The Bonsai Effect: Wounded Plants Make Jasmonates, Inhibiting Cell Division, Stunting Growth

However, the mechanism of wound-induced stunting remains obscure. Plant growth results from divisions of "stem cells" in apical meristems that are located in the very tips of green shoots and roots.

Del-1, an Endogenous Leukocyte-Endothelial Adhesion Inhibitor, Limits Inflammatory Cell Recruitment

Although numerous players promoting leukocyte-endothelial interactions have been characterized, functionally important endogenous inhibitors of leukocyte adhesion have not been identified.

'Invisible' transplant organs now in sight

PIGS really could save our bacon. Organs that are invisible to our immune system and so won't be rejected when they are transplanted could be ready within 10 years, thanks to a faster way of genetically ...

America Needs a New Growth Strategy

The good news: an elite consensus is crystallizing around the need for massive economic stimulus funded by deficit spending.

The bonsai effect: Wounded plants make jasmonates, inhibiting cell division, stunting growth

It is well known that plants growing under unfavourable conditions are generally smaller than those growing in stress-free conditions: indeed it is estimated that in the US, abiotic stress reduces the yield of ...

Nicotinic Acid Receptor Agonists

P. Douglas Boatman , Jeremy G. Richman , and Graeme Semple * Received July 18, 2008 Nicotinic acid is one of the oldest drugs used to treat dyslipidemia.

Endogenous hydrogen peroxide regulates glutathione redox via nuclear...

Endogenous hydrogen peroxide regulates glutathione redox via nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 downstream of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase during muscle differentiation.

News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation, Nov. 3, 2008

Main Category: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Hypertension METABOLISM: Keeping food consumption under control, a new role for the protein PrP Tatsushi Onaka and ...

[Clinical Summaries] Clinical Summaries

Basic Control of Reperfusion Effectively Protects Against Reperfusion Injury in a Realistic Rodent Model of Acute Limb Ischemia Clinical management of acute limb ischemia has not progressed fundamentally since ...

[Molecular Cardiology] Cardiac-Specific Overexpression of Caveolin-3...

Hemal H. Patel, PhD * ; David M. Roth, MD, PhD * From the Departments of Anesthesiology , Pharmacology , and Medicine and Gene Therapy Program , University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; National Institute ...