Molecular Biology

An efficient and robust laboratory workflow and tetrapod database for larger scale environmental DNA studies

1. Jan Axtner
2. Alex Crampton-Platt
3. Lisa A Hörig
4. Azlan Mohamed
5. Charles C Y Xu
6. Douglas W Yu
7. Andreas Wilting

Reviewed by GigaScience

Macrophage inflammation resolution requires CPEB4-directed offsetting of mRNA degradation

1. Clara Suñer
2. Annarita Sibilio
3. Judit Martín
4. Chiara Lara Castellazzi
5. Oscar Reina
6. Ivan Dotu
7. Adrià Caballé
8. Elisa Rivas
9. Vittorio Calderone
10. Juana Díez
11. Angel R Nebreda
12. Raúl Méndez

• Curated by eLife

  Evaluation Summary:

  This study examined the role of CEBP4 in resolution of immune inflammatory responses. The manuscript uses genetic and pharmacologic approaches to demonstrate requirement of CEBP4 for survival following LPS administration and outlines certain downstream details of the mechanism. However, certain conclusions pertaining to this mechanism are either weak or not fully clarified. Further, the study proposes that RNA-binding proteins CPEB4 and TTP play important roles in regulating inflammation-associated mRNA transcripts by binding to CPEs or AREs to promote RNA stability or degradation. There is general agreement that most of the claims in the paper appear reasonably well-supported by the experimental data. However, there are some concerns regarding the robustness and significance of the presented data and conclusions as indicated in the individual reviews that require revision.

  (This preprint has been reviewed by eLife. We include the public reviews from the reviewers here; the authors also receive private feedback with suggested changes to the manuscript. The reviewers remained anonymous to the authors).

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Mechanistic and thermodynamic characterization of antivirals targeting druggable pocket of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid

1. Preeti Dhaka
2. Ankur Singh
3. Shweta Choudhary
4. Rama Krishna Peddinti
5. Pravindra Kumar
6. Gaurav Kumar Sharma
7. Shailly Tomar

Reviewed by ScreenIT

Potential role of KRAB-ZFP binding and transcriptional states on DNA methylation of retroelements in human male germ cells

1. Kei Fukuda
2. Yoshinori Makino
3. Satoru Kaneko
4. Chikako Shimura
5. Yuki Okada
6. Kenji Ichiyanagi
7. Yoichi Shinkai

• Curated by eLife

  Evaluation Summary:

  The majority, but not all retrotransposons undergo massive reprogramming of their methylation states during germ cell development. This manuscript tests the contribution of binding motifs for KRAB-Zinc Finger Proteins (KZFPs) and the position of retrotransposons relative to genes to explain the variable methylation dynamics of different retrotransposon families, namely L1, SVA and LTR12, as well as potential inter-individual variation during male germ cell development in humans, using an integrative analyses of available sequencing datasets. By bringing insights into the complex regulation of retrotransposons, this study could be of particular interest to the epigenetics community. Some additional analyses would strengthen the inferences made.

  (This preprint has been reviewed by eLife. We include the public reviews from the reviewers here; the authors also receive private feedback with suggested changes to the manuscript. Reviewer #1 and Reviewer #2 agreed to share their name with the authors.)

Reviewed by eLife

Intragenomic rearrangements in SARS-CoV-2, other betacoronaviruses, and alphacoronaviruses

1. Roberto Patarca
2. William A. Haseltine

Reviewed by ScreenIT

Predicted binding interface between coronavirus nsp3 and nsp4

1. Zach Hensel

Reviewed by ScreenIT

Proteomic Analysis of Human Milk Reveals Nutritional and Immune Benefits in the Colostrum from Mothers with COVID-19

1. Juanjuan Guo
2. Minjie Tan
3. Jing Zhu
4. Ye Tian
5. Huanyu Liu
6. Fan Luo
7. Jianbin Wang
8. Yanyi Huang
9. Yuanzhen Zhang
10. Yuexin Yang
11. Guanbo Wang

Reviewed by ScreenIT

Mouse models of COVID-19 recapitulate inflammatory pathways rather than gene expression

1. Cameron R. Bishop
2. Troy Dumenil
3. Daniel J. Rawle
4. Thuy T. Le
5. Kexin Yan
6. Bing Tang
7. Gunter Hartel
8. Andreas Suhrbier

Reviewed by ScreenIT

Multi-omic rejuvenation of human cells by maturation phase transient reprogramming

1. Diljeet Gill
2. Aled Parry
3. Fátima Santos
4. Hanneke Okkenhaug
5. Christopher D Todd
6. Irene Hernando-Herraez
7. Thomas M Stubbs
8. Inês Milagre
9. Wolf Reik

• Curated by eLife

  Evaluation Summary:

  This study describes a novel "maturation phase transient reprogramming" (MPTR) method to restore the epigenome of cells to a more youthful state. The authors demonstrate the effectiveness of the method to reverse several age-related changes including remodeling of the transcriptome. The method appears to peform favorably compared to other transient reprogramming protocols, and the study will be of interest to developmental biologists as well as researchers that study ageing.

  (This preprint has been reviewed by eLife. We include the public reviews from the reviewers here; the authors also receive private feedback with suggested changes to the manuscript. The reviewers remained anonymous to the authors.)

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Discovery and functional interrogation of SARS-CoV-2 protein-RNA interactions

1. Joy S. Xiang
2. Jasmine R. Mueller
3. En-Ching Luo
4. Brian A. Yee
5. Danielle Schafer
6. Jonathan C. Schmok
7. Frederick E. Tan
8. Katherine Rothamel
9. Rachael N. McVicar
10. Elizabeth M. Kwong
11. Krysten L. Jones
12. Hsuan-Lin Her
13. Chun-Yuan Chen
14. Anthony Q. Vu
15. Wenhao Jin
16. Samuel S. Park
17. Phuong Le
18. Kristopher W. Brannan
19. Eric R. Kofman
20. Yanhua Li
21. Alexandra T. Tankka
22. Kevin D. Dong
23. Yan Song
24. Aaron F. Carlin
25. Eric L. Van Nostrand
26. Sandra L. Leibel
27. Gene W. Yeo

Reviewed by ScreenIT