The Reading List is a newsletter from the School of Medicine Basic Sciences in which we amplify biomedical research from our four departments and campus-wide collaborators.
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Department of Biochemistry
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Department of Cell and Developmental Biology |
- Mapping histologic and functional maturation of human endocrine pancreas across early postnatal periods. Nature Communications.
Diane Saunders*, Fan Feng*, Alexander Hopkirk*, Kristie Aamodt*, Nathaniel Hart*, Fong Cheng Pan*, Conrad Reihsmann, Nike Izmaylov, Shaojun Mei, Brandon Sherrod, Corey Davis, Nongyao Nonpanya, Yasminye Pettway, Keval Patel, Kai Lee, Jeff Duryea, Rachana Haliyur, Radhika Aramandla, Heather Durai, Greg Poffenberger, Alexandra Martin, Ke Xu, Hakmook Kang, Jean-Philippe Cartailler, Christopher Wright*, Alvin Powers*, Marcela Brissova*.
Supported by the Cell Imaging Shared Resource, Creative Data Solutions, and the Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell Biology.
Vanderbilt Health News: Unlocking diabetes’ secrets: Pediatric organ donors help map a path to a cure and prevention -
Conserved and Divergent Modes of Substrate Interaction Define Selective Localizations and Functions of a Cdc14 Phosphatase. Molecular Biology of the Cell.
Jun-Song Chen*, Alaina Willet, Lesley Turner, Kathleen Gould*.
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Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics |
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DRIVE v3: Command Line Application for Identity-by-Descent Haplotype Clustering in Large Biobank Scale Data. Genetic Epidemiology.
James Baker*, Grahame Evans, Alyssa Scartozzi, Quinn Wells, David Samuels*, Jennifer Below*. -
Junctophilin-2-orchestrated calcium signalosome regulates brown adipocyte thermogenesis and energy metabolism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Biyi Chen* (University of Iowa), Jinxi Wang* (University of Iowa), Sepiso Masenga, Zer Vue, Han Le, Antentor Hinton Jr.
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The MICOS Complex Regulates Mitochondrial Structure and OxidativeStress During Age-Dependent Structural Deficits in the Kidney. Aging Cell.
Prasanna Katti* (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research), Praveena Prasad* (Pennsylvania State University), Sepiso Masenga*, Prasanna Venkhatesh* (IISER), Zer Vue, Andrea Marshall, Benjamin Rodriguez, Han Le, Amber Crabtree, Nelson Wandira, Okwute Ochayi, Jennifer Gaddy, Mohd Mabood Khan, Elma Zaganjor, Estevão Scudese, Tyne Miller Fleming, Bret Mobley, Julia Berry, Annet Kirabo, Oleg Kovtun, Jenny Schafer, Sean Schaffer, Antentor Hinton Jr.*
Supported by the Cell Imaging Shared Resource.
Featured on the cover of the journal.
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Mitochondrial dysfunction in hepatocellular carcinoma: Linking aging hallmarks to organelle dynamics, metabolism, and disease progression. Aging Advances.
Bislom Mweene, Kit Neikirk, Sepiso Masenga, Suraj Thapliyal, Andrea Marshall, Prasanna Venkhatesh, Prasanna Katti, Amber Crabtree, Berwin Singh Swami Vetha, Claude Albriton, Joyonna Gamble-George, Benjamin Rodriguez, Annet Kirabo, Mohd Mabood Khan, Antentor Hinton Jr.*
Featured on the cover of the journal.
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Department of Pharmacology | -
Proteostasis and unfolded protein response dynamics in human neuron/mouse glia co-cultures reveal a cell-specific maturation response. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Lea Barny*, Sarah Garcia, Aiden Houcek, Burak Uzay, Minsoo Kim, Ege Kavalali, Lars Plate*. -
Molecular pharmacology of mGlu7/8 heterodimers reveals unique properties of orthosteric agonists and positive allosteric modulators. Molecular Pharmacology.
Anthony Ferranti*, Youhyun Noh, Xia Lei, Joseph Bungard, Colleen Niswender*. -
VUStruct: A compute pipeline for high throughput and personalized structural biology. PLOS Computational Biology.
Christopher Moth*, David Rinker, Jens Meiler*.
Center for Structural Biology: VUStruct aims to make personalized structural biology faster with its automated pipeline for variants of unknown significance (VUS)
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Other Vanderbilt basic biomedical research |
- Single cell protein profiling of focal cortical dysplasia in a patient requiring multiple resections. Acta Neuropathologica Communications.
Nada Elsayed*, Robert Naftel, Bret Mobley. -
Pyoderma gangrenosum caused by the molecular uncoupling of OTULIN catalytic activity and LUBAC binding. Nature Immunology.
Barathram Swaminathan* (Utrecht University), Hwi Gil*, Sagar Bhattad* (Aster CMI Hospital), Christine Mariskanish, Shamel Basaria, Joseph Choi, Qi Liu, Mohamud Mohamed, Janet Markle*.
Vanderbilt Health News: Study identifies genetic cause for rare skin condition, points to new therapeutic option
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First or corresponding authors are identified with an *. Only Vanderbilt collaborators are listed except for first authors.
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Faculty resource: Proofig AI
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Proofig AI is your go-to platform for catching image issues like duplications, manipulations, plagiarism, and AI-generated problems. This resource is provided at no cost to primary SOMBS faculty and is part of our commitment to supporting research excellence and maintaining the highest standards of scientific integrity. Faculty can access Proofig by visiting its homepage or their OneVU dashboard.
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