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STING Aggravates Ferroptosis-Dependent Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Targeting GPX4 for Autophagic Degradation
[Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy] The authors discovered that during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion, double-stranded DNA-cyclic GMP-AMP synthase-stimulator of interferon genes (STING) signal accumulated, accompanied by high rates of myocardial ferroptosis.
Enhanced Translational Activity Is Linked to Lymphatic Endothelial Cell Activation in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
[Lymphatic Research and Biology] Investigators characterized the transcriptional and translational responses of lymphatic endothelial cells during murine utaneous leishmaniasis using single-cell RNA sequencing data combined with flow cytometry and in vivo puromycin incorporation to assess translational activity.
Ant Colony-Inspired Adaptive Peptide Nanoregulators Remodeling the Endothelial Barrier to Alleviate Inflammatory Response
[ACS Nano ] A strategy was proposed inspired by the “ant colony collaboration”, developing an “all-in-one” conformationally adaptive peptide nanoregulator through the intelligent integration of three functional peptides.
Transcriptional Landscape and Chromatin Accessibility Reveal Key Regulators for Liver Regenerative Initiation and Organoid Formation
[Cell Reports] Comprehensive integration of RNA sequencing and ATAC sequencing revealed that ATF3 representing “Initiation_on” TF and ONECUT2 representing “Initiation_off” TF transiently modulate the occupancy of target promoters to license liver cells for regeneration.
ErbB2/HER2-Targeted CAR-NK Cells Eliminate Breast Cancer Cells in an Organoid Model That Recapitulates Tumor Progression
[Molecular Therapy] To evaluate activity of NK-92/5.28.z cells against ErbB2-positive breast cancer, researchers developed an organoid model derived from CKP mice that allowed conditional activation of oncogenic driver mutations.
hESCs-derived Organoids Achieve Liver Zonation Features through LSEC Modulation
[Advanced Science] The authors explored the feasibility of achieving zonated organoid by co-culturing hESCs derived hepatocytes with hESCs derived liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) exhibiting characteristics of either the liver lobule's pericentral or periportal regions.
Molecular Mapping and Functional Validation of GLP-1R Cholesterol Binding Sites in Pancreatic Beta Cells
[elife] The authors unveiled the detrimental effect of a high cholesterol diet on glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R)-dependent glucoregulation in vivo, and the improvement in GLP-1R function that a reduction in cholesterol synthesis using simvastatin exerts in pancreatic islets.
Glycine Receptor Activation Promotes Pancreatic Islet Cell Proliferation via the PI3K/mTORC1/p70S6K Pathway
[JCI Insight] In vitro experiments on mouse and human islets revealed that glycine and β-alanine, via GlyR activation, stimulated the proliferation of β cells and α cells, without affecting insulin or glucagon secretion.
Prolonged Airway Explant Culture Enables Study of Health, Disease, and Viral Pathogenesis
[Science Advances] Investigators described methods to culture human large airway explants, small airway explants, and precision-cut lung slices for at least 14 days.
Repurposing Anti-Viral Subunit and mRNA Vaccines T Cell Immunity for Intratumoral Immunotherapy against Solid Tumors
[npj Vaccines] Scientists investigated intratumoral delivery of three licensed viral vaccines— Shingrix, Gardasil-9, and Spikevax —in prevaccinated mice using the murine tumor model TC-1, which expressed HPV16 oncogenes E6 and E7.
Lysosomal TPC2 Channels Disrupt Ca2+ Entry and Dopaminergic Function in Models of LRRK2-Parkinson’s Disease
[Journal of Cell Biology] Investigators identified novel crosstalk between depolarization-induced entry of Ca2+ and lysosomal cation release in maintaining dopaminergic neuronal function.
Copper-Mediated SEC14L3 Promotes Cuproptosis to Inhibit Hepatocellular Carcinoma Growth via ERK/YY1/FDX1 Axis
[Communications Biology] Researchers revealed that SEC14L3 expression was downregulated in HCC cells and tissues and correlated with advanced stages and poor prognosis.