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Inhaled nanosilica orchestrates a pulmonary macrophage-NK cell axis for memory-like NK programming toward synergistic cancer immunotherapy
RiLM: Parameter-Efficient Language Modeling via Geodesic Decoding
ATP2B4 driven chromatin compaction exacerbates pancreatic cancer radiotherapy resistance
Cell Death Discovery, Published online: 25 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41420-026-03142-7
ATP2B4 driven chromatin compaction exacerbates pancreatic cancer radiotherapy resistanceNAT10 promotes cisplatin resistance and immune escape by increasing the expression of DUSP1 and PD-L1 in gastric cancer
Cell Death Discovery, Published online: 10 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41420-026-03107-w
NAT10 promotes cisplatin resistance and immune escape by increasing the expression of DUSP1 and PD-L1 in gastric cancerStabilizing Unsupervised Self-Evolution of MLLMs via Continuous Softened Retracing reSampling
Single-cell multiomics uncovers an endothelial mechanosensitive PIEZO1-IL-33 axis driving pulmonary fibrosis
Nat Commun. 2026 Mar 20;17(1):2655. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-70193-w.
ABSTRACT
Pulmonary fibrosis represents a progressive interstitial lung disease marked by excessive extracellular matrix deposition and architectural distortion. Vascular endothelial cells critically contribute to fibrogenesis through paracrine secretion of pro-fibrotic mediators, yet their mechanobiological regulation remains elusive. Using integrated single-cell multi-omics profiling of human pulmonary fibrosis specimens and experimental fibrosis models induced by bleomycin or silica, we identify mechanosensitive Piezo1 upregulation in Endothelial cells as a hallmark of fibrotic progression. Endothelial-specific Piezo1 knockout significantly attenuates Bleomycin-induced fibrotic remodeling in male mice, establishing its pathogenic necessity. Mechanistically, PIEZO1 activation promotes pulmonary fibrosis development via CAPN2-mediated STAT3 phosphorylation, which may regulate the secretion of the pro-fibrotic molecule interleukin-33. These findings suggest that the endothelial PIEZO1-CAPN2-STAT3-IL33 axis is a potential therapeutic target for PF intervention.
PMID:41862476 | PMC:PMC13004862 | DOI:10.1038/s41467-026-70193-w
Structures of Marburgvirus glycoprotein and its complex with NPC1 receptor
Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10240-0
Marburgvirus glycoprotein binds to the endosomal receptor NPC1 in a distinct orientation with higher affinity compared with Ebola virus glycoprotein, accompanied by fusion-relevant rearrangements, enabling more efficient viral entry.