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- NeurosciencebioRxivPreprint
LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy alters Schwann cell calcium homeostasis and increases peripheral nerve inflammation
John Wang, Mallika Khati, Molly Heron…·Dwi U Kemaladewi
This study examines LAMA2 deficiency in mice, showing altered Schwann cell calcium homeostasis and increased nerve inflammation into adulthood.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.27.762325 - EcologybioRxivPreprint
Tropical Peatlands as Hotspots of Hidden Arcellinida Diversity: Insights from Maludam National Park, Borneo (Sarawak, Malaysia)
Ángel García-Bodelón, Petr Hedenec, Sharon Yu Ling Lau…·Enrique Lara
This study investigates Arcellinida diversity in tropical peatlands, finding higher species richness in zones with developed understory vegetation and distinct community composition compared to extratropical ecosystems.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.30.763046 - Systems BiologybioRxivPreprint
Probing bacterial fitness in virtual chemostats
Kaan Öcal, Lars Maas, Michael P.H. Stumpf
The paper develops computational algorithms to accurately estimate bacterial population growth rates using single-cell models and applies them to study antibiotic response heterogeneity and chemotaxis effects.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.31.763286 - Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprint
The DNA demethylase TET1 recognises chromatin via nucleosome engagement of its N-terminal region
Franck Martin, Hayden Burdett, Melody Matelot…·Raphael Pantier
This study identifies a novel N-terminal region in TET1 that binds nucleosomes, enabling chromatin association in mouse embryonic stem cells through structural and biochemical validation.
- GenomicsbioRxivPreprint
Multi-modal in situ profiling of human cells using the AVITI24 platform characterizes single-cell responses to acute stress
Olivia W Lang, Anne M Gardner, Catherine M Smugereski…·William Lai
The paper uses a multi-modal platform to profile single-cell stress responses in human cell lines, finding a shared stress response program with cell-specific magnitude variations.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.28.762240 - GenomicsbioRxivPreprint
A Chromosome Scale Genome Assembly for the Australian blue mussel Mytilus planulatus
Dona Kireta, Daniela Eyugenia Nerelli, Amaro Saco…·Marco Gerdol
The paper presents the first chromosome-scale reference genome for Mytilus planulatus, revealing structural variation and population structure in mussels.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.28.762448 - BioengineeringbioRxivPreprint
An adjuvant for in vivo CAR-T therapy potentiation against solid tumors
Yu Sun, Yishan Ma, Tong Guan…·Yufei Xia
This paper introduces an adjuvant (iCTA) that enhances in vivo CAR-T therapy against solid tumors by improving T-cell recruitment, antigen presentation, and tumor microenvironment.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.30.763005 - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Consensus methods for trees of blobs and level-1 phylogenetic networks
Kristina Wicke, Hector Banos, Niels Holtgrefe…·Olivier Gascuel
This paper introduces a consensus framework for phylogenetic networks, demonstrating its effectiveness on simulated and real datasets.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.31.763369 - ImmunologybioRxivPreprint
CD19-CAR T-cell therapy resets the EBV+ autoreactive B cell repertoire in autoimmune disease
Ya'el Courtney, Mahesh Pandit, Laura S van Dam…·William H Robinson
This study shows CD19-CAR T-cell therapy depletes EBV+ autoreactive B cells and resets their repertoire, leading to sustained remission, while rituximab does not.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.24.761515 - Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprint
Revamped transposon-induced hepatocellular carcinoma model reveals deep similarities of cancer-driver landscapes across mice and humans
Gergely Imre, Andrea Mates-Nagy, May Raya…·Lajos Mates
The paper develops a new transposon-induced model to identify cancer drivers in mice and shows similarities in driver landscapes between mice and humans.
- BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
A single-cell multimodal foundation model enables cross modality analysis between transcriptome and chromatin
Xinyu Bao, Jiajun Zhu, Xiangchen Song…·Jie Liu
MUTUAL enables cross-modality analysis between transcriptome and chromatin by learning a shared RNA-ATAC space from multiome data without refitting.
- Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Polygenic evolution towards a morning chronotype in modern humans
Shoko Hamamoto, Yuka Moriya, Naoko T. Fujito…·Toshiyuki Hayakawa
This study identifies polygenic trends in morning chronotype evolution in modern humans above 20 degrees north, showing increased morningness compared to Neanderthals.
DOI 10.64898/2026.11.01.763544 - Cell BiologybioRxivPreprint
GDF15 modifies NAD+ salvage pathway and dampens immune response in mitochondrial disease
Anastasiia Marmyleva, Nahid A Khan, Liliya Euro…·Anu Suomalainen
This study shows GDF15 enhances NAD+ salvage and reduces immune response in mitochondrial disease by upregulating NMRK2 and modulating redox homeostasis.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.31.763316 - BiophysicsbioRxivPreprint
Ultra-precision 3D Printed Sample Tubes of Complex Cross Section for Enhanced Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Sensitivity of AqueousSamples
Anand Anilkumar, Joseph T Wherley, Alexander M Garces…·Jason W. Sidabras
This paper develops 3D printed EPR sample tubes with complex cross-sections to enhance signal sensitivity in aqueous samples, validated through simulations and experiments.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.30.763151 - ImmunologybioRxivPreprint
A minimal two-residue C-terminal truncation of AID in adult-onset hyper-IgM syndrome type 2 (HIGM2)
K. Green, A. B. Rovsing, E. Terczynska-Dyla…·S. E. Degn
This study identifies a two-residue C-terminal truncation variant in AID causing adult-onset HIGM2 and shows it disrupts CSR and SHM.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.27.762264 - EcologybioRxivPreprint
Transcriptomic Signatures Suggest Epigenetic Programming of Molecular Defense in Biochar-Exposed Formica japonica
Sha Liu, Thora Lieke, Christian E.W. Steinberg, Bo Pan
The paper reanalyzes transcriptomic data to show that biochar exposure primes Formica japonica ants epigenetically, enhancing their resilience to environmental stressors.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.31.763267 - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Refining RNA-Seq Transcriptome Profiles with Transcript-Specific Minimal-Shared Regions
This paper introduces a method to improve RNA-seq transcript quantification by reducing mapping ambiguity through minimal-shared region analysis, showing improved accuracy in isoform detection and abundance estimation.
- NeurosciencebioRxivPreprint
In-vivo MRI of noradrenergic and dopaminergic nuclei predicts future cognition and Alzheimers disease progression
Wenhui Zhao, Samuel J Guzman, Hyun Joo Yoo…·Mara Mather
The paper uses in-vivo MRI to measure noradrenergic and dopaminergic nuclei integrity in ADNI participants, finding these measures predict future cognitive decline and Alzheimer's progression.
- Cell BiologybioRxivPreprint
Evaluation of immunotoxic effects and metabolism of enniatins and beauvericin using in vitro models of the human intestinal epithelium
Anita Solhaug, Lada Ivanova, Gunnar Sundstoel Eriksen, Christiane Kruse Faste
This study evaluates the immunotoxic effects and metabolism of enniatins and beauvericin in human intestinal models, finding limited acute toxicity but distinct inflammatory responses and transport differences.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.30.763082