Volume 33, Issue 12
1 December 2009

Contents

Research Articles

Short Communication

Traditional Chinese medicine Bak Foong Pills alters uterine quiescence – Possible role in alleviation of dysmenorrhoeal symptoms

Dewi Kenneth Rowlands, Yu Gui Cui, Hau Yan Wong, Yu Lin Gou and Hsiao Chang Chan..........1207‑1211

doi:10.1016/j.cellbi.2009.03.003

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Lung inflammation and endothelial cell damage are decreased after treatment with phototherapy (PhT) in a model of acute lung injury induced by Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide in the rat

F. Mafra de Lima, K.T. Naves, A.H. Machado, R. Albertini, A.B. Villaverde and F. Aimbire..........1212‑1221

doi:10.1016/j.cellbi.2009.04.025

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Stimulation of the side population fraction of ATDC5 chondroprogenitors by hypoxia

Koshi N. Kishimoto, Carol L. Oxford and A. Hari Reddi..........1222‑1229

doi:10.1016/j.cellbi.2009.06.009

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Cytotoxicity of calotropin is through caspase activation and downregulation of anti-apoptotic proteins in K562 cells

Shih‑Chung Wang, Mei‑Chin Lu, Hsiu‑Lin Chen, Hsing‑I Tseng, Yu‑Yuan Ke, Yang‑Chang Wu and Pei‑Yu Yang..........1230‑1236

doi:10.1016/j.cellbi.2009.08.013

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Genistein induces G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis of human ovarian cancer cells via activation of DNA damage checkpoint pathways

Gaoliang Ouyang, Luming Yao, Kai Ruan, Gang Song, Yubin Mao and Shideng Bao..........1237‑1244

doi:10.1016/j.cellbi.2009.08.011

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Diameters of microtubules change during rotation of the lipotubuloids of Ornithogalum umbellatum stipule epidermis as a result of varying protofilament monomers sizes and distance between them

Maria Kwiatkowska, Dariusz Stēpiński and Katarzyna Popłońska..........1245‑1252

doi:10.1016/j.cellbi.2009.08.012

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Gene networks involved in apoptosis induced by hyperthermia in human lymphoma U937 cells

Yukihiro Furusawa, Yoshiaki Tabuchi, Ichiro Takasaki, Shigehito Wada, Kenzo Ohtsuka and Takashi Kondo..........1253‑1262

doi:10.1016/j.cellbi.2009.08.009

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Silencing of calpain expression reduces the metastatic potential of human osteosarcoma cells

De‑Gang Fan, Jing‑Yao Dai, Juan Tang, Ming‑Mei Wu, Si‑Guo Sun, Jian‑Li Jiang and Qing‑Yu Fan..........1263‑1267

doi:10.1016/j.cellbi.2009.08.014

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Role of MEF feeder cells in direct reprogramming of mousetail-tip fibroblasts

Mengfei Chen, Xuerong Sun, Ruzhang Jiang, Wenjuan Shen, Xiufeng Zhong, Bingqian Liu, Ying Qi, Bing Huang, Andy Peng Xiang and Jian Ge..........1268‑1273

doi:10.1016/j.cellbi.2009.06.004

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Effects of colchicine or demecolcine on cytoplasmic protrusions and assisted enucleation of golden hamster oocytes

Lingyan Wang, Han Jiang, Li Su, Bo Tang, Dexue Li and Ziyi Li..........1274‑1279

doi:10.1016/j.cellbi.2009.08.010

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N-Nitrosopiperidine and N-Nitrosodibutylamine induce apoptosis in HepG2 cells via the caspase dependent pathway

Almudena García, Paloma Morales, Joseph Rafter and Ana I. Haza..........1280‑1286

doi:10.1016/j.cellbi.2009.08.015

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