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. Developmental Biology

    ANKEF1 is a key axonemal component essential for murine sperm motility and male fertility

    Shuntai Yu, Guoliang Yin ... Fengchao Wang
    ANKEF1 stabilizes the sperm axoneme by reinforcing the nexin–dynein regulatory complex, revealing a mechanical buffering mechanism essential for flagellar integrity and male fertility.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Therapeutic benefits of maintaining CDK4/6 inhibitors and incorporating CDK2 inhibitors beyond progression in breast cancer

    Jessica Armand, Sungsoo Kim ... Hee Won Yang
    Maintaining CDK4/6 inhibition constrains drug‑resistant breast tumors by delaying cell‑cycle entry, and adding CDK2 inhibition further deepens control to guide post‑progression therapy.
    1. Medicine
    2. Neuroscience

    Dual-modal metabolic analysis reveals hypothermia-reversible uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation in neonatal brain hypoxia-ischemia

    Naidi Sun, Yu-Yo Sun ... Song Hu
    Post‑HI oxidative‑phosphorylation uncoupling drives secondary energy failure in neonatal brains, and preventing the post‑HI CMRO2 surge is a key mechanism underlying hypothermia’s neuroprotection.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Morphogenesis and morphometry of brain folding patterns across species

    Sifan Yin, Chunzi Liu ... L Mahadevan
    The morphogenesis of brain folding patterns across species is studied by physical gel models, simulations, and a quantitative morphometric analysis.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Sex differences in bile acid homeostasis and excretion underlie the disparity in liver cancer incidence between males and females

    Megan E Patton, Sherwin Kelekar ... Sayeepriyadarshini Anakk
    Transcriptomic and metabolite analysis reveal sex differences in circulation and excretion of bile acids in a mouse- model of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and the identified female-specific gene profile correlates with better HCC survival.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Biophysical basis for brain folding and misfolding patterns in ferrets and humans

    Gary PT Choi, Chunzi Liu ... L Mahadevan
    Physical gel models and numerical simulations have been created to study ferret brain gyrification and cortical malformations, while comparisons with human phenotypes aim to link genetics and brain morphogenesis.
    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. 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. 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.