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Week of April 29

By Basic Sciences department

Biochemistry

Interactions Between Endocannabinoid and Endogenous Opioid Systems Prospectively Influence Postoperative Opioid Use in Pregnant Patients Undergoing Cesarean Delivery. The Journal of Pain.
Amanda Stone*, Amelie Pham*, Sarah Osmundson, Philip Kingsley, Larry Marnett, Nancy Wickersham, Laura Sorabella, Stephen Bruehl.
Human gene regulatory evolution is driven by the divergence of regulatory element function in both cis and trans. Cell Genomics.
Tyler Hansen*, Sarah Fong*, Jessica Day, John Capra, Emily Hodges.

Highlighted on Phys.org.

Cell and Developmental Biology

Glia-derived secretory fatty acid binding protein Obp44a regulates lipid storage and efflux in the developing Drosophila brain (preprint). bioRxiv.
Jun Yin* (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke), Mariam Haider, Rong Sun, Ye He, Qiangjun Zhou.

Pharmacology

CryoEM structures reveal how the bacterial flagellum rotates and switches direction. Nature Microbiology.
Prashant Singh*, Pankaj Sharma, Margo Goldfarb, Tina Iverson.

Highlighted in Springer Nature's Research Communities and on Phys.org.
Nanoparticle Retinoic Acid-Inducible Gene I Agonist for Cancer Immunotherapy. ACS Nano.
Lihong Wang-Bishop*, Mohamed Wehbe, Lucinda Pastora, Jinming Yang, Blaise Kimmel, Kyle Garland, Kyle Becker, Carcia Carson, Katherine Gibson-Corley, Ann Richmond, John T. Wilson*.

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Defining Mitochondrial Cristae Morphology Changes Induced by Aging in Brown Adipose Tissue. Advanced Biology.
Amber Crabtree, Kit Neikirk, Andrea Marshall, Larry Vang, Aaron Whiteside, Qiana Williams, Christopher Altamura, Trinity Celeste Owens, Dominique Stephens, Bryanna Shao, Alice Koh, Mason Killion, Jade Stanley, Danielle Dean, Ho-Jin Koh, Jennifer A. Gaddy, Elma Zaganjor, Steven Damo, Zer Vue, Antentor Hinton Jr.*

Highlighted on Phys.org.

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