Caenorhabditis elegans
"Caenorhabditis elegans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of nematode that is widely used in biological, biochemical, and genetic studies.
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D017173
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.294.400.875.660.250.250
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Caenorhabditis elegans" by people in Profiles.
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Khananshvilli E, Abraham AC, Cohen N, Staum M, Friedman D, Rabinowitch I. In vivo RNA targeting in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans using exogenous catalytic DNA. Biotechniques. 2026 Jan-Dec; 78(1-12):207-223.
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Yu B, Suehiro Y, Johnson BJ, Lee ES, Li D, Huang Y, Johnson J, Ou G, DeGregori J, Mitani S, Xue D. Cathepsin B protease mediates high population density-induced mutagenesis to drive genome evolution and competitive growth. Nat Commun. 2026 May 04; 17(1).
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Shi R, Ho XY, Tao L, Bayless-Edwards L, Taylor CA, Zhao T, Zou W, Lizzappi M, Eichel K, Mao T, Shen K. Stochastic growth and ligand-receptor interaction-mediated stabilization generate stereotyped dendritic arbors. Nat Neurosci. 2026 Jun; 29(6):1313-1326.
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Dohoney RA, Palanikumar L, Oldani E, Baysah CZ, Joseph JA, Polanco D, Santos-Otte P, Stillman NH, Corcoran P, Ball TD, Fitch TC, Ahmed J, Ogbonna-Ukuku I, Reynolds Caicedo KM, Liu Y, Leehey MA, Linseman DA, Paredes DA, Birol M, Cremades N, Magzoub M, Kumar S. Foldamers rescue synucleinopathy phenotypes in multiple in vitro and in vivo models. Sci Transl Med. 2026 Apr; 18(843):eadu1050.
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Rivas D, Baltasar-Fernandez I, AlOkda A, Al Saedi A, Karasik D, Van Raamsdonk JM, Duque G. Picolinic acid, a tryptophan metabolite, exhibits anabolic effects in muscle cells and improves lifespan and movement in C. elegans. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2026 01 02; 81(1).
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Bellver-Sanchis A, Valle-Garcia D, Barbaraci C, Romero-Becerra F, Singh RK, Jarne-Ferrer J, Vasilopoulou F, Irisarri A, Martínez-Fernández C, Fafián-Labora JA, Arufe MC, Wüst C, Castellanos A, Soto D, Casals N, Fadó R, Pocock JM, Navarro G, Val C, Brea J, Loza MI, Lleó A, Fortea J, Alcolea D, Perez-Bosque A, Miró L, Pérez B, Rashid S, Ali M, Saqib M, Lí Carbó M, Guerrero A, Vázquez S, Choudhary BS, Dai S, Escolano C, Franco R, Pallàs M, Griñán-Ferré C. First-in-class SAM-competitive G9a inhibitor FLAV-27 as a disease-modifying therapy for Alzheimer disease. Mol Ther. 2026 Apr 01; 34(4):2372-2407.
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Asadollahi R, Ahmad A, Boonsawat P, Shahanoor Hinzen J, Lohse M, Bouazza-Arostegui B, Sun S, Utesch T, Sommer JD, Ilic D, Padmanarayana M, Fischermanns K, Ranjan M, Boll M, Ka C, Piton A, Mattioli F, Isidor B, Õunap K, Reinson K, Wojcik MH, Marshall CR, Mercimek-Andrews S, Matsumoto N, Miyake N, Stephan BO, Honjo RS, Bertola DR, Kim CA, Yusupov R, Mefford HC, Christodoulou J, Lee J, Heath O, Brown NJ, Baker N, Stark Z, Delatycki M, Lake NJ, Zeidler S, Zuurbier L, Maas SM, de Kruiff CC, Rajabi F, Rodan LH, Coury SA, Platzer K, Oppermann H, Abou Jamra R, Beblo S, Maxton C, Smigiel R, Underhill H, Dubbs H, Rosen A, Helbig KL, Helbig I, Ruggiero SM, Fitzgerald MP, Kraemer D, Prada CE, Tenney J, Jayakar P, Redon S, Lefranc J, Uguen K, Race S, Efthymiou S, Maroofian R, Houlden H, Coppens S, Deconinck N, Ashokkumar B, Varalakshmi P, Gowda K VR, Eghbal F, Ghayoor Karimiani E, Heidari M, Neidhardt J, Owczarek-Lipska M, Korenke GC, Bamshad MJ, Campeau PM, Lehman A, Hendon LG, Wentzensen IM, Monaghan KG, Chen Y, Szuto A, Cohn RD, Au PYB, Hübner C, Boschann F, Manickam K, Koboldt DC, Rad A, Oprea G, Bachman KK, Seeley AH, Agolini E, Terracciano A, Carmelo P, Bupp C, Grysko B, Rein-Rothschild A, Ben Zeev B, Margolin A, Morrison J, Dagli A, Stolerman E, Louie RJ, Washington C, Stevens SJC, Heijligers M, Alkuraya FS, Lisfeld J, Neu A, Paoli Monteiro F, Santos Pessoa AL, Camelo-Filho AE, Kok F, Koeberl D, Riley K, Burglen L, Doummar D, Héron B, Mignot C, Keren B, Charles P, Nava C, Bernhard FP, Kühn AA, Thoms S, Morrie RD, Mekhoubad S, Green EM, Barmada SJ, Gitler AD, Jahn O, Rhee JS, Rosenmund C, Mitkovski M, Sticht H, Sun H, Le Gac G, Taschenberger H, Brose N, Dittman JS, Rauch A, Lipstein N. Pathogenic UNC13A variants cause a neurodevelopmental syndrome by impairing synaptic function. Nat Genet. 2025 Nov; 57(11):2691-2704.
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Fielder SM, Friederich MW, Hock DH, Zhang JR, Valin LM, Rosenfeld JA, Booth KTA, Brown NJ, Rius R, Sharma T, Semcesen LN, Worley KC, Burrage LC, Treat K, Samson T, Govert S, DaCunha S, Yuan W, Chen J, Lesinski J, Hoang H, Morrison SA, Ladha FA, Van Hove RA, Michel CR, Reisdorph R, Tycksen E, Baldridge D, Silverman GA, Soler-Alfonso C, Conboy E, Vetrini F, Emrick L, Craigen WJ, Sykes SM, Stroud DA, Van Hove JLK, Schedl T, Pak SC. Dominant negative ATP5F1A variants disrupt oxidative phosphorylation causing neurological disorders. EMBO Mol Med. 2025 Oct; 17(10):2562-2585.
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Wang S, Xue D. Asymmetric partitioning of persistent paternal mitochondria during cell divisions safeguards embryo development and mitochondrial inheritance. Dev Cell. 2025 Jun 23; 60(12):1730-1750.e10.
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Liang X, Agulto R, Eichel K, Taylor CA, Paat VA, Deng H, Ori-McKenney K, Shen K. CRMP/UNC-33 maintains neuronal microtubule arrays by promoting individual microtubule rescue. Curr Biol. 2025 Feb 24; 35(4):734-745.e8.
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