Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . February 17th, 2003
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Alzheimer Disease - ApoE secretion by glia requires protein prenylation, is suppressed by statins
Bacteriology - Newly identified gut protein kills bacteria
Cell Biology - Team unlocks a key piece of neurotransmission puzzle
Cell Permeability - Shock waves could deliver ribosome-inactivating cytotoxin to cancer cells
DDT Toxicity - Gene transcription altered in cell lines, fully independent of estrogen receptor
Monocyte Differentiation - Caspases induce incomplete apoptosis in macrophage generation
Airway Cilia - A-kinase anchoring protein found associated to axonemes; role in beat likely
Alzheimer Disease - Amyloid precursor protein secretion may be regulated by drug inhibitor of TACE
Anticancer Agent - Heat shock can protect some cancer cells from TRAIL induced apoptosis
Atherosclerosis - Human plaques found to express DC-SIGN of dendritic cell/macrophage origin
Atherosclerosis - Small G proteins may play role in lipid-lowering of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
Autoimmunity - Inflammation is shown to be a factor driving organ specific development
Brain Cancer - ST2 gene product suppresses glioblastoma growth
Cancer Biology - Abnormal number of chromosomes is one step in cancer development
Cell Adhesion - Organizational complexity and function of glycosphingolipid-protein interactions
Cell Biology - A bed of microneedles: Scientists' gadget measures muscle cell force
Cell Biology - Newly discovered cellular process helps cells respond to DNA damage
Cell Memory - Activated, virus-specific CD4(+) memory T cells persist in nonlymphoid tissues
Chemotherapy - IL-2 receptor upregulation by arginine butyrate increases DAB(389)IL-2 toxicity
DNA Repair - GADD45-induced cell cycle G2-M arrest occurs in active p53 cells
Dendritic Cells - Different chemokines are produced by myeloid and plasmacytoid cell types
Developmental Biology - Researchers describe how two genes drive blood vessel formation
Drug Design - Chemotherapy needs to target mitochondrial permeability to ensure apoptosis
Drug Synergy - Ferrocenium derivative's degradation enhances iron-dependent drug's cytotoxicity
Endocrine Tumors - Menin interacts with many proteins in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
Fertility - Sperm's fertilizing potential in male smokers now the focus of study
Gene Expression - Scientists describe how cells rein in transcription
HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Viral Nef downregulates MHC-I by a PACS-1-and PI3K-regulated ARF6 endocytic pathway
HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Viral Vpr protein upregulates Survivin
HIV/AIDS Proteomics - Artificial SH3 domains tightly bind SIV Nef
HIV/AIDS Proteomics - CD4 binding site antibodies block gp120-CCR5 interaction
HIV/AIDS Proteomics - Differential acetylation of Tat coordinates cyclin T1 and PCAF interactions
HIV/AIDS Proteomics - Membrane-binding domain region involved in retroviral budding identified
HIV/AIDS Proteomics - Protease dimer interactions influence activation and GagPol cleavage specificity
HIV/AIDS Research - Viral Tat targets microtubules to induce CD4 cell apoptosis
HIV/AIDS Therapy - Novel agents inhibit viral Vpr protein function
HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Salmonella-based priming improves mucosal antiviral response
HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Effects of viral protein modifications on immunogenecity characterized
Human B-Cell Lymphoma - RC-K8 cells have multiple genetic alterations affecting Rel/NF-kappa B
Immune Cell Distribution - HIV-1 plasma viremia is shown to influence dendritic cell number and activity
Immunoglobulin M - Distribution of B cell types is regulated by the presence of polyclonal IgM
Immunomodulation - Chimera a novel alternative for preventing graft rejection
Infectious Disease - Pseudomonas resistance protein Ohr characterized
Infectious Disease - Toxoplasma gondii redox couple potential drug target
Infectious Disease - mtrR promoter deletion not needed for N. gonorrhoeae drug resistance
Infectious Disease - New protein will help fight inflammation
Infectious Disease Diagnosis - Standard tests may miss H. influenzae extended-spectrum beta-lactamases
Inflammatory Response - Calcium can regulate GM-CSF transcription positively and negatively
Leukemia - Zinc-induced apoptosis requires caspase and p38(MAPK) activation
Leukemogenesis - Post-transcriptional RNA-binding shuttling proteins perform important role
Lung Cancer - Human erb-B-3 transgenic mouse model elucidates tumorigenesis mechanism
Lymphomas - Only aggressive subset has same amount of mRNA but decreased CHK2 expression
MHC Class I - Nonclassical HLA-G, of no known receptor, forms disulfide-linked dimers on cell
Malaria Pathogenesis - Age-dependent enhancement of IFN-gamma responses to liver stage antigen-1 T cell epitopes
Malaria Research - Second P. falciparum proliferating cell nuclear antigen found
Molecular Function - Stereoenantiomers of lysophosphatidic acid induce proliferation or apoptosis
Molecular Modeling - Possible oncogenic switch found by studying two transmembrane domains of erbB2
Myeloma - Increased activation of N-ras and K-ras pools induced by increases in IL-6
Neurodegenerative Disease - Mutated gene normally manages protein folding
Ovariectomy - Increased IL-7 is related to postoperative bone loss
Parkinson Disease - Discovery gives insight to neurological disorders
Protein Structure - Common themes in protein kinases from diverse organisms
Proteomics - Protein microarray technology may help biological system understanding
RNA Metabolism - Processing elements associate with multiple brain proteins
Skin Inflammation - Substance P and IFN-gamma together enhance keratinocyte production of IP-10
Stem Cell Research - Neurogenin3 needed endocrine cell fate specification in intestinal and gastric epithelium
Stem Cell Research - Pax5 promotes B lymphopoiesis and blocks T cell development by repressing Notch1
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Autoimmunity possibly originates from stress and altered polyamine expression
Tissue Culture - A 3D tissue culture structure alters fibroblast response to TGF-beta 1
Urothelial Cancer - MAP-kinase pathways for normal cell proliferation are used less by cancer cells
West Nile Fever - Viral capsid protein induces inflammation through apoptotic pathway
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