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Muscle spatial lipidomics identifies early ALS-associated lipid remodeling in presymptomatic SOD1G93A mice

This study utilizes spatial lipidomics to reveal that fiber-type-specific and sex-dependent lipid remodeling in skeletal muscle occurs as an early, presymptomatic event in ALS pathogenesis, offering promising tissue and serum biomarkers for early diagnosis.

Mikel García-Puga, Cristina Huergo, Ainhoa Vidal-Gil, María Rodríguez-Hidalgo, Oihane Pikatza-Menoio, María Levchuk, Ama (…)2026-07-16
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Discovery of a Functional Sequon for Chondroitin Sulfate Glycosylation

This study identifies a specific amino acid motif, termed the "CS-sequon," as the essential signal for chondroitin sulfate glycosylation, demonstrating that its insertion can confer CS modification to unmodified proteins and enhance their stability and activity across diverse species.

Kenji Uchimura, Yoshiko Takeda-Uchimura, Mayumi Ishihara-Aoki, Ayano Moriya, Kazuchika Nishitsuji, Shuji Mizumoto, Midor (…)2026-07-16
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HiFi-ST: High-Fidelity Reconstruction of Continuous Spatial Transcriptomic Expression Fields via Conditional Neural Fields

HiFi-ST introduces a conditional neural field framework that reconstructs continuous spatial transcriptomic expression fields by modeling spots as regional observations and integrating multiscale tissue features, thereby significantly outperforming existing methods in accuracy and enabling advanced downstream analyses like tumor microenvironment characterization.

Lei Tang, Wenshuai Han, Xiao Yang, Xiaozhou Chen, Huamei Li2026-07-16
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Global evolutionary pattern and distinct metabolic strategies of sulfur-cycling microorganisms across ecosystems

This study introduces DiSuCy, a curated knowledgebase of sulfur metabolism genes, to reveal the evolutionary dynamics and distinct metabolic strategies of sulfur-cycling microorganisms across diverse ecosystems, including the identification of novel taxa and non-canonical pathways in the ocean and human gut.

Song-Can Chen, Tomohisa Tanabe, Chengliang Sun, Jing-Ling Yan, Xin-Yue Ren, Alexander Loy2026-07-16
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Seasonal Dynamics of Microbial Communities, Co-occurrence Networks, and Grazing-Mediated Carbon Flow Characteristics

This study reveals that seasonal environmental fluctuations in Dinghai Bay drive parallel shifts in microbial community composition, assembly processes, and network structure, while simultaneously altering the efficiency of grazing-mediated carbon flow from phytoplankton and bacterioplankton, with phytoplankton consistently serving as the dominant carbon source.

Guoqiang Shen, Qianqian Liu, Peng Xiao, Lianming Zheng, Chengxu Zhou, Zhongzhou Lin, Zhuoyi Zhu, Wenjing Zhang2026-07-16
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WATER: A Framework for Reconstructing Temporal Gene Expression Trajectories and Detecting Molecular Heterochrony Across Development and Disease

The paper introduces WATER, a computational framework that reconstructs independent temporal gene expression trajectories to detect molecular heterochrony (gene expression mistiming) across developmental and disease contexts, revealing widespread transcriptional reorganization that traditional stage-matched comparisons overlook.

Rahul Kanadia, Saren Springer, Kevon Afriyie, Abigail Boria, Isabella Stevens, Katarina Micin, Vanessa Aguiar-Pulido2026-07-16
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Integrated carrying capacity: A holistic approach towards population target setting for conflict-prone threatened wildlife

This study proposes an integrated carrying capacity framework that combines ecological, biological, and social dimensions to establish evidence-based, context-specific population targets for conflict-prone threatened species, using Chinese wild Asian elephants in Yunnan as a case study to advocate for prioritizing human tolerance and aligning land-use policies with conservation goals.

Hao Gu2026-07-16