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Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry: An International Journal for Chemical Biology in Health and Disease CONTENTS VOLUME 254, Nos. 1 & 2, December 2003 S.J.C. Stanat, C.G. Carlton, W.J. Crumb Jr, K.C. Agrawal and C.W. Clarkson: Characterization of the inhibitory effects of erythromy- cin and clarithromycin on the HERG potassium channel I. Subbaraya, C. Zhao and T. Duda: Structure and Ca** regulation of frog photoreceptor guanylate cyclase, ROS-GC] K. Ranganna, Z. Yousefipour, F.M. Yatsu, $.G. Milton and B.E. Hayes: Gene expression profile of butyrate-inhibited vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation C.C.A. Cardosa, E.R. Paviani, L.A. Cruz, F.C.R. Guma, R. Borojevic and R.M. Guaragna: Effect of pentoxifylline on arachidonic acid metabolism, neutral lipid synthesis and accumulation during induction of the lipocyte phenotype by retinol in murine hepatic stellate cell K. Kahlos, J. Zhang, E.R. Block and J.M. Patel: Thioredoxin restores nitric oxide-induced inhibition of protein kinase C activity in lung endothelial cells J. Swierczynski, L. Zabrocka, E. Goyke, S. Raczynska, W. Adamonis and Z. Sledzinski: Enhanced glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in adipose tissue of obese humans K.A. Hoekstra, D.V. Godin, J. Kurtu and K.M. Cheng: Effects of oxidant-induced injury on heme oxygenase and glutathione in cultured aortic endothelial cells from atherosclerosis-susceptible and -resistant Japanese quail H.C. Goel, P.K. Agrawala, V. Pathania and N. Malhotra: Immunomodulatory and cytoprotective role of RP-1 in y-irradiated mice S. Kariya, N. Takahashi, M. Hirano and S. Ueno: Humanin improves impaired metabolic activity and prolongs survival of serum- deprived human lymphocytes A.R. Parker: A single arginine residue is required for the interaction of the electron transferring flavoprotein (ETF) with three of its dehydrogenase partners 9] D.M. Morré, F. Guo and D.J. Morré: An aging-related cell surface NADH oxidase (arNOX) generates superoxide and is inhibited by coenzyme Q 101 P.R. Deepa and P. Varalakshmi: Salubrious effect of low molecular weight heparin on atherogenic diet-induced cardiac, hepatic and renal lipid peroxidation and collapse of antioxidant defences C.A. Wiebe, C. Rieder, P.G. Young, P. Dibrov and L. Fliegel: Functional analysis of amino acids of the Na*/H* exchanger that are important for proton translocation J. Pedraza-Chaverri, P.D. Maldonado, D. Barrera, A. Cer6n, O.N. Medina-Campos and R. Hernandez-Pando: Protective effect of diallyl sulfide on oxidative stress and nephrotoxicity induced by gentamicin in rats L.-Y. Zang and H.P. Misra: Inactivation of acetylcholinesterase by |-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine hydrochloride S.E. Alvarez, L.B. Fuentes and G.M. Ciuffo: Angiotensin II mediates Tyr-dephosphorylation in rat fetal kidney membranes M. Mandal, S. Das, T. Chakraborti, A. Mandal and S. Chakraborti: Identification, purification and partial characterization of tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) in bovine pulmonary artery smooth muscle F. Shu, S. Guo, Y. Dang, M. Qi, G. Zhou, Z. Guo, Y. Zhang, C. Wu, S. Zhao and L. Yu: Human Aurora-B binds to a proteasome a-subunit HC8 and undergoes degradation in a proteasome-dependent manner X. Guo, D. Chapman and N.S. Dhalla: Partial prevention of changes in SR gene expression in congestive heart failure due to myocardial infarction by enalapril or losartan A.A. Pantazaki, M.G. Tambaka, V. Langlois, P. Guerin and D.A. Kyriakidis: Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biosynthesis in Thermus thermophilus: Purification and biochemical properties of PHA synthase G. Baiardi, A.P. Zumino and E.R. Petrich: Effects of barium and 5-hydroxydecanoate on the electrophysiologic response to acute regional ischemia and reperfusion in rat hearts S.-l. Wu, J. Ma, H.-l. Qi, Y. Zhang, X.-y. Zhang and H.-I. Chen: Forskolin up-regulates metastasis-related phenotypes and molecules via protein kinase B, but not PI-3K, in H7721 human hepato-carcinoma cell line B. Gentil, F. Grimot and C. Riva: Commitment to apoptosis by ceramides depends on mitochondrial respiratory function, cytochrome c release and caspase-3 activation in Hep-G2 cells J.G. Kiang, V.G. Warke and G.C. Tsokos: NaCN-induced chemical hypoxia is associated with altered gene expression M. Murakami, M. Aoyama, T. Suzuki, H. Sasano, S. Nakayama and T. lijima: Genetic characterization of a new splice variant of the B, subunit of the voltage-dependent calcium channel J. Cui, D.K. Das, A. Bertelli and A. Tosaki: Effects of L-carnitine and its derivatives on postischemic cardiac function, ventricular fibrillation and necrotic and apoptotic cardiomyocyte death in isolated rat hearts N. Lapointe, J.N. Tsoporis, T.G. Parker, C. Blais Jr, A.A dam, D. Rouleau, G. Slaughter, R. Clément, C.F. Deschepper and J.L. Rouleau: Comparative effects of a vasopeptidase inhibitor vs. an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor on cardiomyocyte apoptosis in rats with heart failure D.H. Freed, M.C. Moon, A.M. Borowiec, S.C. Jones, P. Zahradka and I.M.C. Dixon: Cardiotrophin-1: Expression in experimental myocardial infarction and potential role in post-MI wound healing Y-L. Liang, L.-Y. Wang, H. Wu, D.-Z. Ma, Z. Xu and X-L. Zha: PKB phosphorylation and survivin expression are cooperatively regulated by disruption of microfilament cytoskeleton T. Maki, Y. Nasa, K. Tanonaka, M. Takahashi and S. Takeo: Direct inhibition of neutral endopeptidase in vasopeptidase inhibitor- mediated amelioration of cardiac remodeling in rats with chronic heart failure M. Mandal, A. Mandal, S. Das, T. Chakraborti and S. Chakraborti: Identification, purification and partial characterization of tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in bovine pulmonary artery smooth muscle M.M. Taher, G. Lammering, C. Hershey and K. Valerie: Curcumin inhibits ultraviolet light induced human immunodeficiency virus pen x pre ssion 1.J. Garcia, M. del Carmen Saez, M. De la Fuente and E. Ortega: Regulation of phagocytic process of macrophages by noradrenaline ind its end metabolite 4-hydroxy-3-metoxyphenyl-glycol. Role of a- and B-adrenoreceptors 304 J.J. Garcia, M. del Carmen Sdez, M. De la Fuente and E. Ortega: Noradrenaline and its end metabolite 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol inhibit lymphocyte chemotaxis: Role of alpha- and beta-adrenoreceptors 309 Vigoda, L.K. Mamedova, V. Shneyvays, A. Katz and A. Shainberg: Glycogen metabolism in rat heart muscle cultures after hypoxia 318 Vasdev, V. Gill, | ongerich, S. Parai and V. Gadag: Salt-induced hypertension in WKY rats: Prevention by a-lipoic acid supplementation 326 K. Scott, J.J. Collier, T Doan, A.S. Bunnell, M.C. Daniels, D.T. Eckert and R.M. O’ Doherty: A modest glucokinase overexpression fed expression levels of glycolytic and lipogenic enzyme genes in the fasted state without altering SREBP- r. Yasmin, A. Zardetto-Smith, A. Kincaid, M. Bagchi, A. Chatterjee, D. Bagchi and S.J. Stohs: Dose- and time- vel (—)-hydroxycitric acid extract on body weight, hepatic and testicular lipid peroxidation, DNA stopathological data over a period of 90 days ett and R.M. Levin: The effect of vitamin E on the response of rabbit bladder smooth muscle to hydrogen Zhang, M. Li and J. Li: Co-inheritance of specific genotypes of HSPG and ApoE gene increases risk of Montero: APRT from erythrocytes of HGPRT deficient patients. Kinetic, regulatory KElecltronuic wjourenalrs at( n)iné WWW._KLUWERONLINE NL Contact your librarian > more einforamatio n