Analysis of cancer mutations introduced into the Drosophila Notch Negative Regulatory Region uncovers a diversity of regulatory outcomes

This study characterizes the diverse regulatory outcomes of introducing over 20 human cancer mutations into the Drosophila Notch Negative Regulatory Region, revealing distinct mechanisms of constitutive activation and synergy with PEST deletions that depend on the specific mutation location and its impact on protein stability and ligand responsiveness.

Shimizu, H., Baron, M.2026-03-19📄 cell biology

SteMClass: A Novel DNA Methylation-Based Classifier for iPSC In Vitro Differentiation States.

The paper introduces SteMClass, a novel DNA methylation-based classifier that accurately and harmoniously identifies various iPSC differentiation states across different protocols and array versions, thereby establishing a standardized quality control framework to enhance reproducibility and accelerate clinical translation in regenerative medicine.

Perez, E., Fernandez Vallone, V., Teichmann, D. + 6 more2026-03-19📄 cell biology

Species-specific small models for cell type classification approach the performance of large single cell foundation models

The paper introduces CytoType and its simplified variant ESM-CE, species-specific models that leverage pre-trained protein embeddings to achieve cell type classification performance comparable to large foundation models while using orders of magnitude fewer parameters and offering greater interpretability.

Mahmoudabadi, G., Krishnan, L., Ganapathi, T. + 3 more2026-03-18📄 cell biology

Cell therapy for regeneration of injured donor lungs for transplantation

This study demonstrates that repeated administration of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) during ex vivo lung perfusion and the early post-transplant period, rather than a single dose or the specific cell source, effectively restores function and prevents graft dysfunction in severely injured porcine donor lungs, offering a promising regenerative strategy to expand the organ pool for transplantation.

Olm, F., Mittendorfer, M., Edstrom, D. + 12 more2026-03-18📄 cell biology

Physiologically relevant media are associated with overlapping metabolic responses in primary human hepatocytes and Huh7 cells

This study demonstrates that Huh7 cells cultured in physiologically relevant media exhibit metabolic responses and lipid accumulation patterns comparable to primary human hepatocytes, supporting their utility as a scalable in vitro model for studying metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).

Cross, E., Westcott, F., Smith, K. + 4 more2026-03-18📄 cell biology

Cardiomyocyte autophagy promotes a pro-regenerative immune response during cardiac regeneration

This study reveals that cardiomyocyte autophagy, regulated by AP-1 transcription factors, is essential for driving heart regeneration in adult zebrafish by facilitating cardiomyocyte protrusion into injured tissue and modulating macrophage phenotypes from pro-inflammatory to pro-angiogenic and pro-fibrotic states to ensure effective scar resolution.

Constanty, F., Wu, B., Shekhar, S. + 6 more2026-03-18📄 cell biology

Unbiased Single-Cell Transcriptome-Proteome Co-Profiling Reveals Malignant Dormancy and Post-Transcriptional Buffering of CTCs

This study introduces the integrated CLEAP-scMAPS pipeline, a novel single-cell multi-omics platform that enables unbiased transcriptome-proteome co-profiling of rare cerebrospinal fluid circulating tumor cells, revealing that malignant dormancy and post-transcriptional buffering are key mechanisms driving chemotherapeutic resistance in leptomeningeal metastasis.

He, L., Ye, K., Li, H. + 13 more2026-03-18📄 cell biology

Sustained exposure to CAR-T cell secretome impairs human Hematopoietic Stem Cell function and is reversible by dual TNFα-IFNγ blockade

This study demonstrates that sustained exposure to the inflammatory secretome of activated CAR-T cells directly impairs human hematopoietic stem cell function through IFNγ and TNFα signaling, causing prolonged cytopenias that can be reversed by dual cytokine blockade without compromising antitumor efficacy.

Muddineni, S. S. N. A., Rasoulouniriana, D., Meir, A. + 10 more2026-03-18📄 cell biology