Review Articles in 2020

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  • Laflamme and Mekhail discuss emerging nuclear roles for LLPS in genome organization, gene expression and DNA repair, highlighting the emerging notion that biomolecular condensates regulate the sequential engagement of molecules in multistep biological processes.

    • Guillaume Laflamme
    • Karim Mekhail
    Review ArticleOpen Access
  • Shuai Jiang discusses the regulation and functional role of the Tet2 enzyme, a regulator of lymphoid and myeloid cell development frequently mutated in haematopoietic cancers. He highlights how Tet2 activity may be modulated to influence cancer immune responses.

    • Shuai Jiang
    Review ArticleOpen Access
  • In this Review, Lisa Waylen and colleagues provide an overview of techniques used for spatial resolution of gene expression in a tissue or organ. They discuss the advantages, disadvantages and future directions of current methods and illustrate how spatial transcriptomics has impacted our understanding of biology.

    • Lisa N. Waylen
    • Hieu T. Nim
    • Mirana Ramialison
    Review ArticleOpen Access
  • Dimple Chakravarty et al. review the rapidly emerging data indicating a higher rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection in men. They note that men in the age group most at risk of infection are also at high risk of prostate cancer, and explore the potential links between these diseases and implications for COVID-19 treatment in prostate cancer patients.

    • Dimple Chakravarty
    • Sujit S. Nair
    • Ashutosh K. Tewari
    Review ArticleOpen Access
  • In this review, Cottrill et al. discuss how the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane conductance Regulator (CFTR) interacts with the membrane into which it is inserted. They summarize recent insight into the ways lipids are imbalanced in CF epithelia and how the lipid environment affects CFTR.

    • Kirsten A. Cottrill
    • Carlos M. Farinha
    • Nael A. McCarty
    Review ArticleOpen Access
  • Ellegaard et al. discuss the potential for using ancient environmental DNA (eDNA), combined with resurrection ecology, to analyse trophic interactions and evolutionary adaptation to changing environments. Their Review suggests that these techniques will improve our ability to predict genetic and phenotypic adaptation to environmental stress.

    • Marianne Ellegaard
    • Martha R. J. Clokie
    • N. John Anderson
    Review ArticleOpen Access
  • Dalal et al. provide a thorough review of bilateral hemispheric interactions in the context of odor perception and memory. They summarize reports on anatomy, physiology and behavior related to olfaction. This review provides insights on how odor information can be processed unilaterally and/or bilaterally despite the lack of topographical organization.

    • Tal Dalal
    • Nitin Gupta
    • Rafi Haddad
    Review ArticleOpen Access