UFGI Publication Round-Up: Week of 3/23/2026

31 Mar 2026

Preterm birth skews the developmental trajectory of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in the first 48 hours of life: single-cell transcriptomics and inferred intercellular communication.

Hernández-Ríos M, Rincon J, Balzano-Nogueira L, Polcz V, Wang D, Wiggins W, Rodhouse C, Yoham A, Xiao F, Ungaro R, Dirain M, Moldawer L, Maile R, Cai G, Efron P, Larson S.

Mol Med. 2026 Mar 27. doi: 10.1186/s10020-026-01459-8. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41888646

Spatial transcriptomics from pancreas and local draining lymph node tissue reveals a lymphotoxin-β signature in human type 1 diabetes.

Medina-Serpas MA, Brusko M, Golden GJ, Campbell-Thompson M, Rogers T, Reardon S, Posgai AL, Bacher R, Luning Prak ET, Liu C, Kaestner KH, Naji A, Betts MR, McIntyre LM, Atkinson MA, Brusko TM.

Cell Rep. 2026 Mar 23;45(4):117144. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117144. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41875135

PERK Deficiency Amplifies Molecular, Structural, and Network Vulnerability to Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

Criado-Marrero M, Ravi S, Barroso D, Garza TN, Cuestas Torres DM, Lessard C, Castano JP, Bolen ML, Rubinovich U, Prokop S, Chakrabarty P, Ranum LPW, Febo M, Abisambra JF.

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2026 Mar 6:2026.03.04.709563. doi: 10.64898/2026.03.04.709563.

PMID: 41847037

Herpesvirus-encoded lncRNA targets host splicing by interacting with splicing factors.

Hong Y, Shekhar R, McMahon S, Keil N, Baddoo M, Watkins JM, Keshishian H, Stanclift C, Carr SA, Munschauer M, Burke JM, Flemington EK, Renne R.

PLoS Pathog. 2026 Mar 26;22(3):e1014072. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1014072. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41886495

Evolution of the rate, molecular spectrum, and fitness effects of mutation under minimal selection in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Saber S, Rifat MMI, Rahimi F, Snyder M, Singh A, Eickwort B, Newhall Y, Rajaei M, Saxena AS, Tanny RE, Katju V, Andersen EC, Zhou J, Baer CF.

Genetics. 2026 Mar 26:iyag085. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyag085. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41885616

Age-dependent benefits of developmental plasticity: Thermal acclimation benefits erode rapidly upon adult emergence.

Papadopoulos AG, Koskinioti P, Zarpas KD, Terblanche JS, Hahn DA, Papadopoulos NT.

J Insect Physiol. 2026 Mar 20;170:104976. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2026.104976. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41865867

DNA-based identification of plants and the genomic nature of plant species differences.

Huang W, Li DZ, Antonelli A, Bacon CD, Gao LM, Kidner C, Pennington RT, Soltis DE, Soltis P, Cavender-Bares J, Christe C, Dexter KG, Ding Y, Durán-Castillo M, Fernández-Mazuecos M, Gardner EM, Gostel MR, Hernandez M, Hipp AL, Jantzen JR, Landis JB, Liu XQ, Naranjo AA, Nicholls J, Qin HT, Rose JP, Salamin N, Schley R, Schlüter PM, Stephens JD, Streisfeld MA, Wagner ND, Wang XQ, Xiang QJ, Twyford AD, Hollingsworth PM.

Commun Biol. 2026 Mar 26. doi: 10.1038/s42003-026-09858-7. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41882066

The genome of Thesium ramosoides (Santalales) reveals evolutionary dynamics associated with parasitism and alpine adaptation.

Qu XJ, Yang GQ, Zhang NN, Zhang T, Zhang LY, Liu H, Zhang R, Wang YF, Guo XX, Cao DL, Jiang PP, Bennetzen JL, Soltis DE, Twyford AD, Yi TS, Fan SJ, Zhang XJ.

Plant Commun. 2026 Mar 25:101832. doi: 10.1016/j.xplc.2026.101832. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41883161

Chemical optimization of the exercise mimetic SLU-PP-332 enables insight into estrogen-related receptor signaling.

Okda HE, Zhao P, Hayes M, Duvall C, Quillin E, Fang H, Mohammed BM, Hegazy L, Burris TP, Elgendy B.

Int J Biol Macromol. 2026 Mar 16;355:151450. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2026.151450. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41850449

Precision percutaneous coronary intervention.

Wilson TM, Munaf U, Shaikh N, Rizwan A, Siddiqui R, Virk HUH, Alam M, Khalid U, Khawaja M, Attachaipanich T, Cavallari LH, Ahuja T, Nanna MG, Sharma SK, Klein LW, Mintz GS, Krittanawong C.

NPJ Cardiovasc Health. 2026 Mar 23;3(1):10. doi: 10.1038/s44325-026-00111-y.

PMID: 41872586

Acceptance of recommendations by a pharmacogenetics clinic.

Al Alshaykh H, Cicali E, Cavallari LH, Huber JK, Williams R, Alayban G, Asiri W, Mohamed G, Akhavan N, Holland N, Maska E, Nagoshi Y, Panna D, Wright A, Portillo Romero J, Wiisanen K.

Pharmacogenomics. 2026 Mar 24:1-9. doi: 10.1080/14622416.2026.2640827. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41873481

Correction: Nazarloo et al. Oxytocin, Vasopressin and Stress: A Hormetic Perspective. Curr. Issues Mol. Biol. 2025, 47, 632.

Nazarloo HP, Kingsbury MA, Lamont H, Dale CV, Nazarloo P, Davis JM, Porges EC, Cuffe SP, Carter CS.

Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2026 Feb 26;48(3):246. doi: 10.3390/cimb48030246.

PMID: 41899490

Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Suppresses Autoantibody Production and Cellular Autoimmunity in Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease (cGVHD) in a Lupus Mouse Model.

Elshikha AS, Abboud G, Stokes J, Arnold C, Kanda N, Morel L, Song S.

Biomolecules. 2026 Mar 1;16(3):371. doi: 10.3390/biom16030371.

PMID: 41897307

Functional Evaluation of Computationally Designed IL-10 in IL-10 KO Mice.

Stokes J, Hyder I, Shen Z, Ramdhan P, Bayer A, Wasserfall C, Li C, Song S.

Biomolecules. 2026 Mar 23;16(3):482. doi: 10.3390/biom16030482.

PMID: 41897417

Building Public Health Leadership Capacity Through Community-Based Education: The Florida Health Policy Leadership Academy.

Chakrabarti C, Hall JM, LeLaurin JH, Long BA, Zima S, Murrill P, Hoyos DM, Kates F, Bird K, Salloum RG, Cogle CR.

Am J Prev Med. 2026 Mar 20:108336. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2026.108336. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41865845

Dysbiosis and the gut-brain axis impairment in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias: is ‘pathobiome’ an etiological element?

Park G, Chakrabarty P, Efron PA, Nagpal R.

Essays Biochem. 2025 Dec 23;69(6):EBC20253055. doi: 10.1042/EBC20253055.

PMID: 41874395

Drinking water treatment residuals reduce toxicity to fish from metal-contaminated sediments.

Kurita-Oyamada HG, Kroll KJ, Zhou L, Kozuch M, Wallace SM, Gaillard JF, Bonzongo JJ, Denslow ND.

Environ Toxicol Chem. 2026 Mar 1;45(3):543-554. doi: 10.1093/etojnl/vgae079.

PMID: 39946173

Genetic Engineering of Lysogenic-Lytic Switch Genes Improves Burkholderia Phage Killing Efficacy.

Khrongsee P, Doore SM, Somprasong N, Schweizer HP, Xiao YP, Subramaniam K, Mergia A, Tuanyok A.

Int J Mol Sci. 2026 Mar 18;27(6):2772. doi: 10.3390/ijms27062772.

PMID: 41898633

Quantitative Imaging of Pyruvate Metabolism in a Patient With Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.

Bankson JA, Niedzielski JS, Harlan CJ, Chen Y, Walker CM, Lorenzi PL, Tan L, Kundra V, Merritt ME, Ragavan M, Schellingerhout D, He R, Ding Y, Datar S, Wang Q, Peterson CB, Fuller CD, Sandulache VC, Lai SY.

Magn Reson Med. 2026 Mar 24. doi: 10.1002/mrm.70351. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41876436

COVID19 Sero-epidemiology and vaccine uptake in two Southern Nigerian clinics.

Ugwu CA, Odebode O, Ajayi IO, Olubunmi J, Ifeoluwa B, Adole JA, Akano K, Okolie J, Eromon P, Kio IK, Amadi J, Adebayo PF, Mgbeokwere I, Lawal AO, Adegoke OA, Adeyemi AO, Owhin S, Ayodeji OO, Ahmed A, Henshaw E, Eyitayo ON, Sylvester AA, Omidele A, Emilola K, Funmilayo O, Oyewale Rufus A, Olakunle OO, Oluwaseun O, Matta AM, Bedekar P, Dahmash L, Forconi CS, Moormann AM, Dinglasan RR, Happi CT, Binder RA.

PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026 Mar 27;6(3):e0006126. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006126. eCollection 2026.

PMID: 41894443

Osteosarcoma cells promote intracellular iron detoxification to mitigate GPX4-mediated ferroptosis.

Abdullah M, Lee D, Nipa E, Castellanos-Gell J, Chan AM, Hernandez Maldonado O, Salute ME, Nance-Richey R, Milner RJ, Kim JH.

Cancer Gene Ther. 2026 Mar 23. doi: 10.1038/s41417-026-01021-y. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41872463

Letters Without Signatures: Who Decides for Our Patients? Ethical Limits of Non-Dermatologist Prior Authorization Reviewers.

Zieneldien T, Tan IJ, Ma S, Kim J, Succaria F, Grant-Kels JM.

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2026 Mar 24:S0190-9622(26)00473-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2026.03.063. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41887581

Recent Advancements of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Machine Learning: Methods, Challenges, and Opportunities.

Cheng J, Sahni T, Zhao Z, Stolte SE, You C, Woods AJ, Indahlastari A, Fang R.

Trans Artif Intell. 2026;2(1):54-77. doi: 10.53941/tai.2026.100005. Epub 2026 Mar 5.

PMID: 41890787