but becomes nonessential for memory consolidation or performance once proficiency is achieved.
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    1. Neuroscience

    A tight relationship between BOLD fMRI activation/deactivation and increase/decrease in single neuron responses in human association cortex

    Marie-Alphée Laurent, Corentin Jacques ... Bruno Rossion
    There is a striking correspondence between face-selective neural increases vs decreases of fMRI BOLD signal and spikes in neighboring human fusiform gyrus regions.
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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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