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    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
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    Capsaicin acts as a novel NRF2 agonist to suppress ethanol induced gastric mucosa oxidative damage by directly disrupting the KEAP1-NRF2 interaction

    Xiaoning Gao, Wuyan Guo ... Jun Kang
    Non-covalent targeting of KEAP1 by capsaicin provides a reversible and safe NRF2 agonist for treating oxidative damage.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Enteropathogenic E. coli-mediated Fast and Coordinated Ca2+ responses regulate NF-κB activation

    Fangrui Guo, Roberto Ornelas Guevara ... Guy Tran Van Nhieu
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    A genetic toolkit for stable episomal transgenesis in the anaerobic gut parasite Blastocystis ST7-B

    M Rey Toleco, Kevin SW Tan, Mark van der Giezen
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Compelling
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    CO2-dependent opening of connexin 43 hemichannels

    Valentin Mihai Dospinescu, Alexander Mascarenhas ... Nicholas Dale
    Connexin43 is the most ubiquitously expressed connexin in the human body, and the CO2-dependent opening of Connexin43 hemichannels implies that CO2 may influence many physiological processes.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Intron Retention Controls Localization of lncRNAs PURPL and MALAT1 to Promote Cell Proliferation and Migration

    Ioannis Grammatikakis, Chosita Norkaew ... Ashish Lal
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    • Compelling
    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
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    A validated antibody toolbox for ALS research

    Riham Ayoubi, Emma J MacDougall ... Carl Laflamme
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology

    Photo-downregulation of SIRT4 mitigates aging in mice by enhancing H3K9ac via fatty acid metabolism

    Fangqing Deng, Rong Yang ... Lianbing Zhang
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Contractile perinuclear actomyosin network promotes peripheral and polar chromosome interaction with the mitotic spindle

    Nooshin Sheidaei, John K Eykelenboom ... Tomoyuki U Tanaka
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
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Highlights

    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    The role of lipids in hearing

    Yein Christina Park, Angela Ballesteros
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Chemotherapy: Lipid balance and chemoresistance in cancer cells

    Kaori Kanemaru, Yoshikazu Nakamura
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Metabolism: How one nutrient controls cell size

    Angela Montero, Lydia WS Finley

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