December 2002 l Vol 8 l No 12

Extracellular Signals and Pancreatic β-cell Development: A Brief Review
Fang-Xu Jiang and Leonard C Harrison
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The Role of Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 and Its Receptors in Human Tumors
Kresimir Pavelic, Damir Bukovic, and Jasminka Pavelic
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Anx7 Is Required for Nutritional Control of Gene Expression in Mouse Pancreatic Islets of Langerhans
Meera Srivastava, Ofer Eidelman, Ximena Leighton, Mirta Glasma, Gertrude Goping, and Harvey B Pollard
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Computer-Based Design of an HLA-Haplotype and HIV-Clade Independent Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte (CTL) Assay for Monitoring HIV-Specific Immunity
Massimo Amicosante, Cristiana Gioia, Carla Montesano, Rita Casetti, Simone Topino, Gianpiero D'Offizi, Giulia Cappelli, Guiseppe Ippolito, Vittorio Colizzi, Fabrizio Poccia, and Leopoldo P Pucillo
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Modulation of Balance Between Apoptosis and Proliferation by Lipid Peroxidation (LPO) During Rat Liver Regeneration
María Teresa Ronco, María de Luján Alvarez, Juan Monti, María Cristina Carrillo, Gerardo Pisani, María Cristina Lugano, and Cristina E Carnovale
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Visualization of Irreparable Ischemic Damage in Brain by Selective Labeling of double-Strand Blunt-Ended DNA Breaks
Vladimir V Didenko, Hop Ngo, Candace L Minchew, Denise J Boudreaux, Marsha A Widmayer, and David S Baskin
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Semicarbazide-Sensitive Amine Oxidase (SSAO) Gene Expression in Alloxan-induced Diabetes in Mice
Jenny L E Nordquist, Camilla Göktürk, and Lars Oreland
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Angiotensin II-Induced Mesangial Cell Apoptosis Role of Oxidative Stress
Saurabh Lodha, Dhimant Dani, Rajeev Mehta, Madhu Bhaskaran, Krishna Reddy, Guohua Ding, and Pravin C Singhal
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Peripheral Benzodiazepine Binding Sites in Platelets of Patients Affected by Mitochondrial diseased and Large Scale Mitochondrial DNA Rearrangements
Claudia Martini, Beatrice chelli, Laura Betti, Marina Montali, Michelangelo Mancuso, Gino Giannaccini, Anna Rocchi, Luigi Murri, and Gabriele Siciliano
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Modulation of Trophoblast Cell Death by Oxygen and EGF
Jonathan Perkins, Justin St John, and Asif Ahmed
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Farnesyl Protein Trasgerase Inhibition Interferes with Activation of MAP Kinase Family Members in Human Peripheral Blood Monocytes
Walter L Vervenne, Carina L Bos, Linda S Rens, Maikel P Peppelenbosch, and Dick J Richel
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Effects of Free Fatty Acid on Polymerization of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (IAPP) In Vitro and on Amyloid Fobril Formation in Cultivated Isolated Islets of Transgenic Mice Overexpressing Human IAPP
Zhi Ma and Gunilla T Westermark
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Adenoviral Transger of mda-7 Leads to BAX Up-regulation and Apoptosis in Mesothelioma Cells, and is Abrogated by Over-expression of BCL-XL
Xiaobo X Cao, Imran Mohuiddin, Sunil Chada, Abner M Mhashilkar, Mustafa K Ozvaran, David J McConkey, Steven D Miller, Jonathon C Danile, and W Roy Smythe
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Betulinic Acid-induced Mcl-1 Expression in Humna Melanoma - Mode of Action and Functional Significance
Edgar Selzer, Christiane Thallinger, Christoph Hoeller, Philipp Oberkleiner, Volker Wacheck, Hubert Pehamberger, and Burkhard Jansen
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