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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Heparan sulfate dependent phase separation of CCL5 and its chemotactic activity

    Xiaolin Yu, Guangfei Duan ... Shi-Zhong Luo
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    SCC3 is an axial element essential for homologous chromosome pairing and synapsis

    Yangzi Zhao, Lijun Ren ... Zhukuan Cheng
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Remodeling of skeletal muscle myosin metabolic states in hibernating mammals

    Christopher TA Lewis, Elise G Melhedegaard ... Julien Ochala
    During hibernation, animals remodel the structure of their relaxed muscle via a protein called myosin and this enables vast temperature changes.
    1. Cell Biology

    Mecp2 fine-tunes quiescence exit by targeting nuclear receptors

    Jun Yang, Shitian Zou ... Xiaochun Bai
    Mecp2 expression is cell cycle-dependent and negatively regulates quiescence exit.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Exosomes: How tumors escape the immune system

    Stefanie Schmieder
    Mutations in the gene for β-catenin cause liver cancer cells to release fewer exosomes, which reduces the number of immune cells infiltrating the tumor.
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Unraveling the link between neuropathy target esterase NTE/SWS, lysosomal storage diseases, inflammation, abnormal fatty acid metabolism, and leaky brain barrier

    Mariana I Tsap, Andriy S Yatsenko ... Halyna R Shcherbata
    Drosophila model reveals that NTE/SWS-associated neurodegeneration is a lysosomal storage disorder accompanied by a leaky brain permeability barrier, abnormal fatty acid metabolism, and inflammation.
    1. Cell Biology

    Microtubule-dependent orchestration of centriole amplification in brain multiciliated cells

    Amélie-Rose Boudjema, Rémi Balagué ... Alice Meunier

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    University of Barcelona, Spain
  2. Felix Campelo
    The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain
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    Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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