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Selective expression of the interleukin 7 receptor identifies effector CD8 T cells that give rise to long-lived memory cells
Susan M Kaech, Joyce T Tan, E John Wherry, Bogumila T Konieczny, Charles D Surh and Rafi Ahmed
Nature Immunology 4, 1191–1198
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/ni1009
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Variable MHC class I engagement by Ly49 natural killer cell receptors demonstrated by the crystal structure of Ly49C bound to H-2Kb
Julie Dam, Rongjin Guan, Kannan Natarajan, Nazzareno Dimasi, Lukasz K Chlewicki, David M Kranz, Peter Schuck, David H Margulies and Roy A Mariuzza
Nature Immunology 4, 1213–1222
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/ni1006
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T-cell-antigen recognition and the immunological synapse
Johannes B. Huppa and Mark M. Davis
Nature Reviews Immunology 3, 973–983
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/nri1245
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Dendritic-cell control of pathogen-driven T-cell polarization
Martien L. Kapsenberg
Nature Reviews Immunology 3, 984–993
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/nri1246
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Regulator of G-protein signaling-2 mediates vascular smooth muscle relaxation and blood pressure
Mary Tang, Guang Wang, Ping Lu, Richard H Karas, Mark Aronovitz, Scott P Heximer, Kevin M Kaltenbronn, Kendall J Blumer, David P Siderovski, Yan Zhu and Michael E Mendelsohn
Nature Medicine 9, 1506–1512
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/nm958
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Met, metastasis, motility and more
Carmen Birchmeier , Walter Birchmeier , Ermanno Gherardi and George F. Vande Woude
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4, 915–925
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/nrm1261
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Opinion: Lateral phosphorylation propagation: an aspect of feedback signalling?
Christian Tischer and Philippe I. H. Bastiaens
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4, 971–975
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/nrm1258
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Upregulation of costimulatory molecules induced by lipopolysaccharide and double-stranded RNA occurs by Trif-dependent and Trif-independent pathways
Kasper Hoebe, Edith M Janssen, Sung O Kim, Lena Alexopoulou, Richard A Flavell, Jiahuai Han and Bruce Beutler
Nature Immunology 4, 1223–1229
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/ni1010
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Adjuvants and their signaling pathways: beyond TLRs
Egil Lien and Douglas T Golenbock
Nature Immunology 4, 1162–1164
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/ni1203-1162
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CD28-mediated co-stimulation: a quantitative support for TCR signalling
Oreste Acuto and Frédérique Michel
Nature Reviews Immunology 3, 939–951
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/nri1248
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Autoantibodies against cardiac troponin I are responsible for dilated cardiomyopathy in PD-1-deficient mice
Taku Okazaki, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Ryosuke Nishio, Tamotsu Mitsuiye, Akira Mizoguchi, Jian Wang, Masayoshi Ishida, Hiroshi Hiai, Akira Matsumori, Nagahiro Minato and Tasuku Honjo
Nature Medicine 9, 1477–1483
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/nm955
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Dendritic cell-induced autoimmune heart failure requires cooperation between adaptive and innate immunity
Urs Eriksson, Romeo Ricci, Lukas Hunziker, Michael O Kurrer, Gavin Y Oudit, Tania H Watts, Ivo Sonderegger, Kurt Bachmaier, Manfred Kopf and Josef M Penninger
Nature Medicine 9, 1484–1490
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/nm960
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Dilated cardiomyopathy: learning to live with yourself
W Robb MacLellan and Aldons J Lusis
Nature Medicine 9, 1455–1456
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/nm1203-1455
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The netrin-G1 ligand NGL-1 promotes the outgrowth of thalamocortical axons
John C Lin, Wei-Hsien Ho, Austin Gurney and Arnon Rosenthal
Nature Neuroscience 6, 1270–1276
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/nn1148
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Syndecans: proteoglycan regulators of cell-surface microdomains?
John R. Couchman
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4, 926–938
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/nrm1257
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Deletion of β-catenin impairs T cell development
Youyuan Xu, Daliya Banerjee, Joerg Huelsken, Walter Birchmeier and Jyoti Misra Sen
Nature Immunology 4, 1177–1182
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/ni1008
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Toll-like receptor 5 recognizes a conserved site on flagellin required for protofilament formation and bacterial motility
Kelly D Smith, Erica Andersen-Nissen, Fumitaka Hayashi, Katie Strobe, Molly A Bergman, Sara L Rassoulian Barrett, Brad T Cookson and Alan Aderem
Nature Immunology 4, 1247–1253
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/ni1011
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TLR5 takes aim at bacterial propeller
Jean-Marc Reichhart
Nature Immunology 4, 1159–1160
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/ni1203-1159
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Human CD8+ T-cell differentiation in response to viruses
René A. W. van Lier, Ineke J. M. ten Berge and Laila E. Gamadia
Nature Reviews Immunology 3, 931–939
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/nri1254
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Bistable regulation of integrin adhesiveness by a bipolar metal ion cluster
JianFeng Chen, Azucena Salas and Timothy A Springer
Nature Structural Biology 10, 995–1001
(December 2003); doi:10.1038/nsb1011
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letters to nature
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 is a functional receptor for the SARS coronavirus
Wenhui Li, Michael J. Moore, Natalya Vasilieva, Jianhua Sui, Swee Kee Wong, Michael A. Berne, Mohan Somasundaran, John L. Sullivan, Katherine Luzuriaga, Thomas C. Greenough, Hyeryun Choe & Michael Farzan
Nature 426, 450–454
(27 November 2003); doi:10.1038/nature02145
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Tim-3 inhibits T helper type 1-mediated auto- and alloimmune responses and promotes immunological tolerance
Alberto Sánchez-Fueyo, Jane Tian, Dominic Picarella, Christoph Domenig, Xin Xiao Zheng, Catherine A. Sabatos, Natasha Manlongat, Orissa Bender, Thomas Kamradt, Vijay K. Kuchroo, José-Carlos Gutiérrez-Ramos, Anthony J. Coyle and Terry B. Strom
Nature Immunology 4, 1093–1101
(November 2003); doi:10.1038/ni987
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Interaction of Tim-3 and Tim-3 ligand regulates T helper type 1 responses and induction of peripheral tolerance
Catherine A Sabatos, Sumone Chakravarti, Eugene Cha, Anna Schubart, Alberto Sánchez-Fueyo, Xin Xiao Zheng, Anthony J. Coyle, Terry B. Strom, Gordon J. Freeman and Vijay K. Kuchroo
Nature Immunology 4, 1102–1110
(November 2003); doi:10.1038/ni988
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I-Tim-izing the pathways of counter-regulation
Marsha Wills-Karp, Yasmine Belkaid and Christopher L. Karp
Nature Immunology 4, 1050–1052
(November 2003); doi:10.1038/ni1103-1050
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Lymphotoxin pathway directs thymic Aire expression
Robert K. Chin, James C. Lo, Oliver Kim, Sarah E. Blink, Peter A. Christiansen, Pärt Peterson, Yang Wang, Carl Ware and Yang-Xin Fu
Nature Immunology 4, 1121–1127
(November 2003); doi:10.1038/ni982
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Aromatase inhibitors for breast cancer: lessons from the laboratory
Stephen R.D. Johnston and Mitch Dowsett
Nature Reviews Cancer 3, 821–831
(November 2003); doi:10.1038/nrc1211
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Activity-induced targeting of profilin and stabilization of dendritic spine morphology
Manuel Ackermann and Andrew Matus
Nature Neuroscience 6, 1194–1200
(November 2003); doi:10.1038/nn1135
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Targeting the Nogo Receptor to Treat Central Nervous System Injuries
Daniel H. S. Lee, Stephen M. Strittmatter and Dinah W. Y. Sah
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 2, 872–879
(November 2003); doi:10.1038/nrd1228
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Tandem PDZ repeats in glutamate receptor-interacting proteins have a novel mode of PDZ domain-mediated target binding
Wei Feng, Yawei Shi, Ming Li and Mingjie Zhang
Nature Structural Biology 10, 972–978
(November 2003); doi:10.1038/nsb992
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Scaffolding of antigen receptors for immunogenic versus tolerogenic signaling
Jesse E Jun and Christopher C Goodnow
Nature Immunology 4, 1057–1064
(November 2003); doi:10.1038/ni1001
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The molecular logic of endocannabinoid signalling
Daniele Piomelli
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 4, 873–884
(November 2003); doi:10.1038/nrn1247
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letters to nature
Truncated TrkB-T1 mediates neurotrophin-evoked calcium signalling in glia cells
Christine R. Rose, Robert Blum, Bruno Pichler, Alexandra Lepier, Karl W. Kafitz and Arthur Konnerth
Nature 426, 74–78
(06 November 2003); doi:10.1038/nature01983
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Neurobiology: Signals that make waves
Louis F. Reichardt
Nature 426, 25–26
(06 November 2003); doi:10.1038/426025a
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Production of PtdInsP3 at endomembranes is triggered by receptor endocytosis
Moritoshi Sato, Yoshibumi Ueda, Tokio Takagi and Yoshio Umezawa
Nature Cell Biology 5, 1016–1022
(November 2003); doi:10.1038/ncb1054
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TRAM is specifically involved in the Toll-like receptor 4-mediated MyD88-independent signaling pathway
Masahiro Yamamoto, Shintaro Sato, Hiroaki Hemmi, Satoshi Uematsu, Katsuaki Hoshino, Tsuneyasu Kaisho, Osamu Takeuchi, Kiyoshi Takeda and Shizuo Akira
Nature Immunology 4, 1144–1150
(November 2003); doi:10.1038/ni986
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Hepatocyte growth factor and its receptor are required for malaria infection
Margarida Carrolo, Silvia Giordano, Laura Cabrita-Santos, Simona Corso, Ana M Vigário, Susana Silva, Patricia Leirião, Daniel Carapau, Rosario Armas-Portela, Paolo M Comoglio, Ana Rodriguez and Maria M Mota
Nature Medicine 9, 1363–1369
(November 2003); doi:10.1038/nm947
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Disruption of ErbB receptor signaling in adult non-myelinating Schwann cells causes progressive sensory loss
Suzhen Chen, Carlos Rio, Ru-Rong Ji, Pieter Dikkes, Richard E Coggeshall, Clifford J Woolf and Gabriel Corfas
Nature Neuroscience 6, 1186–1193
(November 2003); doi:10.1038/nn1139
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letters to nature
Positioning of follicular dendritic cells within the spleen controls prion neuroinvasion
Marco Prinz , Mathias Heikenwalder, Tobias Junt, Petra Schwarz, Markus Glatzel, Frank L. Heppner, Yang-Xin Fu, Martin Lipp and Adriano Aguzzi
Nature 425, 957–962
(30 October 2003); doi:10.1038/nature02072
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LAT regulates γd T cell homeostasis and differentiation
Selene Nuñez-Cruz, Enrique Aguado, Sylvie Richelme, Bruno Chetaille, Anne-Marie Mura, Mireille Richelme, Laurent Pouyet, Evelyne Jouvin-Marche, Luc Xerri, Bernard Malissen and Marie Malissen
Nature Immunology 4, 999–1008
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/ni977
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Macrophage migration inhibitory factor: a regulator of innate immunity
Thierry Calandra and Thierry Roger
Nature Reviews Immunology 3, 791–800
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/nri1200
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The SAP and SLAM families in immune responses and X-linked lymphoproliferative disease
Pablo Engel, Michael J. Eck and Cox Terhorst
Nature Reviews Immunology 3, 813–821
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/nri1202
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Limbic corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 mediates anxiety-related behavior and hormonal adaptation to stress
Marianne B Müller, Stephan Zimmermann, Inge Sillaber, Thomas P Hagemeyer, Jan M Deussing, Peter Timpl, Michael S D Kormann, Susanne K Droste, Ralf Kühn, Johannes M H M Reul, Florian Holsboer and Wolfgang Wurst
Nature Neuroscience 6, 1100–1107
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/nn1123
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Dissecting the components of the central response to stress
Emeran A Mayer and Michael S Fanselow
Nature Neuroscience 6, 1011–1012
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/nn1003-1011
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Cdk5 activation induces hippocampal CA1 cell death by directly phosphorylating NMDA receptors
Jian Wang, ShuHong Liu, YangPing Fu, Jerry H Wang and YouMing Lu
Nature Neuroscience 6, 1039–1047
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/nn1119
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Presynaptic kainate receptors impart an associative property to hippocampal mossy fiber long-term potentiation
Dietmar Schmitz, Jack Mellor, Joerg Breustedt and Roger A Nicoll
Nature Neuroscience 6, 1058–1063
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/nn1116
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The ligand-binding face of the semaphorins revealed by the high-resolution crystal structure of SEMA4D
Christopher A Love, Karl Harlos, Nasim Mavaddat, Simon J Davis, David I Stuart, E Yvonne Jones and Robert M Esnouf
Nature Structural Biology 10, 843–848
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/nsb977
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letters to nature
Identification of the haematopoietic stem cell niche and control of the niche size
Jiwang Zhang, Chao Niu, Ling Ye, Haiyang Huang, Xi He, Wei-Gang Tong, Jason Ross, Jeff Haug, Teri Johnson, Jian Q. Feng, Stephen Harris, Leanne M. Wiedemann, Yuji Mishina and Linheng Li
Nature 425, 836–841
(23 October 2003); doi:10.1038/nature02041
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Osteoblastic cells regulate the haematopoietic stem cell niche
L. M. Calvi, G. B. Adams, K. W. Weibrecht, J. M. Weber, D. P. Olson, M. C. Knight, R. P. Martin, E. Schipani, P. Divieti, F. R. Bringhurst, L. A. Milner, H. M. Kronenberg and D. T. Scadden
Nature 425, 841–846
(23 October 2003); doi:10.1038/nature02040
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Stem cells: Interactive niches
Ihor R. Lemischka and Kateri A. Moore
Nature 425, 778–779
(23 October 2003); doi:10.1038/425778a
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Glycosylation regulates Notch signalling
Nicola Haines and Kenneth D. Irvine
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4, 786–797
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/nrm1228
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The role of Notch in tumorigenesis: oncogene or tumour suppressor?
Freddy Radtke and Kenneth Raj
Nature Reviews Cancer 3, 756–767
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/nrc1186
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Sustained exposure to bacterial antigen induces interferon-γ-dependent T cell receptor ζ down-regulation and impaired T cell function
Noemí Bronstein-Sitton, Leonor Cohen-Daniel, Ilan Vaknin, Analía V Ezernitchi, Benny Leshem, Amal Halabi, Yael Houri-Hadad, Eugenia Greenbaum, Zichria Zakay-Rones, Lior Shapira and Michal Baniyash
Nature Immunology 4, 957–964
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/ni975
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Unplugging the T cell receptor
Guido Poli and Claudio Bordignon
Nature Immunology 4, 943–944
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/ni1003-943
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β1-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms confer differential function and predisposition to heart failure
Jeanne Mialet Perez, Deborah A Rathz, Natalia N Petrashevskaya, Harvey S Hahn, Lynne E Wagoner, Arnold Schwartz, Gerald W Dorn II and Stephen B Liggett
Nature Medicine 9, 1300–1305
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/nm930
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β-receptor polymorphisms: heart failure's crystal ball
David A Kass
Nature Medicine 9, 1260–1262
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/nm1003-1260
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Plasma-cell homing
Eric J. Kunkel and Eugene C. Butcher
Nature Reviews Immunology 3, 822–829
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/nri1203
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Identification of PDGFR as a receptor for AAV-5 transduction
Giovanni Di Pasquale, Beverly L. Davidson, Colleen S. Stein, Inês Martins, Dominic Scudiero, Anne Monks and John A. Chiorini
Nature Medicine 9, 1306–1312
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/nm929
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EphB-ephrinB bi-directional endocytosis terminates adhesion allowing contact mediated repulsion
Manuel Zimmer, Amparo Palmer, Jenny Köhler and Rüdiger Klein
Nature Cell Biology 5, 869–878
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/ncb1045
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Rac-dependent trans-endocytosis of ephrinBs regulates Eph-ephrin contact repulsion
Daniel J. Marston, Sarah Dickinson and Catherine D. Nobes
Nature Cell Biology 5, 879–888
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/ncb1044
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How attraction turns to repulsion
David G. Wilkinson
Nature Cell Biology 5, 851–853
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/ncb1003-851
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Ras GTPases: integrins' friends or foes?
Kayoko Kinbara, Lawrence E. Goldfinger, Malene Hansen, Fan-Li Chou and Mark H. Ginsberg
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4, 767–778
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/nrm1229
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Regulation of acetylcholine receptor clustering by the tumor suppressor APC
Junmei Wang, Zheng Jing, Lili Zhang, Guangdou Zhou, Joe Braun, Yun Yao and Zuo-Zhong Wang
Nature Neuroscience 6, 1017–1018
(October 2003); doi:10.1038/nn1128
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SIGIRR, a negative regulator of Toll-like receptor-interleukin 1 receptor signaling
David Wald, Jinzhong Qin, Zhendong Zhao, Youcun Qian, Mayumi Naramura, Liping Tian, Jennifer Towne, John E. Sims, George R. Stark and Xiaoxia Li
Nature Immunology 4, 920–927
(September 2003); doi:10.1038/ni968
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SIGIRR puts the brakes on Toll-like receptors
Luke A. J. O'Neill
Nature Immunology 4, 823–824
(September 2003); doi:10.1038/ni0903-823
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Myelin-associated inhibitors of axonal regeneration in the adult mammalian CNS
Marie T. Filbin
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 4, 703–713
(September 2003); doi:10.1038/nrn1195
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CRMP-2 regulates polarized Numb-mediated endocytosis for axon growth
Takashi Nishimura, Yuko Fukata, Katsuhiro Kato, Tomoya Yamaguchi, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Hiroyuki Kamiguchi and Kozo Kaibuchi
Nature Cell Biology 5, 819–826
(September 2003); doi:10.1038/ncb1039
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The nonimmunoglobulin portion of λ5 mediates cell-autonomous pre-B cell receptor signaling
Kazuo Ohnishi and Fritz Melchers
Nature Immunology 4, 849–856
(September 2003); doi:10.1038/ni959
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How pre-B cells know when they have it right
Mark Schlissel
Nature Immunology 4, 817–819
(September 2003); doi:10.1038/ni0903-817
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Signalling pathways of the TNF superfamily: a double-edged sword
Bharat B. Aggarwal
Nature Reviews Immunology 3, 745–756
(September 2003); doi:10.1038/nri1184
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Enhanced T cell responses due to diacylglycerol kinase ζ deficiency
Xiao-Ping Zhong, Ehmonie A. Hainey, Benjamin A. Olenchock, Martha S. Jordan, Jonathan S. Maltzman, Kim E. Nichols, Hao Shen and Gary A. Koretzky
Nature Immunology 4, 882–890
(September 2003); doi:10.1038/ni958
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Crystal structure of HLA-A2 bound to LIR-1, a host and viral major histocompatibility complex receptor
Benjamin E. Willcox, Leonard M. Thomas and Pamela J. Bjorkman
Nature Immunology 4, 913–919
(September 2003); doi:10.1038/ni961
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DC-SIGN: escape mechanism for pathogens
Yvette van Kooyk and Teunis B. H. Geijtenbeek
Nature Reviews Immunology 3, 697–709
(September 2003); doi:10.1038/nri1182
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The role of FLT3 in haematopoietic malignancies
Derek L. Stirewalt and Jerald P. Radich
Nature Reviews Cancer 3, 650–665
(September 2003); doi:10.1038/nrc1169
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The influence of the thymic environment on the CD4-versus-CD8 T lineage decision
Matilde Canelles, Melissa L. Park, Owen M. Schwartz and B. J. Fowlkes
Nature Immunology 4, 756–764
(August 2003); doi:10.1038/ni953
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Deadbeat neighbors influence thymocyte lineage commitment
Pamela J. Fink
Nature Immunology 4, 727–728
(August 2003); doi:10.1038/ni0803-727
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Genetically linked C-type lectin-related ligands for the NKRP1 family of natural killer cell receptors
Koho Iizuka, Olga V. Naidenko, Beatrice F. M. Plougastel, Daved H. Fremont and Wayne M. Yokoyama
Nature Immunology 4, 801–807
(August 2003); doi:10.1038/ni954
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letters to nature
Complex between nidogen and laminin fragments reveals a paradigmatic β-propeller interface
Junichi Takagi , Yuting Yang , Jin-huan Liu, Jia-huai Wang and Timothy A. Springer
Nature 424, 969–974
(21 August 2003); doi:10.1038/nature01873
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Diverse cellular and molecular mechanisms contribute to epithelial plasticity and metastasis
Stefan Grünert, Martin Jechlinger and Hartmut Beug
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4, 657–665
(August 2003); doi:10.1038/nrm1175
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Identification of Lps2 as a key transducer of MyD88-independent TIR signalling
K. Hoebe, X. Du, P. Georgel, E. Janssen, K. Tabeta, S. O. Kim, J. Goode, P. Lin, N. Mann, S. Mudd, K. Crozat, S. Sovath, J. Han and B. Beutler
Nature 424, 743–748
(14 August 2003); doi:10.1038/nature01889
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Immunology: Another toll road
Wen-Chen Yeh and Nien-Jung Chen
Nature 424, 736–737
(14 August 2003); doi:10.1038/424736a
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letters to nature
P2X4 receptors induced in spinal microglia gate tactile allodynia after nerve injury
Makoto Tsuda, Yukari Shigemoto-Mogami, Schuichi Koizumi, Akito Mizokoshi, Shinichi Kohsaka, Michael W. Salter and Kazuhide Inoue
Nature 424, 778–783
(14 August 2003); doi:10.1038/nature01786
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Neurobiology: New player in pain
Edwin W. McCleskey
Nature 424, 729–730
(14 August 2003); doi:10.1038/424729a
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Co-stimulatory members of the TNFR family: keys to effective T-cell immunity?
Michael Croft
Nature Reviews Immunology 3, 609–620
(August 2003); doi:10.1038/nri1148
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Dendritic cells, engineered to secrete a T-cell receptor mimic peptide, induce antigen-specific immunosuppression in vivo
Karsten Mahnke, Yingjie Qian, Jürgen Knop and Alexander H. Enk
Nature Biotechnology 21, 903–908
(August 2003); doi:10.1038/nbt842
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letters to nature
Induction of dendritic spines by an extracellular domain of AMPA receptor subunit GluR2
Maria Passafaro, Terunaga Nakagawa, Carlo Sala and Morgan Sheng
Nature 424, 677–681
(07 August 2003); doi:10.1038/nature01781
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Neurobiology: A thorny issue
Peter H. Seeburg and Pavel Osten
Nature 424, 627–628
(07 August 2003); doi:10.1038/424627a
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letters to nature
Phospholipase Cγ activates Ras on the Golgi apparatus by means of RasGRP1
Trever G. Bivona, Ignacio Pérez de Castro, Ian M. Ahearn, Theresa M. Grana, Vi K. Chiu, Peter J. Lockyer, Peter J. Cullen, Angel Pellicer, Adrienne D. Cox and Mark R. Philips
Nature 424, 694–698
(07 August 2003); doi:10.1038/nature01806
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Signal transduction: Life on Mars, cellularly speaking
Pier Paolo Di Fiore
Nature 424, 624–625
(07 August 2003); doi:10.1038/424624a
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Binding of the Drosophila cytokine Spätzle to Toll is direct and establishes signaling
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New role of δ2-glutamate receptors in AMPA receptor trafficking and cerebellar function
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Nature Neuroscience 6, 869–876
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Continuous T cell receptor signaling required for synapse maintenance and full effector potential
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Class 3 semaphorins control vascular morphogenesis by inhibiting integrin function
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Epidermal growth factor receptor is a cellular receptor for human cytomegalovirus
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CpG directly induces T-bet expression and inhibits IgG1 and IgE switching in B cells
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Nature Medicine 9, 936–943
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Postsynaptic requirement for Abl kinases in assembly of the neuromuscular junction
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Nature Neuroscience 6, 717–723
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Agrin / MuSK signaling: willing and Abl
Steven J. Burden, Christian Fuhrer and Stevan R. Hubbard
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Timeline: The bicyclam AMD3100 story
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Analgesia and hyperalgesia from GABA-mediated modulation of the cerebral cortex
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Extracellular calcium sensing and signalling
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Interleukin 7 and T cell receptor signals regulate homeostasis of CD4 memory cells
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Nature Immunology 4, 680–686
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CpG motifs: the active ingredient in bacterial extracts?
Arthur M Krieg
Nature Medicine 9, 831–835
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Neurexin mediates the assembly of presynaptic terminals
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Nature Neuroscience 6, 708–716
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A structural basis for immunodominant human T cell receptor recognition
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The problem of plain vanilla peptides
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An epigenetic view of helper T cell differentiation
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Nature Immunology 4, 616–623
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Selective imprinting of gut-homing T cells by Peyer's patch dendritic cells
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BTLA is a lymphocyte inhibitory receptor with similarities to CTLA-4 and PD-1
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More negative feedback?
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A molecular switch between alternative conformational states in the complex of Ran and importin β1
Reinat Nevo, Cordula Stroh, Ferry Kienberger, David Kaftan, Vlad Brumfeld, Michael Elbaum, Ziv Reich and Peter Hinterdorfer
Nature Structural Biology 10, 553–557
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Structure and gating mechanism of the acetylcholine receptor pore
Atsuo Miyazawa, Yoshinori Fujiyoshi and Nigel Unwin
Nature 423, 949–955
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Attenuation of levodopa-induced dyskinesia by normalizing dopamine D3 receptor function
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Nature Medicine 9, 762–767
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Prostaglandin E2-EP4 signaling initiates skin immune responses by promoting migration and maturation of Langerhans cells
Kenji Kabashima, Daiji Sakata, Miyako Nagamachi, Yoshiki Miyachi, Kayo Inaba and Shuh Narumiya
Nature Medicine 9, 744–749
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Cloning of adiponectin receptors that mediate antidiabetic metabolic effects
Toshimasa Yamauchi, Junji Kamon, Yusuke Ito, Atsushi Tsuchida, Takehiko Yokomizo, Shunbun Kita, Takuya Sugiyama, Makoto Miyagishi, Kazuo Hara, Masaki Tsunoda, Koji Murakami, Toshiaki Ohteki, Shoko Uchida, Sato Takekawa, Hironori Waki, Nelson H. Tsuno, Yoichi Shibata, Yasuo Terauchi, Philippe Froguel, Kazuyuki Tobe, Shigeo Koyasu, Kazunari Taira, Toshio Kitamura, Takao Shimizu, Ryozo Nagai and Takashi Kadowaki
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NMDA receptor trafficking through an interaction between PDZ proteins and the exocyst complex
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Nature Cell Biology 5, 520–530
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The return of the exocyst
Casper C. Hoogenraad and Morgan Sheng
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When ubiquitin meets ubiquitin receptors: a signalling connection
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The biology of VEGF and its receptors
Napoleone Ferrara, Hans-Peter Gerber and Jennifer LeCouter
Nature Medicine 9, 669–676
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Chemokine receptors: signposts to brain development and disease
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Insights into IgA-mediated immune responses from the crystal structures of human FcαRI and its complex with IgA1-Fc
Andrew B. Herr, Edward R. Ballister and Pamela J. Bjorkman
Nature 423, 614–620
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Cancer: Out of air is not out of action
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TREMs in the immune system and beyond
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Roles and rules of kainate receptors in synaptic transmission
Juan Lerma
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 4, 481–495
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Mitochondrial membrane remodelling regulated by a conserved rhomboid protease
G. Angus McQuibban, Saroj Saurya and Matthew Freeman
Nature 423, 537–541
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Modulation of oestrogen receptor signalling by association with the activated dioxin receptor
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Gene expression: Oestrogen receptor hijacked
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Molecular mimicry of a CCR5 binding-domain in the microbial activation of dendritic cells
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Nature Immunology 4, 485–490
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Angiogenic synergism, vascular stability and improvement of hind-limb ischemia by a combination of PDGF-BB and FGF-2
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Nature Medicine 9, 604–613
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Vomeronasal organ detects odorants in absence of signaling through main olfactory epithelium
Kien Trinh and Daniel R. Storm
Nature Neuroscience 6, 519–525
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Nosing into pheromone detectors
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Nature Neuroscience 6, 438–440
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Crystal structure of the BAFF-BAFF-R complex and its implications for receptor activation
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Nature Structural Biology 10, 342–348
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Molecular mechanism of membrane recruitment of GGA by ARF in lysosomal protein transport
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Nature Structural Biology 10, 386–393
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Modal gating of NMDA receptors and the shape of their synaptic response
Gabriela Popescu and Anthony Auerbach
Nature Neuroscience 6, 476–483
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Computational design of receptor and sensor proteins with novel functions
Loren L. Looger, Mary A. Dwyer, James J. Smith and Homme W. Hellinga
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Computational biology: Biosensor design
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Distinct endocytic pathways regulate TGF-β receptor signalling and turnover
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Sliding doors: clathrin-coated pits or caveolae?
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Activation and regulation of Toll-like receptors 2 and 1 in human leprosy
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Nature Medicine 9, 525–532
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Ligand–receptor binding revealed by the TNF family member TALL-1
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EGFR activation coupled to inhibition of tyrosine phosphatases causes lateral signal propagation
Andrew R. Reynolds, Christian Tischer, Peter J. Verveer, Oliver Rocks and Philippe I. H. Bastiaens
Nature Cell Biology 5, 447–453
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Multiple monoubiquitination of RTKs is sufficient for their endocytosis and degradation
Kaisa Haglund, Sara Sigismund, Simona Polo, Iwona Szymkiewicz, Pier Paolo Di Fiore and Ivan Dikic
Nature Cell Biology 5, 461–466
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Melanoma mouse model implicates metabotropic glutamate signaling in melanocytic neoplasia
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GABA uptake regulates cortical excitability via cell type-specific tonic inhibition
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Nature Neuroscience 6, 484–490
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Immune functions encoded by the natural killer gene complex
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Wnt-mediated axon guidance via the Drosophila Derailed receptor
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Nature 422, 583–588
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Developmental biology: How neurons avoid derailment
Paul A. Garrity
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Translation of clock rhythmicity into neural firing in suprachiasmatic nucleus requires mGluR-PLCβ4 signaling
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Nature Neuroscience 6, 337–338
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Zinc-mediated inhibition of GABAA receptors: discrete binding sites underlie subtype specificity
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Neurotrophins and their receptors: A convergence point for many signalling pathways
Moses V. Chao
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The role of receptor diffusion in the organization of the postsynaptic membrane
Daniel Choquet and Antoine Triller
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 4, 251–265
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Tumor necrosis factor signaling
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Apo2L/TRAIL and its death and decoy receptors
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Mannose 6-phosphate receptors: new twists in the tale
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Glycine binding primes NMDA receptor internalization
Yi Nong, Yue-Qiao Huang, William Ju, Lorraine V. Kalia, Gholamreza Ahmadian, Yu Tian Wang and Michael W. Salter
Nature 422, 302–307
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Segregation of receptor and ligand regulates activation of epithelial growth factor receptor
Paola D. Vermeer, Lisa A. Einwalter, Thomas O. Moninger, Tatiana Rokhlina, Jeffrey A. Kern, Joseph Zabner and Michael J. Welsh
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Cell biology: Just mix and patch
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Nature 422, 267–268
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The nature of molecular recognition by T cells
Simon J. Davis, Shinji Ikemizu, Edward J. Evans, Lars Fugger, Talitha R. Bakker and P. Anton van der Merwe
Nature Immunology 4, 217–224
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Suppression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by selective blockade of encephalitogenic T-cell infiltration of the central nervous system
Shirley Shidu Yan, Zhi-Ying Wu, Hui Ping Zhang, Glaucia Furtado, Xi Chen, Shi Fang Yan, Ann Marie Schmidt, Chris Brown, Alan Stern, Juan Lafaille, Leonard Chess, David M. Stern and Hong Jiang
Nature Medicine 9, 287–293
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Spontaneous receptor-independent heterotrimeric G-protein signalling in an RGS mutant
Daria E. Siekhaus and David G. Drubin
Nature Cell Biology 5, 231–235
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The spindle-associated transmembrane protein Axs identifies a membranous structure ensheathing the meiotic spindle
Joseph Kramer and R. Scott Hawley
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Dynamic balance of metabotropic inputs causes dorsal horn neurons to switch functional states
Dominique Derjean, Sandrine Bertrand, Gwendal Le Masson, Marc Landry, Valérie Morisset and Frédéric Nagy
Nature Neuroscience 6, 274–281
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Plateau properties in pain pathways
Eve Marder
Nature Neuroscience 6, 210–212
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Elimination and strengthening of glycinergic/GABAergic connections during tonotopic map formation
Gunsoo Kim and Karl Kandler
Nature Neuroscience 6, 282–290
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Signal dispersal and transduction through the endocytic pathway
Marcos González-Gaitán
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4, 213–224
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SAP couples Fyn to SLAM immune receptors
Betty Chan, Arpad Lanyi, Hyun Kyu Song, Jan Griesbach, Maria Simarro-Grande, Florence Poy, Duncan Howie, Janos Sumegi, Cox Terhorst and Michael J. Eck
Nature Cell Biology 5, 155–160
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CD45 ectodomain controls interaction with GEMs and Lck activity for optimal TCR signaling
Claudine Irles, Antony Symons, Frédérique Michel, Talitha R. Bakker, P. Anton van der Merwe and Oreste Acuto
Nature Immunology 4, 189–197
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CD3-specific antibody-induced active tolerance: from bench to bedside
Lucienne Chatenoud
Nature Reviews Immunology 3, 123–132
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Timeline: Innate immune sensing and its roots: the story of endotoxin
Bruce Beutler and Ernst Th. Rietschel
Nature Reviews Immunology 3, 169–176
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Tolerance is dependent on complement C3 fragment iC3b binding to antigen-presenting cells
Jeong-Hyeon Sohn, Puran S. Bora, Hye-Jung Suk, Hector Molina, Henry J. Kaplan and Nalini S. Bora
Nature Medicine 9, 206–212
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STAT3 signalling is required for leptin regulation of energy balance but not reproduction
Sarah H. Bates, Walter H. Stearns, Trevor A. Dundon, Markus Schubert, Annette W. K. Tso, Yongping Wang, Alexander S. Banks, Hugh J. Lavery, Asma K. Haq, Eleftheria Maratos-Flier, Benjamin G. Neel, Michael W. Schwartz and Martin G. Myers Jr
Nature 421, 856–859
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Molecular chaperones: Plugging the transport gap
R. John Ellis
Nature 421, 801–802
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Structure of the extracellular region of HER2 alone and in complex with the Herceptin Fab
Hyun-Soo Cho, Karen Mason, Kasra X. Ramyar, Ann Marie Stanley, Sandra B. Gabelli, Dan W. Denney Jr and Daniel J. Leahy
Nature 421, 756–760
(13 February 2003); doi:10.1038/nature01392
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NALPs: a novel protein family involved in inflammation
Jürg Tschopp, Fabio Martinon and Kimberly Burns
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4, 95–104
(February 2003); doi:10.1038/nrm1019
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TICAM-1, an adaptor molecule that participates in Toll-like receptor 3-mediated interferon-β induction
Hiroyuki Oshiumi, Misako Matsumoto, Kenji Funami, Takashi Akazawa and Tsukasa Seya
Nature Immunology 4, 161–167
(February 2003); doi:10.1038/ni886
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Toll signaling: the TIReless quest for specificity
Jean-Luc Imler and Jules A. Hoffmann
Nature Immunology 4, 105–106
(February 2003); doi:10.1038/ni0203-105
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Adaptors as central mediators of signal transduction in immune cells
Martha S. Jordan, Andrew L. Singer and Gary A. Koretzky
Nature Immunology 4, 110–116
(February 2003); doi:10.1038/ni0203-110
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Control of hippocampal dendritic spine morphology through ephrin-A3/EphA4 signaling
Keith K. Murai, Louis N. Nguyen, Fumitoshi Irie, Yu Yamaguchi and Elena B. Pasquale
Nature Neuroscience 6, 153–160
(February 2003); doi:10.1038/nn994
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Ephrins keep dendritic spines in shape
Scott M. Thompson
Nature Neuroscience 6, 103–104
(February 2003); doi:10.1038/nn0203-103
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Binding of SAP SH2 domain to FynT SH3 domain reveals a novel mechanism of receptor signalling in immune regulation
Sylvain Latour, Romain Roncagalli, Riyan Chen, Marcin Bakinowski, Xiaochu Shi, Pamela L. Schwartzberg, Dominique Davidson and André Veillette
Nature Cell Biology 5, 149–154
(February 2003); doi:10.1038/ncb919
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LAB: A new membrane-associated adaptor molecule in B cell activation
Erin Janssen, Minghua Zhu, Weijia Zhang, Surapong Koonpaew and Weiguo Zhang
Nature Immunology 4, 117–123
(February 2003); doi:10.1038/ni882
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Interleukin-12 and the regulation of innate resistance and adaptive immunity
Giorgio Trinchieri
Nature Reviews Immunology 3, 133–146
(February 2003); doi:10.1038/nri1001
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PKA phosphorylation of AMPA receptor subunits controls synaptic trafficking underlying plasticity
José A. Esteban, Song-Hai Shi, Christopher Wilson, Mutsuo Nuriya, Richard L. Huganir and Roberto Malinow
Nature Neuroscience 6, 136–143
(February 2003); doi:10.1038/nn997
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Activation of NR1/NR2B NMDA receptors
Tue G. Banke and Stephen F. Traynelis
Nature Neuroscience 6, 144–152
(February 2003); doi:10.1038/nn1000
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Lethal T cell immunodeficiency induced by chronic costimulation via CD27-CD70 interactions
Kiki Tesselaar, Ramon Arens, Gijs M.W. van Schijndel, Paul A. Baars, Martin A. van der Valk, Jannie Borst, Marinus H.J. van Oers and René A.W. van Lier
Nature Immunology 4, 49–54
(January 2003); doi:10.1038/ni869
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TCRs with high affinity for foreign pMHC show self-reactivity
Phillip D. Holler, Lukasz K. Chlewicki and David M. Kranz
Nature Immunology 4, 55–62
(January 2003); doi:10.1038/ni863
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Alternative activation of macrophages
Siamon Gordon
Nature Reviews Immunology 3, 23–35
(January 2003); doi:10.1038/nri978
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Unmet expectations: The brain minds
William A. Carlezon Jr. and Roy A. Wise
Nature Medicine 9, 15–16
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Scientific and therapeutic advances in antiplatelet therapy
Deepak L. Bhatt and Eric J. Topol
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 2, 15–28
(January 2003); doi:10.1038/nrd985
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α7 subunit is an essential regulator of inflammation
Hong Wang, Man Yu, Mahendar Ochani, Carol Ann Amella, Mahira Tanovic, Seenu Susarla, Jian Hua Li, Haichao Wang, Huan Yang, Luis Ulloa, Yousef Al-Abed, Christopher J. Czura and Kevin J. Tracey
Nature 421, 384–388
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Inflammation: A nervous connection
Claude Libert
Nature 421, 328–329
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Neurobiology: Fear thou not
Yadin Dudai
Nature 421, 325–327
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Entry of viruses through the epithelial barrier: Pathogenic trickery
Morgane Bomsel and Annette Alfsen
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4, 57–68
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The dual-function CD150 receptor subfamily: the viral attraction
Svetlana P. Sidorenko and Edward A. Clark
Nature Immunology 4, 19–24
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Sonic hedgehog regulates adult neural progenitor proliferation in vitro and in vivo
Karen Lai, Brian K. Kaspar, Fred H. Gage and David V. Schaffer
Nature Neuroscience 6, 21–27
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Plasma membrane monoamine transporters: structure, regulation and function
Gonzalo E. Torres, Raul R. Gainetdinov and Marc G. Caron
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 4, 13–25
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Coupling of agonist binding to channel gating in the GABAA receptor
Thomas L. Kash, Andrew Jenkins, Jill C. Kelley, James R. Trudell and Neil L. Harrison
Nature 421, 272–275
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CD44: From adhesion molecules to signalling regulators
Helmut Ponta, Larry Sherman and Peter A. Herrlich
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4, 33–45
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IL-28, IL-29 and their class II cytokine receptor IL-28R
Paul Sheppard, Wayne Kindsvogel, Wenfeng Xu, Katherine Henderson, Stacy Schlutsmeyer, Theodore E. Whitmore, Rolf Kuestner, Ursula Garrigues, Carl Birks, Jenny Roraback, Craig Ostrander, Dennis Dong, Jinu Shin, Scott Presnell, Brian Fox, Betty Haldeman, Emily Cooper, David Taft, Teresa Gilbert, Francis J. Grant, Monica Tackett, William Krivan, Gary McKnight, Chris Clegg, Don Foster and Kevin M. Klucher
Nature Immunology 4, 63–68
(January 2003); doi:10.1038/ni873
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IFN-λs mediate antiviral protection through a distinct class II cytokine receptor complex
Sergei V. Kotenko, Grant Gallagher, Vitaliy V. Baurin, Anita Lewis-Antes, Meiling Shen, Nital K. Shah, Jerome A. Langer, Faruk Sheikh, Harold Dickensheets and Raymond P. Donnelly
Nature Immunology 4, 69–77
(January 2003); doi:10.1038/ni875
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Novel interferons
Jan Vilcek
Nature Immunology 4, 8–9
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Angiopoietins have distinct modular domains essential for receptor binding, dimerization and superclustering
Samuel Davis, Nick Papadopoulos, Thomas H. Aldrich, Peter C. Maisonpierre, Tammy Huang, Lubomir Kovac, April Xu, Raymond Leidich, Elzbieta Radziejewska, Ashique Rafique, Judah Goldberg, Vivek Jain, Kevin Bailey, Margaret Karow, Jim Fandl, Steven J. Samuelsson, Ella Ioffe, John S. Rudge, Thomas J. Daly, Czeslaw Radziejewski and George D. Yancopoulos
Nature Structural Biology 10, 38–44
(January 2003); doi:10.1038/nsb880
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IGF-1 receptor regulates lifespan and resistance to oxidative stress in mice
Martin Holzenberger, Joëlle Dupont, Bertrand Ducos, Patricia Leneuve, Alain Géloën, Patrick C. Even, Pascale Cervera and Yves Le Bouc
Nature 421, 182–187
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Physiology: Cost-free longevity in mice?
Gordon J. Lithgow and Matthew S. Gill
Nature 421, 125–126
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Nongenomic actions of steroid hormones
Ralf Lösel and Martin Wehling
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4, 46–55
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A systematic RNAi screen identifies a critical role for mitochondria in C. elegans longevity
Siu Sylvia Lee, Raymond Y.N. Lee, Andrew G. Fraser, Ravi S. Kamath, Julie Ahringer and Gary Ruvkun
Nature Genetics 33, 40–48
(January 2003); doi:10.1038/ng1056
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Selective cognitive dysfunction in acetylcholine M1 muscarinic receptor mutant mice
Stephan G. Anagnostaras, Geoffrey G. Murphy, Susan E. Hamilton, Scott L. Mitchell, Nancy P. Rahnama, Neil M. Nathanson and Alcino J. Silva
Nature Neuroscience 6, 51–58
(January 2003); doi:10.1038/nn992
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Extinction-induced upregulation in AMPA receptors reduces cocaine-seeking behaviour
Michael A. Sutton, Eric F. Schmidt, Kwang-Ho Choi, Christina A. Schad, Kim Whisler, Diana Simmons, David A. Karanian, Lisa M. Monteggia, Rachael L. Neve and David W. Self
Nature 421, 70–75
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Ectopic β-chain of ATP synthase is an apolipoprotein A-I receptor in hepatic HDL endocytosis
Laurent O. Martinez, Sébastien Jacquet, Jean-Pierre Esteve, Corinne Rolland, Elena Cabezón, Eric Champagne, Thierry Pineau, Valérie Georgeaud, John E. Walker, François Tercé, Xavier Collet, Bertrand Perret and Ronald Barbaras
Nature 421, 75–79
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Viral mimicry of cytokines, chemokines and their receptors
Antonio Alcami
Nature Reviews Immunology 3, 36–50
(January 2003); doi:10.1038/nri980
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Cytokine traps: multi-component, high-affinity blockers of cytokine action
Aris N. Economides, Laura Rocco Carpenter, John S. Rudge, Vivien Wong, Ellen M. Koehler-Stec, Christopher Hartnett, Erica A. Pyles, Xiaobing Xu, Thomas J. Daly, Michael R. Young, James P. Fandl, Frank Lee, Scott Carver, Jennifer McNay, Kevin Bailey, Swayampakula Ramakanth, Renta Hutabarat, Tammy T. Huang, Czeslaw Radziejewski, George D. Yancopoulos and Neil Stahl
Nature Medicine 9, 47–52
(January 2003); doi:10.1038/nm811
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Setting the cytokine trap for autoimmunity
Charles A. Dinarello
Nature Medicine 9, 20–22
(January 2003); doi:10.1038/nm0103-20
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