Annals ofPain & Inflammation

Volume: 1 - Number: 7 - December 15, 2004

Outstanding

Anti-inflammatory drugs

Role of Cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 and COX-2 Inhibition in Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug-Induced Intestinal Damage in Rats: Relation to Various Pathogenic Events

Chest pain

Randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a chest pain observation unit compared with routine care

Clinical problem-solving

Red Snapper or Crab?

Clinical Review

Recent developments: Management of pain

Fillers

Routine use of magnetic resonance scans for back pain increases costs without improving pain or function

Inflammation

Pre–B cell colony–enhancing factor inhibits neutrophil apoptosis in experimental inflammation and clinical sepsis

Prevention of Allergic Inflammation by a Novel Prostaglandin Receptor Antagonist, S-5752

Pulmonary Eosinophilia in a Murine Model of Allergic Inflammation Is Attenuated by Small Molecule 41 Antagonists

Recombinant Human Interleukin-11 Restores Smooth Muscle Function in the Jejunum and Colon of Human Leukocyte Antigen-B27 Rats with Intestinal Inflammation

Regulation of Hepatic Cytochrome P450 2C11 via cAMP: Implications for Down-Regulation in Diabetes, Fasting, and Inflammation

Role of Microglia in Inflammation-Mediated Neurodegenerative Diseases: Mechanisms and Strategies for Therapeutic Intervention

src homology 2 domain–containing tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 controls the development of allergic airway inflammation

Systemic inflammation in glucocerebrosidase-deficient mice with minimal glucosylceramide storage

Targeting rheumatoid inflammation and joint destruction in the mouse

The 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitor Pravastatin Reduces Disease Activity and Inflammation in Dextran-Sulfate Induced Colitis

The adaptive imbalance in base excision–repair enzymes generates microsatellite instability in chronic inflammation

Letters

Rapid assessment of chest pain

Neuropathic pain

Propentofylline, a Glial Modulating Agent, Exhibits Antiallodynic Properties in a Rat Model of Neuropathic Pain

Original Articles

Prediction of Survival in Diffuse Large-B-Cell Lymphoma Based on the Expression of Six Genes

Premature Coronary-Artery Atherosclerosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Prevalence and Correlates of Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Primary Care

Socioeconomic variations in responses to chest pain: qualitative study

Systematic review of efficacy of topical rubefacients containing salicylates for the treatment of acute and chronic pain

Systematic review of topical capsaicin for the treatment of chronic pain

This week in the BMJ

Rich and poor respond differently to chest pain