FJ Express Articles published in October of 2005

Letter to the Editor:

Peter Bradding

C3a, mast cells, and asthma
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1585. [Full Text] [PDF]  

FJ Express Summaries:

Andrew Weaver, Angelika Goncalves da Silva, Robert K. Nuttall, Dylan R. Edwards, Steven D. Shapiro, Serge Rivest, and V. Wee Yong

An elevated matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) in an animal model of multiple sclerosis is protective by affecting Th1/Th2 polarization
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1668-1670. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pasan Fernando, Steve Brunette, and Lynn A. Megeney

Neural stem cell differentiation is dependent upon endogenous caspase 3 activity
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1671-1673. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Grazia P. Nicchia, Miduturu Srinivas, Wei Li, Celia F. Brosnan, Antonio Frigeri, and David C. Spray

New possible roles for aquaporin-4 in astrocytes: cell cytoskeleton and functional relationship with connexin43
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1674-1676. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anja Zeller, Margarete Arras, Anelise Lazaris, Rachel Jurd, and Uwe Rudolph

Distinct molecular targets for the central respiratory and cardiac actions of the general anesthetics etomidate and propofol
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1677-1679. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gavin A. Bewick, James V. Gardiner, Waljit S. Dhillo, Aysha S. Kent, Nicholas E. White, Zoe Webster, Mohammad A. Ghatei, and Stephen R. Bloom

Post-embryonic ablation of AgRP neurons in mice leads to a lean, hypophagic phenotype
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1680-1682. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shinsuke Umeda, Michihiro T. Suzuki, Haru Okamoto, Fumiko Ono, Atsushi Mizota, Keiji Terao, Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, Yasuhiko Tanaka, and Takeshi Iwata

Molecular composition of drusen and possible involvement of anti-retinal autoimmunity in two different forms of macular degeneration in cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis)
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1683-1685. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Teodora Nikolova, Jaroslaw Czyz, Alexandra Rolletschek, Przemyslaw Blyszczuk, Jörg Fuchs, Gabriele Jovtchev, Jürgen Schuderer, Niels Kuster, and Anna M. Wobus

Electromagnetic fields affect transcript levels of apoptosis-related genes in embryonic stem cell-derived neural progenitor cells
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1686-1688. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meri M. Vihanto, Jan Plock, Dominique Erni, Brigitte M. Frey, Felix J. Frey, and Uyen Huynh-Do

Hypoxia up-regulates expression of Eph receptors and ephrins in mouse skin
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1689-1691. [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Resham Bhattacharya, Ningling Kang-Decker, Deborah A. Hughes, Priyabrata Mukherjee, Vijay Shah, Mark A. McNiven, and Debabrata Mukhopadhyay

Regulatory role of dynamin-2 in VEGFR-2/KDR-mediated endothelial signaling
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1692-1694. [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Ryo Sudo, Toshihiro Mitaka, Mariko Ikeda, and Kazuo Tanishita

Reconstruction of 3D stacked-up structures by rat small hepatocytes on microporous membranes
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1695-1697. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard Shilling, Luca Federici, Fabien Walas, Henrietta Venter, Saroj Velamakanni, Barbara Woebking, Lekshmy Balakrishnan, Ben Luisi, and Hendrik W. van Veen

A critical role of a carboxylate in proton conduction by the ATP-binding cassette multidrug transporter LmrA
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1698-1700. [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Yatsiv, N. Grigoriadis, C. Simeonidou, P. F. Stahel, O. I. Schmidt, A. G. Alexandrovitch, J. Tsenter, and E. Shohami

Erythropoietin is neuroprotective, improves functional recovery, and reduces neuronal apoptosis and inflammation in a rodent model of experimental closed head injury
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1701-1703. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tania Aguado, Krisztina Monory, Javier Palazuelos, Nephi Stella, Benjamin Cravatt, Beat Lutz, Giovanni Marsicano, Zaal Kokaia, Manuel Guzmán, and Ismael Galve-Roperh

The endocannabinoid system drives neural progenitor proliferation
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1704-1706. [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. J. Dudek, F. Shang, P. Valverde, Q. Liu, M. Hobbs, and A. Taylor

Selectivity of the ubiquitin pathway for oxidatively modified proteins: relevance to protein precipitation diseases
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1707-1709. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiromi Kobayashi, Arno Kromminga, Thomas W. Dunlop, Birte Tychsen, Franziska Conrad, Naoto Suzuki, Ai Memezawa, Albrecht Bettermann, Setsuya Aiba, Carsten Carlberg, and Ralf Paus

A role of melatonin in neuroectodermal-mesodermal interactions: the hair follicle synthesizes melatonin and expresses functional melatonin receptors
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1710-1712. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luca Primo, Chiara Ferrandi, Cristina Roca, Serena Marchiò, Laura di Blasio, Massimo Alessio, and Federico Bussolino

Identification of CD36 molecular features required for its in vitro angiostatic activity
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1713-1715. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gawain McColl, Maithili C. Vantipalli, and Gordon J. Lithgow

The C. elegans ortholog of mammalian Ku70, interacts with insulin-like signaling to modulate stress resistance and life span
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1716-1718. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ralf A. Claus, Alexander C. Bunck, Clemens L. Bockmeyer, Frank M. Brunkhorst, Wolfgang Lösche, Ralf Kinscherf, and Hans-Peter Deigner

Role of increased sphingomyelinase activity in apoptosis and organ failure of patients with severe sepsis
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1719-1721. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Chopard, N. Arrighi, A. Carnino, and J. F. Marini

Changes in dysferlin, proteins from dystrophin glycoprotein complex, costameres, and cytoskeleton in human soleus and vastus lateralis muscles after a long-term bedrest with or without exercise
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1722-1724. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael L. Bolon, Yves Ouellette, Fuyan Li, and Karel Tyml

Abrupt reoxygenation following hypoxia reduces electrical coupling between endothelial cells of wild-type but not connexin40 null mice in oxidant- and PKA-dependent manner
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1725-1727. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rania Harfouche, Nelly Abdel Malak, Ralf P. Brandes, Aly Karsan, Kaikobad Irani, and Sabah N. A. Hussain

Roles of reactive oxygen species in angiopoietin-1/tie-2 receptor signaling
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1728-1730. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wengang Wang, Markus H. Graeler, and Edward J. Goetzl

Type 4 sphingosine 1-phosphate G protein-coupled receptor (S1P₄) transduces S1P effects on T cell proliferation and cytokine secretion without signaling migration
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1731-1733. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph S. Tauskela, Eric Brunette, Natasha O’Reilly, Geoff Mealing, Tanya Comas, Tania F. Gendron, Robert Monette, and Paul Morley

An alternative Ca²⁺-dependent mechanism of neuroprotection by the metalloporphyrin class of superoxide dismutase mimetics
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1734-1736. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manjunath B. Joshi, Maria Philippova, Danila Ivanov, Roy Allenspach, Paul Erne, and Thérèse J. Resink

T-cadherin protects endothelial cells from oxidative stress-induced apoptosis
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1737-1739. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oliver von Bohlen und Halbach, Liliana Minichiello, and Klaus Unsicker

Haploin-sufficiency for trkB and trkC receptors induces cell loss and accumulation of -synuclein in the substantia nigra
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1740-1742. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey Bethony, Alex Loukas, Michael Smout, Simon Brooker, Susana Mendez, Jordan Plieskatt, Gaddam Goud, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Bin Zhan, Yan Wang, Angela Williamson, Sara Lustigman, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira, Shuhua Xiao, and Peter J. Hotez

Antibodies against a secreted protein from hookworm larvae reduce the intensity of hookworm infection in humans and vaccinated laboratory animals
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1743-1745. [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. de Roos, G. Rucklidge, M. Reid, K. Ross, G. Duncan, M. A. Navarro, J. M. Arbones-Mainar, M. A. Guzman-Garcia, J. Osada, J. Browne, C. E. Loscher, and H. M. Roche

Divergent mechanisms of cis9, trans11-and trans10, cis12-conjugated linoleic acid affecting insulin resistance and inflammation in apolipoprotein E knockout mice: a proteomics approach
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1746-1748. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Imad Shams, Eviatar Nevo, and Aaron Avivi

Erythropoietin receptor spliced forms differentially expressed in blind subterranean mole rats
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1749-1751. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher Siatskas, John Underwood, Ali Ramezani, Robert G. Hawley, and Jeffrey A. Medin

Specific pharmacological dimerization of KDR in lentivirally transduced human hematopoietic cells activates anti-apoptotic and proliferative mechanisms
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1752-1754. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katharina Mahn, Consuelo Borrás, Greg A. Knock, Paul Taylor, Imran Y. Khan, David Sugden, Lucilla Poston, Jeremy P. T. Ward, Richard M. Sharpe, Jose Viña, Philip I. Aaronson, and Giovanni E. Mann

Dietary soy isoflavone induced increases in antioxidant and eNOS gene expression lead to improved endothelial function and reduced blood pressure in vivo
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1755-1757. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert F. Schwabe and Hiroaki Sakurai

IKKß phosphorylates p65 at S468 in transactivaton domain 2
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1758-1760. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorial:

Gerald Weissmann

The facts of evolution: fighting the Endarkenment
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1581-1582. [Full Text] [PDF]  

FASEB Milestones:

Thoru Pederson

50 years ago protein synthesis met molecular biology: the discoveries of amino acid activation and transfer RNA
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1583-1584. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews:

Kirk P. Townsend and Domenico Praticò

Novel therapeutic opportunities for Alzheimer’s disease: focus on nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1592-1601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David M. Mutch, Walter Wahli, and Gary Williamson

Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics: the emerging faces of nutrition
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1602-1616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Communications:

Alain Barrier, Natalia Olaya, Franck Chiappini, François Roser, Olivier Scatton, Cédric Artus, Brigitte Franc, Sandrine Dudoit, Antoine Flahault, Brigitte Debuire, Daniel Azoulay, and Antoinette Lemoine

Ischemic preconditioning modulates the expression of several genes, leading to the overproduction of IL-1Ra, iNOS, and Bcl-2 in a human model of liver ischemia-reperfusion
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1617-1626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana Paula Wasilewska-Sampaio, Mariana S. Silveira, Oliver Holub, Rejane Goecking, Flávia C. A. Gomes, Vivaldo Moura Neto, Rafael Linden, Sérgio T. Ferreira, and Fernanda G. De Felice

Neuritogenesis and neuronal differentiation promoted by 2,4-dinitrophenol, a novel anti-amyloidogenic compound
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1627-1636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rafia S. Al-Lamki, Jun Wang, Peter Vandenabeele, J. Andrew Bradley, Sathia Thiru, Dianghong Luo, Wang Min, Jordan S. Pober, and John R. Bradley

TNFR1- and TNFR2-mediated signaling pathways in human kidney are cell type-specific and differentially contribute to renal injury
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1637-1645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick A. Singleton, Steven M. Dudek, Eddie T. Chiang, and Joe G. N. Garcia

Regulation of sphingosine 1-phosphate-induced endothelial cytoskeletal rearrangement and barrier enhancement by S1P₁ receptor, PI3 kinase, Tiam1/Rac1, and -actinin
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1646-1656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sagun KC, Juan M. Cárcamo, and David W. Golde

Vitamin C enters mitochondria via facilitative glucose transporter 1 (Glut1) and confers mitochondrial protection against oxidative injury
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1657-1667. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hypothesis:

Chung S. Park

Role of compensatory mammary growth in epigenetic control of gene expression
FASEB J. 2005 19: 1586-1591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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