Volume 50, Number 1,2
CONTENTS
February 2003

Reviews

Pathologic mechanisms of influenza encephalitis with an abnormal expression of inflammatory cytokines and accumulation of mini-plasmin 1
Dengfu Yao, Masamichi Kuwajima, Hiroshi Kido
Toll-like receptor signaling in anti-cancer immunity 9
Masato Okamoto and Mitsunobu Sato
Genetic polymorphisms of serotonin and dopamine transporters in mental disorders
25
Shu-ichi Ueno
The role of caspase cascade on the development of primary Sjögren's syndrome
32
Yoshio Hayashi, Rieko Arakaki, and Naozumi Ishimaru
Originals

Isolation and characterization of a novel gene sfig in rat skeletal muscle up-regulated by spaceflight (STS-90) 39
Mihoko Kano, Takako Kitano, Madoka Ikemoto, Katsuya Hirasaka, Yuki Asanoma,
Takayuki Ogawa,Shin'ichi Takeda, Ikuya Nonaka, Gregory R Adams, Kenneth M Baldwin,
Motoko Oarada, Kyoichi Kishi, and Takeshi Nikawa1
Long-term follow-up of gastric metaplasia after eradication of Helicobacter pylori 48
Yoshihito Urakami, and Toshiaki Sano
Study of life satisfaction and quality of life of patients receiving home oxygen therapy 55
Toshiko Tada, Fumiko Hashimoto,Yasuko Matsushita, Yoshiyasu Terashima,
Tetsuya Tanioka, and Isao Nagamine
Clinical value of the determination of serum guanase activity in patients with chronic hepatitis type C 64
Hiroko Matsunaga, Hirohito Honda, Kenichirou Kubo, Katsutaka Sannomiya,
Xuezhi Cui, Yoshio Toyota, Toshifumi Mori, Naoki Muguruma, Toshiya Okahisa,
Seisuke Okamura, Ichiro Shimizu and Susumu Ito
Inhaled steroid therapy and hospitalization for bronchial asthma:trend in Tokushima University Hospital 72
Hiroaki Yanagawa, Minoru Shiraga, Youichi Nakamura, Masahiko Azuma,
Kazuo Yoneda, Hirohisa Ogawa, Chikato Kitamuro, Ken-ichi Maeda, Mari Miki,
Yuka Matsumori, Akemi Sugita, Sakiko Hashimoto, Chie Hara, Kenji Tani and Saburo Sone
Cloning, expression analysis, and tissue distribution of esp-1/testisin, a membrane-type serine protease from the rat 78
Yasuo Nakamura, Masahiro Inoue, Yuushi Okumura, Mayumi Shiota,
Mai Nishikawa, Seiji Arase1 and Hiroshi Kido
Effect of endothelin-1 (1-31) on the renal resistance vessels
87
Yuichi Ozawa, Toyoshi Hasegawa, Koichiro Tsuchiya, Masanori Yoshizumi, and Toshiaki Tamaki
Effect of human airway trypsin-like protease on intracellular free Ca2+ concentration in human bronchial epithelial cells 95
Mari Miki, Yoichi Nakamura, Akira Takahashi, Yutaka Nakaya,
Hiroshi Eguchi, Tsukio Masegi, Kazuo Yoneda, Susumu Yasuoka, and Saburo Sone
Case report

Repair of incisional hernia with prolene hernia system 108
Takayuki Miyauchi, Masashi Ishikawa, and Yoshifumi Tagami
The application of immunohistochemical findings in the diagnosis in methamphetamine-related death-two forensic autopsy cases- 112
Akiko Ishigami, Shin-ichi Kubo, Takako Gotohda and Itsuo Tokunaga

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