Focus Issue: Going for the Gut

Elizabeth M. Adler^*

Associate Editor of Science's STKE, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20005, USA.

Abstract: This week’s issues of Science and Science’s STKE cover various aspects of gastrointestinal function and malfunction. Topics include the regulation of feeding behavior, host interactions with the organisms that colonize the gut, signaling pathways involved in gut barrier function and self-renewal, and factors associated with gastrointestinal inflammatory disorders and the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal cancers.

*Contact information. E-mail: eadler{at}aaas.org.

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In Science Signaling

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Metabolism
Hunger Circuit

Wei Wong (27 September 2011)
Sci. Signal. 4 (192), ec269. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.4192ec269]
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Host-Pathogen Interactions
Gaining Entry

Nancy R. Gough (23 February 2010)
Sci. Signal. 3 (110), ec58. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.3110ec58]
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Epithelia
Breaching a Barrier

Elizabeth M. Adler (13 October 2009)
Sci. Signal. 2 (92), ec332. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.292ec332]
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Cell Biology
Restoring the Barrier While Promoting Communication

Nancy R. Gough (18 August 2009)
Sci. Signal. 2 (84), ec273. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.284ec273]
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Immunology
Maintaining Mutual Ignorance

Kristen Mueller (4 August 2009)
Sci. Signal. 2 (82), ec260. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.282ec260]
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Metabolism
The Fattened GOAT

Wei Wong (21 July 2009)
Sci. Signal. 2 (80), ec245. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.280ec245]
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Immunology
Mixed-Up Microflora

Stephen J. Simpson (12 February 2008)
Sci. Signal. 1 (6), ec58. [DOI: 10.1126/stke.16ec58]
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EDITORS' CHOICE
Genetics
Of Genes and Gut Reactions

Paula A. Kiberstis (5 December 2006)
Sci. STKE 2006 (364), tw412. [DOI: 10.1126/stke.3642006tw412]
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CANCER BIOLOGY
Responding to R-Spondin

(23 August 2005)
Sci. STKE 2005 (298), tw307. [DOI: 10.1126/stke.2982005tw307]
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GI INFLAMMATION
Acetylcholine as Cytokine

(2 August 2005)
Sci. STKE 2005 (295), tw280. [DOI: 10.1126/stke.2952005tw280]
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In Science Magazine

INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL ISSUE
The Gut: Inside Out

Stephen Simpson, Caroline Ash, Elizabeth Pennisi, and John Travis (25 March 2005)
Science 307 (5717), 1895. [DOI: 10.1126/science.307.5717.1895]
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