1. Hypothesis: The Humoral Immune Response to Oral Bacteria Provides a Stimulus for the Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis

   • Elliot D. Rosenstein
   • Robert A. Greenwald
   • Gerald Weissmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 318

2. Interleukin 6 and 12, Alanine Aminotransferase Activity, and HCV Viral Load in Children with Chronic Hepatitis C Treated with Interferon and Ribavirin

   • Arleta Kowala-Piaskowska
   • Iwona Mozer-Lisewska
   • Wojciech Służewski

   OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 325

3. Effects of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) and Neutrophil Elastase Inhibitor (ONO-5046) on Acid-Induced Lung Injury in Rats

   • Ming-Yuan Jian
   • Tomonobu Koizumi
   • Keishi Kubo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 336

4. A Bactericidal Cecropin-A Peptide with a Stabilized α-Helical Structure Possess an Increased Killing Capacity But No Proinflammatory Activity

   • Huamei Fu
   • Åse Björstad
   • Johan Bylund

   OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 343

5. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Outer Membrane Proteins Induce iNOS by Activation of NF-κB and MAP Kinases

   • Vasantha Malladi
   • Manjula Puthenedam
   • Arun Balakrishnan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 345 - 353

6. Inflammatory Granulocytes Decrease Subcutaneous Growth of Melanoma in Mice

   • Madalena M. Costa
   • Artur P. Águas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 355 - 357

7. ICAM-1, ICAM-2 and ICAM-3 in the Sera of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

   • Pelagia G. Tsoutsou
   • Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis
   • Pashalis Adam Molyvdas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 359 - 364