TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 30, Issue 1 (January 2009)
Reviews
Pivotal effects of phosphodiesterase inhibitors on myocyte contractility and viability in normal and ischemic hearts FREE
Yuan James Rao and Lei Xi
Acta Pharmacol Sin 30: 1-24; advance online publication, December 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/aps.2008.1
Natural products as promising drug candidates for the treatment of hepatitis B and C FREE
Carolin Wohlfarth and Thomas Efferth
Acta Pharmacol Sin 30: 25-30; advance online publication, December 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/aps.2008.5
Cerebral cortex modulation of pain FREE
Yu-feng Xie, Fu-quan Huo and Jing-shi Tang
Acta Pharmacol Sin 30: 31-41; advance online publication, December 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/aps.2008.14
Original Articles
Dehydroepiandrosterone anti-atherogenesis effect is not via its conversion to estrogen FREE
Heng-hui Cheng, Xiao-jing Hu and Qiu-rong Ruan
Acta Pharmacol Sin 30: 42-53; advance online publication, December 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/aps.2008.2
Cardioprotection by polysaccharide sulfate against ischemia/reperfusion injury in isolated rat hearts FREE
Ying Yang, Shen-jiang Hu, Liang Li and Guo-ping Chen
Acta Pharmacol Sin 30: 54-60; advance online publication, December 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/aps.2008.12
Effect of sugar positions in ginsenosides and their inhibitory potency on Na+/K+-ATPase activity FREE
Ronald JY Chen, Tse-yu Chung, Feng-yin Li, Nan-hei Lin and Jason TC Tzen
Acta Pharmacol Sin 30: 61-69; advance online publication, December 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/aps.2008.6
Assessment of myocardial blood perfusion improved by CD151 in a pig myocardial infarction model FREE
Hou-juan Zuo, Zheng-xiang Liu, Xiao-chun Liu, Jun Yang, Tao Liu, Sha Wen, Dao-wen Wang and Xin Zhang
Acta Pharmacol Sin 30: 70-77; advance online publication, December 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/aps.2008.10
Hydrogen peroxide mobilizes Ca2+ through two distinct mechanisms in rat hepatocytes FREE
Hirohiko Sato, Teruko Takeo, Qiang Liu, Kyoko Nakano, Tomohiro Osanai, Sechiko Suga, Makoto Wakui and Jie Wu
Acta Pharmacol Sin 30: 78-89; advance online publication, December 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/aps.2008.4
Transformation and action of extracellular NAD+ in perfused rat and mouse livers FREE
Ana Carla Broetto-Biazon, Fabrício Bracht, Livia Bracht, Ana Maria Kelmer-Bracht and Adelar Bracht
Acta Pharmacol Sin 30: 90-97; advance online publication, December 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/aps.2008.7
Inhibition of tubulointerstitial fibrosis by pentoxifylline is associated with improvement of vascular endothelial growth factor expression FREE
Qiu-gen Zhou, Fa-lei Zheng and Fan-fan Hou
Acta Pharmacol Sin 30: 98-106; advance online publication, December 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/aps.2008.11
PPAR-
agonists inhibit TGF-
1-induced chemokine expression in human tubular epithelial cells FREE
Wei-ming Wang, Hui-di Zhang, Yuan-meng Jin, Bing-bing Zhu and Nan Chen
Acta Pharmacol Sin 30: 107-112; advance online publication, December 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/aps.2008.15
Insulin-like growth factor-1 promotes cell cycle progression via upregulation of cyclin D1 expression through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/nuclear factor-
B signaling pathway in FRTL thyroid cells FREE
Meng Ren, Xia Zhong, Chun-yan Ma, Ying Sun, Qing-bo Guan, Bin Cui, Jun Guo, Hai Wang, Ling Gao and Jia-jun Zhao
Acta Pharmacol Sin 30: 113-119; advance online publication, December 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/aps.2008.8
Over-expression of NYGGF4 inhibits glucose transport in 3T3-L1 adipocytes via attenuated phosphorylation of IRS-1 and Akt FREE
Chun-mei Zhang, Xiao-hui Chen, Bin Wang, Feng Liu, Xia Chi, Mei-ling Tong, Yu-hui Ni, Rong-hua Chen and Xi-rong Guo
Acta Pharmacol Sin 30: 120-124; advance online publication, December 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/aps.2008.9
Neonatal bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccination inhibits de novo allergic inflammatory response in mice via alteration of CD4+CD25+ T-regulatory cells FREE
Qian Li and Hua-hao Shen
Acta Pharmacol Sin 30: 125-133; advance online publication, December 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/aps.2008.3
In vitro anticancer property of a novel thalidomide analogue through inhibition of NF-B activation in HL-60 cells FREE
Min Li, Wan Sun, Ya-ping Yang, Bo Xu, Wen-yuan Yi, Yan-xia Ma, Zhong-jun Li and Jing-rong Cui
Acta Pharmacol Sin 30: 134-140; advance online publication, December 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/aps.2008.13
