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Lachesin is a mosquito receptor for multiple arthritogenic alphaviruses Plung et al. bioRxiv 2026.07.28.741058; doi: doi.org/10.64898/2026.…

Hu, Y., Comjean, A., Gao, C., Veal, A., Yamamoto, S., Mohr, S.E. and Perrimon, N. (2026) DIOPT: the DRSC Integrative Ortholog Prediction Tool, 2026 update. Genetics. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyag194. PMID: 42504133

New paper: Lipid metabolism of hepatocyte-like cells supports intestinal tumor growth in Drosophila. Huang K, Miao T, Chen Y, Dantas E, Sanford J, Asara JM, Moon SJ, Hu Y, Wang K, Han M, Goncalves M, Perrimon N. Nat Commun. 2026 Jul 3. doi: 10.1038 s41467-026-75074-w.

New paper: Streptomyces produce a diphtheria toxin-like exotoxin that targets insects. Xu et al.Nat Microbiol. 2026 Apr 30. doi: 10.1038/s41564-026-02315-5. Online ahead of print. PMID: 42062574

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New paper: Bosch, J. A. et al. (2026) Multi-omic mapping of Drosophila protein secretomes reveals tissue-specific origins and inter-organ trafficking. Nat Commun. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-71763-8. PMID: 42009678

Miao, T., Liu, Y., Qadiri, M., Dasseux, A., Asara, J. M., Hu, Y., Sun, X., Pliego-Alcántara, LDC., Dibble, C. and Perrimon, N. (2026) Renal coenzyme A (CoA) production from Vitamin B5 fuels stem cell proliferation and tumor growth. Nat Commun. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-71716-1.

Han. M., Xia, B., Kim, A-R., Filine, E., Stoneburner, E., Miao, T., Liu, Y., Zirin, J. and Perrimon, N. (2026) Phage display-mediated immuno-PCR to detect low-abundance secreted proteins in Drosophila. PNAS. 14;123(15):e2531777123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2531777123. PMID: 41941621

Petsakou, A., Filine. E., Li, M., Zheng, A., and Perrimon, N. (2026) Tumor-induced orexigenic imbalance lowers protein appetite and drives early organ wasting symptoms. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-70074-2. PMID: 41792134

Lane, E., Petsakou, A., Liu, Y., Chen, W., Qadiri, M., Hu, Y. and Perrimon, N. (2026) Cholinergic signaling modulates intestinal pathophysiology in a Drosophila model of cystic fibrosis. PloS Genetics. 22(2):e1012048. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1012048. PMID: 41701793

Ewen-Campen, B., Chen, W., Tattikota, S. G., Liu, Y., Hu, Y. and Perrimon, N. (2026) The Drosophila proventriculus lacks stem cells but compensates for age-related cell loss via endoreplication-mediated cell growth. doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025.0…. Nat Comm. PMID: 41593082

Moon, Hu, Dzieciatkowska, Kim, Asara, D'Alessandro and Perrimon (2026) Modeling tissue-specific Drosophila metabolism identifies high sugar diet-induced metabolic dysregulation in muscle at reaction and pathway levels. Nat Comm. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-68395-3.

Marques et al. (2025) In-situ glial cell-surface proteomics identifies pro-longevity factors in Drosophila. eLife14:RP109422https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.109422.1

Lin, Deng, Gao, Tan, Zhong, Tan, Tan, Virshup, Bosch, Perrimon and Wang (2026) Microproteins Simba1 and Simba2 activate Wingless signaling during the reactivation of neural stem cells in Drosophila. Nat. Comm. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-66727-3. PMID: 41298547

Mameli, Samantsidis, Viswanatha, Kwon, Hall, Butnaru, Hu., Y., Mohr, Perrimon and Smith (2025) A genome-wide CRISPR screen in Anopheles mosquito cells identifies fitness and immune cell function-related genes. 16(1):10323. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65304-y. PMID: 41285753

Huang, K. and Perrimon, N. (2025) Metabolic command centers in Drosophila: How the fat body and oenocytes orchestrate immunity, reproduction, and aging. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 101459. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2025.101459. PMID: 41218693

New paper Phage display-mediated immuno-PCR to detect low-abundance secreted proteins in Drosophila Han, Xia, Ah-Ram Kim, Filine, Stoneburner, Miao, Liu, Zirin, Perrimon bioRxiv 2025.10.31.685841; doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025.1…

New paper: A Structure-Guided Kinase-Transcription Factor Interactome Atlas Reveals Docking Landscapes of the Kinome Kim, Huang, Johnson, Yaron-Barir, Keven Wang, Cantley, Hu, Perrimon bioRxiv 2025.10.10.681672; doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025.1…

New paper: A family of lethal exotoxins defined by cell entry via the Attractin receptor Viswanatha, Lee, Robins, Mameli, Hu, Kim, Hashmi, Hiroshi , Prakash, Butnaru, Churchman, Mohr, Mekalanos, Perrimon doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025.1…