1. Ras signal transduction in carcinogenesis and progression of bladder cancer: molecular target for treatment?

   • Nobuo Shinohara
   • Tomohiko Koyanagi

   Invited Editorial Pages: 273 - 281

2. Involvement of mitochondrial pathway in Taxol-induced apoptosis of human T24 bladder cancer cells

   • Sheau-Yun Yuan
   • Shih-Lan Hsu
   • Chi-Rei Yang

   Original Paper Pages: 282 - 288

3. Drug resistance in prostate cancer cell lines is influenced by androgen dependence and p53 status

   • Antonio M. Serafin
   • John M. Akudugu
   • Lothar Bohm

   Original Paper Pages: 289 - 294

4. Autofluorescence and 5-aminolevulinic acid induced fluorescence diagnosis of penile carcinoma – new techniques to monitor Nd:YAG laser therapy

   • Dominic Frimberger
   • Peter Schneede
   • Alfons Hofstetter

   Original Paper Pages: 295 - 300

5. Plasminogen- and colony-stimulating factor-1-associated markers in bladder carcinoma: diagnostic value of urokinase plasminogen activator receptor and plasminogen activator inhibitor type-2 using immunocytochemical analysis

   • Pierre Champelovier
   • Nathalie Boucard
   • Vincent Praloran

   Original Paper Pages: 301 - 309

6. Muscle derived cell mediated ex vivo gene transfer to the lower urinary tract: comparison of viral vectors

   • Ryan Pruchnic
   • Teruhiko Yokoyama
   • Michael B. Chancellor

   Original Paper Pages: 310 - 316

7. Evaluation of tissue factor antigen level in human seminal plasma

   • Shoichiro Ohta
   • Hideo Wada
   • Hideki Fuse

   Original Paper Pages: 317 - 320

8. Catalase-like and superoxide dismutase-like activities in human seminal plasma

   • A. Zini
   • M. Fischer
   • K. Jarvi

   Original Paper Pages: 321 - 323

9. Contralateral genitofemoral sympathetic nerve discharge increases following ipsilateral testicular torsion

   • Selçuk Otçu
   • Murat Durakoğugil
   • Feridun C. Tanyel

   Original Paper Pages: 324 - 328

10. The preventive effect of sodium pentosan polysulfate against renal stone formation in hyperoxaluric rats

    • Tatsuya Nakatani
    • Keiichi Ishii
    • Hartmut Oßwald

    Original Paper Pages: 329 - 335

11. Citric acid or citrates in urine: which should we focus on in the prevention of calcium oxalate crystals and stones?

    • Norbert Laube
    • Brigitte Jansen
    • Albrecht Hesse

    Original Paper Pages: 336 - 341

12. Immunohistochemical study of pro-apoptotic factors Bax, Fas and CPP32 in urinary bladder cancer: prognostic implications

    • Ioanna Giannopoulou
    • Lydia Nakopoulou
    • Panagiotis S. Davaris

    Short Communication Pages: 342 - 345