Learning is enhanced by tailoring instruction to individual genetic differences.

abstract：:Convenient, efficient and fast whole-brain delivery of transgenes presents a persistent experimental challenge in neuroscience. Recent advances demonstrate whole-brain gene delivery by retro-orbital injection of virus, but slow and sparse expression and the large injection volumes required make this approach cumbersom...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Hamodi AS,Martinez Sabino A,Fitzgerald ND,Moschou D,Crair MC

更新日期：2020-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquisition of pluripotency is driven largely at the transcriptional level by activators OCT4, SOX2, and NANOG that must in turn cooperate with diverse coactivators to execute stem cell-specific gene expression programs. Using a biochemically defined in vitro transcription system that mediates OCT4/SOX2 and coactivato...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Fong YW,Ho JJ,Inouye C,Tjian R

更新日期：2014-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 3,500 children in the UK shows that data on socioeconomic background and previous educational achievements can better predict how students will perform at school than genetic data. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Janssens C

更新日期：2020-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron and heme play central roles in the production of red blood cells, but the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Heme-regulated eIF2α kinase (HRI) controls translation by phosphorylating eIF2α. Here, we investigate the global impact of iron, heme, and HRI on protein translation in vivo in murine pr...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Zhang S,Macias-Garcia A,Ulirsch JC,Velazquez J,Butty VL,Levine SS,Sankaran VG,Chen JJ

更新日期：2019-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear speckles (NS) are among the most prominent biomolecular condensates. Despite their prevalence, research on the function of NS is virtually restricted to colocalization analyses, since an organizing core, without which NS cannot form, remains unidentified. The monoclonal antibody SC35, raised against a spliceos...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ilik İA,Malszycki M,Lübke AK,Schade C,Meierhofer D,Aktaş T

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the proposal that the C-terminal domain (CTD) of the AMPAR subunit GluA1 is required for LTP. We found that a knock-in mouse lacking the CTD of GluA1 expresses normal LTP and spatial memory, assayed by the Morris water maze. Our results support a model in which LTP generates synaptic slots, which capture pas...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Díaz-Alonso J,Morishita W,Incontro S,Simms J,Holtzman J,Gill M,Mucke L,Malenka RC,Nicoll RA

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle degeneration is a complication arising from a variety of chronic diseases including advanced cancer. Pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF-α plays a pivotal role in mediating cancer-related skeletal muscle degeneration. Here, we show a novel function for retinoblastoma protein (Rb), where Rb causes sarcomeric ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Araki K,Kawauchi K,Hirata H,Yamamoto M,Taya Y

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect evidence suggests that blastopore closure during gastrulation of anamniotes, including amphibians such as Xenopus laevis, depends on circumblastoporal convergence forces generated by the marginal zone (MZ), but direct evidence is lacking. We show that explanted MZs generate tensile convergence forces up to 1....

journal_title：eLife

authors： Shook DR,Kasprowicz EM,Davidson LA,Keller R

更新日期：2018-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells usually exhibit aberrant cell signaling and metabolic reprogramming. However, mechanisms of crosstalk between these processes remain elusive. Here, we show that in an in vivo tumor model expressing oncogenic Drosophila Homeodomain-interacting protein kinase (Hipk), tumor cells display elevated aerobic gly...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wong KKL,Liao JZ,Verheyen EM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of eIF2α controls translation initiation by restricting the levels of active eIF2-GTP/Met-tRNAi ternary complexes (TC). This modulates the expression of all eukaryotic mRNAs and contributes to the cellular integrated stress response. Key to controlling the activity of eIF2 are translation factors eIF2B...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Jennings MD,Kershaw CJ,Adomavicius T,Pavitt GD

更新日期：2017-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals seek out relevant information by moving through a dynamic world, but sensory systems are usually studied under highly constrained and passive conditions that may not probe important dimensions of the neural code. Here, we explored neural coding in the barrel cortex of head-fixed mice that tracked walls with th...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Sofroniew NJ,Vlasov YA,Hires SA,Freeman J,Svoboda K

更新日期：2015-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:When a T cell and an antigen-presenting cell form an immunological synapse, rapid dynein-driven translocation of the centrosome toward the contact site leads to reorganization of microtubules and associated organelles. Currently, little is known about how the regulation of microtubule dynamics contributes to this proc...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Hooikaas PJ,Damstra HG,Gros OJ,van Riel WE,Martin M,Smits YT,van Loosdregt J,Kapitein LC,Berger F,Akhmanova A

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Sparse, sequential patterns of neural activity have been observed in numerous brain areas during timekeeping and motor sequence tasks. Inspired by such observations, we construct a model of the striatum, an all-inhibitory circuit where sequential activity patterns are prominent, addressing the following key challenges...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Murray JM,Escola GS

更新日期：2017-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent lineage tracing analyses have significantly improved our understanding of immune system development and highlighted the importance of the different hematopoietic waves. The current challenge is to understand whether these waves interact and whether this affects the function of the immune system. Here we report ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Bazzi W,Cattenoz PB,Delaporte C,Dasari V,Sakr R,Yuasa Y,Giangrande A

更新日期：2018-07-11 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：:Previous studies tracking AMPA receptor (AMPAR) diffusion at synapses observed a large mobile extrasynaptic AMPAR pool. Using super-resolution microscopy, we examined how fluorophore size and photostability affected AMPAR trafficking outside of, and within, post-synaptic densities (PSDs) from rats. Organic fluorescent...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Lee SH,Jin C,Cai E,Ge P,Ishitsuka Y,Teng KW,de Thomaz AA,Nall D,Baday M,Jeyifous O,Demonte D,Dundas CM,Park S,Delgado JY,Green WN,Selvin PR

更新日期：2017-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cohesin tethers together regions of DNA, thereby mediating higher order chromatin organization that is critical for sister chromatid cohesion, DNA repair and transcriptional regulation. Cohesin contains a heterodimeric ATP-binding Cassette (ABC) ATPase comprised of Smc1 and Smc3 ATPase active sites. These ATPases are ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Çamdere G,Guacci V,Stricklin J,Koshland D

更新日期：2015-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cranial neural crest (CNC) cells give rise to bone, cartilage, tendons, and ligaments of the vertebrate craniofacial musculoskeletal complex, as well as regulate mesoderm-derived craniofacial muscle development through cell-cell interactions. Using the mouse soft palate as a model, we performed an unbiased single-cell...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Han X,Feng J,Guo T,Loh YE,Yuan Y,Ho TV,Cho CK,Li J,Jing J,Janeckova E,He J,Pei F,Bi J,Song B,Chai Y

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:TMEM16F is activated by elevated intracellular Ca2+, and functions as a small-conductance ion channel and as a phospholipid scramblase. In contrast to its paralogs, the TMEM16A/B calcium-activated chloride channels, mouse TMEM16F has been reported as a cation-, anion-, or non-selective ion channel, without a definite ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ye W,Han TW,He M,Jan YN,Jan LY

更新日期：2019-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The connection between gene loss and the functional adaptation of retained proteins is still poorly understood. We apply phylogenomics and metabolic modeling to detect bacterial species that are evolving by gene loss, with the finding that Actinomycetaceae genomes from human cavities are undergoing sizable reductions,...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Juárez-Vázquez AL,Edirisinghe JN,Verduzco-Castro EA,Michalska K,Wu C,Noda-García L,Babnigg G,Endres M,Medina-Ruíz S,Santoyo-Flores J,Carrillo-Tripp M,Ton-That H,Joachimiak A,Henry CS,Barona-Gómez F

更新日期：2017-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies identified the BIN1 locus as a leading modulator of genetic risk in Alzheimer's disease (AD). One limitation in understanding BIN1's contribution to AD is its unknown function in the brain. AD-associated BIN1 variants are generally noncoding and likely change expression. Here, we determ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Voskobiynyk Y,Roth JR,Cochran JN,Rush T,Carullo NV,Mesina JS,Waqas M,Vollmer RM,Day JJ,McMahon LL,Roberson ED

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In plants the dorsoventral boundary of leaves defines an axis of symmetry through the centre of the organ separating the top (dorsal) and bottom (ventral) tissues. Although the positioning of this boundary is critical for leaf morphogenesis, how the boundary is established and how it influences development remains unc...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Caggiano MP,Yu X,Bhatia N,Larsson A,Ram H,Ohno CK,Sappl P,Meyerowitz EM,Jönsson H,Heisler MG

更新日期：2017-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Perturbation of neuronal activity is key to understanding the brain's functional properties, however, intervention studies typically perturb neurons in a nonspecific manner. Recent optogenetics techniques have enabled patterned perturbations, in which specific patterns of activity can be invoked in identified target n...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Sadeh S,Clopath C

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid and flexible interpretation of conflicting sensory inputs in the context of current goals is a critical component of cognitive control that is orchestrated by frontal cortex. The relative roles of distinct subregions within frontal cortex are poorly understood. To examine the dynamics underlying cognitive contro...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Tang H,Yu HY,Chou CC,Crone NE,Madsen JR,Anderson WS,Kreiman G

更新日期：2016-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Mood and anxiety disorders are the most prevalent psychiatric conditions and are exacerbated by stress. Recent studies have suggested cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibition could represent a novel treatment approach or augmentation strategy for affective disorders including anxiety disorders and major depression. We show...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Gamble-George JC,Baldi R,Halladay L,Kocharian A,Hartley N,Silva CG,Roberts H,Haymer A,Marnett LJ,Holmes A,Patel S

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We collated contact tracing data from COVID-19 clusters in Singapore and Tianjin, China and estimated the extent of pre-symptomatic transmission by estimating incubation periods and serial intervals. The mean incubation periods accounting for intermediate cases were 4.91 days (95%CI 4.35, 5.69) and 7.54 (95%CI 6.76, 8...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Tindale LC,Stockdale JE,Coombe M,Garlock ES,Lau WYV,Saraswat M,Zhang L,Chen D,Wallinga J,Colijn C

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain needs to predict how the body reacts to motor commands, but how a network of spiking neurons can learn non-linear body dynamics using local, online and stable learning rules is unclear. Here, we present a supervised learning scheme for the feedforward and recurrent connections in a network of heterogeneous s...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Gilra A,Gerstner W

更新日期：2017-11-27 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：:As the staff of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology settle into their new building in Cambridge, its director Hugh Pelham explains the challenges of living up to its prestigious past. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Pelham H

更新日期：2013-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell lineages provide the framework for understanding how cell fates are decided during development. Describing cell lineages in most organisms is challenging; even a fruit fly larva has ~50,000 cells and a small mammal has >1 billion cells. Recently, the idea of applying CRISPR to induce mutations during development,...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Salvador-Martínez I,Grillo M,Averof M,Telford MJ

更新日期：2019-01-28 00:00:00