Editorial:

Gerald Weissmann

Postdocs without borders: science goes global
FASEB J. 2006 20: 193-196. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Breakthroughs in Bioscience:

Mason W. Freeman

Statins, cholesterol, and the prevention of coronary heart disease
FASEB J. 2006 20: 200-201. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Communications:

Xiaoli Liu, Alok S. Pachori, Christopher A. Ward, J. Paul Davis, Massimiliano Gnecchi, Deling Kong, Lunan Zhang, Jared Murduck, Shaw-Fang Yet, Mark A. Perrella, Richard E. Pratt, Victor J. Dzau, and Luis G. Melo

Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) inhibits postmyocardial infarct remodeling and restores ventricular function
FASEB J. 2006 20: 207-216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Conrad A. Farrar, Wuding Zhou, Tao Lin, and Steven H. Sacks

Local extravascular pool of C3 is a determinant of postischemic acute renal failure
FASEB J. 2006 20: 217-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marina Tarsitano, Sandro De Falco, Vincenza Colonna, James D. McGhee, and M. Graziella Persico

The C. elegans pvf-1 gene encodes a PDGF/VEGF-like factor able to bind mammalian VEGF receptors and to induce angiogenesis
FASEB J. 2006 20: 227-233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Cardoso and M. J. Saraiva

Doxycycline disrupts transthyretin amyloid: evidence from studies in a FAP transgenic mice model
FASEB J. 2006 20: 234-239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Moll, C. Millet, D. Noël, B. Orsetti, A. Bardin, D. Katsaros, C. Jorgensen, M. Garcia, C. Theillet, P. Pujol, and V. François

Chordin is underexpressed in ovarian tumors and reduces tumor cell motility
FASEB J. 2006 20: 240-250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. L. Block, G. Li, L. Qin, X. Wu, Z. Pei, T. Wang, B. Wilson, J. Yang, and J. S. Hong

Potent regulation of microglia-derived oxidative stress and dopaminergic neuron survival: substance P vs. dynorphin
FASEB J. 2006 20: 251-258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ching-Chyuan Hsieh and John Papaconstantinou

Thioredoxin-ASK1 complex levels regulate ROS-mediated p38 MAPK pathway activity in livers of aged and long-lived Snell dwarf mice
FASEB J. 2006 20: 259-268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Petrosillo, N. Di Venosa, M. Pistolese, G. Casanova, E. Tiravanti, G. Colantuono, A. Federici, G. Paradies, and F. M. Ruggiero

Protective effect of melatonin against mitochondrial dysfunction associated with cardiac ischemia- reperfusion: role of cardiolipin
FASEB J. 2006 20: 269-276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jian-Bing Shen, Achilles J. Pappano, and Bruce T. Liang

Extracellular ATP-stimulated current in wild-type and P2X₄ receptor transgenic mouse ventricular myocytes: implications for a cardiac physiologic role of P2X₄ receptors
FASEB J. 2006 20: 277-284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yu Li, Weihui Zhou, Yigang Tong, Guiqiong He, and Weihong Song

Control of APP processing and Aß generation level by BACE1 enzymatic activity and transcription
FASEB J. 2006 20: 285-292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geoffrey W. Abbott, Margaret H. Butler, and Steve A. N. Goldstein

Phosphorylation and protonation of neighboring MiRP2 sites: function and pathophysiology of MiRP2-Kv3.4 potassium channels in periodic paralysis
FASEB J. 2006 20: 293-301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

FJ Express Summaries:

Akihiro Matsukawa, Shinji Kudoh, Gen-ichiro Sano, Takako Maeda, Takaaki Ito, Nicholas W. Lukacs, Cory M. Hogaboam, Steven L. Kunkel, and Sergio A. Lira

Absence of CC chemokine receptor 8 enhances innate immunity during septic peritonitis
FASEB J. 2006 20: 302-304. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barry W. Ritz, Peter I. Lelkes, and Elizabeth M. Gardner

Functional recovery of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in modeled microgravity
FASEB J. 2006 20: 305-307. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gulyeter Serbest, Joel Horwitz, Monika Jost, and Kenneth Barbee

Mechanisms of cell death and neuroprotection by poloxamer 188 after mechanical trauma
FASEB J. 2006 20: 308-310. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazuko Sakai, Tokuzo Arao, Tatsu Shimoyama, Kimiko Murofushi, Masaru Sekijima, Naoko Kaji, Tomohide Tamura, Nagahiro Saijo, and Kazuto Nishio

Dimerization and the signal transduction pathway of a small in-frame deletion in the epidermal growth factor receptor
FASEB J. 2006 20: 311-313. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hans Strijdom, Sean Jacobs, Suzél Hattingh, Carine Page, and Amanda Lochner

Nitric oxide production is higher in rat cardiac microvessel endothelial cells than ventricular cardiomyocytes in baseline and hypoxic conditions: a comparative study
FASEB J. 2006 20: 314-316. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric Rivera-Milla, Birgit Oidtmann, Cynthia H. Panagiotidis, Michael Baier, Theodoros Sklaviadis, Rudolf Hoffmann, Yi Zhou, Gonzalo P. Solis, Claudia A. O. Stuermer, and Edward Málaga-Trillo

Disparate evolution of prion protein domains and the distinct origin of Doppel- and prion-related loci revealed by fish-to-mammal comparisons
FASEB J. 2006 20: 317-319. [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

A. James Mason, Amélie Martinez, Clemens Glaubitz, Olivier Danos, Antoine Kichler, and Burkhard Bechinger

The antibiotic and DNA-transfecting peptide LAH4 selectively associates with, and disorders, anionic lipids in mixed membranes
FASEB J. 2006 20: 320-322. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sarah X. Zhang, Joshua J. Wang, Guoquan Gao, Chunkui Shao, Robert Mott, and Jian-xing Ma

Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) is an endogenous antiinflammatory factor
FASEB J. 2006 20: 323-325. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ferhana Y. Ali, Simon J. Davidson, Leonardo A. Moraes, Suzanne L. Traves, Mark Paul-Clark, David Bishop-Bailey, Timothy D. Warner, and Jane A. Mitchell

Role of nuclear receptor signaling in platelets: antithrombotic effects of PPARß
FASEB J. 2006 20: 326-328. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mihail G. Chelu, Sanjeewa A. Goonasekera, William J. Durham, Wei Tang, John D. Lueck, Joyce Riehl, Isaac N. Pessah, Pumin Zhang, Meenakshi B. Bhattacharjee, Robert T. Dirksen, and Susan L. Hamilton

Heat- and anesthesia-induced malignant hyperthermia in an RyR1 knock-in mouse
FASEB J. 2006 20: 329-330. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yunzhou Dong, Jianxin Tan, Mei-Zhen Cui, Guojun Zhao, Guozhang Mao, Neena Singh, and Xuemin Xu

Calpain inhibitor MDL28170 modulates Aß formation by inhibiting the formation of intermediate Aß₄₆ and protecting Aß from degradation
FASEB J. 2006 20: 331-333. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhenyu Qin, Shinichi Itoh, Viktoria Jeney, Masuko Ushio-Fukai, and Tohru Fukai

Essential role for the Menkes ATPase in activation of extracellular superoxide dismutase: implication for vascular oxidative stress
FASEB J. 2006 20: 334-336. [Full Text] [PDF]  

William D. Hanley, Susan L. Napier, Monica M. Burdick, Ronald L. Schnaar, Robert Sackstein, and Konstantinos Konstantopoulos

Variant isoforms of CD44 are P- and L-selectin ligands on colon carcinoma cells
FASEB J. 2006 20: 337-339. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fiorentina Roviezzo, Mariarosaria Bucci, Chantal Delisle, Vincenzo Brancaleone, Annarita Di Lorenzo, Inmaculada Posadas Mayo, Stefano Fiorucci, Angelo Fontana, Jean-Philippe Gratton, and Giuseppe Cirino

Essential requirement for sphingosine kinase activity in eNOS-dependent NO release and vasorelaxation
FASEB J. 2006 20: 340-342. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Moses Rodriguez, Laurie Zoecklein, Jeffrey D. Gamez, Kevin D. Pavelko, Louisa M. Papke, Shunya Nakane, Charles Howe, Suresh Radhakrishnan, Michael J. Hansen, Chella S. David, Arthur E. Warrington, and Larry R. Pease

STAT4- and STAT6-signaling molecules in a murine model of multiple sclerosis
FASEB J. 2006 20: 343-345. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clorinda Malmo, Silvia Vilasi, Clara Iannuzzi, Silvia Tacchi, Cesare Cametti, Gaetano Irace, and Ivana Sirangelo

Tetracycline inhibits W7FW14F apomyoglobin fibril extension and keeps the amyloid protein in a pre-fibrillar, highly cytotoxic state
FASEB J. 2006 20: 346-347. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sean L. McGee, David Sparling, Ann-Louise Olson, and Mark Hargreaves

Exercise increases MEF2- and GEF DNA-binding activity in human skeletal muscle
FASEB J. 2006 20: 348-349. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Junetsu Ogasawara, Minori Sanpei, Nazibur Rahman, Tomonobu Sakurai, Takako Kizaki, Yoshiaki Hitomi, Hideki Ohno, and Tetsuya Izawa

ß-Adrenergic receptor trafficking by exercise in rat adipocytes: roles of G-protein-coupled receptor kinase-2, ß-arrestin-2, and the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
FASEB J. 2006 20: 350-352. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Apriliana E. R. Kartikasari, Niki A. Georgiou, Frank L. J. Visseren, Henny van Kats-Renaud, B. Sweder van Asbeck, and Joannes J. M. Marx

Endothelial activation and induction of monocyte adhesion by nontransferrin-bound iron present in human sera
FASEB J. 2006 20: 353-355. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amy Sexton, Pascal M. Drake, Naheed Mahmood, Sarah J. Harman, Robin J. Shattock, and Julian K-C. Ma

Transgenic plant production of Cyanovirin-N, an HIV microbicide
FASEB J. 2006 20: 356-358. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jürgen Büning, Gheorghe Hundorfean, Martina Schmitz, Klaus-Peter Zimmer, Stephan Strobel, Andreas Gebert, and Diether Ludwig

Antigen targeting to MHC class II-enriched late endosomes in colonic epithelial cells: trafficking of luminal antigens studied in vivo in Crohn’s colitis patients
FASEB J. 2006 20: 359-361. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jinbao Liu, Quanhai Chen, Wei Huang, Kathleen M. Horak, Hanqiao Zheng, Ruben Mestril, and Xuejun Wang

Impairment of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in desminopathy mouse hearts
FASEB J. 2006 20: 362-364. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Salameh, C. Frenzel, A. Boldt, B. Rassler, I. Glawe, J. Schulte, K. Mühlberg, H.-G. Zimmer, D. Pfeiffer, and S. Dhein

Subchronic alpha- and beta-adrenergic regulation of cardiac gap junction protein expression
FASEB J. 2006 20: 365-367. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniela S. Kempe, Philipp A. Lang, Christophe Duranton, Ahmad Akel, Karl S. Lang, Stephan M. Huber, Thomas Wieder, and Florian Lang

Enhanced programmed cell death of iron-deficient erythrocytes
FASEB J. 2006 20: 368-370. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohammad Hossein Noyan-Ashraf, Lingyun Wu, Rui Wang, and Bernhard H. J. Juurlink

Dietary approaches to positively influence fetal determinants of adult health
FASEB J. 2006 20: 371-373. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Revital Aricha, Tali Feferman, Miriam C. Souroujon, and Sara Fuchs

Overexpression of phosphodiesterases in experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis: suppression of disease by a phosphodiesterase inhibitor
FASEB J. 2006 20: 374-376. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francis B. Stephens, Dumitru Constantin-Teodosiu, David Laithwaite, Elizabeth J. Simpson, and Paul L. Greenhaff

Insulin stimulates L-carnitine accumulation in human skeletal muscle
FASEB J. 2006 20: 377-379. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bertrand Bearzatto, Laurent Servais, Céline Roussel, David Gall, Fawzia Baba-Aïssa, Stéphane Schurmans, Alban de Kerchove d’Exaerde, Guy Cheron, and Serge N. Schiffmann

Targeted calretinin expression in granule cells of calretinin-null mice restores normal cerebellar functions
FASEB J. 2006 20: 380-382. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicolette Binz, Caroline E. Graham, Ken Simpson, Yvonne K.Y. Lai, Wei-Yong Shen, Chooi-May Lai, Terence P. Speed, and P. Elizabeth Rakoczy

Long-term effect of therapeutic laser photocoagulation on gene expression in the eye
FASEB J. 2006 20: 383-385. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toshihiko Kawamori, Walid Osta, Korey R. Johnson, Benjamin J. Pettus, Jacek Bielawski, Takuji Tanaka, Michael J. Wargovich, Bandaru S. Reddy, Yusuf A. Hannun, Lina M. Obeid, and Daohong Zhou

Sphingosine kinase 1 is up-regulated in colon carcinogenesis
FASEB J. 2006 20: 386-388. [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Bloquel, R. Bejjani, P. Bigey, F. Bedioui, M. Doat, D. BenEzra, D. Scherman, and F. Behar-Cohen

Plasmid electrotransfer of eye ciliary muscle: principles and therapeutic efficacy using hTNF- soluble receptor in uveitis
FASEB J. 2006 20: 389-391. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Taizo Sumide, Kohji Nishida, Masayuki Yamato, Takeshi Ide, Yasutaka Hayashida, Katsuhiko Watanabe, Joseph Yang, Chinatsu Kohno, Akihiko Kikuchi, Naoyuki Maeda, Hitoshi Watanabe, Teruo Okano, and Yasuo Tano

Functional human corneal endothelial cell sheets harvested from temperature-responsive culture surfaces
FASEB J. 2006 20: 392-394. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francesca Belleudi, Laura Leone, Laura Aimati, Maria Giovanna Stirparo, Giorgia Cardinali, Cinzia Marchese, Luigi Frati, Mauro Picardo, and Maria Rosaria Torrisi

Endocytic pathways and biological effects induced by UVB-dependent or ligand-dependent activation of the keratinocyte growth factor receptor
FASEB J. 2006 20: 395-397. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppe Pintucci, Paul C. Saunders, Iosif Gulkarov, Ram Sharony, Daniella L. Kadian-Dodov, Katja Bohmann, F. Gregory Baumann, Aubrey C. Galloway, and Paolo Mignatti

Anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory effects of topical MAPK inhibition in arterialized vein grafts
FASEB J. 2006 20: 398-400. [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

H. Hasturk, A. Kantarci, T. Ohira, M. Arita, N. Ebrahimi, N. Chiang, N. A. Petasis, B. D. Levy, C. N. Serhan, and T. E. Van Dyke

RvE1 protects from local inflammation and osteoclast- mediated bone destruction in periodontitis
FASEB J. 2006 20: 401-403. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hypothesis:

Ian Lee and Wanjin Hong

Diverse membrane-associated proteins contain a novel SMP domain
FASEB J. 2006 20: 202-206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Review:

Michael Pillinger

Junk Science: How Politicians, Corporations, and other Hucksters Betray Us, by Dan Agin (2006, in press), St. Martin’s Press, New York
FASEB J. 2006 20: 197-198. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letter to the Editor:

Asifa K. Zaidi, Yassine Amrani, Reynold A. Panettieri, and Hydar Ali

Response to C3a, mast cells, and asthma
FASEB J. 2006 20: 199. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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