Publications

You will find below the list of all publications related to the Global Health Institute at the School of Life Sciences.

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2024

Joint host-pathogen genomic analysis identifies hepatitis B virus mutations associated with human NTCP and HLA class I variation

Z. M. Xu; G. E. Gnouamozi; S. Rueger; P. R. Shea; M. Buti et al. 

American Journal Of Human Genetics. 2024-06-06. Vol. 111, num. 6. DOI : 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.04.013.

ER-to-lysosome-associated degradation acts as failsafe mechanism upon ERAD dysfunction

E. Fasana; I. Fregno; C. Galli; T. Solda; M. Molinari 

Embo Reports. 2024-05-21. DOI : 10.1038/s44319-024-00165-y.

Diagnostic accuracy of a sequence-specific Mtb-DNA hybridization assay in urine: a case-control study including subclinical TB cases

Y. Tschan; M. Sasamalo; H. Hiza; J. Fellay; S. Gagneux et al. 

Microbiology Spectrum. 2024-05-08. DOI : 10.1128/spectrum.00426-24.

Dietary L-Glu sensing by enteroendocrine cells adjusts food intake via modulating gut PYY/NPF secretion

J. Gao; S. Zhang; P. Deng; Z. Wu; B. Lemaitre et al. 

Nature Communications. 2024-04-25. Vol. 15, num. 1, p. 3514. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-024-47465-4.

Bacterial diversity dominates variable macrophage responses of tuberculosis patients in Tanzania

H. Hiza; M. Zwyer; J. Hella; A. Arbues; M. Sasamalo et al. 

Scientific Reports. 2024-04-23. Vol. 14, num. 1, p. 9287. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-024-60001-0.

Single-mitosis dissection of acute and chronic DNA mutagenesis and repair

P. A. Ginno; H. Borgers; C. Ernst; A. Schneider; M. Behm et al. 

Nature Genetics. 2024-04-16. DOI : 10.1038/s41588-024-01712-y.

The conceptual foundations of innate immunity: Taking stock 30 years later

Pradeu Thomas; Thomma Bart T.P.H.; Girarding Stephen; B. Lemaitre 

Immunity. 2024-04-09. Vol. 57, num. 4, p. 613-631. DOI : 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.03.007.

Human alveolar lining fl uid from the elderly promotes Mycobacterium tuberculosis intracellular growth and translocation into the cytosol of alveolar epithelial cells

A. M. Olmo-Fontanez; J. M. Scordo; A. Schami; A. Garcia-Vilanova; P. A. Pino et al. 

Mucosal Immunology. 2024-04-01. Vol. 17, num. 2, p. 155-168. DOI : 10.1016/j.mucimm.2024.01.001.

Cold stress-induced autophagy and apoptosis disorders are mainly mediated by AMPK/PPAR/PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathways

D. Wang; Y. Tian; Q. Wang; Y. Zhang; B. Ye et al. 

Aquaculture. 2024-03-30. Vol. 583, p. 740574. DOI : 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.740574.

The CRL5-SPSB3 ubiquitin ligase targets nuclear cGAS for degradation

P. Xu; Y. Liu; C. Liu; B. Guey; L. Li et al. 

Nature. 2024-02-28. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-024-07112-w.

Open-source microscope add-on for structured illumination microscopy

M. T. M. Hannebelle; E. Raeth; S. M. Leitao; T. Lukes; J. Pospisil et al. 

Nature Communications. 2024-02-20. Vol. 15, num. 1, p. 1550. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-024-45567-7.

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron metabolic activity decreases with polysaccharide molecular weight

J. P. H. Wong; N. Chillier; M. Fischer-Stettler; S. C. Zeeman; T. J. Battin et al. 

Mbio. 2024-02-20. DOI : 10.1128/mbio.02599-23.

Mechanisms and functions of protein S-acylation

F. S. Mesquita; L. Abrami; M. E. Linder; S. X. Bamji; B. C. Dickinson et al. 

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 2024-02-14. DOI : 10.1038/s41580-024-00700-8.

The dynamic genetic determinants of increased transcriptional divergence in spermatids

J. Panten; T. Heinen; C. Ernst; N. Eling; R. E. Wagner et al. 

Nature Communications. 2024-02-10. Vol. 15, num. 1, p. 1272. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-024-45133-1.

A common NFKB1 variant detected through antibody analysis in UK Biobank predicts risk of infection and allergy

A. Y. Chong; N. Brenner; A. Jimenez-Kaufmann; A. Cortes; M. Hill et al. 

American Journal Of Human Genetics. 2024-02-01. Vol. 111, num. 2. DOI : 10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.12.013.

A First-in-Human Randomized Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Neutralization Profile of Two Investigational Long-Acting Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibodies

N. Moullan; J. Asiago; K. Stecco; S. Hadi; M. Albizem et al. 

Infectious Diseases and Therapy. 2024-01-14. DOI : 10.1007/s40121-023-00908-9.

Rare predicted loss-of-function variants of type I IFN immunity genes are associated with life-threatening COVID-19 (vol 15, 22, 2023)

D. Matuozzo; E. Talouarn; A. Marchal; P. Zhang; J. Manry et al. 

Genome Medicine. 2024-01-06. Vol. 16, num. 1, p. 6. DOI : 10.1186/s13073-023-01278-0.

Revitalizing antibiotic discovery and development through in vitro modelling of in-patient conditions

J. Sollier; M. Basler; P. Broz; P. S. Dittrich; K. Drescher et al. 

Nature Microbiology. 2024-01-04. DOI : 10.1038/s41564-023-01566-w.

Molecular mechanism of plasmid elimination by the DdmDE defense system

L. Loeff; D. W. Adams; C. Chanez; S. Stutzmann; L. Righi et al. 

Science. 2024. DOI : 10.1126/science.adq0534.

Q & A – Melanie Blokesch

M. Blokesch 

Current Biology. 2024. Vol. 34, num. 10, p. R475-R478. DOI : 10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.015.

Interactions between pili affect the outcome of bacterial competition driven by the type VI secretion system

S. B. Otto; R. M. Servajean; A. Lemopoulos; A-F. Bitbol; M. Blokesch 

Current Biology. 2024. Vol. 34, p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.041. DOI : 10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.041.

Capsular Polysaccharide Restrains Type VI Secretion in Acinetobacter baumannii

N. O. Flaugnatti; L. Bader; M-C. Croisier-Coeytaux; M. Blokesch 

bioRxiv. 2024. DOI : 10.1101/2024.04.23.590769.

Dangerous acquaintances: the interplay between type IV pili and the type VI secretion system during Vibrio cholerae’s environmental lifestyle

S. B. Otto / M. Blokesch (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

S-acylation and lipid exchange at the ER-Golgi membrane contact sites regulate pathogen entry in human cells

M. U. Anwar / F. G. van der Goot Grunberg; G. D’Angelo (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Vibrio cholerae pathogenicity island 2 encodes two distinct types of restriction systems

G. Vizzarro; A. Lemopoulos; D. W. Adams; M. Blokesch 

bioRxiv. 2024. DOI : 10.1101/2024.04.04.588119.

Mitochondria-specific signature of oxidative damage in human cancers: an excess of A>G on heavy chain of the mitochondrial genome in slow-dividing normoxic tissues

B. Efimenko; A. Mikhailova; K. Popadin 

2024-01-01. 56th Annual Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Glasgow, SCOTLAND, JUN 10-13, 2023. p. 718-718.

Prevalence of actionable pharmacogenetic variants in a Swiss hospital cohort

F. Hodel; M. De Min; C. Thorball; J. Fellay 

2024-01-01. 56th Annual Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Glasgow, SCOTLAND, JUN 10-13, 2023. p. 700-700.

Inborn errors of type I interferon immunity in patients with severe acute hepatitis E

A. Saadat; J. Gouttenoire; D. Moradpour; J. Fellay; M. F. Christinet 

2024-01-01. 56th Annual Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Glasgow, SCOTLAND, JUN 10-13, 2023. p. 451-451.

Prevalence of clonal hematopoiesis in people living with HIV

V. Timonina; K. Popadin; J. Fellay 

2024-01-01. 56th Annual Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Glasgow, SCOTLAND, JUN 10-13, 2023. p. 443-444.

Aneuploid human embryos are associated with increased maternal age, poor embryo morphology, high mitochondrial content and advanced development day of the biopsy: an analysis of 15’000 embryonic genomes

M. Ri; N. Ree; M. Tofilo; A. Kirillova; I. Zvereva et al. 

2024-01-01. 56th Annual Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Glasgow, SCOTLAND, JUN 10-13, 2023. p. 354-354.

The impact of human genetics on Mycobacterium tuberculosis intra-host evolution

Z. M. Xu; M. Zwyer; D. Brites; H. Hiza; M. Reinhard et al. 

2024-01-01. 56th Annual Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Glasgow, SCOTLAND, JUN 10-13, 2023. p. 346-346.

Low mitochondrial content marks high health status of human euploid embryos

K. Popadin; M. Ri; N. Ree; M. Tofilo; I. Zvereva et al. 

2024-01-01. 56th Annual Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Glasgow, SCOTLAND, JUN 10-13, 2023. p. 101-101.

A Cluster of Evolutionarily Recent KRAB Zinc Finger Proteins Protects Cancer Cells from Replicative Stress–Induced Inflammation

F. Martins; O. Rosspopoff; J. Carlevaro-Fita; R. Forey; S. Offner et al. 

Cancer Research. 2024.  p. OF1-OF19. DOI : 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-1237.

Reply to Dages et al: You AIn’t using it right-artificial intelligence progress in allergy

D. Lawless 

Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology. 2024-01-01. Vol. 153, num. 1, p. 355-356. DOI : 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.09.023.

Rescue of secretion of rare-disease-associated misfolded mutant glycoproteins in UGGT1 knock-out mammalian cells

G. Tax; K. P. Guay; L. Pantalone; M. Ceci; T. Solda et al. 

Traffic. 2024-01-01. Vol. 25, num. 1, p. e12927. DOI : 10.1111/tra.12927.

Control of nuclear envelope dynamics during acute ER stress by LINC complexes disassembly and selective, asymmetric autophagy of the outer nuclear membrane

M. K. Kucinska; M. Molinari 

Autophagy. 2024-01-04. DOI : 10.1080/15548627.2023.2299123.

Genome sequences of Vibrio cholerae strains isolated in the DRC between 2009 and 2012

A. Lemopoulos; B. Miwanda; N. C. Drebes Dorr; S. Stutzmann; D. Bompangue et al. 

Microbiology Resource Announcements. 2024. DOI : 10.1128/mra.00827-23.

Transposable elements mediate genetic effects altering the expression of nearby genes in colorectal cancer

N. M. R. Lykoskoufis; E. Planet; H. Ongen; D. Trono; E. T. Dermitzakis 

Nature Communications. 2024. Vol. 15, num. 749. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-023-42405-0.

Ancestral genome reconstruction enhances transposable element annotation by identifying degenerate integrants

W. Matsushima; E. Planet; D. Trono 

Cell Genomics. 2024. Vol. 4, p. 100497. DOI : 10.1016/j.xgen.2024.100497.

Meeting our Makers: Uncovering the cis-regulatory activity of transposable elements using statistical learning

C. D. S-T. Pulver / D. Trono (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Single-cell analysis of the interactions between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and macrophages

O. Rutschmann / J. McKinney (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Exploring the role of cGAS-STING-mediated inflammation in age-associated neurodegeneration and antitumor immunity

N. E. Samson / A. Ablasser (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Deconvolution of ex-vivo drug screening data and bulk tissue expression predicts the abundance and viability of cancer cell subpopulations

A. Coudray / D. Trono; G. La Manno (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

2023

The HLA-B*57:01 allele corresponds to a very large MHC haploblock likely explaining its massive effect for HIV-1 elite control

M. Rahmouni; L. De Marco; J-L. Spadoni; M. Tison; R. Medina-Santos et al. 

Frontiers In Immunology. 2023-12-11. Vol. 14, p. 1305856. DOI : 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1305856.

Inborn errors of type I interferon immunity in patients with symptomatic acute hepatitis E

A. Saadat; J. Gouttenoire; P. Ripellino; D. Semela; S. Amar et al. 

Hepatology. 2023-12-08. DOI : 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000701.

Predicting type 2 diabetes risk before and after solid organ transplantation using polygenic scores in a Danish cohort

Q. dos Santos; P. Leung; C. W. Thorball; B. Ledergerber; J. Fellay et al. 

Frontiers In Molecular Biosciences. 2023-12-07. Vol. 10, p. 1282412. DOI : 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1282412.

Basic Mechanisms of Immunometabolites in Shaping the Immune Response

D. G. Ryan; C. G. Peace; A. Hooftman 

Journal Of Innate Immunity. 2023-11-23. DOI : 10.1159/000535452.

Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in humans with alternative NF-κB pathway deficiency

T. Le Voyer; A. V. Parent; X. Liu; A. Cederholm; A. Gervais et al. 

Nature. 2023-11-08. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-023-06717-x.

Toxic Effects of Koumine on the Early-Life Development Stage of Zebrafish

D. Wang; X. Leng; Y. Tian; J. Liu; J. Zou et al. 

Toxics. 2023-10-01. Vol. 11, num. 10, p. 853. DOI : 10.3390/toxics11100853.

Refining S-acylation: Structure, regulation, dynamics, and therapeutic implications

M. U. Anwar; F. G. van der Goot 

Journal Of Cell Biology. 2023-09-27. Vol. 222, num. 11, p. e202307103. DOI : 10.1083/jcb.202307103.

Inborn Errors of Type I Interferon Immunity in Patients with Severe Acute Hepatitis E

A. Saadat; J. Gouttenoire; P. Ripellino; D. Semela; S. Amar et al. 

2023-09-11.  p. 14S-14S.

Inflammatory mitochondrial nucleic acids as drivers of pathophysiology

C. G. Peace; A. Hooftman; D. G. Ryan 

Clinical And Translational Medicine. 2023-09-01. Vol. 13, num. 9, p. e1403. DOI : 10.1002/ctm2.1403.

Investigating the composition and recruitment of the mycobacterial ImuA’-ImuB-DnaE2 mutasome

S. Gessner; Z. A-M. Martin; M. A. Reiche; J. A. Santos; R. Dinkele et al. 

Elife. 2023-08-02. Vol. 12, p. e75628. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.75628.

Africa-specific human genetic variation near CHD1L associates with HIV-1 load

P. J. J. McLaren; I. Porreca; G. Iaconis; H. P. Mok; S. Mukhopadhyay et al. 

Nature. 2023-08-02. Vol. 620, p. 1025–1030. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-023-06370-4.

cGAS-STING drives ageing-related inflammation and neurodegeneration

M. F. Gulen; N. Samson; A. Keller; M. Schwabenland; C. Liu et al. 

Nature. 2023-08-02. Vol. 620, p. 374–380. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-023-06373-1.

Variation in African genomes linked to control of HIV

P. J. McLaren; J. Fellay 

Nature. 2023-08-02. DOI : 10.1038/d41586-023-02277-2.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pili actively induce mucus contraction to form biofilms in tissue-engineered human airways

T. Rossy; T. Distler; L. Meirelles; J. Pezoldt; J. Kim et al. 

Plos Biology. 2023-08-01. Vol. 21, num. 8, p. e3002209. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002209.

Protein target highlights in CASP15: Analysis of models by structure providers

L. T. Alexander; J. Durairaj; A. Kryshtafovych; L. A. Abriata; Y. Bayo et al. 

Proteins-Structure Function And Bioinformatics. 2023-07-26. DOI : 10.1002/prot.26545.

A metagenome-wide association study of HIV disease progression in HIV controllers

L. M. Real; M. E. Saez; A. Corma-Gomez; A. Gonzalez-Perez; C. Thorball et al. 

Iscience. 2023-07-21. Vol. 26, num. 7, p. 107214. DOI : 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107214.

Ecology-relevant bacteria drive the evolution of host antimicrobial peptides in Drosophila

M. A. Hanson; L. Grollmus; B. Lemaitre 

Science. 2023-07-21. Vol. 381, num. 6655, p. eadg5725. DOI : 10.1126/science.adg5725.

Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs underlie West Nile virus encephalitis in & SIM;40% of patients

A. Gervais; F. Rovida; M. A. Avanzini; S. Croce; A. Marchal et al. 

Journal Of Experimental Medicine. 2023-06-22. Vol. 220, num. 9, p. e20230661. DOI : 10.1084/jem.20230661.

Fluid flow structures gut microbiota biofilm communities by distributing public goods

J. P. H. Wong; M. F-Stettler; S. C. Zeeman; T. J. Battin; A. Persat et al. 

Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2023-06-20. Vol. 120, num. 25, p. e2217577120. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2217577120.

Biofilm formation on human immune cells is a multicellular predation strategy of Vibrio cholerae

L. Vidakovic; S. Mikhaleva; H. Jeckel; V. Nisnevich; K. Strenger et al. 

Cell. 2023-06-08. Vol. 186, num. 12, p. 2690-+. DOI : 10.1016/j.cell.2023.05.008.

Multiancestry sex-stratified genomic associations with HIV viral load and controller status from the ICGH

C. Vergara; J. F. Tuff; J. Int Collaboration Genomics HIV ICGH; J. Fellay; P. Duggal et al. 

Jci Insight. 2023-06-08. Vol. 8, num. 11, p. 170068. DOI : 10.1172/jci.insight.170068.

Association of a Polygenic Risk Score With Osteoporosis in People Living With HIV: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study

J. M. Schwenke; C. W. Thorball; I. C. Schoepf; L. Ryom; B. Hasse et al. 

Journal Of Infectious Diseases. 2023-05-24. DOI : 10.1093/infdis/jiad179.

A polygenic risk score to predict sudden cardiac arrest in patients with cardiovascular disease

E. Porcu; C. Thorball; A. P. Porretta; E. Pruvot; K. Wiskott et al. 

2023-05-11. 55th European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG) Conference, Vienna, AUSTRIA, JUN 11-14, 2022. p. 691-691.

Host genomic susceptibility to severe respiratory syncytial virus infection

A. Saadat; D. Lawless; J. Fellay 

2023-05-11. 55th European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG) Conference, Vienna, AUSTRIA, JUN 11-14, 2022. p. 163-164.

A polygenic risk score improves the prediction of cardiovascular risk associated with obstructive sleep-apnoea

C. Thorball; M. Berger; G. Solelhac; A. Waeber; C. Redin et al. 

2023-05-11. 55th European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG) Conference, Vienna, AUSTRIA, JUN 11-14, 2022. p. 145-146.

Secondary structure of the human mitochondrial genome affects formation of deletions

V. Shamanskiy; A. A. Mikhailova; E. O. Tretiakov; K. Ushakova; A. G. Mikhailova et al. 

Bmc Biology. 2023-05-08. Vol. 21, num. 1, p. 103. DOI : 10.1186/s12915-023-01606-1.

Viral Genetic Determinants of Prolonged Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Among Infants in a Healthy Term Birth Cohort

D. Lawless; C. G. McKennan; S. R. Das; T. Junier; Z. M. Xu et al. 

Journal Of Infectious Diseases. 2023-05-01. Vol. 227, num. 10, p. 1194-1202. DOI : 10.1093/infdis/jiac442.

Epigenetic ageing accelerates before antiretroviral therapy and decelerates after viral suppression in people with HIV in Switzerland: a longitudinal study over 17 years

I. C. Schoepf; A. Esteban-Cantos; C. W. Thorball; B. Rodes; P. Reiss et al. 

Lancet Healthy Longevity. 2023-05-01. Vol. 4, num. 5, p. E211-E218. DOI : 10.1016/S2666-7568(23)00037-5.

Rare predicted loss-of-function variants of type I IFN immunity genes are associated with life-threatening COVID-19

D. Matuozzo; E. Talouarn; A. Marchal; P. Zhang; J. Manry et al. 

Genome Medicine. 2023-04-05. Vol. 15, num. 1, p. 22. DOI : 10.1186/s13073-023-01173-8.

Cryo-EM structures and binding of mouse and human ACE2 to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern indicate that mutations enabling immune escape could expand host range

D. Ni; P. Turelli; B. Beckert; S. Nazarov; E. Uchikawa et al. 

PLOS Pathogens. 2023-04-05. Vol. 19, num. 4, p. e1011206. DOI : 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011206.

Antimicrobial peptides do not directly contribute to aging in Drosophila, but improve lifespan by preventing dysbiosis

M. A. Hanson; B. Lemaitre 

Disease Models & Mechanisms. 2023-04-01. Vol. 16, num. 4, p. dmm049965. DOI : 10.1242/dmm.049965.

Back-to-Africa introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the main cause of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

M. Zwyer; L. Rutaihwa; E. Windels; J. Hella; F. Menardo et al. 

Plos Pathogens. 2023-04-01. Vol. 19, num. 4, p. e1010893. DOI : 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010893.

Uptake-independent killing of macrophages by extracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis aggregates

C. Toniolo; N. Dhar; J. D. McKinney 

Embo Journal. 2023-03-15. DOI : 10.15252/embj.2023113490.

Two antagonistic response regulators control Pseudomonas aeruginosa polarization during mechanotaxis

M. J. Kuhn; H. Macmillan; L. Tala; Y. Inclan; R. Patino et al. 

Embo Journal. 2023-02-16. DOI : 10.15252/embj.2022112165.

Associations of genetic and infectious risk factors with coronary heart disease

F. Hodel; Z. M. Xu; C. W. Thorball; R. de la Harpe; P. Letang-Mathieu et al. 

Elife. 2023-02-14. Vol. 12, p. e79742. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.79742.

Species-specific regulation of XIST by the JPX/FTX orthologs

O. Rosspopoff; E. Cazottes; C. Huret; A. Loda; A. J. Collier et al. 

Nucleic Acids Research. 2023-02-02. DOI : 10.1093/nar/gkad029.

Leukocyte Count and Coronary Artery Disease Events in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Longitudinal Study

E. F. Avery; J. N. Kleynhans; B. Ledergerber; I. C. Schoepf; C. W. Thorball et al. 

Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2023-01-23. DOI : 10.1093/cid/ciad033.

Combining European and US risk prediction models with polygenic risk scores to refine cardiovascular prevention: the CoLaus|PsyCoLaus Study

R. de La Harpe; C. W. Thorball; C. Redin; S. Fournier; O. Mueller et al. 

European Journal Of Preventive Cardiology. 2023-01-18. DOI : 10.1093/eurjpc/zwad012.

Dynamics of CLIMP-63 S-acylation control ER morphology

P. A. Sandoz; R. A. Denhardt-Eriksson; L. Abrami; L. A. Abriata; G. Spreemann et al. 

Nature Communications. 2023-01-17. Vol. 14, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-023-35921-6.

Reanalysis of mtDNA mutations of human primordial germ cells (PGCs) reveals NUMT contamination and suggests that selection in PGCs may be positive

Z. Fleischmann; A. C-‘Heureux; M. Franco; S. Oreshkov; S. Annis et al. 

Mitochondrion. 2023-12-16. Vol. 74, p. 101817. DOI : 10.1016/j.mito.2023.10.005.

Archaeal type IV pili stabilize Haloferax volcanii biofilms in flow

P. D. Odermatt; P. Nussbaum; S. Monnappa; L. Tala; Z. Li et al. 

Current Biology. 2023-08-07. Vol. 33, num. 15, p. 3265-3271. DOI : 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.055.

Genomics of Preaxostyla Flagellates Illuminates the Path Towards the Loss of Mitochondria

L. V. F. Novak; S. C. Treitli; J. Pyrih; P. Halakuc; S. V. Pipaliya et al. 

Plos Genetics. 2023-12-01. Vol. 19, num. 12, p. e1011050. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011050.

Tau accumulation in degradative organelles is associated to lysosomal stress

E. Piovesana; C. Magrin; M. Ciccaldo; M. Sola; M. Bellotto et al. 

Scientific Reports. 2023-10-21. Vol. 13, num. 1, p. 18024. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-023-44979-7.

Deamination of adenine to guanine is a signature of oxidative damage in mitochondrial DNA

A. Mikhailova; E. Tretiakov; V. Shamanskiy; D. Iliushchenko; V. Yurov et al. 

2023-05-11. 55th European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG) Conference, Vienna, AUSTRIA, JUN 11-14, 2022. p. 648-648.

Statistical learning quantifies transposable element-mediated cis-regulation

C. Pulver; D. Grun; J. Duc; S. Sheppard; E. Planet et al. 

Genome Biology. 2023. Vol. 24, num. 258. DOI : 10.1186/s13059-023-03085-7.

SARS-CoV-2 hijacks a cell damage response, which induces transcription of a more efficient Spike S-acyltransferase

F. S. Mesquita; L. Abrami; L. Bracq; N. Panyain; V. Mercier et al. 

Nature Communications. 2023. Vol. 14, num. 7302. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-023-43027-2.

New ingredients for old recipes

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