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. Evolutionary Biology

    Evolution of gene expression in seasonal environments

    Shuichi N Kudo, Yuka Ikezaki ... Akiko Satake
    A comparative analysis of genome-wide seasonal gene expression dynamics across four forest tree species revealed that a shared 'molecular calendar' emerges in winter, constraining gene expression evolution and potentially limiting temporal niche partitioning and species divergence in seasonal environments.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Avoidance of hydrogen sulfide is modulated by external and internal states in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Longjun Pu, Lina Zhao ... Changchun Chen
    Mitochondrial remodeling, ROS-dependent signaling, and diverse environmental and physiological cues underlie the initiation and persistence of locomotory activity of C. elegans in toxic H2S.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Decapping activators Edc3 and Scd6 act redundantly with Dhh1 in post-transcriptional repression of starvation-induced pathways

    Rakesh Kumar, Fan Zhang ... Alan G Hinnebusch
    Multi-omics analyses reveal redundant functions of yeast mRNA decapping activators Scd6 and Edc3 in facilitating recruitment of helicase Dhh1 and accelerating degradation of transcripts required for respiration in glucose-replete cells.
    1. Neuroscience

    Generation of biophysical neuron model parameters from recorded electrophysiological responses

    Jimin Kim, Minxian Peng ... Eli Shlizerman
    A deep generative approach learns the translation from neurons’ electrophysiological recordings to the biophysical parameters of neuron models, assisting in the development of a detailed nervous system model.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    RBMX2 links Mycobacterium bovis infection to epithelial–mesenchymal transition and lung cancer progression

    Chao Wang, Yongchong Peng ... Yingyu Chen
    Integrative analyses uncover RBMX2 as a pivotal mediator that bridges Mycobacterium bovis infection to epithelial–mesenchymal transition and tumor progression in the lung.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    HoxB-derived hoxba and hoxbb clusters are essential for the anterior–posterior positioning of zebrafish pectoral fins

    Morimichi Kikuchi, Renka Fujii ... Akinori Kawamura
    HoxB-dependent anterior–posterior patterning and the evolutionary origin of pectoral fins.
    1. Neuroscience

    Progressive remote memory decline coincides with parvalbumin interneuron hyperexcitability and enhanced inhibition of cortical engram cells in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

    Julia J van Adrichem, Rolinka J van der Loo ... Ronald E van Kesteren
    Remote memories in Alzheimer’s disease are impaired through loss of inhibitory control over cortical engram neurons by hyperexcitable parvalbumin interneurons.
    1. Neuroscience

    Peripheral glia and neurons jointly regulate activity-induced synaptic remodeling at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction

    Yen-Ching Chang, Yi-Jheng Peng ... Karen T Chang
    Peripheral glia regulate synaptic remodeling at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction by balancing neuron-derived signals and controlling ambient glutamate levels, thereby revealing distinct glial mechanisms in activity-dependent synaptic plasticity.
    1. Neuroscience

    Functional characterization of neuropeptides that act as ligands for both calcitonin-type and pigment-dispersing factor-type receptors in a deuterostome

    Xiao Cong, Huachen Liu ... Muyan Chen
    Cell-line experiments and in vivo functional experiments provide the evidence that CT-type peptides can act as ligands for both CTR/CLR-type and PDF-type receptors in a deuterostome.
    1. Neuroscience

    PTBP1 depletion in mature astrocytes reveals distinct splicing alterations without neuronal features

    Min Zhang, Naoto Kubota ... Sika Zheng
    PTBP1 loss in mature astrocytes causes unique astrocytic splicing changes, not neuronal-like, contrasting its role in other non-neuronal cells and indicating PTBP1 depletion alone is ineffective to drive adult-astrocyte-to-neuron conversion.