Jpn J Pharmacol 85 (1) 2001


Forum Minireviews

The Non-neuronal Cholinergic System:

1
A°@A°@Preface
A°@A°@Koichiro Kawashima and Yasuyuki Nomura

2-10
A°@A°@The Biological Role of Non-neuronal Acetylcholine in Plants and Humans
A°@A°@Ignaz Wessler, Heinz Kilbinger, Fernando Bittinger and Charles James Kirkpatrick

11-15
A°@A°@An Independent Non-neuronal Cholinergic System in Lymphocytes
A°@A°@Takeshi Fujii and Koichiro Kawashima

16-19
A°@A°@Roles of Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Interleukin-2 Synthesis in A°@A°@A°@Lymphocytes
A°@A°@Yasunobu Okuma and Yasuyuki Nomura

20-23
A°@A°@Non-neuronal Neurotransmitters and Neurotrophic Factors in Amniotic Epithelial Cells: Expression and Function in Humans and Monkey
A°@A°@Norio Sakuragawa, Mohamed A. Elwan, Saiko Uchida, Takeshi Fujii and Koichiro Kawashima

24-28
A°@A°@The Non-neuronal Cholinergic System in the Endothelium: Evidence and Possible Pathobiological Significance
A°@A°@C. James Kirkpatrick, Fernando Bittinger, Ron E. Unger, Jo¨rg Kriegsmann, Heinz Kilbinger and Ignaz Wessler


Full Papers

29-33
The Role of Oxygen-Derived Free Radicals in Augmented Relaxations to Levcromakalim in the Aorta From Hypertensive Rats
Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Tetsuya Kakutani, Hiroshi Iranami and Yoshio Hatano

35-40
(±)-Pindolol Acts as a Partial Agonist at Atypical b-Adrenoceptors in the Guinea Pig Duodenum
Takahiro Horinouchi and Katsuo Koike

41-46
Characterization of Prejunctional Purinoceptors Inhibiting Noradrenaline Release in Rat Mesenteric Arteries
Kazumasa Shinozuka, Yoshie Tanioka, Young Mi Kwon, Naoko Tanaka, Yoko Kubota, Kazuki Nakamura and Masaru Kunitomo

47-53
Mechanisms Underlying the Induction of Vasorelaxation in Rat Thoracic Aorta by Sanguinarine
Chien Ming Hu, Hui Wen Cheng, Yu Wen Cheng and Jaw Jou Kang

54-59
Modulation by Cyclic AMP and Phorbol Myristate Acetate of Cephaloridine-Induced Injury in Rat Renal Cortical Slices
Yuka Kohda and Munekazu Gemba

60-69
Existence of Retinoic Acid-Receptor-Independent Retinoid X-Receptor-Dependent Pathway in Myeloid Cell Function
Takayuki Hida, Kenji Tai, Naoki Tokuhara, Akira Ishibashi, Kouichi Kikuchi, Shigeki Hibi, Hiroyuki Yoshimura, Mitsuo Nagai, Toshihiko Yamauchi and Seiichi Kobayashi

70-74
Possible Involvement of 5-HT4 Receptors, in Addition to 5-HT3 Receptors, in the Emesis Induced by High-Dose Cisplatin in Suncus murinus
Kaori Horikoshi, Toshihide Yokoyama, Nobuyuki Kishibayashi, Kenji Ohmori, Akio Ishii and Akira Karasawa

75-83
Species- and Temperature-Dependency of the Decrease in Myofilament Ca2+ Sensitivity Induced by b-Adrenergic Stimulation
Shigeki Miyamoto, Masatoshi Hori, Masanori Izumi, Hiroshi Ozaki and Hideaki Karaki

84-91
Suppression of Gingival Inflammation Induced by Porphyromonas gingivalis in Rats by Leupeptin
Sizuo Kitano, Kenji Irimura, Toru Sasaki, Naoko Abe, Atsuyo Baba, Yoichiro Miyake,
Nobuhiko Katunuma and Kenji Yamamoto

92-94
The Role of Nitrergic System in Lidocaine-Induced Convulsion in the Mouse
Mehmet Kurt, S. Sirri Bilge, Osman Kukula, Yuksel Kesim and Suleyman Celik

Short Communications

95-97
Inhibition of Concanavalin A-Induced Mice Hepatitis by Coumarin Derivatives
Tosihihiro Okamoto, Shinichi Yoshida, Tadashi Kobayashi and Susumu Okabe

98-100
The Mechanism of Maitotoxin-Induced Elevation of the Cytosolic Free Calcium Level in Rat Cerebrocortical Synaptosomes
Eiki Satoh, Toshiaki Ishii and Masakazu Nishimura

101-104
Rhein, an Active Metabolite of Diacerein, Suppresses the Interleukin-1a-Induced Proteoglycan Degradation in Cultured Rabbit Articular Chondrocytes
Tadafumi Tamura and Kenji Ohmori

105-108
Guinea Pig Histamine N-Methyltransferase: cDNA Cloning and mRNA Distribution
Junichi Kitanaka, Nobue Kitanaka, Tohru Tsujimura, Michiko Kakihana, Nobuyuki Terada and Motohiko Takemura

109-113
Is Compensatory Vasoconstrictor Tone in the Hindquarter Vascular Region Induced by Hemorrhage in Conscious Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats?
Yasuhiro Teranishi, Noriko Iida, Norio Ishioka, Hiroshi Sugino and Taku Amano

114-116
Effect of Prolonged Nitric Oxide Synthesis Inhibition on Plasma Fibrinogen Concentration in Rats
Koh-ichi Sugimoto, Shuichi Tsuruoka and Akio Fujimura


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