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Volume 9;  2008
Research Articles
The role of Drosophila Merlin in spermatogenesis
Natalia V Dorogova, Elena M Akhmametyeva, Sergei A Kopyl, Natalia V Gubanova, Olga S Yudina, Leonid V Omelyanchuk, and Long-Sheng Chang
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 1. Published online 2008 January 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-1.
PMCID: PMC2253521
Mutational analysis of βCOP (Sec26p) identifies an appendage domain critical for function
Carol J DeRegis, Peter B Rahl, Gregory R Hoffman, Richard A Cerione, and Ruth N Collins
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 3. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-3.
PMCID: PMC2262067
The androgen receptor can signal through Wnt/β-Catenin in prostate cancer cells as an adaptation mechanism to castration levels of androgens
Liang Schweizer, Cheryl A Rizzo, Thomas E Spires, J Suso Platero, Qiuyan Wu, Tai-An Lin, Marco M Gottardis, and Ricardo M Attar
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 4. Published online 2008 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-4.
PMCID: PMC2246119
Regulation of DNA synthesis and the cell cycle in human prostate cancer cells and lymphocytes by ovine uterine serpin
Maria B Padua and Peter J Hansen
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 5. Published online 2008 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-5.
PMCID: PMC2254604
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling in proliferating cells maintains an anti-apoptotic transcriptional program mediated by inhibition of FOXO and non-canonical activation of NFκB transcription factors
Jolyon Terragni, Julie R Graham, Kenneth W Adams, Michael E Schaffer, John W Tullai, and Geoffrey M Cooper
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 6. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-6.
PMCID: PMC2268685
Cheiradone: a vascular endothelial cell growth factor receptor antagonist
Sajjad Hussain, Mark Slevin, Mohammad A Mesaik, Mohammad I Choudhary, Abdul H Elosta, Sabine Matou, Nessar Ahmed, David West, and John Gaffney
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 7. Published online 2008 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-7.
PMCID: PMC2248182
Identification of a subunit of NADH-dehydrogenase as a p49/STRAP-binding protein
Xiaomin Zhang, Gohar Azhar, Scott Helms, Ying Zhong, and Jeanne Y Wei
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 8. Published online 2008 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-8.
PMCID: PMC2268686
Identification of a novel Leucine-rich repeat protein and candidate PP1 regulatory subunit expressed in developing spermatids
Rong Wang and Ann O Sperry
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 9. Published online 2008 January 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-9.
PMCID: PMC2270827
Actin binding domains direct actin-binding proteins to different cytoskeletal locations
Raymond W Washington and David A Knecht
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 10. Published online 2008 February 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-10.
PMCID: PMC2275727
Effects of GSK3 inhibitors on in vitro expansion and differentiation of human adipose-derived stem cells into adipocytes
Laure-Emmanuelle Zaragosi, Brigitte Wdziekonski, Coralie Fontaine, Phi Villageois, Pascal Peraldi, and Christian Dani
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 11. Published online 2008 February 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-11.
PMCID: PMC2257931
The differentiation/retrodifferentiation program of human U937 leukemia cells is accompanied by changes of VCP/p97
Catharina Bertram, Nils von Neuhoff, Britta Skawran, Doris Steinemann, Brigitte Schlegelberger, and Ralf Hass
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 12. Published online 2008 February 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-12.
PMCID: PMC2277395
Xenopus importin beta validates human importin beta as a cell cycle negative regulator
Valerie A Delmar, Rene C Chan, and Douglass J Forbes
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 14. Published online 2008 March 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-14.
PMCID: PMC2324082
A novel semi-automatic image processing approach to determine Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in Giemsa-stained thin blood smears
Minh-Tam Le, Timo R Bretschneider, Claudia Kuss, and Peter R Preiser
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 15. Published online 2008 March 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-15.
PMCID: PMC2330144
Epidermal growth factor receptor levels are reduced in mice with targeted disruption of the protein kinase A catalytic subunit
Morten P Oksvold, Ane Funderud, Anne-Katrine Kvissel, Ellen Skarpen, Heidi Henanger, Henrik S Huitfeldt, Bjørn S Skålhegg, and Sigurd Ørstavik
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 16. Published online 2008 April 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-16.
PMCID: PMC2324083
Spatial separation and bidirectional trafficking of proteins using a multi-functional reporter
Soshana Svendsen, Chad Zimprich, Mark G McDougall, Dieter H Klaubert, and Georgyi V Los
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 17. Published online 2008 April 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-17.
PMCID: PMC2359743
A yeast three-hybrid system that reconstitutes mammalian hypoxia inducible factor regulatory machinery
Maria L Alcaide-German, Alicia Vara-Vega, Luis F Garcia-Fernandez, Manuel O Landazuri, and Luis del Peso
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 18. Published online 2008 April 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-18.
PMCID: PMC2346465
The influence of nicotine on granulocytic differentiation – Inhibition of the oxidative burst and bacterial killing and increased matrix metalloproteinase-9 release
Minqi Xu, James E Scott, Kan-Zhi Liu, Hannah R Bishop, Diane E Renaud, Richard M Palmer, Abdel Soussi-Gounni, and David A Scott
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 19. Published online 2008 April 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-19.
PMCID: PMC2375863
Postnatal stem/progenitor cells derived from the dental pulp of adult chimpanzee
Pei-Hsun Cheng, Brooke Snyder, Dimitri Fillos, Chris C Ibegbu, Anderson Hsien-Cheng Huang, and Anthony WS Chan
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 20. Published online 2008 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-20.
PMCID: PMC2383882
Disruption of Four Kinesin Genes in Dictyostelium
Dilip K Nag, Irina Tikhonenko, Ikko Soga, and Michael P Koonce
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 21. Published online 2008 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-21.
PMCID: PMC2396615
Application of bioinformatics-coupled experimental analysis reveals a new transport-competent nuclear localization signal in the nucleoprotein of Influenza A virus strain
Krishna Mohan V Ketha and Chintamani D Atreya
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 22. Published online 2008 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-22.
PMCID: PMC2386121
Comparative study of mesenchymal stem cells from C57BL/10 and mdx mice
Yong Li, Cheng Zhang, Fu Xiong, Mei-juan Yu, Fu-lin Peng, Yan-chang Shang, Cui-ping Zhao, Yong-feng Xu, Zheng-shan Liu, Chang Zhou, and Jin-lang Wu
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 24. Published online 2008 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-24.
PMCID: PMC2415111
An intracellular motif of GLUT4 regulates fusion of GLUT4-containing vesicles
Catherine A Heyward, Trevor R Pettitt, Sophie E Leney, Gavin I Welsh, Jeremy M Tavaré, and Michael JO Wakelam
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 25. Published online 2008 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-25.
PMCID: PMC2405794
Straw blood cell count, growth, inhibition and comparison to apoptotic bodies
Yonnie Wu, David C Henry, Kyle Heim, Jeffrey P Tomkins, and Cheng-Yi Kuan
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 26. Published online 2008 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-26.
PMCID: PMC2397387
The molecular phylogeny of eph receptors and ephrin ligands
Dan O Mellott and Robert D Burke
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 27. Published online 2008 May 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-27.
PMCID: PMC2405795
Organelle-specific isoenzymes of plant V-ATPase as revealed by in vivo-FRET analysis
Thorsten Seidel, Daniel Schnitzer, Dortje Golldack, Markus Sauer, and Karl-Josef Dietz
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 28. Published online 2008 May 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-28.
PMCID: PMC2424043
The NIMA-family kinase, Nek1 affects the stability of centrosomes and ciliogenesis
Mark C White and Lynne M Quarmby
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 29. Published online 2008 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-29.
PMCID: PMC2442590
Mechanism of nuclear factor of activated T-cells mediated FasL expression in corticosterone -treated mouse Leydig tumor cells
Wei-Ran Chai, Yong Chen, Qian Wang, and Hui-Bao Gao
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 31. Published online 2008 June 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-31.
PMCID: PMC2442062
The HIV Tat protein affects processing of ribosomal RNA precursor
Donatella Ponti, Maria Troiano, Gian Carlo Bellenchi, Piero A Battaglia, and Franca Gigliani
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 32. Published online 2008 June 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-32.
PMCID: PMC2440370
The influence of N-acetyl-L-cysteine on oxidative stress and nitric oxide synthesis in stimulated macrophages treated with a mustard gas analogue
Victor Paromov, Min Qui, Hongsong Yang, Milton Smith, and William L Stone
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 33. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-33.
PMCID: PMC2446388
Proteomic analysis of lamellar bodies isolated from rat lungs
Pengcheng Wang, Narendranath Reddy Chintagari, Jeyaparthasarathy Narayanaperumal, Sahlu Ayalew, Steven Hartson, and Lin Liu
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 34. Published online 2008 June 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-34.
PMCID: PMC2459160
Kindlin-2 is required for myocyte elongation and is essential for myogenesis
James J Dowling, Andrew P Vreede, Susie Kim, Jeffrey Golden, and Eva L Feldman
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 36. Published online 2008 July 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-36.
PMCID: PMC2478659
The multifunctional FUS, EWS and TAF15 proto-oncoproteins show cell type-specific expression patterns and involvement in cell spreading and stress response
Mattias K Andersson, Anders Ståhlberg, Yvonne Arvidsson, Anita Olofsson, Henrik Semb, Göran Stenman, Ola Nilsson, and Pierre Åman
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 37. Published online 2008 July 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-37.
PMCID: PMC2478660
The lateral mobility of cell adhesion molecules is highly restricted at septate junctions in Drosophila
Monique Laval, Christophe Bel, and Catherine Faivre-Sarrailh
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 38. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-38.
PMCID: PMC2500017
Importin alpha binding and nuclear localization of PARP-2 is dependent on lysine 36, which is located within a predicted classical NLS
Sandra S Haenni, Matthias Altmeyer, Paul O Hassa, Taras Valovka, Monika Fey, and Michael O Hottiger
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 39. Published online 2008 July 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-39.
PMCID: PMC2496901
Viscoelastic behaviour of human mesenchymal stem cells
Samuel CW Tan, Wen X Pan, Gang Ma, Ning Cai, Kam W Leong, and Kin Liao
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 40. Published online 2008 July 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-40.
PMCID: PMC2500016
New steroidal aromatase inhibitors: Suppression of estrogen-dependent breast cancer cell proliferation and induction of cell death
Margarida Cepa, Georgina Correia-da-Silva, Elisiário J Tavares da Silva, Fernanda MF Roleira, Margarida Borges, and Natércia A Teixeira
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 41. Published online 2008 July 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-41.
PMCID: PMC2515307
Inhibition of cytokinesis by wiskostatin does not rely on N-WASP/Arp2/3 complex pathway
Guillaume Bompard, Gabriel Rabeharivelo, and Nathalie Morin
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 42. Published online 2008 July 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-42.
PMCID: PMC2527559
Myosin-Vb functions as a dynamic tether for peripheral endocytic compartments during transferrin trafficking
D William Provance, Jr, Erin J Addison, Patrick R Wood, David Z Chen, Colleen M Silan, and John A Mercer
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 44. Published online 2008 August 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-44.
PMCID: PMC2533098
Uptake of long chain fatty acids is regulated by dynamic interaction of FAT/CD36 with cholesterol/sphingolipid enriched microdomains (lipid rafts)
Robert Ehehalt, Richard Sparla, Hasan Kulaksiz, Thomas Herrmann, Joachim Füllekrug, and Wolfgang Stremmel
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 45. Published online 2008 August 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-45.
PMCID: PMC2533316
Interlobular and intralobular mammary stroma: Genotype may not reflect phenotype
JM Fleming, EL Long, E Ginsburg, D Gerscovich, PS Meltzer, and BK Vonderhaar
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 46. Published online 2008 August 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-46.
PMCID: PMC2529294
C-reactive protein exerts angiogenic effects on vascular endothelial cells and modulates associated signalling pathways and gene expression
Marta M Turu, Mark Slevin, Sabine Matou, David West, Cristina Rodríguez, Ana Luque, Marta Grau-Olivares, Lina Badimon, Jose Martinez-Gonzalez, and Jerzy Krupinski
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 47. Published online 2008 September 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-47.
PMCID: PMC2551596
Focal Adhesion Kinase contributes to insulin-induced actin reorganization into a mesh harboring Glucose transporter-4 in insulin resistant skeletal muscle cells
Bharti Bisht and Chinmoy S Dey
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 48. Published online 2008 September 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-48.
PMCID: PMC2551595
Establishment and characterization of immortalized Gli-null mouse embryonic fibroblast cell lines
Robert J Lipinski, Maarten F Bijlsma, Jerry J Gipp, David J Podhaizer, and Wade Bushman
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 49. Published online 2008 September 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-49.
PMCID: PMC2542994
Phosphorylation of p130Cas initiates Rac activation and membrane ruffling
Alok Sharma and Bruce J Mayer
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 50. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-50.
PMCID: PMC2553404
The Drosophila IKK-related kinase (Ik2) and Spindle-F proteins are part of a complex that regulates cytoskeleton organization during oogenesis
Dikla Dubin-Bar, Amir Bitan, Anna Bakhrat, Rotem Kaiden-Hasson, Sharon Etzion, Boaz Shaanan, and Uri Abdu
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 51. Published online 2008 September 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-51.
PMCID: PMC2567969
Prolonged exposure to bacterial toxins downregulated expression of toll-like receptors in mesenchymal stromal cell-derived osteoprogenitors
Irene Fung Ying Mo, Kevin Hak Kong Yip, Wing Keung Chan, Helen Ka Wai Law, Yu Lung Lau, and Godfrey Chi Fung Chan
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 52. Published online 2008 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-52.
PMCID: PMC2567970
Polarized secretion of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor
Eric J Hill and Ann B Vernallis
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 53. Published online 2008 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-53.
PMCID: PMC2556326
Localization of the Carnation Italian ringspot virus replication protein p36 to the mitochondrial outer membrane is mediated by an internal targeting signal and the TOM complex
Yeen Ting Hwang, Andrew W McCartney, Satinder K Gidda, and Robert T Mullen
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 54. Published online 2008 September 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-54.
PMCID: PMC2573885
Septins localize to microtubules during nutritional limitation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
M Evangelina Pablo-Hernando, Yolanda Arnaiz-Pita, Hiroyuki Tachikawa, Francisco del Rey, Aaron M Neiman, and Carlos R Vázquez de Aldana
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 55. Published online 2008 October 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-55.
PMCID: PMC2584027
Delayed internalization and lack of recycling in a beta2-adrenergic receptor fused to the G protein alpha-subunit
Maria Grazia Di Certo, Enrico M Batassa, Ida Casella, Annalucia Serafino, Aristide Floridi, Claudio Passananti, Paola Molinari, and Elisabetta Mattei
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 56. Published online 2008 October 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-56.
PMCID: PMC2569931
N-Glycosylation of the alpha subunit does not influence trafficking or functional activity of the human organic solute transporter alpha/beta
Carol J Soroka, Shuhua Xu, Albert Mennone, Ping Lam, and James L Boyer
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 57. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-57.
PMCID: PMC2575201
A role for SNX5 in the regulation of macropinocytosis
Jet Phey Lim, Jack TH Wang, Markus C Kerr, Rohan D Teasdale, and Paul A Gleeson
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 58. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-58.
PMCID: PMC2576169
Aggresomes do not represent a general cellular response to protein misfolding in mammalian cells
Simon Beaudoin, Kevin Goggin, Cyntia Bissonnette, Catherine Grenier, and Xavier Roucou
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 59. Published online 2008 October 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-59.
PMCID: PMC2576168
Donor age and cell passage affects differentiation potential of murine bone marrow-derived stem cells
James D Kretlow, Yu-Qing Jin, Wei Liu, Wen Jie Zhang, Tan-Hui Hong, Guangdong Zhou, L Scott Baggett, Antonios G Mikos, and Yilin Cao
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 60. Published online 2008 October 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-60.
PMCID: PMC2584028
Silencing of directional migration in roundabout4 knockdown endothelial cells
Sukhbir Kaur, Ganesh V Samant, Kallal Pramanik, Philip W Loscombe, Michael L Pendrak, David D Roberts, and Ramani Ramchandran
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 61. Published online 2008 November 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-61.
PMCID: PMC2613885
Cell adhesion to agrin presented as a nanopatterned substrate is consistent with an interaction with the extracellular matrix and not transmembrane adhesion molecules
Tobias Wolfram, Joachim P Spatz, and Robert W Burgess
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 64. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-64.
PMCID: PMC2612657
cAMP-dependent and cholinergic regulation of the electrogenic intestinal/pancreatic Na+/HCO3- cotransporter pNBC1 in human embryonic kidney (HEK293) cells
Oliver Bachmann, Kristin Franke, Haoyang Yu, Brigitte Riederer, Hong C Li, Manoocher Soleimani, Michael P Manns, and Ursula Seidler
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 70. Published online 2008 December 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-70.
PMCID: PMC2625339
Methodology Articles
The CMV early enhancer/chicken β actin (CAG) promoter can be used to drive transgene expression during the differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells into vascular progenitors
Annika N Alexopoulou, John R Couchman, and James R Whiteford
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 2. Published online 2008 January 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-2.
PMCID: PMC2254385
Multiple immunofluorescence labelling of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue
David Robertson, Kay Savage, Jorge S Reis-Filho, and Clare M Isacke
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 13. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-13.
PMCID: PMC2288605
Rapid regulation of protein activity in fission yeast
Cathrine A Bøe, Ignacio Garcia, Chen-Chun Pai, Jeffrey R Sharom, Henriette C Skjølberg, Erik Boye, Stephen Kearsey, Stuart A MacNeill, Michael D Tyers, and Beáta Grallert
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 23. Published online 2008 May 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-23.
PMCID: PMC2408571
Rapid preparation of nuclei-depleted detergent-resistant membrane fractions suitable for proteomics analysis
Rosalyn M Adam, Wei Yang, Dolores Di Vizio, Nishit K Mukhopadhyay, and Hanno Steen
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 30. Published online 2008 June 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-30.
PMCID: PMC2440737
Isolation of bacteria-containing phagosomes by magnetic selection
Per Lönnbro, Pontus Nordenfelt, and Hans Tapper
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 35. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-35.
PMCID: PMC2453110
Single cell cytometry of protein function in RNAi treated cells and in native populations
Peter LaPan, Jing Zhang, Jing Pan, Andrew Hill, and Steven A Haney
BMC Cell Biol. 2008; 9: 43. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-43.
PMCID: PMC2529295
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