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A novel class of TMPRSS2 inhibitors potently block SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV viral entry and protect human epithelial lung cells

Matthew Mahoney, Vishnu C. Damalanka, Michael A. Tartell, Dong Hee Chung, André Luiz Lourenco, Dustin Pwee, Anne E. Mayer Bridwell, Markus Hoffmann, Jorine Voss, Partha Karmakar, Nurit Azouz, Andrea M. Klingler, Paul W. Rothlauf, Cassandra E. Thompson, Melody Lee, Lidija Klampfer, Christina Stallings, Marc E. Rothenberg, Stefan Pöhlmann, Sean P. Whelan, Anthony J. O’Donoghue, Charles S. Craik, & James W. Janetka (2021). “A novel class of TMPRSS2 inhibitors potently block SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV viral entry and protect human epithelial lung cells” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Oct 26;118(43):e2108728118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2108728118. (Abstract)

CARMIL3 is important for cell migration and morphogenesis during early development in zebrafish

Benjamin C. Stark, Yuanyuan Gao, Diane S. Sepich, Lakyn Belk, Matthew A. Culver, Bo Hu, Marlene Mekel, Wyndham Ferris, Jimann Shin, Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Fang Lin, & John A. Cooper (2021). “CARMIL3 is important for cell migration and morphogenesis during early development in zebrafish” Dev Biol. 2022 Jan;481:148-159. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.09.008. Epub 2021 Sep 30. (Abstract)

APOE3-Jacksonville (V236E) variant reduces self-aggregation and risk of dementia

Chia-Chen Liu, Melissa E. Murray, Xia Li, Na Zhao, Na Wang, Michael G. Heckman, Francis Shue, Yuka Martens, Yonghe Li, Ana-Caroline Raulin, Cassandra L. Rosenberg, Sydney V. Doss, Jing Zhao, Melissa C. Wren, Lin Jia, Yingxue Ren, Tadafumi C. Ikezu, Wenyan Lu, Yuan Fu, Thomas Caulfield, Zachary A. Trottier, Joshua Knight, Yixing Chen, Cynthia Linares, Xue Wang, Aishe Kurti, Yan W. Asmann, Zbigniew K. Wszolek, Glenn E. Smith, Prashanthi Vemuri, Kejal Kantarci, David S. Knopman, Val J. Lowe, Clifford R. Jack Jr., Joseph E. Parisi, Tanis J. Ferman, Bradley F. Boeve, Neill R. Graff-Radford, Ronald C. Petersen, Steven G. Younkin, John D. Fryer, Hu Wang, Xianlin Han, Carl Frieden, Dennis W. Dickson, Owen A. Ross, & Guojun Bu (2021). “APOE3-Jacksonville (V236E) variant reduces self-aggregation and risk of dementia” Sci Transl Med. 2021 Sep 29;13(613):eabc9375. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abc9375. Epub 2021 Sep 29. (Abstract)

Resident cardiac macrophages mediate adaptive myocardial remodeling

Nicole R. Wong, Jay Mohan, Benjamin J. Kopecky, Shuchi Guo, Lixia Du, Jamison Leid, Guoshuai Feng, Inessa Lokshina, Oleksandr Dmytrenko, Hannah Luehmann, Geetika Bajpai, Laura Ewald, Lauren Bell, Nikhil Patel, Andrea Bredemeyer, Carla J. Weinheimer, Jessica M. Nigro, Attila Kovacs, Sachio Morimoto, Peter O. Bayguinov, Max R. Fisher, W. Tom Stump, Michael Greenberg, James A. J. Fitzpatrick, Slava Epelman, Daniel Kreisel, Rajan Sah, Yongjian Liu, Hongzhen Hu, & Kory J. Lavine (2021). “Resident cardiac macrophages mediate adaptive myocardial remodeling” Immunity. 2021 Sep 14;54(9):2072-2088.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2021.07.003. Epub 2021 Jul 27. (Abstract)

Oncogenic KRAS is dependent upon an EFR3A-PI4KA signaling axis for potent tumorigenic activity

Hema Adhikari, Walaa E. Kattan, Shivesh Kumar, Pei Zhou, John F. Hancock, & Christopher M. Counter (2021). “Oncogenic KRAS is dependent upon an EFR3A-PI4KA signaling axis for potent tumorigenic activity” Nat Commun. 2021 Sep 9;12(1):5248. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25523-5. (Abstract)

Myofilament glycation in diabetes reduces contractility by inhibiting tropomyosin movement, is rescued by cMyBPC domains

Maria Papadaki, Theerachat Kampaengsri, Samantha K. Barrick, Stuart G. Campbell, Dirk von Lewinski, Peter P. Rainer, Samantha P. Harris, Michael J. Greenberg, & Jonathan A. Kirk (2021). “Myofilament glycation in diabetes reduces contractility by inhibiting tropomyosin movement, is rescued by cMyBPC domains” J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2021 Sep 3;162:1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2021.08.012. Online ahead of print. (Abstract)