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Volume 27, No 3, July - September, 2013

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EditorialY.Y. Luan, Y.M. Yao and Z.Y. Sheng. The tumor necrosis factor-α-induced protein 8 family in immune homeostasis and inflammatory cancer diseases...................E. Papathanasiou, I. Palaska and T.C. Theoharides. Stress hormones regulate periodontal inflammation...........................................................................................S. Esposito and A. Musio. Immunostimulants and prevention of recurrent respiratory tract infections...................................................................................................M. Bertini, C.M. Conti and M. Fulcheri. Psychoneuroimmunology and health psychology: inflammation and protective factors.......................................................M. Sassek, E. Pruszynska-Oszmalek, J. Nowacka-Woszuk, I. Szczerbal, D. Szczepankiewicz, P. Kaczmarek, P.A. Kolodziejski, M. Switonski and P. Mackowiak. Resistin – from gene expression to development of diabetes................................................................................................................................................S. K. Kritas, A. Saggini, G. Varvara, G. Murmura, A. Caraffa, P. Antinolfi, E. Toniato, A. Pantalone, G. Neri, S. Frydas, M. Rosati, M. Tei, A. Speziali, R. Saggini, F. Pandolfi, T.C. Theoharides and P. Conti. Mast cells involvement in rheumatoid arthritis...................................................................................................Original ArticlesK. Gruber, M. Maywald, E. Rosenkranz, H. Haase, B. Plümäkers and L. Rink. Zinc deficiency adversely influences interleukin-4 and interleukin-6 signaling...C. Su, P. Wang, C. Jiang, P. Ballerini, F. Caciagli, M.P. Rathbone and S. Jiang. Guanosine promotes proliferation of neural stem cells through cAMP-CREB pathwayM. Eusebio, L. Kraszula, M. Kupczyk, P. Kuna and M. Pietruczuk. The effects of interleukin-10 or TGF-b on anti-CD3/CD28 induced activation of CD8+CD28- and CD8+CD28+ T cells in allergic asthma..................................................................................................................................................................................................S. Eid, W. Abou-Kheir, R. Sabra, G. Daoud, A. Jaffa, F.N. Ziyadeh, L. Roman and A.A. Eid. Involvement of renal cytochromes P450 and arachidonic acid metabolites in diabetic nephropathy.............................................................................................................................................................................................................E. Baldini, C. Tuccilli, N. Prinzi, S. Sorrenti, A. Antonelli, L. Gnessi, A. Catania, C. Moretti, R. Mocini, G. Carbotta, S. Morrone, S. Persechino, A. Redler, E. De Antoni, M. D’Armiento and S. Ulisse. The dual Aurora kinase inhibitor ZM447439 prevents anaplastic thyroid cancer cell growth and tumorigenicity..........G. Derosa, A. Bonaventura, L. Bianchi, D. Romano, A. D’Angelo, E. Fogari and P. Maffioli. Effects of Berberis aristata/Silybum marianum association on metabolic parameters and adipocytokines in overweight dyslipidemic patients.........................................................................................................................................G. Sabatino, L. Rigante, D. Minella, G. Novelli, G.M. Della Pepa, G. Esposito, A. Albanese, G. Maira and E. Marchese. Transcriptional profile characterization for the identification of peripheral blood biomarkers in patients with cerebral aneurysms........................................................................................................................L. Speranza, S. Franceschelli, M. Pesce, A. Ferrone, A. Patruno, G. Riccioni, M.A. De Lutiis, M. Felaco and A. Grilli. Negative feeedback interaction of HO-1/INOS in PBMC of acute congestive heart failure patients...........................................................................................................................................................................E. Dozio, A. Barassi, M.G. Marazzi, E. Vianello, G.M. Colpi, U. Solimene, G.L. Melzi D’Eril and M.M. Corsi Romanelli. Plasma myeloperoxidase in patients with erectile dysfunction of arteriogenic- and non-arteriogenic origin: association with markers of endothelial dysfunction..................................................................A. Mancini, E. Imperlini, A. Alfieri, S. Spaziani, D. Martone, A. Parisi, S. Orrù and P. Buono. DHT and IGF-1 in peripheral blood lymphocytes: new markers for the biological passport of athletes................................................................................................................................................................................................................D. Berritto, F. Iacobellis, F. Somma, M. Corona, A. Faggian, A. Iacomino, B. Feragalli, L. Saba and R. Grassi. 7T mMR in the assessment of acute arterial mesenteric ischemia in a rat model..............................................................................................................................................................................................................S. Nisticò, D. Ventrice, C. Dagostino, F. Lauro, S. Ilari, M. Gliozzi, C. Colica, V. Musolino, C. Carresi, M.C. Strongoli, I. Vecchio, M. Rizzo, V. Mollace and C. Muscoli. Effect of MN (III) tetrakis (4-benzoic acid) porphyrin by photodynamically generated free radicals on SODs keratinocytes..............................................L.M. Bellussi, C. Iosif, C. Sarafoleanu, E. Jianu, R. Duda, E. Panaitescu, F.M. Passali and D. Passali. Are HMGB1 protein expression and secretion markers of upper airways inflammatory diseases?....................................................................................................................................................................................................G. Luca, C. Lilli, C. Bellucci, F. Mancuso, M. Calvitti, I. Arato, G. Falabella, S. Giovagnoli, M.C. Aglietti, A. Lumare, G. Muzi, R. Calafiore and M. Bodo. Toxicity of cadmium on Sertoli cell functional competence: an in vitro study...........................................................................................................................................D. Grasso, C. Borreggine, D. Melchionda, C. Bristogiannis, L.P. Stoppino and L. Macarini. Role of 3D MRI with proset technique in the evaluation of lumbar radiculopathy...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................N. Prevete, R.I. Staiano, F. Granata, A. Detoraki, V. Necchi, V. Ricci, M. Triggiani, A. De Paulis, G. Marone and A. Genovese. Expression and function of angiopoietins and their tie receptors in human basophils and mast cells.....................................................................................................................................................M. Marino, F. Scuderi, E. Ponte, M. T. Maiuri, R. De Cristofaro, C. Provenzano, S. Rose-John, A. Cittadini and E. Bartoccioni. Novel path to IL-6 trans-signaling through thrombin-induced soluble IL-6 receptor release by platelets...........................................................................................................................................E. Savino, S. Iannelli, L. Forcella, L. Narciso, G. Faraso, G. Bonifaci and N. Sannolo. Muscoloskeletal disorders and occupational stress of violinists.....................A. Faggian, M.E. Alabiso, N. Serra, N.L. Pizza, F. Iasiello, M. Tecame, F. Somma, C. Rossi, G. Di Grezia, B. Feragalli, A. Iacomino and R. Grassi. Entero-colpo-defecography vs supine entero-MRI: which one is the best tool in the differentiation of enterocele, elytrocele and edrocele?.................................................................Letters to the EditorM.N. Hafidzi, B. Karimi, J.M. Panandam and N.H. Fuzina. Comparison of effect of sex hormone manipulation during neonatal period, on mRNA expression of Slc9a4, Nr3c2, Htr5b and Mas1 in hippocampus and frontal cortex of male and female rats...............................................................................................................V. Chopra, F. Marotta, A. Kumari, M.P. Bishier, F. He, N. Zerbinati, C. Agarwal, Y. Naito, C. Tomella, A. Sharma and U. Solimene. Prophylactic strategies in recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: a 2-year study testing a phytonutrient vs itraconazole....................................................................................................................M. Taherikalani, Z. Sekawi, F. Azizi-Jalilian, B. Keshavarz, S. Soroush, M. Akbari, M. Emaneini, P. Asadollahi, M.H. Maleki, S. Mohammadi, I. Pakzad, A. Delpisheh and K. Asadollahi. Distribution of extended spectrum beta-lactamase resistance genes among nosocomial imipenem resistant A. Baumannii strains harboring BLAoxa-23 carbapenemases isolated from Ilam and Tehran...........................................................................................................................................................A. Fioravanti, A. Lamboglia, N.A. Pascarelli, S. Cheleschi, P. Manica, M. Galeazzi and G. Collodel. Thermal water of Vetriolo, Trentino, inhibits the negative effect of interleukin-1β on nitric oxide production and apoptosis in human osteoarthritic chondrocyte.........................................................................................................R. Saraceno, S. Rizza, S. Faleri, M. Federici, S.P. Nisticò, M. Copetti and S. Chimenti. High density cholesterol level as predictor of clinical response to anti-TNF-alpha therapy in psoriatic patients.......................................................................................................................................................................................................G. Fontecchio, G. Carlucci, S. Colafarina and A. Poma. Besides the HLA loci: SNPs and non-HLA gene products as immunoregulatory factors in the onset of psoriatic arthritis subtypes...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................A. Zizzi, M.A. Montironi, R. Mazzucchelli, M. Scarpelli, A. Lopez-Beltran, L. Cheng, R. Di Primio, N. Paone, P. Castellini and R. Montironi. Karyometry and quantitative immunohistochemical analysis of the urothelium in tissue sections: a feasibility study based on chromatin remodeler DAXX immunostaining....................

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