FJ Express Summaries:

JENNIFER A. KWAN, COSTAS J. SCHULZE, WENJIE WANG, HERNANDO LEON, MELTEM SARIAHMETOGLU, MIRANDA SUNG, JOLANTA SAWICKA, DAVID E. SIMS, GRZEGORZ SAWICKI, and RICHARD SCHULZ

Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) is present in the nucleus of cardiac myocytes and is capable of cleaving poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in vitro
FASEB J. 2004 18: 690-692. [Full Text]  

FIORELLA BIASI, GABRIELLA LEONARDUZZI, BARBARA VIZIO, DANIELLA ZANETTI, ALEX SEVANIAN, BARBARA SOTTERO, VERONICA VERDE, BARBARA ZINGARO, ELENA CHIARPOTTO, and GIUSEPPE POLI

Oxysterol mixtures prevent proapoptotic effects of 7-ketocholesterol in macrophages: implications for proatherogenic gene modulation
FASEB J. 2004 18: 693-695. [Full Text]  

SHANTHI SITARAMAN, XIA LIU, LAETITIA CHARRIER, LI HAO GU, THOMAS R. ZIEGLER, ANDREW GEWIRTZ, and DIDIER MERLIN

Colonic leptin: source of a novel proinflammatory cytokine involved in IBD
FASEB J. 2004 18: 696-698. [Full Text]  

YOSHIYUKI TAKEI, ATSUSHI MARUYAMA, ANWARUL FERDOUS, YOSHIYA NISHIMURA, SUNAO KAWANO, KENICHI IKEJIMA, SHIGETOSHI OKUMURA, SHOICHIRO ASAYAMA, MASAYUKI NOGAWA, MASAO HASHIMOTO, YOKO MAKINO, MASAHIKO KINOSHITA, SUMIO WATANABE, TOSHIHIRO AKAIKE, JOHN J LEMASTERS, and NOBUHIRO SATO

Targeted gene delivery to sinusoidal endothelial cells: DNA nanoassociate bearing hyaluronan-glycocalyx
FASEB J. 2004 18: 699-701. [Full Text]  

CRAIG M. STOLEN, RAMI MADANAT, LUC MARTI, SEPPO KARI, GENNADY G. YEGUTKIN, HANNU SARIOLA, ANTONIO ZORZANO, and SIRPA JALKANEN

Semicarbazide sensitive amine oxidase overexpression has dual consequences: insulin mimicry and diabetes-like complications
FASEB J. 2004 18: 702-704. [Full Text]  

MARC-ANDRÉ RAYMOND, ANIK DÉSORMEAUX, PATRICK LAPLANTE, NORMAND VIGNEAULT, JANOS G. FILEP, KARINE LANDRY, ALEXEY V. PSHEZHETSKY, and MARIE-JOSÉE HÉBERT

Apoptosis of endothelial cells triggers a caspase-dependent anti-apoptotic paracrine loop active on VSMC
FASEB J. 2004 18: 705-707. [Full Text]  

LUIS A. MARTINEZ-LEMUS, MICHAEL A. HILL, STEFFEN S. BOLZ, ULRICH POHL, and GERALD A. MEININGER

Acute mechanoadaptation of vascular smooth muscle cells in response to continuous arteriolar vasoconstriction: implications for functional remodeling
FASEB J. 2004 18: 708-710. [Full Text]  

JOHN T. FISHER, SANDRA G. VINCENT, JESUS GOMEZA, MASAHISA YAMADA, and JÜRGEN WESS

Loss of vagally mediated bradycardia and bronchoconstriction in mice lacking M₂ or M₃ muscarinic acetylcholine receptors
FASEB J. 2004 18: 711-713. [Full Text]  

JIYUN KIM, KI-HOAN NAM, SUN-OK KIM, JAE-HOON CHOI, HYOUNG-CHIN KIM, SUNG-DON YANG, JOO-HYOUNG KANG, YOUNG-HAN RYU, GOO TAEG OH, and SUNG-EUN YOO

KR-31378 ameliorates atherosclerosis by blocking monocyte recruitment in hypercholestrolemic mice
FASEB J. 2004 18: 714-716. [Full Text]  

NICOLAS LAPOINTE, MICHEL ST-HILAIRE, MARIA-GRAZIA MARTINOLI, JULIE BLANCHET, PETER GOULD, CLAUDE ROUILLARD, and FRANCESCA CICCHETTI

Rotenone induces non-specific central nervous system and systemic toxicity
FASEB J. 2004 18: 717-719. [Full Text]  

ROBERT F. SCHWABE, HIROSHI UCHINAMI, TING QIAN, BRYDON L. BENNETT, JOHN J. LEMASTERS, and DAVID A. BRENNER

Differential requirement for c-Jun NH₂-terminal kinase in TNF- and Fas-mediated apoptosis in hepatocytes
FASEB J. 2004 18: 720-722. [Full Text]  

C. A. KASSED, T. L. BUTLER, G.W. PATTON, D. D. DEMESQUITA, M. T. NAVIDOMSKIS, S. MÉMET, A. ISRAËL, and K. R. PENNYPACKER

Injury-induced NF-B activation in the hippocampus: implications for neuronal survival
FASEB J. 2004 18: 723-724. [Full Text]  

GIULIO ROMEO, JOHN V. FRANGIONI, and ANDRIUS KAZLAUSKAS

Profilin acts downstream of LDL to mediate diabetic endothelial cell dysfunction
FASEB J. 2004 18: 725-727. [Full Text]  

CHRISTIAN KANNEMEIER, NADIA AL-FAKHRI, KLAUS T. PREISSNER, and SANDIP M. KANSE

Factor VII-activating protease (FSAP) inhibits growth factor-mediated cell proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells
FASEB J. 2004 18: 728-730. [Full Text]  

SHAYN M. PEIRCE, ERIC J. VAN GIESON, and THOMAS C. SKALAK

Multicellular simulation predicts microvascular patterning and in silico tissue assembly
FASEB J. 2004 18: 731-733. [Full Text]  

NEAL S. FEDARKO, ALKA JAIN, ABDULLAH KARADAG, and LARRY W. FISHER

Three small integrin binding ligand N-linked glycoproteins (SIBLINGs) bind and activate specific matrix metalloproteinases
FASEB J. 2004 18: 734-736. [Full Text]  

VIRGINIE RIMBERT, YVES BOIRIE, MARIO BEDU, JEAN-FRANÇOIS HOCQUETTE, PATRICK RITZ, and BÉATRICE MORIO

Muscle fat oxidative capacity is not impaired by age but by physical inactivity: association with insulin sensitivity
FASEB J. 2004 18: 737-739. [Full Text]  

PATRICK DELMAS, SURYA M. NAULI, XIAOGANG LI, BERTRAND COSTE, NANCY OSORIO, MARCEL CREST, DAVID A. BROWN, and JING ZHOU

Gating of the polycystin ion channel signaling complex in neurons and kidney cells
FASEB J. 2004 18: 740-742. [Full Text]  

ALEXANDRA STOLZING and TILMAN GRUNE

Neuronal apoptotic bodies: phagocytosis and degradation by primary microglial cells
FASEB J. 2004 18: 743-745. [Full Text]  

ZHENG LI and CHRISTINA CHAN

Inferring pathways and networks with a Bayesian framework
FASEB J. 2004 18: 746-748. [Full Text] Supplemental Data  

ZSOLT RADÁK, HAE YOUNG CHUNG, HISASHI NAITO, RYOYA TAKAHASHI, KYUNG JIN JUNG, HYON-JEEN KIM, and SATARO GOTO

Age-associated increase in oxidative stress and nuclear factor B activation are attenuated in rat liver by regular exercise
FASEB J. 2004 18: 749-750. [Full Text]  

NADIA DANILOVA, VALERY E. KRUPNIK, DAVID SUGDEN, and IRINA V. ZHDANOVA

Melatonin stimulates cell proliferation in zebrafish embryo and accelerates its development
FASEB J. 2004 18: 751-753. [Full Text]  

PENG-SHENG ZHENG, JIANPING WEN, LEE CYN ANG, WANG SHENG, ALICIA VILORIA-PETIT, YELINA WANG, YAOJIONG WU, ROBERT S. KERBEL, and BURTON B. YANG

Versican/PG-M G3 domain promotes tumor growth and angiogenesis
FASEB J. 2004 18: 754-756. [Full Text]  

STEFAN SCHILDKNECHT, MARKUS BACHSCHMID, ACHIM BAUMANN, and VOLKER ULLRICH

COX-2 inhibitors selectively block prostacyclin synthesis in endotoxin-exposed vascular smooth muscle cells
FASEB J. 2004 18: 757-759. [Full Text] Supplemental Data  

DOMENICO TRICARICO, MARIAGRAZIA BARBIERI, ANTONIETTA MELE, GIUSEPPE CARBONARA, and DIANA CONTE CAMERINO

Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors are specific openers of skeletal muscle BK channel of K⁺-deficient rats
FASEB J. 2004 18: 760-761. [Full Text]  

HÉLÈNE C. SEEGERS, PAUL S. AVERY, DANIEL F. McWILLIAMS, LYANE HAYWOOD, and DAVID A. WALSH

Combined effect of bradykinin B₂ and neurokinin-1 receptor activation on endothelial cell proliferation in acute synovitis
FASEB J. 2004 18: 762-764. [Full Text]  

KENICHIRO YAMASHITA, JAMES McDAID, ROBERT ÖLLINGER, TUNG-YU TSUI, PASCAL O. BERBERAT, ANNY USHEVA, EVA CSIZMADIA, R. NEAL SMITH, MIGUEL P. SOARES, and FRITZ H. BACH

Biliverdin, a natural product of heme catabolism, induces tolerance to cardiac allografts
FASEB J. 2004 18: 765-767. [Full Text]  

XIAO-MING LIU, SYLVIA V. REYNA, DIANA ENSENAT, KELLY J. PEYTON, HONG WANG, ANDREW I. SCHAFER, and WILLIAM DURANTE

Platelet-derived growth factor stimulates LAT1 gene expression in vascular smooth muscle: role in cell growth
FASEB J. 2004 18: 768-770. [Full Text]  

YORIHIRO AKAMATSU, MANABU HAGA, SHIVRAJ TYAGI, KENICHIRO YAMASHITA, AURELIO VICENTE GRAÇA-SOUZA, ROBERT OLLINGER, EVA CZISMADIA, G. AARON MAY, EMEKA IFEDIGBO, LEO E. OTTERBEIN, FRITZ H. BACH, and MIGUEL P. SOARES

Heme oxygenase-1-derived carbon monoxide protects hearts from transplant associated ischemia reperfusion injury
FASEB J. 2004 18: 771-772. [Full Text] Erratum  

J. BELLENGER, S. BELLENGER, L. CLÉMENT, S. MANDARD, C. DIOT, J.-P. POISSON, and M. NARCE

A new hypotensive polyunsaturated fatty acid dietary combination regulates oleic acid accumulation by suppression of stearoyl CoA desaturase 1 gene expression in the SHR model of genetic hypertension
FASEB J. 2004 18: 773-775. [Full Text]  

QI-JING LI, MIN YAO, WILLIAM WONG, VLADIMIR PARPURA, and MANUELA MARTINS-GREEN

The N- and C-terminal peptides of hIL8/CXCL8 are ligands for hCXCR1 and hCXCR2
FASEB J. 2004 18: 776-778. [Full Text]  

SABRINA CATTARUZZA, MONICA SCHIAPPACASSI, KOJI KIMATA, ALFONSO COLOMBATTI, and ROBERTO PERRIS

The globular domains of PG-M/versican modulate the proliferation–apoptosis equilibrium and invasive capabilities of tumor cells
FASEB J. 2004 18: 779-781. [Full Text] Supplemental Data  

Life Sciences Forum:

ANA CASTELLÓ, MERCEDES ALVAREZ, and FERNANDO VERDÚ

Just lip prints? No: there could be something else
FASEB J. 2004 18: 615-616. [Full Text]  

Reviews:

ALESSANDRA RECCHIA, PATRIZIA DEBETTO, ALESSANDRO NEGRO, DIEGO GUIDOLIN, STEPHEN D. SKAPER, and PIETRO GIUSTI

-Synuclein and Parkinson’s disease
FASEB J. 2004 18: 617-626. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

DESMOND N. JACKSON and DAVID A. FOSTER

The enigmatic protein kinase C: complex roles in cell proliferation and survival
FASEB J. 2004 18: 627-636. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ANITA SIDHU, CHRISTOPHE WERSINGER, and PHILIPPE VERNIER

Does -synuclein modulate dopaminergic synaptic content and tone at the synapse?
FASEB J. 2004 18: 637-647. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

LUIS G. MELO, ALOK S. PACHORI, DELING KONG, MASSIMILIANO GNECCHI, KAI WANG, RICHARD E. PRATT, and VICTOR J. DZAU

Gene and cell-based therapies for heart disease
FASEB J. 2004 18: 648-663. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

STEFANO FOGLI, PAOLA NIERI, and MARIA CRISTINA BRESCHI

The role of nitric oxide in anthracycline toxicity and prospects for pharmacologic prevention of cardiac damage
FASEB J. 2004 18: 664-675. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Research Communications:

MIRANDA D. GROUNDS and JO TORRISI

Anti-TNF (Remicade®) therapy protects dystrophic skeletal muscle from necrosis
FASEB J. 2004 18: 676-682. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

KARBAT IZHAR, COHEN LIOR, GILLES NICOLAS, GORDON DALIA, and GUREVITZ MICHAEL

Conversion of a scorpion toxin agonist into an antagonist highlights an acidic residue involved in voltage sensor trapping during activation of neuronal Na⁺ channels
FASEB J. 2004 18: 683-689. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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