toll-like receptor
Developmental Biologist Kathryn Anderson Dies at 68
Amanda Heidt | Jan 6, 2021 | 4 min read
The Sloan Kettering researcher used mutagenic screening to probe genes and molecular pathways, including Toll and Hedgehog, essential to development in fruit flies and mice.
One Receptor, Two Ligands, Different Responses
Ruth Williams | Aug 30, 2016 | 3 min read
Host and bacterial ligands that interact with the same cell-surface receptor induce different activities in human macrophages.
How Fats Influence the Microbiome
Kate Yandell | Aug 27, 2015 | 4 min read
Mice fed a diet high in saturated fat show shifts in their gut microbes and develop obesity-related inflammation.
Manipulative Microbiomes
Jenny Rood | Apr 1, 2015 | 2 min read
Gut bacteria control tumor growth via the mammalian immune system.
Nobel Winner’s Contribution Questioned
Cristina Luiggi | Dec 19, 2011 | 2 min read
A coauthor of the key paper that led to one of this year’s Nobel Prizes for Physiology or Medicine claims the recipient wasn’t involved in the research.
Piggyback Pathogen
Jessica P. Johnson | Sep 1, 2011 | 1 min read
Editor’s Choice in Immunology
Top 7 in Microbiology
Megan Scudellari | Jul 26, 2011 | 3 min read
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in microbiology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000.