Volume 15, Issue 6, November 2008

ISSN: 1021-7770 (Print) 1423-0127 (Online)

With the completion of Volume 15 (2008), this journal is no longer published by Springer. It is now published by BioMedCentral and is also called Journal of Biomedical Science.

In this issue (19 articles)

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    Biomedical Vignette

    Biomedical vignette

    Pages 669-673
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    Review

    Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and cancer progression

    Chia-Yu Chu, Cheng-Chi Chang, Ekambaranellore Prakash… Pages 675-685
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    Original Paper

    CGcgh: a tool for molecular karyotyping using DNA microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH)

    Yun-Shien Lee, Angel Chao, An-Shine Chao, Shuenn-Dyh Chang… Pages 687-696
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    A computational screen for C/D box snoRNAs in the human genomic region associated with Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes

    Padmavati Sridhar, Hin Hark Gan, Tamar Schlick Pages 697-705
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    Original Paper

    Interactions between M protein and other structural proteins of severe, acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus

    Yi-Ching Hsieh, Hui-Chun Li, Shih-Chi Chen, Shih-Yen Lo Pages 707-717
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    Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus nucleocapsid protein confers ability to efficiently produce virus-like particles when substituted for the human immunodeficiency virus nucleocapsid domain

    Shui-Mei Wang, Yu-Fen Chang, Yi-Ming Arthur Chen… Pages 719-729
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    Iron dictates the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in urinary tract infections

    Rahul Mittal, Saroj Sharma, Sanjay Chhibber, Kusum Harjai Pages 731-741
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    Original Paper

    Glycine input induces the synaptic facilitation in salamander rod photoreceptors

    Wen Shen, Zheng Jiang, Baoqin Li Pages 743-754
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    Dose-finding study with nicotine as a proconvulsant agent in PTZ-induced seizure model in mice

    Nimisha Sood, Ashok Kumar Sahai, Bikash Medhi… Pages 755-765
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    Original Paper

    Benzyl alcohol inhibits N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor-mediated neurotoxicity and calcium accumulation in cultured rat cortical neurons

    Tsuneo Takadera, Takao Ohyashiki Pages 767-770
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    Original Paper

    Enhancement of ectopic bone formation by bone morphogenetic protein-2 delivery using heparin-conjugated PLGA nanoparticles with transplantation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells

    Sung Eun Kim, Oju Jeon, Jung Bok Lee, Min Soo Bae… Pages 771-777
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    Cascade effect of cardiac myogenesis gene expression during cardiac looping in tbx5 knockdown zebrafish embryos

    Jen Her Lu, Jenn Kan Lu, Sie Lin Choo, Yu-Chi Li… Pages 779-787
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    A novel protein involved in heart development in Ambystoma mexicanum is localized in endoplasmic reticulum

    P. Jia, C. Zhang, X. P. Huang, M. Poda, F. Akbas… Pages 789-799
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    Original Paper

    Immunohistochemical assessment of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) within the rostral ventrolateral medulla

    Kellysan Powers-Martin, Anna M. Barron, Clare H. Auckland… Pages 801-812
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    Immunomodulatory effects of phytocompounds characterized by in vivo transgenic human GM-CSF promoter activity in skin tissues

    Pei-Fen Su, Vanisree Staniforth, Chin-Jin Li… Pages 813-822
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    Arecoline and the 30–100 kDa fraction of areca nut extract differentially regulate mTOR and respectively induce apoptosis and autophagy: a pilot study

    Shyun-Yeu Liu, Mei-Huei Lin, Yu-Rung Hsu, Ya-Yun Shih… Pages 823-831
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    Establishment of a fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based bioassay for detecting dioxin-like compounds

    Chi-Iou Lin, Chun-Hung Hsieh, Stanley Shiao-Ying Lee… Pages 833-840
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    Editorial

    Letter to the Editor: Overexpression of Myostatin2 in zebrafish reduces the expression of dystrophin associated protein complex (DAPC) which leads to muscle dystrophy

    Buel D. Rodgers Page 841
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    Editorial

    Response to a Letter to the Editor from Rodgers regarding “Overexpression of Myostatin2 in zebrafish reduces the expression of dystrophin associated protein complex (DAPC) which leads to muscle dystrophy”

    Aseervatham Anusha Amali, Cliff Ji-Fan Lin, Yi-Hsuan Chen… Pages 843-845
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