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1. 1. Medicine
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Medical Imaging: MRI sets its sights on collagen

   Fritz Schick

   Reducing the echo time of a whole-body MRI scanner makes it possible to image collagen, an important structural protein found in bones and tendons.
2. 1. Medicine
   2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

   A titin missense variant drives atrial electrical remodeling and is associated with atrial fibrillation

   Mahmud Arif Pavel, Hanna Chen ... Dawood Darbar

   Genetic and electrophysiological studies uncover a mechanism linking a TTN missense variant to atrial fibrillation by coupling titin with potassium channel remodeling, revealing FHL2 as a modulator and therapeutic target.
3. 1. Medicine

   Association between continuous glucose monitoring-derived metrics and coronary plaque vulnerability: A retrospective exploratory analysis

   Hikaru Sugimoto, Ken-ichi Hironaka ... Shinya Kuroda

   The mean, variance, and autocorrelation of glucose dynamics are independently associated with coronary plaque vulnerability.
4. 1. Medicine
   2. Immunology and Inflammation

   PDL-1+ Neutrophils mediate susceptibility during endotoxemia in Metabolically Dysfunctional-Associated Fatty Liver Disease

   Cleyson da Cruz Oliveira Barros, Alexandre Kanashiro ... Fernando Queiroz Cunha
5. 1. Medicine
   2. Neuroscience

   Impaired Adaptive Learning in Chronic Pain Contributes to Apathy

   Xinyuan Yan, Crina M Peterson ... David P Darrow
6. 1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
   2. Medicine

   Direct MRI of Collagen

   Jason Daniel van Schoor, Markus Weiger ... Klaas Paul Pruessmann
7. 1. Genetics and Genomics
   2. Medicine

   Translational reading frame determines the pathogenicity of C-terminal frameshift deletions in MeCP2: an alternative therapeutic approach

   Jacky Guy, Elena Hein ... Adrian Bird
8. 1. Medicine
   2. Neuroscience

   Dual-modal metabolic analysis reveals hypothermia-reversible uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation in neonatal brain hypoxia-ischemia

   Naidi Sun, Yu-Yo Sun ... Song Hu

   Post‑HI oxidative‑phosphorylation uncoupling drives secondary energy failure in neonatal brains, and preventing the post‑HI CMRO₂ surge is a key mechanism underlying hypothermia’s neuroprotection.
9. 1. Medicine
   2. Neuroscience

   GPR30 in spinal cholecystokinin-positive neurons modulates neuropathic pain

   Qing Chen, Hui Wu ... Xinzhong Chen

   A combination of viral strategies, electrophysiological methods, and behavioral tests reveals how GPR30 in spinal CCK⁺ neurons modulates neuropathic pain.
10. 1. Medicine

    Are peer reviewers influenced by their work being cited?

    Adrian Barnett

    Some requests by reviewers to cite their own publications are coercive and can unnecessarily delay indexation and publication.