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BMC Cell Biology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the biology of cells including organelles and cellular compartments, trafficking and turnover, signaling, motility, adhesion, cell division, differentiation and programmed cell death.
BMC Cell Biology (ISSN 1471-2121) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :27
The dioxin 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (TCDD) activates the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in gastric cancer cells, inducing matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression by a pathway dependent on c-jun, and enhancing invasive behavior.
BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :18
Human artificial chromosomes exhibit greater mitotic stability in murine cells when they are localised within a chromocenter, a finding relevant to developing their potential as gene expression vectors in animal models of human disease.
BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :10
Rapid glycation of bovine serum albumin by D-ribose induces protein misfolding and results in amyloid-like aggregation and neuronal cell death, which implicates this monosaccharide in diseases triggered by advanced glycation end-products.
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Research article
Up-regulation of uPARAP/Endo180 during culture activation of rat hepatic stellate cells and its presence in hepatic stellate cell lines from different species Seyed A Mousavi, Marita S Fonhus, Trond Berg BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :39 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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beta-catenin and transforming growth factor beta have distinct roles regulating fibroblast cell motility and the induction of collagen lattice contraction. Raymond Poon, Saeid Amini Nik, Jessica Ahn, Laura Slade, Benjamin A Alman BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :38 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Upregulation of Toll-like receptor (TLR) expression and release of cytokines from P815 mast cells by GM-CSF Haiwei Yang, Jifu Wei, Huiyun Zhang, Liyan Lin, Wei Zhang, Shaoheng He BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :37 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Protein kinase C activation disrupts epithelial apical junctions via ROCK-II dependent stimulation of actomyosin contractility Andrei I Ivanov, Stanislav N Samarin, Moshe Bachar, Charles A Parkos, Asma Nusrat BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :36 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Incomplete posttranslational prohormone modifications in hyperactive neuroendocrine cells Jeroen RPM Strating, Gerard JM Martens BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :35 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Testis-expressed profilins 3 and 4 show distinct functional characteristics and localize in the acroplaxome-manchette complex in spermatids Martina Behnen, Kai Murk, Petri Kursula, Heike Cappallo-Obermann, Martin Rothkegel, Abraham L. Kierszenbaum, Christiane Kirchhoff BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :34 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Isolation and characterization of a spontaneously immortalized bovine retinal pigmented epithelial cell line Thomas E Liggett, T DANIEL Griffiths, Elizabeth R Gaillard BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :33 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Puromycin-based vectors promote a ROS-dependent recruitment of PML to nuclear inclusions enriched with HSP70 and Proteasomes Diarmuid M Moran, Hong Shen, Carl G Maki BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :32 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Analysis of the role of COP9 Signalosome (CSN) subunits in K562; the first link between CSN and autophagy Claire Pearce, Rachel E Hayden, Christopher M Bunce, Farhat L Khanim BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :31 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Stilbene glycosides are natural product inhibitors of FGF-2-induced angiogenesis Sajjad Hussain, Mark Slevin, Nessar Ahmed, David West, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Humera Naz, John Gaffney BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :30 (23 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Development-dependent changes in the tight DNA-protein complexes of barley on chromosome and gene level Tatjana Sjakste, Kristina Bielskiene, Marion Roder, Olga Sugoka, Danute Labeikyte, Lida Bagdoniene, Benediktas Juodka, Yegor Vassetzky, Nikolajs Sjakste BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :56 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Regulation of catabolic gene expression in normal and degenerate human intervertebral disc cells: implications for the pathogenesis of intervertebral disc degeneration S Jane Millward-Sadler, Patrick W Costello, Anthony J Freemont, Judith A Hoyland Arthritis Research & Therapy 2009, 11 :R65 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Letter
Co-incidental increase in gene copy number of ERBB2 and LRIG1 in breast cancer Ingrid Ljuslinder, Irina Golovleva, Roger Henriksson, Kjell Grankvist, Beatrice Malmer, H Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11 :403 (12 [PDF ]
Primary research
Nucleic acid distribution pattern as a possible biomarker for metabolic activities of neoplastic cells: a digitally-aided fluorescence microscopy study on normal and neoplastic lymphocytes of acute and chronic canine lymphocytic leukemia Godwin N. Isitor, Mervyn Campbell, Shivananda B. Nayak Cancer Cell International 2009, 9 :13 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Identification of the B-Raf/Mek/Erk MAP kinase pathway as a target for all-trans retinoic acid during skin cancer promotion. Satish B Cheepala, Weihong Yin, Zanobia Syed, Jennifer N Gill, Alaina McMillian, Heather E Kleiner, Mark Lynch, Raja Loganantharaj, Marjan Trutschl, Urska Cvek, John L Clifford Molecular Cancer 2009, 8 :27 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Methodology
Assessment of methods and analysis of outcomes for comprehensive optimization of nucleofection. Christopher Bradburne, Kelly Robertson, Dzung Thach Genetic Vaccines and Therapy 2009, 7 :6 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Binding characteristics of the ovine membrane progesterone receptor alpha and expression of the receptor during the estrous cycle Ryan L Ashley, J ALEJANDRO Arreguin-Arevalo, Terry M Nett Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2009, 7 :42 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Methodology article
Fluorescent labeling in semi-solid medium for selection of mammalian cells secreting high-levels of recombinant proteins Antoine W Caron, Claire Nicolas, Bruno Gaillet, Ismaila Ba, Maxime Pinard, Alain Garnier, Bernard Massie, Renald Gilbert BMC Biotechnology 2009, 9 :42 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Thrombin induces Egr-1 expression in fibroblasts involving elevation of the intracellular Ca2+ concentration, phosphorylation of ERK and activation of ternary complex factor Oliver G Rossler, Gerald Thiel BMC Molecular Biology 2009, 10 :40 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Review
Crk and CrkL adaptor proteins: networks for physiological and pathological signaling Raymond B Birge, Charalampos Kalodimos, Fuyuhiko Inagaki, Shinya Tanaka Cell Communication and Signaling 2009, 7 :13 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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