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Cryptosporidium lysyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors define the interplay between solubility and permeability required to achieve efficacy | Science Translational Medicine
Potent lysyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors advance our understanding of desirable properties for achieving efficacy in cryptosporidiosis animal models.
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Human OX40L–CAR-Tregs target activated antigen-presenting cells and control T cell alloreactivity | Science Translational Medicine
Human FOXP3 promoter–driven OX40L–CAR-Tregs potently suppress alloreactivity and control graft-versus-host disease.
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Intraoperative evaluation of tumor margins using a TROP2 near-infrared imaging probe to enable human breast-conserving surgery | Science Translational Medicine
Nuclide and optical probes targeting TROP2 support the identification of margins during breast-conserving surgery in patients with breast cancer.
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High-fidelity PAMless base editing of hematopoietic stem cells to treat chronic granulomatous disease | Science Translational Medicine
Versatile PAMless CRISPR base editors enable efficient and precise therapeutic correction of CGD mutations in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.
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Melatonin receptor 1A variants as genetic cause of idiopathic osteoporosis | Science Translational Medicine
MTNR1A loss-of-function variant rs374152717 impairs bone turnover and provides evidence of a genetic etiology of idiopathic osteoporosis.
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Follistatin drives neuropathic pain in mice through IGF1R signaling in nociceptive neurons | Science Translational Medicine
After nerve injury, follistatin is up-regulated and interacts with IGF1R to activate Nav1.7 in nociceptive neurons, leading to neuropathic pain.
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An altered natural killer cell immunophenotype characterizes clinically severe pediatric RSV infection | Science Translational Medicine
Increased airway NK cells, altered circulating NK cell immunophenotype, and cytotoxic dysfunction are associated with severe pediatric RSV infection.
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Sleep-sensitive dopamine receptor expression in male mice underlies attention deficits after a critical period of early adversity | Science Translational Medicine
Reversible attention deficits after early adversity are mediated by sleep across species.
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A multispecific antibody against SARS-CoV-2 prevents immune escape in vitro and confers prophylactic protection in vivo | Science Translational Medicine
Multispecific antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 increase pseudovirus neutralization breadth and potency and inhibit immune escape in vitro.
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Decreased mitochondrial creatine kinase 2 impairs skeletal muscle mitochondrial function independently of insulin in type 2 diabetes | Science Translational Medicine
Mitochondrial creatine kinase 2 is decreased in type 2 diabetes, which impairs skeletal muscle mitochondrial function.
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A proinflammatory stem cell niche drives myelofibrosis through a targetable galectin-1 axis | Science Translational Medicine
Unraveling the cancer-stroma interactome in myelofibrosis reveals galectin-1 as an actionable target.
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Dynamic structural remodeling of LINC01956 enhances temozolomide resistance in MGMT-methylated glioblastoma | Science Translational Medicine
Temozolomide resistance in MGMT-methylated glioblastoma is mediated by a CHK1/DDX46 axis that can be blocked by the addition of a CHK1 inhibitor.
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A microbiome-directed therapeutic food for children recovering from severe acute malnutrition | Science Translational Medicine
A microbiome-directed food targeting specific gut bacterial taxa promotes growth in Bangladeshi children recovering from severe acute malnutrition.
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LRRK2 regulates production of reactive oxygen species in cell and animal models of Parkinson’s disease | Science Translational Medicine
LRRK2 kinase activity drives reactive oxygen species production in Parkinson’s disease through regulation of NADPH oxidase 2.
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A peptide encoded by upstream open reading frame of MYC binds to tropomyosin receptor kinase B and promotes glioblastoma growth in mice | Science Translational Medicine
A tumor-specific peptide translated from a MYC-associated uORF binds to tropomyosin receptor kinase B and promotes glioblastoma growth.
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Glucocorticoids induce a maladaptive epithelial stress response to aggravate acute kidney injury | Science Translational Medicine
Glucocorticoid receptor activation in renal tubular epithelial cells amplifies DNA damage, impairs mitochondrial bioenergetics, and worsens injury.
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Clinical, mechanistic, and therapeutic landscape of cutaneous fibrosis | Science Translational Medicine
Scientific and clinical advances have expanded our ability to understand, prevent, and treat diverse forms of skin fibrosis.
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Inhibition of heme-thiolate monooxygenase CYP1B1 prevents hepatic stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis by accumulating trehalose | Science Translational Medicine
Inhibition of CYP1B1 in HSCs and trehalose/lactotrehalose dosing show preclinical antifibrotic effects in male animals.
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Reduction of prolonged excitatory neuron swelling after spinal cord injury improves locomotor recovery in mice | Science Translational Medicine
Reducing excitatory neuron swelling improved locomotor functional recovery after spinal cord injury in mice.
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Spermidine metabolism regulates leukemia stem and progenitor cell function through KAT7 expression in patient-derived mouse models | Science Translational Medicine
Spermidine is essential for the function of leukemia stem and progenitor cells through the regulation of KAT7 expression.
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