Sex-specific effects of cooperative breeding and colonial nesting on prosociality in corvids.

abstract：:From bacteria to mammals, different phospholipid species are segregated between the inner and outer leaflets of the plasma membrane by ATP-dependent lipid transporters. Disruption of this asymmetry by ATP-independent phospholipid scrambling is important in cellular signaling, but its mechanism remains incompletely und...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Jiang T,Yu K,Hartzell HC,Tajkhorshid E

更新日期：2017-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A spring-loaded mechanism can explain the activation process for a protein that has a crucial role in maintaining the genomic integrity of immature eggs cells. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Amelio I,Melino G

更新日期：2016-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesion molecules hold cells together but also couple cell membranes to a contractile actomyosin network, which limits the expansion of cell contacts. Despite their fundamental role in tissue morphogenesis and tissue homeostasis, how adhesion molecules control cell shapes and cell patterns in tissues remains unclear....

journal_title：eLife

authors： Chan EH,Chavadimane Shivakumar P,Clément R,Laugier E,Lenne PF

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Ageing is a progressive decline of intrinsic physiological functions. We examined the impact of ageing on the ultrastructure and function of mitochondria in mouse and fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) by electron cryo-tomography and respirometry. We discovered distinct age-related changes in both model organisms. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Brandt T,Mourier A,Tain LS,Partridge L,Larsson NG,Kühlbrandt W

更新日期：2017-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoothened (Smo) inhibition by Patched (Ptch) is central to Hedgehog (Hh) signaling. Ptch, a proton driven antiporter, is required for Smo inhibition via an unknown mechanism. Hh ligand binding to Ptch reverses this inhibition and activated Smo initiates the Hh response. To determine whether Ptch inhibits Smo strictly...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Roberts B,Casillas C,Alfaro AC,Jägers C,Roelink H

更新日期：2016-08-23 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：:To initiate DNA replication, cells first load an MCM helicase double hexamer at origins in a reaction requiring ORC, Cdc6, and Cdt1, also called pre-replicative complex (pre-RC) assembly. The essential mechanistic role of Cdc6 ATP hydrolysis in this reaction is still incompletely understood. Here, we show that althoug...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Chang F,Riera A,Evrin C,Sun J,Li H,Speck C,Weinreich M

更新日期：2015-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The organization and biophysical properties of the cytosol implicitly govern molecular interactions within cells. However, little is known about mechanisms by which cells regulate cytosolic properties and intracellular diffusion rates. Here, we demonstrate that the intracellular environment of budding yeast undertakes...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Joyner RP,Tang JH,Helenius J,Dultz E,Brune C,Holt LJ,Huet S,Müller DJ,Weis K

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined whether the mutations found in ovarian cancers could be identified in the patients' ovarian cyst fluids. Tumor-specific mutations were detectable in the cyst fluids of 19 of 23 (83%) borderline tumors, 10 of 13 (77%) type I cancers, and 18 of 18 (100%) type II cancers. In contrast, no mutations were foun...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wang Y,Sundfeldt K,Mateoiu C,Shih IeM,Kurman RJ,Schaefer J,Silliman N,Kinde I,Springer S,Foote M,Kristjansdottir B,James N,Kinzler KW,Papadopoulos N,Diaz LA,Vogelstein B

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Unresolved ER stress followed by cell death is recognized as the main cause of a multitude of pathologies including neonatal diabetes. A systematic analysis of the mechanisms of β-cell loss and dysfunction in Akita mice, in which a mutation in the proinsulin gene causes a severe form of permanent neonatal diabetes, sh...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Riahi Y,Israeli T,Yeroslaviz R,Chimenez S,Avrahami D,Stolovich-Rain M,Alter I,Sebag M,Polin N,Bernal-Mizrachi E,Dor Y,Cerasi E,Leibowitz G

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent findings indicate a high level of specialization at the level of microcircuits and cell populations within brain structures with regards to the control of fear and anxiety. The hippocampus, however, has been treated as a unitary structure in anxiety and fear research despite mounting evidence that different hip...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Engin E,Smith KS,Gao Y,Nagy D,Foster RA,Tsvetkov E,Keist R,Crestani F,Fritschy JM,Bolshakov VY,Hajos M,Heldt SA,Rudolph U

更新日期：2016-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in single-cell transcriptomics techniques have opened the door to the study of gene regulatory networks (GRNs) at the single-cell level. Here, we studied the GRNs controlling the emergence of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells from mouse embryonic endothelium using a combination of single-cell tra...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Bergiers I,Andrews T,Vargel Bölükbaşı Ö,Buness A,Janosz E,Lopez-Anguita N,Ganter K,Kosim K,Celen C,Itır Perçin G,Collier P,Baying B,Benes V,Hemberg M,Lancrin C

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome sequence data from a range of animal species are raising questions about the origins of glutamate receptors. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Mayer ML,Jegla T

更新日期：2018-12-28 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：:Intermittent hypoxia (IH) is the predominant pathophysiological disturbance in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), known to be independently associated with cardiovascular diseases. However, the effect of IH on cardiac fibrosis and molecular events involved in this process are unclear. Here, we tested IH in angiotensin II ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Bao Q,Zhang B,Suo Y,Liu C,Yang Q,Zhang K,Yuan M,Yuan M,Zhang Y,Li G

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a devastating disease. Although rigorous efforts identified the presence of 'cancer stem cells (CSCs)' in PDAC and molecular markers for them, stem cell dynamics in vivo have not been clearly demonstrated. Here we focused on Doublecortin-like kinase 1 (Dclk1), known as a CSC ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Maruno T,Fukuda A,Goto N,Tsuda M,Ikuta K,Hiramatsu Y,Ogawa S,Nakanishi Y,Yamaga Y,Yoshioka T,Takaori K,Uemoto S,Saur D,Chiba T,Seno H

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Armor plate changes in sticklebacks are a classic example of repeated adaptive evolution. Previous studies identified ectodysplasin (EDA) gene as the major locus controlling recurrent plate loss in freshwater fish, though the causative DNA alterations were not known. Here we show that freshwater EDA alleles have cis-a...

journal_title：eLife

authors： O'Brown NM,Summers BR,Jones FC,Brady SD,Kingsley DM

更新日期：2015-01-28 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：:Recent epidemiological and laboratory-based studies suggest that the anti-diabetic drug metformin prevents cancer progression. How metformin diminishes tumor growth is not fully understood. In this study, we report that in human cancer cells, metformin inhibits mitochondrial complex I (NADH dehydrogenase) activity and...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wheaton WW,Weinberg SE,Hamanaka RB,Soberanes S,Sullivan LB,Anso E,Glasauer A,Dufour E,Mutlu GM,Budigner GS,Chandel NS

更新日期：2014-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligand binding stabilizes different G protein-coupled receptor states via a complex allosteric process that is not completely understood. Here, we have derived free energy landscapes describing activation of the β2 adrenergic receptor bound to ligands with different efficacy profiles using enhanced sampling molecular ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Fleetwood O,Carlsson J,Delemotte L

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the contribution of a central clock in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) to circadian behavior and the organization of peripheral clocks, we generated forebrain/SCN-specific Bmal1 knockout mice by using floxed Bmal1 and pan-neuronal Cre lines. The forebrain knockout mice showed >90% del...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Izumo M,Pejchal M,Schook AC,Lange RP,Walisser JA,Sato TR,Wang X,Bradfield CA,Takahashi JS

更新日期：2014-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between membrane protein interfaces in lipid bilayers play an important role in membrane protein folding but quantification of the strength of these interactions has been challenging. Studying dimerization of ClC-type transporters offers a new approach to the problem, as individual subunits adopt a stable...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Chadda R,Krishnamani V,Mersch K,Wong J,Brimberry M,Chadda A,Kolmakova-Partensky L,Friedman LJ,Gelles J,Robertson JL

更新日期：2016-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin (5-HT) is associated with mood and motivation but the function of endogenous 5-HT remains controversial. Here, we studied the impact of phasic optogenetic activation of 5-HT neurons in mice over time scales from seconds to weeks. We found that activating dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) 5-HT neurons induced a stro...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Correia PA,Lottem E,Banerjee D,Machado AS,Carey MR,Mainen ZF

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron storage proteins are essential for cellular iron homeostasis and redox balance. Ferritin proteins are the major storage units for bioavailable forms of iron. Some organisms lack ferritins, and it is not known how they store iron. Encapsulins, a class of protein-based organelles, have recently been implicated in m...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Giessen TW,Orlando BJ,Verdegaal AA,Chambers MG,Gardener J,Bell DC,Birrane G,Liao M,Silver PA

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain connectivity maps display a delicate balance between individual variation and stereotypy, suggesting the existence of dedicated mechanisms that simultaneously permit and limit individual variation. We show that during the development of the Drosophila central nervous system, mutual inhibition among groups of nei...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Langen M,Koch M,Yan J,De Geest N,Erfurth ML,Pfeiffer BD,Schmucker D,Moreau Y,Hassan BA

更新日期：2013-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins can self-organize into spatial patterns via non-linear dynamic interactions on cellular membranes. Modelling and simulations have shown that small GTPases can generate patterns by coupling guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEF) to effectors, generating a positive feedback of GTPase activation and membrane ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Cezanne A,Lauer J,Solomatina A,Sbalzarini IF,Zerial M

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The biology of sponges provides clues about how early animals may have dealt with low levels of oxygen. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Rytkönen KT

更新日期：2018-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Key to CRISPR-Cas adaptive immunity is maintaining an ongoing record of invading nucleic acids, a process carried out by the Cas1-Cas2 complex that integrates short segments of foreign genetic material (spacers) into the CRISPR locus. It is hypothesized that Cas1 evolved from casposases, a novel class of transposases....

journal_title：eLife

authors： Hickman AB,Kailasan S,Genzor P,Haase AD,Dyda F

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial flagella mediate host-microbe interactions through tissue tropism during colonization, as well as by activating immune responses. The flagellar shaft of some bacteria, including several human pathogens, is encased in a membranous sheath of unknown function. While it has been hypothesized that the sheath may ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Brennan CA,Hunt JR,Kremer N,Krasity BC,Apicella MA,McFall-Ngai MJ,Ruby EG

更新日期：2014-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Human SEMAPHORIN 5A (SEMA5A) is an autism susceptibility gene; however, its function in brain development is unknown. In this study, we show that mouse Sema5A negatively regulates synaptogenesis in early, developmentally born, hippocampal dentate granule cells (GCs). Sema5A is strongly expressed by GCs and regulates d...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Duan Y,Wang SH,Song J,Mironova Y,Ming GL,Kolodkin AL,Giger RJ

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00