Note: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY -- Editor's page -- Copyright -- CONTENTS VOLUME 234/235, Nos. 1 & -- 2, May/June 2002 -- Preface -- Cyclic oxidation and reduction of protein methionine residues is an important antioxidant mechanism -- Signal transduction by nitric oxide in cellular stress responses -- Effects of antioxidants against atherosclerosis -- Molecular pathology of dityrosine cross-links in proteins: Structural and functional analysis offour proteins -- The role of nitric oxide in lung innate immunity: Modulation by surfactant protein-A -- Redox signaling -- Control of mitochondrial membrane potential and ROS formation by reversible phosphorylation of cytochrome c oxidase -- Molecular mechanisms of nitrogen dioxide induced epithelial injury in the lung -- Differential role of hydrogen peroxide in UV-induced signal transduction -- Upregulation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase and protein kinase B in alveolar macrophages following ozone inhalation. Role of NF-KB and STAT-1 in ozone-induced nitric oxide production and toxicity -- Phospholipase D/phosphatidic acid signal transduction: Role and physiological significance in lung -- Role of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in cell injury and proliferation by environmental particulates -- Doxorubicin-induced apoptosis: Implications in cardiotoxicity -- Depletion of Bcl-2 by an antisense oligonucleotide induces apoptosis accompanied by oxidation and externalization of phosphatidylserine in NCI-H226 lung carcinoma cells -- Interactions of copper with glycated proteins: Possible involvement in the etiology of diabetic neuropathy -- Mechanisms of neutrophil-induced DNA damage in respiratory tract epithelial cells -- Asbestos-induced alveolar epithelial cell apoptosis: Role of mitochondrial dysfunction caused by ironderived free radicals. , Involvement of hydrogen peroxide in asbestos-induced NFAT activation -- NF-KB, a pivotal transcription factor in silica-induced diseases -- Effect of inhaled crystalline silica in a rat model: Time course of pulmonary reactions -- The role of AP-l, NF-KB and ROS/ NOS in skin carcinogenesis: The JB6 model is predictive -- Reactive oxygen species in choline deficiency induced carcinogenesis and nitrone inhibition -- Tumor necrosis factor-a gene promoter polymorphism in coal workers' pneumoconiosis -- Nitric oxide decreases the sensitivity of pulmonary endothelial cells to LPS-induced apoptosis in azinc-dependent fashion -- Cytokine polymorphisms in silicosis and other pneumoconioses -- Endogenous regulation of the acute inflammatory response -- Role of nitric oxide in liver ischemia and reperfusion injury -- Oxidative stress and TNF-a induce histone acetylation and NF-KB/AP-1 activation in alveolar epithelial cells: Potential mechanism in gene transcription in lung inflammation -- Heme oxygenase/carbon monoxide signaling pathways: Regulation and functional significance -- The role of oxidative stress in nickel and chromate genotoxicity -- Arsenic carcinogenicity: Relevance ofc-Src activation -- Roles of ferritin and iron in ischemic preconditioning of the heart -- Molecular mechanisms of Cr (VI)-induced carcinogenesis -- Arsenic induces oxidative DNA damage in mammalian cells -- Generation of reactive oxygen species in the enzymatic reduction of PbCrO4 and related DNA damage -- Soluble metals as well as the insoluble particle fraction are involved in cellular DNA damage induced by particulate matter -- Nitroxides as antioxidants: Tempol protects against EO9 cytotoxicity -- Reversal of fluoride induced cell injury through elimination of fluoride and consumption of diet rich in essential nutrients and antioxidants. , Measurements in vivo of parameters pertinent to ROS/RNS using EPR spectroscopy -- In vivo imaging of free radicals: Applications from mouse to man -- In vivo bioassays of acute asbestosis and its correlation with ESR spectroscopy and imaging in redox status -- On the application of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid as a trapping agent to study hydroxyl radical generation during cerebral ischemia and reperfusion -- In vivo detection of nitric oxide distribution in mice -- In vivo measurement of tumor redox environment using EPR spectroscopy -- Index to Volume 234/235.

Note: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF METAL TOXICITY AND CARCINOGENESIS -- Editor's page -- Copyright -- CONTENTS VOLUME 222, Nos. 1 & -- 2, June 2001 -- Preface -- Molecular mechanisms of metal toxicity and carcinogenesis -- Cadmium-induced apoptosis and phenotypic changes in mouse thymocytes -- Cytotoxicity and transcriptional activation of stress genes in human liver carcinoma cells (HepG2) exposed to cadmium chloride -- Arsenic-induced NFKB transactivation through Erks- and JNKs-dependent pathways in mouse epidermal JB6 cells -- Lead-related effects on rat fibroblasts -- In vivo reduction of chromium (VI) and its related free radical generation -- Atrazine potentiation of arsenic trioxide-induced cytotoxicity and gene expression in human liver carcinoma cells (HepG2) -- Combining Drosophila melanogaster somatic-mutation-recombination and electron-spin-resonance-spectroscopy data to interpret epidemiologic observations on chromium carcinogenicity -- Carcinogenic potential and genomic instability of beryllium sulphate in BALB/c-3T3 cells -- Cr (VI) induces cell growth arrest through hydrogen peroxide-mediated reactions -- Comparison of roles of three mitogen-activated protein kinases induced by chromium(VI) and cadmium in non-small-cell lung carcinoma cells -- Differential zinc and DNA binding by partial peptides of human protamine HP2 -- Reduction of Cr (VI) by cysteine: Significance in human lymphocytes and formation of DNA damage in reactions with variable reduction rates -- Transactivation of RARE and GRE in the cellular response to arsenic -- Orthopaedic implant related metal toxicity in terms of human lymphocyte reactivity to metal-protein complexes produced from cobalt-base and titanium-base implant alloy degradation -- Arsenic contamination of groundwater and prevalence of arsenical dermatosis in the Hetao plain area, Inner Mongolia, China. , Involvement of Erks activation in cadmium-induced AP-1 transactivation in vitro and in vivo -- Chromium (VI)-induced oxidative stress, apoptotic cell death and modulation of p53 tumor suppressor gene -- Carcinogenic metals and NF-KB activation -- Effects of glutathione on chromium-induced DNA crosslinking and DNA polymerase arrest -- Cell apoptosis induced by carcinogenic metals -- Gene expression profile in response to chromium-induced cell stress in A549 cells -- Cr (VI) increases tyrosine phosphorylation through reactive oxygen species-mediated reactions -- Molecular biology of nickel carcinogenesis -- Model reactions of Cr (VI) with DNA mediated by thiol species -- On the mechanism of Cr (VI)-induced carcinogenesis: Dose dependence of uptake and cellular responses -- Index to Volume 222.