Table of Contents: September 2000; 14 (12)

Research Communications

G. Taraboletti, L. Morbidelli, S. Donnini, A. Parenti, H. J. Granger, R. Giavazzi, and M. Ziche

The heparin binding 25 kDa fragment of thrombospondin-1 promotes angiogenesis and modulates gelatinase and TIMP-2 production in endothelial cells

E. Roeb, I. Behrmann, J. Grotzinger, B. Breuer, and S. Matern

A MMP-9 mutant without gelatinolytic activity as a novel TIMP-1-antagonist

C. Belmant, E. Espinosa, F. Halary, Y. Tang, M.-A. Peyrat, H. Sicard, A. Kozikowski, R. Buelow, R. Poupot, M. Bonneville, and J.-J. Fournie

A chemical basis for selective recognition of nonpeptide antigens by human {delta} T cells

M. Martin, M. Macias, G. Escames, J. Leon, and D. Acuna-Castroviejo

Melatonin but not vitamins C and E maintains glutathione homeostasis in t-butyl hydroperoxide-induced mitochondrial oxidative stress

C. A. Akdis, A. Joss, M. Akdis, A. Faith, and K. Blaser

A molecular basis for T cell suppression by IL-10: CD28-associated IL-10 receptor inhibits CD28 tyrosine phosphorylation and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase binding

S.-L. Si-Hoe,, F. M. De Bree, M. Nijenhuis, J. E. Davies, L. M. C. Howell, H. Tinley, S. J. Waller, Q Zeng, R. Zalm, M. Sonnemans, F. W. Van Leeuwen, J. P. H. Burbach, and D. Murphy

Endoplasmic reticulum derangement in hypothalamic neurons of rats expressing a familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus mutant vasopressin transgene

J. Zlatanova, P. Caiafa, and K. Van Holde

Linker histone binding and displacement: versatile mechanism for transcriptional regulation

B. A. Kingwell

Nitric oxide-mediated metabolic regulation during exercise: effects of training in health and cardiovascular disease

Y.-X. Wang, P. K. Dhulipala, and M. I. Kotlikoff

Hypoxia inhibits the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells

J. Zhou, S. Ng, O. Adesanya-Famuiya, K. Anderson, and C. A. Bondy

Testosterone inhibits estrogen-induced mammary epithelial proliferation and suppresses estrogen receptor expression

N. S. Tan, M. L. P. Ng, Y. H. Yau, P. K. W. Chong, B. Ho, and J. L. Ding

Definition of endotoxin binding sites in horseshoe crab Factor C recombinant sushi proteins and neutralization of endotoxin by sushi peptides

V. J. Thannickal, R. M. Day, S. G. Klinz, M. C. Bastien, J. M. Larios, and B. L. Fanburg

Ras-dependent and -independent regulation of reactive oxygen species by mitogenic growth factors and TGF-{beta}1

T. A. Zainal, T. D. Oberley, D. B. Allison, L. I. Szweda, and R. Weindruch

Caloric restriction of rhesus monkeys lowers oxidative damage in skeletal muscle

E. A. L. Biessen, A. R. P. M. Valentijn, R. L. A. De Vrueh, E. Van De Bilt, L. A. J. M. Sliedregt, P. Prince, M. K. Bijsterbosch, J. H. Van Boom, G. A. Van Der Marel, P. J. Abrahams, and T. J. C. Van Berkel

Novel hepatotrophic prodrugs of the antiviral nucleoside 9-(2-phosphonylmethoxyethyl)adenine with improved pharmacokinetics and antiviral activity

K. Reznikov, L. Kolesnikova, A. Pramanik, K. Tan-No, I. Gileva, T. Yakovleva, R. Rigler, L. Terenius, and G. Bakalkin

Clustering of apoptotic cells via bystander killing by peroxides

A. H. Gitter, K. Bendfeldt, J.-D. Schulzke, and M. Fromm

Leaks in the epithelial barrier caused by spontaneous and TNF-{alpha}-induced single-cell apoptosis

C. Harms, M. Lautenschlager, A. Bergk, D. Freyer, M. Weih, U. Dirnagl, J. R. Weber, and H. Hortnagl

Melatonin is protective in necrotic but not in caspase-dependent, free radical-independent apoptotic neuronal cell death in primary neuronal cultures

S. S. Deshpande, P. Angkeow, J. Huang, M. Ozaki, and K. Irani

Rac1 inhibits TNF-{alpha}-induced endothelial cell apoptosis: dual regulation by reactive oxygen species

A. Machwe, D. K. Orren, and V. A. Bohr

Accelerated methylation of ribosomal RNA genes during the cellular senescence of Werner syndrome fibroblasts

I. M. Lefterov, R. P. Koldamova, and J. S. Lazo

Human bleomycin hydrolase regulates the secretion of amyloid precursor protein

W. Durante, L. Liao, S. V. Reyna, K. J. Peyton, and A. I. Schafer

Physiological cyclic stretch directs L-arginine transport and metabolism to collagen synthesis in vascular smooth muscle

M. Rossmeisl, I. Syrovy, F. Baumruk, P. Flachs, P. Janovska, and J. Kopecky

Decreased fatty acid synthesis due to mitochondrial uncoupling in adipose tissue

Y. Canitrot, J.-S. Hoffmann, P. Calsou, H. Hayakawa, B. Salles, and C. Cazaux

Nucleotide excision repair DNA synthesis by excess DNA polymerase {beta}: a potential source of genetic instability in cancer cells

D. E. Elliott, J. F. Urban, Jr., C. K. Argo, and J. V. Weinstock

Does the failure to acquire helminthic parasites predispose to Crohn's disease?