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Fibrin sealant promotes migration and proliferation of human articular chondrocytes: Possible involvement of thrombin and protease-activated receptors

Yaowanuj Kirilak, Nathan J. Pavlos, Craig R. Willers, Renzhi Han, Haotian Feng, Jiake Xu, Nithiananthan Asokananthan, Geoffrey A. Stewart, Peter Henry, David Wood, Ming H. Zheng

Pages: 551-558 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Regulation of vascular smooth muscle proliferation and migration by β2-chimaerin, a non-protein kinase C phorbol ester receptor

Mitsuhide Maeda, Seiya Kato, Shintro Fukushima, Utako Kaneyuki, Teruhiko Fujii, Marcelo G. Kazanietz, Koichi Oshima, Minoru Shigemori

Pages: 559-566 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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WISP-2 expression in human salivary gland tumors

Yukinao Kouzu, Katsuhiro Uzawa, Masaki Kato, Morihiro Higo, Yoshinori Nimura, Koji Harada, Tsutomu Numata, Naohiko Seki, Mitsunobu Sato, Hideki Tanzawa

Pages: 567-573 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Evaluation of the role of RET polymorphisms/haplotypes as modifier loci for MEN 2, and analysis of the correlation with the type of RET mutation in a series of Spanish patients

Raquel María Fernández, Elena Navarro, Guillermo Antiñolo, Macarena Ruiz-Ferrer, Salud Borrego

Pages: 575-581 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Expression of membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase, MT1-MMP in human breast cancer and its impact on invasiveness of breast cancer cells

Wen G. Jiang, Gaynor Davies, Tracey A. Martin, Christian Parr, Gareth Watkins, Malcolm D. Mason, Robert E. Mansel

Pages: 583-590 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Reduction in energy efficiency induced by expression of the uncoupling protein, UCP1, in mouse liver mitochondria

Pedro González-Muniesa, Fermín I. Milagro, Javier Campión, J. Alfredo Martínez

Pages: 591-597 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Involvement of ALF in human spermatogenesis and male infertility

Min Huang, Hui Wang, Jianmin Li, Zuomin Zhou, Yong Du, Min Lin, Jiahao Sha

Pages: 599-604 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Interferon-γ down-regulates expression of tumor necrosis factor-α converting enzyme/a disintegrin and metalloproteinase 17 in activated hepatic stellate cells of rats

Tomohiro Fujita, Chihaya Maesawa, Kanta Oikawa, Hiroyuki Nitta, Go Wakabayashi, Tomoyuki Masuda

Pages: 605-616 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Expression of FGFRL1, a novel fibroblast growth factor receptor, during embryonic development

Beat Trueb, Sara Taeschler

Pages: 617-620 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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MMP14 gene polymorphisms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Wataru Saitoh, Tohru Sakamoto, Ahmed E. Hegab, Akihiro Nomura, Yukio Ishii, Yuko Morishima, Sachiko Kai, Takashi Iizuka, Takumi Kiwamoto, Yosuke Matsuno, Hosam H. Massoud, Hosny M. Massoud, Khalid M. Hassanein, Kiyohisa Sekizawa

Pages: 621-626 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Evidence for a specific cell membrane retinol-binding protein transport mechanism in a human keratinocyte line

Janet Huang, Amandio Vieira

Pages: 627-631 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Atrial natriuretic peptide enhances cortisol secretion from guinea-pig adrenal gland: Evidence for an indirect paracrine mechanism probably involving the local release of medullary catecholamines

Dipali Raha, Cinzia Tortorella, Giuliano Neri, Anita Prasad, Bushra Raza, Ranu Raskar, Rakhi Dubey, Nisarga S. Sen, Carlo Macchi, Ludwick K. Malendowicz, M. Firoz Ahmad, Gastone G. Nussdorfer

Pages: 633-636 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Enhanced cell-substratum adhesion of E-cadherin-expressing cells is mediated by activation of the small GTPase protein, Rac1

Yuqing Wang, Tadashi Ohkubo, Hirohito Tsubouchi, Masayuki Ozawa

Pages: 637-642 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Self-regulation of neutrophils during phagocytosis is modified after severe tissue injury

Gábor Pap, József Furész, János Fennt, Gábor C. Kovács, László Nagy, János Hamar

Pages: 649-654 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Novel mutations in the ENG and ACVRL1 genes causing hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia

Loukas Argyriou, Stefan Twelkemeyer, Irakli Panchulidze, Lars-Erik Wehner, Ute Teske, Wolfgang Engel, Karim Nayernia

Pages: 655-659 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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p38MAPK mediates IL-1-induced down-regulation of aggrecan gene expression in human chondrocytes

Jürgen Radons, Anja Katrin Bosserhoff, Susanne Grässel, Werner Falk, Thomas E.O. Schubert

Pages: 661-668 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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The influence of N- and O-glycosylation inhibitors on the glycosylation profile of cellular membrane proteins and adhesive properties of carcinoma cell lines

Anna Paszkiewicz-Gadek, Halina Porowska, Dorota Lemancewicz, Slawomir Wolczynski, Andrzej Gindzienski

Pages: 669-674 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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In vitro anti-cancer activity of a novel microbial fermentation product on human carcinomas

Chung Hin Chui, Roberto Gambari, Fung Yi Lau, Gregory Yin Ming Cheng, Raymond Siu Ming Wong, Stanton Hon Lung Kok, Johnny Cheuk On Tang, Ivy Tuang Ngo Teo, Filly Cheung, Chor Hing Cheng, Kwok Ping Ho, Albert Sun Chi Chan, Alfonso Wong

Pages: 675-679 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Notch ligand, JAG1, is evolutionarily conserved target of canonical WNT signaling pathway in progenitor cells

Masuko Katoh, Masaru Katoh

Pages: 681-685 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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April 2006
Volume 17 Issue 4

Print ISSN: 1107-3756
Online ISSN: 1791-244X

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