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21-Nov-2008

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F1000 Factor 3.0

Hypothesis

Structure of pulmonary surfactant membranes and films: the role of proteins and lipid-protein interactions.
Pérez-Gil J
Biochim Biophys Acta 2008 Jul-Aug 1778(7-8):1676-95 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Matthias Ochs
Evaluated 28 Oct 2008

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F1000 Factor 3.0

Confirmation

New Finding

Ontogeny and allometry of metabolic rate and ventilation in the marsupial: matching supply and demand from ectothermy to endothermy.
Frappell PB
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2008 Jun 150(2):181-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | James Hicks with Tomasz Owerkowicz
Evaluated 24 Oct 2008

	Exceptional
F1000 Factor 8.2

Hypothesis

New Finding

Tech Advance

Novel Drug Target

TRPC channel activation by extracellular thioredoxin.
Xu SZ, Sukumar P, …, Sivaprasadarao A, Beech DJ
Nature 2008 Jan 3 451(7174):69-72 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Kees Jalink / Patrick Delmas / Craig Montell / Jason Yuan
First evaluation 15 Jan 2008 | Latest evaluation 27 Mar 2008

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F1000 Factor 4.8

Hypothesis

New Finding

Novel Drug Target

SMAD proteins control DROSHA-mediated microRNA maturation.
Davis BN, Hilyard AC, Lagna G, Hata A
Nature 2008 Jul 3 454(7200):56-61 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | David Wotton / Jason Yuan
First evaluation 18 Jul 2008 | Latest evaluation 7 Aug 2008

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F1000 Factor 6.0

Confirmation

Extracellular matrix remodeling by dynamic strain in a three-dimensional tissue-engineered human airway wall model.
Choe MM, Sporn PH, Swartz MA
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2006 Sep 35(3):306-13 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]

Selected by | Judith Black
Evaluated 19 Apr 2006

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F1000 Factor 3.0

Confirmation

Computational predictions of pulmonary blood flow gradients: gravity versus structure.
Burrowes KS, Tawhai MH
Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2006 Dec 154(3):515-23 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Thomas Robertson
Evaluated 9 Mar 2006

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F1000 Factor 6.5

Hypothesis

New Finding

Climate change affects marine fishes through the oxygen limitation of thermal tolerance.
Pörtner HO, Knust R
Science 2007 Jan 5 315(5808):95-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Joachim Kurtz / Ary Hoffmann / James Hicks
First evaluation 12 Jan 2007 | Latest evaluation 30 Apr 2008

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F1000 Factor 3.0

Hypothesis

New Finding

Controversial

Influence of sildenafil on lung diffusion during exposure to acute hypoxia at rest and during exercise in healthy humans.
Snyder EM, Olson TP, Johnson BD, Frantz RP
Eur J Appl Physiol 2008 Mar 28 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text]

Selected by | Jean-Paul Richalet
Evaluated 22 Apr 2008

	Exceptional
F1000 Factor 9.0

New Finding

Bronchial smooth muscle remodeling involves calcium-dependent enhanced mitochondrial biogenesis in asthma.
Trian T, Benard G, …, Tunon-de-Lara JM, Berger P
J Exp Med 2007 Dec 24 204(13):3173-81 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Judith Black
Evaluated 18 Mar 2008

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F1000 Factor 3.0

Confirmation

New Finding

The Human Zinc Transporter SLC39A8 (Zip8) is Critical in Zinc-mediated Cytoprotection in Lung Epithelia.
Besecker B, Bao S, …, Sadee W, Knoell DL
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2008 Apr 4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text]

Selected by | Bruce Pitt
Evaluated 25 Apr 2008

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