Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry: An International Journal for Chemical Biology in Health and Disease CONTENTS VOLUME 251, Nos. 1 & 2, September 2003 BIOCHEMISTRY OF HYPERTROPHY AND HEART FAILURE Drs. Lorrie A. Kirshenbaum, Ian M.C. Dixon and Pawan K. Singal Preface D.P. Goel, D.A. Ford and G.N. Pierce: Lysophospholipids do not directly modulate NA*-H* exchange N. Khaper, K. Kaur, T. Li, F. Farahmand and P.K. Singal: Antioxidant enzyme gene expression in congestive heart failure following myocardial infarction F. Villarreal, S. Zimmermann, L. Makhsudova, A.C. Montag, M.D. Erion, D.A. Bullough and B.R. Ito: Modulation of cardiac remodeling by adenosine: /n vitro and in vivo effects T.H.F. Peters, P.L. de Jong, L. Klompe, R.M.F. Berger, P.R. Saxena, H.S. Sharma and A.J.J.C. Bogers: Right ventricular collagen and fibronectin levels in patients with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect R. Prabhakar, N. Petrashevskaya, A. Schwartz, B. Aronow, G.P. Boivin, J.D. Molkentin and D.F. Wieczorek: A mouse model of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by a a-tropomyosin mutation K. Kato, M. Kodama, S. Hirono, Y. Okura, H. Hanawa, T. Shiono, M. Ito, K. Fuse, K. Tsuchida, S$.M aruyama, T. Yoshida, S. Abe, M Hayashi, A. Nasuno, T. Saigawa, T. Ozawa, Y. Aizawa: Analysis of postextrasystolic relaxation response in the human heart J.R. Pollack, R.C. Witt and J.T. Sugimoto: Differential effects of calpain inhibitors on hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes A. Fenning, G. Harrison, D. Dwyer, R. Rose’ Meyer and L. Brown: Cardiac adaptation to endurance exercise in rats M.M. Lalu, C.Q. Gao and R. Schulz: Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors attenuate endotoxemia induced cardiac dysfunction: A potential role for MMP-9 G. Wallukat, S. Podlowski, E. Nissen, R. Morwinski, C. Csonka, A. Tosaki and I.E. Blasig: Functional and structural characterization of anti-fh1l-adrenoceptor autoantibodies of spontaneously hypertensive rats W. Juan, M. Nakazawa, K. Watanabe, M. Ma, M.I.1. Wahed, G. Hasegawa, M. Naito, T. Yamamoto, K. Fuse, K. Kato, M. Kodama and Y. Aizawa: Quinapril inhibits progression of heart failure and fibrosis in rats with dilated cardiomyopathy after myocardities J. Barta, A. Toth, K. Jaquet, A. Redlich, 1.E des and Z. Papp: Calpain-1-dependent degradation of troponin I mutants found in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy G.L. Brower, J.D. Gardner and J.S. Janicki: Gender mediated cardiac protection from adverse ventricular remodeling is abolished by ovariectomy A. Sabri and S.F. Steinberg: Protein kinase C isoform-selective signals that lead to cardiac hypertrophy and the progression of heart failure B. Chaudhri, F. del Monte, R.J. Hajjar and S.E. Harding: Contractile effects of adenovirally-mediated increases in SERCA2a activity 4 comparison between adult rat and rabbit ventricular myocytes M.L. Zhang, S. Elkassem, A.W. Davidoff, K. Saito and H.E.D.J. ter Keurs: Losartan inhibits myosin isoform shift after myocardial infarction in rats M. Leicht, G. Marx, D. Karbach, M. Gekle, T. Kéhler and H.-G. Zimmer: Mechanism of cell death of rat cardiac fibroblasts induced by serum depletion A. Deten, H.C. Volz, A. Holzl, W. Briest and H.-G. Zimmer: Effect of propranolol on cardiac cytokine expression after myocardial infarction in rats C. Ocampo, P. Ingram, M. Ilbawi, R. Arcilla and M. Gupta: Revisiting the surgical creation of volume load by aorta-caval shunt in rats N. Buscemi, A. Doherty-Kirby, M.A. Sussman, G. Lajoie and J.E. Van Eyk: Proteomic analysis of Racl transgenic mice displaying dilated cardiomyopathy reveals an increase in creatine kinase M-chain protein abundance M. Donato and R.J. Gelpi: Adenosine and cardioprotection during reperfusion — an overview Index to Volume 251 Instructions for Authors Retraction Erratum KElecltronuic jwourneals rat ) )i"° WWW.KLUWERONLINE.NL Contact your librarian for more information