Volume 59, Issue 4, 2010


Contents


Reviews
 

Pre-press article  
Some current insights into oxidative stress.
Z. Ďuračková (Inst. Med. Chem. Biochem. Clin. Biochem., Fac. Med., Comenius Univ., Bratislava, Slovakia)

Pre-press article 
Application of proteomics in biomarker discovery: a primer for the clinician.
V. Tambor, A. Fučíková, J. Lenčo, M. Kacerovský, V. Řeháček, J. Stulík, R. Pudil (Inst. Molecul. Pathol., Fac. Military Health Sci., Univ. Defence, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic)
 


Original Articles


Pre-press article
Age-associated endothelial dysfunction in rat mesenteric arteries: roles of calcium-activated K+ channels (Kca).
E. Zhou, D. Qing, J. Li (Dept. Surgery Med., Second Xiangya Hosp. Central South Univ., Changsha, Hunan, China)

Pre-press article  
Long-term pioglitazone treatment augments insulin sensitivity and PKC-ε and PKC-θ activation in skeletal muscles in sucrose fed rats.
I. Marková, V. Zídek, A. Musilová, M. Šimáková, P. Mlejnek, L. Kazdová, M. Pravenec (Inst. Physiol., Acad. Sci. Czech Rep., Prague, Czech Republic)

Pre-press article  
Association of A1166C polymorphism in AT1 receptor gene with baroreflex sensitivity.
M. Jíra, E. Závodná, N. Honzíková, Z. Nováková, A. Vašků, L. Izakovičová Hollá, B. Fišer (Dept. Physiol., Fac. Med., Masaryk Univ., Brno, Czech Republic)

Pre-press article  
The interaction of endothelial nitric oxide synthase polymorphism and current smoking in terms of increased arterial stiffness.
O. Mayer Jr., J. Filipovský, M. Pešta, R. Cífková, M. Dolejšová, J. Šimon (Second Dept. Intern. Med., Med. Fac. Univ. Hosp., Pilsen, Czech Republic)

Pre-press article  
The significance of baroreflex sensitivity in hypertensive subjects with stroke.
D. Čelovská, J. Staško, J. Gonsorčík, A. Diab (Fourth Dept. Inter. Med., Pavol Jozef Šafárik Univ., Košice, Slovak Republic)

Pre-press article  
Total body response to mechanical ventilation of healthy lungs: an experimental study in piglets.
J. Kobr, J. Fremuth, K. Pizingerová, S. Fikrlová, P. Jehlička, P. Honomichl, L. Šašek, J. Racek, O. Topolčan (Dept. Pediat., PICU, Fac. Med. Pilsen, Charles Univ. Prague, Czech Republic)

Pre-press article  
Role of oxidative stress and adenosine nucleotides in the liver of aging rats.
F. Mármol, J. Sánchez, D. López, N. Martínez, C. Xaus, C.Peralta, J. Roselló-Catafau, M. T. Mitjavila, P. Puig-Parellada (Unit. Farmacol., Fac. Med., Univ. Barcelona, Spain)

Pre-press article  
Modulation of type I iodothyronine 5’-deiodinase activity in white adipose tissue by nutrition: possible involvement of leptin.
Z. Macek Jílková, S. Pavelka, P. Flachs, M. Hensler, V. Kůs, J. Kopecký (Dept. Adipose Tissue Biol., Inst. Physiol. Acad. Sci. Czech Rep., Prague, Czech Republic)

Pre-press article
Neonatal intramuscular injection of plasmid DNA encoding GLP-1 reduces serum insulin level and modifies skeletal muscle myosin heavy chain composition in adult rats.
L. Wang, F. Guo, S. Wei, R. Zhao (Key Lab. Animal Biochem., Nanjing Agricultural Univ., Nanjing, China)

Pre-press article
Resetting process of peripheral circadian gene expression after the combined reversal of feeding schedule and light/dark cycle via a 24-h light period transition in rats.
T. Wu, Y. Ni, F. Zhuge, Z. Fu (Coll. Biol. Environ. Engineering, Zhejiang Univ. Technol., China)

Pre-press article  
Changes of corneal optical properties after UVB irradiation investigated spectrophotometrically.
Č. Čejka, J. Pláteník, J. Širc, T. Ardan, J. Michálek, B. Brůnová, J. Čejková (Lab. Eye Histochem. Pharmacol., Inst. Exp. Med., Acad. Sci. Czech Rep., Prague, Czech Republic)

Pre-press article  
The effect of chronic alcohol administration on bone mineral content and bone strength in male rats.
P. D. Broulík, J. Rosenkrancová, P. Růžička, R. Sedláček, T. Zíma (Third Med. Clin., First Med. Fac., Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic)

Pre-press article 
Quality of newly formed cartilaginous tissue in defects of articular surface after transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells in a composite scaffold based on collagen I with chitosan micro- and nanofibres.
A. Nečas, L. Plánka, R. Srnec, M. Crha, J. Hlučilová, J. Klíma, D. Starý, L. Křen, E. Amler, L. Vojtová, J. Jančář, P. Gál (Dept. Surg. Orthop., Small Animal Clinic, Fac. Veter. Med., Univ. Vet. Pharm. Sci., Brno, Czech Republic)

 


Short Communications

Pre-press article 
Autocrine effects of visfatin on hepatocyte sensitivity to insulin action.
V. Škop, K. Kontrová, V. Zídek, M. Pravenec, L. Kazdová, K. Mikulík, J. Sajdok, J. Zídková (Inst. Physiol., Acad. Sci. Czech Rep., Prague, Czech Republic and Inst. Chem. Technol., Dept. Biochem. Microbiol., Prague, Czech Republic)

Pre-press article 
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor treatment increases the skeletal muscle glucose transporter 4 protein expression in mice.
M. Suwa, K.-I. Yamamoto, H. Nakano, H. Sasaki, Z. Radak, S. Kumagai (Fac. Life Design, Tohoku Inst. Technol., Miyagi, Japan)


Pre-press article  
Effect of short-term maximal exercise on BNP plasma levels in healthy individuals.
J. Krupička, T. Janota, Z. Kasalová, J. Hradec (Third Dept. Int. Med., First Fac. Med. and Gen. Univ. Hosp., Charles Univ. Prague, Czech Republic)



Letter to the Editor

Comment on “Adiponectin and resistin gene polymorphisms in patients with anorexia nervosa and obesity and its influence on metabolic phenotype”.
M. Hlavna, J. Lipková, J. Bienertová-Vašků
(Dept. Pathol. Physiol., Fac. Med., Masaryk Univ., Brno, Czech Republic)

Answer to Hlavna et al.
J. Křížová, M. Dolinková, Z. Lacinová, Š. Sulek, R. Doležalová, J. Housová, J. Krajíčková, D. Haluzíková, L. Bošanská, H. Papežová, M. Haluzík
(Third Dept. Med., First Fac. Med., Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic)


This number will be issued in August 2010

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