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Rapid regulation of plasmacytoid dendritic cells after gravitational changes in parabolic flight

This study demonstrates that acute gravitational stress from parabolic flight rapidly reduces circulating plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) through the downregulation of trafficking mediators CXCL12 and CCL21, suggesting a potential impairment of antiviral immune surveillance during spaceflight.

Madlen Okkasian, Fabian Nienhaus, Alexander Lang, Stephan Binnebößel, Camila Zöhner, Christin Elster, Susanne Pfeiler, L (…)2026-08-14
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Recombinant Expression, Purification, and In Silico Structural Discovery of a Non-TRP-family 5-Hydroxyisourate Hydrolase from Lactiplantibacillus plantarum L123

This study reports the first identification, purification, and structural characterization of a non-TRP-family 5-hydroxyisourate hydrolase from *Lactiplantibacillus plantarum* L123, revealing a distinct all-α-helical fold with a putative His-Glu-His catalytic triad that expands the known diversity of uric acid catabolism enzymes.

Chu-Xuan Chen, Qing-Ling Wu, Yi-Ning He, Lu Liu, Kai Ding, En-Hui Zuo, Lu Yan, Cheng-Hua Wang2026-08-14
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Training-Free Correction of Gene Expression Predictions Using Cancer-Specific and Spatial Priors

This paper introduces a training-free, model-agnostic method called multi-prior posterior guidance that improves H&E-based gene expression predictions by leveraging cancer-specific co-expression patterns and spatial smoothness constraints at inference time, achieving significant performance gains across multiple cohorts without requiring model retraining.

Tae Joon Jun, Young-Hak Kim, Yunha Kim, Gaeun Kee, Yoobin Park, Bokyung Ahn, Chang Ohk Sung2026-08-14
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Phylogeographic Relationships of Acartia tonsa populations from the Western Atlantic and the Caribbean

This study presents the first genetic characterization of *Acartia tonsa* in the Caribbean using mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences, revealing shared lineages between Puerto Rican and Rhode Island populations that suggest connectivity across the western Atlantic facilitated by ocean currents like the Gulf Stream.

Martha L Ricaurte, Mónica Alfaro, Nikolaos V. Schizas, Juan G. González2026-08-14
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A Sphingomonadales-associated phenylalanine catabolic pathway is implicated in ARDS recovery through the modulation of alveolar macrophages

This study identifies a protective mechanism in ARDS recovery where the respiratory bacterium *N. resinovorum* (order Sphingomonadales) utilizes the enzyme PhhA to catabolize phenylalanine, thereby preserving alveolar macrophages and reducing lung injury, a process validated as both necessary and sufficient for therapeutic benefit.

Boshun Zhang, Yanjie Wang, Rui Zhang, Li Zhang, Zheying Tao, Xiaoling Qi, Jialin Liu, Jing Xu2026-08-14
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Early Peri-conceptional Alcohol Exposure before Implantation Disrupts Placental Development across Gestation

This study demonstrates that alcohol exposure during the peri-conceptional period in mice disrupts placental development across gestation by impairing vascularization, perfusion, and mitochondrial function through altered extracellular matrix remodeling, thereby identifying placental dysfunction as a critical mechanism in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

Yijen Wu, Devin Raine Cortes, Dalton West, Noah William, Sean Hartwick, Thomas Becker-Szurszewski, Margaret Stapleton, G (…)2026-08-14
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Floristic Diversity and Plant functional traits of dune and Coastal areas of Cuddalore district, Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu, India

This study documents the floristic diversity and functional traits of 452 plant species in Cuddalore's coastal dunes, highlighting a therophanerophytic life-form spectrum indicative of environmental heterogeneity, while identifying significant conservation challenges including endemic species, threatened flora, and a substantial invasive presence that necessitates urgent management strategies.

Sugaseelan Akash, Anbudass Sasi Bharathi, Kathavarayan Manikandan2026-08-14
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Characterization of the lysine forming saccharopine dehydrogenase LYS1 from filamentous fungi for plant food fermentation

This study characterizes the lysine-forming saccharopine dehydrogenase (LYS1) from various filamentous fungi compared to *Saccharomyces cerevisiae*, revealing conserved structural features but distinct kinetic and thermodynamic properties that are linked to specific molecular dynamics and conformational sampling patterns.

Tomás Vellozo-Echevarría, Marlene Vuillemin, Kristian Barrett, Anne S. Meyer2026-08-14