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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    The fluoride permeation pathway and anion recognition in Fluc family fluoride channels

    Benjamin C McIlwain, Roja Gundepudi ... Randy B Stockbridge
    In the extremely selective fluoride channels from the bacterial Fluc family, fluoride ions access the pore via two points, an electropositive vestibule and a triad of conserved residues involved in anion recognition.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Planar cell polarity-mediated induction of neural stem cell expansion during axolotl spinal cord regeneration

    Aida Rodrigo Albors, Akira Tazaki ... Elly M Tanaka
    During axolotl spinal cord regeneration adult neural stem cells reactivate an embryonic neuroepithelial cell-like gene program that implements planar cell polarity to orient cell divisions, coupling polarized spinal cord growth with stem cell self-renewal.
    1. Medicine
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Gut microbiota-derived gamma-aminobutyric acid from metformin treatment reduces hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury through inhibiting ferroptosis

    Fangyan Wang, Xiujie Liu ... Wantie Wang
    Gut microbiota-derived gamma-aminobutyric acid is identified as a key metabolite that metformin protect from hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Decoding the centromeric nucleosome through CENP-N

    Satyakrishna Pentakota, Keda Zhou ... Karolin Luger
    A comprehensive structural, biochemical, and cell biological analysis reveals the molecular mechanism and significance of the conserved interaction of centromeric protein N (CENP-N) with the centromeric nucleosome.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    SLC38A2 provides proline to fulfill unique synthetic demands arising during osteoblast differentiation and bone formation

    Leyao Shen, Yilin Yu ... Courtney M Karner
    Proline is essential for osteoblast differentiation and bone formation by facilitating the production of proline-enriched osteoblast proteins.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    A hepatocyte-specific transcriptional program driven by Rela and Stat3 exacerbates experimental colitis in mice by modulating bile synthesis

    Jyotsna, Binayak Sarkar ... Rajesh S Gokhale
    Studies in murine model identify hepatic Rela-Stat3 network as a potential driver of gut inflammation and a novel therapeutic target for inflammatory bowel disease, offering new insights into liver-gut crosstalk.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Epidermal RAF prevents allergic skin disease

    Josipa Raguz, Ines Jeric ... Manuela Baccarini
    In keratinocytes, the BRAF and RAF1 proteins work independently to balance the activity of mitogenic and stress kinase cascades and uphold the mechanical and immunological barrier functions of the epidermis.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Microbiota from young mice counteracts susceptibility to age-related gout through modulating butyric acid levels in aged mice

    Ning Song, Hang Gao ... Wenlong Zhang
    Gut microbiota from young mice can alleviate gout and hyperuricemia in aged mice, further revealing that the metabolic product butyrate derived from the gut microbiota exerts similar therapeutic effects.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    An entropic safety catch controls hepatitis C virus entry and antibody resistance

    Lenka Stejskal, Mphatso D Kalemera ... Joe Grove
    The entry glycoproteins of hepatitis C virus, E1E2, possess a novel regulatory mechanism in which protein disorder is harnessed to control their activity and their ability to evade antibodies.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Dynamics of macrophage polarization support Salmonella persistence in a whole living organism

    Jade Leiba, Tamara Sipka ... Mai E Nguyen-Chi
    Real-time visualization of Salmonella enterica and polarized macrophage interaction in the living host identifies an anti-inflammatory, pro-regenerative, and motionless macrophage subset as a survival niche during persistent infection.