Volume 63 (2017) No. 3

Review Article

Microglia: Physiological Functions Revealed through Morphological Profiles

(central nervous system / microglia / ramified / amoeboid / morphology)

K. Cho1, G.-E. CHOI2

1Granduate School of International Studies, 2Institute of Convergence Bio-Health, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Pages: 85 - 90 (PDF)

Corresponding author: Go-Eun Choi, Institute of Convergence Bio-Health, Dong-A University, Dongdaesin-dong, Seo-gu, Busan, 49201, Republic of Korea. E-mail: gechoi@dau.ac.kr

 

Original Article

Oxytocin Modulates Expression of Neuron and Glial Markers in the Rat Hippocampus

(neuron, astrocyte / oligodendrocyte / oxytocin / neuropeptide / marker)

T. HAVRÁNEK1, Z. LEŠŤANOVÁ1, B. MRAVEC1,2, V. ŠTRBÁK1,3, J. BAKOŠ1,2, Z. BAČOVÁ1,3

1Biomedical Research Center, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

2Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

3Department of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Pages: 91 - 97 (PDF)

Corresponding author: Jan Bakos, Biomedical Research Center, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, 845 05, Bratislava, Slovakia. Phone: (+421) 232 295 232; e-mail: j.bakos@savba.sk

 

Original Article

Effect of Stress on the Expression of Galanin Receptors in Rat Heart

(galanin / galanin receptor / rat / heart / stress / immunohistochemistry)

J. ŠÍPKOVÁ1, P. ŠÍDA1, N. KASPŘÍKOVÁ2, I. KRAMáRIKOVá1, S. HYNIE1, V. KLENEROVÁ1

1Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics of Charles University – the First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

2Institute of Biophysics and Informatics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Pages: 98 - 104 (PDF)

Corresponding author: Věra Klenerová, Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics of Charles University – the First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Albertov 4, 128 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic. Phones: (+420) 224 968 166, (+420) 604 790 885; Fax: (+420) 224 968 166; e-mail: vera.klenerova@lf1.cuni.cz

 

Original Article

Glycation of Matrix Proteins in the Artery Inhibits Migration of Smooth Muscle Cells from the Media to the Intima

(glycation / advanced glycation end products / collagen / elastin / myocytes / atherosclerosis)

A. KUZAN1, O. MICHEL1, A. GAMIAN1,2

1Department of Medical Biochemistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland

2Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland

Pages: 105 - 114 (PDF)

Corresponding author: Aleksandra Kuzan, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Chałubińskiego 10, Wrocław 50-368, Poland. Phone: (+48 71) 784 13 87; e-mail: aleksandra.kuzan@umed.wroc.pl

 

Original Article

KCNJ11 and KCNQ1 Gene Polymorphisms Are Not Associated with Post-Transplant Diabetes Mellitus in Kidney Allograft Recipients Treated with Tacrolimus

(diabetes / tacrolimus / transplantation)

E. DABROWSKA-ZAMOJCIN1, M. TARNOWSKI2, M. SZYDŁOWSKI2, M. ROMANOWSKI3, V. DZIEDZIEJKO4, K. SAFRANOW4, L. DOMANSKI5, A. PAWLIK2

1Department of Pharmacology, 2Department of Physiology, 3Department of General and Transplantation Surgery, 4Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, 5Department of Nephrology and Transplantology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Pages: 115 - 119 (PDF)

Corresponding author: Andrzej Pawlik, Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Powst. Wlkp. 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland. E-mail: pawand@poczta.onet.pl