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    1. Cell Biology

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

    Fangqing Deng, Rong Yang ... Lianbing Zhang
    Periodic red-light irradiation promotes coupling between keratinocyte mitochondrial lipid metabolism and epigenetic remodeling, increasing acetyl-CoA availability and histone H3 lysine 9 acetylation to slow skin aging.
    1. Cell Biology

    Golgi CATCHR complexes function as organizing hubs for vesicle tethering and fusion

    Walter S Aragon-Ramirez, Amrita Khakurel ... Vladimir V Lupashin
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Tracking maternal proteins uncovers a central role for the residual body in organelle recycling during Toxoplasma gondii replication

    Julia von Knoerzer-Suckow, Parnian Sazegar ... Markus Meissner
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    A high-throughput assay for the measurement of Ca2+ oscillations and insulin release from uniformly sized mouse β-cell (MIN6) spheroids

    Stijn Robben, Patricia Davidson ... Thomas Voets
    High-throughput monitoring of glucose-evoked calcium oscillations in uniform 3D β-cell spheroids enables efficient discovery of compounds that enhance insulin secretion.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Zinc is a key regulator of the sperm-specific K+ channel (Slo3) function

    Rizki Tsari Andriani, Tanadet Pipatpolkai ... Takafumi Kawai
    Intracellular zinc dynamically changes during sperm capacitation and regulates Slo3-mediated hyperpolarization, while directly inhibiting Slo3 currents through residues contributing to its slow dissociation.
    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
    Single-molecule motility assays and live-cell imaging in neurons reveal that tau hyperphosphorylation disrupts the formation of cooperative tau envelopes along microtubules and lysosomal transport.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Digest before Ingest: Early Recruitment of Membrane-bound DNaseX to Phagocytic Cups in Macrophages

    Arghajit Pyne, Vivek Pandey ... Xuefeng Wang
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Physiology

    Ion channels and GPCR requirements for pressure-induced lymphatic chronotropy: Evidence for a Gαq/11-IP3R1-ANO1 pacemaking axis

    Michael J Davis, Hae Jin Kim ... Scott D Zawieja
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Fundamental
    • Compelling
    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 v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology

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

    Ahmed Emam Abdelnaby, Yin-Hu Wang ... Mohamed Trebak
    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
    Model of the heart. Image credit: Jesse Orrico (CC0)

    Following your heart as it takes shape

    Alexandra Trouilloud, Nicole C Dubois

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    University of Barcelona, Spain
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    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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