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A novel polymorphism, E254K, in the 5-lipoxygenase gene associated with bronchial asthma

Chunying Bai, Eiko Matsui, Hidenori Ohnishi, Kaori Kimata, Kimiko Kasahara, Hideo Kaneko, Zenichiro Kato, Toshiyuki Fukao, Naomi Kondo

Pages: 139-144 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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CDC25A inhibition suppresses the growth and invasion of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Xundi Xu, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Guoxing Liu, Yasuhiro Ito, Chew Yee Ngan, Motoi Kondo, Hiroaki Nagano, Keizo Dono, Mitsugu Sekimoto, Morito Monden

Pages: 145-152 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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Phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of STAT3 regulated by the Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein 1 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Yi-ping Liu, Yun-nian Tan, Zhen-lian Wang, Liang Zeng, Zhong-xin Lu, Li-li Li, Wei Luo, Min Tang, Ya Cao

Pages: 153-162 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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Novel tubulin-polymerization inhibitor derived from thalidomide directly induces apoptosis in human multiple myeloma cells: Possible anti-myeloma mechanism of thalidomide

Toyotaka Iguchi, Tomomi Yachide-Noguchi, Yuichi Hashimoto, Sawako Nakazato, Morihiko Sagawa, Yasuo Ikeda, Masahiro Kizaki

Pages: 163-168 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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Overexpression of human selenoprotein M differentially regulates the concentrations of antioxidants and H2O2, the activity of antioxidant enzymes, and the composition of white blood cells in a transgenic rat

Dae Youn Hwang, Ji Soon Sin, Min Sun Kim, Su Youn Yim, Yong Kyu Kim, Chuel Kyu Kim, Byoung Guk Kim, Sun Bo Shim, Seung Wan Jee, Su Hae Lee, Chang Joon Bae, Byoung Chun Lee, Mee Kyung Jang, Jung Sik Cho, Kab Ryong Chae

Pages: 169-179 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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Allograft inflammatory factor-1 augments macrophage phagocytotic activity and accelerates the progression of atherosclerosis in ApoE−/− mice

Tetsuya Mishima, Kazuya Iwabuchi, Satoshi Fujii, Shin-ya Tanaka, Hisako Ogura, Keiko Watano-Miyata, Naoki Ishimori, Yasuhiro Andoh, Yukihito Nakai, Chikako Iwabuchi, Manabu Ato, Akira Kitabatake, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Kazunori Onoé

Pages: 181-187 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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Parental-origin-determination fluorescence in situ hybridization distinguishes homologous human chromosomes on a single-cell level

A. Weise, M. Gross, K. Mrasek, H. Mkrtchyan, B. Horsthemke, C. Jonsrud, F. Von Eggeling, S. Hinreiner, V. Witthuhn, U. Claussen, T. Liehr

Pages: 189-200 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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Reduced rate of adenosine triphosphate synthesis by in vivo 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and downregulation of PGC-1β in distal skeletal muscle following burn

A. Aria Tzika, Dionyssios Mintzopoulos, Katie Padfield, julie wilhelmy, Michael N. Mindrinos, Hongue Yu, Haihui Cao, Qunhao Zhang, Loukas G. Astrakas, Jiangwen Zhang, Yong-Ming Yu, Laurence G. Rahme, Ronald G. Tompkins

Pages: 201-208 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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Induction of c-Myc-dependent cell proliferation through toll-like receptor 3 in head and neck cancer

Ralph Pries, Lisa Hogrefe, Lei Xie, Henning Frenzel, Carsten Brocks, Claudia Ditz, Barbara Wollenberg

Pages: 209-215 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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GPI-anchorless human prion protein is secreted and glycosylated but lacks superoxide dismutase activity

Akikazu Sakudo, Izuru Nakamura, Shotaro Tsuji, Kazuyoshi Ikuta

Pages: 217-222 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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Aging and anti-aging: Unexpected side effects of everyday medication through sirtuin1 modulation

Nicole Engel, Ulrich Mahlknecht

Pages: 223-232 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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Age-related changes in BAFF and APRIL profiles and upregulation of BAFF and APRIL expression in patients with primary antibody deficiency

Rong Jin, Hideo Kaneko, Hiroko Suzuki, Takahiro Arai, Takahide Teramoto, Toshiyuki Fukao, Naomi Kondo

Pages: 233-238 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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Inhibition of experimental abdominal aortic aneurysm progression by nifedipine

Naruya Tomita, Keita Yamasaki, Keiko Izawa, Yasuo Kunugiza, Mariana k. Osako, Toshio Ogihara, Ryuichi Morishita

Pages: 239-244 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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Tuberin-heterozygous cell line TSC2ang1 as a model for tuberous sclerosis-associated skin lesions

Pawel k. Wlodarski, Radoslaw Maksym, Monika Oldak, Sergiusz Jozwiak, Andrzej Wojcik, Jaroslaw Jozwiak

Pages: 245-250 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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Quantitative RT-PCR assays for the determination of urokinase-type plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 mRNA in primary tumor tissue of breast cancer patients: Comparison to antigen quantification by ELISA

Julia c. Biermann, Leon Holzscheiter, Matthias Kotzsch, Thomas Luther, Marion Kiechle-Bahat, Fred C.G.J. Sweep, Paul N. Span, Manfred Schmitt, Viktor Magdolen

Pages: 251-259 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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Cancer genes induced by malathion and parathion in the presence of estrogen in breast cells

G. M. Calaf, D. Roy

Pages: 261-268 Published online on: 01 February 2008
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February 2008
Volume 21 Issue 2

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

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