Cell Biology

Epigenetics and chromatin structure regulate var2csa expression and the placental binding phenotype in Plasmodium falciparum

1. Todd Lenz
2. Madle Sirel
3. Hannes Hoppe
4. Sulman Shafeeq
5. Karine Le Roch
6. Ulf Ribacke

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  eLife assessment

  The authors examined in detail the epigenetic changes and alterations in the subnuclear arrangement of a unique var gene associated with Plasmodium falciparum placental malaria. Although the observations are mainly confirmatory, the findings are valuable for theoretical considerations and practical applications. Applying the latest methods for the analysis of histone marks, transcriptomics, DNA methylation, and chromosome conformation, the authors provide observations that are convincing, thus making their claims appropriate.

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Liver regeneration by a population of midzone-located mesenchymal-hepatocyte hybrid cells

1. Guo Yu
2. Shaoyang Zhang
3. Ana Romo
4. Soma Biswas
5. Baojie Li
6. Jing Li

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  eLife assessment

  This study is partly useful as it corroborates what is already known about the elevated proliferation capacity of mid lobular hepatocytes in liver regeneration. Lineage tracing and scRNAseq studies are powerful for the investigation of such heterogeneous hepatocyte proliferation capacity. Nevertheless, based on experimental limitations, incomplete method description and inadequate data analyses the presented data are insufficient to support the proposed conclusions of a mesenchymal-hepatocyte hybrid population in the murine liver.

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CDK-4 regulates nucleolar size and metabolism at the cost of late-life fitness in C. elegans

1. Rachel Webster
2. Maria Quintana
3. Bin Yu
4. Stacey Fluke
5. Ran Kafri
6. W. Brent Derry

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The bile acid receptor TGR5 regulates the hematopoietic support capacity of the bone marrow niche

1. Alejandro Alonso-Calleja
2. Alessia Perino
3. Frédérica Schyrr
4. Silvia Ferreira Lopes
5. Vasiliki Delitsikou
6. Antoine Jalil
7. Ulrike Kettenberger
8. Dominique P. Pioletti
9. Kristina Schoonjans
10. Olaia Naveiras

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  eLife assessment

  This study investigates the role of the bile acid receptor TGR5 in adult hematopoiesis of the mouse model. The findings are potentially useful because the loss of TGR5 leads to dysregulation of bone marrow adipose tissue (BMAT) that has emerging regulatory functions. However, the study is still incomplete because the mechanism of TGR5 is not clear, the stromal cells expressing TGR5 have not been well defined, and there is not strong evidence for the role of TGR5 in recovery from transplant stress.

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Excessive F-Actin and Microtubule Formation Mediates Primary Cilia Shortening and Loss in Response to Increased Extracellular Osmotic Pressure

1. Hiroshi Otani
2. Ryota Nakazato
3. Faryal Ijaz
4. Kanae Koike
5. Koji Ikegami

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Autoacetylation-mediated phase separation of TIP60 is critical for its functions

1. Shraddha Dubey
2. Himanshu Gupta
3. Ashish Gupta

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  eLife assessment

  This is a valuable study on K187 acetylation of the nuclear protein, TIP60, required for its phase separation and function. The evidence supporting the primary conclusion is incomplete and warrants more scrutiny.

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CEP44 is required for maintaining centriole duplication and spindle integrity

1. Donghui Zhang
2. Wenlu Wei
3. Xiaopeng Zou
4. Hui Meng
5. Fangyuan Li
6. Minjun Yao
7. Junling Teng
8. Ning Huang
9. Jianguo Chen

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  eLife assessment

  This useful study investigates the role of the centrosomal protein CEP44 in centriole duplication and mitotic spindle formation. While the analysis of CEP44 mitotic phosphorylation and spindle recruitment is solid, the characterization of CEP44's role at centrioles is incomplete and would benefit from additional controls and analyses. Since the work links CEP44 reduced expression to poor survival in breast cancer patients, it is of interest not only to cell biologists but also to cancer researchers.

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Ex vivo expansion potential of murine hematopoietic stem cells is a rare property only partially predicted by phenotype

1. Qinyu Zhang
2. Rasmus Olofzon
3. Anna Konturek-Ciesla
4. Ouyang Yuan
5. David Bryder

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  eLife assessment

  This study presents a valuable dissection on how functional HSCs are expanded in PVA cultures. The functional and multi-omic analyses provided are convincing, although the additional data and their analysis provided during revision could have been included in the test to assist readers and to strengthen the published manuscript. Nevertheless, the present work will be of value for stem cell biologists interested in HSC regulation.

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Mantis: High-throughput 4D imaging and analysis of the molecular and physical architecture of cells

1. Ivan E Ivanov
2. Eduardo Hirata-Miyasaki
3. Talon Chandler
4. Rasmi Cheloor-Kovilakam
5. Ziwen Liu
6. Soorya Pradeep
7. Chad Liu
8. Madhura Bhave
9. Sudip Khadka
10. Carolina Arias
11. Manuel D Leonetti
12. Bo Huang
13. Shalin B Mehta

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Yeast TLDc domain-containing proteins control assembly and subcellular localization of the V-ATPase

1. Samira Klössel
2. Ying Zhu
3. Lucia Amado
4. Daniel D. Bisinski
5. Julia Ruta
6. Fan Liu
7. Ayelén González Montoro

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