Volume 56 (2010) No. 4

Review Article

Intracellular Signalling Pathways and Mood Disorders

(signalling pathways / mood disorders / antidepressants / mood stabilizers)

Z. FIŠAR, J. HROUDOVÁ

Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Department of Psychiatry, Prague, Czech Republic.

Pages: 135 - 148 (PDF)

Corresponding author: Zdeněk Fišar, Charles University in Prague, 1st Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Department of Psychiatry, Ke Karlovu 11, 121 08Prague 2, Czech Republic. Phone/Fax: (+420) 224 965 313; e-mail: zfisar(zavinac)lf1.cuni.cz.

Received April 27, 2009. Accepted November 3, 2009.



Original Article

Isolation and Characterization of Neural Crest Stem Cells from Adult Human Hair Follicles

(neural crest / stem cells / human hair follicle / expression profile)

E. KREJČÍ, M. GRIM

Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Anatomy, Laboratory for Molecular Embryology, Prague, Czech Republic

Pages: 149 - 157 (PDF)

Corresponding author: Eliška Krejčí, Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Anatomy, Laboratory for Molecular Embryology, U nemocnice 3, 128 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic. Phone (+420) 224 965 765; e-mail: eliska.krejci(zavinac)lf1.cuni.cz.

Received April 21, 2010. Accepted May 6, 2010.


Original Article

Advanced Rai Stage in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia Correlates with Simultaneous Hypermethylation of Plural Tumour Suppressor Genes

(chronic lymphocytic leukaemia / aberrant hypermethylation / tumour suppressor genes / Rai stage / methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction)

K. FORSTEROVÁ1, H. VOTAVOVÁ1, J. SCHWARZ2, J. KARBAN1, Č. ŠTUKA1, M. TRNĚNÝ1,2

1Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, 1st Department of Medicine – Clinical Department of Haematology of the First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

2Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic

Pages: 158 - 164 (PDF)

Corresponding author: Kristina Forsterová, Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, 1st Department of Medicine –Clinical Department of Haematology of the First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, U Nemocnice 2, 128 08 Prague 2, Czech Republic. Phone: (+420) 224 962 685; Fax: (+420) 224 963 556; e-mail: kfors(zavinac)lf1.cuni.cz

Received January 14, 2010. Accepted Jnuary 27, 2010.


Original Article

Leukaemia Inhibitory Factor Inhibits Cardiomyogenesis of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells via STAT3 Activation

(leukaemia inhibitory factor / embryonic stem cell / cardiomyogenesis / STAT3 / serum-free)

I. VESELÁ, H. KOTASOVÁ, Š. JANKOVSKÁ, J. PROCHÁZKOVÁ, J. PACHERNÍK

Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Pages: 165 - 172 (PDF)

Corresponding author: Jiří Pacherník, Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic. Phone (+420) 549 495 578; e-mail: jipa(zavinac)sci.muni.cz

Received: November 16, 2009. Accepted May 14, 2010.


Original Article

The Autophagy-Lysosomal Pathway Is Involved in TAG Degradation in the Liver: the Effect of High-Sucrose and High-Fat Diet

(lysosomal lipase / high-fat diet / high-sucrose diet / steatosis / rat)

M. CAHOVÁ, H. DAŇKOVÁ, E. PÁLENÍČKOVÁ, Z. PAPÁČKOVÁ, L. KAZDOVÁ

Department of Metabolism and Diabetes, Centre of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

Pages: 173 - 182 (PDF)

Corresponding author: Monika Cahová, Centre of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Vídeňská 1958/9, 140 21 Prague 4, Czech Republic. Phone: (+420) 261 365 366; e-mail: monika.cahova(zavinac)ikem.cz.

Received January 8, 2010. Accepted April 28, 2010.


Original Article

Gene Regulation by BCL3 in a Cervical Cancer Cell Line

(NF-κB / signal transduction / STAT3)

V. MALDONADO1,4, M. ESPINOSA2, F. PRUEFER2, N. PATIÑO2, G. CEBALLOS-CANCINO2, U. URZUA3, N. JURETIC3 AND J. MELENDEZ-ZAJGLA2,4

1Molecular Biology Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, Mexico City, Mexico

2Cancer Functional Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Genomic Medicine, Mexico City, Mexico

3PBCM, ICBM Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Pages: 183 - 193 (PDF)

Corresponding author: Jorge Meléndez-Zajgla, National Institute of Genomic Medicine, Periferico Sur No. 4124, Sexto Piso, Torre Zafiro II, Col. Ex Rancho de Anzaldo, Alvaro Obregón 01900, Mexico. Phone: +52 (55) 5350-1920/1967; Fax: + 52 (55) 5350-1968; e-mail: jmelendez(zavinac)inmegen.gob.mx

Received November 10, 2009. Accepted March 22, 2010.