FEBS Letters Signalling Virtual Special Issue

FEBS Letters is proud to launch a new series of Virtual Special Issues which will highlight a collection of outstanding articles recently published in the journal, focusing on a selection of topics that we hope will be of general interest to our readers.

Take a look at our latest Virtual Special Issue on Signalling. You can find some of the best research letters on the topic published in FEBS Letters in the last two years, with the following overview by Israel Pecht.

Cell-cell as well as trans-membrane signalling processes are crucial for cellular organisms, enabling practically all life's essential steps from proliferation and survival to defence and communication. This Virtual Special Issue on the topic of Signalling provides a nice illustration for the importance of this wide field of research. We hope that the diversity of the topics presented in these papers may spur young scientists to appreciate the importance of this still evolving field, and encourage further investigation in this direction. Aspects such as regulation of different receptors' stimulus-response coupling network and the current understanding of the operation of such networks constitute additional fields that are currently emerging and need more work. We hope that this special issue will be found interesting and be a challenge for future studies.


Signalling

Table of Contents

I. Adiponectin signalling
II. Hormone signalling
III. Signalling through receptors
IV. Sensory signalling
V. Signalling by G proteins
VI. 14-3-3 signalling
VII. Wnt signalling
VIII. Signalling in proliferation, differentiation and development


I. Adiponectin signalling

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Adiponectin inhibits induction of TNF-α/RANKL-stimulated NFATc1 via the AMPK signaling

6 February 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 3 | Pages 451-456)

Noboru Yamaguchi, Toshio Kukita, Yin-Ji Li, Noriaki Kamio, Satoshi Fukumoto, Kazuaki Nonaka, Yuzo Ninomiya, Shigemasa Hanazawa, Yoshihisa Yamashita et al. Short communication

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Cyclooxygenase-2 induction by adiponectin is regulated by a sphingosine kinase-1 dependent mechanism in cardiac myocytes

2 April 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 7 | Pages 1147-1150)

Yasumasa Ikeda, Koji Ohashi, Rei Shibata, David R. Pimentel, Shinji Kihara, Noriyuki Ouchi, Kenneth Walsh et al. Short communication

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AdipoR1 mediates the anorexigenic and insulin/leptin-like actions of adiponectin in the hypothalamus

30 April 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 10 | Pages 1471-1476)

Andressa Coope, Marciane Milanski, Eliana P. Araújo, Marcos Tambascia, Mário J.A. Saad, Bruno Geloneze, Lício A. Velloso et al. Short communication

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High molecular weight adiponectin activates AMPK and suppresses cytokine-induced NF-κB activation in vascular endothelial cells

28 May 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 12 | Pages 1719-1724)

Yoshiyuki Hattori, Yasuko Nakano, Sachiko Hattori, Atsuko Tomizawa, Kouichi Inukai, Kiuo Kasai et al. Short communication

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5-Hydroxytryptamine 2A receptor signaling cascade modulates adiponectin and plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 expression in adipose tissue

3 September 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 20 | Pages 3037-3044)

Shoko Uchida-Kitajima, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Youko Takashina, Miki Okada-Iwabu, Masato Iwabu, Kohjiro Ueki, Takashi Kadowaki et al. Short communication

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II. Hormone signalling

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Thyroid hormones reverse the UV-induced repression of APP in neuroblastoma cells

21 July 2009 (Vol. 583 | No. 14 | Pages 2401-2406)

Ascensión Cuesta, Alberto Zambrano, Eva López, Angel Pascual Short communication

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Phosphorylation of the Arabidopsis AtrbohF NADPH oxidase by OST1 protein kinase

17 September 2009 (Vol. 583 | No. 18 | Pages 2982-2986)

Caroline Sirichandra, Dan Gu, Heng-Cheng Hu, Marlène Davanture, Sangmee Lee, Michaël Djaoui, Benoît Valot, Michel Zivy, Jeffrey Leung, Sylvain Merlot, June M. Kwak et al. Short communication

2982-2986
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III. Signalling through receptors

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Cyclophilin-40 has a cellular role in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling

22 September 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 21 | Pages 3167-3173)

Tony C. Luu, Pompeya Bhattacharya, William K. Chan Short communication

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δ-Opioid receptors stimulate ERK1/2 activity in NG108-15 hybrid cells by integrin-mediated transactivation of TrkA receptors

15 October 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 23 | Pages 3325-3329)

Daniela A. Eisinger, Hermann Ammer Short communication

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FGF21 N- and C-termini play different roles in receptor interaction and activation

5 January 2009 (Vol. 583 | No. 1 | Pages 19-24)

Junming Yie, Randy Hecht, Jennifer Patel, Jennitte Stevens, Wei Wang, Nessa Hawkins, Shirley Steavenson, Steve Smith, Dwight Winters, Seth Fisher, Ling Cai, Ed Belouski, Ching Chen, Mark L. Michaels, Yue-Sheng Li, Richard Lindberg, Minghan Wang, Murielle Véniant, Jing Xu et al. Short communication

19-24
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Synthetic retinoid Am80 inhibits interaction of KLF5 with RARα through inducing KLF5 dephosphorylation mediated by the PI3K/Akt signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells

17 April 2009 (Vol. 583 | No. 8 | Pages 1231-1236)

Xin-hua Zhang, Bin Zheng, Mei Han, Sui-bing Miao, Jin-kun Wen et al. Short communication

1231-1236
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Conformational change induced by ATP binding correlates with enhanced biological function of Arabidopsis cryptochrome

6 May 2009 (Vol. 583 | No. 9 | Pages 1427-1433)

Sarah Burney, Nathalie Hoang, Michael Caruso, Elizabeth A. Dudkin, Margaret Ahmad, Jean-Pierre Bouly et al. Short communication

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Co-activation of GABA receptors inhibits the JNK3 apoptotic pathway via the disassembly of the GluR6-PSD95-MLK3 signaling module in cerebral ischemic-reperfusion

16 April 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 9 | Pages 1298-1306)

Dong Han, Quan-Guang Zhang, Yong-Liu, Chong Li, Yan-Yan Zong, Chang-Zhou Yu, Wei Wang, Jing-Zhi Yan, Guang-Yi Zhang et al. Short communication

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IV. Sensory signalling

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Ca2+-modulated ONE-GC odorant signal transduction

17 April 2009 (Vol. 583 | No. 8 | Pages 1327-1330)

Teresa Duda, Rameshwar K. Sharma Short communication

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Tonic activity of Gα-gustducin regulates taste cell responsivity

12 November 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 27 | Pages 3783-3787)

Tod R. Clapp, Kristina R. Trubey, Aurelie Vandenbeuch, Leslie M. Stone, Robert F. Margolskee, Nirupa Chaudhari, Sue C. Kinnamon et al. Short communication

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Globin-coupled sensors and protoglobins share a common signaling mechanism

11 June 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 13 | Pages 1840-1846)

Jennifer A. Saito, Xuehua Wan, Kit Shan Lee, Shaobin Hou, Maqsudul Alam et al. Short communication

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Touch induces ATP release in Arabidopsis roots that is modulated by the heterotrimeric G-protein complex

6 August 2009 (Vol. 583 | No. 15 | Pages 2521-2526)

Ravisha R. Weerasinghe, Sarah J. Swanson, Seiko F. Okada, Michele B. Garrett, Sung-Yong Kim, Gary Stacey, Richard C. Boucher, Simon Gilroy, Alan M. Jones et al. Short communication

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V. Signalling by G proteins

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d-Glucose sensing by a plasma membrane regulator of G signaling protein, AtRGS1

29 October 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 25 | Pages 3577-3584)

Jeffrey C. Grigston, Daniel Osuna, Wolf-Rüdiger Scheible, Chenggang Liu, Mark Stitt, Alan M. Jones et al. Short communication

3577-3584
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Reassessment of the role of FKBP38 in the Rheb/mTORC1 pathway

18 March 2009 (Vol. 583 | No. 6 | Pages 965-970)

Katharina Uhlenbrock, Matthias Weiwad, Reinhard Wetzker, Gunter Fischer, Alfred Wittinghofer, Ignacio Rubio et al. Short communication

965-970
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Specificity of Arl2/Arl3 signaling is mediated by a ternary Arl3-effector-GAP complex

23 July 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 17 | Pages 2501-2507)

Stefan Veltel, Aleksandra Kravchenko, Shehab Ismail, Alfred Wittinghofer Short communication

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VI. 14-3-3 signalling

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14-3-3 Proteins directly regulate Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase α through phosphorylation-dependent multisite binding

5 March 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 5 | Pages 661-665)

Tohru Ichimura, Masato Taoka, Yasukazu Hozumi, Kaoru Goto, Hiroshi Tokumitsu et al. Short communication

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14-3-3 Binding to Pim-phosphorylated Ser166 and Ser186 of human Mdm2 – Potential interplay with the PKB/Akt pathway and p14ARF

18 February 2009 (Vol. 583 | No. 4 | Pages 615-620)

Nicola T. Wood, David W. Meek, Carol MacKintosh Short communication

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VII. Wnt signalling

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Multiple PPPS/TP motifs act in a combinatorial fashion to transduce Wnt signaling through LRP6

23 January 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 2 | Pages 255-261)

Joshua Wolf, Todd R. Palmby, Julie Gavard, Bart O. Williams, J. Silvio Gutkind et al. Short communication

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Kaiso is a bimodal modulator for Wnt/β-catenin signaling

18 February 2009 (Vol. 583 | No. 4 | Pages 627-632)

Hidekazu Iioka, Stephanie K. Doerner, Keiko Tamai Short communication

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Inducible expression of Wnt genes during adult hepatic stem/progenitor cell response

18 February 2009 (Vol. 583 | No. 4 | Pages 777-781)

Tohru Itoh, Yoshiko Kamiya, Mayuko Okabe, Minoru Tanaka, Atsushi Miyajima et al. Short communication

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R-spondin1 synergizes with Wnt3A in inducing osteoblast differentiation and osteoprotegerin expression

5 March 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 5 | Pages 643-650)

Wenyan Lu, Kyung-Ah Kim, Jianzhong Liu, Arie Abo, Xu Feng, Xu Cao, Yonghe Li et al. Short communication

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VIII. Signalling in proliferation, differentiation and development

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Lyn inhibits osteoclast differentiation by interfering with PLCγ1-mediated Ca2+ signaling

2 April 2009 (Vol. 583 | No. 7 | Pages 1164-1170)

Soo-Hyun Yoon, Youngkyun Lee, Hyung-Joon Kim, Zang Hee Lee, Seok-Won Hyung, Sang-Won Lee, Hong-Hee Kim et al. Short communication

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A role for p38α mitogen-activated protein kinase in embryonic cardiac differentiation

2 April 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 7 | Pages 1025-1031)

Francisco Hernández-Torres, Sergio Martínez-Fernández, Susana Zuluaga, Ángel Nebreda, Almudena Porras, Amelia E. Aránega, Francisco Navarro et al. Short communication

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Morphogenesis of human endothelial cells is inhibited by DAB2 via Src

23 July 2008 (Vol. 582 | No. 17 | Pages 2542-2548)

Maurizio Orlandini, Sara Nucciotti, Federico Galvagni, Monia Bardelli, Marina Rocchigiani, Felice Petraglia, Salvatore Oliviero et al. Short communication

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Ce-wts-1 plays important roles in Caenorhabditis elegans development

6 October 2009 (Vol. 583 | No. 19 | Pages 3158-3164)

Qingchun Cai, Wenqing Wang, Ying Gao, Yongfei Yang, Zuoyan Zhu, Qichang Fan et al. Short communication

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