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Signal transduction

Barriers come down

A protein known as erythropoietin might be useful in preventing the death of nerve cells in acute brain injury. But how does it work? Crosstalk between two signalling pathways could be the answer.

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Figure 1: Crosstalk between two seemingly disparate signalling pathways.

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Siebenlist, U. Barriers come down. Nature 412, 601–602 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35088174

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