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March/April 2003


 The Hottest Research of 2001-02

The Red Hot Research Papers of 2002

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1 J. E. Rossouw, et al., "Risks and benefits of estrogen plus progestin in healthy postmenopausal women. Principal results from the Women’s Health Initiative randomized controlled trial,"  JAMA-J. Amer. Med. Assoc., 288(3): 321-3, 17 July 2002. 132 23 S.D. Tyner, et al., "p53 mutant mice that display early ageing-associated phenotypes,"  Nature, 415(6867): 45-53, 3 January 2002. 48
2 A.C. Gavin, et al., "Functional organization of the yeast proteome by systematic analysis of protein complexes,"  Nature, 415(6868): 141-7, 10 January 2002. 130 24 K.H. Lee, et al., "T cell receptor signaling precedes immunogical synapse formation," Science, 295(5559): 1539-42, 22 February 2002. 47
3 Y. Ho, et al., "Systematic identification of protein complexes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by mass spectrometry,"  Nature, 415(6868): 180-3, 10 January 2002. 101 25 T.R. Brummelkamp, R. Bernards, R. Agami, "A system for stable expression of short interfering RNAs in mammalian cells,"  Science, 296(5567): 550-3, 19 April 2002. 46
4 W.C. Knowler, et al., "Reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes with lifestyle intervention or metformin,"  New Engl. J. Med., 346(6): 393-403, 7 February 2002. 95 26 M. Bucciantini, et al., "Inherent toxicity of aggregates implies a common mechanism for protein misfolding diseases,"  Nature, 416(6880): 507-11, 4 April 2002.  46
5 B. Dahlof, et al., "Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the Losartan Intervention for Endpoint reduction in hypertension study (LIFE): a randomised trial against atenolol," Lancet, 359(9311): 995-1003, 23 March 2002. 90 27 L.H. Lindholm, et al., "Cardiovascular mobidity and mortality in patients with diabetes in the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension study (LIFE): a randomized trial against atenolol,"  Lancet, 359(9311): 1004-10, 23 March 2002. 45
6 L.J. van’t Veer, et al., "Gene expression profiling predicts clinical outcome of breast cancer,"  Nature, 415(6871): 530-6, 31 January 2002. 80 28 E.S. Ford, et al., "Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among US adults. Findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,"  JAMA-J. Amer. Med. Assoc., 287(3):356-9, 16 January 2002. 44
7 A. Bateman, et al., "The Pfam Protein Families Database,"  Nucl. Acids Res., 30(1):276-80, 1 January 2002. 75 29 V. Barger, D. Marfatia, K. Whisnant, "Unknowns after the SNO charged-current measurement,"  Phys. Rev. Lett., 88(1): 011302, 7 January 2002. 42
8 N. Terada, et al., "Bone marrow cells adopt the phenotype of other cells by spontaneous cell fusion,"  Nature, 416(6880): 542-5, 4 April 2002. 74 30 D.M. Berson, F.A. Dunn, M. Takao, "Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadian clock," Science, 295(5557): 1070-3, 8 February 2002. 41
9 Q.L. Ying, et al., "Changing potency by spontaneous fusion,"  Nature, 416(6880): 545-8, 4 April 2002. 72 31 J.S. Shiver, et al., "Replication-incompetent adenoviral vaccine vector elicits effective anti-immunodeficiency-
virus immunity,"
  Nature, 415(6869): 331-5, 17 January 2002.
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10 R.R. Metsaev, "Type IIB Green-Schwarz superstring in plane wave Ramond-Ramond background,"  Nucl. Phys. B, 625(1-2): 70-96, 18 March 2002. 67 32 J.H. Schiller, et al., "Comparison of four chemotherapy regimens for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer,"  New Engl. J. Med., 346(2): 92-8, 10 January 2002. 41
11 C. Pryke, et al., "Cosmological parameter extraction from the first season of observations with the Degree Angular Scale Interferometer,"  Astrophys. J., 568(1): 46-51 (Part 1), 20 March 2002. 62 33 M.A. Shipp, et al., "Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma outcome prediction by gene-expression profiling and supervised machine learning,"  Nature Medicine, 8(1): 68-74, January 2002. 41
12 S.A. Goff, et al., "A draft sequence of the rice genome (Oryza sativa L. ssp japonica),"  Science, 296(5565): 92-100, 5 April 2002. 56 34 D.H. Barouch, et al., "Eventual AIDS vaccine failure in a rhesus monkey by viral escape from cytotoxic T lymphocytes," Nature, 415(6869): 335-9, 17 January 2002.  40
13 E.F. Petricoin, et al., "Use of proteomic patterns in serum to identify ovarian cancer,"  Lancet, 359(9306): 572-7. 16 February 2002. 56   35 S. Hattar, et al., "Melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells: Architecture, projections, and intrinsic photosensitivity,"  Science, 295(5557): 1065-70, 8 February 2002. 39
14 M. Greiner,et al., "Quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator in a gas of ultracold atoms,"  Nature, 415(6867): 39-44, 3 January 2002. 54   36 D. Lando, et al., "Asparagine hydroxylation of the HIF transactivation domain: A hypoxic switch,"  Science, 295(5556): 858-61, 1 February 2002. 39
15 R. Dutzler, et al., "X-ray structure of a CIC chloride channel at 3.0 angstrom reveals the molecular basis of anion selectivity,"  Nature, 415(6869): 287-94, 17 January 2002. 53   37 D. Grady, et al., "Cardiovascular disease outcomes during 6.8 years of hormone therapy. Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study follow-up (HERS II),"  JAMA-J. Amer. Med. Assoc., 288(1): 49-57, 3 July 2002. 37
16 P. de Bernardis, et al., "Multiple peaks in the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background: Significance and consequences for cosmology,"  Astrophys. J., 564(2): 559-66 (Part 1), 10 January 2002.  53   38 S.L. Pomeroy, et al., "Prediction of central nervous system embryonal tumour outcome based on gene expression,"  Nature, 415(6870): 436-42, 24 January  2002. 35
17 A.J. Moss, et al., "Prophylactic implantation of a defibrillator in patients with myocardial infarction and reduced ejection fraction,"  New Engl. J. Med., 346(12): 877-83, 21 March 2002. 51   39 S.L. McKinney-Freeman, et al., "Muscle-derived hematopoietic stem cells are hematopoietic in origin,"  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99(3): 1341-6, 5 February 2002. 33
18 H. Kantarjian, et al., "Hematologic and cytogenetic responses to imatinib mesylate in chronic myelogenous leukemia,"  New Engl. J. Med., 346(9): 645-52, 28 February 2002. 50   40 S. Galea, et al., "Psychological sequelae of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City,"  New Engl. J. Med., 346(13): 982-7, 28 March 2002. 31
19 V. Wood, et al., "The genome sequence of Schizosaccharomyce pombe,"  Nature, 415(6874): 871-80, 21 February 2002. 49   41 C.M. Morshead, et al., "Hematopoietic competence is a rare property of neural stem cells that may depend on genetic and epigenetic alterations,"  Nature Medicine, 8(3): 268-73, March 2002. 31
20 F. Quaini, et al., "Chimerism of the transplanted heart,"  New Engl. J. Med., 346(1): 5-15, 3 January 2002. 49   42 Y. Minokoshi, et al., "Leptin stimulates fatty-acid oxidation by activating AMP-activated protein kinase,"  Nature, 415(6869): 339-343, 17 January 2002. 31
21 C. Stoughton, et al., "Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release,"   Astronom. J., 123(1): 485-548, January 2002. 49   43 S.A. Armstrong, et al., "MLL translocations specify a distinct gene expression profile that distinguishes a unique leukemia,"  Nature Genetics, 30(1): 41-7, January 2002. 31
22 B. Coiffier, et al., "CHOP chemotherapy plus rituximab compared with CHOP alone in elderly patients with diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma,"  New Engl. J. Med., 346(4): 235-42, 24 January 2002. 48        

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