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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Engulfment by brain macrophages in a short-lived vertebrate

    Rahul Nagvekar, Angela N Pogson ... Anne Brunet
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Cell Biology

    Analysis of cancer mutations introduced into the Drosophila melanogaster Notch negative regulatory region uncovers a diversity of regulatory outcomes

    Hideyuki Shimizu, Martin Baron
    Heterogeneity in outcomes of differently located activating mutations of Notch indicates the need and potential for mutant specific targeting of Notch in cancer.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    RAB14-dependent tubulovesicular recycling directs MET to invadopodia, promoting TNBC cell invasion

    Amrita Khamari, Atreyee Guria ... Sunando Datta
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    1. Cell Biology

    Decoupling AMPK from fatty acid synthesis allows maintenance of fitness late in life

    Hanane Hadj-Moussa, Megan Ulusan ... Jonathan Houseley
    Re-engineering a highly conserved metabolic pathway in yeast prevents age-related functional decline and proves that ageing is not inevitably linked to loss of fitness.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Organ Development: Following your heart as it takes shape

    Alexandra Trouilloud, Nicole C Dubois
    A novel computational pipeline reveals patterns of tissue movement and growth in early heart formation and advances virtual modeling of development.
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Pink1-mediated mitophagy in the endothelium releases proteins encoded by mitochondrial DNA and activates neutrophil responses during inflammation

    Priyanka Gajwani, Li Wang ... Jalees Rehman
    Inflammatory activation of endothelial cells triggers Pink1-dependent mitophagy and mitochondrial formyl peptides release, which drives neutrophil recruitment and lung injury.
    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
    Titin-associated muscle ankyrin repeat proteins limit stretch-induced longitudinal muscle hypertrophy and link titin mechanosensing to mTOR signaling.
    1. Cell Biology

    N6-Adenosine Methylation of a Single Site in SARS-CoV-2 5′-UTR Promotes Translation

    Ammar Aly, Gary Scott ... A Pejmun Haghighi
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Adaptive plasticity of aspartate metabolism in succinate dehydrogenase-deficient cancer cells

    David Sokolov, Eric Zheng ... Lucas B Sullivan
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Stable excitatory-inhibitory synapse balance despite dynamic turnover

    Krassimira A Garbett, James P Allen ... Richard C Sando
    Long-term live imaging and tracking approaches reveal a coordination between excitatory and inhibitory synapse assembly, despite continual spatiotemporal dynamics.

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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    The role of lipids in hearing

    Yein Christina Park, Angela Ballesteros

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  1. Sofia J Araújo
    University of Barcelona, Spain
  2. Jonathan A Cooper
    Jonathan A Cooper
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
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    University of Freiburg, Germany
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