Non-rhythmic head-direction cells in the parahippocampal region are not constrained by attractor network dynamics.

abstract：:Notch signaling plays a crucial role in controling the proliferation and differentiation of stem and progenitor cells during embryogenesis or organogenesis, but its regulation is incompletely understood. BLOS2, encoded by the Bloc1s2 gene, is a shared subunit of two lysosomal trafficking complexes, biogenesis of lysos...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Zhou W,He Q,Zhang C,He X,Cui Z,Liu F,Li W

更新日期：2016-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of food intake is fundamental to energy homeostasis in animals. The contribution of non-nutritive and metabolic signals in regulating feeding is unclear. Here we show that enteric neurons play a major role in regulating feeding through specialized mechanosensory ion channels in Drosophila. Modulating activi...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Olds WH,Xu T

更新日期：2014-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In Drosophila larvae, Class IV sensory neurons respond to noxious thermal stimuli and provoke heat avoidance behavior. Previously, we showed that the activated neurons displayed characteristic fluctuations of firing rates, which consisted of repetitive high-frequency spike trains and subsequent pause periods, and we p...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Onodera K,Baba S,Murakami A,Uemura T,Usui T

更新日期：2017-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamina-associated polypeptide 1 (LAP1) resides at the nuclear envelope and interacts with Torsins, poorly understood endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localized AAA+ ATPases, through a conserved, perinuclear domain. We determined the crystal structure of the perinuclear domain of human LAP1. LAP1 possesses an atypical AAA+ f...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Sosa BA,Demircioglu FE,Chen JZ,Ingram J,Ploegh HL,Schwartz TU

更新日期：2014-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional (2D) human skeletal muscle fiber cultures are ill-equipped to support the contractile properties of maturing muscle fibers. This limits their application to the study of adult human neuromuscular junction (NMJ) development, a process requiring maturation of muscle fibers in the presence of motor neuron...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Afshar Bakooshli M,Lippmann ES,Mulcahy B,Iyer N,Nguyen CT,Tung K,Stewart BA,van den Dorpel H,Fuehrmann T,Shoichet M,Bigot A,Pegoraro E,Ahn H,Ginsberg H,Zhen M,Ashton RS,Gilbert PM

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The internal brain dynamics that link sensation and action are arguably better studied during natural animal behaviors. Here, we report on a novel volume imaging and 3D tracking technique that monitors whole brain neural activity in freely swimming larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). We demonstrated the capability of our ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Cong L,Wang Z,Chai Y,Hang W,Shang C,Yang W,Bai L,Du J,Wang K,Wen Q

更新日期：2017-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The spliceosome is a complex machine composed of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) and accessory proteins that excises introns from pre-mRNAs. After assembly the spliceosome is activated for catalysis by rearrangement of subunits to form an active site. How this rearrangement is coordinated is not well-underst...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Hoskins AA,Rodgers ML,Friedman LJ,Gelles J,Moore MJ

更新日期：2016-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical trials are currently underway to assess the efficacy of forniceal deep brain stimulation (DBS) for improvement of memory in Alzheimer's patients, and forniceal DBS has been shown to improve learning and memory in a mouse model of Rett syndrome (RTT), an intellectual disability disorder caused by loss-of-funct...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Pohodich AE,Yalamanchili H,Raman AT,Wan YW,Gundry M,Hao S,Jin H,Tang J,Liu Z,Zoghbi HY

更新日期：2018-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association analyses have uncovered multiple genomic regions associated with T2D, but identification of the causal variants at these remains a challenge. There is growing interest in the potential of deep learning models - which predict epigenome features from DNA sequence - to support inference concerning...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wesolowska-Andersen A,Zhuo Yu G,Nylander V,Abaitua F,Thurner M,Torres JM,Mahajan A,Gloyn AL,McCarthy MI

更新日期：2020-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Dedifferentiation of acini to duct-like cells occurs during the physiologic damage response in the pancreas, but this process can be co-opted by oncogenic Kras to drive carcinogenesis. Myeloid cells infiltrate the pancreas during the onset of pancreatic cancer, and promote carcinogenesis. Here, we show that the functi...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Zhang Y,Yan W,Mathew E,Kane KT,Brannon A 3rd,Adoumie M,Vinta A,Crawford HC,Pasca di Magliano M

更新日期：2017-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:While specific mutations allow organisms to adapt to stressful environments, most changes in an organism's DNA negatively impact fitness. The mutation rate is therefore strictly regulated and often considered a slowly-evolving parameter. In contrast, we demonstrate an unexpected flexibility in cellular mutation rates ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Swings T,Van den Bergh B,Wuyts S,Oeyen E,Voordeckers K,Verstrepen KJ,Fauvart M,Verstraeten N,Michiels J

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Yes. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Goldstein RE

更新日期：2018-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural control of sugar consumption is critical for normal metabolism. In contrast to sugar-sensing taste neurons that promote consumption, we identify a taste neuron that limits sucrose consumption in Drosophila. Silencing of the neuron increases sucrose feeding; optogenetic activation decreases it. The feeding i...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Joseph RM,Sun JS,Tam E,Carlson JR

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Pioneer factors such as Zelda (Zld) help initiate zygotic transcription in Drosophila early embryos, but whether other factors support this dynamic process is unclear. Odd-paired (Opa), a zinc-finger transcription factor expressed at cellularization, controls the transition of genes from pair-rule to segmental pattern...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Koromila T,Gao F,Iwasaki Y,He P,Pachter L,Gergen JP,Stathopoulos A

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：: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 pattern of...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Saavedra P,Vincent JP,Palacios IM,Lawrence PA,Casal J

更新日期：2014-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia thailandensis uses acyl-homoserine lactone-mediated quorum sensing systems to regulate hundreds of genes. Here we show that cell-cell contact-dependent type VI secretion (T6S) toxin-immunity systems are among those activated by quorum sensing in B. thailandensis. We also demonstrate that T6S is required t...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Majerczyk C,Schneider E,Greenberg EP

更新日期：2016-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Junín virus (JUNV) is one of five New World mammarenaviruses (NWMs) that causes fatal hemorrhagic disease in humans and is the etiological agent of Argentine hemorrhagic fever (AHF). The pathogenesis underlying AHF is poorly understood; however, a prolonged, elevated interferon-α (IFN-α) response is associated with a ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Hickerson BT,Sefing EJ,Bailey KW,Van Wettere AJ,Penichet ML,Gowen BB

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin has well established functions in cellular morphogenesis. However, it is not well understood how the various actin assemblies in a cell are kept in a dynamic equilibrium, in particular when cells have to respond to acute signals. Here, we characterize a rapid and transient actin reset in response to increased in...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wales P,Schuberth CE,Aufschnaiter R,Fels J,García-Aguilar I,Janning A,Dlugos CP,Schäfer-Herte M,Klingner C,Wälte M,Kuhlmann J,Menis E,Hockaday Kang L,Maier KC,Hou W,Russo A,Higgs HN,Pavenstädt H,Vogl T,Roth J,Qual

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterochromatin formed by the SUV39 histone methyltransferases represses transcription from repetitive DNA sequences and ensures genomic stability. How SUV39 enzymes localize to their target genomic loci remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that chromatin-associated RNA contributes to the stable association of SUV39H...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Johnson WL,Yewdell WT,Bell JC,McNulty SM,Duda Z,O'Neill RJ,Sullivan BA,Straight AF

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed 2898 scientific papers published between 1995 and 2017 in which two or more authors shared the first author position. For papers in which the first and second authors made equal contributions, mixed-gender combinations were most frequent, followed by male-male and then female-female author combinations. Fo...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Broderick NA,Casadevall A

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is believed to confer protection against Plasmodium falciparum malaria, but the precise nature of the protective effecthas proved difficult to define as G6PD deficiency has multiple allelic variants with different effects in males and females, and it has heterogeneou...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Clarke GM,Rockett K,Kivinen K,Hubbart C,Jeffreys AE,Rowlands K,Jallow M,Conway DJ,Bojang KA,Pinder M,Usen S,Sisay-Joof F,Sirugo G,Toure O,Thera MA,Konate S,Sissoko S,Niangaly A,Poudiougou B,Mangano VD,Bougouma EC

更新日期：2017-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemosensory neurons extract information about chemical cues from the environment. How is the activity in these sensory neurons transformed into behavior? Using Caenorhabditis elegans, we map a novel sensory neuron circuit motif that encodes odor concentration. Primary neurons, AWC(ON) and AWA, directly detect the foo...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Leinwand SG,Yang CJ,Bazopoulou D,Chronis N,Srinivasan J,Chalasani SH

更新日期：2015-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:mTOR inhibition is beneficial in neurodegenerative disease models and its effects are often attributable to the modulation of autophagy and anti-apoptosis. Here, we report a neglected but important bioenergetic effect of mTOR inhibition in neurons. mTOR inhibition by rapamycin significantly preserves neuronal ATP leve...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Zheng X,Boyer L,Jin M,Kim Y,Fan W,Bardy C,Berggren T,Evans RM,Gage FH,Hunter T

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain has an impressive ability to withstand neural damage. Diseases that kill neurons can go unnoticed for years, and incomplete brain lesions or silencing of neurons often fail to produce any behavioral effect. How does the brain compensate for such damage, and what are the limits of this compensation? We propos...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Barrett DG,Denève S,Machens CK

更新日期：2016-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical imaging has become a powerful tool for studying brains in vivo. The opacity of adult brains makes microendoscopy, with an optical probe such as a gradient index (GRIN) lens embedded into brain tissue to provide optical relay, the method of choice for imaging neurons and neural activity in deeply buried brain s...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Meng G,Liang Y,Sarsfield S,Jiang WC,Lu R,Dudman JT,Aponte Y,Ji N

更新日期：2019-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike passive rupture of the human chorioamnion at birth, the insect extraembryonic (EE) tissues - the amnion and serosa - actively rupture and withdraw in late embryogenesis. Withdrawal is essential for development and has been a morphogenetic puzzle. Here, we use new fluorescent transgenic lines in the beetle Tribo...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Hilbrant M,Horn T,Koelzer S,Panfilio KA

更新日期：2016-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a severe birth defect. Wt1-null mouse embryos develop CDH but the mechanisms regulated by WT1 are unknown. We have generated a murine model with conditional deletion of WT1 in the lateral plate mesoderm, using the G2 enhancer of the Gata4 gene as a driver. 80% of G2-Gata4(Cre);...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Carmona R,Cañete A,Cano E,Ariza L,Rojas A,Muñoz-Chápuli R

更新日期：2016-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about venom in young developmental stages of animals. The appearance of toxins and stinging cells during early embryonic stages in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis suggests that venom is already expressed in eggs and larvae of this species. Here, we harness transcriptomic, biochemical and transge...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Columbus-Shenkar YY,Sachkova MY,Macrander J,Fridrich A,Modepalli V,Reitzel AM,Sunagar K,Moran Y

更新日期：2018-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Beige/brite adipocytes are induced within white adipose tissues (WAT) and, when activated, consume glucose and fatty acids to produce heat. Classically, two stimuli have been used to trigger a beiging response: cold temperatures and β3-adrenergic receptor (Adrb3) agonists. These two beiging triggers have been used int...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Jiang Y,Berry DC,Graff JM

更新日期：2017-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Slo2 potassium channels play important roles in neuronal function, and their mutations in humans may cause epilepsies and cognitive defects. However, it is largely unknown how Slo2 is regulated by other proteins. Here we show that the function of C. elegans Slo2 (SLO-2) depends on adr-1, a gene important to RNA editin...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Niu LG,Liu P,Wang ZW,Chen B

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00