Sex pheromone communication of moths helps to understand the mechanisms underlying reproductive isolation and speciation. Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa assulta use (Z)-11-hexadecenal (Z11-16:Ald) and (Z)-9-hexadecenal (Z9-16:Ald) as pheromone components in reversed ratios, 97:3 and 5:95, respectively. H. armigera also produces trace amount of (Z)-9-tetradecenal (Z9-14:Ald) in the sex phe...

Kurihara H, Harita Y, Ichimura K, Hattori S, Sakai T. SIRP-CD47 system functions as an intercellular signal in the renal glomerulus. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 299: F517–F527, 2010. First published June 16, 2010; doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00571.2009.—The renal glomerulus consists of endothelial cells, podocytes, and mesangial cells. These cells cooperate with each other for glomerular filtration; ho...

Hartner A, Cordasic N, Menendez-Castro C, Volkert G, Yabu JM, Kupraszewicz-Hutzler M, Rascher W, Hilgers KF. Lack of 8integrin aggravates podocyte injury in experimental diabetic nephropathy. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 299: F1151–F1157, 2010. First published September 8, 2010; doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00058.2010.— Development of diabetic nephropathy is accompanied by changes in integrin-mediated ce...