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- Scratch-induced partial skin wounds re-epithelialize by sheets of independently migrating keratinocytes
Intravital microscopy of scratch wounds in the murine skin reveals that individual basal keratinocytes migrate in a swarming fashion towards the wound to bypass intact hair follicles, thereby facilitating fast repair.
- Identification and characterization of distinct brown adipocyte subtypes in C57BL/6J mice
Using a number of cell biological and statistical methods we identify and characterize EIF5, TCF25 and BIN1 as markers for individual brown adipocyte subtypes in C57BL/6J mice.
- Inhibiting the reproduction of SARS-CoV-2 through perturbations in human lung cell metabolic network
Using genomic and structural information from SARS-CoV-2, we created a biomass function capturing its amino and nucleic acid requirements and incorporated this into a metabolic model of the human lung cell to predict metabolic perturbations that inhibit virus reproduction.
- BRD2 regulation of sigma-2 receptor upon cholesterol deprivation
Upon cholesterol deprivation, epigenetic bookmark reader BRD2 and master transcription factor SREBP2 form a complex at bookmarked chromatin (H3K27ac), thereby activating the transcription of the sigma-2 receptor—a recently unveiled player in cholesterol homeostasis.
- G-CSF shifts erythropoiesis from bone marrow into spleen in the setting of systemic inflammation
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor suppresses erythropoiesis of bone marrow and promotes splenic erythropoiesis during lipopolysaccharide-induced systemic inflammation in mice.
- Short-duration splice promoting compound enables a tunable mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy
We describe drug treatment paradigms that allow investigation of cellular and molecular pathogenesis at different stages of spinal muscular atrophy in a mouse model.
- Structure of the helicase core of Werner helicase, a key target in microsatellite instability cancers
WRN is a key drug target for cancers with microsatellite instability. A crystal structure of the helicase domain of WRN identifies its unique features and provides a basis for structure-guided design of inhibitors.
- Characterization of ori and parS-like functions in secondary genome replicons in Deinococcus radiodurans
An array of direct repeats upstream to parAB operon helps in secondary genome elements’ maintenance independent of primary chromosome in multipartite genome harboring bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans.
- The actin regulator profilin 1 is functionally associated with the mammalian centrosome
The actin regulator profilin 1 recently shown to control microtubule elongation at the cell periphery is found to interact with the γ-tubulin ring complex and tune centrosomal microtubule nucleation.
- Interferon lambda 4 can directly activate human CD19+ B cells and CD8+ T cells
Direct effects of IFNλ4 on CD8+ T cells can link the IFNλ4 genotype to differential clearance of hepatitis C virus infections.