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Latest articles

    1. Cell Biology

    The microtubule-associated proteins CKAP2 and its paralog CKAP2-Like control ciliogenesis in human cells

    Luiz E da Silva, Gabriel Campolina-Silva ... Susanne Bechstedt
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Effects of knockdown of autophagy pathway genes on C. elegans longevity are highly condition dependent

    Kuei Ching Hsiung, Hannah Chapman ... David Gems
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    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
    Syntaxin11 directly controls a novel step in the activation of calcium channels, which helps activate genes and kill infected cells by a process distinct from moving cargo inside cells.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Bruce suppresses autophagy-regulated caspase activity and wing tissue growth in Drosophila

    Natsuki Shinoda, Yutaro Hama ... Masayuki Miura
    The activity of Dcp-1, one of Drosophila executioner caspases, is selectively regulated by the autophagy–Bruce axis, which enables distinct non–lethal functions for promoting tissue growth independent of cell death.
    1. Cell Biology

    Engineering ATP Import in Yeast Uncovers a Synthetic Route to Extend Cellular Lifespan

    Naci Oz, Hetian Su ... Alaattin Kaya
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Intracellular growth of Chlamydia trachomatis leads to global histone hypermethylation by impairing demethylation

    Chloé I Charendoff, Félix V Louchez ... Agathe Subtil
    The metabolic pressure exerted by a pathogen with an intracellular lifestyle drives epigenetic modifications, which modulate the transcriptional response of the host to infection.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Allosteric disulfide control of ligand binding and endocytosis of KIR2DL4, the natural killer cell receptor for HLA-G

    Sumati Rajagopalan, Joyce Chiu ... Eric O Long
    Allosteric transition between two disulfide configurations of NK cell receptor KIR2DL4 is a functional switch that controls receptor residence at the cell surface for binding and internalization of soluble HLA-G.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

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

    Katherine X Dong, Yanbo Zhang ... Colleen N McLaughlin
    Systematic dissection of Rab GTPase function in developing neurons reveals that early and recycling endosome-associated Rabs regulate largely distinct aspects of neuronal morphogenesis and circuit assembly across developmental time.
    1. Cell Biology

    Whole human organ clearing and multimodal mapping

    Héloïse Policet-Bétend, Tomàs Jordà-Siquier ... Christophe M Lamy
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    P95-HER2 promotes metastatic progression by biasing MRTFA dependent signaling

    Joseph D Fernandes, Erin Bresnahan ... Joshua C Snyder
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing

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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    Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
  2. Jonathan A Cooper
    Jonathan A Cooper
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
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    University of Geneva, Switzerland
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