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    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
    2. Neuroscience

    Zebrafish live imaging reveals a surprisingly small percentage of spinal cord motor neurons die during early development

    Hao Jia, Hongmei Yang, Kathy Qian Luo
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    1. Cell Biology

    Protein absorption in the zebrafish gut is regulated by interactions between lysosome rich enterocytes and the microbiome

    Laura Childers, Jieun Park ... Michel Bagnat
    The gut microbiome regulates protein absorption activity in lysosome-rich enterocytes (LREs) and causes broad gene expression changes, while LRE activity also affects the microbiome.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Transcriptional Dynamics Uncover the Role of BNIP3 in Mitophagy during Muscle Remodeling in Drosophila

    Hiroki Taoka, Tadayoshi Murakawa ... Naonobu Fujita
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    Targeting IRE1α improves insulin sensitivity and thermogenesis and suppresses metabolically active adipose tissue macrophages in male obese mice

    Dan Wu, Venkateswararao Eeda ... Weidong Wang
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Pyruvate and Related Energetic Metabolites Modulate Resilience Against High Genetic Risk for Glaucoma

    Keva Li, Nicholas Tolman ... UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium
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    1. Cell Biology

    A delta-tubulin/epsilon-tubulin/Ted protein complex is required for centriole architecture

    Rachel Pudlowski, Lingyi Xu ... Jennifer T Wang
    Centriolar triplet microtubules are required for the formation and positioning of centriole substructures.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Layilin Regulates Treg Motility and Suppressive Capacity in Skin

    Victoire Gouirand, Sean Clancy ... Michael D Rosenblum
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    DNA replication in primary hepatocytes without the six-subunit ORC

    Róża K Przanowska, Yuechuan Chen ... Anindya Dutta
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveal the cytological mechanism of conjugated linoleic acids in regulating intramuscular fat deposition

    Liyi Wang, Shiqi Liu ... Tizhong Shan
    The cytological mechanism of conjugated linoleic acids regulates fat infiltration in skeletal muscles based on pig models via using single-nucleus transcriptomics.
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    Allosteric Regulation of Kinase Activity – call for papers

    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Imaging methods are vastly underreported

    Guillermo Marqués, Thomas Pengo, Mark A Sanders
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Philosophy of Biology: Knowledge and illusions

    Antony M Jose

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