Contents
Vol 2007, Issue 402
Contents
Perspectives
- Toll-Like Receptors in Brain Development and Homeostasis
Toll-like receptors participate in development of the central nervous system and in the response to injury.
- T Cell Activation by TLRs: A Role for TLRs in the Adaptive Immune Response
An agonist of TLR2 activates TH1 but not TH2 cells.
Editors' Choice
- "Waiter, There’s a Fly in My Beer!"
Carbonated liquids represent a new fundamental taste category for fruit flies.
- Autophagy and Innate Immunity
Components of the autophagic response inhibit the innate immune response to viral infection.
- Vesicular Trafficking in Meiotic Arrest
Inhibiting endocytosis prevents oocyte maturation, whereas inhibiting exocytosis promotes premature maturation.
- TNF and Alzheimer’s Disease
Amyloid β plaque formation is promoted by tumor necrosis factor receptor 1.
- Intricacies of Cell Contacts
Between adhering cells, pairs of tyrosine phosphatases, one protruding from each cell and equal in length to the space between them, position each phosphatase near its substrate.
- Not Lost In Translation
Upon starvation, instead of translating mRNA from one end to the other, yeast translate some mRNAs from internal entry sites, generating an invasive growth phenotype.
