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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    The full length BEND2 protein is dispensable for spermatogenesis but required for setting the ovarian reserve in mice

    Yan Huang, Nina Bucevic ... Ignasi Roig
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    1. Cell Biology

    Multi-omics analyses and machine learning prediction of oviductal responses in the presence of gametes and embryos

    Ryan M Finnerty, Daniel J Carulli ... Wipawee Winuthayanon
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    1. Cell Biology

    Control of ciliary transcriptional programs during spermatogenesis by antagonistic transcription factors

    Weihua Wang, Junqiao Xing ... Zhangfeng Hu
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Rediscovering the Rete Ovarii: a secreting auxiliary structure to the ovary

    Dilara N Anbarci, Jennifer McKey ... Blanche Capel
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Enalapril mitigates aging by targeting antioxidative genes via phosphorylated Smad1/5/9

    Wencong Lyu, Haochen Wang ... Wei Tao
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Bridging the Gap in Cancer Cell Behavior Against Matrix Stiffening: Insights from a Trizonal Model

    Mohammad E Torki, Fan Liu ... Zi Chen
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    1. Cell Biology

    Beta Cells: Opportunity makes a hub or a leader

    Marjan Slak Rupnik
    Functional subpopulations of β-cells emerge to control pulsative insulin secretion in the pancreatic islets of mice through calcium oscillations.
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    1. Cell Biology

    Pharmacologic activation of integrated stress response kinases inhibits pathologic mitochondrial fragmentation

    Kelsey R Baron, Samantha Oviedo ... R Luke Wiseman
    Compounds that activate integrated stress response kinases inhibit mitochondrial fragmentation induced by chemical or genetic insults, indicating that targeting this pathway offers opportunities to mitigate mitochondrial fragmentation in diverse diseases.
    1. Cell Biology

    Glucokinase activity controls peripherally located subpopulations of β-cells that lead islet Ca2+ oscillations

    Erli Jin, Jennifer K Briggs ... Matthew J Merrins
    3D light-sheet imaging identifies the location and metabolic sensitivity of β-cell subpopulations that lead and coordinate islet Ca2+ oscillations.
    1. Cell Biology

    Ezrin defines TSC complex activation at endosomal compartments through EGFR–AKT signaling

    Giuliana Giamundo, Daniela Intartaglia ... Ivan Conte
    Ezrin controls endo-lysosomal signaling by maintaining TSC inhibition through EGFR signaling, activating mTORC1, and inhibiting lysosomal function, unveiling a critical endosome–lysosome network essential for autophagy and cellular homeostasis.

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    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
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