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2024

Botulinum Neurotoxin Induces Neurotoxic Microglia Mediated by Exogenous Inflammatory Responses
Ambrin, G., Kang, Y. J., Do, K. V., Lee, C., Signh, B. R., & Cho, H. 
Advanced Science, 2305326–2305326. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202305326

CXCL12+ dermal fibroblasts promote neutrophil recruitment and host defense by recognition of IL-17.
Cavagnero, K. J., Li, F., Dokoshi, T., Nakatsuji, T., O’Neill, A. M., Aguilera, C., Liu, E., Shia, M., Osuoji, O., Hata, T., & Gallo, R. L.
Journal of Experimental Medicine, 221(4). https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20231425

Molecular profiling of human blastocysts reveals primitive endoderm defects among embryos of decreased implantation potential
Chousal, J. N., Morey, R., Srinivasan, S., Lee, K., Zhang, W., Yeo, A. L., To, C., Cho, K., Garzo, V. G., Parast, M. M., Laurent, L. C., & Cook-Andersen, H.
Cell Reports, 43(2), 113701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113701

Molecular determinants and signaling effects of PKA riα phase separation
Hardy, J. C., Pool, E. H., Bruystens, J. G. H., Zhou, X., Li, Q., Zhou, D. R., Palay, M., Tan, G., Chen, L., Choi, J.
L. C., Lee, H. N., Strack, S., Wang, D., Taylor, S. S., Mehta, S., & Zhang, J.
Molecular Cell, 84(8). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2024.03.002

RTN3L and Calcoco1 function in parallel to maintain proteostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum.Kumar, K., Chidambaram, R., Parashar, S., & Ferro-Novick, S.
Autophagy, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2024.2353502

Spatially clustered type I interferon responses at injury borderzones.Ninh, V. K., Calcagno, D. M., Yu, J. D., Zhang, B., Taghdiri, N., Sehgal, R., Mesfin, J. M., Chen, C. J., Kalhor, K., Toomu, A., Duran, J. M., Adler, E., Hu, J., Zhang, K., Christman, K. L., Fu, Z., Bintu, B., & King, K. R.   Nature, 633(8028), 174–181. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07806-1

Gene editing improves endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondrial contacts and unfolded protein response in Friedreich’s ataxia ipsc-derived neurons
Mishra, P., Sivakumar, A., Johnson, A., Pernaci, C., Warden, A. S., El-Hachem, L. R., Hansen, E., Badell-Grau, R. A., Khare, V., Ramirez, G., Gillette, S., Solis, A. B., Guo, P., Coufal, N., & Cherqui, S.
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2024.1323491

Defining the activity of pro-reparative extracellular vesicles in wound healing based on MIRNA payloads and cell type-specific lineage mapping.
Park, D. J., Choi, W., Sayeed, S., Dorschner, R. A., Rainaldi, J., Ho, K., Kezios, J., Nolan, J. P., Mali, P., Costantini, T., & Eliceiri, B. P.
Molecular Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.02.019

Emissive alkylated guanine analogs as probes for monitoring o6-alkylguanine-DNA-transferase activity.
Steinbuch, K. B., Bucardo, M., & Tor, Y.
ACS Omega. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c05700

Emissive guanosine analog applicable for real-time live cell imaging.
Steinbuch, K. B., Cong, D., Rodriguez, A. J., & Tor, Y. 
ACS Chemical Biology, 19(8), 1836–1841. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.4c00398

2023

Heterozygous Mutations in SOX2 may cause Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism via Dominant-negative Mechanisms
Cassin. J.,* Stamou, M. I.,* Keefe, K. W.,* Sung, K. E., Bojo, C. C., Tonsfeldt, K. J., Rojas, R. A., Ferreira Lopes, V., Plummer, L., Salnikov, K. B., Keefe Jr., D. L., Ozata, M., Genel, M., Georgopoulos, N. A., Hall, J. E., Crowley Jr., W. F., Seminara, S. B., Mellon, P. L., # Balasubramanian, R.#
Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight 8(3):e164324. *Co-first authors. #Co-Senior authors. PMID: 36602867. PMC9977424.10.1172/jci.insight.164324

Electrical signals in the ER are cell type and stimulus specific with extreme spatial compartmentalization in neurons
Campbell, E. P., Abushawish, A. A., Valdez, L. A., Bell, M. K., Haryono, M., Rangamani, P., & Bloodgood, B. L. (2023).
Cell Reports, 42(1), 111943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111943
Re-examining the role of the dorsal fan-shaped body in promoting sleep in drosophila
De, J., Wu, M., Lambatan, V., Hua, Y., & Joiner, W. J.
Current Biology, 33(17). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.043 

 Reversible phase separation of ESCRT protein alix through tyrosine phosphorylation.
Elias, R. D., Zhu, Y., Su, Q., Ghirlando, R., Zhang, J., & Deshmukh, L.
Science Advances, 9(28). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adg3913

SALL1 enforces microglia-specific DNA binding and function of Smads to establish microglia identity.
Fixsen, B. R., Han, C. Z., Zhou, Y., Spann, N. J., Saisan, P., Shen, Z., Balak, C., Sakai, M., Cobo, I., Holtman, I. R., Warden, A. S., Ramirez, G., Collier, J. G., Pasillas, M. P., Yu, M., Hu, R., Li, B., Belhocine, S., Gosselin, D., … Glass, C. K.
Nature Immunology, 24(7), 1188–1199. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-023-01528-8

Human microglia maturation is underpinned by specific gene regulatory networks Han, C. Z., Li, R. Z., Hansen, E., Trescott, S., Fixsen, B. R., Nguyen, C. T., Mora, C. M., Spann, N. J., Bennett, H. R., Poirion, O., Buchanan, J., Warden, A. S., Xia, B., Schlachetzki, J. C. M., Pasillas, M. P., Preissl, S., Wang, A., O’Connor, C., Shriram, S., … Coufal, N. G. (2023).
Immunity, 56(9). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2023.07.016

Bub-1-bound PLK-1 directs CDC-20 kinetochore recruitment to ensure timely embryonic mitoses. Houston, J., Ohta, M., Gómez-Cavazos, J. S., Deep, A., Corbett, K. D., Oegema, K., Lara-Gonzalez, P., Kim, T., & Desai, A. (2023).
Current Biology, 33(11). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.021

LIS1 relieves cytoplasmic dynein-1 autoinhibition by acting as a molecular wedge
Karasmanis, E. P., Reimer, J. M., Kendrick, A. A., Nguyen, K. H., Rodriguez, J. A., Truong, J. B., Lahiri, I., Reck-Peterson, S. L., & Leschziner, A. E. (2023). 
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 30(9), 1357–1364. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-023-01069-6
LIS1 slows force-induced detachment of cytoplasmic dynein from microtubules.
Kusakci, E., Htet, Z. M., Zhao, Y., Gillies, J. P., Reck-Peterson, S. L., & Yildiz, A. (2023). 
Cyclin B3 is a dominant fast-acting cyclin that drives rapid early embryonic mitoses
Lara-Gonzalez P, Variyar S, Budrewicz J, Schlientz A, Varshney N, Bellaart A, Moghareh S, Nguyen ACN, Oegema K, Desai A.
bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Aug 11:2023.08.11.553011. doi: 10.1101/2023.08.11.553011.

The anaphase-promoting complex controls a ubiquitination-phosphoprotein axis in chromatin during neurodevelopment
Ledvin, L., Gassaway, B. M., Tawil, J., Urso, O., Pizzo, D., Welsh, K. A., Bolhuis, D. L., Fisher, D., Bonni, A., Gygi, S. P., Brown, N. G., & Ferguson, C. J.
Developmental Cell, 58(23). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2023.10.002

The Lung Employs an Intrinsic Surfactant-Mediated Inflammatory Response for Viral Defense
Leibel, S. L., McVicar, R. N., Murad, R., Kwong, E. M., Clark, A. E., Alvarado, A., Grimmig, B. A., Nuryyev, R., Young, R. E., Lee, J. C., Peng, W., Zhu, Y. P., Griffis, E., Nowell, C. J., Liu, K., James, B., Alarcon, S., Malhotra, A., Gearing, L. J., … Snyder, E. Y.
Biorxiv  https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.26.525578

Cortical polarity ensures its own asymmetric inheritance in the stomatal lineage to pattern the leaf surface.
Muroyama, A., Gong, Y., Hartman, K. S., & Bergmann, D. C. (2023).
Science, 381(6653), 54–59. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add6162

Kinetochore dynein is sufficient to biorient chromosomes and remodel the outer kinetochore
Prevo B, Cheerambathur DK, Earnshaw WC, Desai A.
BioRxivdoi: 10.1101/2023.03.23.534015.

Avidity-based method for the efficient generation of monoubiquitinated recombinant proteins
Nelson, S. L., Li, Y., Chen, Y., & Deshmukh, L. 
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(14), 7748–7752. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c01943

RNA recoding in cephalopods tailors microtubule motor protein function
Rangan, K. J., & Reck-Peterson, S. L. (2023).
Cell, 186(12). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.04.032

Structure of LRRK1 and mechanisms of autoinhibition and activation
Reimer, J. M., Dickey, A. M., Lin, Y. X., Abrisch, R. G., Mathea, S., Chatterjee, D., Fay, E. J., Knapp, S., Daugherty, M. D., Reck-Peterson, S. L., & Leschziner, A. E. (2023).
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 30(11), 1735–1745. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-023-01109-1

Engineering Cell and Nuclear Morphology on Nano Topography by Contact-Free Protein Micropatterning
Sarikhani, E., Meganathan, D. P., Rahmani, K., Tsai, C.-T., Marquez-Serrano, A., Li, X., Santoro, F., Cui, B., Klausen, L. H., & Jahed, Z.
Engineering Cell and Nuclear Morphology on Nano Topography by Contact-Free Protein Micropatterning. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.05.543791

 

ALS variants of annexin A11’s proline-rich domain impair its S100A6-mediated fibril dissolution.
Shihora, A., Elias, R. D., Hammond, J. A., Ghirlando, R., & Deshmukh, L.
ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 14(15), 2583–2589. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.3c00169

 

The dual-function chemokine receptor CCR2 drives migration and chemokine scavenging through distinct mechanisms.
Shroka, T. M., Kufareva, I., Salanga, C. L., & Handel, T. M.
Science Signaling, 16(770). https://doi.org/10.1126/scisignal.abo4314

Woronin body hitchhiking on early endosomes is dispensable for septal localization in aspergillus nidulans
Songster, L. D., Bhuyan, D., Christensen, J. R., & Reck-Peterson, S. L. (2023).
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 34(7). https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e23-01-0025


The Transcription Factor VAX1 in VIP Neurons of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Impacts Circadian RhythmGeneration, Depressive-like Behavior, and the Reproductive Axis in a Sex-specific Manner in Mice
Van Loh, B. M.,* Yaw, A. M.,* Breuer, J. A., Jackson, B., Nguyen, D., Jang, K., Ramos, F., Ho, E. V., Cui, L. J., Gillette, D. L. M., Sempere, L., Gorman, M. R., Tonsfeldt, K. J., Mellon, P. L., Hoffmann, H. M.
Frontiers in Endocrinology 14:1269672. *Co-first authors. PMID: 38205198. PMC10777845.10.3389/fendo.2023.1269672

Functional Organization of Glycolytic Metabolon on Mitochondria
Wang, H., Vant, J., Wu, Y., Sánchez, R., Micou, M. L., Zhang, A., Luczak, V., Yu, S. B., Jabbo, M., Yoon, S.,
Abushawish, A. A., Ghassemian, M., Griffis, E., Hammarlund, M., Singharoy, A., & Pekkurnaz, G.
Biorxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.26.554955

CTLA4 depletes T cell endogenous and trogocytosed B7 ligands via cis-endocytosis.
Xu, X., Dennett, P., Zhang, J., Sherrard, A., Zhao, Y., Masubuchi, T., Bui, J. D., Chen, X., & Hui, E. (2023).
Journal of Experimental Medicine, 220(7). https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20221391

 

Phase separation and fibrillization of human annexin A7 are mediated by its proline-rich domain.
Yu, C., Nelson, S. L., Meisl, G., Ghirlando, R., & Deshmukh, L.
Biochemistry, 62(21), 3036–3040. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00349

Net formation is a default epigenetic program controlled by PAD4 in apoptotic neutrophils
Zhu, Y. P., Speir, M., Tan, Z., Lee, J. C., Nowell, C. J., Chen, A. A., Amatullah, H., Salinger, A. J., Huang, C. J., Wu, G., Peng, W., Askari, K., Griffis, E., Ghassemian, M., Santini, J., Gerlic, M., Kiosses, W. B., Catz, S. D., Hoffman, H. M., … Croker, B. A.
Science Advances, 9(51). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj1397

2022

INF2-mediated actin filament reorganization confers intrinsic resilience to neuronal ischemic injury.
Calabrese, B., Jones, S. L., Shiraishi-Yamaguchi, Y., Lingelbach, M., Manor, U., Svitkina, T. M., Higgs, H. N., Shih, A. Y., & Halpain, S.
Nature Communications, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33268-y

Progression of the pluripotent epiblast depends upon the NMD factor UPF2

Chousal, J. N., Sohni, A., Vitting-Seerup, K., Cho, K., Kim, M., Tan, K., Porse, B., Wilkinson, M. F., & Cook-Andersen, H. (2022).

Development, 149(21). https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.200764

Structural basis for cytoplasmic dynein-1 regulation by LIS1
Gillies, J. P., Reimer, J. M., Karasmanis, E. P., Lahiri, I., Htet, Z. M., Leschziner, A. E., & Reck-Peterson, S. L. (2022).
eLife, 11. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.71229

Mel-28/Elys and CENP-C coordinately control Outer Kinetochore assembly and meiotic chromosome-microtubule interactions

Hattersley, N., Schlientz, A. J., Prevo, B., Oegema, K., & Desai, A. (2022).

Current Biology, 32(11). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.046

Lis1 Binding Regulates Force-Induced Detachment of Cytoplasmic Dynein from Microtubules.

Kusakci, E., Htet, Z. M., Zhao, Y., Gillies, J. P., Reck-Peterson, S. L., & Yildiz, A. (2022a). 
https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.02.494578

Deletion of the Homeodomain Gene SIX3 from Kisspeptin Neurons Causes Subfertility in Female Mice
Lavalle, S. N., Chou, T., Hernandez, J., Naing, N. C. P., He, M. Y., Tonsfeldt, K. J., and Mellon, P. L.
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 456(4), 111577. PMID: 35121076. PMC8934285. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2022.111577

Heat-shock chaperone HSPB1 regulates cytoplasmic TDP-43 phase separation and liquid-to-gel transition
Lu, S., Hu, J., Arogundade, O. A., Goginashvili, A., Vazquez-Sanchez, S., Diedrich, J. K., Gu, J., Blum, J., Oung, S., Ye, Q., Yu, H., Ravits, J., Liu, C., Yates, J. R., & Cleveland, D. W. (2022).
Nature Cell Biology, 24(9), 1378–1393. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-022-00988-8

Control of Cell Proliferation by Memories of Mitosis
Meitinger, F., Davis, R. L., Martinez, M. B., Shiau, A. K., Oegema, K., & Desai, A. (2022). 
Biorxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.14.515741

Prions induce an early arc response and a subsequent reduction in mglur5 in the hippocampus
Ojeda-Juárez, D., Lawrence, J. A., Soldau, K., Pizzo, D. P., Wheeler, E., Aguilar-Calvo, P., Khuu, H., Chen, J., Malik, A., Funk, G., Nam, P., Sanchez, H., Geschwind, M. D., Wu, C., Yeo, G. W., Chen, X., Patrick, G. N., & Sigurdson, C. J.
Neurobiology of Disease, 172, 105834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2022.105834

Growth cone macropinocytosis of neurotrophin receptor and neuritogenesis are regulated by neuron navigator 1
Powers, R. M., Daza, R., Koehler, A. E., Courchet, J., Calabrese, B., Hevner, R. F., & Halpain, S. (2022).  Molecular Biology of the Cell, 33(7). https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e21-12-0623

Nuclear-enriched protein phosphatase 4 ensures outer kinetochore assembly prior to nuclear dissolution
Rocha, H., Simões, P. A., Budrewicz, J., Lara-Gonzalez, P., Carvalho, A. X., Dumont, J., Desai, A., & Gassmann, R. (2023).
Journal of Cell Biology, 222(3). https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202208154

Structural basis for parkinson’s disease-linked LRRK2’s binding to microtubules
Snead, D. M., Matyszewski, M., Dickey, A. M., Lin, Y. X., Leschziner, A. E., & Reck-Peterson, S. L. (2022).
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 29(12), 1196–1207. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-022-00863-y

Inputs to the sleep homeostat originate outside the brain
Satterfield, L. K., De, J., Wu, M., Qiu, T., & Joiner, W. J.
The Journal of Neuroscience, 42(29), 5695–5704. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.2113-21.2022

Antiviral function and viral antagonism of the rapidly evolving dynein activating Adaptor NINL
Stevens, D. A., Beierschmitt, C., Mahesula, S., Corley, M. R., Salogiannis, J., Tsu, B. V., Cao, B., Ryan, A. P., Hakozawki, H., Reck-Peterson, S. L., & Daugherty, M. D.
eLife, 11. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.81606

Female Fertility Does Not Require Bmal1 in Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Neurons Expressing Arginine Vasopressin, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide, or Neuromedin-S
Tonsfeldt, K. J., Cui, L. J., Lee, J., Walbeek, T. J., Brusman, L. E., Jin, Y., Mieda, M., Gorman, M. R., Mellon, P. L.
Frontiers in Endocrinology 13:956169. PMID: 35992114. PMC9389073. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.956169

 Inflammatory serum factors from aortic valve stenosis patients modulate sex differences in valvular myofibroblast activation and osteoblast-like differentiation
Vogt, B. J., Peters, D. K., Anseth, K. S., & Aguado, B. A. (2022).
Biomaterials Science, 10(22), 6341–6353. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2bm00844k

2021

Cytoplasmic dynein-1 cargo diversity is mediated by the Combinatorial Assembly of FTS–hook–FHIP complexes
Christensen, J. R., Kendrick, A. A., Truong, J. B., Aguilar-Maldonado, A., Adani, V., Dzieciatkowska, M., & Reck-Peterson, S. L. (2021).
eLife, 10. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.74538

The N-terminal tail of C. elegans CENP-a interacts with KNL-2 and is essential for centromeric chromatin assembly
de Groot, C., Houston, J., Davis, B., Gerson-Gurwitz, A., Monen, J., Lara-Gonzalez, P., Oegema, K., Shiau, A. K., & Desai, A. (2021).
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 32(12), 1193–1201. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e20-12-0798

Reproductive Deficits Induced by Prenatal Anti-Mullerian Hormone Exposure Require Androgen Receptor in Kisspeptin Cells
Ho, E. V., Shi, C., Cassin, J., He, M. Y., Nguyen, R. D., Ryan, G. E., Tonsfeldt, K. J., and Mellon, P. L. 
Endocrinology 162(12), 1-23. PMID: 34529765. PMC8507963. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqab197

The Transcription Factors SIX3 and VAX1 are Required for Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Circadian Output and Fertility in Female Mice
Hoffmann, H. M., Meadows, J. D., Breuer, J. A., Yaw, A. M., Nguyen, D., Tonsfeldt, K. J., Chin, A. Y., Devries, B. M., Trang, C., Oosterhouse, H. J., Lee, J. S., Doser, J. W., Gorman, M. R., Welsh, D. K., and Mellon, P. L.
Journal of Neuroscience Research99(10), 2625-2645. PMID: 34212416. PMC8577618.  doi: 10.1002/jnr.24864

Neuroendocrine basis for disrupted ovarian cyclicity in female mice during chronic undernutrition
Kreisman, M. J., Tadrousse, K. S., McCosh, R. B., & Breen, K. M.
Endocrinology, 162(8). https://doi.org/10.1210/endocr/bqab103

Kiss1 is Differentially Regulated in Male and Female Mice by the Homeodomain Transcription Factor VAX1
Lavalle, S. N., Chou, T., Hernandez, J., Naing, N. C. P., Tonsfeldt, K. J., Hoffmann, H. M., and Mellon, P. L.
Molecular Cellular Endocrinology 534(8), 111358. PMID: 34098016. PMC8319105. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2021.111358

The SARS-COV-2 nucleocapsid phosphoprotein forms mutually exclusive condensates with RNA and the membrane-associated M protein
Lu, S., Ye, Q., Singh, D., Cao, Y., Diedrich, J. K., Yates, J. R., Villa, E., Cleveland, D. W., & Corbett, K. D. (2021).
Nature Communications, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20768-y

Trim37 prevents formation of condensate-organized ectopic spindle poles to ensure mitotic fidelity Meitinger, F., Kong, D., Ohta, M., Desai, A., Oegema, K., & Loncarek, J. (2021). Journal of Cell Biology, 220(7). https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202010180

Optimizing microtubule arrangements for rapid cargo capture
Mogre, S. S., Christensen, J. R., Reck-Peterson, S. L., & Koslover, E. F. (2021).
Biophysical Journal, 120(22), 4918–4931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2021.10.020

Multi-clonal SARS-COV-2 neutralization by antibodies isolated from severe COVID-19 convalescent donors
Mor, M., Werbner, M., Alter, J., Safra, M., Chomsky, E., Lee, J. C., Hada-Neeman, S., Polonsky, K., Nowell, C. J., Clark, A. E., Roitburd-Berman, A., Ben-Shalom, N., Navon, M., Rafael, D., Sharim, H., Kiner, E., Griffis, E. R., Gershoni, J. M., Kobiler, O., … Freund, N. T.
PLOS Pathogens, 17(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009165

Polo-like kinase 1 independently controls microtubule-nucleating capacity and size of the centrosome.
Ohta, M., Zhao, Z., Wu, D., Wang, S., Harrison, J. L., Gómez-Cavazos, J. S., Desai, A., & Oegema, K. F. (2021).
Journal of Cell Biology, 220(2). https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202009083

Endoplasmic reticulum tubules limit the size of misfolded protein condensates
Parashar, S., Chidambaram, R., Chen, S., Liem, C. R., Griffis, E., Lambert, G. G., Shaner, N. C., Wortham, M., Hay, J. C., & Ferro-Novick, S.
eLife, 10. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.71642

PxdA interacts with the DIPA phosphatase to regulate peroxisome hitchhiking on early endosomes
Salogiannis, J., Christensen, J. R., Songster, L. D., Aguilar-Maldonado, A., Shukla, N., & Reck-Peterson, S. L. (2021).
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 32(6), 492–503. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e20-08-0559

 Transient genomic instability drives tumorigenesis through Accelerated Clonal Evolution Shoshani, O., Bakker, B., de Haan, L., Tijhuis, A. E., Wang, Y., Kim, D. H., Maldonado, M., Demarest, M. A., Artates, J., Zhengyu, O., Mark, A., Wardenaar, R., Sasik, R., Spierings, D. C. J., Vitre, B., Fisch, K., Foijer, F., & Cleveland, D. W. (2021).Genes & Development, 35(15–16), 1093–1108. https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.348319.121

Self-repair protects microtubules from destruction by molecular motors.
Triclin, S., Inoue, D., Gaillard, J., Htet, Z. M., DeSantis, M. E., Portran, D., Derivery, E., Aumeier, C., Schaedel, L., John, K., Leterrier, C., Reck-Peterson, S. L., Blanchoin, L., & Théry, M. (2021).
Nature Materials, 20(6), 883–891. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-00905-0
Hsp70 chaperones RNA-free TDP-43 into anisotropic intranuclear liquid spherical shells.
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Immune response to intravenous immunoglobulin in patients with Kawasaki disease and MIS-C
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A non-canonical BRCT-phosphopeptide recognition mechanism underlies RhoA activation in cytokinesis
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RIα phase separation drives cAMP compartmentation and suppresses oncogenic signaling
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Peripheral interleukin-1β inhibits arcuate kiss1 cells and LH pulses in female mice
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Hitching a ride: Mechanics of transport initiation through linker-mediated hitchhiking
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Structure of LRRK2 in Parkinson’s disease and model for microtubule interaction
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LIS1 promotes the formation of activated cytoplasmic dynein-1 complexes
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Regulation of peroxisome and lipid droplet hitchhiking by PxdA and the DipA phosphatase
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Conserved metabolite regulation of stress granule assembly via AdoMet
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Pooled CRISPR screens with imaging on microraft arrays reveals stress granule-regulatory factors
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Lis1 promotes the formation of maximally activated cytoplasmic dynein-1 complexes
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A rationally enhanced red fluorescent protein expands the utility of FRET biosensors
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The Daisho peptides mediate Drosophila defense against a subset of filamentous Fungi
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Hook3 is a scaffold for the opposite-polarity microtubule-based motors cytoplasmic dynein-1 and KIF1C
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The G2-to-M transition is ensured by a dual mechanism that protects cyclin B from degradation by cdc20-activated APC/C
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 Estradiol enables chronic corticosterone to inhibit pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion and suppress KISS1 neuronal activation in female mice
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Computational modeling reveals frequency modulation of calcium-camp/PKA pathway in dendritic spines. Ohadi, D., Schmitt, D. L., Calabrese, B., Halpain, S., Zhang, J., & Rangamani, P.
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Insulin‐induced hypoglycaemia suppresses pulsatile luteinising hormone secretion and arcuate Kiss1 cell activation in female mice
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