Molecular evidence of hybridization between pig and human Ascaris indicates an interbred species complex infecting humans.

abstract：:The progenitor cells of the developing liver can differentiate toward both hepatocyte and biliary cell fates. In addition to the established roles of TGFβ and Notch signaling in this fate specification process, there is increasing evidence that liver progenitors are sensitive to mechanical cues. Here, we utilized micr...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Kaylan KB,Berg IC,Biehl MJ,Brougham-Cook A,Jain I,Jamil SM,Sargeant LH,Cornell NJ,Raetzman LT,Underhill GH

更新日期：2018-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:How circuits assemble starting from stem cells is a fundamental question in developmental neurobiology. We test the hypothesis that, in neuronal stem cells, temporal transcription factors predictably control neuronal terminal features and circuit assembly. Using the Drosophila motor system, we manipulate expression of...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Meng JL,Marshall ZD,Lobb-Rabe M,Heckscher ES

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotes, most integral membrane proteins are synthesized, integrated into the membrane, and folded properly in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). We screened the mutants affecting rhabdomeric expression of rhodopsin 1 (Rh1) in the Drosophila photoreceptors and found that dPob/EMC3, EMC1, and EMC8/9, Drosophila homo...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Satoh T,Ohba A,Liu Z,Inagaki T,Satoh AK

更新日期：2015-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:How proteins harness mechanical force to control function is a significant biological question. Here we describe a human cell surface receptor that couples ligand binding and force to trigger a chemical event which controls the adhesive properties of the receptor. Our studies of the secreted platelet oxidoreductase, E...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Passam F,Chiu J,Ju L,Pijning A,Jahan Z,Mor-Cohen R,Yeheskel A,Kolšek K,Thärichen L,Aponte-Santamaría C,Gräter F,Hogg PJ

更新日期：2018-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Excitatory and inhibitory synapses are the brain's most abundant synapse types. However, little is known about their formation during critical periods of motor skill learning, when sensory experience defines a motor target that animals strive to imitate. In songbirds, we find that exposure to tutor song leads to elimi...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Huang Z,Khaled HG,Kirschmann M,Gobes SM,Hahnloser RH

更新日期：2018-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Entry and extrusion of cations are essential processes in living cells. In alkaliphilic prokaryotes, high external pH activates voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav), which allows Na(+) to enter and be used as substrate for cation/proton antiporters responsible for cytoplasmic pH homeostasis. Here, we describe a new mem...

journal_title：eLife

authors： DeCaen PG,Takahashi Y,Krulwich TA,Ito M,Clapham DE

更新日期：2014-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms generating epileptic neuronal networks following insults such as severe seizures are unknown. We have previously shown that interfering with the function of the neuron-restrictive silencer factor (NRSF/REST), an important transcription factor that influences neuronal phenotype, attenuated development of...

journal_title：eLife

authors： McClelland S,Brennan GP,Dubé C,Rajpara S,Iyer S,Richichi C,Bernard C,Baram TZ

更新日期：2014-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The incubation period for typhoid, polio, measles, leukemia and many other diseases follows a right-skewed, approximately lognormal distribution. Although this pattern was discovered more than sixty years ago, it remains an open question to explain its ubiquity. Here, we propose an explanation based on evolutionary dy...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ottino-Loffler B,Scott JG,Strogatz SH

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:When a human catches a ball, they estimate future target location based on the current trajectory. How animals, small and large, encode such predictive processes at the single neuron level is unknown. Here we describe small target-selective neurons in predatory dragonflies that exhibit localized enhanced sensitivity f...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wiederman SD,Fabian JM,Dunbier JR,O'Carroll DC

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:TOR complex 1 (TORC1) is an evolutionarily conserved protein kinase complex that promotes cellular macromolecular synthesis and suppresses autophagy. Amino-acid-induced activation of mammalian TORC1 is initiated by its recruitment to the RagA/B-RagC/D GTPase heterodimer, which is anchored to lysosomal membranes throug...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Chia KH,Fukuda T,Sofyantoro F,Matsuda T,Amai T,Shiozaki K

更新日期：2017-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Neoangiogenesis is a pivotal therapeutic target in glioblastoma. Tumor monitoring requires imaging methods to assess treatment effects and disease progression. Until now mapping of the tumor vasculature has been difficult. We have developed a combined magnetic resonance and optical toolkit to study neoangiogenesis in ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Breckwoldt MO,Bode J,Kurz FT,Hoffmann A,Ochs K,Ott M,Deumelandt K,Krüwel T,Schwarz D,Fischer M,Helluy X,Milford D,Kirschbaum K,Solecki G,Chiblak S,Abdollahi A,Winkler F,Wick W,Platten M,Heiland S,Bendszus M,Tews

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules control different aspects of cell polarization. In cells with a radial microtubule system, a pivotal role in setting up asymmetry is attributed to the relative positioning of the centrosome and the nucleus. Here, we show that centrosome loss had no effect on the ability of endothelial cells to polarize an...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Martin M,Veloso A,Wu J,Katrukha EA,Akhmanova A

更新日期：2018-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of ocular dominance to regulation by monocular deprivation is the canonical model of plasticity confined to a critical period. However, we have previously shown that visual deprivation through dark exposure (DE) reactivates critical period plasticity in adults. Previous work assumed that the eliminatio...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Murase S,Lantz CL,Quinlan EM

更新日期：2017-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:CRISPR-based homing gene drives have sparked both enthusiasm and deep concerns due to their potential for genetically altering entire species. This raises the question about our ability to prevent the unintended spread of such drives from the laboratory into a natural population. Here, we experimentally demonstrate th...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Champer J,Chung J,Lee YL,Liu C,Yang E,Wen Z,Clark AG,Messer PW

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology seeks to address growing concerns about reproducibility in scientific research by conducting replications of selected experiments from a number of high-profile papers in the field of cancer biology. The papers, which were published between 2010 and 2012, were selected on the...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Phelps M,Coss C,Wang H,Cook M,Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology.,Reproducibility Project Cancer Biology.

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation (ERAD), membrane proteins are ubiquitinated, extracted from the membrane, and degraded by the proteasome. The cytosolic ATPase Cdc48 drives extraction by pulling on polyubiquitinated substrates. How hydrophobic transmembrane (TM) segments are moved from the phosp...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Schmidt CC,Vasic V,Stein A

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis disproportionately affects the Canadian Inuit. To address this, it is imperative we understand transmission dynamics in this population. We investigate whether 'deep' sequencing can provide additional resolution compared to standard sequencing, using a well-characterized outbreak from the Arctic (2011-201...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Lee RS,Proulx JF,McIntosh F,Behr MA,Hanage WP

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive functions such as working memory (WM) are emergent properties of large-scale network interactions. Synchronisation of oscillatory activity might contribute to WM by enabling the coordination of long-range processes. However, causal evidence for the way oscillatory activity shapes network dynamics and behavio...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Violante IR,Li LM,Carmichael DW,Lorenz R,Leech R,Hampshire A,Rothwell JC,Sharp DJ

更新日期：2017-03-14 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：:Cells use molecular circuits to interpret and respond to extracellular cues, such as hormones and cytokines, which are often released in a temporally varying fashion. In this study, we combine microfluidics, time-lapse microscopy, and computational modeling to investigate how the type I interferon (IFN)-responsive reg...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Mudla A,Jiang Y,Arimoto KI,Xu B,Rajesh A,Ryan AP,Wang W,Daugherty MD,Zhang DE,Hao N

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the elongating ribosome is an efficient helicase, certain mRNA stem-loop structures are known to impede ribosome movement along mRNA and stimulate programmed ribosome frameshifting via mechanisms that are not well understood. Using biochemical and single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) exp...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Bao C,Loerch S,Ling C,Korostelev AA,Grigorieff N,Ermolenko DN

更新日期：2020-05-19 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：:Myelin, made by oligodendrocytes, is essential for rapid information transfer in the central nervous system. Oligodendrocyte precursors (OPs) receive glutamatergic synaptic input from axons but how this affects their development is unclear. Murine OPs in white matter express AMPA receptor (AMPAR) subunits GluA2, GluA3...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Kougioumtzidou E,Shimizu T,Hamilton NB,Tohyama K,Sprengel R,Monyer H,Attwell D,Richardson WD

更新日期：2017-06-13 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

abstract：:Cell surface reception of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) must ensure that the graded morphogenic signal is interpreted accordingly in neighboring cells to specify tissue patterns during development. Here, we report endocytic sorting signals for the receptor Patched1 (Ptch1), comprising two 'PPXY' motifs, that direct it to degra...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Yue S,Tang LY,Tang Y,Tang Y,Shen QH,Ding J,Chen Y,Zhang Z,Yu TT,Zhang YE,Cheng SY

更新日期：2014-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-canonical Wnt/Ca2+ signaling pathway plays important roles in embryonic development, tissue formation and diseases. However, it is unclear how the Wnt ligand-stimulated, G protein-coupled receptor Frizzled activates phospholipases for calcium release. Here, we report that the zebrafish/human phosphatidylinosit...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Gong B,Shen W,Xiao W,Meng Y,Meng A,Jia S

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum causes malaria in humans with over 450,000 deaths annually. The asexual blood stage involves invasion of erythrocytes by merozoites, in which they grow and divide to release daughter merozoites, which in turn invade new erythrocytes perpetuating the cycle responsible for malaria. A key step in me...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Chen L,Xu Y,Wong W,Thompson JK,Healer J,Goddard-Borger ED,Lawrence MC,Cowman AF

更新日期：2017-02-14 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：:Loss of polarity correlates with progression of epithelial cancers, but how plasma membrane misorganization drives oncogenic transcriptional events remains unclear. The polarity regulators of the Drosophila Scribble (Scrib) module are potent tumor suppressors and provide a model for mechanistic investigation. RNA prof...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Bunker BD,Nellimoottil TT,Boileau RM,Classen AK,Bilder D

更新日期：2015-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticostriatal afferents can engage parvalbumin-expressing (PV+) interneurons to rapidly curtail the activity of striatal projection neurons (SPNs), thus shaping striatal output. Schemes of basal ganglia circuit dynamics generally consider striatal PV+ interneurons to be homogenous, despite considerable heterogeneity...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Garas FN,Shah RS,Kormann E,Doig NM,Vinciati F,Nakamura KC,Dorst MC,Smith Y,Magill PJ,Sharott A

更新日期：2016-09-26 00:00:00