2022-05-27

Temperature sensitivity of DNA double-strand break repair underpins heat-induced meiotic failure in mouse spermatogenesis

Mammalian spermatogenesis is a heat-vulnerable process that occurs at low temperatures, and elevated testicular temperatures cause male infertility. However, the current reliance on in vivo assays limits their potential to detail temperature dependence and destructive processes.
2022-05-26

Single-cell transcriptomes underscore genetically distinct tumor characteristics and microenvironment for hereditary kidney cancers

Our understanding of how each hereditary kidney cancer adapts to its tissue microenvironment is incomplete. Here, we present single-cell transcriptomes of 108,342 cells from patient specimens including from six hereditary kidney cancers.
2022-05-26

The 3′ Pol II pausing at replication-dependent histone genes is regulated by Mediator through Cajal bodies’ association with histone locus bodies

The 3' Pol II pausing at replication-dependent histone genes is regulated by Mediator through Cajal bodies’ association with histone locus bodies
2022-05-12

Reduced replication efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in “mini-gut” organoids.

Over 480 million infections and 6 million deaths have been recorded since the novel coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic began over 2 years ago. Coronavirus disease 2019 is principally a respiratory illness caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which infects the cells of the airway and can also replicate in the gastrointestinal tract. Notably, over half of those with SARS-CoV-2 infections shed SARS-CoV-2 genomes in their stool,1 and infectious viruses can be isolated from their fecal samples,2 suggesting that the virus also infects and replicates in the intestinal tract.