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    1. Cell Biology

    A Quartet of Native Orai Channel Isoforms Orchestrates Graded NFAT Activation and Transcription

    Ahmed Emam Abdelnaby, Yin-Hu Wang ... Mohamed Trebak
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Molecular and Functional Analysis of Calcium Binding by a Cancer-linked Calreticulin Mutant

    Ishmael Nii Ayibontey Tagoe, Amanpreet Kaur ... Malini Raghavan
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    1. Cell Biology

    Wound-induced syncytia outpace mononucleate neighbors during Drosophila wound repair

    James S White, Junmin Hua ... Andrea Page-McCaw
    In vivo live imaging, quantitative analysis, and computational modeling reveal that wound-induced epithelial cell fusion accelerates epithelial repair through several likely mechanisms.
    1. Cell Biology

    Winding-Up of Fibrin Fibers as a Novel Mechanism of Platelet-Mediated Fiber Compaction

    Alexei Grichine, Tatiana Kovalenko ... Karin Sadoul
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Endosome-associated Rab GTPases control distinct aspects of neural circuit assembly

    Katie X Dong, Yanbo Zhang ... Colleen N McLaughlin
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    1. Cell Biology

    Defective neuronal differentiation in Lowe syndrome is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and impaired cilia-related Sonic Hedgehog signaling

    Grzegorz Walkiewicz, Siyu Chen ... Yang Sun
    OCRL deficiency is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, altered ciliary signaling, and disrupted neural cell-state regulation across multiple experimental models of Lowe syndrome.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Philosophy of Biology: The power of theory in the life sciences

    Jacob L Fine, Finn Creeggan ... Adam MR Groh
    Theory can help address cell and molecular biology’s major challenges, particularly those arising from large omics datasets.
    1. Cell Biology

    Syntaxin11 Deficiency Inhibits CRAC Channel Priming to Suppress Cytotoxicity and Gene Expression in T Lymphocytes Independent of Membrane Trafficking

    Sritama Datta, Abhikarsh Gupta ... Monika Vig
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    TRPML1 positions lysosomes and regulates actin-membrane linkers in astrocyte processes

    Maeve L Spivey, Madison L Fuller ... Sandra Maday
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Sarcomere dynamic instability and stochastic heterogeneity drive robust cardiomyocyte contraction

    Daniel Haertter, Lara Hauke ... Christoph F Schmidt
    A non-monotonic force–velocity relationship in cardiac sarcomeres causes dynamic instability, leading to stochastic heterogeneity in contracting cardiomyocytes, which can have a protective function.

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

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  1. Sofia J Araújo
    University of Barcelona, Spain
  2. Felix Campelo
    Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
  3. Jonathan A Cooper
    Jonathan A Cooper
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
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