Annals ofPathology

Volume: 4 - Number: 27 - March 15, 2004

Outstanding

Bone Marrow-Derived Hepatocytes : Rare but Promising

Activator Protein-1 Activation in Acute Lung Injury

A Pilot Study of Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Resectable Gastric Cancer

Association of Enhanced Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression With Possible Local Immunosuppression in Human Colorectal Carcinomas

Acute lung injury

Activator Protein-1 Activation in Acute Lung Injury

Animal Models

A Neuroendocrine/Small Cell Prostate Carcinoma Xenograft—LuCaP 50

Cardiac Disease in Transgenic Mice Expressing Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Nef in Cells of the Immune System

Antitumoral vaccine

CancerVax, An Allogeneic Tumor Cell Vaccine, Induces Specific Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses in Advanced Colon Cancer

Autoantibodies

Autoantibodies to Type VII Collagen Mediate Fc-Dependent Neutrophil Activation and Induce Dermal-Epidermal Separation in Cryosections of Human Skin

Biomarkers

Bcl-2 Is a Useful Prognostic Marker in Dukes’ B Colon Cancer

Breast pathology

A Comparison of Ink-Directed and Traditional Whole-Cavity Re-Excision for Breast Lumpectomy Specimens With Positive Margins

Breast reconstruction

An Outcome Study of Breast Reconstruction: Presurgical Identification of Risk Factors for Complications

Ciclooxigenase-2 expression in tumours

Association of Enhanced Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression With Possible Local Immunosuppression in Human Colorectal Carcinomas

Commentaries

Bone Marrow-Derived Hepatocytes : Rare but Promising

Cardiomyopathy Is Linked to Complement Activation

Concise Communication

Amplification of the 3q26.3 Locus Is Associated with Progression to Invasive Cancer and Is a Negative Prognostic Factor in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas

Cardiomyogenic Differentiation in Cardiac Myxoma Expressing Lineage-Specific Transcription Factors

cdk4 Deficiency Inhibits Skin Tumor Development but Does Not Affect Normal Keratinocyte Proliferation

Placenta and Trypanosoma cruzi

Acute Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Mouse Induces Infertility or Placental Parasite Invasion and Ischemic Necrosis Associated with Massive Fetal Loss

Plasma endostatin levels

A Prospective Analysis of Plasma Endostatin Levels in Colorectal Cancer Patients With Liver Metastases

Preoperative chemoradiation

A Pilot Study of Preoperative Chemoradiation for Gastric Cancer

A Pilot Study of Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Resectable Gastric Cancer

Soft tissue sarcomas

Amputation for Recurrent Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Extremity: Indications and Outcome

Tissue and tumoral expression

5-Lipoxygenase and Leukotriene B4 Receptor Are Expressed in Human Pancreatic Cancers But Not in Pancreatic Ducts in Normal Tissue

Tumoral recurrence

Adenocarcinoma of the Lower Third of the Rectum: Metastases in Lymph Nodes Smaller Than 5 mm and Occult Micrometastases; Preliminary Results on Early Tumor Recurrence