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Long-term effects of the growing population of HIV-treated people in Southern Africa on individuals and the public health sector at large are not yet understood . This study proposes a novel ‘ratio’ model that relates CD4+ T-cell counts of HIV-infected individuals to the CD4+ count reference values from healthy populat... | The human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ) remains an ongoing global pandemic . There is currently no cure for HIV , but antiretroviral therapies can keep the virus in check and allow individuals with HIV to live longer , healthier lives . These drugs work in two ways . They block the ability of the virus to multiply and... | [
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Synaptic transmission consists of fast and slow components of neurotransmitter release . Here we show that these components are mediated by distinct exocytic proteins . The Caenorhabditis elegans unc-13 gene is required for SV exocytosis , and encodes long and short isoforms ( UNC-13L and S ) . Fast release was mediate... | Neurons communicate with one another at junctions called synapses . When an electrical signal known as an action potential travels along a neuron and arrives at a synapse , the neuron releases a package of transmitter chemicals into the synapse . These chemicals then diffuse across the gap and bind to receptors on a se... | [
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Human organogenesis is when severe developmental abnormalities commonly originate . However , understanding this critical embryonic phase has relied upon inference from patient phenotypes and assumptions from in vitro stem cell models and non-human vertebrates . We report an integrated transcriptomic atlas of human org... | Individual organs and tissues form in human embryos during the first two months of pregnancy . Any errors during this crucial stage of human development can result in miscarriage or serious birth defects . Yet remarkably little is known about how this process works . What is known has been inferred from studies of how ... | [
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Bacterial mRNAs are organized into operons consisting of discrete open reading frames ( ORFs ) in a single polycistronic mRNA . Individual ORFs on the mRNA are differentially translated , with rates varying as much as 100-fold . The signals controlling differential translation are poorly understood . Our genome-wide mR... | Proteins make up much of the biological machinery inside cells and perform the essential tasks needed to keep each cell alive . Cells contain thousands of different proteins and the instructions needed to build each protein are encoded in genes . However , these instructions cannot be used directly to manufacture the p... | [
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The endoplasmic reticulum ( ER ) -localized Hsp70 chaperone BiP affects protein folding homeostasis and the response to ER stress . Reversible inactivating covalent modification of BiP is believed to contribute to the balance between chaperones and unfolded ER proteins , but the nature of this modification has so far b... | Newly made proteins are unstructured chains of amino acids that must fold into particular shapes to work effectively . Proteins that are destined to be exported from the cell undergo folding in a compartment of the cell called the endoplasmic reticulum . This folding is assisted by chaperones ( which are themselves als... | [
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Subcellular asymmetry directed by the planar cell polarity ( PCP ) signaling pathway orients numerous morphogenetic events in both invertebrates and vertebrates . Here , we describe a morphogenetic movement in which the intertwined socket and shaft cells of the Drosophila anterior wing margin mechanosensory bristles un... | Our right and left hands are mirror images of each other and cannot be precisely superimposed . This property , known as chirality , is vital for many tissues and organs to form correctly in humans and other animals . For example , fruit flies have hair-like sensory organs on the edges of their wings known as bristles ... | [
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Lipids are critical to cellular function and it is generally accepted that lipid turnover is rapid and dysregulation in turnover results in disease ( Dawidowicz 1987; Phillips et al . , 2009; Liu et al . , 2013 ) . In this study , we present an intriguing counter-example by demonstrating that in the center of the human... | Every cell is surrounded by a membrane made primarily of molecules called lipids . This membrane protects the cell and controls which molecules pass into and out of it . To keep the membrane in good working order , its lipids are regularly broken down and replaced with fresh molecules . However , some cells—such as the... | [
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White adipose tissue ( WAT ) inflammation contributes to the development of insulin resistance in obesity . While the role of adipose tissue macrophage ( ATM ) pro-inflammatory signalling in the development of insulin resistance has been established , it is less clear how WAT inflammation is initiated . Here , we show ... | Although inflammation can be good for the body and help fight off infection , in certain cases it can also be harmful . When immune cells switch on at the wrong time , they can cause damage to cells and tissues . Fat tissue has its own population of immune cells called adipose tissue macrophages that remove dead fat ce... | [
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The amphipod crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis is a blossoming model system for studies of developmental mechanisms and more recently regeneration . We have sequenced the genome allowing annotation of all key signaling pathways , transcription factors , and non-coding RNAs that will enhance ongoing functional studies . Pa... | The marine crustacean known as Parhyale hawaiensis is related to prawns , shrimps and crabs and is found at tropical coastlines around the world . This species has recently attracted scientific interest as a possible new model to study how animal embryos develop before birth and , because Parhyale can rapidly regrow lo... | [
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Genome-wide association studies have found variation within the complement factor H gene family links to host susceptibility to meningococcal disease caused by infection with Neisseria meningitidis ( Davila et al . , 2010 ) . Mechanistic insights have been challenging since variation within this locus is complex and bi... | Meningitis is a potentially life-threatening condition whereby the membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord become inflamed . Often meningitis is caused by a viral or bacterial infection—such as infection by a bacterium called Neisseria meningitidis , also known as meningococcus . However , not everyo... | [
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Mucin 5AC ( MUC5AC ) is secreted by goblet cells of the respiratory tract and , surprisingly , also expressed de novo in mucus secreting cancer lines . siRNA-mediated knockdown of 7343 human gene products in a human colonic cancer goblet cell line ( HT29-18N2 ) revealed new proteins , including a Ca2+-activated channel... | Goblet cells are specialized cells that produce proteins called mucins , which combine with water , salt and other proteins to form mucus , the slippery fluid that protects the respiratory and digestive tracts from bacteria , viruses and other pathogens . However , a defect in the production of one particular type of m... | [
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Brief experiences while a memory is consolidated may capture the consolidation , perhaps producing a maladaptive memory , or may interrupt the consolidation . Since consolidation occurs during sleep , even fleeting experiences when animals are awakened may produce maladaptive long-term memory , or may interrupt consoli... | Throughout our waking lives we are exposed to a continuous stream of experiences . Some of these experiences trigger changes in the strength of connections between neurons in the brain and begin the process of forming memories . However , these initial memory traces are fragile and only a small number will become long-... | [
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The biological players involved in angiogenesis are only partially defined . Here , we report that endothelial cells ( ECs ) express a novel isoform of the cell-surface adhesion molecule L1CAM , termed L1-ΔTM . The splicing factor NOVA2 , which binds directly to L1CAM pre-mRNA , is necessary and sufficient for the skip... | Growing tumors stimulate the formation of new blood vessels to supply the oxygen and nutrients the cancerous cells need to stay alive . Stopping tumors from forming the blood vessels could therefore help us to treat cancer . To do so , we need to understand how different proteins control when and how blood vessels deve... | [
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Aberrant activation of anaplastic lymphoma kinase ( ALK ) has been described in a range of human cancers , including non-small cell lung cancer and neuroblastoma ( Hallberg and Palmer , 2013 ) . Vertebrate ALK has been considered to be an orphan receptor and the identity of the ALK ligand ( s ) is a critical issue . He... | Cells have receptor proteins on their surface that enable them to detect changes in their environment and communicate with other cells . Signal molecules bind to a segment of the receptor called the extracellular domain that faces out from the cell . This can result in the activation of another domain in the receptor t... | [
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In mammalian cells three closely related cavin proteins cooperate with the scaffolding protein caveolin to form membrane invaginations known as caveolae . Here we have developed a novel single-molecule fluorescence approach to directly observe interactions and stoichiometries in protein complexes from cell extracts and... | If you could look closely enough at the surface of some animal cells , especially fat or muscle cells , you would see that they are covered with pocket-like indents called ‘caveolae’ . These structures are thought to help the cells communicate with the outside world , but they can also be used by viruses to gain entry ... | [
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The flexible control of sequential behavior is a fundamental aspect of speech , enabling endless reordering of a limited set of learned vocal elements ( syllables or words ) . Songbirds are phylogenetically distant from humans but share both the capacity for vocal learning and neural circuitry for vocal control that in... | Human speech and birdsong share numerous parallels . Both humans and birds learn their vocalizations during critical phases early in life , and both learn by imitating adults . Moreover , both humans and songbirds possess specific circuits in the brain that connect the forebrain to midbrain vocal centers . Humans can f... | [
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SNX6 is a ubiquitously expressed PX-BAR protein that plays important roles in retromer-mediated retrograde vesicular transport from endosomes . Here we report that CNS-specific Snx6 knockout mice exhibit deficits in spatial learning and memory , accompanied with loss of spines from distal dendrites of hippocampal CA1 p... | Neurons are the building blocks of the nervous system . These cells generally consist of a round portion called the cell body and a long cable-like axon . The cell body bears numerous branches called dendrites , which are in turn covered in spines . Neurons communicate with one another at junctions – or synapses – that... | [
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Supergene regions maintain alleles of multiple genes in tight linkage through suppressed recombination . Despite their importance in determining complex phenotypes , our empirical understanding of early supergene evolution is limited . Here we focus on the young ‘social’ supergene of fire ants , a powerful system for d... | Red fire ants ( Solenopsis invicta ) are native to South America , but the species has spread to North America , Australia and New Zealand where it can be an invasive pest . A reason for this species’ invasiveness types of colonies : one with a single egg-laying queen and another with several queens . However , it is n... | [
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Septins are guanine nucleotide-binding proteins that polymerize into filamentous and higher-order structures . Cdc42 and its effector Gic1 are involved in septin recruitment , ring formation and dissociation . The regulatory mechanisms behind these processes are not well understood . Here , we have used electron micros... | Septins are proteins that provide structural support for cells as they divide . Yeast cells are known to have seven types of septins , which have been widely studied , and 13 different septins have been identified in human cells , although they all seem similar to those found in yeast . Mutations in the genes that carr... | [
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Signal propagation from the cell membrane to a promoter can induce gene expression . To examine signal transmission through sub-cellular compartments and its effect on transcription levels in individual cells within a population , we used the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway as a model system . Wnt signaling orchestrate... | Cells in an animal’s body must communicate with one another to coordinate many processes that are essential to life . One way that cells do this is by releasing molecules that bind to receptors located on the surface of others cells; this binding then triggers a signaling pathway in the receiving cell that passes infor... | [
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Acute Myeloid Leukemia ( AML ) is an aggressive hematological malignancy with abnormal progenitor self-renewal and defective white blood cell differentiation . Its pathogenesis comprises subversion of transcriptional regulation , through mutation and by hijacking normal chromatin regulation . Kat2a is a histone acetylt... | Less than 30% of patients with acute myeloid leukaemia – an aggressive cancer of the white blood cells – survive five years post-diagnosis . This disease disrupts the maturation of white blood cells , resulting in the accumulation of immature cells that multiply and survive but are incapable of completing their maturat... | [
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Many developing neurons transition through a multi-polar state with many competing neurites before assuming a unipolar state with one axon and multiple dendrites . Hallmarks of the multi-polar state are large fluctuations in microtubule-based transport into and outgrowth of different neurites , although what drives the... | Nerve cells ( also known as neurons ) connect with each other to form complex networks through which signals are carried around the body . Signals are received by branch-like projections called dendrites , pass through the cell body and then pass along a long projection called the axon before being transmitted to the d... | [
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The characterization of prostate epithelial hierarchy and lineage heterogeneity is critical to understand its regenerative properties and malignancies . Here , we report that the transcription factor RUNX1 marks a specific subpopulation of proximal luminal cells ( PLCs ) , enriched in the periurethral region of the dev... | The prostate is part of the reproductive organs in male mammals . Many of the cells lining the inside of the prostate – known as ‘luminal cells’ – need hormones to survive . Certain treatments for prostate cancer , including surgical and chemical castration , lead to fewer hormones reaching the prostate , which shrinks... | [
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Mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with a spectrum of human disorders , ranging from rare , inborn errors of metabolism to common , age-associated diseases such as neurodegeneration . How these lesions give rise to diverse pathology is not well understood , partly because their proximal consequences have not been ... | Mitochondria are found within virtually all of our body’s cells and are best known as their power plants . Damaged mitochondria cause many diseases in humans – from rare , inherited metabolic disorders that cause symptoms including muscle weakness and developmental problems , to age-related diseases such as diabetes an... | [
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Most neurogenesis in the mammalian brain is completed embryonically , but in certain areas the production of neurons continues throughout postnatal life . The functional properties of mature postnatally generated neurons often match those of their embryonically produced counterparts . However , we show here that in the... | Most of your brain cells were born before you were . But in mammals , including humans , some of these brain cells , also known as nerve cells or neurons , are created after birth . These later-generated neurons are often extremely similar to their counterparts produced in the womb , and also seem to perform a similar ... | [
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Fundamental gaps remain in our understanding of how immunity to malaria develops . We used detailed clinical and entomological data from parallel cohort studies conducted across the malaria transmission spectrum in Uganda to quantify the development of immunity against symptomatic P . falciparum as a function of age an... | Malaria kills around 500 , 000 children every year . The disease occurs when an infected mosquito bites a human and passes on a Plasmodium parasite . One parasite in particular , Plasmodium falciparum , is responsible for most malaria-related deaths across the globe . A person can be infected by P . falciparum many tim... | [
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There is great interest in understanding human olfactory experience from a principled and quantitative standpoint . The comparison is often made to color vision , where a solid framework with a three-dimensional perceptual space enabled a rigorous search for the underlying neural pathways , and the technological develo... | Scientists are interested in the number of colors , sounds and smells we can distinguish because this information can shed light onto how our brains process these senses both in health and disease . It is relatively straightforward to determine how many colors we can see or sounds we can hear because these stimuli are ... | [
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People who inject drugs ( PWID ) account for some of the most explosive human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ) and hepatitis C virus ( HCV ) epidemics globally . While individual drivers of infection are well understood , less is known about network factors , with minimal data beyond direct ties . 2512 PWID in New Delhi ... | Understanding the social and spatial relationships that connect people is a key element to stop the spread of infectious diseases . These networks are particularly relevant to combat epidemics among populations that are hard to reach with public health interventions . Network-based approaches , for example , can help t... | [
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Photoreceptors are the most numerous and metabolically demanding cells in the retina . Their primary nutrient source is the choriocapillaris , and both the choriocapillaris and photoreceptors require trophic and functional support from retinal pigment epithelium ( RPE ) cells . Defects in RPE , photoreceptors , and the... | Cells use a sugar called glucose as fuel to provide energy for many essential processes . The light-sensing cells in the eye , known as photoreceptors , need tremendous amounts of glucose , which they receive from the blood with the help of neighboring cells called retinal pigment epithelium ( RPE ) cells . Without a r... | [
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Porphyrias are disorders of heme metabolism frequently characterized by extreme photosensitivity . This symptom results from accumulation of porphyrins , tetrapyrrole intermediates in heme biosynthesis that generate reactive oxygen species when exposed to light , in the skin of affected individuals . Here we report tha... | Porphyrias are rare diseases that involve ring-shaped molecules called porphyrins accumulating in various parts of the body . Porphyrins are produced as part of the normal process that makes an important molecule called heme , which is required to transport oxygen . However , high levels of porphyrins can be toxic . Fo... | [
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The sulfhydration of cysteine residues in proteins is an important mechanism involved in diverse biological processes . We have developed a proteomics approach to quantitatively profile the changes of sulfhydrated cysteines in biological systems . Bioinformatics analysis revealed that sulfhydrated cysteines are part of... | Proteins play essential roles in almost every aspect of a cell’s life , and also contribute to the structure and function of body tissues and organs . Cells and tissues adapt to their continuously changing environments by regulating the activity of their proteins . For example , proteins that are not fully active immed... | [
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Influenza viruses undergo continual antigenic evolution allowing mutant viruses to evade host immunity acquired to previous virus strains . Antigenic phenotype is often assessed through pairwise measurement of cross-reactivity between influenza strains using the hemagglutination inhibition ( HI ) assay . Here , we exte... | Every year , seasonal influenza , commonly called flu , infects up to one in five people around the world , and causes up to half a million deaths . Even though the human immune system can detect and destroy the virus that causes influenza , people can catch flu many times throughout their lifetimes because the virus k... | [
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The Notch signalling pathway plays fundamental roles in diverse developmental processes in metazoans , where it is important in driving cell fate and directing differentiation of various cell types . However , we still have limited knowledge about the role of Notch in early preimplantation stages of mammalian developme... | We start life as a single cell , which immediately begins to divide to form an embryo that will eventually contain all the different kinds of cells found in the adult body . During the first few rounds of cell division , embryonic cells can become any type of adult cells , but also form the placenta , the organ that su... | [
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Many eukaryotic regulatory proteins adopt distinct bound and unbound conformations , and use this structural flexibility to bind specifically to multiple partners . However , we lack an understanding of how an interface can select some ligands , but not others . Here , we present a molecular dynamics approach to identi... | Many proteins need to interact with other proteins to carry out their various tasks in cells . Such interactions are essential for almost all biological processes and are often disrupted in disease . Cells have thousands of different types of proteins and each has a unique shape that determines which other proteins it ... | [
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Gene expression noise is an evolvable property of biological systems that describes differences in expression among genetically identical cells in the same environment . Prior work has shown that expression noise is heritable and can be shaped by selection , but the impact of variation in expression noise on organismal... | Single-celled organisms that reproduce by dividing , like yeast , can create whole populations of genetically identical cells . However , some differences will exist among such cells , even when they have all experienced the same environment . These differences are known as “noise” . By definition , noise is not caused... | [
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Suction is widely used by animals for strong controllable underwater adhesion but is less well understood than adhesion of terrestrial climbing animals . Here we investigate the attachment of aquatic insect larvae ( Blephariceridae ) , which cling to rocks in torrential streams using the only known muscle-actuated suct... | Suction cups are widely used to attach objects to surfaces in bathrooms and kitchens . They work well on tiles and other smooth surfaces , but do not stick well to rougher materials like brick or wood because they are unable to form an air-tight seal . Researchers have been searching for ways to improve these cups by s... | [
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The extensive use of mollusc shell as a versatile raw material is testament to its importance in prehistoric times . The consistent choice of certain species for different purposes , including the making of ornaments , is a direct representation of how humans viewed and exploited their environment . The necessary taxon... | Just like people do today , prehistoric humans liked to adorn themselves with beautiful objects . Shells , from creatures like clams and snails , were used to decorate clothing or worn as jewelry at least as far back as 100 , 000 years ago . Later people used shells as the raw materials to make beads or bracelets . Lea... | [
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Neurons in sensory cortex are tuned to diverse features in natural scenes . But what determines which features neurons become selective to ? Here we explore the idea that neuronal selectivity is optimized to represent features in the recent sensory past that best predict immediate future inputs . We tested this hypothe... | A large part of our brain is devoted to processing the sensory inputs that we receive from the world . This allows us to tell , for example , whether we are looking at a cat or a dog , and if we are hearing a bark or a meow . Neurons in the sensory cortex respond to these stimuli by generating spikes of activity . With... | [
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Concentrative nucleoside transporters ( CNTs ) are responsible for cellular entry of nucleosides , which serve as precursors to nucleic acids and act as signaling molecules . CNTs also play a crucial role in the uptake of nucleoside-derived drugs , including anticancer and antiviral agents . Understanding how CNTs reco... | DNA molecules are made from four bases—often named ‘G’ , ‘A’ , ‘C’ , and ‘T’—that are arranged along a backbone made of sugars and phosphate groups . Chemicals called nucleosides are essentially the same as these four building blocks of DNA ( and other similar molecules ) but without the phosphate groups . Proteins cal... | [
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Any organism faces sensory and cognitive limitations which may result in maladaptive decisions . Such limitations are prominent in the context of groups where the relevant information at the individual level may not coincide with collective requirements . Here , we study the navigational decisions exhibited by Paratrec... | Ants forage to find food and bring it back to the colony . If they come across food items that are too large or heavy for a single individual to carry , some species are able to form teams to cooperatively carry these items to the nest . This collective navigation process hinges on the navigational abilities of the ind... | [
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Categorization has been associated with distributed networks of the primate brain , including the prefrontal cortex ( PFC ) and posterior parietal cortex ( PPC ) . Although category-selective spiking in PFC and PPC has been established , the frequency-dependent dynamic interactions of frontoparietal networks are largel... | A brain that could store only exact experiences would bog us down with details . We have instead evolved to be able to detect the common elements in different experiences and group them into meaningful categories . This imbues the world with meaning . We can recognize and respond appropriately to objects , situations a... | [
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Adequate responses to noxious stimuli causing tissue damages are essential for organismal survival . Class IV neurons in Drosophila larvae are polymodal nociceptors responsible for thermal , mechanical , and light sensation . Importantly , activation of Class IV provoked distinct avoidance behaviors , depending on the ... | Animals often need to get away quickly from dangers in their environment , such as temperatures that are hot enough to damage their tissues . As such , an animal’s brain often encodes automatic ‘avoidance responses’ to signs of danger , which help the animal move away from harm . The nervous system of a fruit fly larva... | [
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The first point of our body’s contact with tactile stimuli ( innocuous and noxious ) is the epidermis , the outermost layer of skin that is largely composed of keratinocytes . Here , we sought to define the role that keratinocytes play in touch sensation in vivo and ex vivo . We show that optogenetic inhibition of kera... | The skin is the largest sensory organ of the body , and the first point of contact with the outside world . Whether it is being pinched or caressed , the skin’s sense of touch informs organisms about their surroundings and allows them to react appropriately . Nerve cells present in the skin capture information about to... | [
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Mutualism is of fundamental importance in ecosystems . Which factors help to keep the relationship mutually beneficial and evolutionarily successful is a central question . We addressed this issue for one of the most significant mutualistic interactions on Earth , which associates plants of the leguminosae family and h... | Rhizobia are soil bacteria that are able to form a symbiotic relationship with legumes – plants that include peas , beans and lentils . The bacteria move into cells in the roots of the plant and cause new organs called nodules to form . Inside the nodules the bacteria multiply before being released to the soil again . ... | [
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Understanding how patterning influences cell behaviors to generate three dimensional morphologies is a central goal of developmental biology . Additionally , comparing these regulatory mechanisms among morphologically diverse tissues allows for rigorous testing of evolutionary hypotheses . Zebrafish skin is endowed wit... | Hair , feathers or scales cover the skin of most land animals . Despite their apparent diversity , these appendages share many features: they are mainly formed of the protein keratin , are produced by the topmost layer of the skin and they start to form with skin cells moving inwards to form a pit . Across species , th... | [
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Neurons recorded in behaving animals often do not discernibly respond to sensory input and are not overtly task-modulated . These non-classically responsive neurons are difficult to interpret and are typically neglected from analysis , confounding attempts to connect neural activity to perception and behavior . Here , ... | Neurons encode information in the form of electrical signals called spikes . Certain neurons increase the rate at which they produce spikes under specific circumstances , e . g . , whenever an animal hears a particular sound . These neurons are said to be 'classically responsive' . But not all neurons behave in this wa... | [
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Neurogenesis in Drosophila occurs in two phases , embryonic and post-embryonic , in which the same set of neuroblasts give rise to the distinct larval and adult nervous systems , respectively . Here , we identified the embryonic neuroblast origin of the adult neuronal lineages in the ventral nervous system via lineage-... | Fruit flies undergo a process called metamorphosis in which they change from a maggot or larva into an adult fly . These two life stages look and behave differently and appear to have strikingly different nervous systems . The relationship between the two nervous systems has been most extensively studied in the ventral... | [
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The gene regulatory network ( GRN ) is the central decision‐making module of the cell . We have developed a theory called Buffered Qualitative Stability ( BQS ) based on the hypothesis that GRNs are organised so that they remain robust in the face of unpredictable environmental and evolutionary changes . BQS makes stro... | The genomes of living organisms consist of thousands of genes , which produce proteins that perform many essential functions . Cells receive signals from both their internal and external environments , and respond by changing how they express their genes . This allows a cell to make the right amount of different protei... | [
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Many animal species , including insects , are capable of acoustic duetting , a complex social behavior in which males and females tightly control the rate and timing of their courtship song syllables relative to each other . The mechanisms underlying duetting remain largely unknown across model systems . Most studies o... | When performing a duet , human singers listen to each other and also use other cues like tapping and nodding to keep in time . Duets are also found in the courtship rituals of some animals , but unlike human duetters—who tend to sing at the same time—the male and female animals take turns singing back and forth in quic... | [
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Postsynaptic compartments can be specifically modulated during various forms of synaptic plasticity , but it is unclear whether this precision is shared at presynaptic terminals . Presynaptic homeostatic plasticity ( PHP ) stabilizes neurotransmission at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction , where a retrograde enhanc... | Everything we think and do is the result of communication between neurons . This communication takes place at junctions called synapses . When two nerve cells or neurons communicate at a synapse , the output terminal of the first cell releases a chemical called a neurotransmitter . This binds to receiver proteins , or ... | [
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Bacterial Xer site-specific recombinases play an essential genome maintenance role by unlinking chromosome multimers , but their mechanism of action has remained structurally uncharacterized . Here , we present two high-resolution structures of Helicobacter pylori XerH with its recombination site DNA difH , representin... | Similar to humans , bacteria store their genetic material in the form of DNA and arrange it into structures called chromosomes . In fact , most bacteria have a single circular chromosome . Bacteria multiply by simply dividing in two , and before that happens they must replicate their DNA so that each of the newly forme... | [
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How cancer cells globally struggle with a chemotherapeutic insult before succumbing to apoptosis is largely unknown . Here we use an integrated systems-level examination of transcription , translation , and proteolysis to understand these events central to cancer treatment . As a model we study myeloma cells exposed to... | Many cancer treatments work by causing cancer cells to enter an advanced stage of a process known as programmed cell death or apoptosis . When a cell begins apoptosis , it takes a series of metabolic steps–such as fragmenting its DNA or reducing its volume–that eventually kills it . The cancer cells in tumours are able... | [
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Adolescents are especially prone to drug addiction , but the underlying biological basis of their increased vulnerability remains unknown . We reveal that translational control by phosphorylation of the translation initiation factor eIF2α ( p-eIF2α ) accounts for adolescent hypersensitivity to cocaine . In adolescent (... | Drug addiction a is major mental health problem that presents a huge financial , social and legal burden worldwide . Adolescents are notoriously prone to drug abuse and addicts typically begin using drugs at a young age . However , an explanation for why young people are particularly vulnerable to the effects of addict... | [
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Mechanoelectrical transduction by hair cells commences with hair-bundle deflection , which is postulated to tense filamentous tip links connected to transduction channels . Because direct mechanical stimulation of tip links has not been experimentally possible , this hypothesis has not been tested . We have engineered ... | In animals with backbones , the inner ear is responsible for both hearing and balance . Sound waves and head movements apply a mechanical force to hair cells inside the inner ear . This causes the cells to produce electrical signals that ultimately communicate information about the sound or movement to the brain . The ... | [
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Small molecule inhibitors of site-specific O-glycosylation by the polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase ( ppGalNAc-T ) family are currently unavailable but hold promise as therapeutics , especially if selective against individual ppGalNAc-T isozymes . To identify a compound targeting the ppGalNAc-T3 isozyme , w... | Complex cascades of interactions between different molecules regulate every process in the body . Enzymes are critical for this , because they act as ‘catalysts’ to speed up chemical reactions in a cell . Each type of enzyme has a specific role . The enzyme ppGalNAc-T3 , for example , attaches sugar molecules onto cert... | [
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G-quadruplexes ( G4 ) are extremely stable secondary structures forming stacks of guanine tetrads . DNA G4 structures have been extensively studied , however , less is known about G4 motifs in mRNAs , especially in their coding sequences . Herein , we show that Aven stimulates the mRNA translation of the mixed lineage ... | To make a protein , the DNA sequence that encodes it is first copied to make a molecule of messenger RNA ( or mRNA for short ) . The mRNA is then used as a set of instructions to assemble a protein in a process called translation . Both DNA and RNA molecules can fold into particular shapes . One such structure is known... | [
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The flat Golgi cisterna is a highly conserved feature of eukaryotic cells , but how is this morphology achieved and is it related to its function in cargo sorting and export ? A physical model of cisterna morphology led us to propose that sphingomyelin ( SM ) metabolism at the trans-Golgi membranes in mammalian cells e... | The Golgi complex is a hub inside cells that transports many proteins to various parts of the cell . It also receives freshly made proteins and modifies them to help them mature into their final active forms . The complex is made up of a stack of disc-like membrane structures called cisternae . Are the shapes of the ci... | [
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Voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels ( Cavs ) are indispensable for coupling action potentials with Ca2+ signaling in living organisms . The structure of Cavs is similar to that of voltage-dependent Na+ channels ( Navs ) . It is known that prokaryotic Navs can obtain Ca2+ selectivity by negative charge mutations of the sele... | Electrical signals in the brain and muscles allow animals – including humans – to think , make memories and move around . Cells generate these signals by enabling charged particles known as ions to pass through the physical barrier that surrounds all cells , the cell membrane , at certain times and in certain locations... | [
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The amylase gene ( AMY ) , which codes for a starch-digesting enzyme in animals , underwent several gene copy number gains in humans ( Perry et al . , 2007 ) , dogs ( Axelsson et al . , 2013 ) , and mice ( Schibler et al . , 1982 ) , possibly along with increased starch consumption during the evolution of these species... | Many mammals can digest starch by using an enzyme called amylase , but different species eat different amounts of starchy foods . Amylase is released by the pancreas , and in certain species such as humans , it is also created by the glands that produce saliva , allowing the enzyme to be present in the mouth . There , ... | [
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Many spinal circuits dedicated to locomotor control have been identified in the developing zebrafish . How these circuits operate together to generate the various swimming movements during development remains to be clarified . In this study , we iteratively built models of developing zebrafish spinal circuits coupled t... | The spinal cord is a column of nerve tissue that connects the brain to the rest of the body in vertebrate animals . Nerve cells in the spinal cord , called neurons , help to control and coordinate the body’s movements . As the spinal cord develops , new neurons are born and new connections are made between neurons and ... | [
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hIAPP fibrils are associated with Type-II Diabetes , but the link of hIAPP structure to islet cell death remains elusive . Here we observe that hIAPP fibrils are cytotoxic to cultured pancreatic β-cells , leading us to determine the structure and cytotoxicity of protein segments composing the amyloid spine of hIAPP . U... | In Type-II Diabetes , an individual’s cells fail to respond correctly to the hormone insulin , leaving them unable to counteract high levels of sugar in the blood . Another hormone , human islet amyloid polypeptide ( hIAPP ) , works with insulin to regulate blood sugar levels . hIAPP is an amyloid protein , which means... | [
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Morphogenesis of hierarchical vascular networks depends on the integration of multiple biomechanical signals by endothelial cells , the cells lining the interior of blood vessels . Expansion of vascular networks arises through sprouting angiogenesis , a process involving extensive cell rearrangements and collective cel... | When a new blood vessel is created , a leader cell branches out from the lining of an existing vessel before being joined by other cells moving together in the same direction . A protein called Wnt5a regulates this process by helping the cells to orient themselves and finely coordinating their migration , but the exact... | [
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Co-opting the cellular machinery for protein production is a compulsory requirement for viruses . The Cricket Paralysis Virus employs an Internal Ribosomal Entry Site ( CrPV-IRES ) to express its structural genes in the late stage of infection . Ribosome hijacking is achieved by a sophisticated use of molecular mimicry... | Viruses cannot replicate themselves , but instead depend on components of the host cell for their own survival . Once a virus successfully enters a cell , it must use part of the cell’s machinery – specifically the ribosomes – to produce its own proteins . Ribosomes normally make the cell’s proteins by reading instruct... | [
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In budding yeast , a single cenH3 ( Cse4 ) nucleosome occupies the ∼120-bp functional centromere , however conflicting structural models for the particle have been proposed . To resolve this controversy , we have applied H4S47C-anchored cleavage mapping , which reveals the precise position of histone H4 in every nucleo... | DNA is tightly packaged in cells for a variety of reasons—to allow it to fit inside the nucleus , to protect it from damage , and to help control the production of proteins from genes . The basic unit of packaged DNA is called a nucleosome , which consists of DNA wrapped around a structure formed by two pairs of four d... | [
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In the early days of HIV treatment , drug resistance occurred rapidly and predictably in all patients , but under modern treatments , resistance arises slowly , if at all . The probability of resistance should be controlled by the rate of generation of resistance mutations . If many adaptive mutations arise simultaneou... | In the early days of HIV therapy , the strains of the virus that infected patients frequently evolved drug resistance and the therapies would often eventually fail . These treatments generally involved using a single anti-viral drug . Nowadays , better therapies involving combinations of several anti-viral drugs are av... | [
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Salmonella PhoQ is a histidine kinase with a periplasmic sensor domain ( PD ) that promotes virulence by detecting the macrophage phagosome . PhoQ activity is repressed by divalent cations and induced in environments of acidic pH , limited divalent cations , and cationic antimicrobial peptides ( CAMP ) . Previously , i... | Salmonella bacteria cause illnesses in humans , such as food poisoning and typhoid fever . In response to a Salmonella infection , immune cells known as macrophages detect and engulf the bacteria . The conditions inside the macrophage ( which include an acidic pH and high levels of antimicrobial molecules ) can destroy... | [
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The membrane-bound transcription factor ATF6α is activated by proteolysis during endoplasmic reticulum ( ER ) stress . ATF6α target genes encode foldases , chaperones , and lipid biosynthesis enzymes that increase protein-folding capacity in response to demand . The off-state of ATF6α is maintained by its spatial separ... | Newly made proteins must be folded into specific three-dimensional shapes before they can perform their roles in cells . Many proteins are folded in a cell compartment called the endoplasmic reticulum . The cell closely monitors the quality of the work done by this compartment . If the endoplasmic reticulum has more pr... | [
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Fossils were thought to lack original organic molecules , but chemical analyses show that some can survive . Dinosaur bone has been proposed to preserve collagen , osteocytes , and blood vessels . However , proteins and labile lipids are diagenetically unstable , and bone is a porous open system , allowing microbial/mo... | The chances of establishing a real-world Jurassic Park are slim . During the fossilization process , biological tissues degrade over millions of years , with some types of molecules breaking down faster than others . However , traces of biological material have been found inside some fossils . While some researchers be... | [
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Generative models , such as predictive coding , posit that perception results from a combination of sensory input and prior prediction , each weighted by its precision ( inverse variance ) , with incongruence between these termed prediction error ( deviation from prediction ) or surprise ( negative log probability of t... | Our perception of the world is not only based on input from our senses . Instead , what we perceive is also heavily altered by the context of what is being sensed and our expectations about it . Some researchers have suggested that perception results from combining information from our senses and our predictions . This... | [
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Cephalopods have evolved nervous systems that parallel the complexity of mammalian brains in terms of neuronal numbers and richness in behavioral output . How the cephalopod brain develops has only been described at the morphological level , and it remains unclear where the progenitor cells are located and what molecul... | Octopuses have evolved incredibly large and complex nervous systems that allow them to perform impressive behaviors , like plan ahead , navigate and solve puzzles . The nervous system of the common octopus ( also known as Octopus vulgaris ) contains over half a billion nerves cells called neurons , similar to the numbe... | [
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Brain age is a widely used index for quantifying individuals’ brain health as deviation from a normative brain aging trajectory . Higher-than-expected brain age is thought partially to reflect above-average rate of brain aging . Here , we explicitly tested this assumption in two independent large test datasets ( UK Bio... | Scientists who study the brain and aging are keen to find an effective way to measure brain health , which could help identify people at risk for dementia or memory problems . One popular marker is ‘brain age’ . This measurement uses a brain scan to estimate a person’s chronological age , then compares the estimated br... | [
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Ribosome biogenesis is a complex and energy-demanding process requiring tight coordination of ribosomal RNA ( rRNA ) and ribosomal protein ( RP ) production . Given the extremely high level of RP synthesis in rapidly growing cells , alteration of any step in the ribosome assembly process may impact growth by leading to... | When yeast cells are growing at top speed , they can make 2 , 000 new ribosomes every minute . These enormous molecular assemblies are the protein-making machines of the cell . Building new ribosomes is one of the most energy-demanding parts of cell growth and , if the process goes wrong , the results can be catastroph... | [
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Current models successfully describe the auditory cortical response to natural sounds with a set of spectro-temporal features . However , these models have hardly been linked to the ill-understood neurobiological changes that occur in the aging auditory cortex . Modelling the hemodynamic response to a rich natural soun... | It can often be difficult for an older person to understand what someone is saying , particularly in noisy environments . Exactly how and why this age-related change occurs is not clear , but it is thought that older individuals may become less able to tune in to certain features of sound . Newer tools are making it ea... | [
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During cortical synaptic development , thalamic axons must establish synaptic connections despite the presence of the more abundant intracortical projections . How thalamocortical synapses are formed and maintained in this competitive environment is unknown . Here , we show that astrocyte-secreted protein hevin is requ... | The central nervous system—which is made up of the brain and spinal cord—processes information from all over the body . The information travels through cells called neurons , which connect to each other at junctions called synapses . A single neuron can receive information from many different places because it is cover... | [
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Exposure to stress increases the risk of developing mood disorders . While a subset of individuals displays vulnerability to stress , others remain resilient , but the molecular basis for these behavioral differences is not well understood . Using a model of chronic social defeat stress , we identified region-specific ... | High levels of stress do not have the same effect on everybody: some individuals can show resilience and recover quickly , while other struggle to cope . Scientists have started to investigate how these differences may find their origin in biological processes , mainly by focusing on the role of neurons . However , neu... | [
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GPCRs regulate all aspects of human physiology , and biophysical studies have deepened our understanding of GPCR conformational regulation by different ligands . Yet there is no experimental evidence for how sidechain dynamics control allosteric transitions between GPCR conformations . To address this deficit , we gene... | Almost every aspect of the human body – from our senses to our moods – depends , in one way or another , on a large family of proteins called G-protein-coupled receptors . These receptor proteins , known as GPCRs for short , detect signals from outside the cell and trigger activity within the cell . This allows cells t... | [
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] | 2017 | Ligand modulation of sidechain dynamics in a wild-type human GPCR |
Influenza is notable for its evolutionary capacity to escape immunity targeting the viral hemagglutinin . We used deep mutational scanning to examine the extent to which a high inherent mutational tolerance contributes to this antigenic evolvability . We created mutant viruses that incorporate most of the ≈104 amino-ac... | Influenza is a major threat to human health largely because the flu virus evolves rapidly to escape recognition by the immune system . These ongoing changes also explain why flu vaccines become less effective over time and need to be reformulated every year . Hemagglutinin is a protein on the surface of the flu virus t... | [
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We previously discovered histones bound to cytosolic lipid droplets ( LDs ) ; here we show that this forms a cellular antibacterial defense system . Sequestered on droplets under normal conditions , in the presence of bacterial lipopolysaccharide ( LPS ) or lipoteichoic acid ( LTA ) , histones are released from the dro... | Histones are proteins found in large numbers in most animal cells , where their primary job is to help DNA strands fold into compact and robust structures inside the nucleus . In vitro , histones are very effective at killing bacteria , and there is some evidence that histones secreted from cells provide protection aga... | [
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When unperturbed , somatic stem cells are poised to affect immediate tissue restoration upon trauma . Yet , little is known regarding the mechanistic basis controlling initial and homeostatic ‘scaling’ of stem cell pool sizes relative to their target tissues for effective regeneration . Here , we show that TEAD1-expres... | Skeletal muscles are primarily composed of cells called muscle fibers , which attach to bones via tendons . These muscle fibers contract to help move the body . Muscle also contains a population of muscle stem cells that repair injured tissue . Normally , in adult skeletal muscle , these stems cells are in a resting st... | [
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Eukaryotic genomes are organized dynamically through the repositioning of nucleosomes . Isw2 is an enzyme that has been previously defined as a genome-wide , nonspecific nucleosome spacing factor . Here , we show that Isw2 instead acts as an obligately targeted nucleosome remodeler in vivo through physical interactions... | DNA encodes the genetic instructions for life in a long , flexible molecular chain that is packaged up neatly to fit inside cells . Short sections of DNA are wound around proteins to form bundles called nucleosomes , and then spun into chromatin fibres , a more compact form of DNA . While nucleosomes are a fundamental ... | [
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Our understanding of the antigen presentation pathway has recently been enhanced with the identification that the tapasin-related protein TAPBPR is a second major histocompatibility complex ( MHC ) class I-specific chaperone . We sought to determine whether , like tapasin , TAPBPR can also influence MHC class I peptide... | Our immune system protects us from infections and destroys cells that are turning cancerous . A group of proteins called MHC class I molecules are essential for this protection . These molecules let the immune system know what is going on inside our cells by displaying chopped up fragments of proteins ( or peptides ) o... | [
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] | 2015 | TAPBPR alters MHC class I peptide presentation by functioning as a peptide exchange catalyst |
Ammonium serves as key nitrogen source and metabolic intermediate , yet excess causes toxicity . Ammonium uptake is mediated by ammonium transporters , whose regulation is poorly understood . While transport can easily be characterized in heterologous systems , measuring transporter activity in vivo remains challenging... | Ammonium provides a vital source of nitrogen for bacteria , fungi and plants , and is produced by animals as a waste product of metabolism . High levels of ammonium can be toxic , so all organisms need to control their uptake or excretion of this substance . Ammonium transporters , which are highly conserved from bacte... | [
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Proper kinetochore-microtubule attachments , mediated by the NDC80 complex , are required for error-free chromosome segregation . Erroneous attachments are corrected by the tension dependence of kinetochore-microtubule interactions . Here , we present a method , based on fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy and För... | When a cell divides , each new cell that forms needs to contain a complete set of DNA , which is stored in structures called chromosomes . So first , the chromosomes duplicate , and the two copies are held together . A protein structure known as a kinetochore then forms on each copy of the chromosome . The kinetochores... | [
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] | 2018 | Measuring NDC80 binding reveals the molecular basis of tension-dependent kinetochore-microtubule attachments |
Cell fate determination during development often requires morphogen transport from producing to distant responding cells . Hedgehog ( Hh ) morphogens present a challenge to this concept , as all Hhs are synthesized as terminally lipidated molecules that form insoluble clusters at the surface of producing cells . While ... | Each cell in a developing embryo receives information that determines what type of body structure it will form . In fruit flies , this information is partly given by a protein called Hedgehog . In the embryo cells that receive it , Hedgehog can trigger a series of events which activate certain genes and thereby regulat... | [
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] | 2018 | Proteolytic processing of palmitoylated Hedgehog peptides specifies the 3-4 intervein region of the Drosophila wing |
PP2A-B56 is a serine/threonine phosphatase complex that regulates several major mitotic processes , including sister chromatid cohesion , kinetochore-microtubule attachment and the spindle assembly checkpoint . We show here that these key functions are divided between different B56 isoforms that localise to either the ... | The cells in our body are a hive of activity , but that activity must be kept under control . This is never more critical than when a cell divides , because unchecked cell division can lead to cancer . Fortunately , enzymes called kinases and phosphatases exist to control the countless proteins in a cell; these enzymes... | [
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"cell",
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] | 2019 | Division of labour between PP2A-B56 isoforms at the centromere and kinetochore |
Visual perception across a broad range of light levels is shaped by interactions between rod- and cone-mediated signals . Because responses of retinal ganglion cells , the output cells of the retina , depend on signals from both rod and cone photoreceptors , interactions occurring in retinal circuits provide an opportu... | The inner surface at the back of the eye is called the retina and contains two types of light-sensitive cells: rod cells and cone cells . Rods outnumber cones by roughly twenty to one and are responsible for vision under low light levels . Cone cells , by contrast , provide detailed vision in bright light , as well as ... | [
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Ecological variation influences the appearance and maintenance of tool use in animals , either due to necessity or opportunity , but little is known about the relative importance of these two factors . Here , we combined long-term behavioural data on feeding and travelling with six years of field experiments in a wild ... | There is currently much debate about the origins of animal culture , including why some animals have acquired the ability to use tools . Ecological problems often lead to the innovation of new tools . For example , a particular desirable food item may not be reachable without using a tool , or environmental conditions ... | [
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"ecology"
] | 2016 | Travel fosters tool use in wild chimpanzees |
Gene copy number alterations , tumor cell stemness , and the development of platinum chemotherapy resistance contribute to high-grade serous ovarian cancer ( HGSOC ) recurrence . Stem phenotypes involving Wnt-β-catenin , aldehyde dehydrogenase activities , intrinsic platinum resistance , and tumorsphere formation are h... | Ovarian cancer is one of the deadliest types of cancer in women . There are two main reasons for the aggressiveness of this cancer . First , ovarian cancer cells can spread to other parts of a woman’s body before she has been diagnosed , where the cells grow as tiny clumps or spheres of tumor cells , also called tumors... | [
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"cancer",
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] | 2019 | FAK activity sustains intrinsic and acquired ovarian cancer resistance to platinum chemotherapy |
Learning about temporal structure is adaptive because it enables the generation of expectations . We examined how the brain uses experience in structured environments to anticipate upcoming events . During fMRI ( functional magnetic resonance imaging ) , individuals watched a 90 s movie clip six times . Using a hidden ... | Anticipating future events is essential . It allows individuals to plan and prepare what they will do seconds , minutes , or hours in the future . But how the brain can predict future events in both the short-term and long-term is not yet clear . Researchers know that the brain processes images or other sensory informa... | [
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] | 2021 | Anticipation of temporally structured events in the brain |
As we navigate through the world , eye and head movements add rotational velocity patterns to the retinal image . When such rotations accompany observer translation , the rotational velocity patterns must be discounted to accurately perceive heading . The conventional view holds that this computation requires efference... | When strolling along a path beside a busy street , we can look around without losing our stride . The things we see change as we walk forward , and our view also changes if we turn our head—for example , to look at a passing car . Nevertheless , we can still tell that we are walking in a straight-line because our brain... | [
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] | 2015 | Role of visual and non-visual cues in constructing a rotation-invariant representation of heading in parietal cortex |
Intermediate filaments ( IF ) are a major component of the metazoan cytoskeleton and are essential for normal cell morphology , motility , and signal transduction . Dysregulation of IFs causes a wide range of human diseases , including skin disorders , cardiomyopathies , lipodystrophy , and neuropathy . Despite this pa... | Like the body's skeleton , the cytoskeleton gives shape and structure to the inside of a cell . Yet , unlike a skeleton , the cytoskeleton is ever changing . The cytoskeleton consists of many fibers each made from chains of protein molecules . One of these proteins is called vimentin and it forms intermediate filaments... | [
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"cell",
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] | 2018 | Site-specific glycosylation regulates the form and function of the intermediate filament cytoskeleton |
Drosophila has helped us understand the genetic mechanisms of pattern formation . Particularly useful have been those organs in which different cell identities and polarities are displayed cell by cell in the cuticle and epidermis ( Lawrence , 1992; Bejsovec and Wieschaus , 1993; Freeman , 1997 ) . Here we use the patt... | Fly larvae grow in an unusual way . Most embryos grow by increasing the number of cells in the embryo , but fly larvae grow by increasing the size of their cells . The epidermal cells in the growing larvae secrete a hard skin or cuticle that is renewed three times as they grow . This cuticle is decorated with teeth cal... | [
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"developmental",
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] | 2014 | Plasticity of both planar cell polarity and cell identity during the development of Drosophila |
RET can be activated in cis or trans by its co-receptors and ligands in vitro , but the physiological roles of trans signaling are unclear . Rapidly adapting ( RA ) mechanoreceptors in dorsal root ganglia ( DRGs ) express Ret and the co-receptor Gfrα2 and depend on Ret for survival and central projection growth . Here ... | During development , cells send and receive numerous signaling molecules . In order to trigger a biological response , such signaling molecules must first bind to a specific receptor protein , often located on the cell surface . These receptor proteins can either work alone or with partner proteins called co-receptors ... | [
"Abstract",
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"developmental",
"biology",
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] | 2015 | Cis and trans RET signaling control the survival and central projection growth of rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors |
Electron microscopy-based connectomics aims to comprehensively map synaptic connections in neural tissue . However , current approaches are limited in their capacity to directly assign molecular identities to neurons . Here , we use serial multiplex immunogold labeling ( siGOLD ) and serial-section transmission electro... | In the nervous system , cells called neurons connect to each other to form large “neural” networks . The most powerful method that is currently available for tracing neurons and mapping the connections between them is called electron microscopy . This requires slicing brain tissue into ultrathin sections , which are th... | [
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"neuroscience"
] | 2015 | A serial multiplex immunogold labeling method for identifying peptidergic neurons in connectomes |
Malate and lactate dehydrogenases ( MDH and LDH ) are homologous , core metabolic enzymes that share a fold and catalytic mechanism yet possess strict specificity for their substrates . In the Apicomplexa , convergent evolution of an unusual LDH from MDH produced a difference in specificity exceeding 12 orders of magni... | How are new genes created ? Most of the mutations in the genome of an organism place the organism at some sort of disadvantage , but a small number confer an advantage . The beneficial changes are usually retained by subsequent generations and can ultimately lead to the creation of new genes . An example is the gene th... | [
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] | 2014 | An atomic-resolution view of neofunctionalization in the evolution of apicomplexan lactate dehydrogenases |
The development of outgrowths from plant shoots depends on formation of epidermal sites of cell polarity convergence with high intracellular auxin at their centre . A parsimonious model for generation of convergence sites is that cell polarity for the auxin transporter PIN1 orients up auxin gradients , as this spontane... | Plants , unlike animals , are able to grow and develop throughout their lives . New leaves and flowers are made from outgrowths that constantly form at the tip of growing shoots . Groups of cells in the outer layer of the shoot tip arrange a protein called PIN1 so that it is more abundant on the cell surfaces that face... | [
"Abstract",
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] | [
"plant",
"biology",
"developmental",
"biology"
] | 2016 | Formation of polarity convergences underlying shoot outgrowths |
Calcium ions ( Ca2+ ) are essential for many cellular signaling mechanisms and enter the cytosol mostly through voltage-gated calcium channels . Here , using high-speed Ca2+ imaging up to 20 kHz in the rat layer five pyramidal neuron axon we found that activity-dependent intracellular calcium concentration ( [Ca2+]i ) ... | Nerve cells communicate using tiny electrical impulses called action potentials . Special proteins termed ion channels produce these electric signals by allowing specific charged particles , or ions , to pass in or out of cells across its membrane . When a nerve cell ‘fires’ an action potential , specific ion channels ... | [
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] | [
"neuroscience"
] | 2020 | Ca2+ entry through NaV channels generates submillisecond axonal Ca2+ signaling |
Parasitic helminths infect over a billion humans . To survive in the low oxygen environment of their hosts , these parasites use unusual anaerobic metabolism — this requires rhodoquinone ( RQ ) , an electron carrier that is made by very few animal species . Crucially RQ is not made or used by any parasitic hosts and RQ... | Parasitic worms infect more than a billion people worldwide , using a range of tricks to survive inside the human body . Some species can live for weeks inside the gut , a place with almost no oxygen . Yet exactly how they manage this is remains unclear . Scientists know that parasitic worms have an unusual way of maki... | [
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] | 2019 | Rhodoquinone biosynthesis in C. elegans requires precursors generated by the kynurenine pathway |
Hematopoietic stem cells ( HSCs ) must ensure adequate blood cell production following distinct external stressors . A comprehensive understanding of in vivo heterogeneity and specificity of HSC responses to external stimuli is currently lacking . We performed single-cell RNA sequencing ( scRNA-Seq ) on functionally va... | Most organs in the human body are maintained by a type of immature cells known as adult stem cells , which ensure a constant supply of new , mature cells . Adult stem cells monitor their environment through external signalling molecules and replace damaged cells as needed . Stem cell therapy takes advantage of the rege... | [
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"stem",
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] | 2021 | External signals regulate continuous transcriptional states in hematopoietic stem cells |
In vitro selection of antibodies allows to obtain highly functional binders , rapidly and at lower cost . Here , we describe the first fully synthetic phage display library of humanized llama single domain antibody ( NaLi-H1: Nanobody Library Humanized 1 ) . Based on a humanized synthetic single domain antibody ( hs2dA... | Antibodies are proteins that form part of an animal’s immune system and can identify and help eradicate infections . These proteins are also needed at many stages in biological research and represent one of the most promising tools in medical applications , from diagnostics to treatments . Traditionally , antibodies ha... | [
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] | 2016 | NaLi-H1: A universal synthetic library of humanized nanobodies providing highly functional antibodies and intrabodies |
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