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2026
Metabolic reprogramming drives pancreatic β cell neogenesis from α cells
Yufeng Zhang,
Guangxing Lu,
Wenhao Xie,
Peng Xu,
Cenxi Liu,
Olga Babosova,
Jamie Christopher Reilly,
Zhehui Li,
Leshi Chen,
Liying Zhou,
Jing Gao,
Lennart Enders,
Xuelian Xiong,
Mingyu Li,
Stefan Kubicek,
Bing Zhao,
Zhe Feng,
Biao Yu,
Lu Zhou,
He Huang,
Jin Li.
Nat Chem Biol. 2026 Aug 7. doi: 10.1038/s41589-026-02293-z. Online ahead of print.
2026
Muribaculum as a microbial contributor of rifaximin-induced mucosal protection during chemotherapy
Carmen Correale,
Martina Morandi,
Antonio Gil-Gomez,
Alessandra Silvestri,
Andrea Gatti,
Daniele Braga,
Annalisa Maroli,
Caterina Foppa,
Stefano De Zanet,
Francesca Algieri,
Michela Lizier,
Riccardo Rossetti,
Sara Carloni,
Giuseppe Penna,
Antonino Spinelli,
Paola Brescia,
Maria Rescigno.
Gut Microbes. 2026 Dec 31;18(1):2685994. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2026.2685994. Epub 2026 Jun 12.
2026
Characterization of liver disease regression in murine models of liver fibrosis and portal hypertension
Philipp Königshofer,
Ksenia Brusilovskaya,
Benedikt S Hofer,
Oleksandr Petrenko,
Benedikt Simbrunner,
Katharina Bareiner,
Kerstin Zinober,
Katharina Regnat,
Vlad Taru,
Thomas Sorz-Nechay,
Katharina Bonitz,
Hubert Scharnagl,
Tatjana Stojakovic,
Michael Trauner,
Stefan G Kauschke,
Larissa Pfisterer,
Philipp Schwabl,
Thomas Reiberger.
Sci Rep. 2026 Jun 14;16(1):27183. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-54627-5.
2026
Cortical development dynamics across autism spectrum disorder mouse models
Lena A Schwarz,
Christoph P Dotter,
Sergey Isaev,
Michela Lisi,
Daniel Malzl,
Christoph Büschl,
Sabrina Ladstätter,
Bárbara Oliveira,
Matteo Barel,
Bernadette Basilico,
Chaitanya Chintaluri,
Sarah Gorkiewicz,
Mohammad Goudarzi,
Tereza Belinova,
Stephan Reichl,
Gintarė Sendžikaitė,
Satish Arcot Jayaram,
Peter Koppensteiner,
Christoph Sommer,
Tim P Vogels,
Jörg Menche,
Igor Adameyko,
Peter V Kharchenko,
Christoph Bock,
Gaia Novarino.
Nature. 2026 Aug;656(8126):159-172. doi: 10.1038/s41586-026-10679-1. Epub 2026 Jun 17.
2026
Organ Involvement and Treatment Response across Cutaneous Sarcoidosis Subtypes
Antonia Schett,
Anna Gabriel,
Koray Tascilar,
Georg Schett,
Carola Berking,
Wolfgang Weninger,
Michael Sticherling,
Georg Stary.
Acta Derm Venereol. 2026 Jun 22;106:0482. doi: 10.2340/actadv.v106.adv-2026-0482.
2026
Leukemia risk factor ARID5B coordinates HDAC-mediated transcriptional repression
Ana P Kutschat,
Fabian Frommelt,
Brianda L Santini,
Sophie Müller,
Paul Batty,
Animesh Awasthi,
Gerlinde Karbon,
Giulio Superti-Furga,
Davide Seruggia.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2026 Jun 22;54(12):gkag628. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkag628.
2026
Crosstalk between CD8+ T cells and systemic bile acid metabolism shapes antiviral immunity and immunopathology
Felix Clemens Richter,
Zsofia Keszei,
Csilla Viczenczova,
Maximilian Baumgartner,
Henrique G Colaço,
Magdalena Siller,
Lisa Holnsteiner,
Hatoon Baazim,
Anna Hofmann,
Aubrey Burrett,
Anna Schönbichler,
Lukas Endler,
Joel Xu En Wong,
Laura Antonio-Herrera,
Oleksandr Petrenko,
Fabian Amman,
Jakob-Wendelin Genger,
Claudia D Fuchs,
Hubert Scharnagl,
Hanns-Ulrich Marschall,
Thomas Reiberger,
Karl S Lang,
Clarissa Campbell,
Michael Trauner,
Andreas Bergthaler.
JCI Insight. 2026 Jun 22;11(12):e189882. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.189882. eCollection 2026 Jun 22.
2026
Dual function of ERH in primary miRNA biogenesis
Simon Aschenwald,
Aswini K Panda,
Theresa Wurzer,
Sonja Baumgärtner,
Valerie S Ertl,
Jakob Hatzer,
Andreas Villunger,
Sebastian Falk,
Sebastian Herzog.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2026 Jun 22;54(12):gkag601. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkag601.
2026
Pregnancy stages differentially impact maternal alveolar macrophages' function and immunity to SARS-CoV-2 infection
Alina Fokina,
Lisabeth Pimenov-Reifeltshammer,
Anastasiya Hladik,
Karin Lakovits,
Asma Farhat,
Florian Deckert,
Mariem Radhouani,
Jessica Broesamlen,
Fanzhe Meng,
Riem Gawish,
Sylvia Knapp.
Mucosal Immunol. 2026 Aug;19(4):100366. doi: 10.1016/j.mucimm.2026.100366. Epub 2026 Jun 24.
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2026
The PIDDosome controls cardiomyocyte polyploidization during postnatal heart development
M Leone,
N Kinz,
F Eichin,
D Obwegs,
V C Sladky,
V Z Braun,
R Hirschberger,
D Rizzotto,
L Englmaier,
C Manzl,
K Moos,
J Mergner,
P Giansanti,
N Martinez-Garcia,
M M Marques,
E D Jacotot,
L Eblahed,
R Yousif,
M K Wright,
D Dawood,
L S Maupome,
C Savko,
M Boerries,
M A Sussman,
A Villunger.
Cell Death Differ. 2026 Jun;33(6):1292-1304. doi: 10.1038/s41418-025-01645-x. Epub 2026 Jan 12.
2026
LazySlide: accessible and interoperable whole-slide image analysis
Yimin Zheng,
Ernesto Abila,
Eva Chrenková,
Iva Buljan,
Juliane Winkler,
André F Rendeiro.
Nat Methods. 2026 Apr;23(4):728-731. doi: 10.1038/s41592-026-03044-7. Epub 2026 Mar 20.
2026
Tumor Heterogeneity Induces Pro- and Anti-metastatic Myeloid Cell Phenotypes in Breast Cancer Lung Metastasis
Daphne A Superville,
Eva Chrenková,
Yimin Zheng,
Alexis J Combes,
Iros Barozzi,
Zena Werb,
André F Rendeiro,
Christopher S McGinnis,
Andrei Goga,
Juliane Winkler.
bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2026 Mar 27:2026.03.27.714678. doi: 10.64898/2026.03.27.714678.
2026
Human and mouse adrenal glands are characterized by species-specific steroidogenic states and tissue turnover
Maria E Kastriti,
Denis Maksimov,
Julia Krupinova,
Marina Utkina,
Dmitry Beltsevich,
Anna Roslyakova,
Olga Glazova,
Samira Kaziakhmedova,
Alina Ryabova,
Anna Kuznetsova,
Anastasia Shcherbakova,
Ekaterina Bondarenko,
Zoia Antysheva,
Eugene Albert,
Lilia Urusova,
Anastasia Lapshina,
Anastassia Chevais,
Ekaterina Avsievich,
Valentin Trofimov,
Galina Melnichenko,
Natalya Mokrysheva,
Ivan Dedov,
Lukas Englmaier,
Julian Petersen,
Oleg Gusev,
Andreas Heinzel,
Rainer Oberbauer,
Pavel Volchkov,
Peter V Kharchenko,
Igor Adameyko.
Nat Genet. 2026 Sep;58(9):2270-2283. doi: 10.1038/s41588-026-02737-1. Epub 2026 Sep 8.
2026
Methods to study PIDDosome and caspase-2 signalling
Felix Eichin,
Rotraud Hirschberger,
Andreas Villunger,
Valentina C Sladky.
Methods Cell Biol. 2026;210:17-39. doi: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2026.05.012. Epub 2026 Jun 3.
2026
PIDDosome deficiency impairs bone remodeling by increasing osteoclast ploidy and function
M Leone,
D Obwegs,
N Kinz,
A Maccataio,
G Degenhart,
R Liguori,
P Y Petermann,
V C Sladky,
F Eichin,
J S Riley,
I Dorigatti,
K Watschinger,
D Rizzotto,
F Ferrazzi,
U Steffen,
A Villunger.
Cell Death Differ. 2026 Aug 14. doi: 10.1038/s41418-026-01835-1. Online ahead of print.
2026
Dual function of ERH in primary miRNA biogenesis
Simon Aschenwald,
Aswini K Panda,
Theresa Wurzer,
Sonja Baumgärtner,
Valerie S Ertl,
Jakob Hatzer,
Andreas Villunger,
Sebastian Falk,
Sebastian Herzog.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2026 Jun 22;54(12):gkag601. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkag601.
2026
Comparative insights into the apoptosome, inflammasomes and PIDDosome
Mohamed Lamkanfi,
Lieselotte Vande Walle,
Felix Eichin,
Andreas Villunger.
Nat Rev Immunol. 2026 Oct;26(10):729-744. doi: 10.1038/s41577-026-01304-3. Epub 2026 May 6.
2026
What does BCL-2 do? From new molecular insights to the clinical implications
Carlo M Croce,
Stephen W G Tait,
Ana J Garcia-Sáez,
Andreas Villunger,
Anthony Letai,
Harriet S Walter,
Martin J S Dyer,
Douglas R Green,
Yufang Shi,
Gerry Melino.
Cell Death Differ. 2026 Apr;33(4):673-693. doi: 10.1038/s41418-025-01607-3. Epub 2026 Feb 19.