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Proteomics Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . February 17th, 2003

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Related Areas: Other Issues in Proteomics Weekly | Other Publications

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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