Featured this week: 

• Sahaana Arumugam, BA, BS
• Lecia Epping, BS
• Kathryn Eschbacher, MD
• Matthew Gosse, MD
• Daniel Griffin, MD
• John Harty, PhD
• Mariah Hassert, PhD
• Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD
• Madison Mix, BA

• Engineered miR-122 inhibitors preserve endothelial mitochondrial function and prevent vascular dysfunction in obesity-associated prediabetes. Gaddam RR, Pathuri M, Deb P, Dwivedi S, Vikram A, Kasina V, Amalkar VS, Lira V, Kaur H, Dhanesha N, Mangalam AK, Bahal R, Vikram A. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2026 Jan 9;37(1):102830. doi: 10.1016/j.omtn.2026.102830. eCollection 2026 Mar 12. PMID: 41630989
   
• mRNA vaccination overcomes haemozoin-mediated impairment of whole-parasite malaria vaccines in mice. Hassert M, Drewry LL, Pewe LL, Hancox LS, He R, Arumugam S, Mix MR, Salem AK, Harty JT. Nat Microbiol. 2026 Feb 2. doi: 10.1038/s41564-026-02263-0. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41629565
   
• A 50-year-old man with a 12-year history of extensive pachymeningeal thickening. Lee AM, Gaddamanugu S, Eschbacher KL, Ravindran A. Brain Pathol. 2026 Feb 1:e70075. doi: 10.1111/bpa.70075. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41621831
   
• Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastasis to the Pancreas: A Comprehensive Review. Aziz H, Kotla A, Abbey R, Toliver BC, Gosse M, Yasmine N, Aswani Y, Pawlik T. J Gastrointest Surg. 2026 Jan 28:102347. doi: 10.1016/j.gassur.2026.102347. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41617051
   
• Enhanced Myometrial Vascularity: Is It an Arteriovenous Malformation? Review of Definitions, Imaging Findings, and Management. Zamboni CG, Andrade GHV, Pria OAFD, Heming CAM, Gadelha MCAB, Griffin DT, Metz CM, Damasceno RS, Donato F, Carney BJ, Marcelino ASZ, Amoedo MK, Esposito RA, Kamaya A. Radiographics. 2026 Feb;46(2):e250152. doi: 10.1148/rg.250152. PMID: 41610036