Vol 29, No 5 (May 2008): Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Original Article

5-HT1A/7 receptor agonist excites cardiac vagal neurons via inhibition of both GABAergic and glycinergic inputs   Pages (529–538)
Yong-hua Chen, Li-li Hou, Ji-jiang Wang
Bilobalide inhibits 6-OHDA-induced activation of NF-κB and loss of dopaminergic neurons in rat substantia nigra   Pages (539–547)
Ling-yun Li, Xi-lin Zhao, Xi-feng Fei, Zhen-lun Gu, Zheng-hong Qin, Zhong-qin Liang
Biological characters of [18F]O-FEt–PIB in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease using micro-PET imaging   Pages (548–554)
Ming-qiang Zheng, Duan-zhi Yin, Lan Zhang, Bei Lei, Deng-feng Cheng, Han-cheng Cai, Yan-jiang Han, Ming-xing Wu, Hong Zhang, Jing Wang
Curcumin inhibits cellular cholesterol accumulation by regulating SREBP-1/caveolin-1 signaling pathway in vascular smooth muscle cells   Pages (555-563)
Hao-yu Yuan, Shuang-yu Kuang, Xing Zheng, Hong-yan Ling, Yun-Bo Yang, Peng-Ke Yan, Kai Li, Duan-Fang Liao
Functional subtypes of renal α1-adrenoceptor in diabetic and non-diabetic 2K1C Goldblatt renovascular hypertension   Pages (564–572)
A Armenia, Munavvar Abdul Sattar, Nor Azizan Abdullah, Md Abdul Hye Khan, Edward James Johns
Increased secretion and expression of amylin in spontaneously diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats treated with rhGLP-1 (7–36)   Pages (573–579)
Hong-bo Weng, Qian Gu, Meng Liu, Neng-neng Cheng, Duan Li, Xin Gao
Nitroglycerin enhances proliferation and osteoblastic differentiation in human mesenchymal stem cells via nitric oxide pathway   Pages (580–586)
Li Huang, Ni Qiu, Che Zhang, Hong-yan Wei, Ya-lin Li, Hong-hao Zhou, Zhou-sheng Xiao
Downregulation of STEAP4, a highly-expressed TNF-α-inducible gene in adipose tissue, is associated with obesity in humans   Pages (587–592)
Chun-mei Zhang, Xia Chi, Bin Wang, Min Zhang, Yu-hui Ni, Rong-hua Chen, Xiao-nan Li, Xi-rong Guo
Chronic activation of neutral ceramidase protects β-cells against cytokine-induced apoptosis   Pages (593–599)
Qun Zhu, Jun-fei Jin, Xiao-hong Shan, Cui-ping Liu, Xiao-dong Mao, Kuan-feng Xu, Chao Liu
Effect of long-term partial bladder outlet obstruction on caldesmon isoforms and their correlation with contractile function   Pages (600–605)
Lin Yang, Da-lin He, Shu Wang, He-peng Cheng, Xin-yang Wang
Adenovirus-mediated expression of SSAT inhibits colorectal cancer cell growth in vitro   Pages (606–613)
Hui Sun, Bin Liu, Ya-pei Yang, Chun-xiao Xu, Yun-fei Yan, Wei Wang, Xian-xi Liu
Synergy of gemcitabine and lidamycin associated with NF-κB downregulation in pancreatic carcinoma cells   Pages (614–619)
Jing Chen, Shu-ying Wu, Zhi-gang Ou-yang, Yong-su Zhen
Reversal effect of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide on multidrug resistance in K562/ADM cell line   Pages (620–627)
Wei-dong Li, Bo-di Zhang, Ran Wei, Ji-hong Liu, Zhi-bin Lin
Berberine inhibits cyclin D1 expression via suppressed binding of AP-1 transcription factors to CCND1 AP-1 motif   Pages (628–633)
Ye Luo, Yu Hao, Tai-ping Shi, Wei-wei Deng, Na Li
Identification of antiviral mimetic peptides with interferon α-2b-like activity from a random peptide library using a novel functional biopanning method   Pages (634–640)
Qi Zhang, Gang Bai, Jia-qi Chen, Wang Tian, Yu Cao, Peng-wei Pan, Chao Wang