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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Enteropathogenic E. coli-mediated Fast and Coordinated Ca2+ responses regulate NF-κB activation

    Fangrui Guo, Roberto Ornelas Guevara ... Guy Tran Van Nhieu
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    • Compelling
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    A genetic toolkit for stable episomal transgenesis in the anaerobic gut parasite Blastocystis ST7-B

    M Rey Toleco, Kevin SW Tan, Mark van der Giezen
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Compelling
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    CO2-dependent opening of connexin 43 hemichannels

    Valentin Mihai Dospinescu, Alexander Mascarenhas ... Nicholas Dale
    Connexin43 is the most ubiquitously expressed connexin in the human body, and the CO2-dependent opening of Connexin43 hemichannels implies that CO2 may influence many physiological processes.
    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
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    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    A validated antibody toolbox for ALS research

    Riham Ayoubi, Emma J MacDougall ... Carl Laflamme
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Intron Retention Controls Localization of lncRNAs PURPL and MALAT1 to Promote Cell Proliferation and Migration

    Ioannis Grammatikakis, Chosita Norkaew ... Ashish Lal
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    • Compelling
    1. Cell Biology

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

    Fangqing Deng, Rong Yang ... Lianbing Zhang
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Contractile perinuclear actomyosin network promotes peripheral and polar chromosome interaction with the mitotic spindle

    Nooshin Sheidaei, John K Eykelenboom ... Tomoyuki U Tanaka
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

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

    Hanane Hadj-Moussa, Megan Ulusan ... Jonathan Houseley
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    Ubiquitin ligase ITCH regulates life cycle of SARS-CoV-2 virus

    Qiwang Xiang, Camille Wouters ... Jiou Wang
    ITCH is an important regulator of SARS-CoV-2 life cycle, coordinating ubiquitination, assembly, autophagosome-mediated secretion, and spike stability, highlighting ITCH as a promising therapeutic target for antiviral intervention.
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    The role of lipids in hearing

    Yein Christina Park, Angela Ballesteros
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Chemotherapy: Lipid balance and chemoresistance in cancer cells

    Kaori Kanemaru, Yoshikazu Nakamura
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Metabolism: How one nutrient controls cell size

    Angela Montero, Lydia WS Finley

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    University of Barcelona, Spain
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    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
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