1. Werner W. Franke: Congratulations on the occasion of his eightieth birthday

   • Klaus Unsicker

   Editorial 23 December 2019 Pages: 1 - 2

   

2. Professor Werner Franke, an inspired and inspiring personality. Forever young, forever friends

   • Maya Simionescu

   Editorial 03 January 2020 Pages: 3 - 4

   

3. Plakophilins and their roles in diseased states

   • Ilse Hofmann

   Review 17 December 2019 Pages: 5 - 12

   

4. Chicken lens development: complete signature of expression of galectins during embryogenesis and evidence for their complex formation with α-, β-, δ-, and τ-crystallins, N-CAM, and N-cadherin obtained by affinity chromatography

   • Gabriel García Caballero
   • Sebastian Schmidt
   • Hans-Joachim Gabius

   Regular Article 26 November 2019 Pages: 13 - 35

   

5. Evolution of the lamin protein family at the base of the vertebrate lineage

   • Reimer Stick
   • Annette Peter

   Review 13 December 2019 Pages: 37 - 44

   

6. Formation and degradation of lipid droplets in human adipocytes and the expression of aldehyde oxidase (AOX)

   • Hans Heid
   • Ralf Zimbelmann
   • Steffen Rickelt

   Review Open access 19 December 2019 Pages: 45 - 62

   

7. Hydra nematocysts in the flatworm Microstomum lineare: in search for alterations preceding their disappearance from the new host

   • Georg Krohne

   Regular Article 17 December 2019 Pages: 63 - 71

   

8. The cell–cell junctions of mammalian testes—a summary

   • Lisa M. Domke

   Commentary 19 December 2019 Pages: 73 - 74

   

9. The cell–cell junctions of mammalian testes. III. Absence of an endothelial cell layer covering the peritubular wall of the seminiferous tubules—an immunocytochemical correction of a 50-year-old error in the literature

   • Werner W. Franke
   • Lisa M. Domke
   • Ralf Zimbelmann

   Regular Article Open access 12 November 2019 Pages: 75 - 92

   

10. VGF peptides as novel biomarkers in Parkinson’s disease

    • Cristina Cocco
    • Giulia Corda
    • Gian-Luca Ferri

    Regular Article 12 November 2019 Pages: 93 - 107

    

11. Quantitation and chemical coding of enteroendocrine cell populations in the human jejunum

    • Therese E Fazio Coles
    • Linda J Fothergill
    • John B Furness

    Regular Article 02 September 2019 Pages: 109 - 120

    

12. c-Kit-stem cell factor signal–independent development of interstitial cells of Cajal in murine small intestine

    • Satoshi Iino
    • Kazuhide Horiguchi
    • Satomi Horiguchi

    Regular Article 19 November 2019 Pages: 121 - 129

    

13. Characterization of the olfactory system of the giant honey bee, Apis dorsata

    • Sandhya Mogily
    • Meenakshi VijayKumar
    • Joby Joseph

    Regular Article 13 August 2019 Pages: 131 - 145

    

14. Chondroitin sulfate content and decorin expression in glioblastoma are associated with proliferative activity of glioma cells and disease prognosis

    • Alexandra Y. Tsidulko
    • Galina M. Kazanskaya
    • Elvira V. Grigorieva

    Regular Article 26 November 2019 Pages: 147 - 155

    

15. Dickkopf3 (Dkk3) is required for maintaining the integrity of secretory vesicles in the mouse adrenal medulla

    • Munenori Habuta
    • Hirofumi Fujita
    • Hideyo Ohuchi

    Regular Article 31 October 2019 Pages: 157 - 167

    

16. Dose-dependent mechanism of Notch action in promoting osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

    • Daria Semenova
    • Maria Bogdanova
    • Anna Malashicheva

    Regular Article 28 November 2019 Pages: 169 - 179

    

17. CD271 promotes STZ-induced diabetic wound healing and regulates epidermal stem cell survival in the presence of the pTrkA receptor

    • Min Zhang
    • Rui Zhang
    • Yibing Wang

    Regular Article 25 November 2019 Pages: 181 - 193

    

18. Antler stem cells as a novel stem cell source for reducing liver fibrosis

    • Xiaoli Rong
    • Yanyan Yang
    • Yimin Wang

    Regular Article Open access 19 August 2019 Pages: 195 - 206

    

19. Synthetic cathelicidin LL-37 reduces Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis internalization and pro-inflammatory cytokines in macrophages

    • Karina M. Cirone
    • Priyoshi Lahiri
    • Eduardo R. Cobo

    Regular Article 02 September 2019 Pages: 207 - 217

    

20. Acknowledgement to reviewers

    Acknowledgement to reviewers 10 December 2019 Pages: 219 - 222