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In the Current Issue 27 July 2010 (Issue 132)

Defining the size of the stem cell niche

Defining the size of the stem cell niche

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Autocrine Purinergic Receptor Signaling Is Essential for Macrophage Chemotaxis
Moritz Kronlage, Jian Song, Lydia Sorokin, Katrin Isfort, Tanja Schwerdtle, Jens Leipziger, Bernard Robaye, Pamela B. Conley, Hee-Cheol Kim, Sarah Sargin, Peter Schön, Albrecht Schwab, and Peter J. Hanley
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Decoupling of Receptor and Downstream Signals in the Akt Pathway by Its Low-Pass Filter Characteristics
Kazuhiro A. Fujita, Yu Toyoshima, Shinsuke Uda, Yu-ichi Ozaki, Hiroyuki Kubota, and Shinya Kuroda
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The Drosophila Female Germline Stem Cell Lineage Acts to Spatially Restrict DPP Function Within the Niche
Ming Liu, Tit Meng Lim, and Yu Cai
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Inhibiting the Inhibitor of the Inhibitor: Blocking PKC-θ to Enhance Regulatory T Cell Function
Kole T. Roybal and Christoph Wülfing
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Estrogen Receptor Versatility
O. I. Vivar et al., J. Biol. Chem. 285, 22059–22066 (2010).
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