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Volume 3(12);  2008
Research Articles
HIV-1 Activates Macrophages Independent of Toll-Like Receptors
Joseph N. Brown, James J. Kohler, Carter R. Coberley, John W. Sleasman, and Maureen M. Goodenow
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3664. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003664.
PMCID: PMC2585009
Ecological Niche of the 2003 West Nile Virus Epidemic in the Northern Great Plains of the United States
Michael C. Wimberly, Michael B. Hildreth, Stephen P. Boyte, Erik Lindquist, and Lon Kightlinger
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3744. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003744.
PMCID: PMC2586649
Colon-Derived Liver Metastasis, Colorectal Carcinoma, and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Can Be Discriminated by the Ca2+-Binding Proteins S100A6 and S100A11
Christian Melle, Günther Ernst, Bettina Schimmel, Annett Bleul, and Ferdinand von Eggeling
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3767. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003767.
PMCID: PMC2585013
Engineering a Novel Multifunctional Green Fluorescent Protein Tag for a Wide Variety of Protein Research
Takuya Kobayashi, Nobuhiro Morone, Taku Kashiyama, Hideto Oyamada, Nagomi Kurebayashi, and Takashi Murayama
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3822. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003822.
PMCID: PMC2585475
Interplay of Ribosomal DNA Loci in Nucleolar Dominance: Dominant NORs Are Up-Regulated by Chromatin Dynamics in the Wheat-Rye System
Manuela Silva, H. Sofia Pereira, Miguel Bento, Ana Paula Santos, Peter Shaw, Margarida Delgado, Nuno Neves, and Wanda Viegas
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3824. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003824.
PMCID: PMC2585015
In Vivo Assessment of Cold Adaptation in Insect Larvae by Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Daniel Mietchen, Bertram Manz, Frank Volke, and Kenneth Storey
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3826. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003826.
PMCID: PMC2586655
Differentially Evolved Genes of Salmonella Pathogenicity Islands: Insights into the Mechanism of Host Specificity in Salmonella
Sandeepa M. Eswarappa, Jessin Janice, Arvindhan G. Nagarajan, Sudhagar V. Balasundaram, Guruswamy Karnam, Narendra M. Dixit, and Dipshikha Chakravortty
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3829. Published online 2008 December 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003829.
PMCID: PMC2585142
Functional Connectivity in Tactile Object Discrimination—A Principal Component Analysis of an Event Related fMRI-Study
Susanne Hartmann, John H. Missimer, Cornelia Stoeckel, Eugenio Abela, Jon Shah, Rüdiger J. Seitz, and Bruno J. Weder
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3831. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003831.
PMCID: PMC2585476
If I Were You: Perceptual Illusion of Body Swapping
Valeria I. Petkova and H. Henrik Ehrsson
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3832. Published online 2008 December 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003832.
PMCID: PMC2585011
Multifactor Effects and Evidence of Potential Interaction between Complement Factor H Y402H and LOC387715 A69S in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Sanna P. Seitsonen, Päivi Onkamo, Gang Peng, Momiao Xiong, Petri V. Tommila, Päivi H. Ranta, Juha M. Holopainen, Jukka A. Moilanen, Tapani Palosaari, Kai Kaarniranta, Seppo Meri, Ilkka R. Immonen, and Irma E. Järvelä
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3833. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003833.
PMCID: PMC2585793
The Effect of Polyhydramnios on Cervical Length in Twins: A Controlled Intervention Study in Complicated Monochorionic Pregnancies
Neelam Engineer, Keelin O'Donoghue, Ruwan C. Wimalasundera, and Nicholas M. Fisk
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3834. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003834.
PMCID: PMC2584788
Time-of-Day-Dependent Enhancement of Adult Neurogenesis in the Hippocampus
So-ichi Tamai, Kamon Sanada, and Yoshitaka Fukada
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3835. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003835.
PMCID: PMC2585014
Gene Order Phylogeny of the Genus Prochlorococcus
Haiwei Luo, Jian Shi, William Arndt, Jijun Tang, and Robert Friedman
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3837. Published online 2008 December 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003837.
PMCID: PMC2585141
The Evolution of Invasiveness in Garden Ants
Sylvia Cremer, Line V. Ugelvig, Falko P. Drijfhout, Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner, Florian M. Steiner, Bernhard Seifert, David P. Hughes, Andreas Schulz, Klaus S. Petersen, Heino Konrad, Christian Stauffer, Kadri Kiran, Xavier Espadaler, Patrizia d'Ettorre, Nihat Aktaç, Jørgen Eilenberg, Graeme R. Jones, David R. Nash, Jes S. Pedersen, and Jacobus J. Boomsma
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3838. Published online 2008 December 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003838.
PMCID: PMC2585788
Transcriptome-Wide Identification of Novel Imprinted Genes in Neonatal Mouse Brain
Xu Wang, Qi Sun, Sean D. McGrath, Elaine R. Mardis, Paul D. Soloway, and Andrew G. Clark
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3839. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003839.
PMCID: PMC2585789
Pattern Recognition in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Defined by High Content Peptide Microarray Chip Analysis Representing 61 Proteins from M. tuberculosis
Simani Gaseitsiwe, Davide Valentini, Shahnaz Mahdavifar, Isabelle Magalhaes, Daniel F. Hoft, Johannes Zerweck, Mike Schutkowski, Jan Andersson, Marie Reilly, and Markus J. Maeurer
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3840. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003840.
PMCID: PMC2588537
Cell Surface Sialylation and Fucosylation Are Regulated by L1 via Phospholipase Cγ and Cooperate to Modulate Neurite Outgrowth, Cell Survival and Migration
Ya-li Li, Guang-zhi Wu, Gavin S. Dawe, Li Zeng, Shu-sen Cui, Gabriele Loers, Thomas Tilling, Li Sun, Melitta Schachner, and Zhi-Cheng Xiao
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3841. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003841.
PMCID: PMC2585790
CTLA-4 Activation of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (PI 3-K) and Protein Kinase B (PKB/AKT) Sustains T-Cell Anergy without Cell Death
Helga Schneider, Elke Valk, Rufina Leung, and Christopher E. Rudd
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3842. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003842.
PMCID: PMC2585791
Sampling-Based Approaches to Improve Estimation of Mortality among Patient Dropouts: Experience from a Large PEPFAR-Funded Program in Western Kenya
Constantin T. Yiannoutsos, Ming-Wen An, Constantine E. Frangakis, Beverly S. Musick, Paula Braitstein, Kara Wools-Kaloustian, Daniel Ochieng, Jeffrey N. Martin, Melanie C. Bacon, Vincent Ochieng, and Sylvester Kimaiyo
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3843. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003843.
PMCID: PMC2585792
Identification and Characterization of σS, a Novel Component of the Staphylococcus aureus Stress and Virulence Responses
Lindsey N. Shaw, Catharina Lindholm, Tomasz K. Prajsnar, Halie K. Miller, Melanie C. Brown, Ewa Golonka, George C. Stewart, Andrej Tarkowski, and Jan Potempa
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3844. Published online 2008 December 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003844.
PMCID: PMC2585143
Neural Dynamics of Learning Sound—Action Associations
Adam McNamara, Giovanni Buccino, Mareike M. Menz, Jan Gläscher, Thomas Wolbers, Annette Baumgärtner, and Ferdinand Binkofski
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3845. Published online 2008 December 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003845.
PMCID: PMC2585816
β-Lactam Effects on Mixed Cultures of Common Respiratory Isolates as an Approach to Treatment Effects on Nasopharyngeal Bacterial Population Dynamics
David Sevillano, Lorenzo Aguilar, Luis Alou, María-José Giménez, Natalia González, Martha Torrico, Fabio Cafini, Pilar Coronel, and José Prieto
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3846. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003846.
PMCID: PMC2587697
Systems Analysis Unfolds the Relationship between the Phosphoketolase Pathway and Growth in Aspergillus nidulans
Gianni Panagiotou, Mikael R. Andersen, Thomas Grotkjær, Torsten B. Regueira, Gerald Hofmann, Jens Nielsen, and Lisbeth Olsson
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3847. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003847.
PMCID: PMC2585806
IQGAP1-Dependent Signaling Pathway Regulates Endothelial Cell Proliferation and Angiogenesis
Rosana D. Meyer, David B. Sacks, and Nader Rahimi
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3848. Published online 2008 December 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003848.
PMCID: PMC2585478
High Diversity of vacA and cagA Helicobacter pylori Genotypes in Patients with and without Gastric Cancer
Yolanda López-Vidal, Sergio Ponce-de-León, Gonzalo Castillo-Rojas, Rafael Barreto-Zúñiga, and Aldo Torre-Delgadillo
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3849. Published online 2008 December 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003849.
PMCID: PMC2585809
Mutations in UCP2 in Congenital Hyperinsulinism Reveal a Role for Regulation of Insulin Secretion
M. Mar González-Barroso, Irina Giurgea, Fredéric Bouillaud, Andrea Anedda, Christine Bellanné-Chantelot, Laurence Hubert, Yves de Keyzer, Pascale de Lonlay, and Daniel Ricquier
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3850. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003850.
PMCID: PMC2588657
Delayed Postconditioning Protects against Focal Ischemic Brain Injury in Rats
Chuancheng Ren, Xuwen Gao, Gang Niu, Zhimin Yan, Xiaoyuan Chen, and Heng Zhao
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3851. Published online 2008 December 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003851.
PMCID: PMC2588536
Lack of Association between the Tagging SNP A+930→G of SOCS3 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Meta-Analysis of Four Independent Study Populations
Antje Fischer-Rosinsky, Eva Fisher, Peter Kovacs, Matthias Blüher, Matthias Möhlig, Andreas F. H. Pfeiffer, Heiner Boeing, and Joachim Spranger
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3852. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003852.
PMCID: PMC2585796
Contrasting Microbial Community Assembly Hypotheses: A Reconciling Tale from the Río Tinto
Carmen Palacios, Erik Zettler, Ricardo Amils, and Linda Amaral-Zettler
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3853. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003853.
PMCID: PMC2587236
Biochemical Properties of Gastrokine-1 Purified from Chicken Gizzard Smooth Muscle
Karim Hnia, Cécile Notarnicola, Pascal de Santa Barbara, Gérald Hugon, François Rivier, Dalila Laoudj-Chenivesse, and Dominique Mornet
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3854. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003854.
PMCID: PMC2588339
Role of CAP350 in Centriolar Tubule Stability and Centriole Assembly
Mikael Le Clech
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3855. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003855.
PMCID: PMC2586089
Central Exercise Action Increases the AMPK and mTOR Response to Leptin
Eduardo R. Ropelle, Maria Fernanda A. Fernandes, Marcelo B. S. Flores, Mirian Ueno, Silvana Rocco, Rodrigo Marin, Dennys E. Cintra, Lício A. Velloso, Kleber G. Franchini, Mario J. A. Saad, and José B. C. Carvalheira
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3856. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003856.
PMCID: PMC2585815
Concordance in a World without a Gold Standard: A New Non-Invasive Methodology for Improving Accuracy of Fibrosis Markers
Thierry Poynard, Patrick Ingiliz, Laure Elkrief, Mona Munteanu, Pascal Lebray, Rachel Morra, Djamila Messous, Francoise Imbert Bismut, Dominique Roulot, Yves Benhamou, Dominique Thabut, and Vlad Ratziu
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3857. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003857.
PMCID: PMC2586659
GPRC6A Null Mice Exhibit Osteopenia, Feminization and Metabolic Syndrome
Min Pi, Ling Chen, Min-Zhao Huang, Wenyu Zhu, Brian Ringhofer, Junming Luo, Lane Christenson, Benyi Li, Jianghong Zhang, P. David Jackson, Pieter Faber, Kurt R. Brunden, John J. Harrington, and L. Darryl Quarles
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3858. Published online 2008 December 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003858.
PMCID: PMC2585477
Prdm Proto-Oncogene Transcription Factor Family Expression and Interaction with the Notch-Hes Pathway in Mouse Neurogenesis
Emi Kinameri, Takashi Inoue, Jun Aruga, Itaru Imayoshi, Ryoichiro Kageyama, Tomomi Shimogori, and Adrian W. Moore
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3859. Published online 2008 December 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003859.
PMCID: PMC2585159
A Novel Method Incorporating Gene Ontology Information for Unsupervised Clustering and Feature Selection
Shireesh Srivastava, Linxia Zhang, Rong Jin, and Christina Chan
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3860. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003860.
PMCID: PMC2585795
An Experimental and Computational Study of Effects of Microtubule Stabilization on T-Cell Polarity
Arie Baratt, Sergey N. Arkhipov, and Ivan V. Maly
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3861. Published online 2008 December 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003861.
PMCID: PMC2586653
Analysis of East Asia Genetic Substructure Using Genome-Wide SNP Arrays
Chao Tian, Roman Kosoy, Annette Lee, Michael Ransom, John W. Belmont, Peter K. Gregersen, and Michael F. Seldin
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3862. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003862.
PMCID: PMC2587696
Metabolic Profiling Reveals Distinct Variations Linked to Nicotine Consumption in Humans — First Results from the KORA Study
Rui Wang-Sattler, Yao Yu, Kirstin Mittelstrass, Eva Lattka, Elisabeth Altmaier, Christian Gieger, Karl H. Ladwig, Norbert Dahmen, Klaus M. Weinberger, Pei Hao, Lei Liu, Yixue Li, H.-Erich Wichmann, Jerzy Adamski, Karsten Suhre, and Thomas Illig
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3863. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003863.
PMCID: PMC2588343
Telomeric Position Effect—A Third Silencing Mechanism in Eukaryotes
J. Greg Doheny, Randy Mottus, and Thomas A. Grigliatti
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3864. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003864.
PMCID: PMC2587703
Robust Spatial Sensing of Mating Pheromone Gradients by Yeast Cells
Travis I. Moore, Ching-Shan Chou, Qing Nie, Noo Li Jeon, and Tau-Mu Yi
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3865. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003865.
PMCID: PMC2586657
Large Differences in Aging Phenotype between Strains of the Short-Lived Annual Fish Nothobranchius furzeri
Eva Terzibasi, Dario Riccardo Valenzano, Mauro Benedetti, Paola Roncaglia, Antonino Cattaneo, Luciano Domenici, and Alessandro Cellerino
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3866. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003866.
PMCID: PMC2585814
Acute-Phase-HDL Remodeling by Heparan Sulfate Generates a Novel Lipoprotein with Exceptional Cholesterol Efflux Activity from Macrophages
Shui-Pang Tam, Robert Kisilevsky, and John B. Ancsin
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3867. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003867.
PMCID: PMC2588651
Why Do Dolphins Carry Sponges?
Janet Mann, Brooke L. Sargeant, Jana J. Watson-Capps, Quincy A. Gibson, Michael R. Heithaus, Richard C. Connor, and Eric Patterson
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3868. Published online 2008 December 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003868.
PMCID: PMC2587914
Enhanced and Enduring Protection against Tuberculosis by Recombinant BCG-Ag85C and Its Association with Modulation of Cytokine Profile in Lung
Ruchi Jain, Bappaditya Dey, Neeraj Dhar, Vivek Rao, Ramandeep Singh, Umesh D. Gupta, V. M. Katoch, V. D. Ramanathan, and Anil K. Tyagi
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3869. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003869.
PMCID: PMC2586085
Urinary α1-Antichymotrypsin: A Biomarker of Prion Infection
Gino Miele, Harald Seeger, Denis Marino, Ralf Eberhard, Mathias Heikenwalder, Katharina Stoeck, Max Basagni, Richard Knight, Alison Green, Francesca Chianini, Rudolf P. Wüthrich, Christoph Hock, Inga Zerr, and Adriano Aguzzi
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3870. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003870.
PMCID: PMC2586086
Role of Myosin Va in the Plasticity of the Vertebrate Neuromuscular Junction In Vivo
Ira Verena Röder, Yvonne Petersen, Kyeong Rok Choi, Veit Witzemann, John A. Hammer, III, and Rüdiger Rudolf
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3871. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003871.
PMCID: PMC2587709
The POM Monoclonals: A Comprehensive Set of Antibodies to Non-Overlapping Prion Protein Epitopes
Magdalini Polymenidou, Rita Moos, Mike Scott, Christina Sigurdson, Yong-zhong Shi, Bill Yajima, Iva Hafner-Bratkovič, Roman Jerala, Simone Hornemann, Kurt Wuthrich, Anne Bellon, Martin Vey, Graciela Garen, Michael N. G. James, Nat Kav, and Adriano Aguzzi
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3872. Published online 2008 December 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003872.
PMCID: PMC2592702
The N-Terminal Domain of ERK1 Accounts for the Functional Differences with ERK2
Matilde Marchi, Angela D'Antoni, Ivan Formentini, Riccardo Parra, Riccardo Brambilla, Gian Michele Ratto, and Mario Costa
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3873. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003873.
PMCID: PMC2585810
GeneDistiller—Distilling Candidate Genes from Linkage Intervals
Dominik Seelow, Jana Marie Schwarz, and Markus Schuelke
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3874. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003874.
PMCID: PMC2587712
The Role of Medical Language in Changing Public Perceptions of Illness
Meredith E. Young, Geoffrey R. Norman, and Karin R. Humphreys
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3875. Published online 2008 December 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003875.
PMCID: PMC2587237
Survival of Infants Born to HIV-Positive Mothers, by Feeding Modality, in Rakai, Uganda
Joseph Kagaayi, Ronald H. Gray, Heena Brahmbhatt, Godfrey Kigozi, Fred Nalugoda, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, David Serwadda, Nelson Sewankambo, Veronica Ddungu, Darix Ssebagala, Joseph Sekasanvu, Grace Kigozi, Fredrick Makumbi, Noah Kiwanuka, Tom Lutalo, Steven J. Reynolds, and Maria J. Wawer
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3877. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003877.
PMCID: PMC2588542
Survival in Nuclear Waste, Extreme Resistance, and Potential Applications Gleaned from the Genome Sequence of Kineococcus radiotolerans SRS30216
Christopher E. Bagwell, Swapna Bhat, Gary M. Hawkins, Bryan W. Smith, Tapan Biswas, Timothy R. Hoover, Elizabeth Saunders, Cliff S. Han, Oleg V. Tsodikov, and Lawrence J. Shimkets
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3878. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003878.
PMCID: PMC2587704
Allergen Uptake, Activation, and IL-23 Production by Pulmonary Myeloid DCs Drives Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Asthma-Susceptible Mice
Ian P. Lewkowich, Stephane Lajoie, Jennifer R. Clark, Nancy S. Herman, Alyssa A. Sproles, and Marsha Wills-Karp
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3879. Published online 2008 December 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003879.
PMCID: PMC2586658
Inter-Species Complementation of the Translocon Beta Subunit Requires Only Its Transmembrane Domain
Alexandre Leroux and Luis A. Rokeach
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3880. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003880.
PMCID: PMC2586087
Ecosystem Overfishing in the Ocean
Marta Coll, Simone Libralato, Sergi Tudela, Isabel Palomera, and Fabio Pranovi
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3881. Published online 2008 December 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003881.
PMCID: PMC2587707
Cytogenetic Characterization and AFLP-Based Genetic Linkage Mapping for the Butterfly Bicyclus anynana, Covering All 28 Karyotyped Chromosomes
Arjen E. Van't Hof, František Marec, Ilik J. Saccheri, Paul M. Brakefield, and Bas J. Zwaan
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3882. Published online 2008 December 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003882.
PMCID: PMC2588656
Cost-Effectiveness of New Cardiac and Vascular Rehabilitation Strategies for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Sandra Spronk, Johanna L. Bosch, Constance Ryjewski, Judith Rosenblum, Guido C. Kaandorp, John V. White, and M. G. Myriam Hunink
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3883. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003883.
PMCID: PMC2587698
BK Channels Regulate Spontaneous Action Potential Rhythmicity in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
Jack Kent and Andrea L. Meredith
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3884. Published online 2008 December 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003884.
PMCID: PMC2586654
Association of a Bacteriophage with Meningococcal Disease in Young Adults
Emmanuelle Bille, Roisin Ure, Stephen J. Gray, Edward B. Kaczmarski, Noel D. McCarthy, Xavier Nassif, Martin C. J. Maiden, and Colin R. Tinsley
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3885. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003885.
PMCID: PMC2587699
Extinction Risk Escalates in the Tropics
Jana C. Vamosi and Steven M. Vamosi
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3886. Published online 2008 December 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003886.
PMCID: PMC2586650
Heritability of P. falciparum and P. vivax Malaria in a Karen Population in Thailand
Waraphon Phimpraphi, Richard Paul, Bhee Witoonpanich, Chairat Turbpaiboon, Chayanon Peerapittayamongkol, Chalisa Louicharoen, Isabelle Casademont, Sumalee Tungpradabkul, Srivicha Krudsood, Jaranit Kaewkunwal, Thanyachai Sura, Sornchai Looareesuwan, Pratap Singhasivanon, and Anavaj Sakuntabhai
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3887. Published online 2008 December 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003887.
PMCID: PMC2588340
Production and Initial Characterization of Dad1p, a Component of the Dam1-DASH Kinetochore Complex
Jennifer Waldo and Michael Scherrer
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3888. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003888.
PMCID: PMC2587702
Bullying of Medical Students in Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey
Syed Ahmer, Abdul Wahab Yousafzai, Naila Bhutto, Sumira Alam, Amanullah Khan Sarangzai, and Arshad Iqbal
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3889. Published online 2008 December 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003889.
PMCID: PMC2586648
Prefrontal Cortex Glutamate Correlates with Mental Perspective-Taking
Christiane Montag, Florian Schubert, Andreas Heinz, and Jürgen Gallinat
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3890. Published online 2008 December 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003890.
PMCID: PMC2586651
A Metasystem of Framework Model Organisms to Study Emergence of New Host-Microbe Adaptations
Suresh Gopalan and Frederick M. Ausubel
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3891. Published online 2008 December 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003891.
PMCID: PMC2588659
Decoding Face Information in Time, Frequency and Space from Direct Intracranial Recordings of the Human Brain
Naotsugu Tsuchiya, Hiroto Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Oya, Matthew A. Howard, III, and Ralph Adolphs
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3892. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003892.
PMCID: PMC2588533
Inhibition of Drosophila Wg Signaling Involves Competition between Mad and Armadillo/β-Catenin for dTcf Binding
Yi Arial Zeng, Maryam Rahnama, Simon Wang, Wendy Lee, and Esther M. Verheyen
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3893. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003893.
PMCID: PMC2587708
Oncologic Trogocytosis of an Original Stromal Cells Induces Chemoresistance of Ovarian Tumours
Arash Rafii, Pejman Mirshahi, Mary Poupot, Anne-Marie Faussat, Anne Simon, Elodie Ducros, Eliane Mery, Bettina Couderc, Raphael Lis, Jerome Capdet, Julie Bergalet, Denis Querleu, Francoise Dagonnet, Jean-Jacques Fournié, Jean-Pierre Marie, Eric Pujade-Lauraine, Gilles Favre, Jeanine Soria, and Massoud Mirshahi
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3894. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003894.
PMCID: PMC2597737
Ecto-Phosphorylation of CD98 Regulates Cell-Cell Interactions
Hang Thi Thu Nguyen, Guillaume Dalmasso, Yutao Yan, Tracy S. Obertone, Shanthi V. Sitaraman, and Didier Merlin
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3895. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003895.
PMCID: PMC2587710
Enhanced Proliferation of Monolayer Cultures of Embryonic Stem (ES) Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Following Acute Loss of Retinoblastoma
Satoshi Yamanaka, Ihor Zahanich, Robert P. Wersto, and Kenneth R. Boheler
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3896. Published online 2008 December 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003896.
PMCID: PMC2588539
Identification of Biofilm-Associated Cluster (bac) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Involved in Biofilm Formation and Virulence
Camille Macé, Damien Seyer, Chanez Chemani, Pascal Cosette, Patrick Di-Martino, Benoit Guery, Alain Filloux, Marc Fontaine, Virginie Molle, Guy-Alain Junter, and Thierry Jouenne
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3897. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003897.
PMCID: PMC2587700
Cyclophosphamide-Induced Cystitis Increases Bladder CXCR4 Expression and CXCR4-Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Association
Pedro L. Vera, Kenneth A. Iczkowski, Xihai Wang, and Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3898. Published online 2008 December 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003898.
PMCID: PMC2588654
Computational Analysis and Experimental Validation of Gene Predictions in Toxoplasma gondii
Joseph M. Dybas, Carlos J. Madrid-Aliste, Fa-Yun Che, Edward Nieves, Dmitry Rykunov, Ruth Hogue Angeletti, Louis M. Weiss, Kami Kim, and Andras Fiser
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3899. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003899.
PMCID: PMC2587701
Patterns of Reproductive Isolation in Toads
John H. Malone and Brian E. Fontenot
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3900. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003900.
PMCID: PMC2588652
Is IP-10 a Better Biomarker for Active and Latent Tuberculosis in Children than IFNγ?
Elizabeth Whittaker, Andrea Gordon, and Beate Kampmann
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3901. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003901.
PMCID: PMC2588495
Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Home Ranges in Sabi Sand Reserve and Kruger National Park: A Five-Year Satellite Tracking Study
Bindi Thomas, John D. Holland, and Edward O. Minot
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3902. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003902.
PMCID: PMC2587706
UPF201 Archaeal Specific Family Members Reveal Structural Similarity to RNA-Binding Proteins but Low Likelihood for RNA-Binding Function
Krishnamurthy N. Rao, Stephen K. Burley, and Subramanyam Swaminathan
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3903. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003903.
PMCID: PMC2596488
The Host-Dependent Interaction of α-Importins with Influenza PB2 Polymerase Subunit Is Required for Virus RNA Replication
Patricia Resa-Infante, Núria Jorba, Noelia Zamarreño, Yolanda Fernández, Silvia Juárez, and Juan Ortín
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3904. Published online 2008 December 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003904.
PMCID: PMC2588535
STOX1 Overexpression in Choriocarcinoma Cells Mimics Transcriptional Alterations Observed in Preeclamptic Placentas
Virginie Rigourd, Caroline Chauvet, Sonia T. Chelbi, Régis Rebourcet, Françoise Mondon, Franck Letourneur, Thérèse-Marie Mignot, Sandrine Barbaux, and Daniel Vaiman
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3905. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003905.
PMCID: PMC2592700
Quantitative Analysis of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms within Copy Number Variation
Soohyun Lee, Simon Kasif, Zhiping Weng, and Charles R. Cantor
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3906. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003906.
PMCID: PMC2600609
Distinct Genetic Loci Control Plasma HIV-RNA and Cellular HIV-DNA Levels in HIV-1 Infection: The ANRS Genome Wide Association 01 Study
Cyril Dalmasso, Wassila Carpentier, Laurence Meyer, Christine Rouzioux, Cécile Goujard, Marie-Laure Chaix, Olivier Lambotte, Véronique Avettand-Fenoel, Sigrid Le Clerc, Laure Denis de Senneville, Christiane Deveau, Faroudy Boufassa, Patrice Debré, Jean-François Delfraissy, Philippe Broet, and Ioannis Theodorou
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3907. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003907.
PMCID: PMC2603319
Early Detection of Erlotinib Treatment Response in NSCLC by 3′-Deoxy-3′-[18F]-Fluoro-L-Thymidine ([18F]FLT) Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
Roland T. Ullrich, Thomas Zander, Bernd Neumaier, Mirjam Koker, Takeshi Shimamura, Yannic Waerzeggers, Christa L. Borgman, Samir Tawadros, Hongfeng Li, Martin L. Sos, Heiko Backes, Geoffrey I. Shapiro, Jürgen Wolf, Andreas H. Jacobs, Roman K. Thomas, and Alexandra Winkeler
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3908. Published online 2008 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003908.
PMCID: PMC2592703
Acute Myeloid Leukemia-Targeted Toxin Activates Both Apoptotic and Necroptotic Death Mechanisms
Henrick Horita, Arthur E. Frankel, and Andrew Thorburn
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3909. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003909.
PMCID: PMC2592546
Premature Aging in Skeletal Muscle Lacking Serum Response Factor
Charlotte Lahoute, Athanassia Sotiropoulos, Marilyne Favier, Isabelle Guillet-Deniau, Claude Charvet, Arnaud Ferry, Gillian Butler-Browne, Daniel Metzger, David Tuil, and Dominique Daegelen
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3910. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003910.
PMCID: PMC2593784
Human Gene Coexpression Landscape: Confident Network Derived from Tissue Transcriptomic Profiles
Carlos Prieto, Alberto Risueño, Celia Fontanillo, and Javier De Las Rivas
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3911. Published online 2008 December 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003911.
PMCID: PMC2597745
Anticipatory Cortical Activation Precedes Auditory Events in Sleeping Infants
Tamami Nakano, Fumitaka Homae, Hama Watanabe, and Gentaro Taga
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3912. Published online 2008 December 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003912.
PMCID: PMC2588543
Effects of Intracellular Calcium and Actin Cytoskeleton on TCR Mobility Measured by Fluorescence Recovery
Omer Dushek, Sabina Mueller, Sebastien Soubies, David Depoil, Iris Caramalho, Daniel Coombs, and Salvatore Valitutti
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3913. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003913.
PMCID: PMC2593776
3640 Unique EST Clusters from the Medaka Testis and Their Potential Use for Identifying Conserved Testicular Gene Expression in Fish and Mammals
Lijan Lo, Zhenhai Zhang, Ni Hong, Jinrong Peng, and Yunhan Hong
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3915. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003915.
PMCID: PMC2603314
A Snapshot of CNVs in the Pig Genome
João Fadista, Marianne Nygaard, Lars-Erik Holm, Bo Thomsen, and Christian Bendixen
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3916. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003916.
PMCID: PMC2596487
Olig2-Induced Neural Stem Cell Differentiation Involves Downregulation of Wnt Signaling and Induction of Dickkopf-1 Expression
Sung-Min Ahn, Kyunghee Byun, Deokhoon Kim, Kiyoung Lee, Jong Shin Yoo, Seung U. Kim, Eek-hoon Jho, Richard J. Simpson, and Bonghee Lee
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3917. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003917.
PMCID: PMC2602983
Three Generic Nevirapine-Based Antiretroviral Treatments in Chinese HIV/AIDS Patients: Multicentric Observation Cohort
Taisheng Li, Yi Dai, Jiqiu Kuang, Jingmei Jiang, Yang Han, Zhifeng Qiu, Jing Xie, Lingyan Zuo, and Yanling Li
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3918. Published online 2008 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003918.
PMCID: PMC2597744
Reference Intervals in Healthy Adult Ugandan Blood Donors and Their Impact on Conducting International Vaccine Trials
Leigh Anne Eller, Michael A. Eller, Benson Ouma, Peter Kataaha, Denis Kyabaggu, Richard Tumusiime, Joseph Wandege, Ronald Sanya, Warren B. Sateren, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Hannah Kibuuka, Merlin L. Robb, Nelson L. Michael, and Mark S. de Souza
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3919. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003919.
PMCID: PMC2593783
A Novel Gene, fudoh, in the SCCmec Region Suppresses the Colony Spreading Ability and Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus
Chikara Kaito, Yosuke Omae, Yasuhiko Matsumoto, Makiko Nagata, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Taiji Aoto, Teruyo Ito, Keiichi Hiramatsu, and Kazuhisa Sekimizu
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3921. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003921.
PMCID: PMC2593785
Synergistic Actions of Hematopoietic and Mesenchymal Stem/Progenitor Cells in Vascularizing Bioengineered Tissues
Eduardo K. Moioli, Paul A. Clark, Mo Chen, James E. Dennis, Helaman P. Erickson, Stanton L. Gerson, and Jeremy J. Mao
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3922. Published online 2008 December 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003922.
PMCID: PMC2597748
Media Ion Composition Controls Regulatory and Virulence Response of Salmonella in Spaceflight
James W. Wilson, C. Mark Ott, Laura Quick, Richard Davis, Kerstin Höner zu Bentrup, Aurélie Crabbé, Emily Richter, Shameema Sarker, Jennifer Barrila, Steffen Porwollik, Pui Cheng, Michael McClelland, George Tsaprailis, Timothy Radabaugh, Andrea Hunt, Miti Shah, Mayra Nelman-Gonzalez, Steve Hing, Macarena Parra, Paula Dumars, Kelly Norwood, Ramona Bober, Jennifer Devich, Ashleigh Ruggles, Autumn CdeBaca, Satro Narayan, Joseph Benjamin, Carla Goulart, Mark Rupert, Luke Catella, Michael J. Schurr, Kent Buchanan, Lisa Morici, James McCracken, Marc D. Porter, Duane L. Pierson, Scott M. Smith, Max Mergeay, Natalie Leys, Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Dominic Gorie, and Cheryl A. Nickerson
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3923. Published online 2008 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003923.
PMCID: PMC2592540
Multiple Doses of Erythropoietin Impair Liver Regeneration by Increasing TNF-α, the Bax to Bcl-xL Ratio and Apoptotic Cell Death
Katja Klemm, Christian Eipel, Daniel Cantré, Kerstin Abshagen, Michael D. Menger, and Brigitte Vollmar
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3924. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003924.
PMCID: PMC2592699
Fluctuation Induces Evolutionary Branching in a Mathematical Model of Ecosystems
Masashi Tachikawa
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3925. Published online 2008 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003925.
PMCID: PMC2593779
Duplication of the IGFBP-2 Gene in Teleost Fish: Protein Structure and Functionality Conservation and Gene Expression Divergence
Jianfeng Zhou, Wenhong Li, Hiroyasu Kamei, and Cunming Duan
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3926. Published online 2008 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003926.
PMCID: PMC2593780
Haploinsufficiency of Activation-Induced Deaminase for Antibody Diversification and Chromosome Translocations both In Vitro and In Vivo
Isora V. Sernández, Virginia G. de Yébenes, Yair Dorsett, and Almudena R. Ramiro
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3927. Published online 2008 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003927.
PMCID: PMC2592691
Connectivity of the Primate Superior Colliculus Mapped by Concurrent Microstimulation and Event-Related fMRI
Courtney B. Field, Kevin Johnston, Joseph S. Gati, Ravi S. Menon, and Stefan Everling
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3928. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003928.
PMCID: PMC2592545
The Enhancement of the N1 Wave Elicited by Sensory Stimuli Presented at Very Short Inter-Stimulus Intervals Is a General Feature across Sensory Systems
An Li Wang, André Mouraux, Meng Liang, and Gian Domenico Iannetti
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3929. Published online 2008 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003929.
PMCID: PMC2597742
Settling Decisions and Heterospecific Social Information Use in Shrikes
Martin Hromada, Marcin Antczak, Thomas J. Valone, and Piotr Tryjanowski
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3930. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003930.
PMCID: PMC2592541
Glaucoma Alters the Circadian Timing System
Elise Drouyer, Ouria Dkhissi-Benyahya, Christophe Chiquet, Elizabeth WoldeMussie, Guadalupe Ruiz, Larry A. Wheeler, Philippe Denis, and Howard M. Cooper
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3931. Published online 2008 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003931.
PMCID: PMC2592693
Stat3 and c-Myc Genome-Wide Promoter Occupancy in Embryonic Stem Cells
Benjamin L. Kidder, Jim Yang, and Stephen Palmer
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3932. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003932.
PMCID: PMC2592696
Safety and Immunogenicity of H5N1 Influenza Vaccine Based on Baculovirus Surface Display System of Bombyx mori
Rongzhong Jin, Zhengbing Lv, Qin Chen, Yanping Quan, Haihua Zhang, Si Li, Guogang Chen, Qingliang Zheng, Lairong Jin, Xiangfu Wu, Jianguo Chen, and Yaozhou Zhang
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3933. Published online 2008 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003933.
PMCID: PMC2592543
An Examination of Morphometric Variations in a Neotropical Toad Population (Proceratophrys cristiceps, Amphibia, Anura, Cycloramphidae)
Kleber S. Vieira, Cristina Arzabe, Malva I. M. Hernández, and Washington L. S. Vieira
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3934. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003934.
PMCID: PMC2600616
A Central Role of Abscisic Acid in Stress-Regulated Carbohydrate Metabolism
Stefan Kempa, Julia Krasensky, Silvia Dal Santo, Joachim Kopka, and Claudia Jonak
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3935. Published online 2008 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003935.
PMCID: PMC2593778
Phosphorylation by Cdk1 Increases the Binding of Eg5 to Microtubules In Vitro and in Xenopus Egg Extract Spindles
Julie Cahu, Aurelien Olichon, Christian Hentrich, Henry Schek, Jovana Drinjakovic, Cunjie Zhang, Amanda Doherty-Kirby, Gilles Lajoie, and Thomas Surrey
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3936. Published online 2008 December 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003936.
PMCID: PMC2592692
Inducing Cross-Clade Neutralizing Antibodies against HIV-1 by Immunofocusing
Michael Humbert, Robert A. Rasmussen, Helena Ong, Fabian M. P. Kaiser, Shiu-Lok Hu, and Ruth M. Ruprecht
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3937. Published online 2008 December 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003937.
PMCID: PMC2597739
Non-Natural and Photo-Reactive Amino Acids as Biochemical Probes of Immune Function
Marta Gómez-Nuñez, Kurtis J. Haro, Tao Dao, Deming Chau, Annie Won, Sindy Escobar-Alvarez, Victoriya Zakhaleva, Tatyana Korontsvit, David Y. Gin, and David A. Scheinberg
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3938. Published online 2008 December 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003938.
PMCID: PMC2592539
Size Variation in Small-Bodied Humans from Palau, Micronesia
Andrew Gallagher
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3939. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003939.
PMCID: PMC2596964
The Pace of Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia Development Is Determined by the Timing of Pten Tumor Suppressor Gene Excision
H. Artee Luchman, Hallgrimur Benediktsson, Michelle L. Villemaire, Alan C. Peterson, and Frank R. Jirik
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3940. Published online 2008 December 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003940.
PMCID: PMC2597775
Ixodes ricinus Tick Lipocalins: Identification, Cloning, Phylogenetic Analysis and Biochemical Characterization
Jérôme Beaufays, Benoît Adam, Yves Decrem, Pierre-Paul Prévôt, Sébastien Santini, Robert Brasseur, Michel Brossard, Laurence Lins, Luc Vanhamme, and Edmond Godfroid
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3941. Published online 2008 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003941.
PMCID: PMC2601031
Heterosubtypic Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibodies Cross-Protective against H5N1 and H1N1 Recovered from Human IgM+ Memory B Cells
Mark Throsby, Edward van den Brink, Mandy Jongeneelen, Leo L. M. Poon, Philippe Alard, Lisette Cornelissen, Arjen Bakker, Freek Cox, Els van Deventer, Yi Guan, Jindrich Cinatl, Jan ter Meulen, Ignace Lasters, Rita Carsetti, Malik Peiris, John de Kruif, and Jaap Goudsmit
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3942. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003942.
PMCID: PMC2596486
Identification of G1-Regulated Genes in Normally Cycling Human Cells
Maroun J. Beyrouthy, Karen E. Alexander, Amy Baldwin, Michael L. Whitfield, Hank W. Bass, Dan McGee, and Myra M. Hurt
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3943. Published online 2008 December 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003943.
PMCID: PMC2600614
mKikGR, a Monomeric Photoswitchable Fluorescent Protein
Satoshi Habuchi, Hidekazu Tsutsui, Anna B. Kochaniak, Atsushi Miyawaki, and Antoine M. van Oijen
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3944. Published online 2008 December 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003944.
PMCID: PMC2592542
Nicotine Acts on Growth Plate Chondrocytes to Delay Skeletal Growth through the α7 Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
Atsuo Kawakita, Kazuki Sato, Hatsune Makino, Hiroyasu Ikegami, Shinichiro Takayama, Yoshiaki Toyama, and Akihiro Umezawa
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3945. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003945.
PMCID: PMC2596484
Ultraconserved Elements in the Olig2 Promoter
Christina T. L. Chen, David I. Gottlieb, and Barak A. Cohen
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3946. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003946.
PMCID: PMC2596485
Cholinergic Neuromodulation Changes Phase Response Curve Shape and Type in Cortical Pyramidal Neurons
Klaus M. Stiefel, Boris S. Gutkin, and Terrence J. Sejnowski
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3947. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003947.
PMCID: PMC2596483
Field Application of a Subunit Vaccine against an Enteric Protozoan Disease
Michael G. Wallach, Udi Ashash, Amnon Michael, and Nicholas C. Smith
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3948. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003948.
PMCID: PMC2596963
BRAF Activation Initiates but Does Not Maintain Invasive Prostate Adenocarcinoma
Joseph H. Jeong, Zhenxiong Wang, Alexander S. Guimaraes, Xuesong Ouyang, Jose L. Figueiredo, Zhihu Ding, Shan Jiang, Isil Guney, Gyeong Hoon Kang, Eyoung Shin, William C. Hahn, Massimo F. Loda, Cory Abate-Shen, Ralph Weissleder, and Lynda Chin
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3949. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003949.
PMCID: PMC2597248
Modulation of Macrophage Activation State Protects Tissue from Necrosis during Critical Limb Ischemia in Thrombospondin-1-Deficient Mice
Nicolas Bréchot, Elisa Gomez, Marine Bignon, Jamila Khallou-Laschet, Michael Dussiot, Aurélie Cazes, Cécile Alanio-Bréchot, Mélanie Durand, Josette Philippe, Jean-Sébastien Silvestre, Nico Van Rooijen, Pierre Corvol, Antonino Nicoletti, Bénédicte Chazaud, and Stéphane Germain
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3950. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003950.
PMCID: PMC2597179
Pyrvinium Targets the Unfolded Protein Response to Hypoglycemia and Its Anti-Tumor Activity Is Enhanced by Combination Therapy
De-Hua Yu, James Macdonald, Guohong Liu, Amy S. Lee, Mimi Ly, Timothy Davis, Ning Ke, Demin Zhou, Flossie Wong-Staal, and Qi-Xiang Li
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3951. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003951.
PMCID: PMC2597738
Mucin Dynamics in Intestinal Bacterial Infection
Sara K. Lindén, Timothy H. J. Florin, and Michael A. McGuckin
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3952. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003952.
PMCID: PMC2601037
The Impact of Changing Medicaid Enrollments on New Mexico's Immunization Program
Michael A. Schillaci, Howard Waitzkin, Tom Sharmen, and Sandra J. Romain
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3953. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003953.
PMCID: PMC2602595
New Insight in Loss of Gut Barrier during Major Non-Abdominal Surgery
Joep P. M. Derikx, Dick A. van Waardenburg, Geertje Thuijls, Henriëtte M. Willigers, Marianne Koenraads, Annemarie A. van Bijnen, Erik Heineman, Martijn Poeze, Ton Ambergen, André van Ooij, Lodewijk W. van Rhijn, and Wim A. Buurman
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3954. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003954.
PMCID: PMC2599890
Coupled Contagion Dynamics of Fear and Disease: Mathematical and Computational Explorations
Joshua M. Epstein, Jon Parker, Derek Cummings, and Ross A. Hammond
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3955. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003955.
PMCID: PMC2596968
Gaze Strategy in the Free Flying Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Dennis Eckmeier, Bart R. H. Geurten, Daniel Kress, Marcel Mertes, Roland Kern, Martin Egelhaaf, and Hans-Joachim Bischof
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3956. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003956.
PMCID: PMC2600564
BRED: A Simple and Powerful Tool for Constructing Mutant and Recombinant Bacteriophage Genomes
Laura J. Marinelli, Mariana Piuri, Zuzana Swigoňová, Amrita Balachandran, Lauren M. Oldfield, Julia C. van Kessel, and Graham F. Hatfull
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3957. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003957.
PMCID: PMC2597740
Reduced Basal ATP Synthetic Flux of Skeletal Muscle in Patients with Previous Acromegaly
Julia Szendroedi, Elisabeth Zwettler, Albrecht Ingo Schmid, Marek Chmelik, Giovanni Pacini, Gertrud Kacerovsky, Gerhard Smekal, Peter Nowotny, Oswald Wagner, Christoph Schnack, Guntram Schernthaner, Klaus Klaushofer, and Michael Roden
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3958. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003958.
PMCID: PMC2599885
Essential Role of TGF-β/Smad Pathway on Statin Dependent Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Regulation
Juan Rodríguez-Vita, Eva Sánchez-Galán, Beatriz Santamaría, Elsa Sánchez-López, Raquel Rodrigues-Díez, Luís Miguel Blanco-Colio, Jesús Egido, Alberto Ortiz, and Marta Ruiz-Ortega
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3959. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003959.
PMCID: PMC2597201
Safety and Immunogenicity of a Recombinant Plasmodium falciparum AMA1 Malaria Vaccine Adjuvanted with Alhydrogel™, Montanide ISA 720 or AS02
Meta Roestenberg, Ed Remarque, Erik de Jonge, Rob Hermsen, Hildur Blythman, Odile Leroy, Egeruan Imoukhuede, Soren Jepsen, Opokua Ofori-Anyinam, Bart Faber, Clemens H. M. Kocken, Miranda Arnold, Vanessa Walraven, Karina Teelen, Will Roeffen, Quirijn de Mast, W. Ripley Ballou, Joe Cohen, Marie Claude Dubois, Stéphane Ascarateil, Andre van der Ven, Alan Thomas, and Robert Sauerwein
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3960. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003960.
PMCID: PMC2602972
Analysis of STAT1 Activation by Six FGFR3 Mutants Associated with Skeletal Dysplasia Undermines Dominant Role of STAT1 in FGFR3 Signaling in Cartilage
Pavel Krejci, Lisa Salazar, Tamara A. Kashiwada, Katarina Chlebova, Alena Salasova, Leslie Michels Thompson, Vitezslav Bryja, Alois Kozubik, and William R. Wilcox
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3961. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003961.
PMCID: PMC2597732
Polymorphisms within the Novel Type 2 Diabetes Risk Locus MTNR1B Determine β-Cell Function
Harald Staiger, Fausto Machicao, Silke A. Schäfer, Kerstin Kirchhoff, Konstantinos Kantartzis, Martina Guthoff, Günther Silbernagel, Norbert Stefan, Hans-Ulrich Häring, and Andreas Fritsche
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3962. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003962.
PMCID: PMC2597741
Distinct Determinants in HIV-1 Vif and Human APOBEC3 Proteins Are Required for the Suppression of Diverse Host Anti-Viral Proteins
Wenyan Zhang, Gongying Chen, Anna Maria Niewiadomska, Rongzhen Xu, and Xiao-Fang Yu
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3963. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003963.
PMCID: PMC2597746
The Cerebral Microvasculature in Schizophrenia: A Laser Capture Microdissection Study
Laura W. Harris, Matthew Wayland, Martin Lan, Margaret Ryan, Thomas Giger, Helen Lockstone, Irene Wuethrich, Michael Mimmack, Lan Wang, Mark Kotter, Rachel Craddock, and Sabine Bahn
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3964. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003964.
PMCID: PMC2597747
RIG-I and dsRNA-Induced IFNβ Activation
Stéphane Hausmann, Jean-Baptiste Marq, Caroline Tapparel, Daniel Kolakofsky, and Dominique Garcin
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3965. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003965.
PMCID: PMC2607022
The Toll→NFκB Signaling Pathway Mediates the Neuropathological Effects of the Human Alzheimer's Aβ42 Polypeptide in Drosophila
Lihua Tan, Paul Schedl, Ho-Juhn Song, Dan Garza, and Mary Konsolaki
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3966. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003966.
PMCID: PMC2597734
Express Attentional Re-Engagement but Delayed Entry into Consciousness Following Invalid Spatial Cues in Visual Search
Benoit Brisson and Pierre Jolicœur
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3967. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003967.
PMCID: PMC2597733
Cytoplasmic CUG RNA Foci Are Insufficient to Elicit Key DM1 Features
Warunee Dansithong, Cordula M. Wolf, Partha Sarkar, Sharan Paul, Andy Chiang, Ian Holt, Glenn E. Morris, Dorothy Branco, Megan C. Sherwood, Lucio Comai, Charles I. Berul, and Sita Reddy
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3968. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003968.
PMCID: PMC2597774
CB1 Expression Is Attenuated in Fallopian Tube and Decidua of Women with Ectopic Pregnancy
Andrew W. Horne, John A. Phillips, III, Nicole Kane, Paula C. Lourenco, Sarah E. McDonald, Alistair R. W. Williams, Carlos Simon, Sudhansu K. Dey, and Hilary O. D. Critchley
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3969. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003969.
PMCID: PMC2601032
Release of sICAM-1 in Oocytes and In Vitro Fertilized Human Embryos
Monica Borgatti, Roberta Rizzo, Maria Beatrice Dal Canto, Daniela Fumagalli, Mario Mignini Renzini, Rubens Fadini, Marina Stignani, Olavio Roberto Baricordi, and Roberto Gambari
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3970. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003970.
PMCID: PMC2599884
UP States Protect Ongoing Cortical Activity from Thalamic Inputs
Brendon O. Watson, Jason N. MacLean, and Rafael Yuste
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3971. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003971.
PMCID: PMC2597736
Neanderthal Extinction by Competitive Exclusion
William E. Banks, Francesco d'Errico, A. Townsend Peterson, Masa Kageyama, Adriana Sima, and Maria-Fernanda Sánchez-Goñi
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3972. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003972.
PMCID: PMC2600607
Protective Antiviral Immunity Conferred by a Nonintegrative Lentiviral Vector-Based Vaccine
Frédéric Coutant, Marie-Pascale Frenkiel, Philippe Despres, and Pierre Charneau
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3973. Published online 2008 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003973.
PMCID: PMC2600612
Bitter Taste Receptors Influence Glucose Homeostasis
Cedrick D. Dotson, Lan Zhang, Hong Xu, Yu-Kyong Shin, Stephan Vigues, Sandra H. Ott, Amanda E. T. Elson, Hyun Jin Choi, Hillary Shaw, Josephine M. Egan, Braxton D. Mitchell, Xiaodong Li, Nanette I. Steinle, and Steven D. Munger
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3974. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003974.
PMCID: PMC2597743
Polymorphisms in the Regulatory Region of the Cyclophilin A Gene Influence the Susceptibility for HIV-1 Infection
Maarten A. N. Rits, Karel A. van Dort, and Neeltje A. Kootstra
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3975. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003975.
PMCID: PMC2599883
A Nitrile Hydratase in the Eukaryote Monosiga brevicollis
Konrad U. Foerstner, Tobias Doerks, Jean Muller, Jeroen Raes, and Peer Bork
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3976. Published online 2008 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003976.
PMCID: PMC2603476
Perinatal Caffeine, Acting on Maternal Adenosine A1 Receptors, Causes Long-Lasting Behavioral Changes in Mouse Offspring
Olga Björklund, Johan Kahlström, Peter Salmi, and Bertil B. Fredholm
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3977. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003977.
PMCID: PMC2597749
Task-Specific Codes for Face Recognition: How they Shape the Neural Representation of Features for Detection and Individuation
Adrian Nestor, Jean M. Vettel, and Michael J. Tarr
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3978. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003978.
PMCID: PMC2607027
Ecological Thresholds in the Savanna Landscape: Developing a Protocol for Monitoring the Change in Composition and Utilisation of Large Trees
Dave J. Druce, Graeme Shannon, Bruce R. Page, Rina Grant, and Rob Slotow
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3979. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003979.
PMCID: PMC2597735
Male Weaponry in a Fighting Cricket
Kevin A. Judge and Vanessa L. Bonanno
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3980. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003980.
PMCID: PMC2601036
Steady State Bioequivalence of Generic and Innovator Formulations of Stavudine, Lamivudine, and Nevirapine in HIV-Infected Ugandan Adults
Jayne Byakika-Tusiime, Leslie W. Chinn, Jessica H. Oyugi, Celestino Obua, David R. Bangsberg, and Deanna L. Kroetz
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3981. Published online 2008 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003981.
PMCID: PMC2602850
Rapid Perceptual Switching of a Reversible Biological Figure
Stuart Jackson, Fred Cummins, and Nuala Brady
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3982. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003982.
PMCID: PMC2601034
Statistical Significance of Precisely Repeated Intracellular Synaptic Patterns
Yuji Ikegaya, Wataru Matsumoto, Huei-Yu Chiou, Rafael Yuste, and Gloster Aaron
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3983. Published online 2008 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003983.
PMCID: PMC2599887
Never Resting Brain: Simultaneous Representation of Two Alpha Related Processes in Humans
Eti Ben-Simon, Ilana Podlipsky, Amos Arieli, Andrey Zhdanov, and Talma Hendler
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3984. Published online 2008 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003984.
PMCID: PMC2602982
Interpersonal Trust and Quality-of-Life: A Cross-Sectional Study in Japan
Yasuharu Tokuda, Masamine Jimba, Haruo Yanai, Seiji Fujii, and Takashi Inoguchi
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3985. Published online 2008 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003985.
PMCID: PMC2600613
CD8+ T-Cell Interleukin-7 Receptor Alpha Expression as a Potential Indicator of Disease Status in HIV-Infected Children
Tanvi S. Sharma, Jane Hughes, Amarylis Murillo, Joanne Riley, Andreia Soares, Francesca Little, Charles D. Mitchell, and Willem A. Hanekom
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3986. Published online 2008 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003986.
PMCID: PMC2599882
Ir-LBP, an Ixodes ricinus Tick Salivary LTB4-Binding Lipocalin, Interferes with Host Neutrophil Function
Jérôme Beaufays, Benoît Adam, Catherine Menten-Dedoyart, Laurence Fievez, Amélie Grosjean, Yves Decrem, Pierre-Paul Prévôt, Sébastien Santini, Robert Brasseur, Michel Brossard, Michel Vanhaeverbeek, Fabrice Bureau, Ernst Heinen, Laurence Lins, Luc Vanhamme, and Edmond Godfroid
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3987. Published online 2008 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003987.
PMCID: PMC2600610
Estimating Haplotype Frequency and Coverage of Databases
Thore Egeland and Antonio Salas
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3988. Published online 2008 December 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003988.
PMCID: PMC2602601
Role of Cajal Bodies and Nucleolus in the Maturation of the U1 snRNP in Arabidopsis
Zdravko J. Lorković and Andrea Barta
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3989. Published online 2008 December 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003989.
PMCID: PMC2600615
Gamma Power Is Phase-Locked to Posterior Alpha Activity
Daria Osipova, Dora Hermes, and Ole Jensen
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3990. Published online 2008 December 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003990.
PMCID: PMC2602598
Pasteurellaceae ComE1 Proteins Combine the Properties of Fibronectin Adhesins and DNA Binding Competence Proteins
Lisa M. Mullen, Janine T. Bossé, Sean P. Nair, John M. Ward, Andrew N. Rycroft, Giles Robertson, Paul R. Langford, and Brian Henderson
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3991. Published online 2008 December 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003991.
PMCID: PMC2601033
HCV Coinfection Associated with Slower Disease Progression in HIV-Infected Former Plasma Donors Naïve to ART
Xiaoyan Zhang, Jianqing Xu, Hong Peng, Yan Ma, Lifeng Han, Yuhua Ruan, Bing Su, Ning Wang, and Yiming Shao
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3992. Published online 2008 December 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003992.
PMCID: PMC2602976
Epidemiological Characteristics of Classical Scrapie Outbreaks in 30 Sheep Flocks in the United Kingdom
K. Marie McIntyre, Simon Gubbins, Wilfred Goldmann, Nora Hunter, and Matthew Baylis
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3994. Published online 2008 December 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003994.
PMCID: PMC2601035
Birds of a Feather Flock Together: Experience-Driven Formation of Visual Object Categories in Human Ventral Temporal Cortex
Marieke van der Linden, Jaap M. J. Murre, and Miranda van Turennout
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3995. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003995.
PMCID: PMC2600611
A Method for the Simultaneous Estimation of Selection Intensities in Overlapping Genes
Niv Sabath, Giddy Landan, and Dan Graur
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3996. Published online 2008 December 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003996.
PMCID: PMC2601044
The Growth and Tumor Suppressors NORE1A and RASSF1A Are Targets for Calpain-Mediated Proteolysis
Sergey Kuznetsov and Andrei V. Khokhlatchev
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3997. Published online 2008 December 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003997.
PMCID: PMC2602596
Home Range Utilisation and Territorial Behaviour of Lions (Panthera leo) on Karongwe Game Reserve, South Africa
Monika B. Lehmann, Paul J. Funston, Cailey R. Owen, and Rob Slotow
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3998. Published online 2008 December 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003998.
PMCID: PMC2602599
Cytotoxicity Mechanism of Two Naphthoquinones (Menadione and Plumbagin) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Frederico Augusto Vieira Castro, Diana Mariani, Anita Dolly Panek, Elis Cristina Araújo Eleutherio, and Marcos Dias Pereira
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3999. Published online 2008 December 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003999.
PMCID: PMC2600608
Seasonal Intermittent Preventive Treatment for the Prevention of Anaemia and Malaria in Ghanaian Children: A Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial
Margaret Kweku, Dongmei Liu, Martin Adjuik, Fred Binka, Mahmood Seidu, Brian Greenwood, and Daniel Chandramohan
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4000. Published online 2008 December 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004000.
PMCID: PMC2602973
TranscriptomeBrowser: A Powerful and Flexible Toolbox to Explore Productively the Transcriptional Landscape of the Gene Expression Omnibus Database
Fabrice Lopez, Julien Textoris, Aurélie Bergon, Gilles Didier, Elisabeth Remy, Samuel Granjeaud, Jean Imbert, Catherine Nguyen, and Denis Puthier
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4001. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004001.
PMCID: PMC2602602
Fine-Scale Phylogeographic Structure of Borrelia lusitaniae Revealed by Multilocus Sequence Typing
Liliana R. Vitorino, Gabriele Margos, Edward J. Feil, Margarida Collares-Pereira, Libia Zé-Zé, and Klaus Kurtenbach
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4002. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004002.
PMCID: PMC2602731
Strong Association of a Common Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase Gene Polymorphism with Fluoropyrimidine-Related Toxicity in Cancer Patients
Eva Gross, Birgit Busse, Matthias Riemenschneider, Steffi Neubauer, Katharina Seck, Hanns-Georg Klein, Marion Kiechle, Florian Lordick, and Alfons Meindl
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4003. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004003.
PMCID: PMC2602733
Genomic Organization and Expression Demonstrate Spatial and Temporal Hox Gene Colinearity in the Lophotrochozoan Capitella sp. I
Andreas C. Fröbius, David Q. Matus, and Elaine C. Seaver
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4004. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004004.
PMCID: PMC2603591
A Small Community Model for the Transmission of Infectious Diseases: Comparison of School Closure as an Intervention in Individual-Based Models of an Influenza Pandemic
George J. Milne, Joel K. Kelso, Heath A. Kelly, Simon T. Huband, and Jodie McVernon
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4005. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004005.
PMCID: PMC2602849
Estimating the Confidence Level of White Matter Connections Obtained with MRI Tractography
Xavier Gigandet, Patric Hagmann, Maciej Kurant, Leila Cammoun, Reto Meuli, and Jean-Philippe Thiran
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4006. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004006.
PMCID: PMC2603475
Enforced Expression of the Transcriptional Coactivator OBF1 Impairs B Cell Differentiation at the Earliest Stage of Development
Alain Bordon, Nabil Bosco, Camille Du Roure, Boris Bartholdy, Hubertus Kohler, Gabriele Matthias, Antonius G. Rolink, and Patrick Matthias
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4007. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004007.
PMCID: PMC2603323
Ethanol/Naltrexone Interactions at the mu-Opioid Receptor. CLSM/FCS Study in Live Cells
Vladana Vukojević, Yu Ming, Claudio D'Addario, Rudolf Rigler, Björn Johansson, and Lars Terenius
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4008. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004008.
PMCID: PMC2602977
Clofazimine Inhibits Human Kv1.3 Potassium Channel by Perturbing Calcium Oscillation in T Lymphocytes
Yunzhao R. Ren, Fan Pan, Suhel Parvez, Andrea Fleig, Curtis R. Chong, Jing Xu, Yongjun Dang, Jin Zhang, Hongsi Jiang, Reinhold Penner, and Jun O. Liu
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4009. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004009.
PMCID: PMC2602975
A Meta-Analysis of Local Adaptation in Plants
Roosa Leimu and Markus Fischer
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4010. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004010.
PMCID: PMC2602971
Dendritic Spike Saturation of Endogenous Calcium Buffer and Induction of Postsynaptic Cerebellar LTP
Marco Canepari and Kaspar E. Vogt
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4011. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004011.
PMCID: PMC2603473
Comparing Platforms for C. elegans Mutant Identification Using High-Throughput Whole-Genome Sequencing
Yufeng Shen, Sumeet Sarin, Ye Liu, Oliver Hobert, and Itsik Pe'er
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4012. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004012.
PMCID: PMC2603312
Primordial Germ Cell Specification from Embryonic Stem Cells
Wei Wei, Tingting Qing, Xin Ye, Haisong Liu, Donghui Zhang, Weifeng Yang, and Hongkui Deng
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4013. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004013.
PMCID: PMC2602984
The FERM and PDZ Domain-Containing Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, PTPN4 and PTPN3, Are Both Dispensable for T Cell Receptor Signal Transduction
Timothy J. Bauler, Wiljan J. A. J. Hendriks, and Philip D. King
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4014. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004014.
PMCID: PMC2602985
The Effect of Oxidant and the Non-Oxidant Alteration of Cellular Thiol Concentration on the Formation of Protein Mixed-Disulfides in HEK 293 Cells
Jasen Lee Gilge, Michael Fisher, and Yuh-Cherng Chai
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4015. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004015.
PMCID: PMC2603474
Wind, Waves, and Wing Loading: Morphological Specialization May Limit Range Expansion of Endangered Albatrosses
Robert M. Suryan, David J. Anderson, Scott A. Shaffer, Daniel D. Roby, Yann Tremblay, Daniel P. Costa, Paul R. Sievert, Fumio Sato, Kiyoaki Ozaki, Gregory R. Balogh, and Noboru Nakamura
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4016. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004016.
PMCID: PMC2602987
Global Expression Profiling in Atopic Eczema Reveals Reciprocal Expression of Inflammatory and Lipid Genes
Annika M. Sääf, Maria Tengvall-Linder, Howard Y. Chang, Adam S. Adler, Carl-Fredrik Wahlgren, Annika Scheynius, Magnus Nordenskjöld, and Maria Bradley
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4017. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004017.
PMCID: PMC2603322
Keep Your Options Open: An Information-Based Driving Principle for Sensorimotor Systems
Alexander S. Klyubin, Daniel Polani, and Chrystopher L. Nehaniv
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4018. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004018.
PMCID: PMC2607028
Lions and Prions and Deer Demise
Michael W. Miller, Heather M. Swanson, Lisa L. Wolfe, Fred G. Quartarone, Sherri L. Huwer, Charles H. Southwick, and Paul M. Lukacs
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4019. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004019.
PMCID: PMC2602978
Phosphorylation Regulates SIRT1 Function
Tsutomu Sasaki, Bernhard Maier, Katarzyna D. Koclega, Maksymilian Chruszcz, Wendy Gluba, P. Todd Stukenberg, Wladek Minor, and Heidi Scrable
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4020. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004020.
PMCID: PMC2602979
Harmonic Allocation of Authorship Credit: Source-Level Correction of Bibliometric Bias Assures Accurate Publication and Citation Analysis
Nils T. Hagen
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4021. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004021.
PMCID: PMC2603311
Effectiveness of Action to Reduce Exposure of Free-Ranging California Condors in Arizona and Utah to Lead from Spent Ammunition
Rhys E. Green, W. Grainger Hunt, Christopher N. Parish, and Ian Newton
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4022. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004022.
PMCID: PMC2603582
Porphyrin Homeostasis Maintained by ABCG2 Regulates Self-Renewal of Embryonic Stem Cells
Jimmy Susanto, Yu-Hsing Lin, Yun-Nan Chen, Chia-Rui Shen, Yu-Ting Yan, Sheng-Ta Tsai, Chung-Hsuan Chen, and Chia-Ning Shen
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4023. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004023.
PMCID: PMC2602981
A Simple Detection Method for Low-Affinity Membrane Protein Interactions by Baculoviral Display
Toshiko Sakihama, Takato Sato, Hiroko Iwanari, Toshio Kitamura, Shimon Sakaguchi, Tatsuhiko Kodama, and Takao Hamakubo
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4024. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004024.
PMCID: PMC2602974
Compositional Genome Contexts Affect Gene Expression Control in Sea Urchin Embryo
Abdullah Al Mahmud, Gabriele Amore, and Giorgio Bernardi
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4025. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004025.
PMCID: PMC2603317
HSP60 as a Target of Anti-Ergotypic Regulatory T Cells
Francisco J. Quintana, Avishai Mimran, Pnina Carmi, Felix Mor, and Irun R. Cohen
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4026. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004026.
PMCID: PMC2602852
A Systematic Survey of Mini-Proteins in Bacteria and Archaea
Fengyu Wang, Jingfa Xiao, Linlin Pan, Ming Yang, Guoqiang Zhang, Shouguang Jin, and Jun Yu
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4027. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004027.
PMCID: PMC2602986
Safety, Humoral and Cell Mediated Immune Responses to Two Formulations of an Inactivated, Split-Virion Influenza A/H5N1 Vaccine in Children
Tawee Chotpitayasunondh, Usa Thisyakorn, Chitsanu Pancharoen, Stephanie Pepin, and Nolwenn Nougarede
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4028. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004028.
PMCID: PMC2605261
The Inhibition of the Highly Expressed Mir-221 and Mir-222 Impairs the Growth of Prostate Carcinoma Xenografts in Mice
Neri Mercatelli, Valeria Coppola, Desirée Bonci, Francesca Miele, Arianna Costantini, Marco Guadagnoli, Elena Bonanno, Giovanni Muto, Giovanni Vanni Frajese, Ruggero De Maria, Luigi Giusto Spagnoli, Maria Giulia Farace, and Silvia Anna Ciafrè
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4029. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004029.
PMCID: PMC2603596
An Insight into the Relationships between Hepcidin, Anemia, Infections and Inflammatory Cytokines in Pediatric Refugees: A Cross-Sectional Study
Sarah Cherian, David A. Forbes, Angus G. Cook, Frank M. Sanfilippo, Erwin H. Kemna, Dorine W. Swinkels, and David P. Burgner
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4030. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004030.
PMCID: PMC2603326
High Risk of Severe Anaemia after Chlorproguanil-Dapsone+Artesunate Antimalarial Treatment in Patients with G6PD (A-) Deficiency
Caterina I. Fanello, Corine Karema, Pamela Avellino, Germana Bancone, Aline Uwimana, Sue J. Lee, Umberto d'Alessandro, and David Modiano
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4031. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004031.
PMCID: PMC2603295
Human Polycomb 2 Protein Is a SUMO E3 Ligase and Alleviates Substrate-Induced Inhibition of Cystathionine β-Synthase Sumoylation
Nitish Agrawal and Ruma Banerjee
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4032. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004032.
PMCID: PMC2606060
Genome-Wide Co-Expression Analysis in Multiple Tissues
Ian C. Grieve, Nicholas J. Dickens, Michal Pravenec, Vladimir Kren, Norbert Hubner, Stuart A. Cook, Timothy J. Aitman, Enrico Petretto, and Jonathan Mangion
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4033. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004033.
PMCID: PMC2603584
Identification and Characterization of Novel MicroRNAs from Schistosoma japonicum
Xiangyang Xue, Jun Sun, Qingfeng Zhang, Zhangxun Wang, Yufu Huang, and Weiqing Pan
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4034. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004034.
PMCID: PMC2603315
Evidence of Repeated and Independent Saltational Evolution in a Peculiar Genus of Sphinx Moths (Proserpinus: Sphingidae)
Daniel Rubinoff and Johannes J. Le Roux
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4035. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004035.
PMCID: PMC2603316
The Impact of Different Antibiotic Regimens on the Emergence of Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria
Erika M. C. D'Agata, Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol, Pierre Magal, Damien Olivier, and Shigui Ruan
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4036. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004036.
PMCID: PMC2603320
Is Replication the Gold Standard for Validating Genome-Wide Association Findings?
Yong-Jun Liu, Christopher J. Papasian, Jian-Feng Liu, James Hamilton, and Hong-Wen Deng
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4037. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004037.
PMCID: PMC2605260
Norepinephrine Controls Both Torpor Initiation and Emergence via Distinct Mechanisms in the Mouse
Steven J. Swoap and David Weinshenker
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4038. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004038.
PMCID: PMC2602851
BMP-7 Does Not Protect against Bleomycin-Induced Lung or Skin Fibrosis
Lynne A. Murray, Tillie L. Hackett, Stephanie M. Warner, Furquan Shaheen, Rochelle L. Argentieri, Paul Dudas, Francis X. Farrell, and Darryl A. Knight
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4039. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004039.
PMCID: PMC2603595
Looking for Myself: Current Multisensory Input Alters Self-Face Recognition
Manos Tsakiris
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4040. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004040.
PMCID: PMC2603324
Normalization of Voltage-Sensitive Dye Signal with Functional Activity Measures
Kentaroh Takagaki, Michael Thomas Lippert, Benjamin Dann, Tim Wanger, and Frank W. Ohl
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4041. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004041.
PMCID: PMC2612132
Myocardial Hypertrophy Overrides the Angiogenic Response to Hypoxia
Yeong-Hoon Choi, Douglas B. Cowan, Meena Nathan, Dimitrios Poutias, Christof Stamm, Pedro J. del Nido, and Francis X. McGowan, Jr
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4042. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004042.
PMCID: PMC2603310
Optic Flow Stimuli in and Near the Visual Field Centre: A Group fMRI Study of Motion Sensitive Regions
Sabine Ohlendorf, Andreas Sprenger, Oliver Speck, Sven Haller, and Hubert Kimmig
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4043. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004043.
PMCID: PMC2603585
Long-Term Cycles in the History of Life: Periodic Biodiversity in the Paleobiology Database
Adrian L. Melott
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4044. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004044.
PMCID: PMC2603586
On the Mechanics of Cardiac Function of Drosophila Embryo
Mingming Wu and Thomas N. Sato
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4045. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004045.
PMCID: PMC2602980
Direct Inhibition of GSK3β by the Phosphorylated Cytoplasmic Domain of LRP6 in Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling
Shunfu Piao, Sun-Hye Lee, Hyunjoon Kim, Soohwan Yum, Jennifer L. Stamos, Yongbin Xu, Su-Jin Lee, Jaewon Lee, Sangtaek Oh, Jin-Kwan Han, Bum-Joon Park, William I. Weis, and Nam-Chul Ha
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4046. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004046.
PMCID: PMC2603313
Chromosomal Inversions between Human and Chimpanzee Lineages Caused by Retrotransposons
Jungnam Lee, Kyudong Han, Thomas J. Meyer, Heui-Soo Kim, and Mark A. Batzer
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4047. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004047.
PMCID: PMC2603318
The Effects of Aging on Researchers' Publication and Citation Patterns
Yves Gingras, Vincent Larivière, Benoît Macaluso, and Jean-Pierre Robitaille
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4048. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004048.
PMCID: PMC2603321
Use of Integrated Malaria Management Reduces Malaria in Kenya
Bernard A. Okech, Isaac K. Mwobobia, Anthony Kamau, Samuel Muiruri, Noah Mutiso, Joyce Nyambura, Cassian Mwatele, Teruaki Amano, and Charles S. Mwandawiro
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4050. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004050.
PMCID: PMC2603594
Angiogenesis-Related Gene Expression Profile with Independent Prognostic Value in Advanced Ovarian Carcinoma
Marta Mendiola, Jorge Barriuso, Andrés Redondo, Adrián Mariño-Enríquez, Rosario Madero, Enrique Espinosa, Juan Ángel Fresno Vara, Iker Sánchez-Navarro, Ginés Hernández-Cortes, Pilar Zamora, Elia Pérez-Fernández, María Miguel-Martín, Asunción Suárez, José Palacios, Manuel González-Barón, and David Hardisson
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4051. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004051.
PMCID: PMC2605264
In C. elegans, High Levels of dsRNA Allow RNAi in the Absence of RDE-4
Jeffrey W. Habig, P. Joseph Aruscavage, and Brenda L. Bass
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4052. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004052.
PMCID: PMC2603325
A Recalibrated Molecular Clock and Independent Origins for the Cholera Pandemic Clones
Lu Feng, Peter R. Reeves, Ruiting Lan, Yi Ren, Chunxu Gao, Zhemin Zhou, Yan Ren, Jiansong Cheng, Wei Wang, Jianmei Wang, Wubin Qian, Dan Li, and Lei Wang
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4053. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004053.
PMCID: PMC2605724
Reduction of Orc6 Expression Sensitizes Human Colon Cancer Cells to 5-Fluorouracil and Cisplatin
Elaine J. Gavin, Bo Song, Yuan Wang, Yaguang Xi, and Jingfang Ju
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4054. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004054.
PMCID: PMC2603583
Comparative Developmental Expression Profiling of Two C. elegans Isolates
Emily J. Capra, Sonja M. Skrovanek, and Leonid Kruglyak
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4055. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004055.
PMCID: PMC2605249
Sex-Differential Effect on Infant Mortality of Oral Polio Vaccine Administered with BCG at Birth in Guinea-Bissau. A Natural Experiment
Christine Stabell Benn, Ane Bærent Fisker, Amabelia Rodrigues, Henrik Ravn, Erliyani Sartono, Hilton Whittle, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, and Peter Aaby
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4056. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004056.
PMCID: PMC2605256
Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Culture for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Brazilian Adults
David W. Dowdy, Maria C. Lourenço, Solange C. Cavalcante, Valeria Saraceni, Bonnie King, Jonathan E. Golub, David Bishai, Betina Durovni, Richard E. Chaisson, and Susan E. Dorman
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4057. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004057.
PMCID: PMC2614861
Transmission Dynamics of Schistosoma japonicum in the Lakes and Marshlands of China
Darren J. Gray, Gail M. Williams, Yuesheng Li, and Donald P. McManus
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4058. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004058.
PMCID: PMC2605259
Origins of the Xylella fastidiosa Prophage-Like Regions and Their Impact in Genome Differentiation
Alessandro de Mello Varani, Rangel Celso Souza, Helder I. Nakaya, Wanessa Cristina de Lima, Luiz Gonzaga Paula de Almeida, Elliot Watanabe Kitajima, Jianchi Chen, Edwin Civerolo, Ana Tereza Ribeiro Vasconcelos, and Marie-Anne Van Sluys
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4059. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004059.
PMCID: PMC2605562
Asthma Is Inversely Associated with Helicobacter pylori Status in an Urban Population
Joan Reibman, Michael Marmor, Joshua Filner, Maria-Elena Fernandez-Beros, Linda Rogers, Guillermo I. Perez-Perez, and Martin J. Blaser
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4060. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004060.
PMCID: PMC2603593
SDF1 Gene Variation Is Associated with Circulating SDF1α Level and Endothelial Progenitor Cell Number–The Bruneck Study
Qingzhong Xiao, Shu Ye, Friedrich Oberhollenzer, Agnes Mayr, Marjan Jahangiri, Johann Willeit, Stefan Kiechl, and Qingbo Xu
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4061. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004061.
PMCID: PMC2605263
Antidepressants of the Serotonin-Antagonist Type Increase Body Fat and Decrease Lifespan of Adult Caenorhabditis elegans
Kim Zarse and Michael Ristow
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4062. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004062.
PMCID: PMC2605556
Neural Representations of Airflow in Drosophila Mushroom Body
Akira Mamiya, Jennifer Beshel, Chunsu Xu, and Yi Zhong
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4063. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004063.
PMCID: PMC2603598
TRAF6 Autoubiquitination-Independent Activation of the NFκB and MAPK Pathways in Response to IL-1 and RANKL
Matthew C. Walsh, Gregory K. Kim, Paul L. Maurizio, Elizabeth E. Molnar, and Yongwon Choi
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4064. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004064.
PMCID: PMC2603309
Rapid Acoustic Survey for Biodiversity Appraisal
Jérôme Sueur, Sandrine Pavoine, Olivier Hamerlynck, and Stéphanie Duvail
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4065. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004065.
PMCID: PMC2605254
Aging Alters Functionally Human Dermal Papillary Fibroblasts but Not Reticular Fibroblasts: A New View of Skin Morphogenesis and Aging
Solène Mine, Nicolas O. Fortunel, Hervé Pageon, and Daniel Asselineau
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4066. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004066.
PMCID: PMC2605251
Mild Electrical Stimulation with Heat Shock Ameliorates Insulin Resistance via Enhanced Insulin Signaling
Saori Morino, Tatsuya Kondo, Kazunari Sasaki, Hironori Adachi, Mary Ann Suico, Erika Sekimoto, Tomoko Matsuda, Tsuyoshi Shuto, Eiichi Araki, and Hirofumi Kai
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4068. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004068.
PMCID: PMC2603588
Reassessment of CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor Expression in Human Normal and Neoplastic Tissues Using the Novel Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody UMB-2
Thomas Fischer, Falko Nagel, Stefan Jacobs, Ralf Stumm, and Stefan Schulz
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4069. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004069.
PMCID: PMC2605258
Akt Regulates Drug-Induced Cell Death through Bcl-w Downregulation
Michela Garofalo, Cristina Quintavalle, Ciro Zanca, Assunta De Rienzo, Giulia Romano, Mario Acunzo, Loredana Puca, Mariarosaria Incoronato, Carlo M. Croce, and Gerolama Condorelli
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4070. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004070.
PMCID: PMC2603590
A Survey of Honey Bee Colony Losses in the U.S., Fall 2007 to Spring 2008
Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Jerry Hayes, Jr., Robyn M. Underwood, and Jeffery Pettis
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4071. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004071.
PMCID: PMC2606032
Function and Assembly of a Chromatin-Associated RNase P that Is Required for Efficient Transcription by RNA Polymerase I
Robert Reiner, Natalie Krasnov-Yoeli, Yana Dehtiar, and Nayef Jarrous
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4072. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004072.
PMCID: PMC2605565
In Vitro and In Vivo Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection of Placenta
Mariantonietta Di Stefano, Maria Luisa Calabrò, Iole Maria Di Gangi, Santina Cantatore, Massimo Barbierato, Elisa Bergamo, Anfumbom Jude Kfutwah, Margherita Neri, Luigi Chieco-Bianchi, Pantaleo Greco, Loreto Gesualdo, Ahidjo Ayouba, Elisabeth Menu, and Josè Ramòn Fiore
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4073. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004073.
PMCID: PMC2603597
Negative Regulation of Syntaxin4/SNAP-23/VAMP2-Mediated Membrane Fusion by Munc18c In Vitro
Fiona M. Brandie, Veronica Aran, Avani Verma, James A. McNew, Nia J. Bryant, and Gwyn W. Gould
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4074. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004074.
PMCID: PMC2605266
Genetic Variation Stimulated by Epigenetic Modification
W. Jason Cummings, David W. Bednarski, and Nancy Maizels
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4075. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004075.
PMCID: PMC2605549
Exploratory Analysis of the Copy Number Alterations in Glioblastoma Multiforme
Pablo Freire, Marco Vilela, Helena Deus, Yong-Wan Kim, Dimpy Koul, Howard Colman, Kenneth D. Aldape, Oliver Bogler, W. K. Alfred Yung, Kevin Coombes, Gordon B. Mills, Ana T. Vasconcelos, and Jonas S. Almeida
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4076. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004076.
PMCID: PMC2605252
SERPINA3K Prevents Oxidative Stress Induced Necrotic Cell Death by Inhibiting Calcium Overload
Bin Zhang and Jian-xing Ma
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4077. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004077.
PMCID: PMC2605247
Model of For3p-Mediated Actin Cable Assembly in Fission Yeast
Hui Wang and Dimitrios Vavylonis
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4078. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004078.
PMCID: PMC2605553
Low Density Lipoproteins as Circulating Fast Temperature Sensors
Ruth Prassl, Magdalena Pregetter, Heinz Amenitsch, Manfred Kriechbaum, Robert Schwarzenbacher, John M. Chapman, and Peter Laggner
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4079. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004079.
PMCID: PMC2603587
Gamma-Secretase-Dependent and -Independent Effects of Presenilin1 on β-Catenin·Tcf-4 Transcriptional Activity
Imma Raurell, Montserrat Codina, David Casagolda, Beatriz del Valle, Josep Baulida, Antonio García de Herreros, and Mireia Duñach
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4080. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004080.
PMCID: PMC2603589
Differential RhoA Dynamics in Migratory and Stationary Cells Measured by FRET and Automated Image Analysis
John Paul Eichorst, Shaoying Lu, Jing Xu, and Yingxiao Wang
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4082. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004082.
PMCID: PMC2603592
Evolutionary Patterns and Selective Pressures of Odorant/Pheromone Receptor Gene Families in Teleost Fishes
Yasuyuki Hashiguchi, Yoshimi Furuta, and Mutsumi Nishida
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4083. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004083.
PMCID: PMC2605262
Testing the Goodness of Supplementary Feeding to Enhance Population Viability in an Endangered Vulture
Daniel Oro, Antoni Margalida, Martina Carrete, Rafael Heredia, and José Antonio Donázar
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4084. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004084.
PMCID: PMC2605265
Symptomatic Acute Hepatitis C in Egypt: Diagnosis, Spontaneous Viral Clearance, and Delayed Treatment with 12 Weeks of Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2a
Noha Sharaf Eldin, Soheir Ismail, Hala Mansour, Claire Rekacewicz, Moustafa El-Houssinie, Sherif El-Kafrawy, Saeed El Aidi, Mohamed Abdel-Hamid, Gamal Esmat, Stanislas Pol, Arnaud Fontanet, and Mostafa K. Mohamed
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4085. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004085.
PMCID: PMC2605267
Insect Brains Use Image Interpolation Mechanisms to Recognise Rotated Objects
Adrian G. Dyer and Quoc C. Vuong
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4086. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004086.
PMCID: PMC2605253
Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated with Response to Smallpox Vaccine in Preimmunized Volunteers
Philippe Bossi, Frédérick Gay, Imène Fouzai, Béhazine Combadière, Geneviève Brousse, Bénédicte Lebrun-Vignes, Jean-Marc Crance, Brigitte Autran, Daniel Garin, and for the IMMUVAR group
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4087. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004087.
PMCID: PMC2605250
Gap Junction Mediated Intercellular Metabolite Transfer in the Cochlea Is Compromised in Connexin30 Null Mice
Qing Chang, Wenxue Tang, Shoeb Ahmad, Binfei Zhou, and Xi Lin
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4088. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004088.
PMCID: PMC2605248
Concurrent Generation of Effector and Central Memory CD8 T Cells during Vaccinia Virus Infection
Amale Laouar, Monika Manocha, Viraga Haridas, and N. Manjunath
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4089. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004089.
PMCID: PMC2605255
Opposing Effects of Sirtuins on Neuronal Survival: SIRT1-Mediated Neuroprotection Is Independent of Its Deacetylase Activity
Jason A. Pfister, Chi Ma, Brad E. Morrison, and Santosh R. D'Mello
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4090. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004090.
PMCID: PMC2605257
The Maestro (Mro) Gene Is Dispensable for Normal Sexual Development and Fertility in Mice
Lee Smith, John Willan, Nick Warr, Frances A. Brook, Michael Cheeseman, Richard Sharpe, Pam Siggers, and Andy Greenfield
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4091. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004091.
PMCID: PMC2605558
Lrp4 Modulates Extracellular Integration of Cell Signaling Pathways in Development
Atsushi Ohazama, Eric B. Johnson, Masato S. Ota, Hong J. Choi, Thantrira Porntaveetus, Shelly Oommen, Nobuyuki Itoh, Kazuhiro Eto, Amel Gritli-Linde, Joachim Herz, and Paul T. Sharpe
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4092. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004092.
PMCID: PMC2605561
Morphine Exacerbates HIV-1 Tat-Induced Cytokine Production in Astrocytes through Convergent Effects on [Ca2+]i, NF-κB Trafficking and Transcription
Nazira El-Hage, Annadora J. Bruce-Keller, Tatiana Yakovleva, Igor Bazov, Georgy Bakalkin, Pamela E. Knapp, and Kurt F. Hauser
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4093. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004093.
PMCID: PMC2605563
Genome Scan of M. tuberculosis Infection and Disease in Ugandans
Catherine M. Stein, Sarah Zalwango, LaShaunda L. Malone, Sungho Won, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Roy D. Mugerwa, Dmitry V. Leontiev, Cheryl L. Thompson, Kevin C. Cartier, Robert C. Elston, Sudha K. Iyengar, W. Henry Boom, and Christopher C. Whalen
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4094. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004094.
PMCID: PMC2605555
Large-Scale Differential Proteome Analysis in Plasmodium falciparum under Drug Treatment
Judith Helena Prieto, Sasa Koncarevic, Sung Kyu Park, John Yates, III, and Katja Becker
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4098. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004098.
PMCID: PMC2605551
Genetically-Directed, Cell Type-Specific Sparse Labeling for the Analysis of Neuronal Morphology
Thomas Rotolo, Philip M. Smallwood, John Williams, and Jeremy Nathans
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4099. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004099.
PMCID: PMC2605552
Differential Requirements of Two recA Mutants for Constitutive SOS Expression in Escherichia coli K-12
Jarukit Edward Long, Nicholas Renzette, Richard C. Centore, and Steven J. Sandler
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4100. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004100.
PMCID: PMC2605550
Spent Culture Medium from Virulent Borrelia burgdorferi Increases Permeability of Individually Perfused Microvessels of Rat Mesentery
Xueping Zhou, Michael R. Miller, Md Motaleb, Nyles W. Charon, and Pingnian He
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4101. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004101.
PMCID: PMC2605548
A Naturally Occurring Mutation in ropB Suppresses SpeB Expression and Reduces M1T1 Group A Streptococcal Systemic Virulence
Andrew Hollands, Ramy K. Aziz, Rita Kansal, Malak Kotb, Victor Nizet, and Mark J. Walker
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4102. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004102.
PMCID: PMC2605554
Topoisomerase IIβ Activates a Subset of Neuronal Genes that Are Repressed in AT-Rich Genomic Environment
Kuniaki Sano, Mary Miyaji-Yamaguchi, Kimiko M. Tsutsui, and Ken Tsutsui
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4103. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004103.
PMCID: PMC2605559
Validating Discovered Cis-Acting Regulatory Genetic Variants: Application of an Allele Specific Expression Approach to HapMap Populations
Susana Campino, Julian Forton, Srilakshmi Raj, Bert Mohr, Sarah Auburn, Andrew Fry, Valentina D. Mangano, Claire Vandiedonck, Anna Richardson, Kirk Rockett, Taane G. Clark, and Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4105. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004105.
PMCID: PMC2605564
An Epididymis-Specific Secretory Protein HongrES1 Critically Regulates Sperm Capacitation and Male Fertility
Yuchuan Zhou, Min Zheng, Qixian Shi, Li Zhang, Wei Zhen, Wenying Chen, and Yonglian Zhang
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4106. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004106.
PMCID: PMC2606034
A Novel and Critical Role for Oct4 as a Regulator of the Maternal-Embryonic Transition
Kira Foygel, Bokyung Choi, Sunny Jun, Denise E. Leong, Alan Lee, Connie C. Wong, Elizabeth Zuo, Michael Eckart, Renee A. Reijo Pera, Wing H. Wong, and Mylene W. M. Yao
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4109. Published online 2008 December 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004109.
PMCID: PMC2614881
Corrections
Correction: The Trouble with Sliding Windows and the Selective Pressure in BRCA1
Karl Schmid and Ziheng Yang
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): 10.1371/annotation/5b41243b-64ba-47ab-bcb7-d45817547a95. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1371/annotation/5b41243b-64ba-47ab-bcb7-d45817547a95.
PMCID: PMC2603280
Corrects: Karl Schmid, et al. The Trouble with Sliding Windows and the Selective Pressure in BRCA1. PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(11): e3746.
Correction: Detection and Characterization of CD133+ Cancer Stem Cells in Human Solid Tumours
Virginia Tirino, Vincenzo Desiderio, Riccardo d'Aquino, Francesco De Francesco, Giuseppe Pirozzi, Antonio Graziano, Umberto Galderisi, Carlo Cavaliere, Alfredo De Rosa, Gianpaolo Papaccio, and Antonio Giordano
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): 10.1371/annotation/6475ab87-5c24-4ee6-9989-0762186dd073. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/annotation/6475ab87-5c24-4ee6-9989-0762186dd073.
PMCID: PMC2645799
Corrects: Virginia Tirino, et al. Detection and Characterization of CD133+ Cancer Stem Cells in Human Solid Tumours. PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(10): e3469.
Correction: Dysregulation of Mitochondrial Dynamics and the Muscle Transcriptome in ICU Patients Suffering from Sepsis Induced Multiple Organ Failure
Katarina Fredriksson, Inga Tjäder, Pernille Keller, Natasa Petrovic, Bo Ahlman, Camilla Schéele, Jan Wernerman, James A. Timmons, and Olav Rooyackers
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): 10.1371/annotation/68d951f9-a236-472f-98af-24e4cc4c1a20. Published online 2008 December 12. doi: 10.1371/annotation/68d951f9-a236-472f-98af-24e4cc4c1a20.
PMCID: PMC2605701
Corrects: Katarina Fredriksson, et al. Dysregulation of Mitochondrial Dynamics and the Muscle Transcriptome in ICU Patients Suffering from Sepsis Induced Multiple Organ Failure. PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(11): e3686.
Correction: Settling Decisions and Heterospecific Social Information Use in Shrikes
Martin Hromada, Marcin Antczak, Thomas J. Valone, and Piotr Tryjanowski
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): 10.1371/annotation/872bc5d4-93ed-4cb3-b6ed-539ead778ad8. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1371/annotation/872bc5d4-93ed-4cb3-b6ed-539ead778ad8.
PMCID: PMC2605700
Corrects: Martin Hromada, et al. Settling Decisions and Heterospecific Social Information Use in Shrikes. PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e3930.
Correction: Using Auditory Steady State Responses to Outline the Functional Connectivity in the Tinnitus Brain
Winfried Schlee, Nathan Weisz, Olivier Bertrand, Thomas Hartmann, and Thomas Elbert
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): 10.1371/annotation/c71826c3-da07-42e8-a563-bde0257a0845. Published online 2008 December 3. doi: 10.1371/annotation/c71826c3-da07-42e8-a563-bde0257a0845.
PMCID: PMC2603061
Corrects: Winfried Schlee, et al. Using Auditory Steady State Responses to Outline the Functional Connectivity in the Tinnitus Brain. PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(11): e3720.
Correction: A Constructed Alkaline Consortium and Its Dynamics in Treating Alkaline Black Liquor with Very High Pollution Load
Chunyu Yang, Guangchun Cao, Yang Li, Xiaojun Zhang, Hongyan Ren, Xia Wang, Jinhui Feng, Liping Zhao, and Ping Xu
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): 10.1371/annotation/2cc5374b-b2cf-4f78-9952-0343272bfe2f. Published online 2008 December 19. doi: 10.1371/annotation/2cc5374b-b2cf-4f78-9952-0343272bfe2f.
PMCID: PMC2605702
Corrects: Chunyu Yang, et al. A Constructed Alkaline Consortium and Its Dynamics in Treating Alkaline Black Liquor with Very High Pollution Load. PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(11): e3777.
Correction: Evaluation of Clustering and Genotype Distribution for Replication in Genome Wide Association Studies: The Age-Related Eye Disease Study
Albert O. Edwards, Brooke L. Fridley, Katherine M. James, Anil K. Sharma, Julie M. Cunningham, and Nirubol Tosakulwong
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): 10.1371/annotation/34c41e76-e7dc-4a84-b1b7-c3f895207d9f. Published online 2008 December 8. doi: 10.1371/annotation/34c41e76-e7dc-4a84-b1b7-c3f895207d9f.
PMCID: PMC2603062
Corrects: Albert O. Edwards, et al. Evaluation of Clustering and Genotype Distribution for Replication in Genome Wide Association Studies: The Age-Related Eye Disease Study. PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(11): e3813.
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