Vol 32, No 1 (January 2011): Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Research Highlight

Erasing fear memories — key receptor and essential timeframe discovered   Pages (1-2)
Shigenori Kawahara

Review

The role of BDNF in depression on the basis of its location in the neural circuitry   Pages (3-11)
Hui Yu, Zhe-yu Chen
Hepatocyte growth factor in lung repair and pulmonary fibrosis   Pages (12-20)
Ronald Allan M Panganiban, Regina M Day
In vitro models for the evaluation of angiogenic potential in bone engineering   Pages (21-30)
Elisabetta Cenni, Francesca Perut, Nicola Baldini

Original Article

Effect of intravenous anesthetic propofol on synaptic vesicle exocytosis at the frog neuromuscular junction   Pages (31-37)
Luciana Ferreira Leite, Renato Santiago Gomez, Matheus de Castro Fonseca, Marcus Vinicius Gomez, Cristina Guatimosim
Salvianolic acid B inhibits autophagy and protects starving cardiac myocytes   Pages (38-44)
Xiao Han, Jian-xun Liu, Xin-zhi Li
Angiopoietin-1 protects myocardial endothelial cell function blunted by angiopoietin-2 and high glucose condition   Pages (45-51)
Qin-hui Tuo, Guo-zuo Xiong, Heng Zeng, Hei-di Yu, Shao-wei Sun, Hong-yan Ling, Bing-yang Zhu, Duan-fang Liao, Jian-xiong Chen
Ouabain facilitates cardiac differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells through ERK1/2 pathway   Pages (52-61)
Yee-Ki Lee, Kwong-Man Ng, Wing-Hon Lai, Cornelia Man, Deborah K Lieu, Chu-Pak Lau, Hung-Fat Tse, Chung-Wah Siu
Upregulation of NF-E2-related factor-2-dependent glutathione by carnosol provokes a cytoprotective response and enhances cell survival   Pages (62-69)
Chien-chung Chen, Hui-ling Chen, Chia-wen Hsieh, Yi-ling Yang, Being-sun Wung
Amelioration of glomerulosclerosis with all-trans retinoic acid is linked to decreased plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and α-smooth muscle actin   Pages (70-78)
Xia Liu, Lei Lü, Bei-bei Tao, Ai-ling Zhou, Yi-chun Zhu
Enhancement of cytotoxicity of antimicrobial peptide magainin II in tumor cells by bombesin-targeted delivery   Pages (79-88)
Shan Liu, Hao Yang, Lin Wan, Hua-wei Cai, Sheng-fu Li, You-ping Li, Jing-qiu Cheng, Xiao-feng Lu
WJ9708012 exerts anticancer activity through PKC-α related crosstalk of mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum stresses in human hormone-refractory prostate cancer cells   Pages (89-98)
Ting-chun Kuo, Wei-jan Huang, Jih-hwa Guh
The distinct role of guanine nucleotide exchange factor Vav1 in Bcl-2 transcription and apoptosis inhibition in Jurkat leukemia T cells   Pages (99-107)
Jie Yin, Ya-juan Wan, Shi-yang Li, Ming-juan Du, Cui-zhu Zhang, Xing-long Zhou, You-jia Cao
Mixed micelles loaded with silybin-polyene phosphatidylcholine complex improve drug solubility   Pages (108-115)
Rui-ling Duan, Xun Sun, Jie Liu, Tao Gong, Zhi-rong Zhang
Race differences: modeling the pharmacodynamics of rosuvastatin in Western and Asian hypercholesterolemia patients   Pages (116-125)
Juan Yang, Lu-jin Li, Kun Wang, Ying-chun He, Yu-cheng Sheng, Ling Xu, Xiao-hui Huang, Feng Guo, Qing-shan Zheng
Effects of formoterol-budesonide on airway remodeling in patients with moderate asthma   Pages (126-132)
Ke Wang, Chun-tao Liu, Yong-hong Wu, Yu-lin Feng, Hong-li Bai, En-sen Ma, Fu-qiang Wen
Heparin responsiveness during off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: predictors and clinical implications   Pages (133-138)
Duk-hee Chun, Seong-wan Baik, So Yeon Kim, Jae Kwang Shim, Jong Chan Kim, Young Lan Kwak