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Backbone resonance assignment of the Human Heat Shock Protein B8 (HSPB8) across various denaturing conditions: A key to understanding its folding and function

This study provides the first sequence-specific backbone resonance assignments for the α-Crystallin Domain of Human Heat Shock Protein B8 (HSPB8) under fully denatured and folding conditions, establishing a molecular foundation for future investigations into its chaperone function and conformational dynamics.

Zainab Amin, Jeetender Chugh2026-06-25
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Functional dynamism of uterus in female reproduction: cellular transformation during cyclic phase and early gestation in mice

This study utilizes histomorphological analysis to characterize the hormonally driven, sequential cellular remodeling of the mouse uterus from the estrus phase through early gestation, highlighting the coordinated interactions between maternal tissues and the developing embryo that facilitate implantation, decidualization, and placentation.

Archana Saikia, Upasa Gowala, Moushumi Bhattacharyya, Pranjiv Goswami, Hirendra Nath Sarma2026-06-25
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Mitochondrial ROS Drives HMGB1-Mediated Autophagy and Immune Evasion in MEF2D Rearranged B-ALL

This study reveals that in MEF2D-rearranged B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia, mitochondrial ROS-driven HMGB1 release establishes a positive feedback loop with autophagy to promote immune evasion and leukemic survival, a process that can be therapeutically targeted using glycyrrhizin.

Zhihui Li, Xiaoling Wang, Minghao Jiang, Yunyun Tu, Zhiyi Zhuo, Wu Dan, Jiashi Zhu, Zhen Wang, Kai Chen, Na Zhang, Hong (…)2026-06-25
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Systematic profiling of PE6 variants establishes generalizable principles for efficient and specific prime editing

This study systematically profiles nine prime editor variants to establish that PE6b and PE6c offer superior generalizable efficiency and specificity, while introducing the DeepPrime6 predictive model and optimized epegRNA strategies to guide the design of effective therapeutic prime editors.

Kyuwon Shin, Ju-Young Shin, Aram Woo, Dabin Han, Beomjun Lee, Hui Kwon Kim2026-06-24
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Morphogenesis of the Drosophila antennal auditory structure in the pupa, with a focus on the connection between the sensory organ and the exoskeleton

This study elucidates the pupal morphogenesis of the Drosophila antennal auditory structure by detailing the invagination of the a2-a3 joint epidermis, the development of the sensory organ's connection to the exoskeleton, and the identification of *big brain* expression in the joint epidermis as a potential component of the underlying genetic pathway.

Shan Jiang, Reiko Tajiri2026-06-24
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Differential prolonged multiomic responses to mRNA and inactivated virus COVID-19 vaccines

This study analyzes longitudinal multi-omics data from 553 Hong Kong participants to reveal that the mRNA-based BNT162b2 vaccine induces more profound, durable, and interconnected immune and metabolic changes compared to the inactivated CoronaVac, while demonstrating that baseline multi-omics profiles can predict individual vaccine responses.

Hein M Tun, Shilin Zhao, Chunke Chen, Yuzhou Chen, Ye Peng, Huibin Lv, Jie Zhu, Yun Sang Tang, Ken KP Chan, Bonaventure (…)2026-06-24
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T cell-mediated protection against lethal SARS-CoV-2 challenge by a synthetic long peptide vaccine targeting conserved CD4+ and CD8+ T cell epitopes

This study demonstrates that a synthetic long peptide vaccine targeting conserved SARS-CoV-2 epitopes from Spike, Nucleocapsid, and Membrane proteins induces robust T cell responses and confers protection against lethal viral challenge in preclinical mouse models, even in the absence of neutralizing antibodies.

Esmé TI van der Gracht, Iris N Pardieck, Suzanne van Duikeren, Peter van Rijn, Dominique MB Veerkamp, J. Fréderique de G (…)2026-06-24
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Ectomycorrhizal tree dominance drives species diversity and aboveground biomass by modulating stand structural heterogeneity in temperate-subtropical transition forests

This study demonstrates that in temperate-subtropical transition forests, ectomycorrhizal tree dominance drives aboveground biomass accumulation and maintains species diversity by reducing stand structural heterogeneity, thereby revealing a novel mechanistic pathway for the biodiversity–ecosystem function relationship.

Guanjie Wang, Kun Shi, Tianai Zhang, Qin Huang, Bing Zhao, Zhicheng Chen, Jianqiang Qian, Deliang Kong, Liu Yang, Chenyi (…)2026-06-24
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The benefit of external focus of attention preserved in the VR punching task regardless of haptic information

This study demonstrates that the performance advantage of an external focus of attention in a VR punching task is preserved regardless of haptic feedback, challenging the common coding theory explanation and supporting an ecological perspective that emphasizes attunement to task-relevant dynamic relations.

Faezeh Mohammadi Sanjani, Dominic Orth, Moslem Bahmani, John Kamp2026-06-24