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'Role reversal' for the receptor PAR1 in sepsis-induced vascular damage
Nicole C Kaneider et al.
Nature Immunology 8, 1303–1312
(December 2007); doi:10.1038/ni1525
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T cell-encoded CD80 and 4-1BBL induce auto- and transcostimulation, resulting in potent tumor rejection
Matthias T Stephan et al.
Nature Medicine 13, 1440–1449
(December 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1676
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Building the bionic T cell
Drew M Pardoll
Nature Medicine 13, 1411–1413
(December 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1207-1411
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Acid-sensing ion channel-1 contributes to axonal degeneration in autoimmune inflammation of the central nervous system
Manuel A Friese et al.
Nature Medicine 13, 1483–1489
(December 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1668
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Ligand-independent activation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 by low-density lipoprotein
Ryosuke Usui, Masabumi Shibuya, Shun Ishibashi & Yoshiro Maru
EMBO Reports 8, 1155–1161
(December 2007); doi:10.1038/sj.embor.7401103
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Therapeutic differentiation and maturation of lymphatic vessels after lymph node dissection and transplantation
Tuomas Tammela et al.
Nature Medicine 13, 1458–1466
(December 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1689
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PPAR-γ regulates osteoclastogenesis in mice
Yihong Wan, Ling-Wa Chong & Ronald M Evans
Nature Medicine 13, 1496–1503
(December 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1672
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Interferons at age 50: past, current and future impact on biomedicine
Ernest C. Borden et al.
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 975–990
(December 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2422
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Small molecule activators of SIRT1 as therapeutics for the treatment of type 2 diabetes
Jill C. Milne et al.
Nature 450, 712–716
(29 November 2007); doi:10.1038/nature06261
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TLR4 enhances TGF-β signaling and hepatic fibrosis
Ekihiro Seki et al.
Nature Medicine 13, 1324–1332
(November 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1663
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A deer in the headlights: BAMBI meets liver fibrosis
Scott L Friedman
Nature Medicine 13, 1281–1282
(November 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1107-1281
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Genetic links between diet and lifespan: shared mechanisms from yeast to humans
Nicholas A. Bishop & Leonard Guarente
Nature Reviews Genetics 8, 835–844
(November 2007); doi:10.1038/nrg2188
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Complement-targeted therapeutics
Daniel Ricklin & John D Lambris
Nature Biotechnology 25, 1265–1275
(November 2007); doi:10.1038/nbt1342
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Discovery and development of the complement inhibitor eculizumab for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Russell P Rother, Scott A Rollins, Christopher F Mojcik, Robert A Brodsky & Leonard Bell
Nature Biotechnology 25, 1256–1264
(November 2007); doi:10.1038/nbt1344
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Critical link between TRAIL and CCL20 for the activation of TH2 cells and the expression of allergic airway disease
Markus Weckmann et al.
Nature Medicine 13, 1308–1315
(November 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1660
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Classification and prediction of clinical Alzheimer's diagnosis based on plasma signaling proteins
Sandip Ray et al.
Nature Medicine 13, 1359–1362
(November 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1653
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Simultaneous targeting of multiple disease mediators by a dual-variable-domain immunoglobulin
Chengbin Wu et al.
Nature Biotechnology 25, 1290–1297
(November 2007); doi:10.1038/nbt1345
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Two heads are better than one
Sherie L Morrison
Nature Biotechnology 25, 1233–1234
(November 2007); doi:10.1038/nbt1107-1233
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Target deconvolution strategies in drug discovery
Georg C. Terstappen, Christina Schlüpen, Roberto Raggiaschi & Giovanni Gaviraghi
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 891–903
(November 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2410
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prp8 mutations that cause human retinitis pigmentosa lead to a U5 snRNP maturation defect in yeast
Kum-Loong Boon et al.
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 14, 1077–1083
(November 2007); doi:10.1038/nsmb1303
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When cilia go bad: cilia defects and ciliopathies
Manfred Fliegauf, Thomas Benzing & Heymut Omran
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 8, 880–893
(November 2007); doi:10.1038/nrm2278
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Proteins, drug targets and the mechanisms they control: the simple truth about complex networks
Robyn P. Araujo, Lance A. Liotta & Emanuel F. Petricoin
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 871–880
(November 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2381
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Central control of bone remodeling by neuromedin U
Shingo Sato et al.
Nature Medicine 13, 1234–1240
(October 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1640
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Where lies the blame for resistance-tumor or host?
Charles L Sawyers
Nature Medicine 13, 1144–1145
(October 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1007-1144
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Flying under the radar: the new wave of BCR-ABL inhibitors
Alfonso Quintás-Cardama, Hagop Kantarjian & Jorge Cortes
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 834–848
(October 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2324
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Mammalian circadian signaling networks and therapeutic targets
Andrew C Liu, Warren G Lewis and Steve A Kay
Nature Chemical Biology 3, 630–639
(October 2007); doi:10.1038/nchembio.2007.37
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27-Hydroxycholesterol is an endogenous SERM that inhibits the cardiovascular effects of estrogen
Michihisa Umetani et al.
Nature Medicine 13, 1185–1192
(October 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1641
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Modifying IGF1 activity: an approach to treat endocrine disorders, atherosclerosis and cancer
David R. Clemmons
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 821–833
(October 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2359
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Crucial role of a long-chain fatty acid elongase, Elovl6, in obesity-induced insulin resistance
Takashi Matsuzaka, Hitoshi Shimano, Naoya Yahagi, Toyonori Kato, Ayaka Atsumi, Takashi Yamamoto, Noriyuki Inoue, Mayumi Ishikawa, Sumiyo Okada, Naomi Ishigaki, Hitoshi Iwasaki, Yuko Iwasaki, Tadayoshi Karasawa, Shin Kumadaki, Toshiyuki Matsui, Motohiro Sekiya, Ken Ohashi, Alyssa H Hasty, Yoshimi Nakagawa, Akimitsu Takahashi, Hiroaki Suzuki, Sigeru Yatoh, Hirohito Sone, Hideo Toyoshima, Jun-ichi Osuga & Nobuhiro Yamada
Nature Medicine 13, 1193–1202
(October 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1662
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It's what you do with the fat that matters!
Clinton R Bruce & Mark A Febbraio
Nature Medicine 13, 1137–1138
(October 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1007-1137
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Emergence of a DNA-damage response network consisting of Fanconi anaemia and BRCA proteins
Weidong Wang
Nature Reviews Genetics 8, 735–748
(October 2007); doi:10.1038/nrg2159
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Inhibition of nociceptors by TRPV1-mediated entry of impermeant sodium channel blockers
Alexander M. Binshtok, Bruce P. Bean & Clifford J. Woolf
Nature 449, 607–610
(4 October 2007); doi:10.1038/nature06191
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Neuroscience: A local route to pain relief
Edwin W. McCleskey
Nature 449, 545–546
(4 October 2007); doi:10.1038/449545a
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Evolving functions of endothelial cells in inflammation
Jordan S. Pober & William C. Sessa
Nature Reviews Immunology 7, 803–815
(October 2007); doi:10.1038/nri2171
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Pathologically activated therapeutics for neuroprotection
Stuart A. Lipton
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8, 803–808
(October 2007); doi:10.1038/nrn2229
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Multiple sclerosis: a complicated picture of autoimmunity
Henry F McFarland & Roland Martin
Nature Immunology 8, 913–919
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/ni1507
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Antigen-specific tolerance strategies for the prevention and treatment of autoimmune disease
Stephen D. Miller, Danielle M. Turley & Joseph R. Podojil
Nature Reviews Immunology 7, 665–677
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nri2153
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High levels of GDF15 in thalassemia suppress expression of the iron regulatory protein hepcidin
Toshihiko Tanno, Natarajan V Bhanu, Patricia A Oneal, Sung-Ho Goh, Pamela Staker, Y Terry Lee, John W Moroney, Christopher H Reed, Naomi LC Luban, Rui-Hong Wang, Thomas E Eling, Richard Childs, Tomas Ganz, Susan F Leitman, Suthat Fucharoen & Jeffery L Miller
Nature Medicine 13, 1096–1101
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1629
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Diseased red blood cells topple iron balance
Stella T Chou & Mitchell J Weiss
Nature Medicine 13, 1020–1021
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nm0907-1020
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Activation of mGlu2/3 receptors as a new approach to treat schizophrenia: a randomized Phase 2 clinical trial
Sandeep T Patil, Lu Zhang, Ferenc Martenyi, Stephen L Lowe, Kimberley A Jackson, Boris V Andreev, Alla S Avedisova, Leonid M Bardenstein, Issak Y Gurovich, Margarita A Morozova, Sergey N Mosolov, Nikolai G Neznanov, Alexander M Reznik, Anatoly B Smulevich, Vladimir A Tochilov, Bryan G Johnson, James A Monn & Darryle D Schoepp
Nature Medicine 13, 1102–1107
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1632
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Schizophrenia drug says goodbye to dopamine
Daniel R Weinberger
Nature Medicine 13, 1018–1019
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nm0907-1018
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Translation matters: protein synthesis defects in inherited disease
Gert C. Scheper, Marjo S. van der Knaap & Christopher G. Proud
Nature Reviews Genetics 8, 711–723
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nrg2142
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New insights into BDNF function in depression and anxiety
Keri Martinowich, Husseini Manji & Bai Lu
Nature Neuroscience 10, 1089–1093
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1971
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Prospective identification of myogenic endothelial cells in human skeletal muscle
Bo Zheng, Baohong Cao, Mihaela Crisan, Bin Sun, Guangheng Li, Alison Logar, Solomon Yap, Jonathan B Pollett, Lauren Drowley, Theresa Cassino, Burhan Gharaibeh, Bridget M Deasy, Johnny Huard & Bruno Péault
Nature Biotechnology 25, 1025–1034
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nbt1334
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On the iTRAQ of kinase inhibitors
Forest M White
Nature Biotechnology 25, 994–996
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nbt0907-994
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Spliceostatin A targets SF3b and inhibits both splicing and nuclear retention of pre-mRNA
Daisuke Kaida, Hajime Motoyoshi, Etsu Tashiro, Takayuki Nojima, Masatoshi Hagiwara, Ken Ishigami, Hidenori Watanabe, Takeshi Kitahara, Tatsuhiko Yoshida, Hidenori Nakajima, Tokio Tani, Sueharu Horinouchi & Minoru Yoshida
Nature Chemical Biology 3, 576–583
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nchembio.2007.18
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Splicing factor SF3b as a target of the antitumor natural product pladienolide
Yoshihiko Kotake, Koji Sagane, Takashi Owa, Yuko Mimori-Kiyosue, Hajime Shimizu, Mai Uesugi, Yasushi Ishihama, Masao Iwata & Yoshiharu Mizui
Nature Chemical Biology 3, 570–575
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nchembio.2007.16
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Targeting the spliceosome
Brian Rymond
Nature Chemical Biology 3, 533–535
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nchembio0907-533
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Quantitative chemical proteomics reveals mechanisms of action of clinical ABL kinase inhibitors
Marcus Bantscheff, Dirk Eberhard, Yann Abraham, Sonja Bastuck, Markus Boesche, Scott Hobson, Toby Mathieson, Jessica Perrin, Manfred Raida, Christina Rau, Valérie Reader, Gavain Sweetman, Andreas Bauer, Tewis Bouwmeester, Carsten Hopf, Ulrich Kruse, Gitte Neubauer, Nigel Ramsden, Jens Rick, Bernhard Kuster & Gerard Drewes
Nature Biotechnology 25, 1035–1044
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nbt1328
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Molecular basis for sunitinib efficacy and future clinical development
Sandrine Faivre, George Demetri, William Sargent & Eric Raymond
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 734–745
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2380
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Role of JAK2 in the pathogenesis and therapy of myeloproliferative disorders
Ross L. Levine, Animesh Pardanani, Ayalew Tefferi & D. Gary Gilliland
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 673–683
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nrc2210
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Germline loss-of-function mutations in SPRED1 cause a neurofibromatosis 1-like phenotype
Hilde Brems, Magdalena Chmara, Mourad Sahbatou, Ellen Denayer, Koji Taniguchi, Reiko Kato, Riet Somers, Ludwine Messiaen, Sofie De Schepper, Jean-Pierre Fryns, Jan Cools, Peter Marynen, Gilles Thomas, Akihiko Yoshimura & Eric Legius
Nature Genetics 39, 1120–1126
(2007); doi:10.1038/ng2113
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The effect of neurodegenerative diseases on the subventricular zone
Maurice A. Curtis, Richard L. M. Faull & Peter S. Eriksson
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8, 712–723
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nrn2216
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A diverse family of thermostable cytochrome P450s created by recombination of stabilizing fragments
Hilde Brems, Magdalena Chmara, Mourad Sahbatou, Ellen Denayer, Koji Taniguchi, Reiko Kato, Riet Somers, Ludwine Messiaen, Sofie De Schepper, Jean-Pierre Yougen Li, D Allan Drummond, Andrew M Sawayama, Christopher D Snow, Jesse D Bloom & Frances H Arnold
Nature Biotechnology 25, 1051–1056
(2007); doi:10.1038/nbt1333
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Targeting virulence: a new paradigm for antimicrobial therapy
Anne E Clatworthy, Emily Pierson & Deborah T Hung
Nature Chemical Biology 3, 541–548
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nchembio.2007.24
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Cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15 interact to form tip-link filaments in sensory hair cells
Piotr Kazmierczak, Hirofumi Sakaguchi, Joshua Tokita, Elizabeth M. Wilson-Kubalek, Ronald A. Milligan, Ulrich Müller & Bechara Kachar
Nature 449, 87–91
(6 September 2007); doi:10.1038/nature06091
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Endocrine regulation of ageing
Steven J. Russell & C. Ronald Kahn
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 8, 681–691
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nrm2234
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Vitamin D signalling pathways in cancer: potential for anticancer therapeutics
Kristin K. Deeb, Donald L. Trump & Candace S. Johnson
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 684–700
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nrc2196
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Building better magic bullets — improving unconjugated monoclonal antibody therapy for cancer
Louis M. Weiner
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 701–706
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nrc2209
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RNA interference and inhibition of MEK-ERK signaling prevent abnormal skeletal phenotypes in a mouse model of craniosynostosis
Vivek Shukla, Xavier Coumoul, Rui-Hong Wang, Hyun-Seok Kim & Chu-Xia Deng
Nature Genetics 39, 1145–1150
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2096
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Cancer drugs to treat birth defects
Andrew O M Wilkie
Nature Genetics 39, 1057–1059
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/ng0907-1057
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Translation matters: protein synthesis defects in inherited disease
Gert C. Scheper, Marjo S. van der Knaap & Christopher G. Proud
Nature Reviews Genetics 8, 711–723
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nrg2142
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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors: mutant mice provide new insights for drug development
Jürgen Wess, Richard M. Eglen & Dinesh Gautam
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 721–733
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2379
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Dominant-negative mutations in the DNA-binding domain of STAT3 cause hyper-IgE syndrome
Yoshiyuki Minegishi, Masako Saito, Shigeru Tsuchiya, Ikuya Tsuge, Hidetoshi Takada, Toshiro Hara, Nobuaki Kawamura, Tadashi Ariga, Srdjan Pasic, Oliver Stojkovic, Ayse Metin & Hajime Karasuyama
Nature 448, 1058–1062
(30 August 2007); doi:10.1038/nature06096
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E3 ubiquitin ligase Cblb regulates the acute inflammatory response underlying lung injury
Kurt Bachmaier, Sophie Toya, Xiaopei Gao, Thomas Triantafillou, Sean Garrean, Gye Young Park, Randall S Frey, Stephen Vogel, Richard Minshall, John W Christman, Chinnaswamy Tiruppathi & Asrar B Malik
Nature Medicine 13, 920–926
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1607
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Understanding multiple myeloma pathogenesis in the bone marrow to identify new therapeutic targets
Teru Hideshima, Constantine Mitsiades, Giovanni Tonon, Paul G. Richardson & Kenneth C. Anderson
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 585–598
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nrc2189
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Germline gain-of-function mutations in RAF1 cause Noonan syndrome
M Abdur Razzaque, Tsutomu Nishizawa, Yuta Komoike, Hisato Yagi, Michiko Furutani, Ryunosuke Amo, Mitsuhiro Kamisago, Kazuo Momma, Hiroshi Katayama, Masao Nakagawa, Yuko Fujiwara, Masaki Matsushima, Katsumi Mizuno, Mika Tokuyama, Hamao Hirota, Jun Muneuchi, Toru Higashinakagawa & Rumiko Matsuoka
Nature Genetics 39, 1013–1017
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2078
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Small antibody mimetics comprising two complementarity-determining regions and a framework region for tumor targeting
Xiao-Qing Qiu, He Wang, Bei Cai, Lan-Lan Wang & Shi-Tao Yue
Nature Biotechnology 25, 921–929
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nbt1320
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Antibodies cut down to size
Robert Charles Ladner
Nature Biotechnology 25, 875–877
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nbt0807-875
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Small-molecule therapies for cardiac hypertrophy: moving beneath the cell surface
Timothy A. McKinsey & David A. Kass
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 617–635
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2193
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Critical regulation of CD4+ T cell survival and autoimmunity by β-arrestin 1
Yufeng Shi, Yan Feng, Jiuhong Kang, Chang Liu, Zhenxin Li, Dangsheng Li, Wei Cao, Ju Qiu, Zhengliang Guo, Enguang Bi, Lei Zang, Chuanzhen Lu, Jingwu Z Zhang & Gang Pei
Nature Immunology 8, 817–824
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/ni1489
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Arresting autoimmunity by blocking β-arrestin 1
Terra J Frederick & Stephen D Miller
Nature Immunology 8, 791–792
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/ni0807-791
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IL-15 constrains mast cell-dependent antibacterial defenses by suppressing chymase activities
Zane Orinska, Marcus Maurer, Farhad Mirghomizadeh, Elena Bulanova, Martin Metz, Natalia Nashkevich, Florian Schiemann, Jan Schulmistrat, Vadim Budagian, Julien Giron-Michel, Ernst Brandt, Ralf Paus & Silvia Bulfone-Paus
Nature Medicine 13, 927–934
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1615
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The curiosity of IL-15
Peter A Ward
Nature Medicine 13, 903–904
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nm0807-903
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Periostin induces proliferation of differentiated cardiomyocytes and promotes cardiac repair
Bernhard Kühn, Federica del Monte, Roger J Hajjar, Yuh-Shin Chang, Djamel Lebeche, Shima Arab & Mark T Keating
Nature Medicine 13, 962–969
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1619
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Active-site directed probes to report enzymatic action in the ubiquitin proteasome system
Huib Ovaa
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 613–620
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nrc2128
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Gain-of-function RAF1 mutations cause Noonan and LEOPARD syndromes with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Bhaswati Pandit, Anna Sarkozy, Len A Pennacchio, Claudio Carta, Kimihiko Oishi, Simone Martinelli, Edgar A Pogna, Wendy Schackwitz, Anna Ustaszewska, Andrew Landstrom, J Martijn Bos, Steve R Ommen, Giorgia Esposito, Francesca Lepri, Christian Faul, Peter Mundel, Juan P López Siguero, Romano Tenconi, Angelo Selicorni, Cesare Rossi, Laura Mazzanti, Isabella Torrente, Bruno Marino, Maria C Digilio, Giuseppe Zampino, Michael J Ackerman, Bruno Dallapiccola, Marco Tartaglia & Bruce D Gelb
Nature Genetics 39, 1007–1012
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2073
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Identification and mechanistic characterization of low-molecular-weight inhibitors for HuR
Nicole-Claudia Meisner, Martin Hintersteiner, Kurt Mueller, Roman Bauer, Jan-Marcus Seifert, Hans-Ulrich Naegeli, Johannes Ottl, Lukas Oberer, Christian Guenat, Serge Moss, Nathalie Harrer, Maximilian Woisetschlaeger, Christof Buehler, Volker Uhl & Manfred Auer
Nature Chemical Biology 3, 508–515
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nchembio.2007.14
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Scaffold composition and biological relevance of screening libraries
Anang A Shelat & R Kiplin Guy
Nature Chemical Biology 3, 442–446
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nchembio0807-442
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Increased serine protease activity and cathelicidin promotes skin inflammation in rosacea
Kenshi Yamasaki, Anna Di Nardo, Antonella Bardan, Masamoto Murakami, Takaaki Ohtake, Alvin Coda, Robert A Dorschner, Chrystelle Bonnart, Pascal Descargues, Alain Hovnanian, Vera B Morhenn & Richard L Gallo
Nature Medicine 13, 975–980
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1616
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Rosacea: skin innate immunity gone awry?
Charles L Bevins & Fu-Tong Liu
Nature Medicine 13, 904–906
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nm0807-904
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Extracellular ATP triggers and maintains asthmatic airway inflammation by activating dendritic cells
Marco Idzko, Hamida Hammad, Menno van Nimwegen, Mirjam Kool, Monique A M Willart, Femke Muskens, Henk C Hoogsteden, Werner Luttmann, Davide Ferrari, Francesco Di Virgilio, J Christian Virchow, Jr & Bart N Lambrecht
Nature Medicine 13, 913–919
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1617
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The resurgence of platinum-based cancer chemotherapy
Lloyd Kelland
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 573–584
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nrc2167
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Genetic variation in Mon1a affects protein trafficking and modifies macrophage iron loading in mice
Fudi Wang, Prasad N Paradkar, Angel O Custodio, Diane McVey Ward, Mark D Fleming, Dean Campagna, Kristina A Roberts, Victor Boyartchuk, William F Dietrich, Jerry Kaplan & Nancy C Andrews
Nature Genetics 39, 1025–1032
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2059
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Embryonic stem cells as a source of models for drug discovery
Colin W. Pouton & John M. Haynes
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 605–616
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2194
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Selective compounds define Hsp90 as a major inhibitor of apoptosis in small-cell lung cancer
Anna Rodina, Maria Vilenchik, Kamalika Moulick, Julia Aguirre, Joungnam Kim, Anne Chiang, Julie Litz, Cristina C Clement, Yanlong Kang, Yuhong She, Nian Wu, Sara Felts, Peter Wipf, Joan Massague, Xuejun Jiang, Jeffrey L Brodsky, Geoffrey W Krystal & Gabriela Chiosis
Nature Chemical Biology 3, 498–507
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nchembio.2007.10
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Global changes to the ubiquitin system in Huntington's disease
Eric J. Bennett, Thomas A. Shaler, Ben Woodman, Kwon-Yul Ryu, Tatiana S. Zaitseva, Christopher H. Becker, Gillian P. Bates, Howard Schulman & Ron R. Kopito
Nature 448, 704–708
(9 August 2007); doi:10.1038/nature06022
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Regulatory T-cell immunotherapy for tolerance to self antigens and alloantigens in humans
Maria-Grazia Roncarolo & Manuela Battaglia
Nature Reviews Immunology 7, 585–598
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nri2138
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Treating prostate cancer: a rationale for targeting local oestrogens
Stuart J. Ellem & Gail P. Risbridger
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 621–627
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nrc2174
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Loss of GLIS2 causes nephronophthisis in humans and mice by increased apoptosis and fibrosis
Massimo Attanasio, N Henriette Uhlenhaut, Vitor H Sousa, John F O'Toole, Edgar Otto, Katrin Anlag, Claudia Klugmann, Anna-Corina Treier, Juliana Helou, John A Sayer, Dominik Seelow, Gudrun Nürnberg, Christian Becker, Albert E Chudley, Peter Nürnberg, Friedhelm Hildebrandt & Mathias Treier
Nature Genetics 39, 1018–1024
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2072
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Crystal structure of the thioesterase domain of human fatty acid synthase inhibited by Orlistat
Charles W Pemble IV, Lynnette C Johnson, Steven J Kridel & W Todd Lowther
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 14, 704–709
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nsmb1265
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CD3-specific antibodies: a portal to the treatment of autoimmunity
Lucienne Chatenoud & Jeffrey A. Bluestone
Nature Reviews Immunology 7, 622–632
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nri2134
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Osteoclast-poor human osteopetrosis due to mutations in the gene encoding RANKL
Cristina Sobacchi, Annalisa Frattini, Matteo M Guerrini, Mario Abinun, Alessandra Pangrazio, Lucia Susani, Robbert Bredius, Grazia Mancini, Andrew Cant, Nick Bishop, Peter Grabowski, Andrea Del Fattore, Chiara Messina, Gabriella Errigo, Fraser P Coxon, Debbie I Scott, Anna Teti, Michael J Rogers, Paolo Vezzoni, Anna Villa & Miep H Helfrich
Nature Genetics 39, 960–962
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2076
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Mutations in LRP2, which encodes the multiligand receptor megalin, cause Donnai–Barrow and facio–oculo–acoustico–renal syndromes
Sibel Kantarci, Lihadh Al-Gazali, R Sean Hill, Dian Donnai, Graeme C M Black, Eric Bieth, Nicolas Chassaing, Didier Lacombe, Koen Devriendt, Ahmad Teebi, Maria Loscertales, Caroline Robson, Tianming Liu, David T MacLaughlin, Kristin M Noonan, Meaghan K Russell, Christopher A Walsh, Patricia K Donahoe & Barbara R Pober
Nature Genetics 39, 957–959
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2063
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Peroxynitrite: biochemistry, pathophysiology and development of therapeutics
Csaba Szabó, Harry Ischiropoulos & Rafael Radi
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 662–680
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2222
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Reporting data from high-throughput screening of small-molecule libraries
James Inglese, Caroline E Shamu & R Kiplin Guy
Nature Chemical Biology 3, 438–441
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nchembio0807-438
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Protective and therapeutic role for αB-crystallin in autoimmune demyelination
Shalina S. Ousman, Beren H. Tomooka, Johannes M. van Noort, Eric F. Wawrousek, Kevin O'Conner, David A. Hafler, Raymond A. Sobel, William H. Robinson & Lawrence Steinman
Nature 448, 474–479
(26 July 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05935
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Inflammatory disease: Assault on the guardian
Richard M. Ransohoff
Nature 448, 421–422
(26 July 2007); doi:10.1038/448421a
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Unravelling the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease
R. J. Xavier & D. K. Podolsky
Nature 448, 427–434
(26 July 2007); doi:10.1038/nature06005
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Targeting the protein kinase C family: are we there yet?
Helen J. Mackay & Christopher J. Twelves
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 554–562
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/nrc2168
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A genome-wide association study for celiac disease identifies risk variants in the region harboring IL2 and IL21
David A van Heel, Lude Franke, Karen A Hunt, Rhian Gwilliam, Alexandra Zhernakova, Mike Inouye, Martin C Wapenaar, Martin C N M Barnardo, Graeme Bethel, Geoffrey K T Holmes, Con Feighery, Derek Jewell, Dermot Kelleher, Parveen Kumar, Simon Travis, Julian RF Walters, David S Sanders, Peter Howdle, Jill Swift, Raymond J Playford, William M McLaren, M Luisa Mearin, Chris J Mulder, Ross McManus, Ralph McGinnis, Lon R Cardon, Panos Deloukas & Cisca Wijmenga
Nature Genetics 39, 827–829
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2058
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Cannabinoids mediate analgesia largely via peripheral type 1 cannabinoid receptors in nociceptors
Nitin Agarwal, Pal Pacher, Irmgard Tegeder, Fumimasa Amaya, Cristina E Constantin, Gary J Brenner, Tiziana Rubino, Christoph W Michalski, Giovanni Marsicano, Krisztina Monory, Ken Mackie, Claudiu Marian, Sandor Batkai, Daniela Parolaro, Michael J Fischer, Peter Reeh, George Kunos, Michaela Kress, Beat Lutz, Clifford J Woolf & Rohini Kuner
Nature Neuroscience 10, 870–879
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The contribution of immunology to the rational design of novel antibacterial vaccines
Stefan H.E. Kaufmann
Nature Reviews Microbiology 5, 491–504
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/nrmicro1688
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The perfect mix: recent progress in adjuvant research
Bruno Guy
Nature Reviews Microbiology 5, 505–517
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/nrmicro1681
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How Ebola and Marburg viruses battle the immune system
Mansour Mohamadzadeh, Lieping Chen & Alan L. Schmaljohn
Nature Reviews Immunology 7, 556–694
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/nri2098
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Inhibition of CDK1 as a potential therapy for tumors over-expressing MYC
Andrei Goga, Dun Yang, Aaron D Tward, David O Morgan & J Michael Bishop
Nature Medicine 13, 820–827
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1606
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Taking gene-expression profiling to the clinic: when will molecular signatures become relevant to patient care?
Christos Sotiriou & Martine J. Piccart
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 545–553
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/nrc2173
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Deficiency of PORCN, a regulator of Wnt signaling, is associated with focal dermal hypoplasia
Karl-Heinz Grzeschik, Dorothea Bornholdt, Frank Oeffner, Arne König, María del Carmen Boente, Herbert Enders, Barbara Fritz, Michael Hertl, Ute Grasshoff, Katja Höfling, Vinzenz Oji, Mauro Paradisi, Christian Schuchardt, Zsuzsanna Szalai, Gianluca Tadini, Heiko Traupe & Rudolf Happle
Nature Genetics 39, 833–835
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2052
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Mutations in X-linked PORCN, a putative regulator of Wnt signaling, cause focal dermal hypoplasia
Xiaoling Wang, V Reid Sutton, J Omar Peraza-Llanes, Zhiyin Yu, Rebecca Rosetta, Ying-Chuck Kou, Tanya N Eble, Ankita Patel, Christina Thaller, Ping Fang & Ignatia B Van den Veyver
Nature Genetics 39, 836–838
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2057
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Wnt signaling in focal dermal hypoplasia
Amy S Paller
Nature Genetics 39, 820–821
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/ng0707-820
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Utilizing RNA interference to enhance cancer drug discovery
Elizabeth Iorns, Christopher J. Lord, Nicholas Turner & Alan Ashworth
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 556–568
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2355
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Assessing intraepithelial neoplasia and drug safety in cancer-preventive drug development
Gary J. Kelloff & Caroline C. Sigman
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 508–518
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/nrc2154
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Intracellular amyloid-β in Alzheimer's disease
Frank M. LaFerla, Kim N. Green & Salvatore Oddo
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8, 499–509
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/nrn2168
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Novel neurotrophic factor CDNF protects and rescues midbrain dopamine neurons in vivo
Päivi Lindholm, Merja H. Voutilainen, Juha Laurén, Johan Peränen, Veli-Matti Leppänen, Jaan-Olle Andressoo, Maria Lindahl, Sanna Janhunen, Nisse Kalkkinen, Tõnis Timmusk, Raimo K. Tuominen & Mart Saarma
Nature 448, 73–77
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Robust associations of four new chromosome regions from genome-wide analyses of type 1 diabetes
John A Todd et al.
Nature Genetics 39, 857–864
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2068
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Sequence variants in the autophagy gene IRGM and multiple other replicating loci contribute to Crohn's disease susceptibility
Miles Parkes et al.
Nature Genetics 39, 830–832
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2061
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Guilt beyond a reasonable doubt
David Altshuler & Mark Daly
Nature Genetics 39, 813–815
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/ng0707-813
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Post-translational modifications and regulation of the RAS superfamily of GTPases as anticancer targets
Panagiotis A. Konstantinopoulos, Michalis V. Karamouzis & Athanasios G. Papavassiliou
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 541–555
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2221
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'Rejuvenation' protects neurons in mouse models of Parkinson's disease
C. Savio Chan, Jaime N. Guzman, Ema Ilijic, Jeff N. Mercer, Caroline Rick, Tatiana Tkatch, Gloria E. Meredith & D. James Surmeier
Nature 447, 1081–1086
(28 June 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05865
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Stressing the role of FoxO proteins in lifespan and disease
Armando van der Horst & Boudewijn M.T. Burgering
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 8, 440–450
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/nrm2190
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Activation of the lectin DC-SIGN induces an immature dendritic cell phenotype triggering Rho-GTPase activity required for HIV-1 replication
Ashleigh Hodges, Katherine Sharrocks, Mariola Edelmann, Dilair Baban, Arnaud Moris, Olivier Schwartz, Hal Drakesmith, Kay Davies, Benedikt Kessler, Andrew McMichael & Alison Simmons
Nature Immunology 8, 569–577
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/ni1470
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DC-SIGN 'AIDS' HIV immune evasion and infection
Anthony L Cunningham, Andrew N Harman & Heather Donaghy
Nature Immunology 8, 556–558
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/ni0607-556
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Cytokines in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis
Iain B. McInnes & Georg Schett
Nature Reviews Immunology 7, 429–442
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/nri2094
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Mast cells promote atherosclerosis by releasing proinflammatory cytokines
Jiusong Sun, Galina K Sukhova, Paul J Wolters, Min Yang, Shiro Kitamoto, Peter Libby, Lindsey A MacFarlane, Jon Mallen-St Clair & Guo-Ping Shi
Nature Medicine 13, 719–724
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1601
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HER3 and mutant EGFR meet MET
Carlos L Arteaga
Nature Medicine 13, 675–677
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/nm0607-675
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Microenvironmental regulation of biomacromolecular therapies
Hyun Joon Kong & David J. Mooney
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 455–463
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2309
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Exploitation of structural and regulatory diversity in glutamate racemases
Tomas Lundqvist, Stewart L. Fisher, Gunther Kern, Rutger H. A. Folmer, Yafeng Xue, D. Trevor Newton, Thomas A. Keating, Richard A. Alm & Boudewijn L. M. de Jonge
Nature 447, 817–822
(14 June 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05689
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Caspase-14 protects against epidermal UVB photodamage and water loss
Geertrui Denecker, Esther Hoste, Barbara Gilbert, Tino Hochepied, Petra Ovaere, Saskia Lippens, Caroline Van den Broecke, Petra Van Damme, Katharina D'Herde, Jean-Pierre Hachem, Gaetan Borgonie, Richard B. Presland, Luc Schoonjans, Claude Libert, Joël Vandekerckhove, Kris Gevaert, Peter Vandenabeele & Wim Declercq
Nature Cell Biology 9, 666–674
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/ncb1597
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Caspase-14 and epidermis maturation
Pierluigi Nicotera & Gerry Melino
Nature Cell Biology 9, 621–622
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/ncb0607-621
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Changing venues for tumour suppression: balancing destruction and localization by monoubiquitylation
Leonardo Salmena & Pier Paolo Pandolfi
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 409–413
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/nrc2145
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Interfering with disease: a progress report on siRNA-based therapeutics
Antonin de Fougerolles, Hans-Peter Vornlocher, John Maraganore & Judy Lieberman
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 443–453
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2310
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Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium
Nature 447, 661–678
(7 June 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05911
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Genomics: Guilt by association
Anne M. Bowcock
Nature 447, 645–646
(7 June 2007); doi:10.1038/447645a
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Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors as therapy for inflammatory and vascular diseases
Jialiang Hu, Philippe E. Van den Steen, Qing-Xiang A. Sang & Ghislain Opdenakker
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 480–498
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2308
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Epithelial NF-κB maintains host gut microflora homeostasis
Yinon Ben-Neriah & Marc Schmidt-Supprian
Nature Immunology 8, 479–481
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/ni0507-479
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Osteopontin has a crucial role in allergic airway disease through regulation of dendritic cell subsets
Georgina Xanthou, Themis Alissafi, Maria Semitekolou, Davina C M Simoes, Erasmia Economidou, Mina Gaga, Bart N Lambrecht, Clare M Lloyd & Vily Panoutsakopoulou
Nature Medicine 13, 570–578
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1580
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The bridge between dendritic cells and asthma
Mari L Shinohara & Harvey Cantor
Nature Medicine 13, 536–538
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nm0507-536
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Reverse signaling through GITR ligand enables dexamethasone to activate IDO in allergy
Ursula Grohmann, Claudia Volpi, Francesca Fallarino, Silvia Bozza, Roberta Bianchi, Carmine Vacca, Ciriana Orabona, Maria L Belladonna, Emira Ayroldi, Giuseppe Nocentini, Louis Boon, Francesco Bistoni, Maria C Fioretti, Luigina Romani, Carlo Riccardi & Paolo Puccetti
Nature Medicine 13, 579–586
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1563
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The Delta paradox: DLL4 blockade leads to more tumour vessels but less tumour growth
Gavin Thurston, Irene Noguera-Troise & George D. Yancopoulos
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 327–331
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nrc2130
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More than one reason to rethink the use of peptides in vaccine design
Anthony W. Purcell, James McCluskey & Jamie Rossjohn
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 404–414
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2224
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Autism: highly heritable but not inherited
Arthur L Beaudet
Nature Methods 13, 534–536
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nm0507-534
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TLR-dependent and TLR-independent pathways of type I interferon induction in systemic autoimmunity
Roberto Baccala, Kasper Hoebe, Dwight H Kono, Bruce Beutler & Argyrios N Theofilopoulos
Nature Methods 13, 543–551
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1590
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Therapeutic targeting of innate immunity with Toll-like receptor agonists and antagonists
Holger Kanzler, Franck J Barrat, Edith M Hessel & Robert L Coffman
Nature Methods 13, 552–559
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1589
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Second generation inhibitors of BCR–ABL for the treatment of imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia
Ellen Weisberg, Paul W. Manley, Sandra W. Cowan-Jacob, Andreas Hochhaus & James D. Griffin
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 345–356
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nrc2126
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Insights from transgenic mouse models of ERBB2-induced breast cancer
Josie Ursini-Siegel, Babette Schade, Robert D. Cardiff & William J. Muller
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 389–397
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nrc2127
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Homozygous mutation of AURKC yields large-headed polyploid spermatozoa and causes male infertility
Klaus Dieterich, Ricardo Soto Rifo, Anne Karen Faure, Sylviane Hennebicq, Baha Ben Amar, Mohamed Zahi, Julia Perrin, Delphine Martinez, Bernard Sèle, Pierre-Simon Jouk, Théophile Ohlmann, Sophie Rousseaux, Joel Lunardi & Pierre F Ray
Nature Genetics 39, 661–665
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The vanilloid receptor TRPV1: 10 years from channel cloning to antagonist proof-of-concept
Arpad Szallasi, Daniel N. Cortright, Charles A. Blum & Samer R. Eid
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 357–372
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2280
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Development trends for monoclonal antibody cancer therapeutics
Janice M. Reichert & Viia E. Valge-Archer
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 349–356
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2241
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Behavioural neuroscience: Down memory lane
J. David Sweatt
Nature 447, 151–152
(10 May 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05716
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pVHL and GSK3β are components of a primary cilium-maintenance signalling network
Claudio R. Thoma, Ian J. Frew, Christian R. Hoerner, Matteo Montani, Holger Moch & Wilhelm Krek
Nature Cell Biology 9, 588–595
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/ncb1579
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MIF is a noncognate ligand of CXC chemokine receptors in inflammatory and atherogenic cell recruitment
Jürgen Bernhagen, Regina Krohn, Hongqi Lue, Julia L Gregory, Alma Zernecke, Rory R Koenen, Manfred Dewor, Ivan Georgiev, Andreas Schober, Lin Leng, Teake Kooistra, Günter Fingerle-Rowson, Pietro Ghezzi, Robert Kleemann, Shaun R McColl, Richard Bucala, Michael J Hickey & Christian Weber
Nature Medicine 13, 587–596
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1567
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A risk-based bioanalytical strategy for the assessment of antibody immune responses against biological drugs
Gopi Shankar, Charles Pendley & Kathryn E Stein
Nature Biotechnology 25, 555–561
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nbt1303
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Targeting dual-specificity phosphatases: manipulating MAP kinase signalling and immune responses
Kate L. Jeffrey, Montserrat Camps, Christian Rommel & Charles R. Mackay
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 391–403
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2289
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Molecular mechanisms of cardiotoxicity of tyrosine kinase inhibition
Thomas Force, Daniela S. Krause & Richard A. Van Etten
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 332–344
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nrc2106
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Opioids block long-term potentiation of inhibitory synapses
Fereshteh S. Nugent, Esther C. Penick & Julie A. Kauer
Nature 446, 1086–1090
(26 April 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05726
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Helicobacter pylori infection triggers aberrant expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase in gastric epithelium
Yuko Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Marusawa, Kazuo Kinoshita, Yoko Endo, Tadayuki Kou, Toshiyuki Morisawa, Takeshi Azuma, Il-Mi Okazaki, Tasuku Honjo & Tsutomu Chiba
Nature Medicine 13, 470–476
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1566
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Providing AID to p53 mutagenesis
Shigeo Takaishi & Timothy C Wang
Nature Medicine 13, 404–406
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nm0407-404
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Angiogenic inhibition reduces germinal matrix hemorrhage
Praveen Ballabh, Hongmin Xu, Furong Hu, Alex Braun, Kira Smith, Aracelie Rivera, Nanhong Lou, Zoltan Ungvari, Steven A Goldman, Anna Csiszar & Maiken Nedergaard
Nature Medicine 13, 477–485
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1558
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Recommendations of the 2006 Human Variome Project meeting
Richard G.H. Cotton
Nature Genetics 39, 433–436
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2024
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Channel, neuronal and clinical function in sodium channelopathies: from genotype to phenotype
Stephen G Waxman
Nature Neuroscience 10, 405–409
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1857
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Antagonism of the prostaglandin D2 receptors DP1 and CRTH2 as an approach to treat allergic diseases
Roy Pettipher, Trevor T. Hansel & Richard Armer
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 313–325
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2266
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Angiogenesis: an organizing principle for drug discovery?
Judah Folkman
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 273–286
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2115
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Ca2+ channel blockers reverse iron overload by a new mechanism via divalent metal transporter-1
Susanne Ludwiczek, Igor Theurl, Martina U Muckenthaler, Martin Jakab, Sabine M Mair, Milan Theurl, Judit Kiss, Markus Paulmichl, Matthias W Hentze, Markus Ritter & Guenter Weiss
Nature Medicine 13, 448–454
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1542
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Platelet TLR4 activates neutrophil extracellular traps to ensnare bacteria in septic blood
Stephen R Clark, Adrienne C Ma, Samantha A Tavener, Braedon McDonald, Zahra Goodarzi, Margaret M Kelly, Kamala D Patel, Subhadeep Chakrabarti, Erin McAvoy, Gary D Sinclair, Elizabeth M Keys, Emma Allen-Vercoe, Rebekah DeVinney, Christopher J Doig, Francis H Y Green & Paul Kubes
Nature Medicine 13, 463–469
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1565
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Netting bacteria in sepsis
Constantin Urban & Arturo Zychlinsky
Nature Medicine 13, 403–404
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nm0407-403
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The muscle-specific microRNA miR-1 regulates cardiac arrhythmogenic potential by targeting GJA1 and KCNJ2
Baofeng Yang, Huixian Lin, Jiening Xiao, Yanjie Lu, Xiaobin Luo, Baoxin Li, Ying Zhang, Chaoqian Xu, Yunlong Bai, Huizhen Wang, Guohao Chen & Zhiguo Wang
Nature Medicine 13, 486–491
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1569
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MRI detection of transcriptional regulation of gene expression in transgenic mice
Batya Cohen, Keren Ziv, Vicki Plaks, Tomer Israely, Vyacheslav Kalchenko, Alon Harmelin, Laura E Benjamin & Michal Neeman
Nature Medicine 13, 498–503
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1497
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Molecular imaging of VEGF receptors in angiogenic vasculature with single-chain VEGF-based probes
Marina V Backer, Zoya Levashova, Vimalkumar Patel, Brian T Jehning, Kevin Claffey, Francis G Blankenberg & Joseph M Backer
Nature Medicine 13, 504–509
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1522
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A Mal functional variant is associated with protection against invasive pneumococcal disease, bacteremia, malaria and tuberculosis
Chiea C Khor, Stephen J Chapman, Fredrik O Vannberg, Aisling Dunne, Caroline Murphy, Edmund Y Ling, Angela J Frodsham, Andrew J Walley, Otto Kyrieleis, Amir Khan, Christophe Aucan, Shelley Segal, Catrin E Moore, Kyle Knox, Sarah J Campbell, Christian Lienhardt, Anthony Scott, Peter Aaby, Oumou Y Sow, Robert T Grignani, Jackson Sillah, Giorgio Sirugo, Nobert Peshu, Thomas N Williams, Kathryn Maitland, Robert J O Davies, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, Nicholas P Day, Djamel Yala, Derrick W Crook, Kevin Marsh, James A Berkley, Luke A J O'Neill & Adrian V S Hill
Nature Genetics 39, 523–528
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Potential therapeutic applications of autophagy
David C. Rubinsztein, Jason E. Gestwicki, Leon O. Murphy & Daniel J. Klionsky
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 304–312
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2272
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Structure-guided development of affinity probes for tyrosine kinases using chemical genetics
Jimmy A Blair, Daniel Rauh, Charles Kung, Cai-Hong Yun, Qi-Wen Fan, Haridas Rode, Chao Zhang, Michael J Eck, William A Weiss and Kevan M Shokat
Nature Chemical Biology 3, 229–238
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nchembio866
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Shaping the future of biomarker research in breast cancer to ensure clinical relevance
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Stratified medicine: strategic and economic implications of combining drugs and clinical biomarkers
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Epithelial NEMO links innate immunity to chronic intestinal inflammation
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IFN-γ mediates CD4+ T-cell loss and impairs secondary antitumor responses after successful initial immunotherapy
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Epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in lung cancer
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Long-distance affair with adrenal GRK2 hangs up heart failure
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ASC-J9 ameliorates spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy phenotype via degradation of androgen receptor
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High-throughput electronic biology: mining information for drug discovery
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A clickable inhibitor reveals context-dependent autoactivation of p90 RSK
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Nature Chemical Biology 3, 156–160
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A RSK kinase inhibitor reporting its selectivity in vivo
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Cracking the cytokine code in psoriasis
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Chemical rescue of cleft palate and midline defects in conditional GSK-3β mice
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Transferrin receptor 1 is a cellular receptor for New World haemorrhagic fever arenaviruses
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Gating pore current in an inherited ion channelopathy
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A genome-wide association study identifies novel risk loci for type 2 diabetes
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Bone Metastasis: Can osteoclasts be excluded?
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Liver cell death and anemia in Wilson disease involve acid sphingomyelinase and ceramide
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A genome-wide association scan of nonsynonymous SNPs identifies a susceptibility variant for Crohn disease in ATG16L1
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A nonsynonymous SNP in PRKCH (protein kinase C η) increases the risk of cerebral infarction
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Nature Genetics 39, 212–217
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Refining the impact of TCF7L2 gene variants on type 2 diabetes and adaptive evolution
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Bioinformatic discovery of novel bioactive peptides
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Interleukin-22, a TH17 cytokine, mediates IL-23-induced dermal inflammation and acanthosis
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Dll4 signalling through Notch1 regulates formation of tip cells during angiogenesis
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Fanconi anemia is associated with a defect in the BRCA2 partner PALB2
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Dickkopf-1 is a master regulator of joint remodeling
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Eating bone or adding it: the Wnt pathway decides
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Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade attenuates TGF-β-induced failure of muscle regeneration in multiple myopathic states
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ACE inhibitor bulks up muscle
Jeffrey S Chamberlain
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The tumour microenvironment as a target for chemoprevention
Adriana Albini and Michael B. Sporn
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Dimethyl sulfoxide to vorinostat: development of this histone deacetylase inhibitor as an anticancer drug
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Why is cancer drug discovery so difficult?
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Calreticulin exposure dictates the immunogenicity of cancer cell death
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