Research Articles

Research Articles published by eLife are full-length studies that present important breakthroughs across the life sciences and biomedicine. There is no maximum length and no limits on the number of display items.

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    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Class A scavenger receptor MARCO negatively regulates Ace expression and aldosterone production

    Conan JO O'Brien, Giorgio Ratti ... Ana I Domingos
    Loss of class A scavenger receptor MARCO results in elevated lung Ace expression and elevated plasma aldosterone concentrations in male mice, demonstrating an endocrine function of this immune scavenger receptor.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Phospholipid scramblase 1 (PLSCR1) regulates interferon-lambda receptor 1 (IFN-λR1) and IFN-λ signaling in influenza A virus (IAV) infection

    Alina Xiaoyu Yang, Lisa Ramos-Rodriguez ... Yang Zhou
    PLSCR1 is an IFN-λ-stimulated gene that enhances IFN-λR1 expression at both transcriptional and protein level, highlighting the potential for targeting PLSCR1 pathways in anti-influenza therapy.
    1. Neuroscience

    Projection-specific integration of convergent thalamic and retrosplenial signals in the presubicular head direction cortex

    Louis Richevaux, Dongkyun Lim ... Desdemona Fricker
    Nonlinear dendritic integration in single presubicular neurons provides a mechanism for combining vestibular-based head-direction signals and visual landmark signals to anchor the brain’s internal compass.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Nucleosome wrapping energy in CpG islands and the role of epigenetic base modifications

    Rasa Giniūnaitė, Rahul Sharma ... Daiva Petkevičiūtė-Gerlach
    CpG density and epigenetic modification state modulate DNA mechanics, altering its intrinsic compatibility with nucleosome formation.
    1. Medicine
    2. Neuroscience

    GPR30 in spinal cholecystokinin-positive neurons modulates neuropathic pain

    Qing Chen, Hui Wu ... Xinzhong Chen
    A combination of viral strategies, electrophysiological methods, and behavioral tests reveals how GPR30 in spinal CCK+ neurons modulates neuropathic pain.
    1. Medicine

    Are peer reviewers influenced by their work being cited?

    Adrian Barnett
    Some requests by reviewers to cite their own publications are coercive and can unnecessarily delay indexation and publication.
    1. Neuroscience

    Vascular endothelial-specific loss of TGF-beta signaling as a model for choroidal neovascularization and central nervous system vascular inflammation

    Yanshu Wang, Amir Rattner ... Jeremy Nathans
    In mice, loss of TGF-beta signaling specifically in vascular endothelial cells leads to retinal hypovascularization, choroidal neovascularization, a pro-inflammatory state within brain and retinal endothelial cells, and an influx of diverse inflammatory cells into the retina.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Computer prediction and genetic analysis identifies retinoic acid modulation as a driver of conserved longevity pathways in genetically diverse Caenorhabditis nematodes

    Stephen A Banse, Christine A Sedore ... Patrick C Phillips
    Computer screening identifies that the widely prescribed vitamin A derivative all-trans retinoic acid increases both longevity and late-life health in a powerful genetic model system.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Mac-/Lactosylceramide regulates intestinal homeostasis and secretory cell fate commitment by facilitating Notch signaling

    Kebei Tang, Xuewen Li ... Rongwen Xi
    An evolutionarily conserved glycosphingolipid metabolite ensures precise stem cell fate decisions by modulating Delta-Notch signaling dynamics.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Functional genomics reveals strain-specific genetic requirements conferring hypoxic growth in Mycobacterium intracellulare

    Yoshitaka Tateishi, Yuriko Ozeki ... Sohkichi Matsumoto
    Transposon sequencing analyses reveal that among genomically diverse clinical Mycobacterium intracellulare strains and the type strain, 131 genes were comprehensively identified as universal essential genes suggesting promising drug targets.