1. Meeting Report

   • G. Sturman

   Editorial 20 March 2006 Pages: S01 - S02

2. Honorary membership of the European Histamine Research Society (EHRS)

   • M. Ennis
   • E. Masini
   • K. Yanai

   Editorial 20 March 2006 Pages: S03 - S04

3. Evaluation of the effects of a novel carbon monoxide releasing molecule (CORM-3) in an in vitro model of cardiovascular inflammation.

   • A. Vannacci
   • C. Marzocca
   • P. F. Mannaioni

   Original Research Paper Pages: S05 - S06

4. Inhibition of mast cell degranulation-induced drop of blood pressure with clemastine, cromolyn and compound 48/80 pretreatment

   • L. Peternel
   • M. Černe
   • M. V. Budihna

   Original Research Paper Pages: S07 - S08

5. Regulation of nerve growth factor induced histamine and arachidonic acid release from rat mast cells by cannabinoids

   • M. Štempelj
   • A. Bavec
   • I. Ferjan

   Original Research Paper Pages: S09 - S10

6. Cross-interaction between PAR-activation and tyrosine kinase in the modulation of rat ileum smooth muscle contraction

   • B. Y. C. Wan
   • K. H. Peh
   • F. L. Pearce

   Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S11 - S12

7. Effect of genistein on agonist-induced airway smooth muscle contraction

   • E. -S. K. Assem
   • B. Y. C. Wan
   • F. L. Pearce

   Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S13 - S14

8. Effect of H₁-antihistamines on the oxidative burst of rat phagocytes

   • J. Kralova
   • M. Ciz
   • A. Lojek

   Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S15 - S16

9. Taurine – chloramine is a potent antiinflammatory substance

   • E. Wojtecka-Lukasik
   • K. Czuprynska
   • S. Maslinski

   Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S17 - S18

10. Extra- and intracellular oxidant production in phorbol myristate acetate stimulated human polymorphonuclear leukocytes: modulation by histamine and H₁-antagonist loratadine

    • K. Drábiková
    • V. Jančinová
    • T. Mačičková

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S19 - S20

11. Analysis of IgE down regulation induced by basophil activation. Application to the diagnosis of muscle relaxant allergic hypersensitivity by flow cytometry

    • J. Sainte-Laudy
    • A. Boumediene
    • M. Cogné

    Original Research Paper Pages: S21 - S22

12. Use of four different flow cytometric protocols for the analysis of human basophil activation. Application to the study of the biological activity of high dilutions of histamine

    • J. Sainte-Laudy
    • P. Belon

    Original Research Paper Pages: S23 - S24

13. Superallergens: a new mechanism of immunologic activation of human basophils and mast cells

    • G. Marone
    • G. Spadaro
    • A. Detoraki

    Original Research Paper Pages: S25 - S27

14. Betahistine increases ACh release from the cortex, but not histamine release from the nucleus basalis magnocellularis of freely-moving rats.

    • G. Cenni
    • M. B. Passani
    • P. Blandina

    Original Research Paper Pages: S28 - S29

15. Nociceptin-induced histamine release in the brain: comparison with compound 48/80- and substance P-induced amine secretions

    • K. Tekes
    • M. Hantos
    • Z. Huszti

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S30 - S31

16. Time course of thyroxine on hypothalamic histamine in the rat

    • E. Tiligada
    • S. Kakavas

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S32 - S33

17. Effects of histamine and IL-1β on PKC-stimulated nerve growth factor secretion from glial cells

    • M. Lipnik-Štangelj
    • M. Čarman-Kržan

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S34 - S35

18. Histamine transport in neonatal and adult astrocytes

    • M. Kržan
    • J. P. Schwartz

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S36 - S37

19. Differential CNS expression and functional activity of multiple human H₃ receptor isoforms

    • T. A. Esbenshade
    • M. I. Strakhova
    • A. A. Hancock

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S38 - S39

20. Probing the importance of N-glycosylation for [³H] clobenpropit binding to human H₃ receptors expressed in HEK 293 cells

    • P. L. Chazot
    • F. C. Shenton

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S40 - S41

21. Distinctions and contradistinctions between antiobesity histamine H₃ receptor (H₃R) antagonists compared to cognition-enhancing H₃ receptor antagonists

    • T. A. Esbenshade
    • A. A. Hancock
    • M. D. Cowart

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S42 - S44

22. Differences in pharmacological properties of histamine H₃ receptor agonists and antagonists revealed at two human H₃ receptor isoforms

    • T. A. Esbenshade
    • K. M. Krueger
    • A. A. Hancock

    Original Research Paper Pages: S45 - S46

23. Fluorescent benzofuran histamine H₃ receptor antagonists with sub-nanomolar potency

    • M. Cowart
    • G. A. Gfesser
    • A. A. Hancock

    Original Research Paper Pages: S47 - S48

24. The role of histamine and its receptors in the development of ovarian follicles in vitro

    • D. Szukiewicz
    • G. Szewczyk
    • D. Maslinska

    Original Research Paper Pages: S49 - S50

25. H₁- antihistamines and activated blood platelets

    • M. Petríková
    • V. Jančinová
    • D. Holomáňová

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S51 - S52

26. The role of the histamine H₄ receptor in signal transduction of atopic and non-atopic human lymphocytes ex vivo

    • B. Horr
    • H. Borck
    • F. Diel

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S53 - S54

27. New structural insights to help in the search for selective inhibitors of mammalian pyridoxal 5’-phosphate-dependent histidine decarboxylase

    • F. Sánchez-Jiménez
    • A. A. Moya-García
    • A. Pino-Ángeles

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S55 - S56

28. Origins of plasma amine oxidases in different mammalian species

    • H. G. Schwelberger

    Original Research Paper Pages: S57 - S58

29. Molecular cloning of guinea-pig diamine oxidase and histamine N-methyltransferase

    • J. Feurle
    • S. Rajtar
    • H. G. Schwelberger

    Original Research Paper Pages: S59 - S60

30. Expression of histamine degrading enzymes in guinea pig tissues

    • S. Rajtar
    • J. Feurle
    • T. Irman-Florjanc

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S61 - S62

31. The effects of diamine oxidase administration on experimental ulcerative colitis in rats

    • W. A. Fogel
    • A. Lewinski

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S63 - S64

32. Dualistic H₁-mediated effect of histamine on the human isolated intestine

    • E. Poli
    • C. Pozzoli
    • G. Coruzzi

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S65 - S66

33. Histamine in selected beer samples

    • F. Diel
    • C. Wackes
    • L. Rohn

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S67 - S68

34. Interactions between the histaminergic and angiotensinergic systems in the central cardiovascular regulation in rats

    • J. Jochem
    • K. Zwirska-Korczala
    • A. Berdowska

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S69 - S70

35. Influence of centrally acting amitriptyline and citalopram on histamine-induced cardiovascular effects in rats

    • T. Irman-Florjanc
    • J. Jochem
    • K. Zwirska-Korczala

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S71 - S72

36. Histamine and PGE₂ stimulate the production of interleukins -6 and -8 by human articular chondrocytes in vitro

    • D. E. Woolley
    • L. C. Tetlow

    Original Research Paper Pages: S73 - S74

37. Histamine and oxygen radicals of blood in the course of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)

    • E. Wojtecka-Lukasik
    • M. A. Karolczak
    • S. Maslinski

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S75 - S76

38. Histamine H₄ receptors on mammary epithelial cells of the human breast with different types of carcinoma

    • D. Maslinska
    • M. Laure-Kamionowska
    • S. Maslinski

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S77 - S78

39. Histamine stimulates αv-β3 integrin expression of the human trophoblast through the H₁ receptor

    • G. Szewczyk
    • M. Pyzlak
    • D. Szukiewicz

    Original Research Paper Pages: S79 - S80

40. Prostaglandin E₂ correlates with histamine production in human colorectal cancer

    • F. Cianchi
    • C. Cortesini
    • E. Masini

    Original Research Paper Pages: S81 - S82

41. Histamine modulates cellular events involved in tumour invasiveness in pancreatic carcinoma cells

    • G. Cricco
    • M. Núñez
    • G. Martín

    Original Research Paper Pages: S83 - S84

42. Antiradical effects of antihistamines in human blood. Structure-activity relationship.

    • V. Jančinová
    • K. Drábiková
    • D. Holomáňová

    Original Research Paper 20 March 2006 Pages: S85 - S86