On the cover: Autophagy clears damaged or unwanted cellular proteins and organelles through lysosomal degradation to prevent their toxic accumulation. In this issue, Orvedahl et al. (pp. 115–127) show that autophagy may also target viral proteins to promote cell survival during infection. Depicted on the cover is a model where Sindbis virus capsid particles (red) are linked by the autophagic adaptor p62 (blue) to LC3 (green) in the autophagosomal membrane. Artwork by Elizabeth C. Smith (UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas).

Inflammation & Disease
September 26-28, 2010
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December 2-4
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Influenza Virus-Induced Glucocorticoids and Immunosuppressiona
Autophagic Viral Protein Clearance in Antiviral DefenseaPreview
Antibody Dependent Enhancement of Dengue Disease in MiceaPreview
Microbiota Regulate IL-17 Producing γ/δ T cells
GM-CSF in Intestinal Mucosal Defense to an Enteric Pathogen
Plant Signaling Pathway Activated by P. syringae AvrB
Review: Metabolomics of Host-Parasite Interactions
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Jaimeson et al. find that influenza virus infection triggers a generalized stress response leading to glucocorticoid induction, systemic immune suppression, and increased burden of a coinfecting systemic bacterial pathogen. |
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Orvedahl et al. demonstrate that autophagy protects mice against lethal Sindbis virus CNS infection by degrading viral proteins whose accumulation would otherwise cause neuronal cell death. Preview by Yoshimori. |
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Zellweger et al. describe a murine model of antibody-enhanced dengue virus infection and disease providing formal proof that a subprotective humoral response may have pathological consequences. Preview by Pierson. |
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Immunity, January 2010
Distinct Melanization Pathways in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti
Zhen Zou, Sang Woon Shin, Kanwal S. Alvarez, Vladimir Kokoza, Alexander S. Raikhel
Molecular Cell, January 2010
Caspase-Mediated Cleavage, IAP Binding, and Ubiquitination: Linking Three Mechanisms Crucial for Drosophila NF-κB Signaling
Nicholas Paquette, Meike Broemer, Kamna Aggarwal, Li Chen, Marie Husson, Deniz Ertürk-Hasdemir, Jean-Marc Reichhart, Pascal Meier, Neal Silverman
Molecular Cell, February 2010
Sublethal Antibiotic Treatment Leads to Multidrug Resistance via Radical-Induced Mutagenesis
Michael A. Kohanski, Mark A. DePristo, James J. Collins
Cell, February 2010
RIG-I Detects Viral Genomic RNA during Negative-Strand RNA Virus Infection
Jan Rehwinkel, Choon Ping Tan, Delphine Goubau, Oliver Schulz, Andreas Pichlmair, Katja Bier, Nicole Robb, Frank Vreede, Wendy Barclay, Ervin Fodor, Caetano Reis e Sousa