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Volume 52, Number 2, April 2006

REGULAR ARTICLES

Prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease and Risk Factors for the Low and High Ankle-Brachial Index in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (80 kB)]
Jue Li, Buaijiaer Hasimu, Jinming Yu, Jing Wang, and Dayi Hu.....97

Involvement of Impaired Interaction with beta 1 Integrin in Epigallocatechin Gallate-Mediated Inhibition of Fibrosarcoma HT-1080 Cell Adhesion to Fibronectin
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (495 kB)]
Yasuo Suzuki, Takuji Suzuki, Takeshi Minami, and Mamoru Isemura.....103

Thapsigargin Enhances Cell Death in the Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Cell Line, GIST-T1, by Treatment with Imatinib (Glivec)
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (597 kB)]
Toufeng Jin, Hajime Nakatani, Takahiro Taguchi, Hiroshi Sonobe, Norihito Morimoto, Takeki Sugimoto, Toyokazu Akimori, Takumi Nakano, Tsutomu Namikawa, Takehiro Okabayashi, Michiya Kobayashi, and Keijiro Araki.....110

L-Cysteine Influx and Efflux in Human Erythrocytes: the Role of Red Blood Cells in Redox and Metabolite Homeostasis in the Plasma
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (144 kB)]
Deniz Yildiz, Buse Hilal Ates, Ceylan Uslu, and Haydar Oztas.....118

By-Products Produced by the Reaction of Estrogens with Hypochlorous Acid and their Estrogen Activities
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (541 kB)]
Hideyuki Nakamura, Tatsushi Shiozawa, Yoshiyasu Terao, Fujio Shiraishi, and Hitoshi Fukazawa.....124

Estrogenic Activity of Branched 4-Nonylphenol Isomers Examined by Yeast Two-Hybrid Assay
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (184 kB)]
Hirotaka Shioji, Shinji Tsunoi, Yosuke Kobayashi, Tatsushi Shigemori, Michihiko Ike, Masanori Fujita, Yoko Miyaji, and Minoru Tanaka.....132

Vitamin-E Supplementation Ameliorates Chromium-and/or Nickel Induced Oxidative Stress in Vivo
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (70 kB)]
Mandava Venkasteswara Rao, Sheetal Sudhir Parekh, and Sunita Lalchand Chawla.....142

Genotoxicity of Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (188 kB)]
Daisuke Nakajima, Ruri Ishii, Shiho Kageyama, Yoshiki Onji, Shigeru Mineki, Nobuhisa Morooka, Kosuke Takatori, and Sumio Goto.....148

Effects of Punica granatum Pericarps and Quercus infectoria Nutgalls on Cell Surface Hydrophobicity and Cell Survival of Helicobacter pylori
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (67 kB)]
Supayang Piyawan Voravuthikunchai, Surasak Limsuwan, and Hazel Mitchell.....154

Suppression of Amphibian Metamorphosis by Bisphenol A and Related Chemical Substances
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (976 kB)]
Yasushi Goto, Shigeyuki Kitamura, Keiko Kashiwagi, Ken Oofusa, Osamu Tooi, Katsutoshi Yoshizato, Jin Sato, Shigeru Ohta, and Akihiko Kashiwagi.....160

RESEARCH LETTERS

Antioxidant and Antiinflammatory Activities of Oregano Extract
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (187 kB)]
Kyoji Yoshino, Naoki Higashi, and Kunimasa Koga.....169

Characteristic Effects of L-Methionine on Tissue Distribution of Methylmercury in Mice
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (94 kB)]
Tatsumi Adachi.....174

Diagnostic Efficiency of Creatine Kinase (CK), CKMB, Troponin T and Troponin I in Patients with Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (76 kB)]
Mohamad Khalid Nusier and Bassam Mahmood Ababneh.....180

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Anti-Estrogenic Activity of Prenylated Isoflavones from Millettia pachycarpa: Implications for Pharmacophores and Unique Mechanisms
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (305 kB)]
Yoshinori Okamoto, Atsushi Suzuki, Koji Ueda, Chihiro Ito, Masataka Itoigawa, Hiroshi Furukawa, Tsutomu Nishihara, and Nakao Kojima.....186

Evaluation of the Observed Cisplatin Nephrotoxicity in Adult Cancer Inpatients: A Historical Cohort Study by Using Clinical Data Warehouse
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (61 kB)]
Qiyan Zhang, Yasushi Matsumura, Tadamasa Teratani, Sachiko Yoshimoto, Takahiro Mineno, Katsuhiko Nakagawa, Munetoshi Nagahama, Shigeki Kuwata, and Hiroshi Takeda.....192