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EDITOR'S CHOICE 2011
Cell Research is proud to present a collection of featured articles from 2011 that represent a broad scope in basic molecular and cell biology research. These articles have been chosen by the Editor to illustrate some of the latest advances in topics such as cell signaling, inflammation, cancer, epigenetics, stem cells, and development.
Reviews
Genomic imprinting in mammals: its life cycle, molecular mechanisms and reprogramming FREE
Yufeng Li and Hiroyuki Sasaki
Cell Res 21: 466-473; advance online publication, February 1, 2011; doi:10.1038/cr.2011.15
Regulation and function of DNA methylation in plants and animals FREE
Xin-Jian He, Taiping Chen and Jian-Kang Zhu
Cell Res 21: 442-465; advance online publication, February 15, 2011; doi:10.1038/cr.2011.23
NF-κB and STAT3 - key players in liver inflammation and cancer FREE
Guobin He and Michael Karin
Cell Res 21: 159-168; advance online publication, December 28, 2010; doi:10.1038/cr.2010.183
Expanding role of ubiquitination in NF-κB signaling FREE
Siqi Liu and Zhijian J Chen
Cell Res 21: 6-21; advance online publication, December 7, 2010; doi:10.1038/cr.2010.170
Original Articles
Elimination of paternal mitochondria through the lysosomal degradation pathway in C. elegans FREE
Qinghua Zhou, Haimin Li and Ding Xue
Cell Res 21: 1662-1669; advance online publication, November 22, 2011; doi:10.1038/cr.2011.182
Generation and replication-dependent dilution of 5fC and 5caC during mouse preimplantation development FREE
Azusa Inoue, Li Shen, Qing Dai, Chuan He and Yi Zhang
Cell Res 21: 1670-1676; advance online publication, November 29, 2011; doi:10.1038/cr.2011.189
Identification and characterization of neuroblasts in the subventricular zone and rostral migratory stream of the adult human brain FREE
Congmin Wang, Fang Liu, Ying-Ying Liu, Cai-Hong Zhao, Yan You, Lei Wang, Jingxiao Zhang, Bin Wei, Tong Ma, Qiangqiang Zhang, Yue Zhang, Rui Chen, Hongjun Song and Zhengang Yang
Cell Res 21: 1534-1550; advance online publication, May 17, 2011; doi:10.1038/cr.2011.83
Dynamic chromatin states in human ES cells reveal potential regulatory sequences and genes involved in pluripotency FREE
R David Hawkins, Gary C Hon, Chuhu Yang, Jessica E Antosiewicz-Bourget, Leonard K Lee, Que-Minh Ngo, Sarit Klugman, Keith A Ching, Lee E Edsall, Zhen Ye, Samantha Kuan, Pengzhi Yu, Hui Liu, Xinmin Zhang, Roland D Green, Victor V Lobanenkov, Ron Stewart, James A Thomson and Bing Ren
Cell Res 21: 1393-1409; advance online publication, August 30, 2011; doi:10.1038/cr.2011.146
Histone tails regulate DNA methylation by allosterically activating de novo methyltransferase FREE
Bin-Zhong Li, Zheng Huang, Qing-Yan Cui, Xue-Hui Song, Lin Du, Albert Jeltsch, Ping Chen, Guohong Li, En Li and Guo-Liang Xu
Cell Res 21: 1172-1181; advance online publication, May 24, 2011, doi:10.1038/cr.2011.92
Direct differentiation of atrial and ventricular myocytes from human embryonic stem cells by alternating retinoid signals FREE
Qiangzhe Zhang, Junjie Jiang, Pengcheng Han, Qi Yuan, Jing Zhang, Xiaoqian Zhang, Yanyan Xu, Henghua Cao, Qingzhang Meng, Li Chen, Tian Tian, Xin Wang, Pu Li, Jurgen Hescheler, Guangju Ji and Yue Ma
Cell Res 21: 579-587; advance online publication, November 23, 2010; doi:10.1038/cr.2010.163