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In embryonic stem cells ( ESCs ) , the Tip60 histone acetyltransferase activates genes required for proliferation and silences genes that promote differentiation . Here we show that the class II histone deacetylase Hdac6 co-purifies with Tip60-p400 complex from ESCs . Hdac6 is necessary for regulation of most Tip60-p40... | Embryonic stem cells are cells that are able to transform into many other types of cells , such as blood cells and skin cells , as well as being able to divide in order to produce more stem cells . Mature cells lack this ability , which is called pluripotency , which is why there is so much interest in using embryonic ... | [
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During mammalian development , the challenge for the embryo is to override intrinsic cellular plasticity to drive cells to distinct fates . Here , we unveil novel roles for the HIPPO signaling pathway in controlling cell positioning and expression of Sox2 , the first marker of pluripotency in the mouse early embryo . W... | As an embryo develops , its cells divide , grow and migrate in specific patterns to build an organized collection of cells that go on to form our tissues and organs . One of the first steps – well before the embryo has implanted into the womb – is to allocate cells to make part of the placenta . Once this process is co... | [
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In pig production , inefficient feed digestion causes excessive nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen to be released to the environment . To address the issue of environmental emissions , we established transgenic pigs harboring a single-copy quad-cistronic transgene and simultaneously expressing three microbial en... | The bodily waste that pigs produce contains high levels of chemicals that can damage the environment , such as nitrogen and phosphorus . For example , when excessive amounts of these two compounds make their way into the water , they can cause blue-green algae to grow too much , which asphyxiates other life in the wate... | [
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Experience alters brain structure , but the underlying mechanism remained unknown . Structural plasticity reveals that brain function is encoded in generative changes to cells that compete with destructive processes driving neurodegeneration . At an adult critical period , experience increases fiber number and brain si... | Everything that you experience leaves its mark on your brain . When you learn something new , the neurons involved in the learning episode grow new projections and form new connections . Your brain may even produce new neurons . Physical exercise can induce similar changes , as can taking antidepressants . By contrast ... | [
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Nutritional restriction leads to protein translation attenuation that results in the storage and degradation of free mRNAs in cytoplasmic assemblies . In this study , we show in Drosophila S2 cells that amino-acid starvation also leads to the inhibition of another major anabolic pathway , the protein transport through ... | Proteins are needed by living cells to perform vital tasks and are made from building blocks called amino-acids . However , if a cell is starved of amino-acids , protein assembly comes to a halt , and if cells are deprived of amino acids for a long time , the cell may die . To survive short periods of amino-acid starva... | [
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MicroRNAs ( miRNAs ) are important regulators of stem and progenitor cell functions . We previously reported that miR-142 and miR-150 are upregulated in human breast cancer stem cells ( BCSCs ) as compared to the non-tumorigenic breast cancer cells . In this study , we report that miR-142 efficiently recruits the APC m... | Messenger RNA molecules take the information encoded in a gene's DNA sequence and turn it into instructions for building a protein . However , if certain smaller molecules of RNA—called microRNAs—bind to a messenger RNA molecule , they ‘silence’ it , which prevents the information in the messenger RNA from being transl... | [
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In high-income countries , one’s relative socio-economic position and economic inequality may affect health and well-being , arguably via psychosocial stress . We tested this in a small-scale subsistence society , the Tsimane , by associating relative household wealth ( n = 871 ) and community-level wealth inequality (... | Poverty is bad for health . People living in poverty are more likely to struggle to afford nutritious food , lack access to health care , or be overworked or stressed . This may make them susceptible to chronic diseases , contribute to faster aging , and shorten their lifespans . In high-income countries , there is gro... | [
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Predicting evolutionary change poses numerous challenges . Here we take advantage of the model bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens in which the genotype-to-phenotype map determining evolution of the adaptive ‘wrinkly spreader’ ( WS ) type is known . We present mathematical descriptions of three necessary regulatory pathw... | Predicting evolution might sound like an impossible task . The immense complexity of biological systems and their interactions with the environment has meant that many biologists have abandoned the idea as a lost cause . But despite this , evolution often repeats itself . This repeatability offers hope for being able t... | [
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Tumors often co-exist with T cells that recognize somatically mutated peptides presented by cancer cells on major histocompatibility complex I ( MHC-I ) . However , it is unknown why the immune system fails to eliminate immune-recognizable neoplasms before they manifest as frank disease . To understand the determinants... | T cells are specialized agents of the immune system that can detect and attack tumors . They spot their target by identifying small pieces of proteins – or antigens – at the surface of diseased cells . In particular , they can recognize the new and abnormal antigens that a cancer cell often displays . Yet , cells that ... | [
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A considerable proportion of mammalian gene expression undergoes circadian oscillations . Post-transcriptional mechanisms likely make important contributions to mRNA abundance rhythms . We have investigated how microRNAs ( miRNAs ) contribute to core clock and clock-controlled gene expression using mice in which miRNA ... | The rising and setting of the sun have long driven the schedules of humans and other mammals . This 24-hr cycle influences many behavioural and physiological changes , including alertness , body temperature , and sleep . A region in the brain acts as a master clock that regulates these daily cycles , which are called c... | [
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Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy ( SBMA ) is a progressive neuromuscular disease caused by polyglutamine expansion in the androgen receptor ( AR ) protein . Despite extensive research , the exact pathogenic mechanisms underlying SBMA remain elusive . In this study , we present evidence that Nemo-like kinase ( NLK ) p... | Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy ( SBMA ) is an inherited disease that eventually leads to degeneration in motor neurons and weakness in muscles . It is caused by a specific genetic mutation in the gene that encodes the androgen receptor protein , which leads to the production of a mutant protein that is larger than ... | [
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Diverse features of sensory stimuli are selectively processed in distinct brain areas . The relative recruitment of inhibitory and excitatory neurons within an area controls the gain of neurons for appropriate stimulus coding . We examined how such a balance of inhibition and excitation is differentially recruited acro... | The visual cortex is the part of the brain responsible for the conscious sense of vision . It is made up of multiple connected areas , and each area has a different expertise for analyzing images . The areas exchange information about the outside world via connections between cells called neurons . Communication betwee... | [
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Serostudies are needed to answer generalizable questions on disease risk . However , recruitment is usually biased by age or location . We present a nationally-representative study for dengue from 70 communities in Bangladesh . We collected data on risk factors , trapped mosquitoes and tested serum for IgG . Out of 586... | Dengue is a mosquito-borne virus that infects millions of people each year . Often the countries most affected by the virus , such as Bangladesh , do not have the resources needed to tackle the disease . For resources sent to these countries to have the greatest impact , it is important to know which areas are most aff... | [
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Increasing evidence highlights the important roles of microRNAs in mediating p53’s tumor suppression functions . Here , we report miR-139-5p as another new p53 microRNA target . p53 induced the transcription of miR-139-5p , which in turn suppressed the protein levels of phosphodiesterase 4D ( PDE4D ) , an oncogenic pro... | The human body is kept mostly free from tumors by the actions of so-called tumor suppressor genes . One such gene encodes a protein called p53 , which prevents tumors from growing by regulating the activity of many other genes that either inhibit cell growth or cause cells to die . For example , p53 regulates genes tha... | [
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The interrelationship between endogenous microbiota , the immune system , and tissue regeneration is an area of intense research due to its potential therapeutic applications . We investigated this relationship in Schmidtea mediterranea , a model organism capable of regenerating any and all of its adult tissues . Micro... | Regeneration , the ability to replace missing or damaged tissue , has fascinated biologists for years and has inspired a new direction for the medical field . Figuring out how some animals easily accomplish this while others do not may help us to develop new therapies that enhance regeneration in humans . Previous work... | [
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Glutamate delta ( GluD ) receptors belong to the ionotropic glutamate receptor family , yet they don’t bind glutamate and are considered orphan . Progress in defining the ion channel function of GluDs in neurons has been hindered by a lack of pharmacological tools . Here , we used a chemo-genetic approach to engineer s... | Neurotransmitters are chemicals released by the body that trigger activity in neurons . Receptors on the surface of neurons detect these neurotransmitters , providing a link between the inside and the outside of the cell . Glutamate is one of the major neurotransmitters and is involved in virtually all brain functions ... | [
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Proteasomes are central regulators of protein homeostasis in eukaryotes . Proteasome function is vulnerable to environmental insults , cellular protein imbalance and targeted pharmaceuticals . Yet , mechanisms that cells deploy to counteract inhibition of this central regulator are little understood . To find such mech... | Cells have numerous methods for removing proteins that have been damaged or are no longer needed . One of these methods is carried out by a large protein complex called the proteasome . Because of its central role in maintaining protein balance , drugs that stop the proteasome functioning often kill cancer cells grown ... | [
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Huntington's disease ( HD ) represents an important model for neurodegenerative disorders and proteinopathies . It is mainly caused by cytotoxicity of the mutant huntingtin protein ( Htt ) with an expanded polyQ stretch . While Htt is ubiquitously expressed , HD is characterized by selective neurodegeneration of the st... | Huntington's disease is an inherited disorder of the central nervous system . Symptoms typically begin between the ages of 30 and 50 , and initially include clumsiness and uncontrollable movements , as well as personality changes and mood swings . Symptoms worsen over time and life expectancy is usually around 10 to 25... | [
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FANCI:FANCD2 monoubiquitination is a critical event for replication fork stabilization by the Fanconi anemia ( FA ) DNA repair pathway . It has been proposed that at stalled replication forks , monoubiquitinated-FANCD2 serves to recruit DNA repair proteins that contain ubiquitin-binding motifs . Here , we have reconsti... | Bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside bones that produces blood cells . Fanconi anemia is the most common form of inherited bone marrow death and affects children and young adults . In this disease , bone marrow cells cannot attach a protein tag called ubiquitin to another protein called FANCD2 . When DNA becomes dam... | [
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DNA replication is a fundamental biological process . The initial step in eukaryotic DNA replication is the assembly of the pre-initiation complex , including the formation of two head-to-head hexameric helicases around the replication origin . How these hexameric helicases interact with their origin dsDNA remains unkn... | When a cell divides to form a new cell , it must also copy its DNA . An important step for starting DNA replication is to break or “melt” the bonds between the two strands of DNA that make up the double helix . This happens at a specific site on the DNA called the replication origin , and allows double-stranded DNA to ... | [
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Sucrose’s sweet intensity is one attribute contributing to the overconsumption of high-energy palatable foods . However , it is not known how sucrose intensity is encoded and used to make perceptual decisions by neurons in taste-sensitive cortices . We trained rats in a sucrose intensity discrimination task and found t... | Imagine you wake up in the morning , and you pour yourself and your loved one coffee . They like it with two sugars but you only with one . Our ability to distinguish different sweet intensities allows us to detect how much sugar is in the coffee . It also helps us to predict the amount of energy present in foods and i... | [
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Adipose tissue is crucial for the maintenance of energy and metabolic homeostasis and its deregulation can lead to obesity and type II diabetes ( T2D ) . Using gene disruption in the mouse , we discovered a function for a RhoA-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor PDZ-RhoGEF ( Arhgef11 ) in white adipose tissue b... | Obesity is a growing public health concern around the world , and can lead to the development of type 2 diabetes , heart disease and cancer . Both genetics and environmental factors such as diet contribute to obesity . Fat cells are essential to good health , but the excess accumulation of fat cells in obese people inv... | [
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Histamine-dependent and -independent itch is conveyed by parallel peripheral neural pathways that express gastrin-releasing peptide ( GRP ) and neuromedin B ( NMB ) , respectively , to the spinal cord of mice . B-type natriuretic peptide ( BNP ) has been proposed to transmit both types of itch via its receptor NPRA enc... | An itch is a common sensation that makes us want to scratch . Most short-term itches are caused by histamine , a chemical that is released by immune cells following an infection or in response to an allergic reaction . Chronic itching , on the other hand , is not usually triggered by histamine , and is typically the re... | [
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Expansion of biliary epithelial cells ( BECs ) during ductular reaction ( DR ) is observed in liver diseases including cystic fibrosis ( CF ) , and associated with inflammation and fibrosis , albeit without complete understanding of underlying mechanism . Using two different genetic mouse knockouts of β-catenin , one w... | The liver has an incredible capacity to repair itself or ‘regenerate’ – that is , it has the ability to replace damaged tissue with new tissue . In order to do this , the organ relies on hepatocytes ( the cells that form the liver ) and bile duct cells ( the cells that form the biliary ducts ) dividing and transforming... | [
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The axolotl can regenerate multiple organs , including the brain . It remains , however , unclear whether neuronal diversity , intricate tissue architecture , and axonal connectivity can be regenerated; yet , this is critical for recovery of function and a central aim of cell replacement strategies in the mammalian cen... | Humans and other mammals have a very limited ability to regenerate new neurons in the brain to replace those that have been injured or damaged . In striking contrast , some animals like fish and salamanders are capable of filling in injured brain regions with new neurons . This is a complex task , as the brain is compo... | [
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Many animals use visual signals to estimate motion . Canonical models suppose that animals estimate motion by cross-correlating pairs of spatiotemporally separated visual signals , but recent experiments indicate that humans and flies perceive motion from higher-order correlations that signify motion in natural environ... | Many animals have evolved the ability to estimate the speed and direction of visual motion . They use these estimates to judge their own motion , so that they can navigate through an environment , and to judge how other animals are moving , which allows them to avoid predators or detect prey . In the 1950s , a physicis... | [
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Metabolic specialization among major brain cell types is central to nervous system function and determined in large part by the cellular distribution of enzymes . Serine hydrolases are a diverse enzyme class that plays fundamental roles in CNS metabolism and signaling . Here , we perform an activity-based proteomic ana... | The brain is made up of many types of cells . These include the neurons that transmit messages throughout the nervous system , and microglia , which act as the first line of the brain’s immune defense . The activity of both neurons and microglia can be influenced by molecules called endocannabinoids that bind to protei... | [
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The precise assembly of inner ear hair cell stereocilia into rows of increasing height is critical for mechanotransduction and the sense of hearing . Yet , how the lengths of actin-based stereocilia are regulated remains poorly understood . Mutations of the molecular motor myosin 15 stunt stereocilia growth and cause d... | Sound is detected by the cochlea , a coiled structure encapsulated within the inner ear of humans and other mammals . Inside this organ , intricate arrays of sensory hair cells are stimulated by sound to generate neural signals that are transmitted to the brain . The ‘hairs’ that give hair cells their name are actually... | [
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In the human brain , a default mode or task-negative network shows reduced activity during many cognitive tasks and is often associated with internally-directed processes , such as mind wandering and thoughts about the self . In contrast to this task-negative pattern , we show increased activity during a large and dema... | The default mode network is a network in the brain that is often active when we think about ourselves , reminiscence about the past or just let our minds wander . However , this network—which involves many different regions of the brain—usually becomes inactive when we focus on a specific cognitive task . Now Crittende... | [
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Human natural killer ( NK ) cells are defined as CD56+CD3− . Despite its ubiquitous expression on human NK cells the role of CD56 ( NCAM ) in human NK cell cytotoxic function has not been defined . In non-immune cells , NCAM can induce signaling , mediate adhesion , and promote exocytosis through interactions with foca... | The immune system deploys different cell types to take out cancer cells . True to their name , one type of immune cell known as natural killer cells kills tumor target cells by releasing toxic proteins that kill the harmful cells . In humans , these immune cells are defined , among other things , by the presence of a p... | [
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Temperate bacteriophages are viruses that can incorporate their genomes into their bacterial hosts , existing there as prophages that refrain from killing the host cell until induced . Prophages are largely quiescent , but they can alter host phenotype through factors encoded in their genomes ( often virulence factors ... | Animals and plants can all fall prey to viruses – and so can bacteria . The viruses that infect bacteria are called bacteriophages ( or phages for short ) , and they are found everywhere bacteria live and probably outnumber bacteria by at least ten to one . While some phages quickly kill every bacterial cell they infec... | [
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The emergence of drug resistance can defeat the successful treatment of pathogens that display high mutation rates , as exemplified by RNA viruses . Here we detail a new paradigm in which a single compound directed against a ‘dominant drug target’ suppresses the emergence of naturally occurring drug-resistant variants ... | Treating a viral infection with a drug sometimes has an unwanted side effect—the virus quickly becomes resistant to the drug . Viruses whose genetic information is encoded in molecules of RNA mutate faster than DNA viruses and are particularly good at developing resistance to drugs . This is because the process of copy... | [
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In order to produce movements , muscles must act through joints . The translation from muscle force to limb movement is mediated by internal joint structures that permit movement in some directions but constrain it in others . Although muscle forces acting against constrained directions will not affect limb movements ,... | Although most of us will never achieve the grace and dexterity of professional ballerina Misty Copeland , we each make sophisticated , complex movements every day . Even simple movements often involve coordinating many muscles throughout the body . Moreover , because we have so many muscles , there are often multiple w... | [
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A LOV ( Light , Oxygen , or Voltage ) domain containing blue-light photoreceptor ZEITLUPE ( ZTL ) directs circadian timing by degrading clock proteins in plants . Functions hinge upon allosteric differences coupled to the ZTL photocycle; however , structural and kinetic information was unavailable . Herein , we tune th... | Many living organisms track the 24-hour cycle of day and night via collections of proteins and other molecules that together act like an internal clock . These clocks , also known as circadian clocks , help these organisms to predict regular changes in their environment , like light and temperature , and adjust their a... | [
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Successfully completing the S phase of each cell cycle ensures genome integrity . Impediment of DNA replication can lead to DNA damage and genomic disorders . In this study , we show a novel function for NDE1 , whose mutations cause brain developmental disorders , in safeguarding the genome through S phase during early... | The brain is a complex organ with many different cell types that each have specialized functions . Mutations in genes that control how the brain develops can have serious consequences—and one of the most important genes involved in the development of the human brain is called NDE1 . Individuals who inherit mutated copi... | [
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How different helicase families with a conserved catalytic ‘helicase core’ evolved to function on varied RNA and DNA substrates by diverse mechanisms remains unclear . In this study , we used Mss116 , a yeast DEAD-box protein that utilizes ATP to locally unwind dsRNA , to investigate helicase specificity and mechanism ... | Living cells store their genetic material as DNA , which can be copied to make another molecule called RNA . DNA consists of two strands that are wound around each other in a double helix . RNA is made in a similar way to DNA , but it is usually present as a single strand that folds into a three-dimensional structure t... | [
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Alvinocaridid shrimps are emblematic representatives of the deep hydrothermal vent fauna at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge . They are adapted to a mostly aphotic habitat with extreme physicochemical conditions in the vicinity of the hydrothermal fluid emissions . Here , we investigated the brain architecture of the vent shrimp... | Oceanic vents are areas where hot gases and liquids emerge from cracks and chimneys on the seafloor . These fluids can be as hot as 350°C and are rich in potentially toxic chemicals . Nevertheless , they are the key energy source of many animals that make the vents their home . Vents can be found thousands of meters un... | [
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NRF2 is emerging as a major regulator of cellular metabolism . However , most studies have been performed in cancer cells , where co-occurring mutations and tumor selective pressures complicate the influence of NRF2 on metabolism . Here we use genetically engineered , non-transformed primary murine cells to isolate the... | Cancers form in humans and other animals when cells of the body develop mutations that allow them to grow and divide uncontrollably . The set of chemical reactions happening inside cancer cells , referred to as “metabolism” , can be very different to metabolism in the healthy cells they originate from . Some of these d... | [
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Do developmental systems preferentially produce certain types of variation that orient phenotypic evolution along preferred directions ? At different scales , from the intra-population to the interspecific , the murine first upper molar shows repeated anterior elongation . Using a novel quantitative approach to compare... | Over time species develop random mutations in their genetic sequence that causes their form to change . If this new form increases the survival of a species it will become favored through natural selection and is more likely to get passed on to future generations . But , the evolution of these new traits also depends o... | [
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Ubiquitination by HECT E3 enzymes regulates myriad processes , including tumor suppression , transcription , protein trafficking , and degradation . HECT E3s use a two-step mechanism to ligate ubiquitin to target proteins . The first step is guided by interactions between the catalytic HECT domain and the E2∼ubiquitin ... | Ubiquitin is a small protein that can be covalently linked to other , ‘target’ , proteins in a cell to influence their behavior . Ubiquitin can be linked to its targets either as single copies or as polyubiquitin chains in which several ubiquitin molecules are bound end-on-end to each other , with one end of the chain ... | [
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Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated ( ATM ) protein kinase regulates the DNA damage response ( DDR ) and is associated with cancer suppression . Here we report a cancer-promoting role for ATM . ATM depletion in metastatic cancer cells reduced cell migration and invasion . Transcription analyses identified a gene network , in... | Damaged DNA threatens the normal activity of living cells , so cells use a number of mechanisms to ensure that this damage is repaired . When DNA is damaged , an enzyme called ATM activates several other proteins that ultimately lead to the DNA being repaired . Problems with detecting and repairing damaged DNA have bee... | [
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Actin-based thin filament arrays constitute a fundamental core component of muscle sarcomeres . We have used formation of the Drosophila indirect flight musculature for studying the assembly and maturation of thin-filament arrays in a skeletal muscle model system . Employing GFP-tagged actin monomer incorporation , we ... | Muscles owe their ability to contract to structural units called sarcomeres , and a single muscle fiber can contain many thousands of these structures , aligned one next to the other . Each mature sarcomere is made up of precisely arranged and intertwined thin filaments of actin and thicker bundles of motor proteins , ... | [
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In the developing mammalian brain , differentiating neurons mature morphologically via neuronal polarity programs . Despite discovery of polarity pathways acting concurrently with differentiation , it's unclear how neurons traverse complex polarity transitions or how neuronal progenitors delay polarization during devel... | During the formation of the brain , developing neurons are faced with a logistical problem . After newborn neurons form they must change in shape and move to their final location in the brain . Despite much speculation , little is known about these processes . Neurons mature via the activity of several pathways that co... | [
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No evidence has shown whether insect-borne viruses manipulate the c-Jun N-terminal kinase ( JNK ) signaling pathway of vector insects . Using a system comprising the plant virus Rice stripe virus ( RSV ) and its vector insect , the small brown planthopper , we have studied the response of the vector insect’s JNK pathwa... | There are over a thousand different viruses that infect plants . Many plant viruses are transmitted by insects that feed on the plants , much as mosquitoes spread diseases between people when feeding on blood . Often the plant virus can replicate inside the cells of the insect . However , unlike in the plant hosts , th... | [
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Chromatin remodeling processes are among the most important regulatory mechanisms in controlling cell proliferation and regeneration . Drosophila intestinal stem cells ( ISCs ) exhibit self-renewal potentials , maintain tissue homeostasis , and serve as an excellent model for studying cell growth and regeneration . In ... | Most tissues can generate new cells to repair damage or replace worn-out cells . The new cells are often generated from stem cells—cells that can either reproduce themselves or mature into other types of cells . In the fruit-fly Drosophila , for example , intestinal stem cells in the midgut are capable of producing mor... | [
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Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy ( mTLE ) is the most common focal epilepsy in adults and is often refractory to medication . So far , resection of the epileptogenic focus represents the only curative therapy . It is unknown whether pathological processes preceding epilepsy onset are indicators of later disease severity .... | Roughly one percent of people in the world suffer from epilepsy , a disorder in which individuals experience seizures due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain . Seizures can vary from brief episodes of amnesia or déjà-vu to convulsions and loss of consciousness . In adults , the most common form of epilepsy is ... | [
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How myoblast populations are regulated for the formation of muscles of different sizes is an essentially unanswered question . The large flight muscles of Drosophila develop from adult muscle progenitor ( AMP ) cells set-aside embryonically . The thoracic segments are all allotted the same small AMP number , while thos... | Muscle tissues must grow and change to accommodate the needs of an animal at various stages in its life . For example , fruit flies begin life as larvae and their muscles must help them move their soft bodies . Later , when the flies mature into adults , the muscles must provide power for flight and support for the ins... | [
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Dentate neural stem cells produce neurons throughout life in mammals . Sonic hedgehog ( Shh ) is critical for maintenance of these cells; however , the perinatal source of Shh is enigmatic . In the present study , we examined the role of Shh expressed by hair follicles ( HFs ) that expand perinatally in temporal concor... | Although most of the neurons in the brain have been made by the time we are born , new neurons develop throughout life in part of the brain called the hippocampus . These neurons are thought to help with learning and forming memories . Conditions such as depression and Alzheimer's disease have been linked to not being ... | [
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Heterochromatin , a highly compact chromatin state characterized by histone H3K9 methylation and HP1 protein binding , silences the underlying DNA and influences the expression of neighboring genes . However , the mechanisms that regulate heterochromatin spreading are not well understood . In this study , we show that ... | The DNA in the nucleus of a cell is wrapped around histone proteins to form a compact structure known as chromatin . Chromatin's structure can control how the genes in DNA are expressed . Loosely packed chromatin contains active genes , whereas densely packed chromatin ( also called ‘heterochromatin’ ) contains silence... | [
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During Drosophila embryonic nervous system development , neuroblasts express a programmed cascade of five temporal transcription factors that govern the identity of cells generated at different time-points . However , these five temporal genes fall short of accounting for the many distinct cell types generated in large... | As a nervous system develops , stem cells generate different types of nerve cells at different times . This series of events follows a fixed schedule in developing embryos , and even a single stem cell that is removed and then grown outside the body will follow the same schedule . This strongly suggests that stem cells... | [
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Many primary sensory cilia exhibit unique architectures that are critical for transduction of specific sensory stimuli . Although basic ciliogenic mechanisms are well described , how complex ciliary structures are generated remains unclear . Seminal work performed several decades ago provided an initial but incomplete ... | To survive , animals must constantly gather information about their surroundings and then decide how to respond . Animals rely on cells called sensory neurons to help them perceive and process this information , and these neurons in most animals have smaller structures called cilia that help them to gather this informa... | [
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Patterns of spatial positioning of individuals within microbial communities are often critical to community function . However , understanding patterning in natural communities is hampered by the multitude of cell–cell and cell–environment interactions as well as environmental variability . Here , through simulations a... | Microorganisms such as bacteria , archaea and tiny eukaryotes are found throughout the biosphere . Some of these microorganisms are pathogens that cause diseases in animals , while others provide nutrients , including essential amino acids and vitamins; there are also microorganisms that have critical roles in recyclin... | [
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Cell-cell communication via gap junctions regulates a wide range of physiological processes by enabling the direct intercellular electrical and chemical coupling . However , the in vivo distribution and function of gap junctions remain poorly understood , partly due to the lack of non-invasive tools with both cell-type... | For the tissues and organs of our bodies to work properly , the cells within them need to communicate with each other . One important part of cellular communication is the movement of signals – usually small molecules or ions – directly from one cell to another . This happens via structures called gap junctions , a typ... | [
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Inhibitions and antagonists of L-type Ca2+ channels are important to both research and therapeutics . Here , we report C-terminus mediated inhibition ( CMI ) for CaV1 . 3 that multiple motifs coordinate to tune down Ca2+ current and Ca2+ influx toward the lower limits determined by end-stage CDI ( Ca2+-dependent inacti... | All cells need calcium ions to stay healthy , but having too many calcium ions can interfere with important processes in the cell and cause severe problems . Proteins known as calcium channels on the cell surface allow calcium ions to flow into the cell from the surrounding environment . Cells carefully control the ope... | [
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Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity ( ACT ) is a key limiting factor in setting optimal chemotherapy regimes , with almost half of patients expected to develop congestive heart failure given high doses . However , the genetic basis of sensitivity to anthracyclines remains unclear . We created a panel of iPSC-derived c... | Many cancers , including leukaemia , lymphoma and breast cancer , are treated with potent chemotherapy drugs such as anthracyclines . However , anthracyclines have strong side effects known as anthracycline cardiotoxicity , which affect the health of the heart . Almost half of the patients given high doses of anthracyc... | [
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The coordination of activity across neocortical areas is essential for mammalian brain function . Understanding this process requires simultaneous functional measurements across the cortex . In order to dissociate direct cortico-cortical interactions from other sources of neuronal correlations , it is furthermore desir... | Behavior and cognition – the process of thought – emerge from computations that occur within vast networks of neurons in the brain . Within these networks , neurons may communicate with their neighbours in the same brain region as well as with distant counterparts in remote brain regions . Neuroscientists have studied ... | [
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How proteins control the biogenesis of cellular lipid droplets ( LDs ) is poorly understood . Using Drosophila and human cells , we show here that seipin , an ER protein implicated in LD biology , mediates a discrete step in LD formation—the conversion of small , nascent LDs to larger , mature LDs . Seipin forms discre... | Living organisms often store energy in the form of fat molecules called triglycerides . Enzymes in a compartment of the cell called the endoplasmic reticulum catalyze the chemical reactions needed to make these triglycerides . The cell then stores the triglycerides in a different structure called the lipid droplet . Li... | [
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Clathrin-mediated endocytosis is an evolutionarily ancient membrane transport system regulating cellular receptivity and responsiveness . Plasmalemma clathrin-coated structures range from unitary domed assemblies to expansive planar constructions with internal or flanking invaginated buds . Precisely how these morpholo... | Cells can take proteins and other molecules that are either embedded in , or attached to , their surface membrane and move them inside via a process called endocytosis . This process often involves a protein called clathrin working together with numerous other proteins . Early on , a complex of four proteins , called t... | [
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Vertebrate neck musculature spans the transition zone between head and trunk . The extent to which the cucullaris muscle is a cranial muscle allied with the gill levators of anamniotes or is instead a trunk muscle is an ongoing debate . Novel computed tomography datasets reveal broad conservation of the cucullaris in g... | Muscles in the head and trunk ( main body ) form from different parts of the embryo , and their development uses different genes . Trunk muscles are derived from somites – paired blocks of cells arranged in segments on either side of the midline ( which divides the body into left and right halves ) . By contrast , cell... | [
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Colistin is an antibiotic of last resort , but has poor efficacy and resistance is a growing problem . Whilst it is well established that colistin disrupts the bacterial outer membrane ( OM ) by selectively targeting lipopolysaccharide ( LPS ) , it was unclear how this led to bacterial killing . We discovered that MCR-... | Antibiotics are life-saving medicines , but many bacteria now have the ability to resist their effects . For some infections , all frontline antibiotics are now ineffective . To treat infections caused by these highly resistant bacteria , clinicians must use so-called ‘antibiotics of last resort’ . These antibiotics in... | [
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We study the effects of inbreeding in a dioecious plant on its interaction with pollinating insects and test whether the magnitude of such effects is shaped by plant individual sex and the evolutionary histories of plant populations . We recorded spatial , scent , colour , and rewarding flower traits as well as pollina... | Destroying habitats can reduce the size of local populations of many plants and animals . For plants , a smaller population means a greater chance of inbreeding , where individual plants that are closely related to each other mate and produce offspring . Inbreeding often results in offspring that are weaker than their ... | [
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Many mammalian cancer cell lines depend on glutamine as a major tri-carboxylic acid ( TCA ) cycle anaplerotic substrate to support proliferation . However , some cell lines that depend on glutamine anaplerosis in culture rely less on glutamine catabolism to proliferate in vivo . We sought to understand the environmenta... | Cancer cells need to consume certain nutrients in order to grow , and some cancer drugs work by affecting the ability of the cells to use these nutrients . For decades researchers have grown cancer cells in petri dishes with standard nutrient formulations ( also known as tissue culture ) , but the nutrients available t... | [
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In many organisms , it remains unclear how X chromosomes are specified for dosage compensation , since DNA sequence motifs shown to be important for dosage compensation complex ( DCC ) recruitment are themselves not X-specific . Here , we addressed this problem in C . elegans . We found that the DCC recruiter , SDC-2 ,... | The DNA inside living cells is organized in structures called chromosomes . In many animals , females have two X chromosomes , whereas males have only one . To ensure that females do not end up with a double dose of the proteins encoded by the genes on the X chromosome , animals use a process called dosage compensation... | [
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Concussion is associated with a myriad of deleterious immediate and long-term consequences . Yet the molecular mechanisms and genetic targets promoting the selective vulnerability of different neural subtypes to dysfunction and degeneration remain unclear . Translating experimental models of blunt force trauma in C . e... | Concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury that results from a sudden blow or jolt to the head . Symptoms can include a passing headache , dizziness , confusion or sensitivity to light , but experiencing multiple concussions can have drastic repercussions in later life . Studies of professional athletes have shown ... | [
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Restoring somatosensory feedback to people with limb amputations is crucial to improve prosthetic control . Multiple studies have demonstrated that peripheral nerve stimulation and targeted reinnervation can provide somatotopically relevant sensory feedback . While effective , the surgical procedures required for these... | Even some of the most advanced prosthetic arms lack an important feature: the ability to relay information about touch or pressure to the wearer . In fact , many people prefer to use simpler prostheses whose cables and harnesses pass on information about tension . However , recent studies suggest that electrical stimul... | [
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The two partners required for sexual reproduction are rarely the same . This pattern extends to species which lack sexual dimorphism yet possess self-incompatible gametes determined at mating-type regions of suppressed recombination , likely precursors of sex chromosomes . Here we investigate the role of cellular signa... | Sexual reproduction , from birds to bees , relies on distinct classes of sex cells , known as gametes , fusing together . Most single cell organisms , rather than producing eggs and sperm , have similar sized gametes that fall into distinct ‘mating types’ . However , only sex cells belonging to different mating types c... | [
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The anterior thalamic nucleus ( ATN ) is thought to play an important role in a brain network involving the hippocampus and neocortex , which enables human memories to be formed . However , its small size and location deep within the brain have impeded direct investigation in humans with non-invasive techniques . Here ... | Memories , both the mundane and the significant , play an integral role in our daily lives . Scientists have long sought to establish exactly how our memories are formed; how does an experience , with its sights , sounds and feelings , become a mental representation stored within our brain ? One way to investigate this... | [
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Vaccination of cattle against bovine Tuberculosis ( bTB ) has been a long-term policy objective for countries where disease continues to persist despite costly test-and-slaughter programs . The potential use of vaccination within the European Union has been linked to a need for field evaluation of any prospective vacci... | Bovine tuberculosis is an infectious disease of livestock and wildlife in many parts of the world . It also can spread to humans . In the United Kingdom ( UK ) , infected cattle and badgers contribute to its spread . To control bovine tuberculosis , cattle are tested and infected animals are slaughtered . Badgers in ar... | [
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Keratinocytes , the predominant cell type of the epidermis , migrate to reinstate the epithelial barrier during wound healing . Mechanical cues are known to regulate keratinocyte re-epithelialization and wound healing; however , the underlying molecular transducers and biophysical mechanisms remain elusive . Here , we ... | The skin is the largest organ of the body . It enables touch sensation and protects against external insults . Wounding of the skin exposes the body to an increased risk of infection , disease and scar formation . During wound healing , the cells in the topmost layer of the skin , called keratinocytes , move in from th... | [
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Replicative aging in yeast is asymmetric–mother cells age but their daughter cells are rejuvenated . Here we identify an asymmetry in pH between mother and daughter cells that underlies aging and rejuvenation . Cytosolic pH increases in aging mother cells , but is more acidic in daughter cells . This is due to the asym... | Aging is a part of life—but its biological basis and , in particular , how aged cells give rise to young offspring ( or progeny ) has not been clearly established for any organism . Budding yeast is a microorganism that is a valuable model to understand aging in more complex organisms like humans . Budding yeast cells ... | [
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The directed evolution of biomolecules to improve or change their activity is central to many engineering and synthetic biology efforts . However , selecting improved variants from gene libraries in living cells requires plasmid expression systems that suffer from variable copy number effects , or the use of complex ma... | Over the course of billions of years , natural evolution has produced new proteins and adapted existing ones so that they work better . Scientists have learned how to use the principles that underlie evolution to similarly engineer proteins in the laboratory . This process , known as directed evolution , is a powerful ... | [
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] | 2014 | Selection of chromosomal DNA libraries using a multiplex CRISPR system |
The Rho GTPase Rac1 activates the WAVE regulatory complex ( WRC ) to drive Arp2/3 complex-mediated actin polymerization , which underpins diverse cellular processes . Here we report the structure of a WRC-Rac1 complex determined by cryo-electron microscopy . Surprisingly , Rac1 is not located at the binding site on the... | Our cells contain a network of filaments made up of a protein called actin . Just like the skeleton that supports our body , the actin ‘cytoskeleton’ gives a cell its shape and strength . Actin filaments are also critical for many other processes including enabling cells to move and divide . The assembly of actin filam... | [
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Assessing the imminence of threatening events using environmental cues enables proactive engagement of appropriate avoidance responses . The neural processes employed to anticipate event occurrence depend upon which cue properties are used to formulate predictions . In serial compound stimulus ( SCS ) conditioning in m... | If you notice the skies above you becoming darker , your first thought might be to seek shelter . Experience will have taught you that darkening skies are often a sign of an approaching storm . Learning to recognise changes that occur prior to an unpleasant event can help us avoid danger . But this is not the only stra... | [
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The sense of smell enables animals to react to long-distance cues according to learned and innate valences . Here , we have mapped with electron microscopy the complete wiring diagram of the Drosophila larval antennal lobe , an olfactory neuropil similar to the vertebrate olfactory bulb . We found a canonical circuit w... | Our sense of smell can tell us about bread being baked faraway in the kitchen , or whether a leftover piece finally went bad . Similarly to the eyes , the nose enables us to make up a mental image of what lies at a distance . In mammals , the surface of the nose hosts a huge number of olfactory sensory cells , each of ... | [
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The mechanism that leads to liquid-liquid phase separation ( LLPS ) of the tau protein , whose pathological aggregation is implicated in neurodegenerative disorders , is not well understood . Establishing a phase diagram that delineates the boundaries of phase co-existence is key to understanding whether LLPS is an equ... | Proteins make up much of the machinery of cells and perform many roles that are essential for life . Some important proteins – known as intrinsically disordered proteins – lack any stable three-dimensional structure . One such protein , called tau , is best known for its ability to form tangles in the brain , and a bui... | [
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] | 2019 | Narrow equilibrium window for complex coacervation of tau and RNA under cellular conditions |
In presynaptic boutons , calcium ( Ca2+ ) triggers both neurotransmitter release and short-term synaptic plasticity . Whereas synaptotagmins are known to mediate vesicle fusion through binding of high local Ca2+ to their C2 domains , the proteins that sense smaller global Ca2+ increases to produce short-term plasticity... | Brain function is dependent upon the rapid transfer of information from one brain cell to the next at junctions known as synapses . When an electrical signal called an action potential is generated by the cell before the synapse , the presynaptic cell , it triggers an influx of calcium ions into that cell . These ions ... | [
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] | 2014 | Protein kinase C is a calcium sensor for presynaptic short-term plasticity |
The oncoprotein transcription factor MYC is a major driver of malignancy and a highly validated but challenging target for the development of anticancer therapies . Novel strategies to inhibit MYC may come from understanding the co-factors it uses to drive pro-tumorigenic gene expression programs , providing their role... | Tumours form when cells lose control of their growth . Usually , cells produce signals that control how much and how often they divide . But if these signals become faulty , cells may grow too quickly or multiply too often . For example , a group of proteins known as MYC proteins activate growth genes in a cell , but t... | [
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"cancer",
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] | 2021 | MYC regulates ribosome biogenesis and mitochondrial gene expression programs through its interaction with host cell factor–1 |
Tumors frequently exhibit aberrant glycosylation , which can impact cancer progression and therapeutic responses . The hexosamine biosynthesis pathway ( HBP ) produces uridine diphosphate N-acetylglucosamine ( UDP-GlcNAc ) , a major substrate for glycosylation in the cell . Prior studies have identified the HBP as a pr... | Inside tumors , cancer cells often have to compete with each other for food and other resources they need to survive . This is a key factor driving the growth and progression of cancer . One of the resources cells need is a molecule called UDP-GlcNAc , which they use to modify many proteins so they can work properly . ... | [
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"cancer",
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] | 2021 | Glutamine deprivation triggers NAGK-dependent hexosamine salvage |
Effective perceptual decisions rely upon combining sensory information with knowledge of the rewards available for different choices . However , it is not known where reward signals interact with the multiple stages of the perceptual decision-making pathway and by what mechanisms this may occur . We combined electrical... | Identifying how an object is moving in three-dimensional ( 3D ) space depends upon a brain region known as V5/MT . The neurons that make up area V5/MT form groups that each have a ‘preference’ for a particular direction of movement and a particular 3D depth . If a group of neurons detects its preferred direction of mov... | [
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] | 2015 | Reward modulates the effect of visual cortical microstimulation on perceptual decisions |
Myelination is a biosynthetically demanding process in which mTORC1 , the gatekeeper of anabolism , occupies a privileged regulatory position . We have shown previously that loss of mTORC1 function in Schwann cells ( SCs ) hampers myelination . Here , we genetically disrupted key inhibitory components upstream of mTORC... | Neurons transmit electrical impulses throughout our body along cable-like structures called axons . Similar to electric cables , the axons are enveloped in an insulating sheath called myelin , which makes the impulses travel faster down the axon . If myelin does not form correctly or gets lost later in life , it can le... | [
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] | 2017 | Dual function of the PI3K-Akt-mTORC1 axis in myelination of the peripheral nervous system |
Understanding how humans represent others’ pain is critical for understanding pro-social behavior . ‘Shared experience’ theories propose common brain representations for somatic and vicarious pain , but other evidence suggests that specialized circuits are required to experience others’ suffering . Combining functional... | The ability to experience others’ pain is a cornerstone of empathy , and binds us together in times of hardship . However , we have not yet fully understood the complex interactions in the brain that make people empathetic to others’ suffering . One possibility is that we experience others’ pain through the activation ... | [
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"neuroscience"
] | 2016 | Somatic and vicarious pain are represented by dissociable multivariate brain patterns |
Stress induced by cytoplasmic protein aggregates can have deleterious consequences for the cell , contributing to neurodegeneration and other diseases . Protein aggregates are also formed within the endoplasmic reticulum ( ER ) , although the fate of ER protein aggregates , specifically during cell division , is not we... | Many species of yeast form new cells by a process known as budding in which a small daughter cell ‘buds’ out of a larger mother cell . Mothers can only produce a limited number of buds before they die of old age . However , age is reset in the daughters to ensure that they are fully rejuvenated when born . Therefore , ... | [
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] | [
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] | 2015 | The ER Stress Surveillance (ERSU) pathway regulates daughter cell ER protein aggregate inheritance |
The microbialization of coral reefs predicts that microbial oxygen consumption will cause reef deoxygenation . Here we tested this hypothesis by analyzing reef microbial and primary producer oxygen metabolisms . Metagenomic data and in vitro incubations of bacteria with primary producer exudates showed that fleshy alga... | Rising water temperatures , pollution and other factors are increasingly threatening corals and the entire reef ecosystems they build . The potential for corals to resist and recover from the stress these factors cause ultimately depends on their ability to compete against fast-growing fleshy algae that can rapidly tak... | [
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] | [
"ecology"
] | 2019 | Biophysical and physiological processes causing oxygen loss from coral reefs |
When microbes acquire new abilities through horizontal gene transfer , the genes and pathways must function under conditions with which they did not coevolve . If newly-acquired genes burden the host , their utility will depend on further evolutionary refinement of the recombinant strain . We used laboratory evolution ... | Many microbes can rapidly evolve to adapt to new or extreme habitats . Most often the characteristics that develop via evolution result from individuals inheriting new combinations of genes from their parents . However , many species can also acquire new genes through a process called horizontal gene transfer , where o... | [
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"infectious",
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] | 2014 | Effective use of a horizontally-transferred pathway for dichloromethane catabolism requires post–transfer refinement |
Bruton’s tyrosine kinase ( BTK ) is targeted in the treatment of B-cell disorders including leukemias and lymphomas . Currently approved BTK inhibitors , including Ibrutinib , a first-in-class covalent inhibitor of BTK , bind directly to the kinase active site . While effective at blocking the catalytic activity of BTK... | Treatments for blood cancers , such as leukemia and lymphoma , rely heavily on chemotherapy , using drugs that target a vulnerable aspect of the cancer cells . B-cells , a type of white blood cell that produces antibodies , require a protein called Bruton’s tyrosine kinase , or BTK for short , to survive . The drug ibr... | [
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"structural",
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"molecular",
"biophysics"
] | 2020 | Differential impact of BTK active site inhibitors on the conformational state of full-length BTK |
The auditory pathway faithfully encodes and relays auditory information to the brain with remarkable speed and precision . The inner hair cells ( IHCs ) are the primary sensory receptors adapted for rapid auditory signaling , but they are not thought to be intrinsically tuned to encode particular sound frequencies . He... | Many animals’ survival depends on them accurately and quickly identifying sounds in their environment . In animals with backbones , cells with hair-like projections ( called hair cells ) inside the ear convert information collected from sound waves into electrical signals . These signals are then transmitted to the bra... | [
"Abstract",
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"neuroscience"
] | 2015 | Membrane properties specialize mammalian inner hair cells for frequency or intensity encoding |
Cell division is essential to expand , shape , and replenish epithelia . In the adult small intestine , cells from a common progenitor intermix with other lineages , whereas cell progeny in many other epithelia form contiguous patches . The mechanisms that generate these distinct patterns of progeny are poorly understo... | The body has an impressive ability to renew itself by replacing old and damaged cells with new ones . This can happen rapidly; for example , the lining of the intestine renews itself approximately every five days . The lining contains many different cell types , which exchange important signals with their neighbors . T... | [
"Abstract",
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] | [
"developmental",
"biology",
"cell",
"biology"
] | 2018 | Cellular aspect ratio and cell division mechanics underlie the patterning of cell progeny in diverse mammalian epithelia |
Many epithelial cancers show cell cycle dysfunction tightly correlated with the overexpression of the serine/threonine kinase Aurora A ( AURKA ) . Its role in mitotic progression has been extensively characterised , and evidence for new AURKA functions emerges . Here , we reveal that AURKA is located and imported in mi... | Structures called mitochondria power cells by turning oxygen and sugar into chemical energy . Each cell can have thousands of mitochondria , which work together to supply changing energy demands . They can fuse together or break apart , forming networks that change size and produce different amounts of energy . Getting... | [
"Abstract",
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] | [
"cell",
"biology",
"cancer",
"biology"
] | 2018 | Aurora kinase A localises to mitochondria to control organelle dynamics and energy production |
Malaria transmission relies on the production of gametes following ingestion by a mosquito . Here , we show that Ca2+-dependent protein kinase 4 controls three processes essential to progress from a single haploid microgametocyte to the release of eight flagellated microgametes in Plasmodium berghei . A myristoylated i... | Malaria is caused by parasites called Plasmodium , which are carried between humans by infected mosquitoes . The parasite needs to move between its insect and human hosts to complete its life cycle , and efforts to stop the spread of malaria are now focussed on blocking this movement . In the blood of infected humans ,... | [
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"infectious",
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] | 2017 | Multiple short windows of calcium-dependent protein kinase 4 activity coordinate distinct cell cycle events during Plasmodium gametogenesis |
Prevention of relapses is a major challenge in treating anxiety disorders . Fear reinstatement can cause relapse in spite of successful fear reduction through extinction-based exposure therapy . By utilising a contextual fear-conditioning task in mice , we found that reinstatement was accompanied by decreased c-Fos exp... | Anxiety disorders affect millions of people worldwide . While many people with anxiety disorders can recover with appropriate treatment , about 40% of these individuals will encounter a relapse of their condition . Researchers can investigate the causes of relapses by creating animal models of the processes involved . ... | [
"Abstract",
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] | [
"neuroscience"
] | 2015 | Prefrontal dopamine regulates fear reinstatement through the downregulation of extinction circuits |
Mitochondrial division is important for mitochondrial distribution and function . Recent data have demonstrated that ER–mitochondria contacts mark mitochondrial division sites , but the molecular basis and functions of these contacts are not understood . Here we show that in yeast , the ER–mitochondria tethering comple... | Mitochondria generate most of the energy used by cells , and they also play key roles in cellular growth , death , and differentiation . They are evolutionarily derived from bacteria and have retained their own DNA and protein translation system , but they are also dependent on the cell for their growth and replication... | [
"Abstract",
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] | [
"cell",
"biology"
] | 2013 | ER-associated mitochondrial division links the distribution of mitochondria and mitochondrial DNA in yeast |
In contrast to transcriptional regulation , the function of alternative splicing ( AS ) in stem cells is poorly understood . In mammals , MBNL proteins negatively regulate an exon program specific of embryonic stem cells; however , little is known about the in vivo significance of this regulation . We studied AS in a p... | Stem cells are specialized cells found in all animals that can develop into several different types of mature cells . Stem cells are therefore well suited for maintaining organs that are in heavy use , such as the intestine , and for regenerating tissues that are prone to injury , like the skin . One reason why stem ce... | [
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"stem",
"cells",
"and",
"regenerative",
"medicine"
] | 2016 | Conserved functional antagonism of CELF and MBNL proteins controls stem cell-specific alternative splicing in planarians |
Asia is considered an important source of influenza A virus ( IAV ) pandemics , owing to large , diverse viral reservoirs in poultry and swine . However , the zoonotic origins of the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic virus ( pdmH1N1 ) remain unclear , due to conflicting evidence from swine and humans . There is strong evi... | In 2009 a new influenza virus jumped from pigs to humans and spread very rapidly , causing an initial outbreak in Mexico and becoming a global pandemic in just a few months . Although the most straightforward explanation is that the virus originated in swine in Mexico , several studies suggested that this was unlikely ... | [
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"epidemiology",
"and",
"global",
"health",
"microbiology",
"and",
"infectious",
"disease"
] | 2016 | Origins of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in swine in Mexico |
Nonribosomal peptides represent a large class of metabolites with pharmaceutical relevance . Pteridines , such as pterins , folates , and flavins , are heterocyclic metabolites that often serve as redox-active cofactors . The biosynthetic machineries for construction of these distinct classes of small molecules operate... | Many bacteria produce small molecules that can be used as a basis for developing new drugs . The instructions for the pathways that make these molecules are stored in the genome – the complete set of genetic material – of the bacteria . With the advancements in genome sequencing over the last decade , these instruction... | [
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"biochemistry",
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"and",
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] | 2017 | Genome mining unearths a hybrid nonribosomal peptide synthetase-like-pteridine synthase biosynthetic gene cluster |
Over two-thirds of integral membrane proteins of known structure assemble into oligomers . Yet , the forces that drive the association of these proteins remain to be delineated , as the lipid bilayer is a solvent environment that is both structurally and chemically complex . In this study , we reveal how the lipid solv... | A cell’s outer membrane is made of molecules called lipids , which band together to form a flexible thin film , just two molecules thick . This membrane is dotted with proteins that transport materials in to and out of cells . Most of these membrane proteins join with other proteins to form structures known as oligomer... | [
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"structural",
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"molecular",
"biophysics"
] | 2021 | Membrane transporter dimerization driven by differential lipid solvation energetics of dissociated and associated states |
The majority of human breast cancer is estrogen receptor alpha ( ER ) positive . While anti-estrogens/aromatase inhibitors are initially effective , resistance to these drugs commonly develops . Therapy-resistant tumors often retain ER signaling , via interaction with critical oncogenic coregulator proteins . To addres... | Around 70% of breast cancers in women need one or both of the female hormones ( estrogen and progesterone ) to grow . To treat these 'hormone-dependent' cancers , patients receive drugs that either block the production of estrogen or directly target a receptor protein that senses estrogen in the cancer cells . Unfortun... | [
"Abstract",
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] | [
"cancer",
"biology"
] | 2017 | Estrogen receptor coregulator binding modulators (ERXs) effectively target estrogen receptor positive human breast cancers |
One key bottleneck in understanding the human genome is the relative under-characterization of 90% of protein coding regions . We report a collection of 1200 transgenic zebrafish strains made with the gene-break transposon ( GBT ) protein trap to simultaneously report and reversibly knockdown the tagged genes . Protein... | The human genome counts over 20 , 000 genes , which can be turned on and off to create the proteins required for most of life processes . Once produced , proteins need move to specific locations in the cell , where they are able to perform their jobs . Despite striking scientific advances , 90% of human genes are still... | [
"Abstract",
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] | [
"developmental",
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] | 2020 | Building the vertebrate codex using the gene breaking protein trap library |
Homeostatic systems that rely on genetic regulatory networks are intrinsically limited by the transcriptional response time , which may restrict a cell’s ability to adapt to unanticipated environmental challenges . To bypass this limitation , cells have evolved mechanisms whereby exposure to mild stress increases their... | Harmful external conditions , such as extreme heat or radiation , can cause stress to cells that may lead to permanent damage and even death . Cell stress is responsible for some cancers and degenerative diseases , and is involved in the process of aging . Cells respond to stress by modifying their activities in order ... | [
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] | [
"cell",
"biology",
"computational",
"and",
"systems",
"biology"
] | 2017 | Nonlinear feedback drives homeostatic plasticity in H2O2 stress response |
Neurotransmitter release is mediated by the fast , calcium-triggered fusion of synaptic vesicles with the presynaptic plasma membrane , followed by endocytosis and recycling of the membrane of synaptic vesicles . While many of the proteins governing these processes are known , their regulation is only beginning to be u... | The human nervous system contains more than a hundred billion neurons that are connected with each other via junctions called synapses . When an electrical impulse travelling along a neuron arrives at a synapse , it triggers bubble-like packages called synaptic vesicles within the neuron to merge with the neuron’s surf... | [
"Abstract",
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] | [
"neuroscience"
] | 2016 | Analysis of protein phosphorylation in nerve terminal reveals extensive changes in active zone proteins upon exocytosis |
Ribosome stalling during translation can potentially be harmful , and is surveyed by a conserved quality control pathway that targets the associated mRNA and nascent polypeptide chain ( NC ) . In this pathway , the ribosome-associated quality control ( RQC ) complex promotes the ubiquitylation and degradation of NCs re... | Cells use molecular machines called ribosomes to build proteins by connecting amino acids – the building blocks of proteins – together in a particular sequence . The chain of amino acids gradually lengthens as the protein forms , yet remains attached to the ribosome until the protein is complete . While this process is... | [
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] | 2016 | The Rqc2/Tae2 subunit of the ribosome-associated quality control (RQC) complex marks ribosome-stalled nascent polypeptide chains for aggregation |
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