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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Engineered migrasomes provide a robust and thermally stable vaccination platform

    Dongju Wang, Haifang Wang ... Zhihua Liu
    Integration of migrasome-inspired biology with hypotonic shock-mediated vesicle generation establishes a durable and versatile platform for vaccine development.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Glycolysis-dependent Sulfur Metabolism Orchestrates Morphological Plasticity and Virulence in Fungi

    Dhrumi Shah, Nikita Rewatkar ... Sriram Varahan
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    DNA tensiometer reveals catch-bond detachment kinetics of kinesin-1, -2 and -3

    Crystal R Noell, Tzu-Chen Ma ... William O Hancock
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology

    Calcium transfer from the ER to other organelles for optimal signaling in Toxoplasma gondii

    Zhu-Hong Li, Beejan Asady ... Silvia NJ Moreno
    In Toxoplasma gondii, SERCA-driven ER Ca²⁺ uptake sustains homeostasis and enables redistribution to mitochondria and other organelles, highlighting the ER as a central hub in parasite Ca²⁺ signaling and infection.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    The titin N2A-MARP signalosome constrains muscle longitudinal hypertrophy in response to stretch

    Robbert van der Pijl, Jochen Gohlke ... Coen Ottenheijm
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology

    Acidocalcisome-like vacuoles constitute a feedback-controlled phosphate buffering system for the cytosol

    Samuel Bru, Lydie Michaillat Mayer ... Andreas Mayer
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Fundamental
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Cohesin reconstitution and homologous recombination repair of DNA double-strand breaks in late mitosis

    Jessel Ayra Plasencia, Sara Medina-Suárez ... Félix Machín
    The cohesin subunit Scc1 returns and reconstitutes the complex with Smc1–Smc3 in late mitosis upon DNA double-strand breaks, although it does not participate in homologous recombination-driven MAT switching.
    Version of Record
    Short Report
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    SMC5/6-Mediated Plasmid Silencing is Directed by SIMC1-SLF2 and Antagonized by the SV40 Large T Antigen

    Martina Oravcová, Minghua Nie ... Michael N Boddy
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology

    Mechanotransductive feedback control of endothelial cell motility and vascular morphogenesis

    Devon E Mason, Paula Camacho ... Joel D Boerckel
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Fundamental
    • Compelling
    1. Cell Biology

    Vesiculation pathways in clathrin-mediated endocytosis

    Xinran Wang, Julien Berro, Rui Ma
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
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Highlights

    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    A crossroads in the aging process

    Kiyan Shabestary, Daniel E Gottschling
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Cell Biology
    3. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Allosteric Regulation of Kinase Activity – call for papers

    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Imaging methods are vastly underreported

    Guillermo Marqués, Thomas Pengo, Mark A Sanders

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    Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
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    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
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    University of Geneva, Switzerland
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