FJ Express Articles published in October of 2004

FJ Express Summaries:

THOMAS DSCHIETZIG, CORNELIA BARTSCH, VERENA STANGL, GERT BAUMANN, and KARL STANGL

Identification of the pregnancy hormone relaxin as glucocorticoid receptor agonist
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1536-1538. [Full Text]  

PIERRE PHILIP-COUDERC, ATUL PATHAK, FATIMA SMIH, CAMILLE DAMBRIN, ROMAIN HARMANCEY, SOPHIE BUYS, MICHEL GALINIER, PIERRE MASSABUAU, JEROME RONCALLI, JEAN-MICHEL SENARD, and PHILIPPE ROUET

Uncomplicated human obesity is associated with a specific cardiac transcriptome: involvement of the Wnt pathway
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1539-1540. [Full Text]  

J. K. CREAN, F. FURLONG, D. FINLAY, D. MITCHELL, M. MURPHY, B. CONWAY, H. R. BRADY, C. GODSON, and F. MARTIN

Connective tissue growth factor [CTGF]/CCN2 stimulates mesangial cell migration through integrated dissolution of focal adhesion complexes and activation of cell polarization
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1541-1543. [Full Text] Supplemental Data  

GINA M. LEINNINGER, CAREY BACKUS, MICHAEL D. UHLER, STEPHEN I. LENTZ, and EVA L. FELDMAN

Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and Akt effectors mediate insulin-like growth factor-I neuroprotection in dorsal root ganglia neurons
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1544-1546. [Full Text]  

HANNAH J. ZHANG, SUSAN R. DOCTROW, LINJING XU, LARRY W. OBERLEY, BENJAMIN BEECHER, JOANNA MORRISON, TERRY D. OBERLEY, and KEVIN C. KREGEL

Redox modulation of the liver with chronic antioxidant enzyme mimetic treatment prevents age-related oxidative damage associated with environmental stress
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1547-1549. [Full Text]  

EIKE HOLLENBACH, MANFRED NEUMANN, MICHAEL VIETH, ALBERT ROESSNER, PETER MALFERTHEINER, and MICHAEL NAUMANN

Inhibition of p38 MAP kinase- and RICK/NF-B-signaling suppresses inflammatory bowel disease
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1550-1552. [Full Text]  

BARBARA TOMASSINI, FLORENCE MALISAN, LUIGI FRANCHI, CHIARA NICOLÒ, GLORIA BREA CALVO, TAKASHI SAITO, and ROBERTO TESTI

Calnexin suppresses GD3 synthase-induced apoptosis
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1553-1555. [Full Text]  

M. LLANOS CASANOVA, ANA BRAVO, JESÚS MARTÍNEZ-PALACIO, M. JESÚS FERNÁNDEZ-ACEÑERO, CONCEPCIÓN VILLANUEVA, FERNANDO LARCHER, CLAUDIO J. CONTI, and JOSÉ L. JORCANO

Epidermal abnormalities and increased malignancy of skin tumors in human epidermal keratin 8-expressing transgenic mice
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1556-1558. [Full Text]  

ALBERTO IZZOTTI, CRISTINA CARTIGLIA, MARIAGRAZIA LONGOBARDI, ROUMEN M. BALANSKY, FRANCESCO D’AGOSTINI, RONALD A. LUBET, and SILVIO DE FLORA

Alterations of gene expression in skin and lung of mice exposed to light and cigarette smoke
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1559-1561. [Full Text]  

SHINSUKE NAKAYAMA, TOSHIKAZU YAMASHITA, MASATO KONISHI, HIROMI KAZAMA, and SHINICHIRO KOKUBUN

P2Y-mediated Ca²⁺ response is spatiotemporally graded and synchronized in sensory neurons: a two-photon photolysis study
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1562-1564. [Full Text] Supplemental Data  

SHILADITYA SENGUPTA, TANYEL KIZILTEPE, and RAM SASISEKHARAN

A dual-color fluorescence imaging-based system for the dissection of antiangiogenic and chemotherapeutic activity of molecules
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1565-1567. [Full Text]  

ALEXANDRE V. PATCHEV, FRANZISKA GÖTZ, and WOLFGANG ROHDE

Differential role of estrogen receptor isoforms in sex-specific brain organization
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1568-1570. [Full Text]  

HONG QING, WEIHUI ZHOU, MICHELLE A. CHRISTENSEN, XIULIAN SUN, YIGANG TONG, and WEIHONG SONG

Degradation of BACE by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1571-1573. [Full Text]  

SÉDAMI GNIDEHOU, BERNARD CAILLOU, MONIQUE TALBOT, RENÉE OHAYON, JACQUES KANIEWSKI, MARIE-SOPHIE NOËL-HUDSON, STANISLAS MORAND, DIANE AGNANGJI, ALPHONSE SEZAN, FRANÇOISE COURTIN, ALAIN VIRION, and CORINNE DUPUY

Iodotyrosine dehalogenase 1 (DEHAL1) is a transmembrane protein involved in the recycling of iodide close to the thyroglobulin iodination site
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1574-1576. [Full Text]  

ISTVAN PIRKO, BOGOLJUB CIRIC, JEFF GAMEZ, ALLAN J. BIEBER, ARTHUR E. WARRINGTON, AARON J. JOHNSON, DENNIS P. HANSON, LARRY R. PEASE, SLOBODAN I. MACURA, and MOSES RODRIGUEZ

A human antibody that promotes remyelination enters the CNS and decreases lesion load as detected by T2-weighted spinal cord MRI in a virus-induced murine model of MS
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1577-1579. [Full Text]  

SALVATORE TERRAZZINO, FIORENZO BERTO, MAURIZIO DALLE CARBONARE, MICHELE FABRIS, ADRIANO GUIOTTO, DANIELE BERNARDINI, and ALBERTA LEON

Stearoylethanolamide exerts anorexic effects in mice via down-regulation of liver stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase-1 mRNA expression
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1580-1582. [Full Text]  

SHIGETADA TESHIMA-KONDO, KAZUMI KONDO, LEONEL PRADO-LOURENCO, IRMA GABRIELA GONZALEZ-HERRERA, KAZUHITO ROKUTAN, FRANCIS BAYARD, JEAN-FRANÇOIS ARNAL, and ANNE-CATHERINE PRATS

Hyperglycemia upregulates translation of the fibroblast growth factor 2 mRNA in mouse aorta via internal ribosome entry site
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1583-1585. [Full Text]  

CHRISTELLE GUILLET, MAGALI PROD’HOMME, MICHÈLE BALAGE, PIERRE GACHON, CHRISTOPHE GIRAUDET, LILIANE MORIN, JEAN GRIZARD, and YVES BOIRIE

Impaired anabolic response of muscle protein synthesis is associated with S6K1 dysregulation in elderly humans
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1586-1587. [Full Text]  

INGO FRICKE, DANIELL MITCHELL, FRANK PETERSEN, ANDREAS BÖHLE, SILVIA BULFONE-PAUS, and SVEN BRANDAU

Platelet factor 4 in conjunction with IL-4 directs differentiation of human monocytes into specialized antigen-presenting cells
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1588-1590. [Full Text]  

T. MICHAEL COOPER, ROBIN J. MOCKETT, BARBARA H. SOHAL, RAJINDAR S. SOHAL, and WILLIAM C. ORR

Effect of caloric restriction on life span of the housefly, Musca domestica
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1591-1593. [Full Text]  

VASILIA-ISMINI ALEXAKI, IOANNIS CHARALAMPOPOULOS, MARILENA KAMPA, HELEN VASSALOU, PANAYIOTIS THEODOROPOULOS, EFSTATHIOS N. STATHOPOULOS, ANASTASSIA HATZOGLOU, ACHILLE GRAVANIS, and ELIAS CASTANAS

Estrogen exerts neuroprotective effects via membrane estrogen receptors and rapid Akt/NOS activation
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1594-1596. [Full Text]  

WEI TANG, CHRISTOPHER P. INGALLS, WILLIAM J. DURHAM, JESSICA SNIDER, MICHAEL B. REID, GANGYI WU, MARTIN M. MATZUK, and SUSAN L. HAMILTON

Altered excitation-contraction coupling with skeletal muscle specific FKBP12 deficiency
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1597-1599. [Full Text]  

TAL ILANI, RAEL D. STROUS, and SARA FUCHS

Dopaminergic regulation of immune cells via D₃ dopamine receptor: a pathway mediated by activated T cells
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1600-1602. [Full Text]  

WENJING LI, LINGFEI HOU, ZHAOWEI HUA, and XIAN WANG

Interleukin-1ß induces ß-calcitonin gene-related peptide secretion in human type II alveolar epithelial cells
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1603-1605. [Full Text]  

MAURIZIO BIFULCO, CHIARA LAEZZA, MARTA VALENTI, ALESSIA LIGRESTI, GIUSEPPE PORTELLA, and VINCENZO DI MARZO

A new strategy to block tumor growth by inhibiting endocannabinoid inactivation
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1606-1608. [Full Text]  

MARIA D’ALESSIO, CLAUDIA CERELLA, CARLA AMICI, CATERINA PESCE, SIMONA COPPOLA, CLAUDIA FANELLI, MILENA DE NICOLA, SILVIA CRISTOFANON, GIOVANNA CLAVARINO, ANTONIO BERGAMASCHI, ANDREA MAGRINI, GIAMPIERO GUALANDI, and LINA GHIBELLI

Glutathione depletion up-regulates Bcl-2 in BSO-resistant cells
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1609-1611. [Full Text]  

NEERAJ K. SAXENA, MARK A. TITUS, XIAOKUN DING, JEFFREY FLOYD, SHANTHI SRINIVASAN, SHANTHI V. SITARAMAN, and FRANK A. ANANIA

Leptin as a novel profibrogenic cytokine in hepatic stellate cells: mitogenesis and inhibition of apoptosis mediated by extracellular regulated kinase (Erk) and Akt phosphorylation
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1612-1614. [Full Text]  

SEONGHAN KIM, BEOM S. JEON, CHAEJEONG HEO, PIL SEON IM, TAE-BEOM AHN, JI-HEUI SEO, HYE-SUN KIM, CHEOL HYOUNG PARK, SE HOON CHOI, SEO-HYUN CHO, WANG JAE LEE, and YOO-HUN SUH

-Synuclein induces apoptosis by altered expression in human peripheral lymphocyte in Parkinson’s disease
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1615-1617. [Full Text]  

M. L. BLOCK, X. WU, Z. PEI, G. LI, T. WANG, L. QIN, B. WILSON, J. YANG, J. S. HONG, and B. VERONESI

Nanometer size diesel exhaust particles are selectively toxic to dopaminergic neurons: the role of microglia, phagocytosis, and NADPH oxidase
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1618-1620. [Full Text]  

PAUL A. TOWNSEND, TIZIANO M. SCARABELLI, EVASIO PASINI, GIANLUCA GITTI, MARTA MENEGAZZI, HISANORI SUZUKI, RICHARD A. KNIGHT, DAVID S. LATCHMAN, and ANASTASIS STEPHANOU

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits STAT-1 activation and protects cardiac myocytes from ischemia/reperfusion-induced apoptosis
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1621-1623. [Full Text]  

Breakthroughs in Bioscience:

RICHARD G. LYNCH

Surfactant and RDS in premature infants
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1624. [Full Text]  

Life Sciences Forum:

STANLEY ZUCKER, JOHN C. CRABBE, GEORGE COOPER, IV, FRED FINKELMAN, COREY LARGMAN, ROBERT W. MCCARLEY, LOUIS RICE, JANET RUBIN, BRUCE RICHARDSON, FREDERICK SEIL, GORDON L. SNIDER, and ARTHUR A. VANDENBARK

Veterans Administration support for medical research: opinions of the endangered species of physician-scientists
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1481-1486. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

A. IVANA SCOVASSI

Mitochondrial poly(ADP-ribosylation): from old data to new perspectives
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1487-1488. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Research Communications:

PATRÍCIO SOARES-DA-SILVA, MARIA PAULA SERRÃO, MARIA JOÃO PINHO, and MARIA JOÃO BONIFÁCIO

Cloning and gene silencing of LAT2, the L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) transporter, in pig renal LLC-PK₁ epithelial cells
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1489-1498. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L. L. JI, M-C. GOMEZ-CABRERA, N. STEINHAFEL, and J. VINA

Acute exercise activates nuclear factor (NF)-B signaling pathway in rat skeletal muscle
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1499-1506. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

INGRID NILSSON, CHARLOTTE ROLNY, YAN WU, BRONISLAW PYTOWSKI, DAN HICKLIN, KARI ALITALO, LENA CLAESSON-WELSH, and STEFAN WENNSTRÖM

Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3 in hypoxia-induced vascular development
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1507-1515. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ROLF ZIESCHE, VENTZISLAV PETKOV, CHRISTOPHER LAMBERS, PAUL ERNE, and LUTZ-HENNING BLOCK

The calcium channel blocker amlodipine exerts its anti-proliferative action via p21^(Waf1/Cip1) gene activation
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1516-1523. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ASHOK KUMAR, RYAN MURPHY, PREMA ROBINSON, LEI WEI, and ALADIN M. BORIEK

Cyclic mechanical strain inhibits skeletal myogenesis through activation of focal adhesion kinase, Rac-1 GTPase, and NF-B transcription factor
FASEB J. 2004 18: 1524-1535. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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