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    Mir204 and Mir211 suppress synovial inflammation and proliferation in rheumatoid arthritis by targeting Ssrp1

    Qi-Shan Wang, Kai-Jian Fan ... Ting-Yu Wang
    MiR 204/211 antagonize synovial inflammation and hyperproliferation by regulation of its downstream target gene Ssrp1, and decelerated RA progression.
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    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Phagocytosis: The central role of the centrosome

    Isabel Stötzel, Eva Kiermaier
    The centrosome decides which branch extending from the body of microglia will successfully engulf and clear away dead neurons.
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    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Molecular basis for the role of disulfide-linked αCTs in the activation of insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor and insulin receptor

    Jie Li, Jiayi Wu ... Eunhee Choi
    A critical role of aCT in the distinct activation mechanism of insulin receptor and insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor.
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    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Overcoming the cytoplasmic retention of GDOWN1 modulates global transcription and facilitates stress adaptation

    Zhanwu Zhu, Jingjing Liu ... Bo Cheng
    Human GDOWN1 is identified as an extremely tightly controlled nucleocytoplasmic shuttling protein, and its translocation into the nucleus plays a crucial role in modulating the global transcription and facilitating the cellular adaptation to certain stresses.
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    An ER phospholipid hydrolase drives ER-associated mitochondrial constriction for fission and fusion

    Tricia T Nguyen, Gia K Voeltz
    ABHD16A is a phospholipid-modifying endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein required for both mitochondrial fission and fusion machinery recruitment to ER-associated mitochondrial constrictions.
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    Modular UBE2H-CTLH E2-E3 complexes regulate erythroid maturation

    Dawafuti Sherpa, Judith Mueller ... Arno F Alpi
    Erythroid maturation-dependent remodelling of CTLH E3 complex, along with its cognate E2, controls the orderly progression of human erythropoiesis, thus establishing a paradigm for other E2-E3 ubiquitylation modules involved in developmental processes.
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    Differential axonal trafficking of Neuropeptide Y-, LAMP1-, and RAB7-tagged organelles in vivo

    Joris P Nassal, Fiona H Murphy ... Matthijs Verhage
    In vivo live imaging reveals the trafficking dynamics of three cellular organelles in neocortical axons with single vesicle resolution and demonstrates activity-dependent changes.
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    2. Neuroscience

    Kiaa1024L/Minar2 is essential for hearing by regulating cholesterol distribution in hair bundles

    Ge Gao, Shuyu Guo ... Gang Peng
    Cholesterol plays an essential role in hair bundles, and Kiaa1024L/Minar2 regulates cholesterol distribution and homeostasis to ensure normal hearing.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Medicine

    Urine-derived exosomes from individuals with IPF carry pro-fibrotic cargo

    Sharon Elliot, Paola Catanuto ... Marilyn K Glassberg
    A systemic feature of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis whereby urine-derived exosomes contain pro-fibrotic microRNAs and interfere with response to tissue injury.
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    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Defocus Corrected Large Area Cryo-EM (DeCo-LACE) for label-free detection of molecules across entire cell sections

    Johannes Elferich, Giulia Schiroli ... Nikolaus Grigorieff
    Cryo-electron microscopy can be used to detect biomolecules in entire 100- to 250-nm-thick cell slices when using a method to collect montages that prevents radiation damage in areas that have not been imaged yet.