Volume 48, Number 1,2
CONTENTS
February 2001

Reviews

The contribution of mesangial cell proliferation to progressive glomerular injury 1
Toshio Doi
Expression of tyrosine hydroxylase in cerebellar Purkinje cells of ataxic mutant mice:its
relation to the onset and/or development of ataxia
5
Kazuhiko Sawada and Yoshihiro Fukui
Signal transduction of reactive oxygen species and mitogen-activated protein kinases in cardiovascular disease 11
Masanori Yoshizumi, Koichiro Tsuchiya and Toshiaki Tamaki
Genetic modulation of immature T lymphocytes and its application 25
Yousuke Takahama
Matrix metalloproteinases and bladder cancer 31
Hiro-omi Kanayama
Neural mechanisms of motion sickness 44
Noriaki Takeda, Masahiro Morita, Arata Horii, Suetaka Nishiike,
Tadashi Kitahara and Atsuhiko Uno
Originals

PCR-dot blot hybridization based on the neuraminidase-encoding gene is useful for detection of Bacteroides fragilis 60
Tomomi Kuwahara, Haruyuki Nakayama, Tsuyosi Miki, Keiko Kataoka,
Hideki Arimochi and Yoshinari Ohnishi
Clinical study of strangulation obstruction of the small bowel 66
Takayuki Miyauchi, Takeshi Kuroda, Masanori Nisioka, Takuya Hashimoto,
Tetuji Kasamatu, Shinji Kuratate, Seigo Yada and Masaaki Fujimine
Role of innate immune cells in protection against Toxoplasma gondii at inflamed site 73
Yoko Nakano, Hajime Hisaeda, Tohru Sakai, Manxin Zhang,
Yoichi Maekawa, Tianqian Zhang and Kunisuke Himeno
Molecular cloning of a cystatin from parasitic intestinal nematode, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis 81
Teruki Dainichi, Yoichi Maekawa, Kazunari Ishii and Kunisuke Himeno
Inhibitory effects of bitter melon (Momordica charantia Linn.) on bacterial mutagenesis and
aberrant crypt focus formation in the rat colon
88
Sawitree Chiampanichayakul, Keiko Kataoka, Hideki Arimochi, Somsakul Thumvijit,
Tomomi Kuwahara, Haruyuki Nakayama, Usanee Vinitketkumnuen and Yoshinari Ohnishi
Interferon-γ activates outwardly rectifying chloride channels in the human bronchial epithelial cell line BEAS-2B 97
Ning Ge, Youichi Nakamura, Yutaka Nakaya and Saburo Sone
DNA adduct formation by 2-amino-3-methylimidazo [4,5-f] quinoline (IQ) in rat colon 102
Chun-xing Lin, Yasumasa Monden and Atsushi Umemoto
CD40 and IFN-γ dependent T cell activation by human bronchial epithelial cells 109
Haruko Tanaka, Ken-ichi Maeda, Yoichi Nakamura, Masahiko Azuma,
Hiroaki Yanagawa and Saburo Sone
Case report

Asymptomatic case of congenital absence of the gallbladder 118
Naoki Muguruma, Seisuke Okamura, Soichi Ichikawa, Koji Tsujigami,
Masaharu Suzuki, Masahiko Nakasono, Yoshihiro Kusaka, Masaya Tadatsu,
Yoshio Okita and Susumu Ito

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