Editorial:

Gerald Weissmann

Science fraud: from patchwork mouse to patchwork data
FASEB J. 2006 20: 587-590. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Essay:

William A. Frosch

The sopranos: post-op virtuosi
FASEB J. 2006 20: 595-597. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Milestone:

Robert Klitzman

Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek, FRS on Vermeer: a figment of the imagination
FASEB J. 2006 20: 591-594. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Communications:

Davy Yeung, Krzysztof Zablocki, Chun-Fu Lien, Taiwen Jiang, Stephen Arkle, Wojciech Brutkowski, James Brown, Hanns Lochmuller, Joseph Simon, Eric A. Barnard, and Dariusz C. Górecki

Increased susceptibility to ATP via alteration of P2X receptor function in dystrophic mdx mouse muscle cells
FASEB J. 2006 20: 610-620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anita E. M. Dirkx, Mirjam G. A. oude Egbrink, Karolien Castermans, Daisy W. J. van der Schaft, Victor L. J. L. Thijssen, Ruud P. M. Dings, Lucy Kwee, Kevin H. Mayo, John Wagstaff, Jessica C. A. Bouma- ter Steege, and Arjan W. Griffioen

Anti-angiogenesis therapy can overcome endothelial cell anergy and promote leukocyte-endothelium interactions and infiltration in tumors
FASEB J. 2006 20: 621-630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donald E. Mager, Ruiqian Wan, Martin Brown, Aiwu Cheng, Przemyslaw Wareski, Darrell R. Abernethy, and Mark P. Mattson

Caloric restriction and intermittent fasting alter spectral measures of heart rate and blood pressure variability in rats
FASEB J. 2006 20: 631-637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Winnie Jeng, Annmarie Ramkissoon, Toufan Parman, and Peter G. Wells

Prostaglandin H synthase-catalyzed bioactivation of amphetamines to free radical intermediates that cause CNS regional DNA oxidation and nerve terminal degeneration
FASEB J. 2006 20: 638-650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rahat S. Warraich, Elinor Griffiths, Andrew Falconar, Vijay Pabbathi, Chris Bell, Gianni Angelini, M.-Saadeh Suleiman, and Magdi H. Yacoub

Human cardiac myosin autoantibodies impair myocyte contractility: a cause-and-effect relationship
FASEB J. 2006 20: 651-660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Massimiliano Gnecchi, Huamei He, Nicolas Noiseux, Olin D. Liang, Lunan Zhang, Fulvio Morello, Hui Mu, Luis G. Melo, Richard E. Pratt, Joanne S. Ingwall, and Victor J. Dzau

Evidence supporting paracrine hypothesis for Akt-modified mesenchymal stem cell-mediated cardiac protection and functional improvement
FASEB J. 2006 20: 661-669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Krishnan Sriram, Joanna M. Matheson, Stanley A. Benkovic, Diane B. Miller, Michael I. Luster, and James P. O’Callaghan

Deficiency of TNF receptors suppresses microglial activation and alters the susceptibility of brain regions to MPTP-induced neurotoxicity: role of TNF-
FASEB J. 2006 20: 670-682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen Blanke and Herbert Jäckle

Novel guanine nucleotide exchange factor GEFmeso of Drosophila melanogaster interacts with Ral and Rho GTPase Cdc42
FASEB J. 2006 20: 683-691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Sophia S. Cheon, Qingxia Wei, Ananta Gurung, Andrew Youn, Tamara Bright, Raymond Poon, Heather Whetstone, Abhijit Guha, and Benjamin A. Alman

Beta-catenin regulates wound size and mediates the effect of TGF-beta in cutaneous healing
FASEB J. 2006 20: 692-701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

FJ Express Summaries:

Matthias Keller, Darcy Lidington, Lukas Vogel, Bernhard Friedrich Peter, Hae-Young Sohn, Patrick J. Pagano, Stuart Pitson, Sarah Spiegel, Ulrich Pohl, and Steffen-Sebastian Bolz

Sphingosine kinase functionally links elevated transmural pressure and increased reactive oxygen species formation in resistance arteries
FASEB J. 2006 20: 702-704. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katia Fecchi, Daniela Volonte, Michael P. Hezel, Kevin Schmeck, and Ferruccio Galbiati

Spatial and temporal regulation of GLUT4 translocation by flotillin-1 and caveolin-3 in skeletal muscle cells
FASEB J. 2006 20: 705-707. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatsuya Shimizu, Hidekazu Sekine, Joseph Yang, Yuki Isoi, Masayuki Yamato, Akihiko Kikuchi, Eiji Kobayashi, and Teruo Okano

Polysurgery of cell sheet grafts overcomes diffusion limits to produce thick, vascularized myocardial tissues
FASEB J. 2006 20: 708-710. [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Matthias F. Langhorst, Alexander Reuter, Georg Luxenhofer, Eva-Maria Boneberg, Daniel F. Legler, Helmut Plattner, and Claudia A. O. Stuermer

Preformed reggie/flotillin caps: stable priming platforms for macrodomain assembly in T cells
FASEB J. 2006 20: 711-713. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jens Neumann, Matthias Gunzer, Herwig O. Gutzeit, Oliver Ullrich, Klaus G. Reymann, and Klaus Dinkel

Microglia provide neuroprotection after ischemia
FASEB J. 2006 20: 714-716. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victoria L. T. Ballard, Arti Sharma, Inga Duignan, Jacquelyne M. Holm, Andrew Chin, Ruby Choi, Katherine A. Hajjar, Shing-Chiu Wong, and Jay M. Edelberg

Vascular tenascin-C regulates cardiac endothelial phenotype and neovascularization
FASEB J. 2006 20: 717-719. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohammed S. Razzaque, Despina Sitara, Takashi Taguchi, René St-Arnaud, and Beate Lanske

Premature aging-like phenotype in fibroblast growth factor 23 null mice is a vitamin D-mediated process
FASEB J. 2006 20: 720-722. [Full Text] [PDF]  

JiKui Shen, XiaoRu Yang, Wei-Hong Xiao, Sean F. Hackett, Yasufumi Sato, and Peter A. Campochiaro

Vasohibin is up-regulated by VEGF in the retina and suppresses VEGF receptor 2 and retinal neovascularization
FASEB J. 2006 20: 723-725. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prasad S. Adusumilli, Brendon M. Stiles, Mei-Ki Chan, David P. Eisenberg, Zhenkun Yu, Stephen F. Stanziale, Rumana Huq, Richard J. Wong, Valerie W. Rusch, and Yuman Fong

Real-time diagnostic imaging of tumors and metastases by use of a replication-competent herpes vector to facilitate minimally invasive oncological surgery
FASEB J. 2006 20: 726-728. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yun Ha Jeong, Cheol Hyoung Park, Jongman Yoo, Ki Young Shin, Sung-Min Ahn, Hye-Sun Kim, Sang Hyung Lee, Piers C. Emson, and Yoo-Hun Suh

Chronic stress accelerates learning and memory impairments and increases amyloid deposition in APP_V717I-CT100 transgenic mice, an Alzheimer’s disease model
FASEB J. 2006 20: 729-731. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cécile Brun, Pierre Philip-Couderc, Mario Raggenbass, Angela Roatti, and Alex J. Baertschi

Intracellular targeting of truncated secretory peptides in the mammalian heart and brain
FASEB J. 2006 20: 732-734. [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Patrick Maillard, Thierry Huby, Ursula Andréo, Martine Moreau, John Chapman, and Agata Budkowska

The interaction of natural hepatitis C virus with human scavenger receptor SR-BI/Cla1 is mediated by ApoB-containing lipoproteins
FASEB J. 2006 20: 735-737. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jonathan D. Archer, Cinthya C. Vargas, and Judy E. Anderson

Persistent and improved functional gain in mdx dystrophic mice after treatment with L-arginine and deflazacort
FASEB J. 2006 20: 738-740. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carla Marques, Weimin Guo, Paulo Pereira, Allen Taylor, Cam Patterson, Paul C. Evans, and Fu Shang

The triage of damaged proteins: degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway or repair by molecular chaperones
FASEB J. 2006 20: 741-743. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark A. Stagg, Steven R. Coppen, Ken Suzuki, Anabel Varela-Carver, Joon Lee, Nigel J. Brand, Satsuki Fukushima, Magdi H. Yacoub, and Cesare M. N. Terracciano

Evaluation of frequency, type, and function of gap junctions between skeletal myoblasts overexpressing connexin43 and cardiomyocytes: relevance to cell transplantation
FASEB J. 2006 20: 744-746. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lee R. Moore, Hisashi Fujioka, P. Stephen Williams, Jeffrey J. Chalmers, Brian Grimberg, Peter A. Zimmerman, and Maciej Zborowski

Hemoglobin degradation in malaria-infected erythrocytes determined from live cell magnetophoresis
FASEB J. 2006 20: 747-749. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isaias Glezer, Amelie Lapointe, and Serge Rivest

Innate immunity triggers oligodendrocyte progenitor reactivity and confines damages to brain injuries
FASEB J. 2006 20: 750-752. [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Chad A. Dickey, Judith Dunmore, Bingwei Lu, Ji-Wu Wang, Wing C. Lee, Adeela Kamal, Francis Burrows, Christopher Eckman, Michael Hutton, and Leonard Petrucelli

HSP induction mediates selective clearance of tau phosphorylated at proline-directed Ser/Thr sites but not KXGS (MARK) sites
FASEB J. 2006 20: 753-755. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Esther Buytaert, Geert Callewaert, Nico Hendrickx, Luca Scorrano, Dieter Hartmann, Ludwig Missiaen, Jackie R. Vandenheede, Ingeborg Heirman, Johan Grooten, and Patrizia Agostinis

Role of endoplasmic reticulum depletion and multidomain proapoptotic BAX and BAK proteins in shaping cell death after hypericin-mediated photodynamic therapy
FASEB J. 2006 20: 756-758. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inge Tinhofer, Rainer Biedermann, Martin Krismer, Roman Crazzolara, and Richard Greil

A role of TRAIL in killing osteoblasts by myeloma cells
FASEB J. 2006 20: 759-761. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshitaka Tatebayashi, Emmanuel Planel, De-Hua Chui, Shinji Sato, Tomohiro Miyasaka, Naruhiko Sahara, Miyuki Murayama, Naomi Kikuchi, Katsuji Yoshioka, Ravid Rivka, and Akihiko Takashima

c-jun N-terminal kinase hyperphosphorylates R406W tau at the PHF-1 site during mitosis
FASEB J. 2006 20: 762-764. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luca Santucci, Andrea Mencarelli, Barbara Renga, Gianfranco Pasut, Francesco Veronese, Antonella Zacheo, Antonia Germani, and Stefano Fiorucci

Nitric oxide modulates proapoptotic and antiapoptotic properties of chemotherapy agents: the case of NO-pegylated epirubicin
FASEB J. 2006 20: 765-767. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Blake B. Rasmussen, Satoshi Fujita, Robert R. Wolfe, Bettina Mittendorfer, Mona Roy, Vincent L. Rowe, and Elena Volpi

Insulin resistance of muscle protein metabolism in aging
FASEB J. 2006 20: 768-769. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeongmin Seo, Rola Barhoumi, Arthur E. Johnson, Joanne R. Lupton, and Robert S. Chapkin

Docosahexaenoic acid selectively inhibits plasma membrane targeting of lipidated proteins
FASEB J. 2006 20: 770-772. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christèle Desbois-Mouthon, Dominique Wendum, Axelle Cadoret, Colette Rey, Patricia Leneuve, Annick Blaise, Chantal Housset, François Tronche, Yves Le Bouc, and Martin Holzenberger

Hepatocyte proliferation during liver regeneration is impaired in mice with liver-specific IGF-1R knockout
FASEB J. 2006 20: 773-775. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenichiro Yamashita, Robert Öllinger, James McDaid, Hideyasu Sakahama, Hongjun Wang, Shivraj Tyagi, Eva Csizmadia, Neal R. Smith, Miguel P. Soares, and Fritz H. Bach

Heme oxygenase-1 is essential for and promotes tolerance to transplanted organs
FASEB J. 2006 20: 776-778. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerson A. Soto-Peña, Ana L. Luna, Leonor Acosta-Saavedra, Patricia Conde, Lizbeth López-Carrillo, Mariano E. Cebrián, Mariana Bastida, Emma S. Calderón-Aranda, and Libia Vega

Assessment of lymphocyte subpopulations and cytokine secretion in children exposed to arsenic
FASEB J. 2006 20: 779-781. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tsuyoshi Shuto, Takashi Furuta, Mariko Oba, Haidong Xu, Jian-Dong Li, Judy Cheung, Dieter C. Gruenert, Akiko Uehara, Mary Ann Suico, Tsukasa Okiyoneda, and Hirofumi Kai

Promoter hypomethylation of Toll-like receptor-2 gene is associated with increased proinflammatory response toward bacterial peptidoglycan in cystic fibrosis bronchial epithelial cells
FASEB J. 2006 20: 782-784. [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Ulrike Mühlhäuser, Oliver Zolk, Thomas Rau, Felix Münzel, Thomas Wieland, and Thomas Eschenhagen

Atorvastatin desensitizes ß-adrenergic signaling in cardiac myocytes via reduced isoprenylation of G-protein -subunits
FASEB J. 2006 20: 785-787. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Celeste M. Bolin, Riyaz Basha, David Cox, Nasser H. Zawia, Bryan Maloney, Debomoy K. Lahiri, and Fernando Cardozo-Pelaez

Exposure to lead and the developmental origin of oxidative DNA damage in the aging brain
FASEB J. 2006 20: 788-790. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hyo-Bum Kwak, Wook Song, and John M. Lawler

Exercise training attenuates age-induced elevation in Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, apoptosis, and remodeling in the rat heart
FASEB J. 2006 20: 791-793. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Véronique Drouineaud, Laurent Lagrost, Alexis Klein, Catherine Desrumaux, Naig Le Guern, Anne Athias, Franck Ménétrier, Philippe Moiroux, Paul Sagot, Clément Jimenez, David Masson, and Valérie Deckert

Phospholipid transfer protein deficiency reduces sperm motility and impairs fertility of mouse males
FASEB J. 2006 20: 794-796. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Izumi Maezawa, Mary Nivison, Kathleen S. Montine, Nobuyo Maeda, and Thomas J. Montine

Neurotoxicity from innate immune response is greatest with targeted replacement of E4 allele of apolipoprotein E gene and is mediated by microglial p38MAPK
FASEB J. 2006 20: 797-799. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoru Kobayashi, Troy Lackey, Yuan Huang, Egbert Bisping, William T. Pu, Linda M. Boxer, and Qiangrong Liang

Transcription factor gata4 regulates cardiac BCL2 gene expression in vitro and in vivo
FASEB J. 2006 20: 800-802. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hypotheses:

Stephan von Gunten and Hans-Uwe Simon

Sialic acid binding immunoglobulin-like lectins may regulate innate immune responses by modulating the life span of granulocytes
FASEB J. 2006 20: 601-605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Walter Malorni and Carla Fiorentini

Is the Rac GTPase-activating toxin CNF1 a smart hijacker of host cell fate?
FASEB J. 2006 20: 606-609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Review:

Diane C. Zelman

The War of the Soups and the Sparks by Elliot S. Valenstein (2005), Columbia University Press
FASEB J. 2006 20: 598-599. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letter to the Editor:

Thoru Pederson

Author, author burning bright; author, author are you right?
FASEB J. 2006 20: 600. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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