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THE TOHOKU JOURNAL EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE Volume 163 January — April 1991 EDITORIAL BOARD N. Hayasut (Sendai) Editor-in-Chief K. Aspe (Sendai) T. TacHIBANa (Sendai) S. Fustmura (Sendai) H. Tacami (Sendai) K. Harumi (Tokyo) F. Taxaku (Tokyo) M. Homma (Kobe) T. TakisHima (Sendai) M. Imar (Tokyo) T. Toyota (Sendai) T. Kisnimoto (Osaka) J. Ucuino (Sapporo) K. Kocure (Sendai) Y. Wana (Nagoya) K. Narisawa (Sendai) H. Waxasa (Fukushima) T. OcrHara (Osaka) H. WatanaBE (Kyoto) H. Saton (Sendai) T. Yamamoto (Fukushima) T. Taprra (Tokyo) PUBLISHED BY TOHOKU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL PRESS SENDAI, JAPAN CONTENTS Vol. 163, No. 1, January 1991 Iron-binding proteins in adenoid cystic carcinoma of salivary glands: An immunohistochemical study. H. Takahashi, S. Fujita, N. Tsuda, F. Tezuka and H. Okabe Expression of Lewis*, sialylated Lewis*, Lewis’, and sialylated Lewis’ antigens in human lung carcinoma. K. Fukushima Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) using polymerase chain reaction amplification. Y. Tokue, 8S. Shoji, K. Satoh, A. Watanabe and M. Motomiya Effects of progesterone and gossypol on monoamine oxidase activity in human term placental explant. H. Kono, Y.C. Lin, M. Yamaguchi, F.P. Zuspan, N. Furuhash, K. Takayama and A. Yajima Prevention of bacterial infection and LPS-induced lethality by interleukin-1lq in mice. T. Morikage, Y. Mizushima and S. Yano Different rates of acceptance of health examination among the people under 2 separate health insurance programs in Japan. 4H. Nakatsuka, T. Watanabe, S. Hisamichi, H. Shimizu, S. Fujisaku, Y. Ichinowatan, J. Konno, S. Kuroda, J. Hira, Y. Ida, S. Suda, K. Kato and M. Ikeda The localization and function of the neutralizing protein, VP4, in human rotavirus. H. Suzuki, S. Kitaoka, T. Konno and T. Sato Vol. 163, No. 2, February 1991 Indirect estimation of filtration variables in rat lungs calculated by protein concentration or osmotic pressure method. T. Tanita, K. Koike and S. Fujimura Loss of penile erectile response to intracavernous injection of acetylcholine in castrated dog. Y. Takahashi, Y. Hirata, S. Yokoyama, N. Ishi, L. Nunes, T.F. Lue and E.A. Tanagho Serum 1,5-anhydro-p-glucitol and glycemic control in patients with non- insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. F. Umeda, T. Yamauchi, H. Ishi, N. Nakashima, A. Hisatomi and H. Nawata a.-Adrenergic modulation of glucagon and insulin secretions in sheep. S. Oda, H. Fujimura, Y. Sasaki and A. Ohneda Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome with disseminated intravascular coagula- tion and thrombocytopenia: Successful treatment with high-dose intra- venous gammaglobulin. M. Aihara, Y. Konuma, K. Okawa, R. Koma, I. Kudo, R. Morioka, K. Kariya, H. Takami, Y. Sawada, A. Munakata and Y. Yoshida 111 Population study of ambulatory blood pressure in a rural community in northern Japan. 4H. Nakatsuka, Y. Imai, K. Abe, K. Nagai, M. Ikeda, H. Satoh, S. Sasaki, N. Minami, M. Munakata, H. Sakuma, J. Hashimoto, H. Sekino, K. Imai and K. Yoshinaga Does chylomicronemia cause atherosclerosis? 7. Murase, M. Okubo and M. Hara Functional advantage of parenchymal-sparing surgery for early hilar lung cancer. Y. Watanabe, M. Oda, J. Shimizu, Y. Hayashi, Y. Ohta, T. Iwa, N. Tonami and K. Hisada Vol. 163, No. 3, March 1991 Gossypol effects on monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity in several organs of term rats. H. Kono, Y.C. Lin, Y. Gu, M. Yamaguchi, F.P. Zuspan, N. Furu- hashi, K. Takayama and A. Yajima Accelerated glomerulosclerosis in alloxan-induced diabetic rabbits with anti- glomerular basement membrane nephritis. H. Wanibuch, T. Fujimoto and M. Ueda Silent obstruction of the coronary stenosis between diagnostic angiography and later percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty without myocardial infarction. T. Yambe, S. Nitta, S. Chiba, Y. Sayoh, S. Naganwma, H. Akiho, Y. Kakinuma, K. Izutsu, Y. Kikuchi, T. Naganuma, S. Sugawara, M. Tanaka, T. Meguro, H. Sasaki, M. Mitsuoka, Y. Terasawa, K. Nitta, Y. Katahira, T. Ohtomo, N. Endoh, H. Takeda, T. Sonobe, K. Takahashi, M. Miura, N. Sato and H. Mohn Effect of a platelet activating factor antagonist and antithrombin III on septicemia and endotoxemia in rats. Y. Inoue, S. Kohno, T. Miyazaki and K. Yamaguchi Responses of atrial natriuretic peptide, vasopressin, aldosterone and renal function to intracerebroventricular infusion of angiotensin Il in dogs. M. Shoji, T. Kimura, K. Ota, M. Inoue, K. Sato, M. Ohta, T. Yamamoto, K. Abe and K. Yoshinaga Initial pathophysiological changes in chronic pancreatitis induced by pan- creatic ductular obstruction model. S. Matsuno, Y. Sasaki, M. Kobar, K. Takeda, R. Nakamura and M.M. Rahman Antimyosin antibodies in CNS-lupus. K. Matsunaga, T. Kawai, K. Kato, K. Tani and T. Ohkubo Antihypertensive effect of captopril and enalapril in endothelin-infused rats. M. Yasujima, K. Abe, M. Kanazawa, K. Yoshida, M. Kohzuki, K. Takeuch, K. Tsunoda, K. Kudo, M. Hiwatan, T. Sato and K. Yoshinaga 219 Short Report Comparison of MRI, CT and bone scintigraphy in metastases of experimental neoplasm. H. Watanabe, T. Sato, T. Hisinuma and Y. Ogata Vol. 163, No. 4, April 1991 Pyloric narrowing with increased fibrous tissue of the mucosain aninfant. S. Kato, I. Konnai, Y. Harada, K. Komatsu and H. Nakagawa 233 Effects of d-, /- and dl-chlorpheniramine on dopamine and 3, 4-dihydroxy- phenylacetic acid levels in the regional parts of rat brain. FE. Sakurai, S. Yamasaki, N. Hikichi and K. Onodera Glucocorticoid-induced central diabetes insipidus in a case of malignant lymphoma. WM. Ohta, T. Kimura, K. Ota, M. Shoji, M. Inoue, K. Sato, T. Yamamoto, K. Endo, M. Narita, K. Abe and K. Yoshinaga Cytogenetic analysis of human bile for mutagenicity and Co-mutagenicity. M. Watanabe, S. Takagi, J. Magara, H. Mano, M. Tsunoda, H. Nakadaira, K. Endoh, M. Yamamoto, K. Kato and S. Akai Complement fragment C4d and Bb levels in inflammatory skin diseases (e.g. SLE, atopic dermatitis, erythroderma and pustulosis palmaris et plantar- is) for assessment of complement activation. H. Takematsu and UH. Tagami Correlations between IL-2 enhancing activity and clinical parameters in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. K. Tomura, H. Kang, K. Mitamura, M. Taker, K. Yamagami, M. Karasaki, S. Nishinarita, T. Hayama, S. Sawada and T. Horie Induction of natural killer (NK) activity in mice by injection of chromomycin A,. M. Kambe, R. Kanamaru, Y. Mitachi and A. Wakua B-lineage phenotype of lymphoblastoid cell lines from patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia. S. Tsuchiya, H. Fujve and T. Konno Short Report Nucleotide sequence of the putative human tyrosinase pseudogene. A. Takeda, J. Matsunaga, Y. Tomita, H. Tagami and S. Shibahara