563-573
Invited Review
Oxygen and reactive oxygen species in articular cartilage: modulators of ionic homeostasis
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575-582
Invited Review
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583-593
Acid-Base Regulation
Functional analysis of a novel missense NBC1 mutation and of other mutations causing proximal renal tubular acidosis
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595-606
Cardiovascular System
Arterial haemodynamics on ventricular hypertrophy in rats with simulated aortic stiffness
Hsing I. Chen, Nan-Kuang Hsieh, Huai-Ren Chang and Cheng-Tao Hu
607-616
Cardiovascular System
Cardioprotection induced by hydrogen sulfide preconditioning involves activation of ERK and PI3K/Akt pathways
Yeshi Hu, Xin Chen, Ting-Ting Pan, Kay Li Neo and Shiau Wei Lee, et al.
617-626
Cardiovascular System
Osmolality- and Na+-dependent effects of hyperosmotic NaCl solution on contractile activity and Ca2+ cycling in rat ventricular myocytes
Rafael A. Ricardo, Rosana A. Bassani and José W. M. Bassani
627-636
Cardiovascular System
A new methodological approach to assess cardiac work by pressure–volume and stress–length relations in patients with aortic valve stenosis and dilated cardiomyopathy
P. Alter, H. Rupp, M. B. Rominger, K. J. Klose and B. Maisch
637-651
Cardiovascular System
Open AccessCriteria for arrhythmogenicity in genetically-modified Langendorff-perfused murine hearts modelling the congenital long QT syndrome type 3 and the Brugada syndrome
Ian N. Sabir, Lucia M. Li, Victoria J. Jones, Catharine A. Goddard and Andrew A. Grace, et al.
653-666
Cardiovascular System
Open AccessRestitution analysis of alternans and its relationship to arrhythmogenicity in hypokalaemic Langendorff-perfused murine hearts
Ian N. Sabir, Lucia M. Li, Andrew A. Grace and Christopher L.-H. Huang
667-676
Cardiovascular System
Effect of T3 treatment on the response to ischemia–reperfusion of heart preparations from sedentary and trained rats
Paola Venditti, Angela Bari, Lisa Di Stefano, Claudio Agnisola and Sergio Di Meo
677-686
Cell and Molecular Physiology
Localisation and function of voltage-dependent anion channels (VDAC) in bovine spermatozoa
Xenia Triphan, Viviana A. Menzel, Anna M. Petrunkina, M. Carolina Cassará and Wilhelm Wemheuer, et al.
687-699
Endocrinology
Stimulatory actions of di-8-butyl-amino-naphthyl-ethylene-pyridinium-propyl-sulfonate (di-8-ANEPPS), voltage-sensitive dye, on the BKCa channel in pituitary tumor (GH3) cells
Sheng-Nan Wu, Ming-Wei Lin and Ya-Jean Wang
701-709
Endocrinology
Effects of different fatty acids and dietary lipids on adiponectin gene expression in 3T3-L1 cells and C57BL/6J mice adipose tissue
Allain Amador Bueno, Lila Missae Oyama, Cristiane de Oliveira, Luciana Pelegrini Pisani and Eliane Beraldi Ribeiro, et al.
711-719
Signal Transduction
[Na+]i/[K+]i-independent death of ouabain-treated renal epithelial cells is not mediated by Na+,K+-ATPase internalization and de novo gene expression
Olga A. Akimova, Pavel Hamet and Sergei N. Orlov
721-731
Skeletal Muscle
The use of CalciumOrange-5N as a specific marker of mitochondrial Ca2+ in mouse skeletal muscle fibers
Pura Bolaños, Alis Guillen, Héctor Rojas, Simona Boncompagni and Carlo Caputo
733-743
Skeletal Muscle
Effect of mitochondria poisoning by FCCP on Ca2+ signaling in mouse skeletal muscle fibers
Carlo Caputo and Pura Bolaños
745-756
Smooth Muscle
Localization and thiol dependancy of endogenous nitro compounds-mediating urethral photo-relaxation
D. Triguero, M. González-Herreros, G. Costa and A. García-Pascual
757-766
Transporters
Sodium and chloride absorptive defects in the small intestine in Slc26a6 null mice
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