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Thousands of pathogenic variants in ClinVar show signs of incomplete loss-of-function

This study demonstrates that while specific metrics like LOFTEE, pext scores, and NMD analysis can help distinguish pathogenic from benign variants, thousands of known pathogenic ClinVar variants exhibit signs of incomplete loss-of-function, revealing significant limitations in relying solely on automated filtering rules to exclude such variants.

Tatyana E. Lazareva, Yury A. Barbitoff, Yulia A. Smirnova, Andrey S. Glotov2026-09-04
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Interferons and STAT1 dynamically modulate integrated stress response outcomes in CD8 T cells

This study demonstrates that activating STAT1 mutations drive CD8 T cell dysfunction through distinct extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisms, where exaggerated type I interferon signaling triggers a pro-apoptotic integrated stress response that overrides classical exhaustion and alters differentiation.

Rachael Philips, Kang Yu, Yi-Chu Liao, SeolKyoung Jung, Kan Jiang, Yuka Kanno, Davide Randazzo, Scott Oakes, John O'Shea2026-09-04
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Integrative Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Multicellular Dysregulation and Spatial Heterogeneity in the Colorectal Cancer Microenvironment

This study integrates bulk RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq, and spatial transcriptomics to characterize multicellular dysregulation and spatial heterogeneity in the colorectal cancer microenvironment, identifying a novel eight-gene prognostic signature and elucidating the role of cancer-associated fibroblasts and malignant epithelial cells in shaping an immunosuppressive tumor niche.

Yan Lin, Wenfeng Luo, Xiaoqing Li, Jingting Su, Yanying Pan, Guohai Yang, Shanshan Luo, Yubin Huang2026-09-04
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Rapid nasal metabolism organizes the neural representation of odors

This study demonstrates that rapid nasal metabolism of odorants by xenobiotic enzymes fundamentally shapes neural odor representations by generating metabolites that alter response patterns, with inhalation-linked timing serving to distinguish external chemical signals from internally generated ones to support distinct percepts.

Matt Wachowiak, Elvis Acquah, Madison Herrboldt, Joel Hallkaj, Mona Marie, Zhenxing Wu, Jeanne Chaloyard, Isabelle Andri (…)2026-09-04
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A Novel Hybrid Pyramid ViT-ConvFormer Architecture with Dynamic Early Stopping Analysis for Enhanced Diagnostic Efficiency in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

The paper introduces PyConv, a novel hybrid Pyramid ViT-ConvFormer architecture with dynamic early stopping that achieves state-of-the-art diagnostic accuracy and significantly faster convergence for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma subtyping while maintaining clinical interpretability.

Gei Ki Tang, Chee Chin Lim, Faezahtul Arbaeyah Hussain, Qi Wei Oung, Aidy Irman Yajid, Sumayyah Mohammad Azmi2026-09-04
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A conserved lipid–lysosome remodeling axis characterizes plaque- associated microglial responses in Alzheimer’s disease

This study identifies a conserved, continuous lipid–lysosome remodeling axis in microglia that correlates with Alzheimer's disease severity and is spatially localized to plaque-associated niches, establishing a reproducible cross-species framework for understanding microglial metabolic responses in AD.

Sandila Arif, Qi Luo, Xuanrui Hao, Rui Zheng, Nan Sun, Zhenzhen Quan, Junjun Ni, Yunjie Qiu, Hong Qing2026-09-04
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Integrated Bulk and Single-Nucleus Transcriptomic Profiling Identifies CD53 as a Microglia-Enriched Inflammation-Associated Marker in Experimental Spinal Cord Injury

This study integrates multi-omics analyses and experimental validation to identify CD53 as a microglia-enriched marker of subacute inflammation in spinal cord injury, which is associated with NF-κB signaling but requires further functional investigation to establish causality.

Guanyin Wu, Kaifeng Lin, Xiaopin Cui, Shunbao Lan, Haibo Hu, Hui Wang, Xiu Yang, Chang Liu, Wenjie Fu, Jinshui Chen, Jia (…)2026-09-04