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    1. Cell Biology
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    Partitioning to ordered membrane domains regulates the kinetics of secretory traffic

    Ivan Castello-Serrano, Frederick A Heberle ... Ilya Levental
    Direct measurements of trafficking kinetics between organelles of the secretory pathway suggest that lipid-driven membrane domains laterally sort proteins during membrane traffic.
    1. Cell Biology

    Syntaxin 17 recruitment to mature autophagosomes is temporally regulated by PI4P accumulation

    Saori Shinoda, Yuji Sakai ... Noboru Mizushima
    The autophagosomal membrane becomes negatively charged during maturation due to the accumulation of PI4P, leading to the recruitment of syntaxin 17, which is required for autophagosome-lysosome fusion.
    1. Cell Biology

    Membrane Fusion: A matter of timing

    Zhiqi Tian, Jiajie Diao
    A change in the electric charge of autophagosome membranes controls the recruitment of SNARE proteins to ensure that membrane fusion occurs at the right time during autophagy.
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Agent-based model demonstrates the impact of nonlinear, complex interactions between cytokines on muscle regeneration

    Megan Haase, Tien Comlekoglu ... Silvia S Blemker
    A computational model of skeletal muscle regeneration reveals complex interplay of cytokines, angiogenesis, and cell behaviors, predicting that synergistic cytokine perturbations enhance skeletal muscle regeneration beyond individual cytokine interventions.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Aberrant methylation and expression of TNXB promote chondrocyte apoptosis and extracullar matrix degradation in hemophilic arthropathy via AKT signaling

    Jiali Chen, Qinghe Zeng ... Hongting Jin
    Alterations of DNA methylation were associated with articular cartilage degeneration in hemophilic arthropathy, and aberrant methylation and expression of TNXB promote blood-induced chondrocyte apoptosis by regulating AKT activation.

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