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Resilience of European Brown Hare Populations to Lagovirus Outbreaks at the Southern Edge of Their Range

This study reveals that European brown hare populations at the southern edge of their range in Catalonia remain stable at low densities primarily due to intrinsic density-dependent regulation, while disease outbreaks and habitat favourability exert negligible influence on short-term population growth.

Josep Estruch-Morente, Emmanuel Serrano Ferron, David Camps, Jordi Ruiz-Olmo, Àngel Such-Sanz, Josep Maria López-Martín (…)2026-09-14
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Genomic characterization of dengue circulation in Togo, 2024

This study characterizes the 2024 dengue outbreak in Togo as the result of a single viral introduction of the DENV-1 genotype III lineage A.2 from Tanzania around early 2020, which subsequently spread extensively through local and regional transmission facilitated by environmental and human mobility factors, while highlighting critical gaps in West African genomic surveillance.

Issaka Maman, Afiwa Halatoko, Carla Mavian, Monika Moir, Eduan Wilkinson, Lavanya Singh, Graeme Dor, Jenicca Poongavanan (…)2026-09-14
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Integrated Multi-Omics Analysis Reveals the Neuroprotective Mechanism of the Inflammation Repressor TNIP1/ABIN1 in Microglia following Ischemic Stroke

This study integrates multi-omics analyses and in vivo validation to reveal that the TNIP1/ABIN1 protein defines a neuroprotective microglial subpopulation which suppresses NF-κB-driven neuroinflammation via the App-Trem2 pathway after ischemic stroke, offering a novel therapeutic target that can be pharmacologically activated by Genistein-3′-sodium sulfonate.

Jiali Xie, Chunyan Zhou, Jing Yao, Jiaxing Zhu2026-09-14
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Astragalus kharazmii (Fabaceae), a new species from Iran revealed by integrative taxonomy: evidence from morphology, micromorphology, molecular phylogeny, and historical biogeography

This paper describes *Astragalus kharazmii*, a new species from eastern Iran within section *Caprini*, by integrating morphological, micromorphological, molecular phylogenetic, and biogeographic evidence to distinguish it from related taxa, estimate its Late Miocene–Early Pliocene divergence, and provisionally classify it as Data Deficient due to limited distribution data.

Zahra Alirezaei, Farrokh Ghahremaninejad, Ali Asghar Maassoumi, Hamid Bina2026-09-14
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TFEB activation promotes autophagy-lysosome remodeling and limits prion protein accumulation during prion infection

This study demonstrates that the activation of the mTOR-TFEB-autophagy–lysosome axis enhances lysosomal capacity and autophagic flux to limit pathological prion protein accumulation during prion infection, suggesting TFEB activation as a potential therapeutic strategy.

Tong-Xin Sun, Rui Xu, Xing-Hao Zhai, Ju-Zheng Li, Bing Xu, Fang-Fan Ning, Xue-Qin Zhang, Ye-Nan Feng, Fu-Ying Yang, Dong (…)2026-09-14
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Back in black: recolonization of surface habitats by cave isopods challenges the evolutionary dead-end paradigm

This study provides the first genetic evidence that specialized cave-dwelling isopods can successfully recolonize surface habitats and retain evolutionary flexibility, challenging the paradigm that extreme life-history specialization inevitably leads to evolutionary dead ends.

Stéphanie Sherpa, Stéphanie Sherpa, Stefano Lapadula, Stefano Lapadula, Benedetta Barzaghi, Benedetta Barzaghi, Roberta (…)2026-09-14
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Improving the taxonomic classification of ruminal bacteria and archaea with a custom MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry database

This study establishes the first validated rumen-specific MALDI-TOF MS database and an automated spectral processing workflow, which significantly enhance the accuracy, reproducibility, and taxonomic resolution of identifying previously underrepresented ruminal bacteria and archaea compared to commercial databases.

Theano Stoikidou, Arthur Bourguet, Milka Popova, Ziming Wu, Jiaqi Liu, James Pickup, Fernanda Godoy Santos, Gillian Scol (…)2026-09-14