Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2012

Editorial

Molecular responses to environmental stresses Free
Jiarui Wu
J Mol Cell Biol, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2012, 65-65, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mjs008
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Perspective

EMT and MET as paradigms for cell fate switching Free
Jiekai Chen, Qingkai Han, and Duanqing Pei
J Mol Cell Biol, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2012, 66-69, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mjr045
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Review

NKT cell self-reactivity: evolutionary master key of immune homeostasis? Free
Shohreh Issazadeh-Navikas
J Mol Cell Biol, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2012, 70-78, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mjr035
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Articles

Exon-centric regulation of pyruvate kinase M alternative splicing via mutually exclusive exons Free
Zhenxun Wang, Deblina Chatterjee, Hyun Yong Jeon, Martin Akerman, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Lewis C. Cantley, and Adrian R. Krainer
J Mol Cell Biol, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2012, 79-87, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mjr030
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Activation of the cold-sensing TRPM8 channel triggers UCP1-dependent thermogenesis and prevents obesity Free
Shuangtao Ma, Hao Yu, Zhigang Zhao, Zhidan Luo, Jing Chen, Yinxing Ni, Rongbing Jin, Liqun Ma, Peijian Wang, Zhenyu Zhu, Li Li, Jian Zhong, Daoyan Liu, Bernd Nilius, and Zhiming Zhu
J Mol Cell Biol, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2012, 88-96, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mjs001
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Cardiac-specific knockout of ETA receptor mitigates low ambient temperature-induced cardiac hypertrophy and contractile dysfunction Free
Yingmei Zhang, Linlin Li, Yinan Hua, Jennifer M. Nunn, Feng Dong, Masashi Yanagisawa, and Jun Ren
J Mol Cell Biol, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2012, 97-107, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mjs002
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Up-regulation of miR-1245 by c-myc targets BRCA2 and impairs DNA repair Free
Libing Song, Ting Dai, Yingjun Xie, Chanjuan Wang, Chuyong Lin, Zhiqiang Wu, Zhe Ying, Jueheng Wu, Mengfeng Li, and Jun Li
J Mol Cell Biol, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2012, 108-117, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mjr046
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Letters to the Editor

Atypical Atm–p53 genetic interaction in osteogenesis is mediated by Smad1 signaling Free
Gang Ma, Lili Li, Yuanyu Hu, Jenny Fung Ling Chau, Bi Jin Au, Deyong Jia, Huijuan Liu, James Yeh, Lin He, Aijun Hao, and Baojie Li
J Mol Cell Biol, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2012, 118-120, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mjs006
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CREMα overexpression decreases IL-2 production, induces a TH17 phenotype and accelerates autoimmunity Free
Ralph Lippe, Kim Ohl, Georg Varga, Thomas Rauen, Jose C. Crispin, Yuang-Taung Juang, Stefanie Kuerten, Frank Tacke, Marc Wolf, Kirsten Roebrock, Thomas Vogl, Eva Verjans, Nora Honke, Jan Ehrchen, Dirk Foell, Boris Skryabin, Norbert Wagner, George C. Tsokos, Johannes Roth, and Klaus Tenbrock
J Mol Cell Biol, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2012, 121-123, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mjs004
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Cover: Dietary menthol increased cold-sensing TRPM8 channel-mediate the thermogenesis in mice brown adipose tissue, which could constitute a promising way to treat obesity. Green: mint leaf under microscope; Red: histology section of brown fat; white: mentho-lyptus candy. See pages 88-96 by Ma et al. for details.