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Hypoxia-Induced GP73 Promotes the Warburg Effect in Hepatocellular Carcinoma via HIF-1α

This study demonstrates that under hypoxic conditions, Golgi protein 73 (GP73) drives hepatocellular carcinoma progression by promoting the Warburg effect and epithelial-mesenchymal transition through the stabilization of HIF-1α, identifying the GP73–HIF-1α axis as a critical mediator of TACE resistance and a potential therapeutic target.

Mierkamilijiang Abudureheman, Diwen Zhu, Weixin Ren2026-07-07
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Physical mapping and germline genomic characterization of the giant panda immunoglobulin light chain κ and λ

This study utilizes BAC-based physical mapping and targeted sequencing to resolve the fragmented architecture of the giant panda immunoglobulin light chain loci, providing a complete germline genomic characterization of 22 κ and 187 λ variable genes that establishes a critical foundation for immune repertoire analysis and species conservation.

Wei Xu, Yulu Chen, Juan Wang, Daxin Xie, Zheng Wang, Yuling Huang, Jiawen Liu, Hong Liu, Yan Li, Liang Zhang, Xiaolan Wa (…)2026-07-07
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ZNF582 inactivation unleashes HERVH-driven NF-kB signaling in cervical cancer

This study reveals that the inactivation of the cervical cancer marker ZNF582 leads to the derepression of HERVH, which sequesters the NF-κB repressor NKRF to unleash NF-κB signaling and drive tumor progression, thereby identifying a ZNF582–HERVH–NKRF–NF-κB axis as a potential therapeutic target for cervical cancer.

Kai Yuan, Canhua Huang, Yinshuang Li, Kun Fu, Hui Zhang, ling Zhang, Shan Li, da Tang, Rong Tan, mei Kuang, Song Mao, Na (…)2026-07-07
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Dynamical stability of mutualistic meta-networks depends on the type of dispersal

This study demonstrates that incorporating realistic dispersal behaviors, particularly cross-diffusion, into mutualistic meta-network models reveals that dispersal significantly destabilizes homogeneous steady states, thereby reversing previously reported positive relationships between stability and species richness while establishing a unimodal relationship with connectance.

Jan Timo Bachmann, Thilo Gross, Barbara Drossel2026-07-07
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GREAC: An Open-source software for Genome Region Extraction and Classification

This paper introduces GREAC, an open-source, alignment-free software tool that utilizes k-mer-based dimensionality reduction to extract discriminative genomic regions for accurate, explainable, and reference-independent classification of viral variants and evolutionary patterns.

Felipe Bueno de Souza, Matheus Henrique Pimenta-Zanon, Dora Henriques, Carlos Balsa, M. Alice Pinto, José Rufino, Fabric (…)2026-07-07
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Influence of Visual and Chemical Cues on nest and bower-building behaviours of Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger, 1905) and Ooreochromis shiranus (Boulenger, 1905) in Fibre tanks

This study demonstrates that both visual and chemical cues significantly influence the nest- and bower-building behaviors of *Coptodon rendalli* and *Oreochromis shiranus*, with optimal structure dimensions observed when males and females are separated by a fine net and when water contains specific levels of soil substrate-treated cues, providing valuable insights for improving hatchery breeding conditions.

Luckson Solicitor Maurice Gondwe2026-07-07