FJ Express Articles published in May of 2001

FJ Express Summaries:

TAKAHISA NOMA, AKIRA NISHIYAMA, KATSUFUMI MIZUSHIGE, KAZUSHI MURAKAMI, TEPPEI TSUJI, MASAKAZU KOHNO, MATLUBUR RAHMAN, TOSHIKI FUKUI, YOUICHI ABE, and SHOJI KIMURA

Possible role of uncoupling protein in regulation of myocardial energy metabolism in aortic regurgitation model rats
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1206-1208. [Full Text]  

SRINAGESH V. KOUSHIK, JIAN WANG, RHONDA ROGERS, DEMETRIUS MOSKOPHIDIS, NEVIN A. LAMBERT, TONY L. CREAZZO, and SIMON J. CONWAY

Targeted inactivation of the sodium-calcium exchanger (Ncx1) results in the lack of a heartbeat and abnormal myofibrillar organization
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1209-1211. [Full Text]  

ALAINA J. AMMIT, ANNETTE T. HASTIE, LISA C. EDSALL, REBECCA K. HOFFMAN, YASSINE AMRANI, VERA P. KRYMSKAYA, SIBYL A. KANE, STEPHEN P. PETERS, RAYMOND B. PENN, SARAH SPIEGEL, and REYNOLD A. PANETTIERI, JR

Sphingosine 1-phosphate modulates human airway smooth muscle cell functions that promote inflammation and airway remodeling in asthma
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1212-1214. [Full Text]  

GREGORY S. ROBINSON, MEIHUA JU, SHU-CHING SHIH, X. XU, GERALD MCMAHON, RUTH B. CALDWELL, and LOIS E. H. SMITH

Nonvascular role for VEGF: VEGFR-1, 2 activity is critical for neural retinal development
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1215-1217. [Full Text]  

HIDEO MATSUZAKI, MICHIO TAMATANI, ATSUSHI YAMAGUCHI, KAZUHIKO NAMIKAWA, HIROSHI KIYAMA, MICHAEL P. VITEK, NORIAKI MITSUDA, and MASAYA TOHYAMA

Vascular endothelial growth factor rescues hippocampal neurons from glutamate-induced toxicity: signal transduction cascades
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1218-1220. [Full Text]  

DIRK M. WUTTGE, ANNA ROMERT, ULF ERIKSSON, HANS TÖRMÄ, GÖRAN K. HANSSON, and ALLAN SIRSJÖ

Induction of CD36 by all-trans retinoic acid: retinoic acid receptor signaling in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1221-1223. [Full Text]  

MARTIN POOT, JIN SONG YOM, SUSAN H. WHANG, JACKSON T. KATO, KATHERINE A. GOLLAHON, and PETER S. RABINOVITCH

Werner syndrome cells are sensitive to DNA cross-linking drugs
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1224-1226. [Full Text]  

KAI M. SCHMIDT-OTT, AN DING XU, SEBASTIAN TUSCHICK, LUTZ LIEFELDT, WOLFGANG KRESSE, ALEXEJ VERKHRATSKY, HELMUT KETTENMANN, and MARTIN PAUL

Hypoxia reverses dibutyryl-cAMP-induced stellation of cultured astrocytes via activation of the endothelin system
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1227-1229. [Full Text]  

DAVID SINDRAM, ROBERT J. PORTE, MAUREANE R. HOFFMAN, REX C. BENTLEY, and PIERRE-ALAIN CLAVIEN

Synergism between platelets and leukocytes in inducing endothelial cell apoptosis in the cold ischemic rat liver: a Kupffer cell-mediated injury
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1230-1232. [Full Text]  

HAYATO IHARA, TETSUMEI URANO, AKIKAZU TAKADA, and DAVID J. LOSKUTOFF

Induction of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 gene expression in adipocytes by thiazolidinediones
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1233-1235. [Full Text]  

HENNING PFEIFER, MARCUS CONRAD, DORIS ROETHLEIN, ANTONIOS KYRIAKOPOULOS, MARKUS BRIELMEIER, GEORG W. BORNKAMM, and DIETRICH BEHNE

Identification of a specific sperm nuclei selenoenzyme necessary for protamine thiol cross-linking during sperm maturation
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1236-1238. [Full Text]  

NIELS REINMUTH, WENBIAO LIU, YOUNG D. JUNG, SYED A. AHMAD, RAYMOND M. SHAHEEN, FAN FAN, CORAZON D. BUCANA, GERALD MCMAHON, GARY E. GALLICK, and LEE M. ELLIS

Induction of VEGF in perivascular cells defines a potential paracrine mechanism for endothelial cell survival
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1239-1241. [Full Text]  

JAANA KALLIO, ULLAMARI PESONEN, KATJA KAIPIO, MATTI K. KARVONEN, ULRIIKKA JAAKKOLA, OLLI J. HEINONEN, MATTI I. J. UUSITUPA, and MARKKU KOULU

Altered intracellular processing and release of neuropeptide Y due to leucine 7 to proline 7 polymorphism in the signal peptide of preproneuropeptide Y in humans
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1242-1244. [Full Text]  

KATIA VARANI, DOROTEA RIGAMONTI, SIMONETTA SIPIONE, ALESSANDRA CAMURRI, PIER ANDREA BOREA, FLAMINIO CATTABENI, MARIA P. ABBRACCHIO, and ELENA CATTANEO

Aberrant amplification of A_2A receptor signaling in striatal cells expressing mutant huntingtin
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1245-1247. [Full Text]  

M. UJUE LATASA, ABDELHALIM BOUKABA, ELENA R. GARCÍA-TREVIJANO, LUIS TORRES, JOSÉ L. RODRÍGUEZ, JUAN CABALLERÍA, SHELLY C. LU, GERARDO LÓPEZ-RODAS, LUIS FRANCO, JOSÉ M. MATO, and MATÍAS A. AVILA

Hepatocyte growth factor induces MAT2A expression and histone acetylation in rat hepatocytes: role in liver regeneration
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1248-1250. [Full Text]  

ABBOT F. CLARK, KAZUHIDE KAWASE, SHERRY ENGLISH-WRIGHT, DEBORAH LANE, H. THOMAS STEELY, TETSUYA YAMAMOTO, YOSHIAKI KITAZAWA, YOUNG H. KWON, JOHN. H. FINGERT, RUTH E. SWIDERSKI, ROBERT F. MULLINS, GREGORY S. HAGEMAN, WALLACE L. M. ALWARD, VAL C. SHEFFIELD, and EDWIN M. STONE

Expression of the glaucoma gene myocilin (MYOC) in the human optic nerve head
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1251-1253. [Full Text]  

NORBERT LEITINGER, JOAKIM HUBER, CRISTINA RIZZA, DIANA MECHTCHERIAKOVA, VALERY BOCHKOV, YURI KOSHELNICK, JUDITH A. BERLINER, and BERND R. BINDER

The isoprostane 8-iso-PGF₂ stimulates endothelial cells to bind monocytes: differences from thromboxane-mediated endothelial activation
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1254-1256. [Full Text]  

CHRISTOPHER D. O’BRIEN, GUANGJU JI, YONG XIAO WANG, JING SUN, VERA P. KRYMSKAYA, FREDERICK L. RUBERG, MICHAEL I. KOTLIKOFF, and STEVEN M. ALBELDA

PECAM-1 (CD31) engagement activates a phosphoinositide-independent, nonspecific cation channel in endothelial cells
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1257-1260. [Full Text]  

JIHUI ZHANG, LOUIS E. UNDERWOOD, and A. JOSEPH D’ERCOLE

Hepatic mRNAs up-regulated by starvation: an expression profile determined by suppression subtractive hybridization
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1261-1263. [Full Text]  

CUIHUA ZHANG, TRAVIS W. HEIN, WEI WANG, CHIUNG-I CHANG, and LIH KUO

Constitutive expression of arginase in microvascular endothelial cells counteracts nitric oxide-mediated vasodilatory function
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1264-1266. [Full Text]  

VALENTINA GRISHKO, MARIE SOLOMON, JEFFREY F. BREIT, DAVID W. KILLILEA, SUSAN P. LEDOUX, GLENN L. WILSON, and MARK N. GILLESPIE

Hypoxia promotes oxidative base modifications in the pulmonary artery endothelial cell VEGF gene
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1267-1269. [Full Text]  

CAROLA G. SCHIPKE, CARSTEN OHLEMEYER, MARINA MATYASH, CHRISTIANE NOLTE, HELMUT KETTENMANN, and FRANK KIRCHHOFF

Astrocytes of the mouse neocortex express functional N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1270-1272. [Full Text]  

LESLEY A. STARK, FARHAT V. N. DIN, RALF M. ZWACKA, and MALCOLM G. DUNLOP

Aspirin-induced activation of the NF-B signaling pathway: a novel mechanism for aspirin-mediated apoptosis in colon cancer cells
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1273-1275. [Full Text]  

MIGUEL ARREDONDO, PATRICIA MUÑOZ, CASILDA V. MURA, and MARCO T. NÚÑEZ

HFE inhibits apical iron uptake by intestinal epithelial (Caco-2) cells
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1276-1278. [Full Text]  

MADOKA IKEMOTO, TAKESHI NIKAWA, SHIN'ICHI TAKEDA, CHIHO WATANABE, TAKAKO KITANO, KENNETH M. BALDWIN, RYUTARO IZUMI, IKUYA NONAKA, TAKAE TOWATARI, SHIGETADA TESHIMA, KAZUHITO ROKUTAN, and KYOICHI KISHI

Space shuttle flight (STS-90) enhances degradation of rat myosin heavy chain in association with activation of ubiquitin–proteasome pathway
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1279-1281. [Full Text]  

ANTONIO FRIGERI, GRAZIA PAOLA NICCHIA, JEAN-FRANÇOIS DESAPHY, SABATA PIERNO, ANNAMARIA DE LUCA, DIANA CONTE CAMERINO, and MARIA SVELTO

Muscle loading modulates aquaporin-4 expression in skeletal muscle
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1282-1284. [Full Text]  

SHIN-ICHIRO KAWAI, SMITA VORA, SUCHARITA DAS, ELIZABETH GACHIE, BERNARD BECKER, and ARTHUR H. NEUFELD

Modeling of risk factors for the degeneration of retinal ganglion cells after ischemia/reperfusion in rats: effects of age, caloric restriction, diabetes, pigmentation, and glaucoma
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1285-1287. [Full Text]  

COLIN F. FLETCHER, ANGELITA TOTTENE, VANDA A. LENNON, SCOTT M. WILSON, STEFAN J. DUBEL, RICHARD PAYLOR, DAVID A. HOSFORD, LINO TESSAROLLO, MAUREEN W. McENERY, DANIELA PIETROBON, NEAL G. COPELAND, and NANCY A. JENKINS

Dystonia and cerebellar atrophy in Cacna1a null mice lacking P/Q calcium channel activity
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1288-1290. [Full Text]  

JAVIER NAVARRO-ANTOLÍN, MARÍA JOSÉ LÓPEZ-MUÑOZ, PETER KLATT, JAVIER SORIA, THOMAS MICHEL, and SANTIAGO LAMAS

Formation of peroxynitrite in vascular endothelial cells exposed to cyclosporine A
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1291-1293. [Full Text]  

ICHIRO MASAKI, YOSHIKAZU YONEMITSU, KIMIHIRO KOMORI, HIKARU UENO, YUTAKA NAKASHIMA, KAZUNORI NAKAGAWA, MASAYUKI FUKUMURA, ATSUSHI KATO, MOHAMMAD K. HASAN, YOSHIYUKI NAGAI, KEIZO SUGIMACHI, MAMORU HASEGAWA, and KATSUO SUEISHI

Recombinant Sendai virus-mediated gene transfer to vasculature: a new class of efficient gene transfer vector to the vascular system
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1294-1296. [Full Text]  

FERNANDA G. DE FELICE, JEAN-CHRISTOPHE HOUZEL, JOSÉ GARCIA-ABREU, PAULO ROBERTO F. LOUZADA, JR, ROSENILDE C. AFONSO, M. NAZARETH L. MEIRELLES, ROBERTO LENT, VIVALDO MOURA NETO, and SÉRGIO T. FERREIRA

Inhibition of Alzheimer’s disease ß-amyloid aggregation, neurotoxicity, and in vivo deposition by nitrophenols: implications for Alzheimer’s therapy
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1297-1299. [Full Text]  

SHELLY E. SAKIYAMA-ELBERT, ALYSSA PANITCH, and JEFFREY A. HUBBELL

Development of growth factor fusion proteins for cell-triggered drug delivery
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1300-1302. [Full Text]  

KLAUS ZANGGER, GÜLIN ÖZ, ERNST HASLINGER, OLAF KUNERT, and IAN M. ARMITAGE

Nitric oxide selectively releases metals from the amino-terminal domain of metallothioneins: potential role at inflammatory sites
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1303-1305. [Full Text]  

PAUL J. COZZI, SANDEEP MALHOTRA, PRISCILLA MCAULIFFE, DAVID A. KOOBY, HOWARD J. FEDEROFF, BOB HURYK, PAUL JOHNSON, PETER T. SCARDINO, WARREN D. W. HESTON, and YUMAN FONG

Intravesical oncolytic viral therapy using attenuated, replication-competent herpes simplex viruses G207 and Nv1020 is effective in the treatment of bladder cancer in an orthotopic syngeneic model
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1306-1308. [Full Text]  

MARTA MENEGAZZI, ELISA TEDESCHI, DANIELA DUSSIN, ALESSANDRA CARCERERI DE PRATI, ELISABETTA CAVALIERI, SOFIA MARIOTTO, and HISANORI SUZUKI

Anti-interferon action of epigallocatechin-3-gallate mediated by specific inhibition of STAT1 activation
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1309-1311. [Full Text]  

URSULA R. JEWELL, IVICA KVIETIKOVA, ANNETTE SCHEID, CHRISTIAN BAUER, ROLAND H. WENGER, and MAX GASSMANN

Induction of HIF-1 in response to hypoxia is instantaneous
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1312-1314. [Full Text]  

ALICIA D. HENN, ERICA S. BERLETH, ENRICO MIHICH, and M. JANE EHRKE

Changes in cytosolic and membrane TNF inhibitory protein-B1 (TIP-B1) levels associated with protection from TNF-induced cytotoxicity
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1315-1317. [Full Text]  

PETRI SALVEN, KRISTA ANTTONEN, HEIKKI REPO, HEIKKI JOENSUU, and ARTO ORPANA

Endotoxins induce and interferon suppresses vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) production in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1318-1320. [Full Text]  

FRAUKE ALVES, STEFFEN SAUPE, MARCO LEDWON, FRANK SCHAUB, WOLFGANG HIDDEMANN, and WOLFGANG F. VOGEL

Identification of two novel, kinase-deficient variants of discoidin domain receptor 1: differential expression in human colon cancer cell lines
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1321-1323. [Full Text]  

SHEU-LING LEE, WEI-WEI WANG, and BARRY L. FANBURG

Dexfenfluramine as a mitogen signal via the formation of superoxide anion
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1324-1325. [Full Text]  

MATTHEW G. MEYER, SUNGDAE PARK, LORI ZERINGUE, MARK STALEY, MIKE McKINSTRY, R. ILENE KAUFMAN, HONG ZHANG, DALAI YAN, NEELA YENNAWAR, HEMANT YENNAWAR, GREGORY K. FARBER, and B. TRACY NIXON

A dimeric two-component receiver domain inhibits the 54-dependent ATPase in DctD
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1326-1328. [Full Text]  

ZHITONG LIU, GUO-QING CHANG, and SARAH F. LEIBOWITZ

Apolipoprotein D interacts with the long-form leptin receptor: a hypothalamic function in the control of energy homeostasis
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1329-1331. [Full Text]  

BEATE SAEGER, HANS-PETER SCHMITT-WREDE, MARKUS DEHNHARDT, W. PETER M. BENTEN, JÜRGEN KRÜCKEN, ACHIM HARDER, GEORG VON SAMSON-HIMMELSTJERNA, HERBERT WIEGAND, and FRANK WUNDERLICH

Latrophilin-like receptor from the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus as target for the anthelmintic depsipeptide PF1022A
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1332-1334. [Full Text]  

Editorial Note:

Sidney H. Golub

Electronic Darwinism
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1117. [Full Text]  

Reviews:

LILA PIRKKALA, PÄIVI NYKÄNEN, and LEA SISTONEN

Roles of the heat shock transcription factors in regulation of the heat shock response and beyond
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1118-1131. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Research Communications:

MINGSHAN YAN, WENAN QIANG, NA LIU, JIANJUN SHEN, WILLIAM S. LYNN, and PAUL K. Y. WONG

The ataxia-telangiectasia gene product may modulate DNA turnover and control cell fate by regulating cellular redox in lymphocytes
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1132-1138. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ASTRID HOEBERTZ, SAJEDA MEGHJI, GEOFFREY BURNSTOCK, and TIMOTHY R. ARNETT

Extracellular ADP is a powerful osteolytic agent: evidence for signaling through the P2Y₁ receptor on bone cells
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1139-1148. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

EINAR E. ERIKSSON, XUN XIE, JOACHIM WERR, PETER THOREN, and LENNART LINDBOM

Direct viewing of atherosclerosis in vivo: plaque invasion by leukocytes is initiated by the endothelial selectins
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1149-1157. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ANDREW BARBER, STEPHEN COURTENAY ROBSON, LESLIE MYATT, JUDITH NICOLA BULMER, and FIONA LYALL

Heme oxygenase expression in human placenta and placental bed: reduced expression of placenta endothelial HO-2 in preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1158-1168. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

RAMON C. J. LANGEN, ANNEMIE M. W. J. SCHOLS, MARCO C. J. M. KELDERS, EMIEL F. M. WOUTERS, and YVONNE M. W. JANSSEN-HEININGER

Inflammatory cytokines inhibit myogenic differentiation through activation of nuclear factor-B
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1169-1180. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

PETER MØLLER, STEFFEN LOFT, CARSTEN LUNDBY, and NIELS VIDIENDAL OLSEN

Acute hypoxia and hypoxic exercise induce DNA strand breaks and oxidative DNA damage in humans
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1181-1186. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hypotheses:

SALVATORE CUZZOCREA, EMANUELA MAZZON, LAURA DUGO, IVANA SERRAINO, ANTONIO CICCOLO, TOMMASO CENTORRINO, ANGELA DE SARRO, and ACHILLE P. CAPUTI

Protective effects of n-acetylcysteine on lung injury and red blood cell modification induced by carrageenan in the rat
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1187-1200. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

MICHAEL GUREVITZ, DALIA GORDON, SHARON BEN-NATAN, MICHAEL TURKOV, and OREN FROY

Diversification of neurotoxins by C-tail ‘wiggling’: a scorpion recipe for survival
FASEB J. 2001 15: 1201-1205. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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