TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 134, Issue 6 (November 2001)
Reviews
Parathyroid hormone-related protein and its receptors: nuclear functions and roles in the renal and cardiovascular systems, the placental trophoblasts and the pancreatic islets FREE
Thomas L Clemens, Sarah Cormier, Anne Eichinger, Karlhans Endlich, Nathalie Fiaschi-Taesch, Evelyne Fischer, Peter A Friedman, Andrew C Karaplis, Thierry Massfelder, Jérôme Rossert, Klaus-Dieter Schlüter, Caroline Silve, Andrew F Stewart, Karen Takane and Jean-Jacques Helwig
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1113-1136; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704378
COX-2 and cancer: a new approach to an old problem FREE
Y S Bakhle
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1137-1150; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704365
Special Report
Anandamide administration into the ventromedial hypothalamus stimulates appetite in rats FREE
Nazila Jamshidi and David A Taylor
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1151-1154; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704379
Papers
Somatostatin release by glutamate in vivo is primarily regulated by AMPA receptors FREE
G J Hathway, P P A Humphrey and K M Kendrick
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1155-1158; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704362
Ginsenosides Rb1 and Re decrease cardiac contraction in adult rat ventricular myocytes: role of nitric oxide FREE
Glenda I Scott, Peter B Colligan, Bonnie H Ren and Jun Ren
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1159-1165; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704377
Analysis of the temporal expression of chemokines and chemokine receptors during experimental granulomatous inflammation: role and expression of MIP-1
and MCP-1 FREE
Maria Carollo, Cory M Hogaboam, Stephen L Kunkel, Stephen Delaney, Mark I Christie and Mauro Perretti
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1166-1179; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704371
P2 receptor-types involved in astrogliosis in vivo FREE
Heike Franke, Ute Krügel, Renate Schmidt, Jens Grosche, Andreas Reichenbach and Peter Illes
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1180-1189; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704353
Differential effects of serotonin reuptake inhibitors on erectile responses, NO-production, and neuronal NO synthase expression in rat corpus cavernosum tissue FREE
Javier Angulo, Concepción Peiró, Carlos F Sanchez-Ferrer, Sonia Gabancho, Pedro Cuevas, Sandeep Gupta and Iñigo Sáenz de Tejada
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1190-1194; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704351
Characterization of two Bunodosoma granulifera toxins active on cardiac sodium channels FREE
Cyril Goudet, Tania Ferrer, Loipa Galàn, Adriana Artiles, Cesar F V Batista, Lourival D Possani, Julio Alvarez, Abel Aneiros and Jan Tytgat
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1195-1206; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704361
Commercial taxane formulations induce stomatocytosis and increase blood viscosity FREE
Michael Mark, Roland Walter, D Osian Meredith and Walter H Reinhart
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1207-1214; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704387
Pharmacological and biochemical characterization of adenosine receptors in the human malignant melanoma A375 cell line FREE
Stefania Merighi, Katia Varani, Stefania Gessi, Elena Cattabriga, Valeria Iannotta, Canan Ulouglu, Edward Leung and Pier Andrea Borea
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1215-1226; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704352
Role of spinal NMDA receptors, protein kinase C and nitric oxide synthase in the hyperalgesia induced by magnesium deficiency in rats FREE
Sophie Begon, Gisèle Pickering, Alain Eschalier, André Mazur, Yves Rayssiguier and Claude Dubray
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1227-1236; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704354
Relationship between endogenous colony stimulating factors and apoptosis in human colon cancer cells: role of cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors FREE
Sara Calatayud, Timothy D Warner, Emma J Breese and Jane A Mitchell
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1237-1244; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704358
Effect of P-glycoprotein modulators on the pharmacokinetics of camptothecin using microdialysis FREE
T H Tsai, C H Lee and P H Yeh
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1245-1252; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704363
Regulation of VEGF-induced endothelial cell PAF synthesis: role of p42/44 MAPK, p38 MAPK and PI3K pathways FREE
Pascal N Bernatchez, Bruce G Allen, David S Gélinas, Gaétan Guillemette and Martin G Sirois
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1253-1262; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704367
Chronic morphine induces up-regulation of the pro-apoptotic Fas receptor and down-regulation of the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 oncoprotein in rat brain FREE
M Assumpció Boronat, M Julia García-Fuster and Jesús A García-Sevilla
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1263-1270; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704364
Impairment of myocardial contractility by anticancer anthracyclines: role of secondary alcohol metabolites and evidence of reduced toxicity by a novel disaccharide analogue FREE
Giorgio Minotti, Massimo Parlani, Emanuela Salvatorelli, Pierantonio Menna, Amalia Cipollone, Fabio Animati, Carlo A Maggi and Stefano Manzini
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1271-1278; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704369
N-[3,4-dimethoxycinnamoyl]-anthranilic acid (tranilast) suppresses microglial inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression and activity induced by interferon-
(IFN-) FREE
Michael Platten, Wolfgang Wick, Jörg Wischhusen and Michael Weller
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1279-1284; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704373
Macrophage Stimulating Protein (MSP) evokes superoxide anion production by human macrophages of different origin FREE
Sandra Brunelleschi, Lorenza Penengo, Luisa Lavagno, Claudio Santoro, Donato Colangelo, Ilario Viano and Giovanni Gaudino
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1285-1295; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704356
Characterization of the prostanoid receptor types involved in mediating calcitonin gene-related peptide release from cultured rat trigeminal neurones FREE
David W Jenkins, Wasyl Feniuk and Patrick P A Humphrey
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1296-1302; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704357
Influence of membrane cholesterol on modulation of the GABAA receptor by neuroactive steroids and other potentiators FREE
T Sooksawate and M A Simmonds
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1303-1311; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704360
Changes in blood glucose and plasma insulin levels induced by bradykinin in anaesthetized rats FREE
Jacques Damas, Claude Hallet and Pierre J Lefebvre
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1312-1318; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704374
Effects of cannabinoids on adrenaline release from adrenal medullary cells FREE
Nathalie Niederhoffer, Henrik H Hansen, Javier J Fernandez-Ruiz and Bela Szabo
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1319-1327; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704359
Effects of carbamazepine on the first ovulation in gonadotropin-primed immature female rats FREE
Kazuhiro Tamura, Yoriko Yatabe, Hajime Sakamoto, Masakiyo Hosokawa, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kan Chiba and Hiroshi Kogo
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1328-1334; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704375
Antidepressants enhance glucocorticoid receptor function in vitro by modulating the membrane steroid transporters FREE
Carmine M Pariante, Andrew Makoff, Simon Lovestone, Susan Feroli, Alexandra Heyden, Andrew H Miller and Robert W Kerwin
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1335-1343; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704368
HIV-1 coat protein gp120 stimulates interleukin-1
secretion from human neuroblastoma cells: evidence for a role in the mechanism of cell death FREE
Maria Tiziana Corasaniti, Anna Bilotta, Maria Concetta Strongoli, Michele Navarra, Giacinto Bagetta and Gianfranco Di Renzo
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1344-1350; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704382
Characterization of the receptors involved in the 5-HT-induced excitation of canine antral longitudinal muscle FREE
N H Prins, L M A Akkermans, R A Lefebvre and J A J Schuurkes
Br J Pharmacol 134: 1351-1359; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704376
