FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE, VOLUME 3, 1998

TABLE OF CONTENTS




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RESEARCH ARTICLES: BASIC SCIENCE

Optical spectroscopy of breast biopsies and human breast cancer xenografts in nude mice
Fay A. Marks
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, a1-10; January 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9392694

Targeted inhibition of hepatitis B virus gene expression: a gene therapy approach
Frank Y.-T. Tung and Steven W. Bowen
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, a11-15; February 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9450988

Effect of TGF-beta1 on PDGF receptors expression in human scar fibroblasts
Messadi DV , Le A, Berg S, Huang G, Zhuang W and Bertolami CN
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, a16-22, February 15, 1998] PubMed No: 9450987

Aminoalkylaziridines as substrates and inhibitors of lysyl oxidase: specific inactivation of the enzyme by n-(5-aminopentyl)aziridine
Narasimhan Nagan, Patrick S. Callery and Herbert M. Kagan
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, a23-26, May 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9563974

The Alzheimer's plaques, tangles and memory deficits may have a common origin; part I; a calcium deficit hypothesis
Ming Chen
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, a27-31, May 11, 1998] PubMed No: 9576681

The Alzheimer's plaques, tangles and memory deficits may have a common origin - part II: Therapeutic rationale
Ming Chen
[Frontiers in Bioscience, a32-37, June 8, 1998] PubMed No: 9616128

Characterization of kinetics of anti-Trichinella spiralis newborn larvae immunity in rats
Ching-Hua Wang
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, a38-46, June 9, 1998] PubMed No: 9618375

The Alzheimer's plaques, tangles and memory deficits may have a common origin - Part III: animal model
Ming Chen
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, a47-51, June 17, 1998] PubMed No: 9632378

RESEARCH ARTICLES: CLINICAL SCIENCE

Electrocholedochogram: a study of the electromechanical activity of the common bile duct in the dog
Ahmed Shafik
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, b1-5; January 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9383264

TECHNICAL NOTES AND PROTOCOLS

A regulatory system for target gene expression
Mark M. Burcin, Bert W. O´Malley and Sophia Y. Tsai
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, c1-7, March 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9478886

Use of genetically engineered mice as models for exploring the role of oxidative stress in neurodegenerative diseases
Julie K. Andersen
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, c8-16, March 25, 98] PubMed No: 9512453

In search of an animal model for postmenopausal diseases
E. A. Thorndike and A. S. Turner
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, c17-26, April 16, 1998] PubMed No: 9545440

Lurie's tubercle-count method to test TB vaccine efficacy in rabbits
Arthur M. Dannenberg, Jr.
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, c27-33, May 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9563971

REVIEWS: BASIC SCIENCE

Ascorbate function and metabolism in the human erythrocyte
James M. May
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d1-10; January 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9405334

The p130 pocket protein: keeping order at cell cycle exit/re-entrance transitions
Xavier Mayol and Xavier Grana
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d11-24; January 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9405335

How do intracellular proteolytic systems change with age?
Ana Maria Cuervo and J. Fred Dice
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d25-43; January 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9407152

Chemokine receptors and human immunodeficiency virus infection
Paul D. Bieniasz and Bryan R. Cullen
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d44-58, January 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9407151

T cells and aging
Graham Pawelec , Ed Remarque, Yvonne Barnett, and Rafael Solana
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d59-99, January 15, 1998] PubMed No: 9421551

Alzheimer's disease and brain development: common molecular pathways
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto and Robert Bowser
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d100-112, January 15, 1998] PubMed No: 9422711

Control of TGF-beta receptor expression in bone
Michael Centrella , Changhua Ji, and Thomas L. McCarthy
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d113-124, January 15, 1998] PubMed No: 9422710

Does caloric restriction alter IL-2 transcription?
Mohammad A. Pahlavani
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d125-135, January 15, 1998] PubMed No: 9428813

Mechanism of action of antibody to capsular polysaccharide in Cryptococcus neoformans infection
Marta Feldmesser and Arturo Casadevall
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, d136-151, February 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9445465

Regulation of transcription factor NF KAPPA B in immune senescence
Usha Ponnappan
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3 d152-168, February 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9445466

Free fatty acids (FFA), a link between obesity and insulin resistance
Guenther Boden
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d169-175, February 15, 1998] PubMed No: 9450985

Regulation of bile acid synthesis
John Y. L. Chiang
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d176-193, February 15, 1998] PubMed No: 9450986

Vasopressin signaling pathways in vascular smooth muscle
Raphael A. Nemenoff
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d194-207, February 15, 1998] PubMed No: 9456345

Cell-cell communication in carcinogenesis
James E. Trosko and Randall J. Ruch
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, d208-236, February 15, 1998] PubMed No: 9458335

Herpes simplex virus type 2: unique biological properties include neoplastic potential mediated by the Pk domain of the large subunit of ribonucleotide reductase
Laure Aurelian and Randall J. Ruch
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d237-249, February 15, 1998] PubMed No: 9459654

Myc and the cell cycle
Bruno Amati, Konstantinos Alevizopoulos and Jaromir Vlach
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, d250-268, February 15, 1998] PubMed No: 9468463

Control of vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cell proliferation and its implication in cardiovascular disease
Ioakim Spyridopoulos and Vicente Andrés
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d269-287, March 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9473210

Structure and function of heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF)
Karen M. Davis-Fleischer, and Gail E. Besner
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d288-299, March 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9473209

Eukaryotic-like histones in Chlamydia
Ravi Kaul and Wanda M. Wenman
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d300-305, March 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9477333

Molecular and immunological characterization of shellfish allergens
Patrick SC Leung and Ka-Hou Chu
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d306-312, March 15, 1998] PubMed No: 9482714

Regulation of survival pathways by IL-3 and induction of apoptosis following IL-3 withdrawal
Daniel E Johnson
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d313-324, March 15, 1998] PubMed No: 9488657

Alzheimer's disease and heparan sulfate proteoglycan
Ken-ichiro Fukuchi , Michael Hart, and Ling Li
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d327-337, March 15, 1998] PubMed No: 9490646

Mathematical modeling of immunological reactions
Penelope A. Morel
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d338-347, March 16, 1998] PubMed No: 9495835

Transcriptional regulation of alpha-1 adrenergic receptors
Daniel R. Scanga and Debra A. Schwinn
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, d348-353, March 17, 1998] PubMed No: 9497274

Biology of vaccinia virus acylproteins
Douglas W. Grosenbach and Dennis E. Hruby
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d354-364, March 22, 98] PubMed No: 9506927

Signal transduction during apoptosis; implications for cancer therapy
Michael Story and Reinhard Kodym
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, d365-375, March 23, 98] PubMed No: 9512454

Transcription by RNA polymerase I
Katherine M. Hannan, Ross D. Hannan and Lawrence I. Rothblum
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d376-398, March 26, 98] PubMed No: 9514984

Cellular and molecular basis of ß-amyloid precursor protein metabolism
Jeffrey P. Greenfield, Gunnar K. Gouras and Huaxi Xu
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d399-407, March 26, 98] PubMed No: 9514985

DNA inverted repeats and human disease
John J. Bissler
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d408-418, March 27, 1998] PubMed No: 9516381

RB and apoptotic cell death
Q. Ping Dou and Bing An
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d419-430, April 6, 1998] PubMed No: 9545437

The neuro-immunological interface in an evolutionary perspective: the dynamic relationship between effector and recognition systems
Enzo Ottaviani Silvana Valensin and Claudio Franceschi
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, d431-435, April 16, 98] PubMed No: 9545439

The essential role of inflammation and induced gene expression in the pathogenic pathway of Alzheimer's disease
Lars Nilsson, Jack Rogers and Huntington Potter
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, d436-446, April 16, 1998] PubMed No: 9545438

Role of E2F in cell cycle control and cancer
David G. Johnson and Robin Schneider-Broussard
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, d447-458, April 27, 1998] PubMed No: 9545438

The neutral theory and natural selection in the HLA region
Yoko Satta, Yi-Ju Li and Naoyuki Takahata
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, d459-467, April 27, 1998] PubMed No: 9556500

Cellular activation mechanisms in septic shock
Jocelyn S. Downey, and Jiahuai Han
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, d468-476, April 29, 1998] PubMed No: 9560358

Four varieties of voltage-gated proton channels
Thomas E. DeCoursey
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d477-482, May 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9563972

Isolation and structural analysis of microsomal membrane proteins
F.S. Heinemann and Juris Ozols
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d483-493, May 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9563973

Synaptic mechanisms in auditory cortex function
Raju Metherate
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, d494-501, May 6, 1998] PubMed No: 9569228

The keratinocyte growth-differentiation switch
Paolo Dotto
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d502-508, May 15, 1998] PubMed No: 9600879

Natural selection and the evolutionary history of major histocompatibility complex loci
Austin L. Hughes and Meredith Yeager
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d509-516, May 26, 1998] PubMed No: 9601106

Human mutations affecting branched chain a-ketoacid dehydrogenase
Dean J. Danner and Christopher B. Doering
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d517-524, June 3, 1998] PubMed No: 9609836

Mechanism of mycobacterium avium complex pathogenesis
Venkata M. Reddy
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d525-531, June 8, 1998] PubMed No: 9616131

New perspectives on retinoblastoma family functions in differentiation
Amy S. Yee , Heather H. Shih, and Sergei G. Tevosian
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d532-547, June 8, 1998] PubMed No: 9616132

Alcohol and anesthetic mechanisms in genetically engineered mice
Gregg E. Homanics , Joseph J. Quinlan, Robert M. Mihalek, and Leonard L. Firestone
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d548-558, June 8, 1998] PubMed No: 9616129

Macrokines: invertebrate cytokine-like molecules?
Gregory Beck
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d559-569, June 16, 1998] PubMed No: 9628939

DNA strand exchange proteins: a biochemical and physical comparison
Piero R. Bianco, Robert B. Tracy and Stephen C. Kowalczykowski
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d570-603, June 17, 1998] PubMed No: 9632378

The role of CD44 as a cell surface hyaluronan receptor during tumor invasion of connective tissue
Warren Knudson
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d604-615, July 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9634543

CD44 structure and function
Jayne Lesley and Robert Hyman
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d616-630, July 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9634544

Mechanisms regulating the binding activity of CD44 to hyaluronic acid
Dacai Liu, Tong Liu, Ruliang, Li, and Man-Sun Sy
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d631-636, July 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9634638

CD44 isoform-cytoskeleton interaction in oncogenic signaling and tumor progression
Lilly Y.W. Bourguignon , Dan Zhu and Hongbo Zhu
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, d637-649, July 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9634539

The CD44 protein family: roles in embryogenesis and tumor progression
Helmut Ponta and Peter Herrlich
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d650-656, July 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9634545

CD44 expression and growth factors
Jun-ichi Hamada , Yutaka Sawamura, and Erwin G. Van Meir
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d657-664, July 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9634542

Role of CD44 in CTL and NK cell activity
Asimah Q. Rafi-Janajreh, Prakash S. Nagarkatti and Mitzi Nagarkatti
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d665-671, July 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9634546

Plasticity of CD44s expression during progression and metastasis of fibrosarcoma in an animal model system
Lloyd A. Culp and Priit Kogerman
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, d672-683, July 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9634540

Regulation of the extracellular ligand binding activity of integrins
Catherine Fernandez , Katherine Clark, Louise Burrows , Neil R. Schofield and Martin J. Humphries
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d684-700, July 2, 1998] PubMed No: 9637803

Excitatory amino acid neurotransmission. Pathways for metabolism, storage and reuptake of glutamate in brain
Monica Palmada and Josep Joan Centelles
[Frontiers in Bioscience, d701-718, July 20, 1998]
PubMed No: Pending

Integrin-mediated platelet adhesion
Masaaki Moroi and Stephanie M. Jung
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, d719-728, July 23, 1998]
PubMed No: Pending

REVIEWS: CLINICAL SCIENCE

Diagnostic strategies in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
Robert P. Baughman, and John D. Liming
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, e1-12; January 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9405333

Long-term outcome among patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Sampath Prahalad and Murray H. Passo
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, e13-22, March 21, 1998] PubMed No: 9492378

Vascular smooth muscle, endothelial regulation and effects of aspirin in hypertension
Munir A. Rahmani
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, e23-38, April 27, 98] PubMed No: 9556499

Testis - specific proteins and their role in contraceptive vaccine development
Rajesh K. Naz and Cynthia M. Vanek
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, e39-48, April 30, 1998] PubMed No: 9560359

Therapeutic angiogenesis
Jeffrey M. Isner and Takayuki Asahara
[Frontiers in Bioscience, 3, e49-69, May 5, 1998] PubMed No: 9567005

The aging of the NMDA receptor complex
Kathy R. Magnusson
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, e70-80, May 11, 1998] PubMed No: 9576682

Role of lipoxygenases in breast cancer
Rama Natarajan and Jerry Nadler
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, e81-88, June 8, 1998] PubMed No: 9616130

Clinical implications of anomalous CD44 gene expression in neoplasia
Steve Goodison and David Tarin
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, e89-109, Junly 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9634541

Nutritional modulation of host responses to mycobacteria
Guixiang Dai, Susan Phalen and David N. McMurray
[Frontiers in Bioscience e110-122, July 20, 1998] PubMed No: Pending

Mycobacterial pathogenesis: a historical perspective
Frank M. Collins
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, e123-132 ,July 23, 1998] PubMed No: Pending

LETTERS TO EDITOR

Is Alzheimer's disease associated with a decreased intracellular level of calcium?
Ming Chen
[Frontiers in Bioscience 3, let1-2, April 1, 1998] PubMed No: 9535645