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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structural features stabilized by divalent cation coordination within hepatitis E virus ORF1 are critical for viral replication

    Robert LeDesma, Brigitte Heller ... Alexander Ploss
    A combined computational, genetic, and biochemical analysis of the hepatitis E virus open reading frame 1 (ORF1) protein identifies a novel domain-domain interaction that is vital for fitness and supports a proposed structural model of the ORF1 polyprotein.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    SEC24A deficiency lowers plasma cholesterol through reduced PCSK9 secretion

    Xiao-Wei Chen, He Wang ... David Ginsburg
    COPII vesicles regulate the metabolism of cholesterol through the selective transport of secretory proteins.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    MicroRNA-122 supports robust innate immunity in hepatocytes by targeting the RTKs/STAT3 signaling pathway

    Hui Xu, Shi-Jun Xu ... Liang-Hu Qu
    The liver-specific miRNA microRNA-122 plays a previously unknown role in hepatocyte intrinsic innate immunity by targeting the RTKs/STAT3 signaling pathway.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Application of human liver organoids as a patient-derived primary model for HBV infection and related hepatocellular carcinoma

    Elisa De Crignis, Tanvir Hossain ... Tokameh Mahmoudi
    Human liver organoids provide a patient-derived platform to interrogate host and viral mechanisms of HBV replication, perform anti-HBV and toxicity drug screens, and investigate the molecular determinants of related tumorigenesis.
    1. Medicine

    Membrane-bound O-acyltransferase 7 (MBOAT7) shapes lysosomal lipid homeostasis and function to control alcohol-associated liver injury

    Venkateshwari Varadharajan, Iyappan Ramachandiran ... J Mark Brown
    MBOAT7 loss of function in hepatocytes contributes to ethanol-induced liver injury, offering crucial insights into the dysregulated lipid metabolism and impaired autophagy associated with advanced liver disease.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Doxorubicin blocks proliferation of cancer cells through proteolytic activation of CREB3L1

    Bray Denard, Ching Lee, Jin Ye
    Cleavage of a membrane-bound transcription factor by the chemotherapeutic reagent doxorubicin can block the proliferation of tumor cells.
    1. Cell Biology

    Lactate transporter MCT1 in hepatic stellate cells promotes fibrotic collagen expression in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

    Kyounghee Min, Batuhan Yenilmez ... Michael P Czech
    Stellate cell lactate transporter MCT1 significantly contributes to liver fibrosis through increased collagen 1 protein expression in vitro and in vivo.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Inhibiting IRE1α-endonuclease activity decreases tumor burden in a mouse model for hepatocellular carcinoma

    Nataša Pavlović, Carlemi Calitz ... Femke Heindryckx
    Inhibiting IRE1α decreases tumor cell proliferation and migration in hepatocellular carcinoma, therefore components of this ER-stress pathway may be therapeutically relevant for liver cancer.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Differentiated glioma cell-derived fibromodulin activates integrin-dependent Notch signaling in endothelial cells to promote tumor angiogenesis and growth

    Shreoshi Sengupta, Mainak Mondal ... Kumaravel Somasundaram
    Comprehensive proteomic investigation and functional studies unravel an essential role of differentiated glioma cell-secreted fibromodulin (FMOD) in regulating glioblastoma tumor growth by inducing angiogenesis by activating integrin-dependent Notch signaling in endothelial cells, highlighting FMOD as a potential therapeutic target.
    1. Cancer Biology

    EZH2/hSULF1 axis mediates receptor tyrosine kinase signaling to shape cartilage tumor progression

    Zong-Shin Lin, Chiao-Chen Chung ... Ya-Huey Chen
    EZH2/cMET may serve as biomarkers to stratify chondrosarcoma patients for cMET inhibitor treatment.