Vol 28, No 8 (August 2007): Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Review

From blood to brain: amoeboid microglial cell, a nascent macrophage and its functions in developing brain   Pages (1087–1096)
Charanjit Kaur, S Thameem Dheen, Eng-ang Ling

Original Article

Greater stress protein expression enhanced by combined prostaglandin A1 and lithium in a rat model of focal ischemia   Pages (1097–1104)
Xi-hui Xu, Yi-nan Hua, Hui-ling Zhang, Jun-chao Wu, You-zhu Miao, Rong Han, Zhenlun Gu, Zheng-hong Qin
Morphine enhances purine nucleotide catabolism in vivo and in vitro   Pages (1105–1115)
Chang Liu, Jian-kai Liu, Mu-jie Kan, Lin Gao, Hai-ying Fu, Hang Zhou, Min Hong
Tanshinone IIA inhibits endothelin-1 production in TNF-α-induced brain microvascular endothelial cells through suppression of endothelin-converting enzyme-1 synthesis   Pages (1116–1122)
Chao Tang, An-hua Wu, Hong-li Xue, Yun-jie Wang
Propofol attenuates oxidative stress-induced PC12 cell injury via p38 MAP kinase dependent pathway   Pages (1123–1128)
Xing-jun Wu, Yong-jun Zheng, Yong-yao Cui, Liang Zhu, Yang Lu, Hong-zhuan Chen
Effects of long-term, low-dose sex hormone replacement therapy on hippocampus and cognition of postmenopausal women of different apoE genotypes   Pages (1129–1135)
Yun Yue, Ling Hu, Qin-jie Tian, Jing-mei Jiang, Yi-long Dong, Zheng-yu Jin, Yu-hang Cheng, Xia Hong, Qin-sheng Ge, Ping-ping Zuo
Serum sodium concentration is significantly associated with the angiographic characteristics of coronary atherosclerosis   Pages (1136–1142)
En-zhi Jia, Zhi-jian Yang, Tie-bing Zhu, Lian-sheng Wang, Bo Chen, Ke-jiang Cao, Jun Huang, Wen-zhu Ma
Prevention of lipopolysaccharide-induced injury by 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid in endothelial cells   Pages (1143–1148)
Ruo-peng Zha, Wei Xu, Wen-yi Wang, Li Dong, Yi-ping Wang
Inhibitory effect of ginsenoside Rb1 on calcineurin signal pathway in cardiomyocyte hypertrophy induced by prostaglandin F2α   Pages (1149–1154)
ng-song Jiang, Xie-nan Huang, Gui-zhong Yang, Xiao-yan Jiang, Qi-xin Zhou
Electrophysiological effects of haloperidol on isolated rabbit Purkinje fibers and guinea pigs papillary muscles under normal and simulated ischemia   Pages (1155–1160)
Dong Yan, Lu-feng Cheng, Hong-yan Song, Subat Turdi, Parhat Kerram
Low-dose carvedilol reduces transmural heterogeneity of ventricular repolarization in congestive heart failure   Pages (1161–1165)
Jiang-hua Zhong, Xiao-pan Chen, Mei-ling Yun, Wei-jing Li, Yan-fang Chen, Zhen Yao
Decreased expression of human aquaporin-5 correlated with mucus overproduction in airways of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease   Pages (1166–1174)
Ke Wang, Yu-lin Feng, Fu-qiang Wen, Xue-rong Chen, Xue-mei Ou, Dan Xu, Jie Yang, Zhi-ping Deng
Propofol attenuation of renal ischemia/reperfusion injury involves heme oxygenase-1   Pages (1175–1180)
Hui-hua Wang, Hai-yan Zhou, Cong-cong Chen, Xiu-lai Zhang, Gang Cheng
Reversal of hyperglycemia by protein transduction of NeuroD in vivo   Pages (1181–1188)
Yin Huang, Jing Chen, Ge Li, Tian-yue Cheng, Ming-hong Jiang, Shu-yu Zhang, Jun Lu, Shi Yan, Wei-wei Fan, Da-ru Lu
Role of hypothalamus nociceptin/orphanin FQ in pre-ovulatory luteinizing hormone surge of estrogen and progesterone-primed, ovariectomized rats   Pages (1189–1197)
Xiao-fei An, Jiang-yi Yu, Bo-ying Chen, Su-lin Zhang
11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 promotes differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocyte   Pages (1198–1204)
Yun Liu, Yan Sun, Ting Zhu, Yu Xie, Jing Yu, Wen-lan Sun, Guo-xian Ding, Gang Hu
Molecular mechanisms of ZD1839 (Iressa)-induced apoptosis in human leukemic U937 cells   Pages (1205–1214)
Dong-oh Moon, Moon-ok Kim, Jae-dong Lee, Yung-hyun Choi, Min-ki Lee, Gi-young Kim
Antitumor effects of Chi-Shen extract from Salvia miltiorrhiza and Paeoniae radix on human hepatocellular carcinoma cells   Pages (1215–1223)
Sheng Hu, Shi-min Chen, Xiao-kuan Li, Rui Qin, Zhi-nan Mei
Blockade of sonic hedgehog signal pathway enhances antiproliferative effect of EGFR inhibitor in pancreatic cancer cells   Pages (1224–1230)
Wei-guo Hu, Tao Liu, Jiong-xin Xiong, Chun-you Wang
Alendronate inhibits cell invasion and MMP-2 secretion in human chondrosarcoma cell line   Pages (1231–1235)
Te-jen Lai, Sheng-feng Hsu, Te-mao Li, Horng-chaung Hsu, Jaung-geng Lin, Chin-jung Hsu, Ming-chih Chou, Meng-chih Lee, Shun-fa Yang, Yi-chin Fong
Enhanced efficacy of CTLA-4 fusion anti-caries DNA vaccines in gnotobiotic hamsters   Pages (1236–1242)
Feng Zhang, Yu-hong Li, Ming-wen Fan, Rong Jia, Qing-an Xu, Ji-hua Guo, Fei Yu, Qi-wei Tian
Influence of omeprazole on pharmacokinetics of domperidone given as free base and maleate salt in healthy Chinese patients   Pages (1243–1246)
Yi-fan Zhang, Xiao-yan Chen, Xiao-jian Dai, Yi-ni Zhang, Qi-zhi Liu, Hua-ling Yu, Da-fang Zhong
Pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of a novel PDE5 inhibitor, SK-3530, in rats   Pages (1247–1253)
Hye-hyun Yoo, Nam-sun Kim, Guang-jin Im, Dong-hyun Kim
Design, synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of 4-[2-alkylthio-5(4)-(4-substitutedphenyl)imidazole-4(5)yl]benzenesulfonamides as selective COX-2 inhibitors   Pages (1254–1260)
Mona Salimi, Mohammad Hossein Ghahremani, Nima Naderi, Mohsen Amini, Elika Salimi, Massoud Amanlou, Khosrou Abdi, Raha Salehi, Abbas Shafiee