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    1. Cell Biology

    ATG2A interacts with RAB1A and ARFGAP1 positive membranes during autophagosome biogenesis

    Devin M Fuller, Yumei Wu ... Thomas J Melia
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    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    Polo-like kinase phosphorylation of the orphan kinesin KIN-G negatively regulates centrin arm biogenesis in Trypanosoma brucei

    Yasuhiro Kurasawa, Qing Zhou ... Ziyin Li
    Polo-like kinase phosphorylation of the centrin arm-localized orphan kinesin KIN-G disrupts its microtubule-binding activity and inhibits centrin arm biogenesis in trypanosomes.
    1. Cell Biology

    The insulin/IGF axis is critically important for controlling gene transcription in the podocyte

    Jenny A Hurcombe, Lusyan Dayalan ... Richard JM Coward
    Simultaneously knocking down both the insulin and IGF1 receptor in the kidney podocyte is highly detrimental, affecting spliceosome function and gene transcription.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    A biochemical mechanism for Stu2/XMAP215-family microtubule polymerases

    Binnu Gangadharan, Daniel L Kober, Luke M Rice
    Evolutionarily unrelated microtubule and actin regulatory factors use the same mechanism to accelerate polymerization.
    1. Cell Biology

    A high-throughput assay for the measurement of Ca2+-oscillations and insulin release from uniformly sized β-cell spheroids

    Stijn Robben, Patricia Davidson ... Thomas Voets
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology

    Cardiolipin deficiency disrupts electron transport chain and drives steatohepatitis

    Marisa J Brothwell, Guoshen Cao ... Katsuhiko Funai
    Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease is associated with reduced mitochondrial cardiolipin concentration in mice and humans, and cardiolipin deficiency was sufficient to drive steatosis and fibrosis in the liver.
    1. Cell Biology

    Xkr regulates phosphatidylserine transport via ER-PM contact sites to promote apoptotic cell clearance

    Qian Zheng, Xinyu Ma ... Hui Xiao
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology

    MARBL: A Live-Cell Method for Profiling Bioenergetic Heterogeneity by Noncanonical Methionine Labeling of the Cell Surface Proteome

    Lillian R Delacruz, Ming Ye ... Alison E Ringel
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Solid
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology

    Functional High Throughput Drug Screening Reveals Cyproheptadine as a Novel Treatment for LMNA-related Cardiomyopathy

    Hananeh Fonoudi, Ali Negahi Shirazi ... Paul W Burridge
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Tau hyperphosphorylation impairs cooperative binding to microtubules and perturbs organelle trafficking in neurons

    Daniel Beaudet, Christopher L Berger, Adam G Hendricks
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    • Solid

Highlights

    1. Cell Biology
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    How to give cells an identity crisis

    Paige Dillon, Julie Hollien
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology
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    Following your heart as it takes shape

    Alexandra Trouilloud, Nicole C Dubois
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    The role of lipids in hearing

    Yein Christina Park, Angela Ballesteros

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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 Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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