The development and functionalities of invariant natural-killer T cells are dependent upon their cell-intrinsic ACC1-mediated de novo fatty acid synthesis, which greatly affect outcomes of allergic asthma.
A rare human mitofusin (MFN) 2 mutation that uniquely impaired Parkin-mediated mitophagy evoked developmental heart disease and increased myocardial sensitivity to doxorubicin in mice, differentiating it from mitophagy-competent MFN2 mutations that cause neuropathy and implicating mitophagy in clinical cardiomyopathy.
A structural and biochemical study reveals the molecular mechanism of the predator–prey associations of Aplysia kurodai and brown algae (akuBGL–phlorotannin/laminarin–EHEP system), which has high-potential applications in the biotechnology industry.
Neurons in the mouse hippocampus, known as place cells, surprisingly show movie-fields, where they reliably encode distinct segments of a black-and-white, silent movie, even without any task demand or rewards.
Niki Anthoney, Lucy Tainton-Heap ... Bruno van Swinderen
Different methods for inducing sleep in Drosophila flies may be promoting distinct sleep stages with different functions when brain activity and gene expression are compared.
