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. Cancer Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    RadD from Fusobacterium nucleatum engages NKp46 to promote antitumor cytotoxicity

    Ahmed Rishiq, Johanna Galski ... Ofer Mandelboim
    RadD recognition by NKp46 converts Fusobacterium nucleatum from an immune-evasive pathogen into a trigger of natural killer cell-mediated tumor control in a context-dependent manner.
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Adapting clinical chemistry plasma as a source for liquid biopsies

    Spencer C Ding, Jingru Yu ... Wei Gu
    Residual plasma from rapid routine clinical chemistry tubes enables cell-free DNA NGS-based analysis, providing an untapped, scalable, and accessible resource without specialized collection workflows.
    1. Cell Biology

    The FAM53C/DYRK1A axis regulates the G1/S transition of the cell cycle

    Taylar Hammond, Jong Bin Choi ... Julien Sage
    The poorly characterized FAM53C protein is an inhibitor of the DYRK1A kinase and governs the G1/S transition of the cell cycle.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Bivalent mRNA booster encoding virus-like particles elicits potent polyclass receptor-binding domain antibodies in pre-vaccinated mice

    Chengcheng Fan, Alexander A Cohen ... Magnus AG Hoffmann
    Bivalent EABR mRNA boosters broaden neutralizing responses to Omicron subvariants by promoting diverse receptor-binding domain epitope targeting, although antibody responses remain partially shaped by immune imprinting from prior vaccination.
    1. Neuroscience

    On-demand seizures facilitate rapid screening of therapeutics for epilepsy

    Yuzhang Chen, Brian Litt ... Hajime Takano
    An on-demand seizure model in chronically epileptic mice integrates reliability and etiological relevance, providing a mechanistically grounded, efficient platform for evaluating pharmacological interventions.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Prickle and Ror modulate Dishevelled-Vangl interaction to regulate non-canonical Wnt signaling during convergent extension in Xenopus

    Hwa-seon Seo, Deli Yu ... Jianbo Wang
    During convergent extension morphogenesis, non-canonical Wnt induces the signal transducer Dishevelled to transition from Vangl to Frizzled, a process that is inhibited by Prickle but facilitated by the co-receptor Ror.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Inference of germinal center evolutionary dynamics via simulation-based deep learning

    Duncan K Ralph, Athanasios G Bakis ... Frederick A Matsen
    Deep learning applied to B cell phylogenies reveals a simple, measurable curve relating receptor affinity to evolutionary fitness in germinal centers.
    1. Cell Biology

    Single-cell lineage tracing identifies hemogenic endothelial cells in the adult mouse bone marrow

    Jing-Xin Feng, Mei-Ting Yang ... Giovanna Tosato
    Single-cell and bulk lineage tracing reveals that adult bone marrow endothelial cells generate functional hematopoietic progenitor and mature blood cells, expanding the cell sources of postnatal hematopoiesis.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Distinct mechanisms of inhibition of Kv2 potassium channels by tetraethylammonium and RY785

    Shan Zhang, Robyn Stix ... José D Faraldo-Gómez
    Computer simulations reveal the structural basis for a selective mechanism of ion-channel inhibition that could guide future pharmacological developments against associated human health disorders.
    1. Neuroscience

    AFD thermosensory neurons mediate tactile-dependent locomotion modulation in C. elegans

    Manuel Rosero, Jihong Bai
    The thermosensory neuron AFD unexpectedly modulates locomotion based on tactile experience through molecular and circuit mechanisms distinct from those underlying thermosensation.