Annals ofClinical Investigation

Volume: 3 - Number: 19 - April 15, 2003

Outstanding

Efficacy and Safety of Recombinant Human Activated Protein C for Severe Sepsis

High Serum IgG4 Concentrations in Patients with Sclerosing Pancreatitis

Appendectomy and Protection against Ulcerative Colitis

Paternal and Maternal Components of the Predisposition to Preeclampsia

Articles

Central melanocortin receptors regulate insulin action

A Synthetic Pentasaccharide for the Prevention of Deep-Vein Thrombosis after Total Hip Replacement

Effects of a Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin on Thrombus Regression and Recurrent Thromboembolism in Patients with Deep-Vein Thrombosis

Green Tea and the Risk of Gastric Cancer in Japan

Blood-Borne and Sexual Transmission of Human Herpesvirus 8 in Women with or at Risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Efficacy and Safety of Recombinant Human Activated Protein C for Severe Sepsis

Transplantation of Embryonic Dopamine Neurons for Severe Parkinson's Disease

Effect of the Use or Nonuse of Long-Term Dialysis on the Subsequent Survival of Renal Transplants from Living Donors

High Serum IgG4 Concentrations in Patients with Sclerosing Pancreatitis

Use of Chemotherapy plus a Monoclonal Antibody against HER2 for Metastatic Breast Cancer That Overexpresses HER2

ABO-Incompatible Heart Transplantation in Infants

La Crosse Encephalitis in Children

Appendectomy and Protection against Ulcerative Colitis

Paternal and Maternal Components of the Predisposition to Preeclampsia

Effects of Multisite Biventricular Pacing in Patients with Heart Failure and Intraventricular Conduction Delay

Treatment of Chronic Granulomatous Disease with Nonmyeloablative Conditioning and a T-Cell-Depleted Hematopoietic Allograft

The Japanese Experience with Vaccinating Schoolchildren against Influenza

Noninvasive Diagnosis of Renal-Allograft Rejection by Measurement of Messenger RNA for Perforin and Granzyme B in Urine

The Effectiveness of the Varicella Vaccine in Clinical Practice

Paroxetine for the Prevention of Depression Induced by High-Dose Interferon Alfa

Preventing Recurrent Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients with Helicobacter pylori Infection Who Are Taking Low-Dose Aspirin or Naproxen

Cell and Molecular Physiology

Mechanical stimulation activates G{ALPHA}q signaling pathways and 5-hydroxytryptamine release from human carcinoid BON cells

Hemostasis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

Transplantable hematopoietic stem cells in human fetal liver have a CD34+ side population (SP)phenotype

The adhesion receptor CD44 promotes atherosclerosis by mediating inflammatory cell recruitment and vascular cell activation

Mitochondrial coupling factor 6 as a potent endogenous vasoconstrictor

Hormones and Metabolism

Inhibition of RXR and PPAR-gamma ameliorates diet-induced obesity and type 2 diabetes

Infection and Immunity

Regulation of inherently autoreactive VH4-34 B cells in the maintenance of human B cell tolerance

Inhibition of IgE-mediated mast cell activation by the paired Ig-like receptor PIR-B

The Helicobacter pylori VacA toxin is a urea permease that promotes urea diffusion across epithelia

Molecular and Genetic Medicine

7-Dehydrocholesterol-dependent proteolysis of HMG-CoA reductase suppresses sterol biosynthesis in a mouse model of Smith-Lemli-Opitz/RSH syndrome

Perspectives and Editorial

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