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The paper introduces a method to assess longitudinal induced flight activity in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and finds that aging, blood meal, and mitochondrial inhibition affect flight performance.
bioRxiv · Mar 16, 2020Animal Behavior & Cognition
M. Veliova, C. Mendes Ferreira, I. Y. Benador, A. E. Jones, B. R. Desousa, K. Mahdaviani, R. Acin-Perez, A. Petcherski, A. S. Divakaruni, M. Prentki, B. E. Corkey, M. Liesa, M. F. Oliveira, O. S. Shirihai
The paper shows that blocking mitochondrial pyruvate import increases ATP synthesis via futile lipid cycling in brown adipocytes, enhancing energy expenditure without adrenergic stimulation.
bioRxiv · Nov 15, 2019 · PreprintBiochemistry
S. Beck, J. A. Bernatchez, Z. Zhu, M. F. Oliveira, D. M. Smith, J. L. Siqueira-Neto
This study investigates how methotrexate inhibits Zika virus replication by targeting the dihydrofolate reductase pathway and shows that adenosine depletion also contributes to its antiviral effect.
bioRxiv · Nov 29, 2018Microbiology
E. A. Assali, A. E. Jones, M. Veliova, M. Taha, N. Miller, M. Shum, M. F. Oliveira, G. Las, M. Liesa, I. Sekler, O. S. Shirihai
This study identifies NCLX as a critical mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchanger that prevents cell death during adrenergic activation of brown adipose tissue by mitigating Ca2+ overload.
bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2018Physiology