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1. Number and proportion of P. falciparum gametocytes vary from acute infection to chronic parasite carriage despite unaltered sexual commitment rate

   This article has 19 authors:

   1. Hannah van Dijk
   2. Martin Kampmann
   3. Nathalia F Lima
   4. Michael Gabel
   5. Usama Dabbas
   6. Safiatou Doumbo
   7. Hamidou Cisse
   8. Shanping Li
   9. Myriam Jeninga
   10. Richard Thomson-Luque
   11. Didier Doumtabe
   12. Michaela Petter
   13. Kassoum Kayentao
   14. Aissata Ongoiba
   15. Teun Bousema
   16. Peter D Crompton
   17. Boubacar Traore
   18. Frederik Graw
   19. Silvia Portugal

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     Evaluation Summary:

     The work evaluates the production of P. falciparum sexual stage parasites in blood samples from asymptomatic parasite carriers through the dry season and symptomatic malaria patients in the wet season. Sexual stage parasites are required for malaria transmission via mosquito, but historically their low levels in peripheral blood have limited analysis. The work here monitored asexual and sexual stage parasitemia and found that the relative expression of early gametocyte genes, including ap2-g, is similar in samples from asymptomatic and asymptotic individuals. The data was used to model gametocyte availability from the initial symptomatic infection through the chronic phase and advances the understanding of factors that contribute to malaria transmission.

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2. METTL3 promotes homologous recombination repair and modulates chemotherapeutic response in breast cancer by regulating the EGF/RAD51 axis

   This article has 9 authors:

   1. Enjie Li
   2. Mingyue Xia
   3. Yu Du
   4. Kaili Long
   5. Feng Ji
   6. Feiyan Pan
   7. Lingfeng He
   8. Zhigang Hu
   9. Zhigang Guo

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     Evaluation Summary:

     The potential mechanism of METTL3 N6-methyltransferase in the chemotherapeutic response is poorly defined. Herein, Li and colleagues describe a pathway where METTL3 promoted EGF expression through m6A modification, which further upregulated RAD51 expression, resulting in enhanced HR activity. METTL3 knockdown results in DNA damage accumulation, which renders breast cancer cells sensitive to adriamycin treatment.

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3. Endothelial cell signature in muscle stem cells validated by VEGFA-FLT1-AKT1 axis promoting survival of muscle stem cell

   This article has 8 authors:

   1. Mayank Verma
   2. Yoko Asakura
   3. Xuerui Wang
   4. Kasey Zhou
   5. Mahmut Ünverdi
   6. Allison P Kann
   7. Robert S Krauss
   8. Atsushi Asakura

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     Evaluation Summary:

     This manuscript investigates the role of role of the VEGFA signaling cascade, which is widely known to regulate formation of blood vessels, in muscle satellite cells and muscular diseases. on studying the relationship between muscle stem cells (MuSCs) and blood vessels. The authors identified the FLT1-AKT1 axis as an important effector of VEGFA on MuSC survival. They conducted a series of in silico, in vitro and in vivo experiments and showed that VEGFA-FLT1-AKT signaling promotes satellite cell survival both the physiologic and myopathy conditions. The paper will be interesting not only for muscle biologists, but also cell biologists and the general life science field.

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4. Impairing one sensory modality enhances another by reconfiguring peptidergic signalling in Caenorhabditis elegans

   This article has 2 authors:

   1. Giulio Valperga
   2. Mario de Bono

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     Evaluation Summary:

     This manuscript reports a surprising discovery in C. elegans: upon losing its normal sensory properties, the ADL nociceptive/pheromone sensing neuron relays and thereby enhances oxygen behavioral responses via neuropeptide signaling. This effect could be interpreted as cross-modal sensory plasticity or more general a cross-modulation between sensory circuits, a still open question that should be addressed in a revision. The study is relevant to scientists working on sensory neurobiology and neuronal plasticity.

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5. Application of ATAC-Seq for genome-wide analysis of the chromatin state at single myofiber resolution

   This article has 7 authors:

   1. Korin Sahinyan
   2. Darren M Blackburn
   3. Marie-Michelle Simon
   4. Felicia Lazure
   5. Tony Kwan
   6. Guillaume Bourque
   7. Vahab D Soleimani

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     Evaluation Summary:

     In this paper, Sahinyan and colleagues developed a method for analyzing chromatin accessibility in single murine myofibers. This goal was achieved by adapting the previously published OMNI-ATAC protocol to the specific properties of the myofiber environment. To demonstrate the validity of this method, they isolated myofibers from uninjured and regenerating murine EDL muscles dissected from wild type animals. In a second experiment, this method was applied to isolate myofibers from mdx mice, a model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The resulting datasets were further compared to the one generated from purified muscle stem cells.

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6. Reversing chemorefraction in colorectal cancer cells by controlling mucin secretion

   This article has 7 authors:

   1. Gerard Cantero-Recasens
   2. Josune Alonso-Marañón
   3. Teresa Lobo-Jarne
   4. Marta Garrido
   5. Mar Iglesias
   6. Lluis Espinosa
   7. Vivek Malhotra

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     Evaluation Summary:

     The study by Cantero-Recasens et al. aims to investigate if mucus secreted by colorectal cancers would impact the effect of the frequently used chemotherapy treatment, FOLFIRI as it has been reported that mucinous carcinomas are more treatment resistant. They further investigate the role of some mucus secretion regulatory genes in this context. The conclusions made on the effect of the mucus secretion regulatory genes are well supported, though the link to the function of mucus in reducing treatment availability needs some further clarifications.

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7. A novel mechanism of bulk cytoplasmic transport by cortical dynein in Drosophila ovary

   This article has 4 authors:

   1. Wen Lu
   2. Margot Lakonishok
   3. Anna S Serpinskaya
   4. Vladimir I Gelfand

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     Evaluation Summary:

     In their manuscript, Lu et al. use a combination of experimental approaches to determine how cellular components are transported from nurse cells into the growing oocyte during Drosophila egg development. The authors demonstrate that the minus-end directed microtubule motor, dynein, generates cortical flow by gliding microtubules along the cell cortex. This flow is capable of propelling cargoes through the ring canals into the growing oocyte via a bulk cytoplasmic transport mechanism. This action is distinct from dynein's cargo transport functions, as the authors are able to replace dynein with a minus-end directed kinesin linked to the cortex and observe the same phenomenon. Overall, this work had broad significance to cell biologists and developmental biologists interested in intracellular transport functions and oocyte development.

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8. Thymocytes trigger self-antigen-controlling pathways in immature medullary thymic epithelial stages

   This article has 8 authors:

   1. Noella Lopes
   2. Nicolas Boucherit
   3. Jérémy C Santamaria
   4. Nathan Provin
   5. Jonathan Charaix
   6. Pierre Ferrier
   7. Matthieu Giraud
   8. Magali Irla

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     Evaluation Summary:

     This manuscript will be of interest to readers in the field of immunology and especially in the induction of immune tolerance in the thymus. The work uses several mouse models to substantially broaden the current understanding of MHCII/TCR -mediated cell-cell crosstalk in the thymus and suggests a novel mechanism that contributes to the generation of functional and self-tolerant T-cells.

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9. Patient-specific Boolean models of signalling networks guide personalised treatments

   This article has 12 authors:

   1. Arnau Montagud
   2. Jonas Béal
   3. Luis Tobalina
   4. Pauline Traynard
   5. Vigneshwari Subramanian
   6. Bence Szalai
   7. Róbert Alföldi
   8. László Puskás
   9. Alfonso Valencia
   10. Emmanuel Barillot
   11. Julio Saez-Rodriguez
   12. Laurence Calzone

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     Evaluation Summary:

     This paper presents a mathematical model for prioritizing drugs for prostate cancer patients based on signal network database. The manuscript is of broad interest to the field of oncology and precision medicine. The methodology developed is sophisticated and relevant to real patient prostate cancer data. The predictions from the model are validated in an experimental setting and provide suggestions for the personalisation of prostate cancer treatment. The study can serve as a roadmap for future development of predictive, personalized models.

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10. Adaptation in cone photoreceptors contributes to an unexpected insensitivity of primate On parasol retinal ganglion cells to spatial structure in natural images

    This article has 4 authors:

    1. Zhou Yu
    2. Maxwell H Turner
    3. Jacob Baudin
    4. Fred Rieke

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      Evaluation Summary:

      This manuscript provides strong evidence that adaptation in cone photoreceptors of the primate retina can subtly change the balance of excitatory and inhibitory inputs to On parasol ganglion cells and thereby fundamentally affect how these cells integrate visual information. This study provides important mechanistic insight into the previous observation that On parasol cells display nonlinear spatial stimulus integration under standard reversing gratings but linearly integrate signals in the context of natural scenes. The findings will be of great interest to visual neuroscientists.

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