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New Articles in PLoS ONE

Published May 05, 2011 to May 11, 2011

If articles are interdisciplinary then they may appear under more than one subject heading in the list below.

Subjects:

Anesthesiology and Pain Management

Sensory Symptom Profiles and Co-Morbidities in Painful Radiculopathy
Friederike Mahn, Philipp Hüllemann, Ulrich Gockel, Mathias Brosz, Rainer Freynhagen, Thomas R. Tölle, Ralf Baron

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Biochemistry

Characterization of Changes in Serum Anti-Glycan Antibodies in Crohn's Disease – a Longitudinal Analysis
Florian Rieder, Rocio Lopez, Andre Franke, Alexandra Wolf, Stephan Schleder, Andrea Dirmeier, Anja Schirbel, Philip Rosenstiel, Nir Dotan, Stefan Schreiber, Gerhard Rogler, Frank Klebl

Identification of Phosphoproteins as Possible Differentiation Markers in All-Trans-Retinoic Acid-Treated Neuroblastoma Cells
Giorgia Mandili, Cristina Marini, Franco Carta, Cristina Zanini, Mauro Prato, Amina Khadjavi, Franco Turrini, Giuliana Giribaldi

Three-Dimensional cryoEM Reconstruction of Native LDL Particles to 16Å Resolution at Physiological Body Temperature
Vibhor Kumar, Sarah J. Butcher, Katariina Öörni, Peter Engelhardt, Jukka Heikkonen, Kimmo Kaski, Mika Ala-Korpela, Petri T. Kovanen

Overexpression of Prothymosin Alpha Predicts Poor Disease Outcome in Head and Neck Cancer
Satyendra Chandra Tripathi, Ajay Matta, Jatinder Kaur, Jorg Grigull, Shyam Singh Chauhan, Alok Thakar, Nootan Kumar Shukla, Ritu Duggal, Ajoy Roy Choudhary, Siddhartha DattaGupta, Mehar Chand Sharma, Ranju Ralhan, K. W. Michael Siu

Elevated miR-499 Levels Blunt the Cardiac Stress Response
Joseph T. C. Shieh, Yu Huang, Jacqueline Gilmore, Deepak Srivastava

A Study of Nuclear Transcription Factor-Kappa B in Childhood Autism
Usha S. Naik, Charitha Gangadharan, Kanakalatha Abbagani, Balakrishna Nagalla, Niranjan Dasari, Sunil K. Manna

Transcription Inhibition by DRB Potentiates Recombinational Repair of UV Lesions in Mammalian Cells
Ivaylo Stoimenov, Niklas Schultz, Ponnari Gottipati, Thomas Helleday

Upregulated MicroRNA-29a by Hepatitis B Virus X Protein Enhances Hepatoma Cell Migration by Targeting PTEN in Cell Culture Model
Guangyao Kong, Junping Zhang, Shuai Zhang, Changliang Shan, Lihong Ye, Xiaodong Zhang

Increased Basal Activity Is a Key Determinant in the Severity of Human Skeletal Dysplasia Caused by TRPV4 Mutations
Stephen Loukin, Zhenwei Su, Ching Kung

Human Tear Fluid Lipidome: From Composition to Function
Antti H. Rantamäki, Tuulikki Seppänen-Laakso, Matej Oresic, Matti Jauhiainen, Juha M. Holopainen

Metabolic Changes in Skin Caused by Scd1 Deficiency: A Focus on Retinol Metabolism
Matthew T. Flowers, Chad M. Paton, Sheila M. O'Byrne, Kevin Schiesser, John A. Dawson, William S. Blaner, Christina Kendziorski, James M. Ntambi

Benchmarking of Mutation Diagnostics in Clinical Lung Cancer Specimens
Silvia Querings, Janine Altmüller, Sascha Ansén, Thomas Zander, Danila Seidel, Franziska Gabler, Martin Peifer, Eva Markert, Kathryn Stemshorn, Bernd Timmermann, Beate Saal, Stefan Klose, Karen Ernestus, Matthias Scheffler, Walburga Engel-Riedel, Erich Stoelben, Elisabeth Brambilla, Jürgen Wolf, Peter Nürnberg, Roman K. Thomas

Oncogenic LMO3 Collaborates with HEN2 to Enhance Neuroblastoma Cell Growth through Transactivation of Mash1
Eriko Isogai, Miki Ohira, Toshinori Ozaki, Shigeyuki Oba, Yohko Nakamura, Akira Nakagawara

Histidine-Mediated pH-Sensitive Regulation of M-Ficolin:GlcNAc Binding Activity in Innate Immunity Examined by Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Lifeng Yang, Jing Zhang, Bow Ho, Jeak Ling Ding

Interaction of PLP with GFP-MAL2 in the Human Oligodendroglial Cell Line HOG
Raquel Bello-Morales, Marta Pérez-Hernández, María Teresa Rejas, Fuencisla Matesanz, Antonio Alcina, José Antonio López-Guerrero

Enantioselective Phytotoxicity of the Herbicide Imazethapyr on the Response of the Antioxidant System and Starch Metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana
HaiFeng Qian, Tao Lu, XiaoFeng Peng, Xiao Han, ZhengWei Fu, WeiPing Liu

Deep Sequencing Reveals Direct Targets of Gammaherpesvirus-Induced mRNA Decay and Suggests That Multiple Mechanisms Govern Cellular Transcript Escape
Karen Clyde, Britt A. Glaunsinger

Phosphorylation of the Yeast γ-Tubulin Tub4 Regulates Microtubule Function
Tien-chen Lin, Linda Gombos, Annett Neuner, Dominik Sebastian, Jesper V. Olsen, Ajla Hrle, Christian Benda, Elmar Schiebel

The Thermal Structural Transition of α-Crystallin Inhibits the Heat Induced Self-Aggregation
Giuseppe Maulucci, Massimiliano Papi, Giuseppe Arcovito, Marco De Spirito

Timeless Links Replication Termination to Mitotic Kinase Activation
Jayaraju Dheekollu, Andreas Wiedmer, James Hayden, David Speicher, Anthony L. Gotter, Tim Yen, Paul M. Lieberman

Crystal Structures of Two Aminoglycoside Kinases Bound with a Eukaryotic Protein Kinase Inhibitor
Desiree H. Fong, Bing Xiong, Jiyoung Hwang, Albert M. Berghuis

β-Carboline Compounds, Including Harmine, Inhibit DYRK1A and Tau Phosphorylation at Multiple Alzheimer's Disease-Related Sites
Danielle Frost, Bessie Meechoovet, Tong Wang, Stephen Gately, Marco Giorgetti, Irina Shcherbakova, Travis Dunckley

Identification and Replication of Loci Involved in Camptothecin-Induced Cytotoxicity Using CEPH Pedigrees
Venita Gresham Watson, Alison Motsinger-Reif, Nicholas E. Hardison, Eric J. Peters, Tammy M. Havener, Lorraine Everitt, James Todd Auman, Daniel L. Comins, Howard L. McLeod

Multizone Paper Platform for 3D Cell Cultures
Ratmir Derda, Sindy K. Y. Tang, Anna Laromaine, Bobak Mosadegh, Estrella Hong, Martin Mwangi, Akiko Mammoto, Donald E. Ingber, George M. Whitesides

Defective CFTR-Dependent CREB Activation Results in Impaired Spermatogenesis and Azoospermia
Wen Ming Xu, Jing Chen, Hui Chen, Rui Ying Diao, Kin Lam Fok, Jian Da Dong, Ting Ting Sun, Wen Ying Chen, Mei Kuen Yu, Xiao Hu Zhang, Lai Ling Tsang, Ann Lau, Qi Xian Shi, Qing Hua Shi, Ping Bo Huang, Hsiao Chang Chan

Versatility of MicroRNA Biogenesis
Naama Volk, Noam Shomron

sodC-Based Real-Time PCR for Detection of Neisseria meningitidis
Jennifer Dolan Thomas, Cynthia P. Hatcher, Dara A. Satterfield, M. Jordan Theodore, Michelle C. Bach, Kristin B. Linscott, Xin Zhao, Xin Wang, Raydel Mair, Susanna Schmink, Kathryn E. Arnold, David S. Stephens, Lee H. Harrison, Rosemary A. Hollick, Ana Lucia Andrade, Juliana Lamaro-Cardoso, Ana Paula S. de Lemos, Jenna Gritzfeld, Stephen Gordon, Ahmet Soysal, Mustafa Bakir, Dolly Sharma, Shabnam Jain, Sarah W. Satola, Nancy E. Messonnier, Leonard W. Mayer

New Noncovalent Inhibitors of Penicillin-Binding Proteins from Penicillin-Resistant Bacteria
Samo Turk, Olivier Verlaine, Thomas Gerards, Matej Živec, Jan Humljan, Izidor Sosič, Ana Amoroso, Astrid Zervosen, André Luxen, Bernard Joris, Stanislav Gobec

Urate Oxidase Purification by Salting-in Crystallization: Towards an Alternative to Chromatography
Marion Giffard, Natalie Ferté, François Ragot, Mohamed El Hajji, Bertrand Castro, Françoise Bonneté

The Insulin-Mediated Modulation of Visually Evoked Magnetic Fields Is Reduced in Obese Subjects
Martina Guthoff, Krunoslav T. Stingl, Otto Tschritter, Maja Rogic, Martin Heni, Katarina Stingl, Manfred Hallschmid, Hans-Ulrich Häring, Andreas Fritsche, Hubert Preissl, Anita M. Hennige

Red Fluorescent Protein-Aequorin Fusions as Improved Bioluminescent Ca2+ Reporters in Single Cells and Mice
Adil Bakayan, Cecilia F. Vaquero, Fernando Picazo, Juan Llopis

Knowledge-Driven Multi-Locus Analysis Reveals Gene-Gene Interactions Influencing HDL Cholesterol Level in Two Independent EMR-Linked Biobanks
Stephen D. Turner, Richard L. Berg, James G. Linneman, Peggy L. Peissig, Dana C. Crawford, Joshua C. Denny, Dan M. Roden, Catherine A. McCarty, Marylyn D. Ritchie, Russell A. Wilke

Water Contamination Reduces the Tolerance of Coral Larvae to Thermal Stress
Andrew P. Negri, Mia O. Hoogenboom

Nrt1 and Tna1-Independent Export of NAD+ Precursor Vitamins Promotes NAD+ Homeostasis and Allows Engineering of Vitamin Production
Peter Belenky, Rebecca Stebbins, Katrina L. Bogan, Charles R. Evans, Charles Brenner

A Translational Regulator, PUM2, Promotes Both Protein Stability and Kinase Activity of Aurora-A
Yei-Hsuan Huang, Chun-Chi Wu, Chen-Kung Chou, Chi-Ying F. Huang

Exogenous Expression of Human apoA-I Enhances Cardiac Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells
Kwong-Man Ng, Yee-Ki Lee, Wing-Hon Lai, Yau-Chi Chan, Man-Lung Fung, Hung-Fat Tse, Chung-Wah Siu

Degradation of the Disease-Associated Prion Protein by a Serine Protease from Lichens
Christopher J. Johnson, James P. Bennett, Steven M. Biro, Juan Camilo Duque-Velasquez, Cynthia M. Rodriguez, Richard A. Bessen, Tonie E. Rocke

Insulin Resistance in Non-Obese Subjects Is Associated with Activation of the JNK Pathway and Impaired Insulin Signaling in Skeletal Muscle
Umesh B. Masharani, Betty A. Maddux, Xiaojuan Li, Giorgos K. Sakkas, Kathleen Mulligan, Morris Schambelan, Ira D. Goldfine, Jack F. Youngren

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Biophysics

Three-Dimensional cryoEM Reconstruction of Native LDL Particles to 16Å Resolution at Physiological Body Temperature
Vibhor Kumar, Sarah J. Butcher, Katariina Öörni, Peter Engelhardt, Jukka Heikkonen, Kimmo Kaski, Mika Ala-Korpela, Petri T. Kovanen

Histidine-Mediated pH-Sensitive Regulation of M-Ficolin:GlcNAc Binding Activity in Innate Immunity Examined by Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Lifeng Yang, Jing Zhang, Bow Ho, Jeak Ling Ding

Electromagnetic Field Effect or Simply Stress? Effects of UMTS Exposure on Hippocampal Longterm Plasticity in the Context of Procedure Related Hormone Release
Nora Prochnow, Tina Gebing, Kerstin Ladage, Dorothee Krause-Finkeldey, Abdessamad El Ouardi, Andreas Bitz, Joachim Streckert, Volkert Hansen, Rolf Dermietzel

Phosphorylation of the Yeast γ-Tubulin Tub4 Regulates Microtubule Function
Tien-chen Lin, Linda Gombos, Annett Neuner, Dominik Sebastian, Jesper V. Olsen, Ajla Hrle, Christian Benda, Elmar Schiebel

The Thermal Structural Transition of α-Crystallin Inhibits the Heat Induced Self-Aggregation
Giuseppe Maulucci, Massimiliano Papi, Giuseppe Arcovito, Marco De Spirito

Crystal Structures of Two Aminoglycoside Kinases Bound with a Eukaryotic Protein Kinase Inhibitor
Desiree H. Fong, Bing Xiong, Jiyoung Hwang, Albert M. Berghuis

Urate Oxidase Purification by Salting-in Crystallization: Towards an Alternative to Chromatography
Marion Giffard, Natalie Ferté, François Ragot, Mohamed El Hajji, Bertrand Castro, Françoise Bonneté

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Biotechnology

Action Mechanisms of Lithium Chloride on Cell Infection by Transmissible Gastroenteritis Coronavirus
Xiaofeng Ren, Fandan Meng, Jiechao Yin, Guangxing Li, Xunliang Li, Chao Wang, Georg Herrler

Minicircle-oriP-IFNγ: A Novel Targeted Gene Therapeutic System for EBV Positive Human Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Yufang Zuo, Jiangxue Wu, Zumin Xu, Shiping Yang, Haijiao Yan, Li Tan, Xiangqi Meng, Xiaofang Ying, Ranyi Liu, Tiebang Kang, Wenlin Huang

A Non-Specific Effect Associated with Conditional Transgene Expression Based on Cre-loxP Strategy in Mice
Linghua Qiu, Jaime A. Rivera-Pérez, Zuoshang Xu

The Proteolipid Protein Promoter Drives Expression outside of the Oligodendrocyte Lineage during Embryonic and Early Postnatal Development
John-Paul Michalski, Carrie Anderson, Ariane Beauvais, Yves De Repentigny, Rashmi Kothary

Enantioselective Phytotoxicity of the Herbicide Imazethapyr on the Response of the Antioxidant System and Starch Metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana
HaiFeng Qian, Tao Lu, XiaoFeng Peng, Xiao Han, ZhengWei Fu, WeiPing Liu

Role of Surface Chemistry in Protein Remodeling at the Cell-Material Interface
Virginia Llopis-Hernández, Patricia Rico, José Ballester-Beltrán, David Moratal, Manuel Salmerón-Sánchez

β-Carboline Compounds, Including Harmine, Inhibit DYRK1A and Tau Phosphorylation at Multiple Alzheimer's Disease-Related Sites
Danielle Frost, Bessie Meechoovet, Tong Wang, Stephen Gately, Marco Giorgetti, Irina Shcherbakova, Travis Dunckley

Multizone Paper Platform for 3D Cell Cultures
Ratmir Derda, Sindy K. Y. Tang, Anna Laromaine, Bobak Mosadegh, Estrella Hong, Martin Mwangi, Akiko Mammoto, Donald E. Ingber, George M. Whitesides

Daily Treatment with SMTC1100, a Novel Small Molecule Utrophin Upregulator, Dramatically Reduces the Dystrophic Symptoms in the mdx Mouse
Jonathon M. Tinsley, Rebecca J. Fairclough, Richard Storer, Fraser J. Wilkes, Allyson C. Potter, Sarah E. Squire, Dave S. Powell, Anna Cozzoli, Roberta F. Capogrosso, Adam Lambert, Francis X. Wilson, Stephen P. Wren, Annamaria De Luca, Kay E. Davies

ALG: Automated Genotype Calling of Luminex Assays
Mathieu Bourgey, Mathieu Lariviere, Chantal Richer, Daniel Sinnett

A Simple, Inexpensive Device for Nucleic Acid Amplification without Electricity—Toward Instrument-Free Molecular Diagnostics in Low-Resource Settings
Paul LaBarre, Kenneth R. Hawkins, Jay Gerlach, Jared Wilmoth, Andrew Beddoe, Jered Singleton, David Boyle, Bernhard Weigl

Characterization of a Human Antibody Fragment Fab and Its Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles that Inhibit Rabies Virus Infection with Vaccine
Xinjian Liu, Hong Lin, Qi Tang, Chen Li, Songtao Yang, Zhongcan Wang, Changjun Wang, Qing He, Brian Cao, Zhenqing Feng, Xiaohong Guan, Jin Zhu

sodC-Based Real-Time PCR for Detection of Neisseria meningitidis
Jennifer Dolan Thomas, Cynthia P. Hatcher, Dara A. Satterfield, M. Jordan Theodore, Michelle C. Bach, Kristin B. Linscott, Xin Zhao, Xin Wang, Raydel Mair, Susanna Schmink, Kathryn E. Arnold, David S. Stephens, Lee H. Harrison, Rosemary A. Hollick, Ana Lucia Andrade, Juliana Lamaro-Cardoso, Ana Paula S. de Lemos, Jenna Gritzfeld, Stephen Gordon, Ahmet Soysal, Mustafa Bakir, Dolly Sharma, Shabnam Jain, Sarah W. Satola, Nancy E. Messonnier, Leonard W. Mayer

Urate Oxidase Purification by Salting-in Crystallization: Towards an Alternative to Chromatography
Marion Giffard, Natalie Ferté, François Ragot, Mohamed El Hajji, Bertrand Castro, Françoise Bonneté

Red Fluorescent Protein-Aequorin Fusions as Improved Bioluminescent Ca2+ Reporters in Single Cells and Mice
Adil Bakayan, Cecilia F. Vaquero, Fernando Picazo, Juan Llopis

Cancer Screening by Systemic Administration of a Gene Delivery Vector Encoding Tumor-Selective Secretable Biomarker Expression
Andrew W. Browne, Jennifer L. Leddon, Mark A. Currier, Jon P. Williams, Jason S. Frischer, Margaret H. Collins, Chong H. Ahn, Timothy P. Cripe

Degradation of the Disease-Associated Prion Protein by a Serine Protease from Lichens
Christopher J. Johnson, James P. Bennett, Steven M. Biro, Juan Camilo Duque-Velasquez, Cynthia M. Rodriguez, Richard A. Bessen, Tonie E. Rocke

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Cell Biology

Modification of Collagen by 3-Deoxyglucosone Alters Wound Healing through Differential Regulation of p38 MAP Kinase
Danielle T. Loughlin, Carol M. Artlett

Transcription Inhibition by DRB Potentiates Recombinational Repair of UV Lesions in Mammalian Cells
Ivaylo Stoimenov, Niklas Schultz, Ponnari Gottipati, Thomas Helleday

DNA Methyltransferase Controls Stem Cell Aging by Regulating BMI1 and EZH2 through MicroRNAs
Ah-Young So, Ji-Won Jung, Seunghee Lee, Hyung-Sik Kim, Kyung-Sun Kang

Human Tear Fluid Lipidome: From Composition to Function
Antti H. Rantamäki, Tuulikki Seppänen-Laakso, Matej Oresic, Matti Jauhiainen, Juha M. Holopainen

Human Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells Acquire Epithelial Characteristics through Fusion with Gastrointestinal Epithelial Cells
Jonathan Ferrand, Danièle Noël, Philippe Lehours, Martina Prochazkova-Carlotti, Lucie Chambonnier, Armelle Ménard, Francis Mégraud, Christine Varon

Serum Response Factor Controls CYLD Expression via MAPK Signaling Pathway
Gang Liang, Kristofer Ahlqvist, Rajeswararao Pannem, Guido Posern, Ramin Massoumi

A Non-Specific Effect Associated with Conditional Transgene Expression Based on Cre-loxP Strategy in Mice
Linghua Qiu, Jaime A. Rivera-Pérez, Zuoshang Xu

IFI16 Induction by Glucose Restriction in Human Fibroblasts Contributes to Autophagy through Activation of the ATM/AMPK/p53 Pathway
Xin Duan, Larissa Ponomareva, Sudhakar Veeranki, Divaker Choubey

Hydrogen Sulfide Attenuated Tumor Necrosis Factor-α-Induced Inflammatory Signaling and Dysfunction in Vascular Endothelial Cells
Li-Long Pan, Xin-Hua Liu, Qi-Hai Gong, Dan Wu, Yi-Zhun Zhu

Interaction of PLP with GFP-MAL2 in the Human Oligodendroglial Cell Line HOG
Raquel Bello-Morales, Marta Pérez-Hernández, María Teresa Rejas, Fuencisla Matesanz, Antonio Alcina, José Antonio López-Guerrero

Enantioselective Phytotoxicity of the Herbicide Imazethapyr on the Response of the Antioxidant System and Starch Metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana
HaiFeng Qian, Tao Lu, XiaoFeng Peng, Xiao Han, ZhengWei Fu, WeiPing Liu

Phosphorylation of the Yeast γ-Tubulin Tub4 Regulates Microtubule Function
Tien-chen Lin, Linda Gombos, Annett Neuner, Dominik Sebastian, Jesper V. Olsen, Ajla Hrle, Christian Benda, Elmar Schiebel

Fission of Tubular Endosomes Triggers Endosomal Acidification and Movement
Kumi Mesaki, Kenji Tanabe, Masanori Obayashi, Natsuko Oe, Kohji Takei

Two Distinct Integrin-Mediated Mechanisms Contribute to Apical Lumen Formation in Epithelial Cells
Satu Marja Myllymäki, Terhi Piritta Teräväinen, Aki Manninen

Timeless Links Replication Termination to Mitotic Kinase Activation
Jayaraju Dheekollu, Andreas Wiedmer, James Hayden, David Speicher, Anthony L. Gotter, Tim Yen, Paul M. Lieberman

Antigen-Independent IFN-γ Production by Human Naïve CD4+ T Cells Activated by IL-12 Plus IL-18
Rachel B. Munk, Katsuki Sugiyama, Paritosh Ghosh, Carl Y. Sasaki, Louis Rezanka, Kasturi Banerjee, Hidenori Takahashi, Ranjan Sen, Dan L. Longo

Defective CFTR-Dependent CREB Activation Results in Impaired Spermatogenesis and Azoospermia
Wen Ming Xu, Jing Chen, Hui Chen, Rui Ying Diao, Kin Lam Fok, Jian Da Dong, Ting Ting Sun, Wen Ying Chen, Mei Kuen Yu, Xiao Hu Zhang, Lai Ling Tsang, Ann Lau, Qi Xian Shi, Qing Hua Shi, Ping Bo Huang, Hsiao Chang Chan

Candidate Glutamatergic Neurons in the Visual System of Drosophila
Shamprasad Varija Raghu, Alexander Borst

A Translational Regulator, PUM2, Promotes Both Protein Stability and Kinase Activity of Aurora-A
Yei-Hsuan Huang, Chun-Chi Wu, Chen-Kung Chou, Chi-Ying F. Huang

Somatostatin Inhibits Cell Migration and Reduces Cell Counts of Human Keratinocytes and Delays Epidermal Wound Healing in an Ex Vivo Wound Model
Matthias Vockel, Simone Pollok, Ute Breitenbach, Ina Ridderbusch, Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp, Johanna M. Brandner

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Chemistry

Polyamide-Scorpion Cyclam Lexitropsins Selectively Bind AT-Rich DNA Independently of the Nature of the Coordinated Metal
Anthony T. S. Lo, Noeris K. Salam, David E. Hibbs, Peter J. Rutledge, Matthew H. Todd

Human Tear Fluid Lipidome: From Composition to Function
Antti H. Rantamäki, Tuulikki Seppänen-Laakso, Matej Oresic, Matti Jauhiainen, Juha M. Holopainen

A Novel Structural Framework for α1A/D-Adrenoceptor Selective Antagonists Identified Using Subtype Selective Pharmacophores
Emily S. Stoddart, Sevvandi Senadheera, Iain J. A. MacDougall, Renate Griffith, Angela M. Finch

Enantioselective Phytotoxicity of the Herbicide Imazethapyr on the Response of the Antioxidant System and Starch Metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana
HaiFeng Qian, Tao Lu, XiaoFeng Peng, Xiao Han, ZhengWei Fu, WeiPing Liu

Crystal Structures of Two Aminoglycoside Kinases Bound with a Eukaryotic Protein Kinase Inhibitor
Desiree H. Fong, Bing Xiong, Jiyoung Hwang, Albert M. Berghuis

Multizone Paper Platform for 3D Cell Cultures
Ratmir Derda, Sindy K. Y. Tang, Anna Laromaine, Bobak Mosadegh, Estrella Hong, Martin Mwangi, Akiko Mammoto, Donald E. Ingber, George M. Whitesides

A Simple, Inexpensive Device for Nucleic Acid Amplification without Electricity—Toward Instrument-Free Molecular Diagnostics in Low-Resource Settings
Paul LaBarre, Kenneth R. Hawkins, Jay Gerlach, Jared Wilmoth, Andrew Beddoe, Jered Singleton, David Boyle, Bernhard Weigl

New Noncovalent Inhibitors of Penicillin-Binding Proteins from Penicillin-Resistant Bacteria
Samo Turk, Olivier Verlaine, Thomas Gerards, Matej Živec, Jan Humljan, Izidor Sosič, Ana Amoroso, Astrid Zervosen, André Luxen, Bernard Joris, Stanislav Gobec

Urate Oxidase Purification by Salting-in Crystallization: Towards an Alternative to Chromatography
Marion Giffard, Natalie Ferté, François Ragot, Mohamed El Hajji, Bertrand Castro, Françoise Bonneté

Degradation of the Disease-Associated Prion Protein by a Serine Protease from Lichens
Christopher J. Johnson, James P. Bennett, Steven M. Biro, Juan Camilo Duque-Velasquez, Cynthia M. Rodriguez, Richard A. Bessen, Tonie E. Rocke

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Computational Biology

Three-Dimensional cryoEM Reconstruction of Native LDL Particles to 16Å Resolution at Physiological Body Temperature
Vibhor Kumar, Sarah J. Butcher, Katariina Öörni, Peter Engelhardt, Jukka Heikkonen, Kimmo Kaski, Mika Ala-Korpela, Petri T. Kovanen

A Dynamic View of Trauma/Hemorrhage-Induced Inflammation in Mice: Principal Drivers and Networks
Qi Mi, Gregory Constantine, Cordelia Ziraldo, Alexey Solovyev, Andres Torres, Rajaie Namas, Timothy Bentley, Timothy R. Billiar, Ruben Zamora, Juan Carlos Puyana, Yoram Vodovotz

Elevated miR-499 Levels Blunt the Cardiac Stress Response
Joseph T. C. Shieh, Yu Huang, Jacqueline Gilmore, Deepak Srivastava

Automated Image Analysis of the Host-Pathogen Interaction between Phagocytes and Aspergillus fumigatus
Franziska Mech, Andreas Thywißen, Reinhard Guthke, Axel A. Brakhage, Marc Thilo Figge

The Overlapping Community Structure of Structural Brain Network in Young Healthy Individuals
Kai Wu, Yasuyuki Taki, Kazunori Sato, Yuko Sassa, Kentaro Inoue, Ryoi Goto, Ken Okada, Ryuta Kawashima, Yong He, Alan C. Evans, Hiroshi Fukuda

Genome-Wide Association Study of Relative Telomere Length
Jennifer Prescott, Peter Kraft, Daniel I. Chasman, Sharon A. Savage, Lisa Mirabello, Sonja I. Berndt, Joel L. Weissfeld, Jiali Han, Richard B. Hayes, Stephen J. Chanock, David J. Hunter, Immaculata De Vivo

Common Variants in a Novel Gene, FONG on Chromosome 2q33.1 Confer Risk of Osteoporosis in Japanese
Ikuyo Kou, Atsushi Takahashi, Tomohiko Urano, Naoshi Fukui, Hideki Ito, Kouichi Ozaki, Toshihiro Tanaka, Takayuki Hosoi, Masataka Shiraki, Satoshi Inoue, Yusuke Nakamura, Naoyuki Kamatani, Michiaki Kubo, Seijiro Mori, Shiro Ikegawa

Evaluating the Potential Efficacy of Invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) Removals
Andrew B. Barbour, Michael S. Allen, Thomas K. Frazer, Krista D. Sherman

Dissecting the Specificity of Protein-Protein Interaction in Bacterial Two-Component Signaling: Orphans and Crosstalks
Andrea Procaccini, Bryan Lunt, Hendrik Szurmant, Terence Hwa, Martin Weigt

Histidine-Mediated pH-Sensitive Regulation of M-Ficolin:GlcNAc Binding Activity in Innate Immunity Examined by Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Lifeng Yang, Jing Zhang, Bow Ho, Jeak Ling Ding

Using Unsupervised Patterns to Extract Gene Regulation Relationships for Network Construction
Yi-Tsung Tang, Shuo-Jang Li, Hung-Yu Kao, Shaw-Jenq Tsai, Hei-Chia Wang

A Spatial Analysis of County-level Variation in Syphilis and Gonorrhea in Guangdong Province, China
Nicholas X. Tan, Jane P. Messina, Li-Gang Yang, Bin Yang, Michael Emch, Xiang-Sheng Chen, Myron S. Cohen, Joseph D. Tucker

Gene Expression Rhythms in the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lam.) across an Annual Cycle
Mohamed Banni, Alessandro Negri, Flavio Mignone, Hamadi Boussetta, Aldo Viarengo, Francesco Dondero

CD46 Protects against Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Sandra Grumelli, Bao Lu, Leif Peterson, Toshitaka Maeno, Craig Gerard

ALG: Automated Genotype Calling of Luminex Assays
Mathieu Bourgey, Mathieu Lariviere, Chantal Richer, Daniel Sinnett

Atmospheric Reaction Systems as Null-Models to Identify Structural Traces of Evolution in Metabolism
Petter Holme, Mikael Huss, Sang Hoon Lee

Knowledge-Driven Multi-Locus Analysis Reveals Gene-Gene Interactions Influencing HDL Cholesterol Level in Two Independent EMR-Linked Biobanks
Stephen D. Turner, Richard L. Berg, James G. Linneman, Peggy L. Peissig, Dana C. Crawford, Joshua C. Denny, Dan M. Roden, Catherine A. McCarty, Marylyn D. Ritchie, Russell A. Wilke

Are Nested Networks More Robust to Disturbance? A Test Using Epiphyte-Tree, Comensalistic Networks
Martín Piazzon, Asier R. Larrinaga, Luis Santamaría

Targeted Assembly of Short Sequence Reads
René L. Warren, Robert A. Holt

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Computer Science

Problematic Internet Use in High School Students in Guangdong Province, China
Hui Wang, Xiaolan Zhou, Ciyong Lu, Jie Wu, Xueqing Deng, Lingyao Hong

SAGES: A Suite of Freely-Available Software Tools for Electronic Disease Surveillance in Resource-Limited Settings
Sheri L. Lewis, Brian H. Feighner, Wayne A. Loschen, Richard A. Wojcik, Joseph F. Skora, Jacqueline S. Coberly, David L. Blazes

Using Unsupervised Patterns to Extract Gene Regulation Relationships for Network Construction
Yi-Tsung Tang, Shuo-Jang Li, Hung-Yu Kao, Shaw-Jenq Tsai, Hei-Chia Wang

Multiple Neural Oscillators and Muscle Feedback Are Required for the Intestinal Fed State Motor Program
Jordan D. Chambers, Joel C. Bornstein, Evan A. Thomas

A Precise Error Bound for Quantum Phase Estimation
James M. Chappell, Max A. Lohe, Lorenz von Smekal, Azhar Iqbal, Derek Abbott

ALG: Automated Genotype Calling of Luminex Assays
Mathieu Bourgey, Mathieu Lariviere, Chantal Richer, Daniel Sinnett

Are Nested Networks More Robust to Disturbance? A Test Using Epiphyte-Tree, Comensalistic Networks
Martín Piazzon, Asier R. Larrinaga, Luis Santamaría

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Critical Care and Emergency Medicine

An NFKB1 Promoter Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism Influences Risk and Outcome in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome among Caucasians
Ednan K. Bajwa, Paul C. Cremer, Michelle N. Gong, Rihong Zhai, Li Su, B. Taylor Thompson, David C. Christiani

Thrombospondin-1 Contributes to Mortality in Murine Sepsis through Effects on Innate Immunity
Sara McMaken, Matthew C. Exline, Payal Mehta, Melissa Piper, Yijie Wang, Sara N. Fischer, Christie A. Newland, Carrie A. Schrader, Shannon R. Balser, Anasuya Sarkar, Christopher P. Baran, Clay B. Marsh, Charles H. Cook, Gary S. Phillips, Naeem A. Ali

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Dermatology

Specificity of Mimotope-Induced Anti-High Molecular Weight-Melanoma Associated Antigen (HMW-MAA) Antibodies Does Not Ensure Biological Activity
Julia Latzka, Sonja Gaier, Gerlinde Hofstetter, Nina Balazs, Ursula Smole, Soldano Ferrone, Otto Scheiner, Heimo Breiteneder, Hubert Pehamberger, Stefan Wagner

Somatostatin Inhibits Cell Migration and Reduces Cell Counts of Human Keratinocytes and Delays Epidermal Wound Healing in an Ex Vivo Wound Model
Matthias Vockel, Simone Pollok, Ute Breitenbach, Ina Ridderbusch, Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp, Johanna M. Brandner

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Developmental Biology

Modification of Collagen by 3-Deoxyglucosone Alters Wound Healing through Differential Regulation of p38 MAP Kinase
Danielle T. Loughlin, Carol M. Artlett

Upregulated MicroRNA-29a by Hepatitis B Virus X Protein Enhances Hepatoma Cell Migration by Targeting PTEN in Cell Culture Model
Guangyao Kong, Junping Zhang, Shuai Zhang, Changliang Shan, Lihong Ye, Xiaodong Zhang

Increased Basal Activity Is a Key Determinant in the Severity of Human Skeletal Dysplasia Caused by TRPV4 Mutations
Stephen Loukin, Zhenwei Su, Ching Kung

Human Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells Acquire Epithelial Characteristics through Fusion with Gastrointestinal Epithelial Cells
Jonathan Ferrand, Danièle Noël, Philippe Lehours, Martina Prochazkova-Carlotti, Lucie Chambonnier, Armelle Ménard, Francis Mégraud, Christine Varon

The Ras/MAPK Pathway Is Required for Generation of iNKT Cells
Taishan Hu, Idoia Gimferrer, Amie Simmons, David Wiest, José Alberola-Ila

Multizone Paper Platform for 3D Cell Cultures
Ratmir Derda, Sindy K. Y. Tang, Anna Laromaine, Bobak Mosadegh, Estrella Hong, Martin Mwangi, Akiko Mammoto, Donald E. Ingber, George M. Whitesides

Differential Evolvability Along Lines of Least Resistance of Upper and Lower Molars in Island House Mice
Sabrina Renaud, Sophie Pantalacci, Jean-Christophe Auffray

The Relationship between Anogenital Distance, Fatherhood, and Fertility in Adult Men
Michael L. Eisenberg, Michael H. Hsieh, Rustin Chanc Walters, Ross Krasnow, Larry I. Lipshultz

Somatostatin Inhibits Cell Migration and Reduces Cell Counts of Human Keratinocytes and Delays Epidermal Wound Healing in an Ex Vivo Wound Model
Matthias Vockel, Simone Pollok, Ute Breitenbach, Ina Ridderbusch, Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp, Johanna M. Brandner

Exogenous Expression of Human apoA-I Enhances Cardiac Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells
Kwong-Man Ng, Yee-Ki Lee, Wing-Hon Lai, Yau-Chi Chan, Man-Lung Fung, Hung-Fat Tse, Chung-Wah Siu

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Diabetes and Endocrinology

Investigating the Role of T-Cell Avidity and Killing Efficacy in Relation to Type 1 Diabetes Prediction
Anmar Khadra, Massimo Pietropaolo, Gerald T. Nepom, Arthur Sherman

SDOCT Imaging to Identify Macular Pathology in Patients Diagnosed with Diabetic Maculopathy by a Digital Photographic Retinal Screening Programme
Sarah Mackenzie, Christian Schmermer, Amanda Charnley, Dawn Sim, Vikas Tah, Martin Dumskyj, Stephen Nussey, Catherine Egan

Chronic Loss of Melanin-Concentrating Hormone Affects Motivational Aspects of Feeding in the Rat
Joram D. Mul, Susanne E. la Fleur, Pim W. Toonen, Anthonieke Afrasiab-Middelman, Rob Binnekade, Dustin Schetters, Michel M. M. Verheij, Robert M. Sears, Judith R. Homberg, Anton N. M. Schoffelmeer, Roger A. H. Adan, Ralph J. DiLeone, Taco J. De Vries, Edwin Cuppen

ENPP1 Affects Insulin Action and Secretion: Evidences from In Vitro Studies
Rosa Di Paola, Nunzia Caporarello, Antonella Marucci, Claudia Dimatteo, Claudia Iadicicco, Silvia Del Guerra, Sabrina Prudente, Dora Sudano, Claudia Miele, Cristina Parrino, Salvatore Piro, Francesco Beguinot, Piero Marchetti, Vincenzo Trischitta, Lucia Frittitta

The Relationship between Anogenital Distance, Fatherhood, and Fertility in Adult Men
Michael L. Eisenberg, Michael H. Hsieh, Rustin Chanc Walters, Ross Krasnow, Larry I. Lipshultz

The Insulin-Mediated Modulation of Visually Evoked Magnetic Fields Is Reduced in Obese Subjects
Martina Guthoff, Krunoslav T. Stingl, Otto Tschritter, Maja Rogic, Martin Heni, Katarina Stingl, Manfred Hallschmid, Hans-Ulrich Häring, Andreas Fritsche, Hubert Preissl, Anita M. Hennige

MCP-1 Upregulates Amylin Expression in Murine Pancreatic β Cells through ERK/JNK-AP1 and NF-κB Related Signaling Pathways Independent of CCR2
Kun Cai, Dongfei Qi, Xinwei Hou, Oumei Wang, Juan Chen, Bo Deng, Lihua Qian, Xiaolong Liu, Yingying Le

Association of Adiponectin SNP+45 and SNP+276 with Type 2 Diabetes in Han Chinese Populations: A Meta-Analysis of 26 Case-Control Studies
Yiping Li, Xianli Li, Li Shi, Man Yang, Ying Yang, Wenyu Tao, Lei Shi, Yuxin Xiong, Ying Zhang, Yufeng Yao

Insulin Resistance in Non-Obese Subjects Is Associated with Activation of the JNK Pathway and Impaired Insulin Signaling in Skeletal Muscle
Umesh B. Masharani, Betty A. Maddux, Xiaojuan Li, Giorgos K. Sakkas, Kathleen Mulligan, Morris Schambelan, Ira D. Goldfine, Jack F. Youngren

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Ecology

Could Seals Prevent Cod Recovery in the Baltic Sea?
Brian R. MacKenzie, Margit Eero, Henn Ojaveer

Spatial and Temporal Complexities of Reproductive Behavior and Sex Ratios: A Case from Parasitic Insects
Katharina Dittmar, Solon Morse, Matthew Gruwell, Jason Mayberry, Emily DiBlasi

A Passerine Bird's Evolution Corroborates the Geologic History of the Island of New Guinea
Kristy Deiner, Alan R. Lemmon, Andrew L. Mack, Robert C. Fleischer, John P. Dumbacher

Extremely Long-Lived Stigmas Allow Extended Cross-Pollination Opportunities in a High Andean Plant
Cristian Torres-Díaz, Susana Gómez-González, Gisela C. Stotz, Patricio Torres-Morales, Brayam Paredes, Matías Pérez-Millaqueo, Ernesto Gianoli

Lack of Phylogeographic Structure in the Freshwater Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa Suggests Global Dispersal
Ineke van Gremberghe, Frederik Leliaert, Joachim Mergeay, Pieter Vanormelingen, Katleen Van der Gucht, Ann-Eline Debeer, Gissell Lacerot, Luc De Meester, Wim Vyverman

Antioxidant Defenses Predict Long-Term Survival in a Passerine Bird
Nicola Saino, Manuela Caprioli, Maria Romano, Giuseppe Boncoraglio, Diego Rubolini, Roberto Ambrosini, Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati, Andrea Romano

Evaluating the Potential Efficacy of Invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) Removals
Andrew B. Barbour, Michael S. Allen, Thomas K. Frazer, Krista D. Sherman

Energy Starved Candidatus Pelagibacter Ubique Substitutes Light-Mediated ATP Production for Endogenous Carbon Respiration
Laura Steindler, Michael S. Schwalbach, Daniel P. Smith, Francis Chan, Stephen J. Giovannoni

Species Richness and Range Size of the Terrestrial Mammals of the World: Biological Signal within Mathematical Constraints
Jorge Soberón, Gerardo Ceballos

Multispectral Imaging for Determination of Astaxanthin Concentration in Salmonids
Bjørn S. Dissing, Michael E. Nielsen, Bjarne K. Ersbøll, Stina Frosch

A National and International Analysis of Changing Forest Density
Aapo Rautiainen, Iddo Wernick, Paul E. Waggoner, Jesse H. Ausubel, Pekka E. Kauppi

Global Diversity Hotspots and Conservation Priorities for Sharks
Luis O. Lucifora, Verónica B. García, Boris Worm

Gene Expression Rhythms in the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lam.) across an Annual Cycle
Mohamed Banni, Alessandro Negri, Flavio Mignone, Hamadi Boussetta, Aldo Viarengo, Francesco Dondero

Phylogenetic Patterns of Colonization and Extinction in Experimentally Assembled Plant Communities
Marc W. Cadotte, Sharon Y. Strauss

Local Factors Determine Plant Community Structure on Closely Neighbored Islands
Jianbo Lu, Lin Jiang, Lin Yu, Que Sun

Archipelago-Wide Island Restoration in the Galápagos Islands: Reducing Costs of Invasive Mammal Eradication Programs and Reinvasion Risk
Victor Carrion, C. Josh Donlan, Karl J. Campbell, Christian Lavoie, Felipe Cruz

Lizards Cooperatively Tunnel to Construct a Long-Term Home for Family Members
Steve McAlpin, Paul Duckett, Adam Stow

Effectiveness of Action in India to Reduce Exposure of Gyps Vultures to the Toxic Veterinary Drug Diclofenac
Richard Cuthbert, Mark A. Taggart, Vibhu Prakash, Mohini Saini, Devendra Swarup, Suchitra Upreti, Rafael Mateo, Soumya Sunder Chakraborty, Parag Deori, Rhys E. Green

Phylogeography and Genetic Structuring of European Nine-Spined Sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius)—Mitochondrial DNA Evidence
Amber G. F. Teacher, Takahito Shikano, Marika E. Karjalainen, Juha Merilä

The Influence of Reproductive Experience on Milk Energy Output and Lactation Performance in the Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Shelley L. C. Lang, Sara J. Iverson, W. Don Bowen

Are Nested Networks More Robust to Disturbance? A Test Using Epiphyte-Tree, Comensalistic Networks
Martín Piazzon, Asier R. Larrinaga, Luis Santamaría

Genomic Markers Reveal Introgressive Hybridization in the Indo-West Pacific Mangroves: A Case Study
Mei Sun, Eugenia Y. Y. Lo

Evidence that the Human Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii May Have Evolved in Africa
Anastasia P. Litvintseva, Ignazio Carbone, Jenny Rossouw, Rameshwari Thakur, Nelesh P. Govender, Thomas G. Mitchell

Water Contamination Reduces the Tolerance of Coral Larvae to Thermal Stress
Andrew P. Negri, Mia O. Hoogenboom

Allocating Logging Rights in Peruvian Amazonia—Does It Matter to Be Local?
Matti Salo, Samuli Helle, Tuuli Toivonen

Experimental Demonstration of the Fitness Consequences of an Introduced Parasite of Darwin's Finches
Jennifer A. H. Koop, Sarah K. Huber, Sean M. Laverty, Dale H. Clayton

Prey Capture Behavior in an Arboreal African Ponerine Ant
Alain Dejean

Using Satellite Tracking to Optimize Protection of Long-Lived Marine Species: Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Conservation in Central Africa
Sara M. Maxwell, Greg A. Breed, Barry A. Nickel, Junior Makanga-Bahouna, Edgard Pemo-Makaya, Richard J. Parnell, Angela Formia, Solange Ngouessono, Brendan J. Godley, Daniel P. Costa, Matthew J. Witt, Michael S. Coyne

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Evolutionary Biology

Culture and Hybridization Experiments on an Ulva Clade Including the Qingdao Strain Blooming in the Yellow Sea
Masanori Hiraoka, Kensuke Ichihara, Wenrong Zhu, Jiahai Ma, Satoshi Shimada

Spatial and Temporal Complexities of Reproductive Behavior and Sex Ratios: A Case from Parasitic Insects
Katharina Dittmar, Solon Morse, Matthew Gruwell, Jason Mayberry, Emily DiBlasi

A Passerine Bird's Evolution Corroborates the Geologic History of the Island of New Guinea
Kristy Deiner, Alan R. Lemmon, Andrew L. Mack, Robert C. Fleischer, John P. Dumbacher

Extremely Long-Lived Stigmas Allow Extended Cross-Pollination Opportunities in a High Andean Plant
Cristian Torres-Díaz, Susana Gómez-González, Gisela C. Stotz, Patricio Torres-Morales, Brayam Paredes, Matías Pérez-Millaqueo, Ernesto Gianoli

CRISPR Inhibition of Prophage Acquisition in Streptococcus pyogenes
Takashi Nozawa, Nayuta Furukawa, Chihiro Aikawa, Takayasu Watanabe, Bijaya Haobam, Ken Kurokawa, Fumito Maruyama, Ichiro Nakagawa

Genetic Diversity of Near Genome-Wide Hepatitis C Virus Sequences during Chronic Infection: Evidence for Protein Structural Conservation Over Time
Hui Li, Austin L. Hughes, Nazneen Bano, Susan McArdle, Stephen Livingston, Heike Deubner, Brian J. McMahon, Lisa Townshend-Bulson, Rachel McMahan, Hugo R. Rosen, David R. Gretch

Evolutionary Conservation of the Functional Modularity of Primate and Murine LINE-1 Elements
Bradley J. Wagstaff, Miriam Barnerβoi, Astrid M. Roy-Engel

Wolbachia Prophage DNA Adenine Methyltransferase Genes in Different Drosophila-Wolbachia Associations
Aggeliki Saridaki, Panagiotis Sapountzis, Harriet L. Harris, Philip D. Batista, Jennifer A. Biliske, Harris Pavlikaki, Stefan Oehler, Charalambos Savakis, Henk R. Braig, Kostas Bourtzis

Phytolith Analysis for Differentiating between Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica) and Green Foxtail (Setaria viridis)
Jianping Zhang, Houyuan Lu, Naiqin Wu, Xiaoyan Yang, Xianmin Diao

Circadian Clock Gene Expression in the Coral Favia fragum over Diel and Lunar Reproductive Cycles
Kenneth D. Hoadley, Alina M. Szmant, Sonja J. Pyott

Premating Reproductive Barriers between Hybridising Cricket Species Differing in Their Degree of Polyandry
Thor Veen, Joseph Faulks, Rolando Rodríguez-Muñoz, Tom Tregenza

Differential Evolvability Along Lines of Least Resistance of Upper and Lower Molars in Island House Mice
Sabrina Renaud, Sophie Pantalacci, Jean-Christophe Auffray

Lizards Cooperatively Tunnel to Construct a Long-Term Home for Family Members
Steve McAlpin, Paul Duckett, Adam Stow

Phylogeography and Genetic Structuring of European Nine-Spined Sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius)—Mitochondrial DNA Evidence
Amber G. F. Teacher, Takahito Shikano, Marika E. Karjalainen, Juha Merilä

Genomic Markers Reveal Introgressive Hybridization in the Indo-West Pacific Mangroves: A Case Study
Mei Sun, Eugenia Y. Y. Lo

Experimental Demonstration of the Fitness Consequences of an Introduced Parasite of Darwin's Finches
Jennifer A. H. Koop, Sarah K. Huber, Sean M. Laverty, Dale H. Clayton

Prey Capture Behavior in an Arboreal African Ponerine Ant
Alain Dejean

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Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Characterization of Changes in Serum Anti-Glycan Antibodies in Crohn's Disease – a Longitudinal Analysis
Florian Rieder, Rocio Lopez, Andre Franke, Alexandra Wolf, Stephan Schleder, Andrea Dirmeier, Anja Schirbel, Philip Rosenstiel, Nir Dotan, Stefan Schreiber, Gerhard Rogler, Frank Klebl

Genetic Diversity of Near Genome-Wide Hepatitis C Virus Sequences during Chronic Infection: Evidence for Protein Structural Conservation Over Time
Hui Li, Austin L. Hughes, Nazneen Bano, Susan McArdle, Stephen Livingston, Heike Deubner, Brian J. McMahon, Lisa Townshend-Bulson, Rachel McMahan, Hugo R. Rosen, David R. Gretch

Human Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells Acquire Epithelial Characteristics through Fusion with Gastrointestinal Epithelial Cells
Jonathan Ferrand, Danièle Noël, Philippe Lehours, Martina Prochazkova-Carlotti, Lucie Chambonnier, Armelle Ménard, Francis Mégraud, Christine Varon

The Level of Protein in Milk Formula Modifies Ileal Sensitivity to LPS Later in Life in a Piglet Model
Livie Chatelais, Agnès Jamin, Christèle Gras-Le Guen, Jean-Paul Lallès, Isabelle Le Huërou-Luron, Gaëlle Boudry

Relationship between TNF- Gene Promoter Polymorphisms and Outcomes of Hepatitis B Virus Infections: A Meta-Analysis
Qi Xia, LinFu Zhou, Dongcheng Liu, Zhi Chen, Feng Chen

Functional Interactions between Retinoblastoma and c-MYC in a Mouse Model of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Louis A. Saddic, Stacey Wirt, Hannes Vogel, Dean W. Felsher, Julien Sage

Multiple Neural Oscillators and Muscle Feedback Are Required for the Intestinal Fed State Motor Program
Jordan D. Chambers, Joel C. Bornstein, Evan A. Thomas

Interferon-α/β and Anti-Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 Monoclonal Antibody Suppress Hepatic Cancer Cells In Vitro and In Vivo
Shigeru Sasaki, Tadao Ishida, Minoru Toyota, Akinobu Ota, Hiromu Suzuki, Akinori Takaoka, Hiroshi Yasui, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Hideyasu Takagi, Masahiro Maeda, Tsutomu Seito, Masayuki Tsujisaki, Yasuhisa Shinomura, Kohzoh Imai

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Genetics and Genomics

The Expression of VEGF-A Is Down Regulated in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patients with Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Ellen Iacobaeus, Petra Amoudruz, Mikael Ström, Mohsen Khademi, Lou Brundin, Jan Hillert, Ingrid Kockum, Vivianne Malmström, Tomas Olsson, Emma Tham, Fredrik Piehl

The E. coli Anti-Sigma Factor Rsd: Studies on the Specificity and Regulation of Its Expression
Nina Hofmann, Reinhild Wurm, Rolf Wagner

Identification of Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis Transcript Sequences Expressed during Infection Reveals Isolate-Specific Effectors
Adriana Cabral, Joost H. M. Stassen, Michael F. Seidl, Jaqueline Bautor, Jane E. Parker, Guido Van den Ackerveken

Culture and Hybridization Experiments on an Ulva Clade Including the Qingdao Strain Blooming in the Yellow Sea
Masanori Hiraoka, Kensuke Ichihara, Wenrong Zhu, Jiahai Ma, Satoshi Shimada

Genome-Wide Mapping of DNA Methylation in Chicken
Qinghe Li, Ning Li, Xiaoxiang Hu, Jinxiu Li, Zhuo Du, Li Chen, Guangliang Yin, Jinjie Duan, Haichao Zhang, Yaofeng Zhao, Jun Wang, Ning Li

An NFKB1 Promoter Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism Influences Risk and Outcome in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome among Caucasians
Ednan K. Bajwa, Paul C. Cremer, Michelle N. Gong, Rihong Zhai, Li Su, B. Taylor Thompson, David C. Christiani

Elevated miR-499 Levels Blunt the Cardiac Stress Response
Joseph T. C. Shieh, Yu Huang, Jacqueline Gilmore, Deepak Srivastava

A Study of Nuclear Transcription Factor-Kappa B in Childhood Autism
Usha S. Naik, Charitha Gangadharan, Kanakalatha Abbagani, Balakrishna Nagalla, Niranjan Dasari, Sunil K. Manna

DNA Methyltransferase Controls Stem Cell Aging by Regulating BMI1 and EZH2 through MicroRNAs
Ah-Young So, Ji-Won Jung, Seunghee Lee, Hyung-Sik Kim, Kyung-Sun Kang

Upregulated MicroRNA-29a by Hepatitis B Virus X Protein Enhances Hepatoma Cell Migration by Targeting PTEN in Cell Culture Model
Guangyao Kong, Junping Zhang, Shuai Zhang, Changliang Shan, Lihong Ye, Xiaodong Zhang

Increased Basal Activity Is a Key Determinant in the Severity of Human Skeletal Dysplasia Caused by TRPV4 Mutations
Stephen Loukin, Zhenwei Su, Ching Kung

Human Tear Fluid Lipidome: From Composition to Function
Antti H. Rantamäki, Tuulikki Seppänen-Laakso, Matej Oresic, Matti Jauhiainen, Juha M. Holopainen

Lack of Phylogeographic Structure in the Freshwater Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa Suggests Global Dispersal
Ineke van Gremberghe, Frederik Leliaert, Joachim Mergeay, Pieter Vanormelingen, Katleen Van der Gucht, Ann-Eline Debeer, Gissell Lacerot, Luc De Meester, Wim Vyverman

Genetic Diversity of Near Genome-Wide Hepatitis C Virus Sequences during Chronic Infection: Evidence for Protein Structural Conservation Over Time
Hui Li, Austin L. Hughes, Nazneen Bano, Susan McArdle, Stephen Livingston, Heike Deubner, Brian J. McMahon, Lisa Townshend-Bulson, Rachel McMahan, Hugo R. Rosen, David R. Gretch

Relationship between TNF- Gene Promoter Polymorphisms and Outcomes of Hepatitis B Virus Infections: A Meta-Analysis
Qi Xia, LinFu Zhou, Dongcheng Liu, Zhi Chen, Feng Chen

Genes Involved in Vasoconstriction and Vasodilation System Affect Salt-Sensitive Hypertension
Lorena Citterio, Marco Simonini, Laura Zagato, Erika Salvi, Simona Delli Carpini, Chiara Lanzani, Elisabetta Messaggio, Nunzia Casamassima, Francesca Frau, Francesca D'Avila, Daniele Cusi, Cristina Barlassina, Paolo Manunta

Genome-Wide Association Study of Relative Telomere Length
Jennifer Prescott, Peter Kraft, Daniel I. Chasman, Sharon A. Savage, Lisa Mirabello, Sonja I. Berndt, Joel L. Weissfeld, Jiali Han, Richard B. Hayes, Stephen J. Chanock, David J. Hunter, Immaculata De Vivo

Common Variants in a Novel Gene, FONG on Chromosome 2q33.1 Confer Risk of Osteoporosis in Japanese
Ikuyo Kou, Atsushi Takahashi, Tomohiko Urano, Naoshi Fukui, Hideki Ito, Kouichi Ozaki, Toshihiro Tanaka, Takayuki Hosoi, Masataka Shiraki, Satoshi Inoue, Yusuke Nakamura, Naoyuki Kamatani, Michiaki Kubo, Seijiro Mori, Shiro Ikegawa

A Variable Region within the Genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae Contributes to Strain-Strain Variation in Virulence
Richard M. Harvey, Uwe H. Stroeher, Abiodun D. Ogunniyi, Heidi C. Smith-Vaughan, Amanda J. Leach, James C. Paton

Functional Interactions between Retinoblastoma and c-MYC in a Mouse Model of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Louis A. Saddic, Stacey Wirt, Hannes Vogel, Dean W. Felsher, Julien Sage

A Non-Specific Effect Associated with Conditional Transgene Expression Based on Cre-loxP Strategy in Mice
Linghua Qiu, Jaime A. Rivera-Pérez, Zuoshang Xu

Benchmarking of Mutation Diagnostics in Clinical Lung Cancer Specimens
Silvia Querings, Janine Altmüller, Sascha Ansén, Thomas Zander, Danila Seidel, Franziska Gabler, Martin Peifer, Eva Markert, Kathryn Stemshorn, Bernd Timmermann, Beate Saal, Stefan Klose, Karen Ernestus, Matthias Scheffler, Walburga Engel-Riedel, Erich Stoelben, Elisabeth Brambilla, Jürgen Wolf, Peter Nürnberg, Roman K. Thomas

Fur Activates the Expression of Salmonella enterica Pathogenicity Island 1 by Directly Interacting with the hilD Operator In Vivo and In Vitro
Laura Teixidó, Begoña Carrasco, Juan C. Alonso, Jordi Barbé, Susana Campoy

Oncogenic LMO3 Collaborates with HEN2 to Enhance Neuroblastoma Cell Growth through Transactivation of Mash1
Eriko Isogai, Miki Ohira, Toshinori Ozaki, Shigeyuki Oba, Yohko Nakamura, Akira Nakagawara

Using Unsupervised Patterns to Extract Gene Regulation Relationships for Network Construction
Yi-Tsung Tang, Shuo-Jang Li, Hung-Yu Kao, Shaw-Jenq Tsai, Hei-Chia Wang

Wolbachia Prophage DNA Adenine Methyltransferase Genes in Different Drosophila-Wolbachia Associations
Aggeliki Saridaki, Panagiotis Sapountzis, Harriet L. Harris, Philip D. Batista, Jennifer A. Biliske, Harris Pavlikaki, Stefan Oehler, Charalambos Savakis, Henk R. Braig, Kostas Bourtzis

Protocol Dependence of Sequencing-Based Gene Expression Measurements
Tal Raz, Philipp Kapranov, Doron Lipson, Stan Letovsky, Patrice M. Milos, John F. Thompson

Gene Expression Rhythms in the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lam.) across an Annual Cycle
Mohamed Banni, Alessandro Negri, Flavio Mignone, Hamadi Boussetta, Aldo Viarengo, Francesco Dondero

Specific Impact of Tobamovirus Infection on the Arabidopsis Small RNA Profile
Quanan Hu, Jens Hollunder, Annette Niehl, Camilla Julie Kørner, Dalya Gereige, David Windels, Andreas Arnold, Martin Kuiper, Franck Vazquez, Mikhail Pooggin, Manfred Heinlein

Identification and Replication of Loci Involved in Camptothecin-Induced Cytotoxicity Using CEPH Pedigrees
Venita Gresham Watson, Alison Motsinger-Reif, Nicholas E. Hardison, Eric J. Peters, Tammy M. Havener, Lorraine Everitt, James Todd Auman, Daniel L. Comins, Howard L. McLeod

CD46 Protects against Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Sandra Grumelli, Bao Lu, Leif Peterson, Toshitaka Maeno, Craig Gerard

Complete Genome Sequence of Mycoplasma suis and Insights into Its Biology and Adaption to an Erythrocyte Niche
Ana M. S. Guimaraes, Andrea P. Santos, Phillip SanMiguel, Thomas Walter, Jorge Timenetsky, Joanne B. Messick

Defective CFTR-Dependent CREB Activation Results in Impaired Spermatogenesis and Azoospermia
Wen Ming Xu, Jing Chen, Hui Chen, Rui Ying Diao, Kin Lam Fok, Jian Da Dong, Ting Ting Sun, Wen Ying Chen, Mei Kuen Yu, Xiao Hu Zhang, Lai Ling Tsang, Ann Lau, Qi Xian Shi, Qing Hua Shi, Ping Bo Huang, Hsiao Chang Chan

Comparative Genomics of Cell Envelope Components in Mycobacteria
Ruma Banerjee, Pankaj Vats, Sonal Dahale, Sunitha Manjari Kasibhatla, Rajendra Joshi

ALG: Automated Genotype Calling of Luminex Assays
Mathieu Bourgey, Mathieu Lariviere, Chantal Richer, Daniel Sinnett

sodC-Based Real-Time PCR for Detection of Neisseria meningitidis
Jennifer Dolan Thomas, Cynthia P. Hatcher, Dara A. Satterfield, M. Jordan Theodore, Michelle C. Bach, Kristin B. Linscott, Xin Zhao, Xin Wang, Raydel Mair, Susanna Schmink, Kathryn E. Arnold, David S. Stephens, Lee H. Harrison, Rosemary A. Hollick, Ana Lucia Andrade, Juliana Lamaro-Cardoso, Ana Paula S. de Lemos, Jenna Gritzfeld, Stephen Gordon, Ahmet Soysal, Mustafa Bakir, Dolly Sharma, Shabnam Jain, Sarah W. Satola, Nancy E. Messonnier, Leonard W. Mayer

Differential Evolvability Along Lines of Least Resistance of Upper and Lower Molars in Island House Mice
Sabrina Renaud, Sophie Pantalacci, Jean-Christophe Auffray

Lizards Cooperatively Tunnel to Construct a Long-Term Home for Family Members
Steve McAlpin, Paul Duckett, Adam Stow

The Insulin-Mediated Modulation of Visually Evoked Magnetic Fields Is Reduced in Obese Subjects
Martina Guthoff, Krunoslav T. Stingl, Otto Tschritter, Maja Rogic, Martin Heni, Katarina Stingl, Manfred Hallschmid, Hans-Ulrich Häring, Andreas Fritsche, Hubert Preissl, Anita M. Hennige

Knowledge-Driven Multi-Locus Analysis Reveals Gene-Gene Interactions Influencing HDL Cholesterol Level in Two Independent EMR-Linked Biobanks
Stephen D. Turner, Richard L. Berg, James G. Linneman, Peggy L. Peissig, Dana C. Crawford, Joshua C. Denny, Dan M. Roden, Catherine A. McCarty, Marylyn D. Ritchie, Russell A. Wilke

Association of Adiponectin SNP+45 and SNP+276 with Type 2 Diabetes in Han Chinese Populations: A Meta-Analysis of 26 Case-Control Studies
Yiping Li, Xianli Li, Li Shi, Man Yang, Ying Yang, Wenyu Tao, Lei Shi, Yuxin Xiong, Ying Zhang, Yufeng Yao

Evidence that the Human Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii May Have Evolved in Africa
Anastasia P. Litvintseva, Ignazio Carbone, Jenny Rossouw, Rameshwari Thakur, Nelesh P. Govender, Thomas G. Mitchell

Targeted Assembly of Short Sequence Reads
René L. Warren, Robert A. Holt

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Immunology

Investigating the Role of T-Cell Avidity and Killing Efficacy in Relation to Type 1 Diabetes Prediction
Anmar Khadra, Massimo Pietropaolo, Gerald T. Nepom, Arthur Sherman

Characterization of Changes in Serum Anti-Glycan Antibodies in Crohn's Disease – a Longitudinal Analysis
Florian Rieder, Rocio Lopez, Andre Franke, Alexandra Wolf, Stephan Schleder, Andrea Dirmeier, Anja Schirbel, Philip Rosenstiel, Nir Dotan, Stefan Schreiber, Gerhard Rogler, Frank Klebl

Efficient Chemotherapy of Rat Glioblastoma Using Doxorubicin-Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles with Different Stabilizers
Stefanie Wohlfart, Alexander S. Khalansky, Svetlana Gelperina, Olga Maksimenko, Christian Bernreuther, Markus Glatzel, Jörg Kreuter

The Expression of VEGF-A Is Down Regulated in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patients with Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Ellen Iacobaeus, Petra Amoudruz, Mikael Ström, Mohsen Khademi, Lou Brundin, Jan Hillert, Ingrid Kockum, Vivianne Malmström, Tomas Olsson, Emma Tham, Fredrik Piehl

Schistosome Infection Intensity Is Inversely Related to Auto-Reactive Antibody Levels
Francisca Mutapi, Natsuko Imai, Norman Nausch, Claire D. Bourke, Nadine Rujeni, Kate M. Mitchell, Nicholas Midzi, Mark E. J. Woolhouse, Rick M. Maizels, Takafira Mduluza

Overexpression of Prothymosin Alpha Predicts Poor Disease Outcome in Head and Neck Cancer
Satyendra Chandra Tripathi, Ajay Matta, Jatinder Kaur, Jorg Grigull, Shyam Singh Chauhan, Alok Thakar, Nootan Kumar Shukla, Ritu Duggal, Ajoy Roy Choudhary, Siddhartha DattaGupta, Mehar Chand Sharma, Ranju Ralhan, K. W. Michael Siu

Lack of Galectin-3 Disturbs Mesenteric Lymph Node Homeostasis and B Cell Niches in the Course of Schistosoma mansoni Infection
Felipe L. Oliveira, Camila Brand, Adelzon A. Paula, Kátia D. Arcanjo, Daniel K. Hsu, Fu-Tong Liu, Christina M. Takiya, Radovan Borojevic, Roger Chammas, Márcia C. El-Cheikh

A Dynamic View of Trauma/Hemorrhage-Induced Inflammation in Mice: Principal Drivers and Networks
Qi Mi, Gregory Constantine, Cordelia Ziraldo, Alexey Solovyev, Andres Torres, Rajaie Namas, Timothy Bentley, Timothy R. Billiar, Ruben Zamora, Juan Carlos Puyana, Yoram Vodovotz

A Study of Nuclear Transcription Factor-Kappa B in Childhood Autism
Usha S. Naik, Charitha Gangadharan, Kanakalatha Abbagani, Balakrishna Nagalla, Niranjan Dasari, Sunil K. Manna

Assessing the Role of CD103 in Immunity to an Intestinal Helminth Parasite
Sarah C. Mullaly, Kyle Burrows, Frann Antignano, Colby Zaph

Systemic Stimulation of TLR2 Impairs Neonatal Mouse Brain Development
Xiaonan Du, Bobbi Fleiss, Hongfu Li, Barbara D'angelo, Yanyan Sun, Changlian Zhu, Henrik Hagberg, Ofer Levy, Carina Mallard, Xiaoyang Wang

Automated Image Analysis of the Host-Pathogen Interaction between Phagocytes and Aspergillus fumigatus
Franziska Mech, Andreas Thywißen, Reinhard Guthke, Axel A. Brakhage, Marc Thilo Figge

Relationship between TNF- Gene Promoter Polymorphisms and Outcomes of Hepatitis B Virus Infections: A Meta-Analysis
Qi Xia, LinFu Zhou, Dongcheng Liu, Zhi Chen, Feng Chen

Induction of TLR-2 and TLR-5 Expression by Helicobacter pylori Switches cagPAI-Dependent Signalling Leading to the Secretion of IL-8 and TNF-α
Suneesh Kumar Pachathundikandi, Sabine Brandt, Joseph Madassery, Steffen Backert

Field Effectiveness of Pandemic and 2009-2010 Seasonal Vaccines against 2009-2010 A(H1N1) Influenza: Estimations from Surveillance Data in France
Camille Pelat, Alessandra Falchi, Fabrice Carrat, Anne Mosnier, Isabelle Bonmarin, Clément Turbelin, Sophie Vaux, Sylvie van der Werf, Jean Marie Cohen, Bruno Lina, Thierry Blanchon, Thomas Hanslik

A New Role for an Old Antimicrobial: Lysozyme c-1 Can Function to Protect Malaria Parasites in Anopheles Mosquitoes
Mayur K. Kajla, Lei Shi, Bin Li, Shirley Luckhart, Jianyong Li, Susan M. Paskewitz

Histidine-Mediated pH-Sensitive Regulation of M-Ficolin:GlcNAc Binding Activity in Innate Immunity Examined by Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Lifeng Yang, Jing Zhang, Bow Ho, Jeak Ling Ding

Influence of Clinical Status and Parasite Load on Erythropoiesis and Leucopoiesis in Dogs Naturally Infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi
Raquel Trópia de Abreu, Maria das Graças Carvalho, Cláudia Martins Carneiro, Rodolfo Cordeiro Giunchetti, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Wendel Coura-Vital, Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira, Alexandre Barbosa Reis

The Ras/MAPK Pathway Is Required for Generation of iNKT Cells
Taishan Hu, Idoia Gimferrer, Amie Simmons, David Wiest, José Alberola-Ila

Specificity of Mimotope-Induced Anti-High Molecular Weight-Melanoma Associated Antigen (HMW-MAA) Antibodies Does Not Ensure Biological Activity
Julia Latzka, Sonja Gaier, Gerlinde Hofstetter, Nina Balazs, Ursula Smole, Soldano Ferrone, Otto Scheiner, Heimo Breiteneder, Hubert Pehamberger, Stefan Wagner

Antigen-Independent IFN-γ Production by Human Naïve CD4+ T Cells Activated by IL-12 Plus IL-18
Rachel B. Munk, Katsuki Sugiyama, Paritosh Ghosh, Carl Y. Sasaki, Louis Rezanka, Kasturi Banerjee, Hidenori Takahashi, Ranjan Sen, Dan L. Longo

Force Generation upon T Cell Receptor Engagement
Julien Husson, Karine Chemin, Armelle Bohineust, Claire Hivroz, Nelly Henry

CD46 Protects against Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Sandra Grumelli, Bao Lu, Leif Peterson, Toshitaka Maeno, Craig Gerard

Characterization of a Human Antibody Fragment Fab and Its Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles that Inhibit Rabies Virus Infection with Vaccine
Xinjian Liu, Hong Lin, Qi Tang, Chen Li, Songtao Yang, Zhongcan Wang, Changjun Wang, Qing He, Brian Cao, Zhenqing Feng, Xiaohong Guan, Jin Zhu

Regulatory Effects of IFN-β on the Development of Experimental Autoimmune Uveoretinitis in B10RIII Mice
Min Sun, Yan Yang, Peizeng Yang, Bo Lei, Liping Du, Aize Kijlstra

Association between HSV1 Seropositivity and Obesity: Data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey, 2007–2008
Zuzana Karjala, Diane Neal, James Rohrer

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Infectious Diseases

Action Mechanisms of Lithium Chloride on Cell Infection by Transmissible Gastroenteritis Coronavirus
Xiaofeng Ren, Fandan Meng, Jiechao Yin, Guangxing Li, Xunliang Li, Chao Wang, Georg Herrler

The Infection of Chicken Tracheal Epithelial Cells with a H6N1 Avian Influenza Virus
Ching-I. Shen, Ching-Ho Wang, Shih-Cheng Shen, Hsiu-Chin Lee, Jiunn-Wang Liao, Hong-Lin Su

Schistosome Infection Intensity Is Inversely Related to Auto-Reactive Antibody Levels
Francisca Mutapi, Natsuko Imai, Norman Nausch, Claire D. Bourke, Nadine Rujeni, Kate M. Mitchell, Nicholas Midzi, Mark E. J. Woolhouse, Rick M. Maizels, Takafira Mduluza

Lack of Galectin-3 Disturbs Mesenteric Lymph Node Homeostasis and B Cell Niches in the Course of Schistosoma mansoni Infection
Felipe L. Oliveira, Camila Brand, Adelzon A. Paula, Kátia D. Arcanjo, Daniel K. Hsu, Fu-Tong Liu, Christina M. Takiya, Radovan Borojevic, Roger Chammas, Márcia C. El-Cheikh

Rapid Dissemination of SIV Follows Multisite Entry after Rectal Inoculation
Patricia Ribeiro dos Santos, Magali Rancez, Jean-Luc Prétet, Alice Michel-Salzat, Valérie Messent, Anna Bogdanova, Anne Couëdel-Courteille, Evelyne Souil, Rémi Cheynier, Cécile Butor

CRISPR Inhibition of Prophage Acquisition in Streptococcus pyogenes
Takashi Nozawa, Nayuta Furukawa, Chihiro Aikawa, Takayasu Watanabe, Bijaya Haobam, Ken Kurokawa, Fumito Maruyama, Ichiro Nakagawa

Multiplex Immunoassay of Lower Genital Tract Mucosal Fluid from Women Attending an Urban STD Clinic Shows Broadly Increased IL1ß and Lactoferrin
Gregory T. Spear, Sabrina R. Kendrick, Hua Y. Chen, Tin T. Thomas, Mieoak Bahk, Robert Balderas, Santosh Ghosh, Aaron Weinberg, Alan L. Landay

Genetic Diversity of Near Genome-Wide Hepatitis C Virus Sequences during Chronic Infection: Evidence for Protein Structural Conservation Over Time
Hui Li, Austin L. Hughes, Nazneen Bano, Susan McArdle, Stephen Livingston, Heike Deubner, Brian J. McMahon, Lisa Townshend-Bulson, Rachel McMahan, Hugo R. Rosen, David R. Gretch

Direct Nitrate Reductase Assay versus Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility Test for Rapid Detection of MDR-TB in Uganda
Freddie Bwanga, Melle Haile, Moses L. Joloba, Emmanuel Ochom, Sven Hoffner

Knowledge and Perceptions of Couples' Voluntary Counseling and Testing in Urban Rwanda and Zambia: A Cross-Sectional Household Survey
April L. Kelley, Etienne Karita, Patrick S. Sullivan, Francois Katangulia, Elwyn Chomba, Michel Carael, Joseph Telfair, Steve M. Dunham, Cheswa M. Vwalika, Michele G. Kautzman, Kristin M. Wall, Susan A. Allen

Automated Image Analysis of the Host-Pathogen Interaction between Phagocytes and Aspergillus fumigatus
Franziska Mech, Andreas Thywißen, Reinhard Guthke, Axel A. Brakhage, Marc Thilo Figge

Relationship between TNF- Gene Promoter Polymorphisms and Outcomes of Hepatitis B Virus Infections: A Meta-Analysis
Qi Xia, LinFu Zhou, Dongcheng Liu, Zhi Chen, Feng Chen

Induction of TLR-2 and TLR-5 Expression by Helicobacter pylori Switches cagPAI-Dependent Signalling Leading to the Secretion of IL-8 and TNF-α
Suneesh Kumar Pachathundikandi, Sabine Brandt, Joseph Madassery, Steffen Backert

Does Respondent Driven Sampling Alter the Social Network Composition and Health-Seeking Behaviors of Illicit Drug Users Followed Prospectively?
Abby E. Rudolph, Carl Latkin, Natalie D. Crawford, Kandice C. Jones, Crystal M. Fuller

Cross-Sectional Detection of Acute HIV Infection: Timing of Transmission, Inflammation and Antiretroviral Therapy
Cynthia Gay, Oliver Dibben, Jeffrey A. Anderson, Andrea Stacey, Ashley J. Mayo, Philip J. Norris, JoAnn D. Kuruc, Jesus F. Salazar-Gonzalez, Hui Li, Brandon F. Keele, Charles Hicks, David Margolis, Guido Ferrari, Barton Haynes, Ronald Swanstrom, George M. Shaw, Beatrice H. Hahn, Joseph J. Eron, Persephone Borrow, Myron S. Cohen

Field Effectiveness of Pandemic and 2009-2010 Seasonal Vaccines against 2009-2010 A(H1N1) Influenza: Estimations from Surveillance Data in France
Camille Pelat, Alessandra Falchi, Fabrice Carrat, Anne Mosnier, Isabelle Bonmarin, Clément Turbelin, Sophie Vaux, Sylvie van der Werf, Jean Marie Cohen, Bruno Lina, Thierry Blanchon, Thomas Hanslik

A Variable Region within the Genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae Contributes to Strain-Strain Variation in Virulence
Richard M. Harvey, Uwe H. Stroeher, Abiodun D. Ogunniyi, Heidi C. Smith-Vaughan, Amanda J. Leach, James C. Paton

SAGES: A Suite of Freely-Available Software Tools for Electronic Disease Surveillance in Resource-Limited Settings
Sheri L. Lewis, Brian H. Feighner, Wayne A. Loschen, Richard A. Wojcik, Joseph F. Skora, Jacqueline S. Coberly, David L. Blazes

Autonomic Nervous Dysfunction in Hamsters Infected with West Nile Virus
Hong Wang, Venkatraman Siddharthan, Jeffery O. Hall, John D. Morrey

Thrombospondin-1 Contributes to Mortality in Murine Sepsis through Effects on Innate Immunity
Sara McMaken, Matthew C. Exline, Payal Mehta, Melissa Piper, Yijie Wang, Sara N. Fischer, Christie A. Newland, Carrie A. Schrader, Shannon R. Balser, Anasuya Sarkar, Christopher P. Baran, Clay B. Marsh, Charles H. Cook, Gary S. Phillips, Naeem A. Ali

Crystal Structures of Two Aminoglycoside Kinases Bound with a Eukaryotic Protein Kinase Inhibitor
Desiree H. Fong, Bing Xiong, Jiyoung Hwang, Albert M. Berghuis

A Spatial Analysis of County-level Variation in Syphilis and Gonorrhea in Guangdong Province, China
Nicholas X. Tan, Jane P. Messina, Li-Gang Yang, Bin Yang, Michael Emch, Xiang-Sheng Chen, Myron S. Cohen, Joseph D. Tucker

Comparative Genomics of Cell Envelope Components in Mycobacteria
Ruma Banerjee, Pankaj Vats, Sonal Dahale, Sunitha Manjari Kasibhatla, Rajendra Joshi

An Interactive Internet-Based Continuing Education Course on Sexually Transmitted Diseases for Physicians and Midwives in Peru
Fredy A. Canchihuaman, Patricia J. Garcia, Stephen S. Gloyd, King K. Holmes

The Global Transmission and Control of Influenza
Eben Kenah, Dennis L. Chao, Laura Matrajt, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Ira M. Longini

A Simple, Inexpensive Device for Nucleic Acid Amplification without Electricity—Toward Instrument-Free Molecular Diagnostics in Low-Resource Settings
Paul LaBarre, Kenneth R. Hawkins, Jay Gerlach, Jared Wilmoth, Andrew Beddoe, Jered Singleton, David Boyle, Bernhard Weigl

Characterization of a Human Antibody Fragment Fab and Its Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles that Inhibit Rabies Virus Infection with Vaccine
Xinjian Liu, Hong Lin, Qi Tang, Chen Li, Songtao Yang, Zhongcan Wang, Changjun Wang, Qing He, Brian Cao, Zhenqing Feng, Xiaohong Guan, Jin Zhu

sodC-Based Real-Time PCR for Detection of Neisseria meningitidis
Jennifer Dolan Thomas, Cynthia P. Hatcher, Dara A. Satterfield, M. Jordan Theodore, Michelle C. Bach, Kristin B. Linscott, Xin Zhao, Xin Wang, Raydel Mair, Susanna Schmink, Kathryn E. Arnold, David S. Stephens, Lee H. Harrison, Rosemary A. Hollick, Ana Lucia Andrade, Juliana Lamaro-Cardoso, Ana Paula S. de Lemos, Jenna Gritzfeld, Stephen Gordon, Ahmet Soysal, Mustafa Bakir, Dolly Sharma, Shabnam Jain, Sarah W. Satola, Nancy E. Messonnier, Leonard W. Mayer

New Noncovalent Inhibitors of Penicillin-Binding Proteins from Penicillin-Resistant Bacteria
Samo Turk, Olivier Verlaine, Thomas Gerards, Matej Živec, Jan Humljan, Izidor Sosič, Ana Amoroso, Astrid Zervosen, André Luxen, Bernard Joris, Stanislav Gobec

Task-Shifting in HIV Care: A Case Study of Nurse-Centered Community-Based Care in Rural Haiti
Louise C. Ivers, Jean-Gregory Jerome, Kimberly A. Cullen, Wesler Lambert, Francesca Celletti, Badara Samb

Association between HSV1 Seropositivity and Obesity: Data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey, 2007–2008
Zuzana Karjala, Diane Neal, James Rohrer

An Ecological Study of the Determinants of Differences in 2009 Pandemic Influenza Mortality Rates between Countries in Europe
Georgios Nikolopoulos, Pantelis Bagos, Theodoros Lytras, Stefanos Bonovas

Cancer Screening by Systemic Administration of a Gene Delivery Vector Encoding Tumor-Selective Secretable Biomarker Expression
Andrew W. Browne, Jennifer L. Leddon, Mark A. Currier, Jon P. Williams, Jason S. Frischer, Margaret H. Collins, Chong H. Ahn, Timothy P. Cripe

Degradation of the Disease-Associated Prion Protein by a Serine Protease from Lichens
Christopher J. Johnson, James P. Bennett, Steven M. Biro, Juan Camilo Duque-Velasquez, Cynthia M. Rodriguez, Richard A. Bessen, Tonie E. Rocke

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Marine and Aquatic Sciences

Could Seals Prevent Cod Recovery in the Baltic Sea?
Brian R. MacKenzie, Margit Eero, Henn Ojaveer

Culture and Hybridization Experiments on an Ulva Clade Including the Qingdao Strain Blooming in the Yellow Sea
Masanori Hiraoka, Kensuke Ichihara, Wenrong Zhu, Jiahai Ma, Satoshi Shimada

Evaluating the Potential Efficacy of Invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) Removals
Andrew B. Barbour, Michael S. Allen, Thomas K. Frazer, Krista D. Sherman

Energy Starved Candidatus Pelagibacter Ubique Substitutes Light-Mediated ATP Production for Endogenous Carbon Respiration
Laura Steindler, Michael S. Schwalbach, Daniel P. Smith, Francis Chan, Stephen J. Giovannoni

Multispectral Imaging for Determination of Astaxanthin Concentration in Salmonids
Bjørn S. Dissing, Michael E. Nielsen, Bjarne K. Ersbøll, Stina Frosch

Circadian Clock Gene Expression in the Coral Favia fragum over Diel and Lunar Reproductive Cycles
Kenneth D. Hoadley, Alina M. Szmant, Sonja J. Pyott

Gene Expression Rhythms in the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lam.) across an Annual Cycle
Mohamed Banni, Alessandro Negri, Flavio Mignone, Hamadi Boussetta, Aldo Viarengo, Francesco Dondero

Water Contamination Reduces the Tolerance of Coral Larvae to Thermal Stress
Andrew P. Negri, Mia O. Hoogenboom

Using Satellite Tracking to Optimize Protection of Long-Lived Marine Species: Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Conservation in Central Africa
Sara M. Maxwell, Greg A. Breed, Barry A. Nickel, Junior Makanga-Bahouna, Edgard Pemo-Makaya, Richard J. Parnell, Angela Formia, Solange Ngouessono, Brendan J. Godley, Daniel P. Costa, Matthew J. Witt, Michael S. Coyne

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Mathematics

Investigating the Role of T-Cell Avidity and Killing Efficacy in Relation to Type 1 Diabetes Prediction
Anmar Khadra, Massimo Pietropaolo, Gerald T. Nepom, Arthur Sherman

Genome-Wide Association Study of Relative Telomere Length
Jennifer Prescott, Peter Kraft, Daniel I. Chasman, Sharon A. Savage, Lisa Mirabello, Sonja I. Berndt, Joel L. Weissfeld, Jiali Han, Richard B. Hayes, Stephen J. Chanock, David J. Hunter, Immaculata De Vivo

Dissecting the Specificity of Protein-Protein Interaction in Bacterial Two-Component Signaling: Orphans and Crosstalks
Andrea Procaccini, Bryan Lunt, Hendrik Szurmant, Terence Hwa, Martin Weigt

Multispectral Imaging for Determination of Astaxanthin Concentration in Salmonids
Bjørn S. Dissing, Michael E. Nielsen, Bjarne K. Ersbøll, Stina Frosch

Action Being Character: A Promising Perspective on the Solution Concept of Game Theory
Kuiying Deng, Tianguang Chu

Emergent Oscillations in Networks of Stochastic Spiking Neurons
Edward Wallace, Marc Benayoun, Wim van Drongelen, Jack D. Cowan

ALG: Automated Genotype Calling of Luminex Assays
Mathieu Bourgey, Mathieu Lariviere, Chantal Richer, Daniel Sinnett

Atmospheric Reaction Systems as Null-Models to Identify Structural Traces of Evolution in Metabolism
Petter Holme, Mikael Huss, Sang Hoon Lee

Knowledge-Driven Multi-Locus Analysis Reveals Gene-Gene Interactions Influencing HDL Cholesterol Level in Two Independent EMR-Linked Biobanks
Stephen D. Turner, Richard L. Berg, James G. Linneman, Peggy L. Peissig, Dana C. Crawford, Joshua C. Denny, Dan M. Roden, Catherine A. McCarty, Marylyn D. Ritchie, Russell A. Wilke

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Mental Health

Hearing Feelings: Affective Categorization of Music and Speech in Alexithymia, an ERP Study
Katharina Sophia Goerlich, Jurriaan Witteman, André Aleman, Sander Martens

Problematic Internet Use in High School Students in Guangdong Province, China
Hui Wang, Xiaolan Zhou, Ciyong Lu, Jie Wu, Xueqing Deng, Lingyao Hong

Electromagnetic Field Effect or Simply Stress? Effects of UMTS Exposure on Hippocampal Longterm Plasticity in the Context of Procedure Related Hormone Release
Nora Prochnow, Tina Gebing, Kerstin Ladage, Dorothee Krause-Finkeldey, Abdessamad El Ouardi, Andreas Bitz, Joachim Streckert, Volkert Hansen, Rolf Dermietzel

Reweighting of Sensory Inputs to Control Quiet Standing in Children from 7 to 11 and in Adults
Rémy Cuisinier, Isabelle Olivier, Marianne Vaugoyeau, Vincent Nougier, Christine Assaiante

Musical Experience and the Aging Auditory System: Implications for Cognitive Abilities and Hearing Speech in Noise
Alexandra Parbery-Clark, Dana L. Strait, Samira Anderson, Emily Hittner, Nina Kraus

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Microbiology

Action Mechanisms of Lithium Chloride on Cell Infection by Transmissible Gastroenteritis Coronavirus
Xiaofeng Ren, Fandan Meng, Jiechao Yin, Guangxing Li, Xunliang Li, Chao Wang, Georg Herrler

The Infection of Chicken Tracheal Epithelial Cells with a H6N1 Avian Influenza Virus
Ching-I. Shen, Ching-Ho Wang, Shih-Cheng Shen, Hsiu-Chin Lee, Jiunn-Wang Liao, Hong-Lin Su

The E. coli Anti-Sigma Factor Rsd: Studies on the Specificity and Regulation of Its Expression
Nina Hofmann, Reinhild Wurm, Rolf Wagner

Identification of Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis Transcript Sequences Expressed during Infection Reveals Isolate-Specific Effectors
Adriana Cabral, Joost H. M. Stassen, Michael F. Seidl, Jaqueline Bautor, Jane E. Parker, Guido Van den Ackerveken

A Study of Nuclear Transcription Factor-Kappa B in Childhood Autism
Usha S. Naik, Charitha Gangadharan, Kanakalatha Abbagani, Balakrishna Nagalla, Niranjan Dasari, Sunil K. Manna

Rapid Dissemination of SIV Follows Multisite Entry after Rectal Inoculation
Patricia Ribeiro dos Santos, Magali Rancez, Jean-Luc Prétet, Alice Michel-Salzat, Valérie Messent, Anna Bogdanova, Anne Couëdel-Courteille, Evelyne Souil, Rémi Cheynier, Cécile Butor

CRISPR Inhibition of Prophage Acquisition in Streptococcus pyogenes
Takashi Nozawa, Nayuta Furukawa, Chihiro Aikawa, Takayasu Watanabe, Bijaya Haobam, Ken Kurokawa, Fumito Maruyama, Ichiro Nakagawa

Lack of Phylogeographic Structure in the Freshwater Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa Suggests Global Dispersal
Ineke van Gremberghe, Frederik Leliaert, Joachim Mergeay, Pieter Vanormelingen, Katleen Van der Gucht, Ann-Eline Debeer, Gissell Lacerot, Luc De Meester, Wim Vyverman

Automated Image Analysis of the Host-Pathogen Interaction between Phagocytes and Aspergillus fumigatus
Franziska Mech, Andreas Thywißen, Reinhard Guthke, Axel A. Brakhage, Marc Thilo Figge

Induction of TLR-2 and TLR-5 Expression by Helicobacter pylori Switches cagPAI-Dependent Signalling Leading to the Secretion of IL-8 and TNF-α
Suneesh Kumar Pachathundikandi, Sabine Brandt, Joseph Madassery, Steffen Backert

A New Role for an Old Antimicrobial: Lysozyme c-1 Can Function to Protect Malaria Parasites in Anopheles Mosquitoes
Mayur K. Kajla, Lei Shi, Bin Li, Shirley Luckhart, Jianyong Li, Susan M. Paskewitz

A Variable Region within the Genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae Contributes to Strain-Strain Variation in Virulence
Richard M. Harvey, Uwe H. Stroeher, Abiodun D. Ogunniyi, Heidi C. Smith-Vaughan, Amanda J. Leach, James C. Paton

A New Model and Method for Understanding Wolbachia-Induced Cytoplasmic Incompatibility
Benjamin Bossan, Arnulf Koehncke, Peter Hammerstein

The RNA Chaperone Hfq Is Important for Growth and Stress Tolerance in Francisella novicida
Jacob R. Chambers, Kelly S. Bender

Production and Characterization of Chimeric Monoclonal Antibodies against Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. mallei Using the DHFR Expression System
Hyung-Yong Kim, Shien Tsai, Shyh-Ching Lo, Douglas J. Wear, Mina J. Izadjoo

Microviridae Goes Temperate: Microvirus-Related Proviruses Reside in the Genomes of Bacteroidetes
Mart Krupovic, Patrick Forterre

Fur Activates the Expression of Salmonella enterica Pathogenicity Island 1 by Directly Interacting with the hilD Operator In Vivo and In Vitro
Laura Teixidó, Begoña Carrasco, Juan C. Alonso, Jordi Barbé, Susana Campoy

Phosphorylation of the Yeast γ-Tubulin Tub4 Regulates Microtubule Function
Tien-chen Lin, Linda Gombos, Annett Neuner, Dominik Sebastian, Jesper V. Olsen, Ajla Hrle, Christian Benda, Elmar Schiebel

Wolbachia Prophage DNA Adenine Methyltransferase Genes in Different Drosophila-Wolbachia Associations
Aggeliki Saridaki, Panagiotis Sapountzis, Harriet L. Harris, Philip D. Batista, Jennifer A. Biliske, Harris Pavlikaki, Stefan Oehler, Charalambos Savakis, Henk R. Braig, Kostas Bourtzis

Crystal Structures of Two Aminoglycoside Kinases Bound with a Eukaryotic Protein Kinase Inhibitor
Desiree H. Fong, Bing Xiong, Jiyoung Hwang, Albert M. Berghuis

Complete Genome Sequence of Mycoplasma suis and Insights into Its Biology and Adaption to an Erythrocyte Niche
Ana M. S. Guimaraes, Andrea P. Santos, Phillip SanMiguel, Thomas Walter, Jorge Timenetsky, Joanne B. Messick

A Simple, Inexpensive Device for Nucleic Acid Amplification without Electricity—Toward Instrument-Free Molecular Diagnostics in Low-Resource Settings
Paul LaBarre, Kenneth R. Hawkins, Jay Gerlach, Jared Wilmoth, Andrew Beddoe, Jered Singleton, David Boyle, Bernhard Weigl

sodC-Based Real-Time PCR for Detection of Neisseria meningitidis
Jennifer Dolan Thomas, Cynthia P. Hatcher, Dara A. Satterfield, M. Jordan Theodore, Michelle C. Bach, Kristin B. Linscott, Xin Zhao, Xin Wang, Raydel Mair, Susanna Schmink, Kathryn E. Arnold, David S. Stephens, Lee H. Harrison, Rosemary A. Hollick, Ana Lucia Andrade, Juliana Lamaro-Cardoso, Ana Paula S. de Lemos, Jenna Gritzfeld, Stephen Gordon, Ahmet Soysal, Mustafa Bakir, Dolly Sharma, Shabnam Jain, Sarah W. Satola, Nancy E. Messonnier, Leonard W. Mayer

Evidence that the Human Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii May Have Evolved in Africa
Anastasia P. Litvintseva, Ignazio Carbone, Jenny Rossouw, Rameshwari Thakur, Nelesh P. Govender, Thomas G. Mitchell

Nrt1 and Tna1-Independent Export of NAD+ Precursor Vitamins Promotes NAD+ Homeostasis and Allows Engineering of Vitamin Production
Peter Belenky, Rebecca Stebbins, Katrina L. Bogan, Charles R. Evans, Charles Brenner

Degradation of the Disease-Associated Prion Protein by a Serine Protease from Lichens
Christopher J. Johnson, James P. Bennett, Steven M. Biro, Juan Camilo Duque-Velasquez, Cynthia M. Rodriguez, Richard A. Bessen, Tonie E. Rocke

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Molecular Biology

Modification of Collagen by 3-Deoxyglucosone Alters Wound Healing through Differential Regulation of p38 MAP Kinase
Danielle T. Loughlin, Carol M. Artlett

The E. coli Anti-Sigma Factor Rsd: Studies on the Specificity and Regulation of Its Expression
Nina Hofmann, Reinhild Wurm, Rolf Wagner

Genome-Wide Mapping of DNA Methylation in Chicken
Qinghe Li, Ning Li, Xiaoxiang Hu, Jinxiu Li, Zhuo Du, Li Chen, Guangliang Yin, Jinjie Duan, Haichao Zhang, Yaofeng Zhao, Jun Wang, Ning Li

Transcription Inhibition by DRB Potentiates Recombinational Repair of UV Lesions in Mammalian Cells
Ivaylo Stoimenov, Niklas Schultz, Ponnari Gottipati, Thomas Helleday

DNA Methyltransferase Controls Stem Cell Aging by Regulating BMI1 and EZH2 through MicroRNAs
Ah-Young So, Ji-Won Jung, Seunghee Lee, Hyung-Sik Kim, Kyung-Sun Kang

Upregulated MicroRNA-29a by Hepatitis B Virus X Protein Enhances Hepatoma Cell Migration by Targeting PTEN in Cell Culture Model
Guangyao Kong, Junping Zhang, Shuai Zhang, Changliang Shan, Lihong Ye, Xiaodong Zhang

A Functional Nuclear Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, Src and Stat3 Heteromeric Complex in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Soumya Jaganathan, Peibin Yue, David C. Paladino, Jelena Bogdanovic, Qun Huo, James Turkson

Serum Response Factor Controls CYLD Expression via MAPK Signaling Pathway
Gang Liang, Kristofer Ahlqvist, Rajeswararao Pannem, Guido Posern, Ramin Massoumi

Induction of TLR-2 and TLR-5 Expression by Helicobacter pylori Switches cagPAI-Dependent Signalling Leading to the Secretion of IL-8 and TNF-α
Suneesh Kumar Pachathundikandi, Sabine Brandt, Joseph Madassery, Steffen Backert

Evolutionary Conservation of the Functional Modularity of Primate and Murine LINE-1 Elements
Bradley J. Wagstaff, Miriam Barnerβoi, Astrid M. Roy-Engel

A Novel Structural Framework for α1A/D-Adrenoceptor Selective Antagonists Identified Using Subtype Selective Pharmacophores
Emily S. Stoddart, Sevvandi Senadheera, Iain J. A. MacDougall, Renate Griffith, Angela M. Finch

Insulin Production and Signaling in Renal Tubules of Drosophila Is under Control of Tachykinin-Related Peptide and Regulates Stress Resistance
Jeannette A. E. Söderberg, Ryan T. Birse, Dick R. Nässel

Benchmarking of Mutation Diagnostics in Clinical Lung Cancer Specimens
Silvia Querings, Janine Altmüller, Sascha Ansén, Thomas Zander, Danila Seidel, Franziska Gabler, Martin Peifer, Eva Markert, Kathryn Stemshorn, Bernd Timmermann, Beate Saal, Stefan Klose, Karen Ernestus, Matthias Scheffler, Walburga Engel-Riedel, Erich Stoelben, Elisabeth Brambilla, Jürgen Wolf, Peter Nürnberg, Roman K. Thomas

Oncogenic LMO3 Collaborates with HEN2 to Enhance Neuroblastoma Cell Growth through Transactivation of Mash1
Eriko Isogai, Miki Ohira, Toshinori Ozaki, Shigeyuki Oba, Yohko Nakamura, Akira Nakagawara

Using Unsupervised Patterns to Extract Gene Regulation Relationships for Network Construction
Yi-Tsung Tang, Shuo-Jang Li, Hung-Yu Kao, Shaw-Jenq Tsai, Hei-Chia Wang

ENPP1 Affects Insulin Action and Secretion: Evidences from In Vitro Studies
Rosa Di Paola, Nunzia Caporarello, Antonella Marucci, Claudia Dimatteo, Claudia Iadicicco, Silvia Del Guerra, Sabrina Prudente, Dora Sudano, Claudia Miele, Cristina Parrino, Salvatore Piro, Francesco Beguinot, Piero Marchetti, Vincenzo Trischitta, Lucia Frittitta

Crystal Structures of Two Aminoglycoside Kinases Bound with a Eukaryotic Protein Kinase Inhibitor
Desiree H. Fong, Bing Xiong, Jiyoung Hwang, Albert M. Berghuis

The Ras/MAPK Pathway Is Required for Generation of iNKT Cells
Taishan Hu, Idoia Gimferrer, Amie Simmons, David Wiest, José Alberola-Ila

Protocol Dependence of Sequencing-Based Gene Expression Measurements
Tal Raz, Philipp Kapranov, Doron Lipson, Stan Letovsky, Patrice M. Milos, John F. Thompson

Antigen-Independent IFN-γ Production by Human Naïve CD4+ T Cells Activated by IL-12 Plus IL-18
Rachel B. Munk, Katsuki Sugiyama, Paritosh Ghosh, Carl Y. Sasaki, Louis Rezanka, Kasturi Banerjee, Hidenori Takahashi, Ranjan Sen, Dan L. Longo

Specific Impact of Tobamovirus Infection on the Arabidopsis Small RNA Profile
Quanan Hu, Jens Hollunder, Annette Niehl, Camilla Julie Kørner, Dalya Gereige, David Windels, Andreas Arnold, Martin Kuiper, Franck Vazquez, Mikhail Pooggin, Manfred Heinlein

FANCD1/BRCA2 Plays Predominant Role in the Repair of DNA Damage Induced by ACNU or TMZ
Natsuko Kondo, Akihisa Takahashi, Eiichiro Mori, Taichi Noda, Małgorzata Z. Zdzienicka, Larry H. Thompson, Thomas Helleday, Minoru Suzuki, Yuko Kinashi, Shinichiro Masunaga, Koji Ono, Masatoshi Hasegawa, Takeo Ohnishi

Characterizing mRNA Interactions with RNA Granules during Translation Initiation Inhibition
Chiara Zurla, Aaron W. Lifland, Philip J. Santangelo

Defective CFTR-Dependent CREB Activation Results in Impaired Spermatogenesis and Azoospermia
Wen Ming Xu, Jing Chen, Hui Chen, Rui Ying Diao, Kin Lam Fok, Jian Da Dong, Ting Ting Sun, Wen Ying Chen, Mei Kuen Yu, Xiao Hu Zhang, Lai Ling Tsang, Ann Lau, Qi Xian Shi, Qing Hua Shi, Ping Bo Huang, Hsiao Chang Chan

Versatility of MicroRNA Biogenesis
Naama Volk, Noam Shomron

A Simple, Inexpensive Device for Nucleic Acid Amplification without Electricity—Toward Instrument-Free Molecular Diagnostics in Low-Resource Settings
Paul LaBarre, Kenneth R. Hawkins, Jay Gerlach, Jared Wilmoth, Andrew Beddoe, Jered Singleton, David Boyle, Bernhard Weigl

Red Fluorescent Protein-Aequorin Fusions as Improved Bioluminescent Ca2+ Reporters in Single Cells and Mice
Adil Bakayan, Cecilia F. Vaquero, Fernando Picazo, Juan Llopis

A Translational Regulator, PUM2, Promotes Both Protein Stability and Kinase Activity of Aurora-A
Yei-Hsuan Huang, Chun-Chi Wu, Chen-Kung Chou, Chi-Ying F. Huang

Somatostatin Inhibits Cell Migration and Reduces Cell Counts of Human Keratinocytes and Delays Epidermal Wound Healing in an Ex Vivo Wound Model
Matthias Vockel, Simone Pollok, Ute Breitenbach, Ina Ridderbusch, Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp, Johanna M. Brandner

Exogenous Expression of Human apoA-I Enhances Cardiac Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells
Kwong-Man Ng, Yee-Ki Lee, Wing-Hon Lai, Yau-Chi Chan, Man-Lung Fung, Hung-Fat Tse, Chung-Wah Siu

Insulin Resistance in Non-Obese Subjects Is Associated with Activation of the JNK Pathway and Impaired Insulin Signaling in Skeletal Muscle
Umesh B. Masharani, Betty A. Maddux, Xiaojuan Li, Giorgos K. Sakkas, Kathleen Mulligan, Morris Schambelan, Ira D. Goldfine, Jack F. Youngren

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Nephrology

Genes Involved in Vasoconstriction and Vasodilation System Affect Salt-Sensitive Hypertension
Lorena Citterio, Marco Simonini, Laura Zagato, Erika Salvi, Simona Delli Carpini, Chiara Lanzani, Elisabetta Messaggio, Nunzia Casamassima, Francesca Frau, Francesca D'Avila, Daniele Cusi, Cristina Barlassina, Paolo Manunta

Urate Oxidase Purification by Salting-in Crystallization: Towards an Alternative to Chromatography
Marion Giffard, Natalie Ferté, François Ragot, Mohamed El Hajji, Bertrand Castro, Françoise Bonneté

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Neurological Disorders

The Expression of VEGF-A Is Down Regulated in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patients with Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Ellen Iacobaeus, Petra Amoudruz, Mikael Ström, Mohsen Khademi, Lou Brundin, Jan Hillert, Ingrid Kockum, Vivianne Malmström, Tomas Olsson, Emma Tham, Fredrik Piehl

A Study of Nuclear Transcription Factor-Kappa B in Childhood Autism
Usha S. Naik, Charitha Gangadharan, Kanakalatha Abbagani, Balakrishna Nagalla, Niranjan Dasari, Sunil K. Manna

Systemic Stimulation of TLR2 Impairs Neonatal Mouse Brain Development
Xiaonan Du, Bobbi Fleiss, Hongfu Li, Barbara D'angelo, Yanyan Sun, Changlian Zhu, Henrik Hagberg, Ofer Levy, Carina Mallard, Xiaoyang Wang

Cortical Activation Changes during Repeated Laser Stimulation: A Magnetoencephalographic Study
Andrej Stancak, Jamaan Alghamdi, Turo J. Nurmikko

A Non-Specific Effect Associated with Conditional Transgene Expression Based on Cre-loxP Strategy in Mice
Linghua Qiu, Jaime A. Rivera-Pérez, Zuoshang Xu

Autonomic Nervous Dysfunction in Hamsters Infected with West Nile Virus
Hong Wang, Venkatraman Siddharthan, Jeffery O. Hall, John D. Morrey

Electromagnetic Field Effect or Simply Stress? Effects of UMTS Exposure on Hippocampal Longterm Plasticity in the Context of Procedure Related Hormone Release
Nora Prochnow, Tina Gebing, Kerstin Ladage, Dorothee Krause-Finkeldey, Abdessamad El Ouardi, Andreas Bitz, Joachim Streckert, Volkert Hansen, Rolf Dermietzel

Sensory Symptom Profiles and Co-Morbidities in Painful Radiculopathy
Friederike Mahn, Philipp Hüllemann, Ulrich Gockel, Mathias Brosz, Rainer Freynhagen, Thomas R. Tölle, Ralf Baron

Multiple Neural Oscillators and Muscle Feedback Are Required for the Intestinal Fed State Motor Program
Jordan D. Chambers, Joel C. Bornstein, Evan A. Thomas

The Role of Gamma-Band Activity in the Representation of Faces: Reduced Activity in the Fusiform Face Area in Congenital Prosopagnosia
Christian Dobel, Markus Junghöfer, Thomas Gruber

β-Carboline Compounds, Including Harmine, Inhibit DYRK1A and Tau Phosphorylation at Multiple Alzheimer's Disease-Related Sites
Danielle Frost, Bessie Meechoovet, Tong Wang, Stephen Gately, Marco Giorgetti, Irina Shcherbakova, Travis Dunckley

Regulatory Effects of IFN-β on the Development of Experimental Autoimmune Uveoretinitis in B10RIII Mice
Min Sun, Yan Yang, Peizeng Yang, Bo Lei, Liping Du, Aize Kijlstra

The Insulin-Mediated Modulation of Visually Evoked Magnetic Fields Is Reduced in Obese Subjects
Martina Guthoff, Krunoslav T. Stingl, Otto Tschritter, Maja Rogic, Martin Heni, Katarina Stingl, Manfred Hallschmid, Hans-Ulrich Häring, Andreas Fritsche, Hubert Preissl, Anita M. Hennige

Proliferative Hypothalamic Neurospheres Express NPY, AGRP, POMC, CART and Orexin-A and Differentiate to Functional Neurons
Lígia Sousa-Ferreira, Ana Rita Álvaro, Célia Aveleira, Magda Santana, Inês Brandão, Sebastian Kügler, Luís Pereira de Almeida, Cláudia Cavadas

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Neuroscience

Auditory Development between 7 and 11 Years: An Event-Related Potential (ERP) Study
Dorothy V. M. Bishop, Mike Anderson, Corinne Reid, Allison M. Fox

Hearing Feelings: Affective Categorization of Music and Speech in Alexithymia, an ERP Study
Katharina Sophia Goerlich, Jurriaan Witteman, André Aleman, Sander Martens

Olfactory and Visuospatial Learning and Memory Performance in Two Strains of Alzheimer's Disease Model Mice—A Longitudinal Study
Matthew Phillips, Erik Boman, Hanna Österman, David Willhite, Matthias Laska

Cortical Activation Changes during Repeated Laser Stimulation: A Magnetoencephalographic Study
Andrej Stancak, Jamaan Alghamdi, Turo J. Nurmikko

Antisense-Mediated Knockdown of NaV1.8, but Not NaV1.9, Generates Inhibitory Effects on Complete Freund's Adjuvant-Induced Inflammatory Pain in Rat
Yao-Qing Yu, Feng Zhao, Su-Min Guan, Jun Chen

The Proteolipid Protein Promoter Drives Expression outside of the Oligodendrocyte Lineage during Embryonic and Early Postnatal Development
John-Paul Michalski, Carrie Anderson, Ariane Beauvais, Yves De Repentigny, Rashmi Kothary

Chronic Loss of Melanin-Concentrating Hormone Affects Motivational Aspects of Feeding in the Rat
Joram D. Mul, Susanne E. la Fleur, Pim W. Toonen, Anthonieke Afrasiab-Middelman, Rob Binnekade, Dustin Schetters, Michel M. M. Verheij, Robert M. Sears, Judith R. Homberg, Anton N. M. Schoffelmeer, Roger A. H. Adan, Ralph J. DiLeone, Taco J. De Vries, Edwin Cuppen

Direction-Selective Circuitry in Rat Retina Develops Independently of GABAergic, Cholinergic and Action Potential Activity
Le Sun, Xu Han, Shigang He

Visual Effects of Haptic Feedback Are Large but Local
Xin Meng, Qasim Zaidi

Interaction of PLP with GFP-MAL2 in the Human Oligodendroglial Cell Line HOG
Raquel Bello-Morales, Marta Pérez-Hernández, María Teresa Rejas, Fuencisla Matesanz, Antonio Alcina, José Antonio López-Guerrero

Electromagnetic Field Effect or Simply Stress? Effects of UMTS Exposure on Hippocampal Longterm Plasticity in the Context of Procedure Related Hormone Release
Nora Prochnow, Tina Gebing, Kerstin Ladage, Dorothee Krause-Finkeldey, Abdessamad El Ouardi, Andreas Bitz, Joachim Streckert, Volkert Hansen, Rolf Dermietzel

Cascade of Neural Events Leading from Error Commission to Subsequent Awareness Revealed Using EEG Source Imaging
Monica Dhar, Jan Roelf Wiersema, Gilles Pourtois

Action Being Character: A Promising Perspective on the Solution Concept of Game Theory
Kuiying Deng, Tianguang Chu

The Role of Gamma-Band Activity in the Representation of Faces: Reduced Activity in the Fusiform Face Area in Congenital Prosopagnosia
Christian Dobel, Markus Junghöfer, Thomas Gruber

β-Carboline Compounds, Including Harmine, Inhibit DYRK1A and Tau Phosphorylation at Multiple Alzheimer's Disease-Related Sites
Danielle Frost, Bessie Meechoovet, Tong Wang, Stephen Gately, Marco Giorgetti, Irina Shcherbakova, Travis Dunckley

Reweighting of Sensory Inputs to Control Quiet Standing in Children from 7 to 11 and in Adults
Rémy Cuisinier, Isabelle Olivier, Marianne Vaugoyeau, Vincent Nougier, Christine Assaiante

Emergent Oscillations in Networks of Stochastic Spiking Neurons
Edward Wallace, Marc Benayoun, Wim van Drongelen, Jack D. Cowan

Candidate Glutamatergic Neurons in the Visual System of Drosophila
Shamprasad Varija Raghu, Alexander Borst

Stimulus Repetition and the Perception of Time: The Effects of Prior Exposure on Temporal Discrimination, Judgment, and Production
William J. Matthews

Inter-Plant Vibrational Communication in a Leafhopper Insect
Anna Eriksson, Gianfranco Anfora, Andrea Lucchi, Meta Virant-Doberlet, Valerio Mazzoni

Musical Experience and the Aging Auditory System: Implications for Cognitive Abilities and Hearing Speech in Noise
Alexandra Parbery-Clark, Dana L. Strait, Samira Anderson, Emily Hittner, Nina Kraus

The Insulin-Mediated Modulation of Visually Evoked Magnetic Fields Is Reduced in Obese Subjects
Martina Guthoff, Krunoslav T. Stingl, Otto Tschritter, Maja Rogic, Martin Heni, Katarina Stingl, Manfred Hallschmid, Hans-Ulrich Häring, Andreas Fritsche, Hubert Preissl, Anita M. Hennige

Red Fluorescent Protein-Aequorin Fusions as Improved Bioluminescent Ca2+ Reporters in Single Cells and Mice
Adil Bakayan, Cecilia F. Vaquero, Fernando Picazo, Juan Llopis

Proliferative Hypothalamic Neurospheres Express NPY, AGRP, POMC, CART and Orexin-A and Differentiate to Functional Neurons
Lígia Sousa-Ferreira, Ana Rita Álvaro, Célia Aveleira, Magda Santana, Inês Brandão, Sebastian Kügler, Luís Pereira de Almeida, Cláudia Cavadas

Using Satellite Tracking to Optimize Protection of Long-Lived Marine Species: Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Conservation in Central Africa
Sara M. Maxwell, Greg A. Breed, Barry A. Nickel, Junior Makanga-Bahouna, Edgard Pemo-Makaya, Richard J. Parnell, Angela Formia, Solange Ngouessono, Brendan J. Godley, Daniel P. Costa, Matthew J. Witt, Michael S. Coyne

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Non-Clinical Medicine

Knowledge and Perceptions of Couples' Voluntary Counseling and Testing in Urban Rwanda and Zambia: A Cross-Sectional Household Survey
April L. Kelley, Etienne Karita, Patrick S. Sullivan, Francois Katangulia, Elwyn Chomba, Michel Carael, Joseph Telfair, Steve M. Dunham, Cheswa M. Vwalika, Michele G. Kautzman, Kristin M. Wall, Susan A. Allen

Does Respondent Driven Sampling Alter the Social Network Composition and Health-Seeking Behaviors of Illicit Drug Users Followed Prospectively?
Abby E. Rudolph, Carl Latkin, Natalie D. Crawford, Kandice C. Jones, Crystal M. Fuller

Patients' and Practitioners' Views of Knee Osteoarthritis and Its Management: A Qualitative Interview Study
Sophie Alami, Isabelle Boutron, Dominique Desjeux, Monique Hirschhorn, Gwendoline Meric, François Rannou, Serge Poiraudeau

Perinatal Mortality in Eastern Uganda: A Community Based Prospective Cohort Study
Victoria Nankabirwa, James K. Tumwine, Thorkild Tylleskär, Jolly Nankunda, Halvor Sommerfelt, for the PROMISE EBF Research Consortium

A Spatial Analysis of County-level Variation in Syphilis and Gonorrhea in Guangdong Province, China
Nicholas X. Tan, Jane P. Messina, Li-Gang Yang, Bin Yang, Michael Emch, Xiang-Sheng Chen, Myron S. Cohen, Joseph D. Tucker

An Interactive Internet-Based Continuing Education Course on Sexually Transmitted Diseases for Physicians and Midwives in Peru
Fredy A. Canchihuaman, Patricia J. Garcia, Stephen S. Gloyd, King K. Holmes

Task-Shifting in HIV Care: A Case Study of Nurse-Centered Community-Based Care in Rural Haiti
Louise C. Ivers, Jean-Gregory Jerome, Kimberly A. Cullen, Wesler Lambert, Francesca Celletti, Badara Samb

Association between HSV1 Seropositivity and Obesity: Data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey, 2007–2008
Zuzana Karjala, Diane Neal, James Rohrer

An Ecological Study of the Determinants of Differences in 2009 Pandemic Influenza Mortality Rates between Countries in Europe
Georgios Nikolopoulos, Pantelis Bagos, Theodoros Lytras, Stefanos Bonovas

Knowledge-Driven Multi-Locus Analysis Reveals Gene-Gene Interactions Influencing HDL Cholesterol Level in Two Independent EMR-Linked Biobanks
Stephen D. Turner, Richard L. Berg, James G. Linneman, Peggy L. Peissig, Dana C. Crawford, Joshua C. Denny, Dan M. Roden, Catherine A. McCarty, Marylyn D. Ritchie, Russell A. Wilke

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Obstetrics

Perinatal Mortality in Eastern Uganda: A Community Based Prospective Cohort Study
Victoria Nankabirwa, James K. Tumwine, Thorkild Tylleskär, Jolly Nankunda, Halvor Sommerfelt, for the PROMISE EBF Research Consortium

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Oncology

Identification of Phosphoproteins as Possible Differentiation Markers in All-Trans-Retinoic Acid-Treated Neuroblastoma Cells
Giorgia Mandili, Cristina Marini, Franco Carta, Cristina Zanini, Mauro Prato, Amina Khadjavi, Franco Turrini, Giuliana Giribaldi

Efficient Chemotherapy of Rat Glioblastoma Using Doxorubicin-Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles with Different Stabilizers
Stefanie Wohlfart, Alexander S. Khalansky, Svetlana Gelperina, Olga Maksimenko, Christian Bernreuther, Markus Glatzel, Jörg Kreuter

Overexpression of Prothymosin Alpha Predicts Poor Disease Outcome in Head and Neck Cancer
Satyendra Chandra Tripathi, Ajay Matta, Jatinder Kaur, Jorg Grigull, Shyam Singh Chauhan, Alok Thakar, Nootan Kumar Shukla, Ritu Duggal, Ajoy Roy Choudhary, Siddhartha DattaGupta, Mehar Chand Sharma, Ranju Ralhan, K. W. Michael Siu

Minicircle-oriP-IFNγ: A Novel Targeted Gene Therapeutic System for EBV Positive Human Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Yufang Zuo, Jiangxue Wu, Zumin Xu, Shiping Yang, Haijiao Yan, Li Tan, Xiangqi Meng, Xiaofang Ying, Ranyi Liu, Tiebang Kang, Wenlin Huang

Upregulated MicroRNA-29a by Hepatitis B Virus X Protein Enhances Hepatoma Cell Migration by Targeting PTEN in Cell Culture Model
Guangyao Kong, Junping Zhang, Shuai Zhang, Changliang Shan, Lihong Ye, Xiaodong Zhang

Genome-Wide Association Study of Relative Telomere Length
Jennifer Prescott, Peter Kraft, Daniel I. Chasman, Sharon A. Savage, Lisa Mirabello, Sonja I. Berndt, Joel L. Weissfeld, Jiali Han, Richard B. Hayes, Stephen J. Chanock, David J. Hunter, Immaculata De Vivo

Mitostatin Is Down-Regulated in Human Prostate Cancer and Suppresses the Invasive Phenotype of Prostate Cancer Cells
Matteo Fassan, Domenico D'Arca, Juraj Letko, Andrea Vecchione, Marina P. Gardiman, Peter McCue, Bernadette Wildemore, Massimo Rugge, Dolores Shupp-Byrne, Leonard G. Gomella, Andrea Morrione, Renato V. Iozzo, Raffaele Baffa

A Non-Specific Effect Associated with Conditional Transgene Expression Based on Cre-loxP Strategy in Mice
Linghua Qiu, Jaime A. Rivera-Pérez, Zuoshang Xu

IFI16 Induction by Glucose Restriction in Human Fibroblasts Contributes to Autophagy through Activation of the ATM/AMPK/p53 Pathway
Xin Duan, Larissa Ponomareva, Sudhakar Veeranki, Divaker Choubey

Benchmarking of Mutation Diagnostics in Clinical Lung Cancer Specimens
Silvia Querings, Janine Altmüller, Sascha Ansén, Thomas Zander, Danila Seidel, Franziska Gabler, Martin Peifer, Eva Markert, Kathryn Stemshorn, Bernd Timmermann, Beate Saal, Stefan Klose, Karen Ernestus, Matthias Scheffler, Walburga Engel-Riedel, Erich Stoelben, Elisabeth Brambilla, Jürgen Wolf, Peter Nürnberg, Roman K. Thomas

Oncogenic LMO3 Collaborates with HEN2 to Enhance Neuroblastoma Cell Growth through Transactivation of Mash1
Eriko Isogai, Miki Ohira, Toshinori Ozaki, Shigeyuki Oba, Yohko Nakamura, Akira Nakagawara

Specificity of Mimotope-Induced Anti-High Molecular Weight-Melanoma Associated Antigen (HMW-MAA) Antibodies Does Not Ensure Biological Activity
Julia Latzka, Sonja Gaier, Gerlinde Hofstetter, Nina Balazs, Ursula Smole, Soldano Ferrone, Otto Scheiner, Heimo Breiteneder, Hubert Pehamberger, Stefan Wagner

Interferon-α/β and Anti-Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 Monoclonal Antibody Suppress Hepatic Cancer Cells In Vitro and In Vivo
Shigeru Sasaki, Tadao Ishida, Minoru Toyota, Akinobu Ota, Hiromu Suzuki, Akinori Takaoka, Hiroshi Yasui, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Hideyasu Takagi, Masahiro Maeda, Tsutomu Seito, Masayuki Tsujisaki, Yasuhisa Shinomura, Kohzoh Imai

FANCD1/BRCA2 Plays Predominant Role in the Repair of DNA Damage Induced by ACNU or TMZ
Natsuko Kondo, Akihisa Takahashi, Eiichiro Mori, Taichi Noda, Małgorzata Z. Zdzienicka, Larry H. Thompson, Thomas Helleday, Minoru Suzuki, Yuko Kinashi, Shinichiro Masunaga, Koji Ono, Masatoshi Hasegawa, Takeo Ohnishi

Identification and Replication of Loci Involved in Camptothecin-Induced Cytotoxicity Using CEPH Pedigrees
Venita Gresham Watson, Alison Motsinger-Reif, Nicholas E. Hardison, Eric J. Peters, Tammy M. Havener, Lorraine Everitt, James Todd Auman, Daniel L. Comins, Howard L. McLeod

In-Vivo Visualization of Tumor Microvessel Density and Response to Anti-Angiogenic Treatment by High Resolution MRI in Mice
Roland T. Ullrich, Jan F. Jikeli, Michael Diedenhofen, Philipp Böhm-Sturm, Maike Unruh, Stefan Vollmar, Mathias Hoehn

Urate Oxidase Purification by Salting-in Crystallization: Towards an Alternative to Chromatography
Marion Giffard, Natalie Ferté, François Ragot, Mohamed El Hajji, Bertrand Castro, Françoise Bonneté

Cancer Screening by Systemic Administration of a Gene Delivery Vector Encoding Tumor-Selective Secretable Biomarker Expression
Andrew W. Browne, Jennifer L. Leddon, Mark A. Currier, Jon P. Williams, Jason S. Frischer, Margaret H. Collins, Chong H. Ahn, Timothy P. Cripe

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Ophthalmology

Human Tear Fluid Lipidome: From Composition to Function
Antti H. Rantamäki, Tuulikki Seppänen-Laakso, Matej Oresic, Matti Jauhiainen, Juha M. Holopainen

Regulatory Effects of IFN-β on the Development of Experimental Autoimmune Uveoretinitis in B10RIII Mice
Min Sun, Yan Yang, Peizeng Yang, Bo Lei, Liping Du, Aize Kijlstra

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Pathology

Characterization of Changes in Serum Anti-Glycan Antibodies in Crohn's Disease – a Longitudinal Analysis
Florian Rieder, Rocio Lopez, Andre Franke, Alexandra Wolf, Stephan Schleder, Andrea Dirmeier, Anja Schirbel, Philip Rosenstiel, Nir Dotan, Stefan Schreiber, Gerhard Rogler, Frank Klebl

The Expression of VEGF-A Is Down Regulated in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patients with Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Ellen Iacobaeus, Petra Amoudruz, Mikael Ström, Mohsen Khademi, Lou Brundin, Jan Hillert, Ingrid Kockum, Vivianne Malmström, Tomas Olsson, Emma Tham, Fredrik Piehl

Overexpression of Prothymosin Alpha Predicts Poor Disease Outcome in Head and Neck Cancer
Satyendra Chandra Tripathi, Ajay Matta, Jatinder Kaur, Jorg Grigull, Shyam Singh Chauhan, Alok Thakar, Nootan Kumar Shukla, Ritu Duggal, Ajoy Roy Choudhary, Siddhartha DattaGupta, Mehar Chand Sharma, Ranju Ralhan, K. W. Michael Siu

A Study of Nuclear Transcription Factor-Kappa B in Childhood Autism
Usha S. Naik, Charitha Gangadharan, Kanakalatha Abbagani, Balakrishna Nagalla, Niranjan Dasari, Sunil K. Manna

Systemic Stimulation of TLR2 Impairs Neonatal Mouse Brain Development
Xiaonan Du, Bobbi Fleiss, Hongfu Li, Barbara D'angelo, Yanyan Sun, Changlian Zhu, Henrik Hagberg, Ofer Levy, Carina Mallard, Xiaoyang Wang

Benchmarking of Mutation Diagnostics in Clinical Lung Cancer Specimens
Silvia Querings, Janine Altmüller, Sascha Ansén, Thomas Zander, Danila Seidel, Franziska Gabler, Martin Peifer, Eva Markert, Kathryn Stemshorn, Bernd Timmermann, Beate Saal, Stefan Klose, Karen Ernestus, Matthias Scheffler, Walburga Engel-Riedel, Erich Stoelben, Elisabeth Brambilla, Jürgen Wolf, Peter Nürnberg, Roman K. Thomas

Sensory Symptom Profiles and Co-Morbidities in Painful Radiculopathy
Friederike Mahn, Philipp Hüllemann, Ulrich Gockel, Mathias Brosz, Rainer Freynhagen, Thomas R. Tölle, Ralf Baron

Identification and Replication of Loci Involved in Camptothecin-Induced Cytotoxicity Using CEPH Pedigrees
Venita Gresham Watson, Alison Motsinger-Reif, Nicholas E. Hardison, Eric J. Peters, Tammy M. Havener, Lorraine Everitt, James Todd Auman, Daniel L. Comins, Howard L. McLeod

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Pediatrics and Child Health

Identification of Phosphoproteins as Possible Differentiation Markers in All-Trans-Retinoic Acid-Treated Neuroblastoma Cells
Giorgia Mandili, Cristina Marini, Franco Carta, Cristina Zanini, Mauro Prato, Amina Khadjavi, Franco Turrini, Giuliana Giribaldi

Auditory Development between 7 and 11 Years: An Event-Related Potential (ERP) Study
Dorothy V. M. Bishop, Mike Anderson, Corinne Reid, Allison M. Fox

A Study of Nuclear Transcription Factor-Kappa B in Childhood Autism
Usha S. Naik, Charitha Gangadharan, Kanakalatha Abbagani, Balakrishna Nagalla, Niranjan Dasari, Sunil K. Manna

Systemic Stimulation of TLR2 Impairs Neonatal Mouse Brain Development
Xiaonan Du, Bobbi Fleiss, Hongfu Li, Barbara D'angelo, Yanyan Sun, Changlian Zhu, Henrik Hagberg, Ofer Levy, Carina Mallard, Xiaoyang Wang

Problematic Internet Use in High School Students in Guangdong Province, China
Hui Wang, Xiaolan Zhou, Ciyong Lu, Jie Wu, Xueqing Deng, Lingyao Hong

Perinatal Mortality in Eastern Uganda: A Community Based Prospective Cohort Study
Victoria Nankabirwa, James K. Tumwine, Thorkild Tylleskär, Jolly Nankunda, Halvor Sommerfelt, for the PROMISE EBF Research Consortium

Oncogenic LMO3 Collaborates with HEN2 to Enhance Neuroblastoma Cell Growth through Transactivation of Mash1
Eriko Isogai, Miki Ohira, Toshinori Ozaki, Shigeyuki Oba, Yohko Nakamura, Akira Nakagawara

Reweighting of Sensory Inputs to Control Quiet Standing in Children from 7 to 11 and in Adults
Rémy Cuisinier, Isabelle Olivier, Marianne Vaugoyeau, Vincent Nougier, Christine Assaiante

Reproducibility and Relative Validity of a Food Frequency Questionnaire Developed for Female Adolescents in Suihua, North China
Wei Xia, Caihong Sun, Li Zhang, Xin Zhang, Jiajia Wang, Hui Wang, Lijie Wu

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Pharmacology

A Novel Structural Framework for α1A/D-Adrenoceptor Selective Antagonists Identified Using Subtype Selective Pharmacophores
Emily S. Stoddart, Sevvandi Senadheera, Iain J. A. MacDougall, Renate Griffith, Angela M. Finch

Crystal Structures of Two Aminoglycoside Kinases Bound with a Eukaryotic Protein Kinase Inhibitor
Desiree H. Fong, Bing Xiong, Jiyoung Hwang, Albert M. Berghuis

The Prevalence of Natural Health Product Use in Patients with Acute Cardiovascular Disease
Aws Alherbish, Theresa L. Charrois, Margaret L. Ackman, Ross T. Tsuyuki, Justin A. Ezekowitz

Identification and Replication of Loci Involved in Camptothecin-Induced Cytotoxicity Using CEPH Pedigrees
Venita Gresham Watson, Alison Motsinger-Reif, Nicholas E. Hardison, Eric J. Peters, Tammy M. Havener, Lorraine Everitt, James Todd Auman, Daniel L. Comins, Howard L. McLeod

Daily Treatment with SMTC1100, a Novel Small Molecule Utrophin Upregulator, Dramatically Reduces the Dystrophic Symptoms in the mdx Mouse
Jonathon M. Tinsley, Rebecca J. Fairclough, Richard Storer, Fraser J. Wilkes, Allyson C. Potter, Sarah E. Squire, Dave S. Powell, Anna Cozzoli, Roberta F. Capogrosso, Adam Lambert, Francis X. Wilson, Stephen P. Wren, Annamaria De Luca, Kay E. Davies

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Physics

Dissecting the Specificity of Protein-Protein Interaction in Bacterial Two-Component Signaling: Orphans and Crosstalks
Andrea Procaccini, Bryan Lunt, Hendrik Szurmant, Terence Hwa, Martin Weigt

Electromagnetic Field Effect or Simply Stress? Effects of UMTS Exposure on Hippocampal Longterm Plasticity in the Context of Procedure Related Hormone Release
Nora Prochnow, Tina Gebing, Kerstin Ladage, Dorothee Krause-Finkeldey, Abdessamad El Ouardi, Andreas Bitz, Joachim Streckert, Volkert Hansen, Rolf Dermietzel

The Thermal Structural Transition of α-Crystallin Inhibits the Heat Induced Self-Aggregation
Giuseppe Maulucci, Massimiliano Papi, Giuseppe Arcovito, Marco De Spirito

Role of Surface Chemistry in Protein Remodeling at the Cell-Material Interface
Virginia Llopis-Hernández, Patricia Rico, José Ballester-Beltrán, David Moratal, Manuel Salmerón-Sánchez

A Precise Error Bound for Quantum Phase Estimation
James M. Chappell, Max A. Lohe, Lorenz von Smekal, Azhar Iqbal, Derek Abbott

Force Generation upon T Cell Receptor Engagement
Julien Husson, Karine Chemin, Armelle Bohineust, Claire Hivroz, Nelly Henry

Characterizing mRNA Interactions with RNA Granules during Translation Initiation Inhibition
Chiara Zurla, Aaron W. Lifland, Philip J. Santangelo

ALG: Automated Genotype Calling of Luminex Assays
Mathieu Bourgey, Mathieu Lariviere, Chantal Richer, Daniel Sinnett

Atmospheric Reaction Systems as Null-Models to Identify Structural Traces of Evolution in Metabolism
Petter Holme, Mikael Huss, Sang Hoon Lee

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Physiology

Investigating the Role of T-Cell Avidity and Killing Efficacy in Relation to Type 1 Diabetes Prediction
Anmar Khadra, Massimo Pietropaolo, Gerald T. Nepom, Arthur Sherman

Characterization of Changes in Serum Anti-Glycan Antibodies in Crohn's Disease – a Longitudinal Analysis
Florian Rieder, Rocio Lopez, Andre Franke, Alexandra Wolf, Stephan Schleder, Andrea Dirmeier, Anja Schirbel, Philip Rosenstiel, Nir Dotan, Stefan Schreiber, Gerhard Rogler, Frank Klebl

Modification of Collagen by 3-Deoxyglucosone Alters Wound Healing through Differential Regulation of p38 MAP Kinase
Danielle T. Loughlin, Carol M. Artlett

Auditory Development between 7 and 11 Years: An Event-Related Potential (ERP) Study
Dorothy V. M. Bishop, Mike Anderson, Corinne Reid, Allison M. Fox

Hearing Feelings: Affective Categorization of Music and Speech in Alexithymia, an ERP Study
Katharina Sophia Goerlich, Jurriaan Witteman, André Aleman, Sander Martens

DNA Methyltransferase Controls Stem Cell Aging by Regulating BMI1 and EZH2 through MicroRNAs
Ah-Young So, Ji-Won Jung, Seunghee Lee, Hyung-Sik Kim, Kyung-Sun Kang

Increased Basal Activity Is a Key Determinant in the Severity of Human Skeletal Dysplasia Caused by TRPV4 Mutations
Stephen Loukin, Zhenwei Su, Ching Kung

The Level of Protein in Milk Formula Modifies Ileal Sensitivity to LPS Later in Life in a Piglet Model
Livie Chatelais, Agnès Jamin, Christèle Gras-Le Guen, Jean-Paul Lallès, Isabelle Le Huërou-Luron, Gaëlle Boudry

A New Role for an Old Antimicrobial: Lysozyme c-1 Can Function to Protect Malaria Parasites in Anopheles Mosquitoes
Mayur K. Kajla, Lei Shi, Bin Li, Shirley Luckhart, Jianyong Li, Susan M. Paskewitz

Metabolic Changes in Skin Caused by Scd1 Deficiency: A Focus on Retinol Metabolism
Matthew T. Flowers, Chad M. Paton, Sheila M. O'Byrne, Kevin Schiesser, John A. Dawson, William S. Blaner, Christina Kendziorski, James M. Ntambi

Cortical Activation Changes during Repeated Laser Stimulation: A Magnetoencephalographic Study
Andrej Stancak, Jamaan Alghamdi, Turo J. Nurmikko

Antisense-Mediated Knockdown of NaV1.8, but Not NaV1.9, Generates Inhibitory Effects on Complete Freund's Adjuvant-Induced Inflammatory Pain in Rat
Yao-Qing Yu, Feng Zhao, Su-Min Guan, Jun Chen

Insulin Production and Signaling in Renal Tubules of Drosophila Is under Control of Tachykinin-Related Peptide and Regulates Stress Resistance
Jeannette A. E. Söderberg, Ryan T. Birse, Dick R. Nässel

Production and Characterization of Chimeric Monoclonal Antibodies against Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. mallei Using the DHFR Expression System
Hyung-Yong Kim, Shien Tsai, Shyh-Ching Lo, Douglas J. Wear, Mina J. Izadjoo

IFI16 Induction by Glucose Restriction in Human Fibroblasts Contributes to Autophagy through Activation of the ATM/AMPK/p53 Pathway
Xin Duan, Larissa Ponomareva, Sudhakar Veeranki, Divaker Choubey

Benchmarking of Mutation Diagnostics in Clinical Lung Cancer Specimens
Silvia Querings, Janine Altmüller, Sascha Ansén, Thomas Zander, Danila Seidel, Franziska Gabler, Martin Peifer, Eva Markert, Kathryn Stemshorn, Bernd Timmermann, Beate Saal, Stefan Klose, Karen Ernestus, Matthias Scheffler, Walburga Engel-Riedel, Erich Stoelben, Elisabeth Brambilla, Jürgen Wolf, Peter Nürnberg, Roman K. Thomas

Electromagnetic Field Effect or Simply Stress? Effects of UMTS Exposure on Hippocampal Longterm Plasticity in the Context of Procedure Related Hormone Release
Nora Prochnow, Tina Gebing, Kerstin Ladage, Dorothee Krause-Finkeldey, Abdessamad El Ouardi, Andreas Bitz, Joachim Streckert, Volkert Hansen, Rolf Dermietzel

Energy Starved Candidatus Pelagibacter Ubique Substitutes Light-Mediated ATP Production for Endogenous Carbon Respiration
Laura Steindler, Michael S. Schwalbach, Daniel P. Smith, Francis Chan, Stephen J. Giovannoni

Sensory Symptom Profiles and Co-Morbidities in Painful Radiculopathy
Friederike Mahn, Philipp Hüllemann, Ulrich Gockel, Mathias Brosz, Rainer Freynhagen, Thomas R. Tölle, Ralf Baron

Multiple Neural Oscillators and Muscle Feedback Are Required for the Intestinal Fed State Motor Program
Jordan D. Chambers, Joel C. Bornstein, Evan A. Thomas

Antigen-Independent IFN-γ Production by Human Naïve CD4+ T Cells Activated by IL-12 Plus IL-18
Rachel B. Munk, Katsuki Sugiyama, Paritosh Ghosh, Carl Y. Sasaki, Louis Rezanka, Kasturi Banerjee, Hidenori Takahashi, Ranjan Sen, Dan L. Longo

Defective CFTR-Dependent CREB Activation Results in Impaired Spermatogenesis and Azoospermia
Wen Ming Xu, Jing Chen, Hui Chen, Rui Ying Diao, Kin Lam Fok, Jian Da Dong, Ting Ting Sun, Wen Ying Chen, Mei Kuen Yu, Xiao Hu Zhang, Lai Ling Tsang, Ann Lau, Qi Xian Shi, Qing Hua Shi, Ping Bo Huang, Hsiao Chang Chan

Characterization of a Human Antibody Fragment Fab and Its Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles that Inhibit Rabies Virus Infection with Vaccine
Xinjian Liu, Hong Lin, Qi Tang, Chen Li, Songtao Yang, Zhongcan Wang, Changjun Wang, Qing He, Brian Cao, Zhenqing Feng, Xiaohong Guan, Jin Zhu

Inter-Plant Vibrational Communication in a Leafhopper Insect
Anna Eriksson, Gianfranco Anfora, Andrea Lucchi, Meta Virant-Doberlet, Valerio Mazzoni

Musical Experience and the Aging Auditory System: Implications for Cognitive Abilities and Hearing Speech in Noise
Alexandra Parbery-Clark, Dana L. Strait, Samira Anderson, Emily Hittner, Nina Kraus

The Relationship between Anogenital Distance, Fatherhood, and Fertility in Adult Men
Michael L. Eisenberg, Michael H. Hsieh, Rustin Chanc Walters, Ross Krasnow, Larry I. Lipshultz

The Insulin-Mediated Modulation of Visually Evoked Magnetic Fields Is Reduced in Obese Subjects
Martina Guthoff, Krunoslav T. Stingl, Otto Tschritter, Maja Rogic, Martin Heni, Katarina Stingl, Manfred Hallschmid, Hans-Ulrich Häring, Andreas Fritsche, Hubert Preissl, Anita M. Hennige

The Influence of Reproductive Experience on Milk Energy Output and Lactation Performance in the Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Shelley L. C. Lang, Sara J. Iverson, W. Don Bowen

Somatostatin Inhibits Cell Migration and Reduces Cell Counts of Human Keratinocytes and Delays Epidermal Wound Healing in an Ex Vivo Wound Model
Matthias Vockel, Simone Pollok, Ute Breitenbach, Ina Ridderbusch, Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp, Johanna M. Brandner

Insulin Resistance in Non-Obese Subjects Is Associated with Activation of the JNK Pathway and Impaired Insulin Signaling in Skeletal Muscle
Umesh B. Masharani, Betty A. Maddux, Xiaojuan Li, Giorgos K. Sakkas, Kathleen Mulligan, Morris Schambelan, Ira D. Goldfine, Jack F. Youngren

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Plant Biology

Sequencing-Based Approaches Reveal Low Ambient Temperature-Responsive and Tissue-Specific MicroRNAs in Phalaenopsis Orchid
Feng-Ming An, Shuan-Rung Hsiao, Ming-Tsair Chan

Identification of Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis Transcript Sequences Expressed during Infection Reveals Isolate-Specific Effectors
Adriana Cabral, Joost H. M. Stassen, Michael F. Seidl, Jaqueline Bautor, Jane E. Parker, Guido Van den Ackerveken

Culture and Hybridization Experiments on an Ulva Clade Including the Qingdao Strain Blooming in the Yellow Sea
Masanori Hiraoka, Kensuke Ichihara, Wenrong Zhu, Jiahai Ma, Satoshi Shimada

Extremely Long-Lived Stigmas Allow Extended Cross-Pollination Opportunities in a High Andean Plant
Cristian Torres-Díaz, Susana Gómez-González, Gisela C. Stotz, Patricio Torres-Morales, Brayam Paredes, Matías Pérez-Millaqueo, Ernesto Gianoli

Automated Image Analysis of the Host-Pathogen Interaction between Phagocytes and Aspergillus fumigatus
Franziska Mech, Andreas Thywißen, Reinhard Guthke, Axel A. Brakhage, Marc Thilo Figge

Enantioselective Phytotoxicity of the Herbicide Imazethapyr on the Response of the Antioxidant System and Starch Metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana
HaiFeng Qian, Tao Lu, XiaoFeng Peng, Xiao Han, ZhengWei Fu, WeiPing Liu

Phytolith Analysis for Differentiating between Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica) and Green Foxtail (Setaria viridis)
Jianping Zhang, Houyuan Lu, Naiqin Wu, Xiaoyan Yang, Xianmin Diao

A National and International Analysis of Changing Forest Density
Aapo Rautiainen, Iddo Wernick, Paul E. Waggoner, Jesse H. Ausubel, Pekka E. Kauppi

Specific Impact of Tobamovirus Infection on the Arabidopsis Small RNA Profile
Quanan Hu, Jens Hollunder, Annette Niehl, Camilla Julie Kørner, Dalya Gereige, David Windels, Andreas Arnold, Martin Kuiper, Franck Vazquez, Mikhail Pooggin, Manfred Heinlein

Genomic Markers Reveal Introgressive Hybridization in the Indo-West Pacific Mangroves: A Case Study
Mei Sun, Eugenia Y. Y. Lo

Degradation of the Disease-Associated Prion Protein by a Serine Protease from Lichens
Christopher J. Johnson, James P. Bennett, Steven M. Biro, Juan Camilo Duque-Velasquez, Cynthia M. Rodriguez, Richard A. Bessen, Tonie E. Rocke

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Public Health and Epidemiology

SDOCT Imaging to Identify Macular Pathology in Patients Diagnosed with Diabetic Maculopathy by a Digital Photographic Retinal Screening Programme
Sarah Mackenzie, Christian Schmermer, Amanda Charnley, Dawn Sim, Vikas Tah, Martin Dumskyj, Stephen Nussey, Catherine Egan

Schistosome Infection Intensity Is Inversely Related to Auto-Reactive Antibody Levels
Francisca Mutapi, Natsuko Imai, Norman Nausch, Claire D. Bourke, Nadine Rujeni, Kate M. Mitchell, Nicholas Midzi, Mark E. J. Woolhouse, Rick M. Maizels, Takafira Mduluza

A Study of Nuclear Transcription Factor-Kappa B in Childhood Autism
Usha S. Naik, Charitha Gangadharan, Kanakalatha Abbagani, Balakrishna Nagalla, Niranjan Dasari, Sunil K. Manna

Knowledge and Perceptions of Couples' Voluntary Counseling and Testing in Urban Rwanda and Zambia: A Cross-Sectional Household Survey
April L. Kelley, Etienne Karita, Patrick S. Sullivan, Francois Katangulia, Elwyn Chomba, Michel Carael, Joseph Telfair, Steve M. Dunham, Cheswa M. Vwalika, Michele G. Kautzman, Kristin M. Wall, Susan A. Allen

Systemic Stimulation of TLR2 Impairs Neonatal Mouse Brain Development
Xiaonan Du, Bobbi Fleiss, Hongfu Li, Barbara D'angelo, Yanyan Sun, Changlian Zhu, Henrik Hagberg, Ofer Levy, Carina Mallard, Xiaoyang Wang

Does Respondent Driven Sampling Alter the Social Network Composition and Health-Seeking Behaviors of Illicit Drug Users Followed Prospectively?
Abby E. Rudolph, Carl Latkin, Natalie D. Crawford, Kandice C. Jones, Crystal M. Fuller

Field Effectiveness of Pandemic and 2009-2010 Seasonal Vaccines against 2009-2010 A(H1N1) Influenza: Estimations from Surveillance Data in France
Camille Pelat, Alessandra Falchi, Fabrice Carrat, Anne Mosnier, Isabelle Bonmarin, Clément Turbelin, Sophie Vaux, Sylvie van der Werf, Jean Marie Cohen, Bruno Lina, Thierry Blanchon, Thomas Hanslik

Patients' and Practitioners' Views of Knee Osteoarthritis and Its Management: A Qualitative Interview Study
Sophie Alami, Isabelle Boutron, Dominique Desjeux, Monique Hirschhorn, Gwendoline Meric, François Rannou, Serge Poiraudeau

Genome-Wide Association Study of Relative Telomere Length
Jennifer Prescott, Peter Kraft, Daniel I. Chasman, Sharon A. Savage, Lisa Mirabello, Sonja I. Berndt, Joel L. Weissfeld, Jiali Han, Richard B. Hayes, Stephen J. Chanock, David J. Hunter, Immaculata De Vivo

Problematic Internet Use in High School Students in Guangdong Province, China
Hui Wang, Xiaolan Zhou, Ciyong Lu, Jie Wu, Xueqing Deng, Lingyao Hong

SAGES: A Suite of Freely-Available Software Tools for Electronic Disease Surveillance in Resource-Limited Settings
Sheri L. Lewis, Brian H. Feighner, Wayne A. Loschen, Richard A. Wojcik, Joseph F. Skora, Jacqueline S. Coberly, David L. Blazes

Huangqi Injection (a Traditional Chinese Patent Medicine) for Chronic Heart Failure: A Systematic Review
Shufei Fu, Junhua Zhang, Francesca Menniti-Ippolito, Xiumei Gao, Francesca Galeotti, Marco Massari, Limin Hu, Boli Zhang, Rita Ferrelli, Alice Fauci, Fabio Firenzuoli, Hongcai Shang, Ranieri Guerra, Roberto Raschetti

Perinatal Mortality in Eastern Uganda: A Community Based Prospective Cohort Study
Victoria Nankabirwa, James K. Tumwine, Thorkild Tylleskär, Jolly Nankunda, Halvor Sommerfelt, for the PROMISE EBF Research Consortium

Sensory Symptom Profiles and Co-Morbidities in Painful Radiculopathy
Friederike Mahn, Philipp Hüllemann, Ulrich Gockel, Mathias Brosz, Rainer Freynhagen, Thomas R. Tölle, Ralf Baron

A Spatial Analysis of County-level Variation in Syphilis and Gonorrhea in Guangdong Province, China
Nicholas X. Tan, Jane P. Messina, Li-Gang Yang, Bin Yang, Michael Emch, Xiang-Sheng Chen, Myron S. Cohen, Joseph D. Tucker

Task-Shifting in HIV Care: A Case Study of Nurse-Centered Community-Based Care in Rural Haiti
Louise C. Ivers, Jean-Gregory Jerome, Kimberly A. Cullen, Wesler Lambert, Francesca Celletti, Badara Samb

Association between HSV1 Seropositivity and Obesity: Data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey, 2007–2008
Zuzana Karjala, Diane Neal, James Rohrer

An Ecological Study of the Determinants of Differences in 2009 Pandemic Influenza Mortality Rates between Countries in Europe
Georgios Nikolopoulos, Pantelis Bagos, Theodoros Lytras, Stefanos Bonovas

Knowledge-Driven Multi-Locus Analysis Reveals Gene-Gene Interactions Influencing HDL Cholesterol Level in Two Independent EMR-Linked Biobanks
Stephen D. Turner, Richard L. Berg, James G. Linneman, Peggy L. Peissig, Dana C. Crawford, Joshua C. Denny, Dan M. Roden, Catherine A. McCarty, Marylyn D. Ritchie, Russell A. Wilke

Reproducibility and Relative Validity of a Food Frequency Questionnaire Developed for Female Adolescents in Suihua, North China
Wei Xia, Caihong Sun, Li Zhang, Xin Zhang, Jiajia Wang, Hui Wang, Lijie Wu

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Radiology and Medical Imaging

SDOCT Imaging to Identify Macular Pathology in Patients Diagnosed with Diabetic Maculopathy by a Digital Photographic Retinal Screening Programme
Sarah Mackenzie, Christian Schmermer, Amanda Charnley, Dawn Sim, Vikas Tah, Martin Dumskyj, Stephen Nussey, Catherine Egan

In-Vivo Visualization of Tumor Microvessel Density and Response to Anti-Angiogenic Treatment by High Resolution MRI in Mice
Roland T. Ullrich, Jan F. Jikeli, Michael Diedenhofen, Philipp Böhm-Sturm, Maike Unruh, Stefan Vollmar, Mathias Hoehn

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Respiratory Medicine

An NFKB1 Promoter Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism Influences Risk and Outcome in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome among Caucasians
Ednan K. Bajwa, Paul C. Cremer, Michelle N. Gong, Rihong Zhai, Li Su, B. Taylor Thompson, David C. Christiani

CD46 Protects against Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Sandra Grumelli, Bao Lu, Leif Peterson, Toshitaka Maeno, Craig Gerard

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Rheumatology

Patients' and Practitioners' Views of Knee Osteoarthritis and Its Management: A Qualitative Interview Study
Sophie Alami, Isabelle Boutron, Dominique Desjeux, Monique Hirschhorn, Gwendoline Meric, François Rannou, Serge Poiraudeau

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Science Policy

Huangqi Injection (a Traditional Chinese Patent Medicine) for Chronic Heart Failure: A Systematic Review
Shufei Fu, Junhua Zhang, Francesca Menniti-Ippolito, Xiumei Gao, Francesca Galeotti, Marco Massari, Limin Hu, Boli Zhang, Rita Ferrelli, Alice Fauci, Fabio Firenzuoli, Hongcai Shang, Ranieri Guerra, Roberto Raschetti

Multispectral Imaging for Determination of Astaxanthin Concentration in Salmonids
Bjørn S. Dissing, Michael E. Nielsen, Bjarne K. Ersbøll, Stina Frosch

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Surgery

Patients' and Practitioners' Views of Knee Osteoarthritis and Its Management: A Qualitative Interview Study
Sophie Alami, Isabelle Boutron, Dominique Desjeux, Monique Hirschhorn, Gwendoline Meric, François Rannou, Serge Poiraudeau

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Urology

Mitostatin Is Down-Regulated in Human Prostate Cancer and Suppresses the Invasive Phenotype of Prostate Cancer Cells
Matteo Fassan, Domenico D'Arca, Juraj Letko, Andrea Vecchione, Marina P. Gardiman, Peter McCue, Bernadette Wildemore, Massimo Rugge, Dolores Shupp-Byrne, Leonard G. Gomella, Andrea Morrione, Renato V. Iozzo, Raffaele Baffa

The Relationship between Anogenital Distance, Fatherhood, and Fertility in Adult Men
Michael L. Eisenberg, Michael H. Hsieh, Rustin Chanc Walters, Ross Krasnow, Larry I. Lipshultz

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Virology

Action Mechanisms of Lithium Chloride on Cell Infection by Transmissible Gastroenteritis Coronavirus
Xiaofeng Ren, Fandan Meng, Jiechao Yin, Guangxing Li, Xunliang Li, Chao Wang, Georg Herrler

The Infection of Chicken Tracheal Epithelial Cells with a H6N1 Avian Influenza Virus
Ching-I. Shen, Ching-Ho Wang, Shih-Cheng Shen, Hsiu-Chin Lee, Jiunn-Wang Liao, Hong-Lin Su

HSV Neutralization by the Microbicidal Candidate C5A
Lot de Witte, Michael D. Bobardt, Udayan Chatterji, Freek B. van Loenen, Georges M. G. M. Verjans, Teunis B. H. Geijtenbeek, Philippe A. Gallay

Minicircle-oriP-IFNγ: A Novel Targeted Gene Therapeutic System for EBV Positive Human Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Yufang Zuo, Jiangxue Wu, Zumin Xu, Shiping Yang, Haijiao Yan, Li Tan, Xiangqi Meng, Xiaofang Ying, Ranyi Liu, Tiebang Kang, Wenlin Huang

Rapid Dissemination of SIV Follows Multisite Entry after Rectal Inoculation
Patricia Ribeiro dos Santos, Magali Rancez, Jean-Luc Prétet, Alice Michel-Salzat, Valérie Messent, Anna Bogdanova, Anne Couëdel-Courteille, Evelyne Souil, Rémi Cheynier, Cécile Butor

Upregulated MicroRNA-29a by Hepatitis B Virus X Protein Enhances Hepatoma Cell Migration by Targeting PTEN in Cell Culture Model
Guangyao Kong, Junping Zhang, Shuai Zhang, Changliang Shan, Lihong Ye, Xiaodong Zhang

Genetic Diversity of Near Genome-Wide Hepatitis C Virus Sequences during Chronic Infection: Evidence for Protein Structural Conservation Over Time
Hui Li, Austin L. Hughes, Nazneen Bano, Susan McArdle, Stephen Livingston, Heike Deubner, Brian J. McMahon, Lisa Townshend-Bulson, Rachel McMahan, Hugo R. Rosen, David R. Gretch

Relationship between TNF- Gene Promoter Polymorphisms and Outcomes of Hepatitis B Virus Infections: A Meta-Analysis
Qi Xia, LinFu Zhou, Dongcheng Liu, Zhi Chen, Feng Chen

Cross-Sectional Detection of Acute HIV Infection: Timing of Transmission, Inflammation and Antiretroviral Therapy
Cynthia Gay, Oliver Dibben, Jeffrey A. Anderson, Andrea Stacey, Ashley J. Mayo, Philip J. Norris, JoAnn D. Kuruc, Jesus F. Salazar-Gonzalez, Hui Li, Brandon F. Keele, Charles Hicks, David Margolis, Guido Ferrari, Barton Haynes, Ronald Swanstrom, George M. Shaw, Beatrice H. Hahn, Joseph J. Eron, Persephone Borrow, Myron S. Cohen

Microviridae Goes Temperate: Microvirus-Related Proviruses Reside in the Genomes of Bacteroidetes
Mart Krupovic, Patrick Forterre

Autonomic Nervous Dysfunction in Hamsters Infected with West Nile Virus
Hong Wang, Venkatraman Siddharthan, Jeffery O. Hall, John D. Morrey

Deep Sequencing Reveals Direct Targets of Gammaherpesvirus-Induced mRNA Decay and Suggests That Multiple Mechanisms Govern Cellular Transcript Escape
Karen Clyde, Britt A. Glaunsinger

Characterization of a Human Antibody Fragment Fab and Its Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles that Inhibit Rabies Virus Infection with Vaccine
Xinjian Liu, Hong Lin, Qi Tang, Chen Li, Songtao Yang, Zhongcan Wang, Changjun Wang, Qing He, Brian Cao, Zhenqing Feng, Xiaohong Guan, Jin Zhu

Association between HSV1 Seropositivity and Obesity: Data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey, 2007–2008
Zuzana Karjala, Diane Neal, James Rohrer

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Women's Health

Multiplex Immunoassay of Lower Genital Tract Mucosal Fluid from Women Attending an Urban STD Clinic Shows Broadly Increased IL1ß and Lactoferrin
Gregory T. Spear, Sabrina R. Kendrick, Hua Y. Chen, Tin T. Thomas, Mieoak Bahk, Robert Balderas, Santosh Ghosh, Aaron Weinberg, Alan L. Landay

Common Variants in a Novel Gene, FONG on Chromosome 2q33.1 Confer Risk of Osteoporosis in Japanese
Ikuyo Kou, Atsushi Takahashi, Tomohiko Urano, Naoshi Fukui, Hideki Ito, Kouichi Ozaki, Toshihiro Tanaka, Takayuki Hosoi, Masataka Shiraki, Satoshi Inoue, Yusuke Nakamura, Naoyuki Kamatani, Michiaki Kubo, Seijiro Mori, Shiro Ikegawa

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