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. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Human formin FHOD3-mediated actin elongation is required for sarcomere integrity in cardiomyocytes

    Dylan A Valencia, Angela N Koeberlein ... Margot E Quinlan
    Complementary biochemical and cell-biological approaches reveal that formin FHOD3-mediated actin elongation, rather than nucleation, is critical for maintaining cardiomyocyte sarcomeres.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    A mathematical model for ketosis-prone diabetes suggests the existence of multiple pancreatic β-cell inactivation mechanisms

    Sean A Ridout, Priyathama Vellanki, Ilya Nemenman
    A simple mathematical model, incorporating reversible deactivation of β-cells, can potentially explain the rapid onset and remission of a diabetes subtype, ketosis-prone diabetes.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Opposing regulation of TNF responses by IFN-γ and a PGE2-cAMP axis that is apparent in rheumatoid and immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced arthritis human IL-1β+ macrophages

    Upneet K Sokhi, Ruoxi Yuan ... Lionel B Ivashkiv
    Interferon-γ and prostaglandin E2 signaling oppose each other to determine the balance between two distinct TNF-induced inflammatory gene expression programs relevant for rheumatoid and immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced arthritis.
    1. Neuroscience

    Differential roles of NaV1.2 and NaV1.6 in neocortical pyramidal cell excitability

    Joshua D Garcia, Chenyu Wang ... Kevin J Bender
    NaV1.2 and NaV1.6 have unique functional roles in neocortical pyramidal cells, regulating dendritic and axonal excitability, respectively.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Female-germline specific protein Sakura interacts with Otu and is crucial for germline stem cell renewal and differentiation and oogenesis

    Azali Azlan, Li Zhu, Ryuya Fukunaga
    Sakura is expressed in female germlines, interacts with Otu, and is crucial for germline stem cell renewal and differentiation and oogenesis in Drosophila.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Malnutrition drives infection susceptibility and dysregulated myelopoiesis that persists after refeeding intervention

    Alisa Sukhina, Clemence Queriault ... Will Bailis
    Dysregulated myelopoiesis is identified as a driver of nutritionally acquired immunodeficiency that persists after refeeding and nutritional recovery, indicating exposure to food scarcity may be an immunologic risk factor.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Medicine

    EPHA4 signaling dysregulation links abnormal locomotion and the development of idiopathic scoliosis

    Lianlei Wang, Xinyu Yang ... Nan Wu
    EPHA4 pathway dysfunction causes axon pathfinding defects, resulting in impaired coordinated left-right locomotion by disrupting neural patterning and the function of central pattern generators, thereby potentially leading to idiopathic scoliosis.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Old age variably impacts chimpanzee engagement and efficiency in stone tool use

    Elliot Howard-Spink, Tetsuro Matsuzawa ... Dora Biro
    Long-term standardized data collection on wild western chimpanzees reveals late-life changes in stone tool use, and the extent of these changes varies between individuals.
    1. Cancer Biology

    S100a4+ alveolar macrophages accelerate the progression of precancerous atypical adenomatous hyperplasia by promoting the angiogenic function regulated by fatty acid metabolism

    Hong Huang, Ying Yang ... Le Zhang
    S100a4+ alveolar macrophages facilitate angiogenesis through CPT1A-PPAR-γ-mediated fatty acid metabolism, thereby triggering atypical adenomatous hyperplasia.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Self-other generalisation shapes social interaction and is disrupted in borderline personality disorder

    Joseph M Barnby, Jen Nguyen ... London Personality and Mood Disorders Consortium
    Individuals with borderline personality disorder maintain rigid, distinct self-other representations, disrupting the bidirectional generalisation that underpins adaptive social learning and interpersonal trust.