Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry: An International Journal for Chemical Biology in Health and Disease CONTENTS VOLUME 263, Nos. 1 & 2, August 2004 ADVANCES IN CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH Dr. Junor A. Barnes Editorial l Junor A. Barnes: Preface 3 Walter J. Koch: Genetic and phenotypic targeting of 6-adrenergic signaling in heart failure 5-9 Rajat Sethi, Qiming Shao, Bin Ren, Harjot K. Saini, Nobuakira Takeda and Naranjan S. Dhalla: Changes in B-adrenoceptors in heart failure due to myocardial infarction are attenuated by blockade of renin—angiotensin system 11-20 Chris R. Triggle, Hong Ding, Todd J. Anderson and Malarvannan Pannirselvam: The endothelium in health and disease: A discussion of the contribution of non-nitric oxide endothelium-derived vasoactive mediators to vascular homeostasis in normal vessels and in type II diabetes 21-27 Dalip Ragoobirsingh, Donovan McGrowder, Tara Dasgupta and Paul Brown: The effect of nitric oxide on glucose metabolism 29-34 Péter Andréka, Thanh Tran, Keith A. Webster and Nanette H. Bishopric: Nitric oxide and promotion of cardiac myocyte apoptosis 35-53 Ana Maria Cuervo: Autophagy: Many paths to the same end 55-72 Bradley M. Palmer, Bradley K. McConnell, Guo Hua Li, Christine E. Seidman, J.G. Seidman, Thomas C. Irving, Norman R. Alpert and David W. Maughan: Reduced cross-bridge dependent stiffness of skinned myocardium from mice lacking cardiac myosin binding protein-C 73-80 Martin E. Cullen, Kimberley A. Dellow and Paul J.R. Barton: Structure and regulation of human troponin genes 81-90 Paul J.R. Barton, Leanne E. Felkin, Maren U. Koban, Martin E. Cullen, Nigel J. Brand and Gurtej K. Dhoot: The slow skeletal muscle troponin T gene is expressed in developing and diseased human heart 91-97 Aldrin V. Gomes and James D. Potter: Cellular and molecular aspects of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by mutations in the cardiac troponin I gene 99-114 Aldrin V. Gomes, Junor A. Barnes, Keita Harada and James D. Potter: Role of troponin T in disease 115-129 A. Mattiazzi, C. Mundina-Weilenmann, L. Vittone and M. Said: Phosphorylation of phospholamban in ischemia-reperfusion injury: Functional role of Thr!’ residue 131-136 Marek Michalak, Lei Guo, Murray Robertson, Mira Lozak and Michal Opas: Calreticulin in the heart 137-142 Sahika Guner, Ebru Arioglu, Aydin Tay, Atalay Tasdelen, Sait Aslamaci, Keshore R. Bidasee and U. Deniz Dincer: Diabetes decreases mRNA levels of calcium-release channels in human atrial appendage 143-150 Satyajeet S. Rathi, Harjot K. Saini, Yan-Jun Xu and Naranjan S. Dhalla: Mechanisms of low Na*- induced increase in intracellular calcium in KCl-depolarized rat cardiomyocytes 151-162 Susan Wray and R.D. Smith: Mechanisms of action of pH-induced effects on vascular smooth muscle 163-172 Peter K. Law, Kh. Haider, G. Fang, S. Jiang, F. Chua, Y.T. Lim and E. Sim: Human VEGFj65-myoblasts produce concomitant angiogene- sis/myogenesis in the regenerative heart 173-178 Bodh I. Jugdutt and Grzegorz Sawicki: AT, receptor blockade alters metabolic, functional and structural proteins after reperfused myocardial infarction: Detection using proteomics 179-188 Steve Ian Smith: PPAR-y receptor agonists—a review of their role in diabetic management in Trinidad and Tobago 189-210 R.S. Faustino, T.A. Clark, S. Sobrattee, M.P. Czubryl and G.N. Pierce: Differential antioxidant properties of red wine in water soluble and lipid soluble peroxyl radical generating systems 211-215 Darren J. Holub and Bruce J. Holub: Omega-3 fatty acids from fish oils and cardiovascular disease 217-225 Junor A. Barnes, Shamjeet Singh and Aldrin V. Gomes: Protease activated receptors in cardiovascular function and disease 227-239 Raja B. Singh, Sucheta P. Dandekar, Vijayan Elimban, Suresh K. Gupta and Naranjan S. Dhalla: Role of proteases in the pathophysiology of cardiac disease Index to Volume 263 Instructions for Authors Electronic journals at » | i4 ry Kluwert) is!" Contact your librarian for more information