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    British Journal of Pharmacology: Volume 155, Issue 5

    617-794
    November 2008
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Commentaries

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Potential importance of alterations in hydrogen sulphide (H2S) bioavailability in diabetes

D J Lefer, 
  • Pages: 617-619
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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Targeting airway inflammation: PMX464 and the epithelial bulls eye

D W Sexton, 
  • Pages: 620-622
  • First Published: 29 January 2009

Review

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Regulation of haeme oxygenase-1 for treatment of neuroinflammation and brain disorders

P J Syapin, 
  • Pages: 623-640
  • First Published: 29 January 2009

Research Papers

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Benzylidene derivatives of andrographolide inhibit growth of breast and colon cancer cells in vitro by inducing G1 arrest and apoptosis

S R Jada,  C Matthews,  M S Saad,  A S Hamzah,  N H Lajis,  M F G Stevens,  J Stanslas, 
  • Pages: 641-654
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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Induction of BAG2 protein during proteasome inhibitor-induced apoptosis in thyroid carcinoma cells

H-Q Wang,  H-Y Zhang,  F-J Hao,  X Meng,  Y Guan,  Z-X Du, 
  • Pages: 655-660
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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PMX464, a thiol-reactive quinol and putative thioredoxin inhibitor, inhibits NF-κB-dependent proinflammatory activation of alveolar epithelial cells

M E Callister,  L Pinhu,  M C Catley,  A D Westwell,  R Newton,  S K Leaver,  G J Quinlan,  T W Evans,  M J Griffiths,  A Burke-Gaffney, 
  • Pages: 661-672
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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Biosynthesis of H2S is impaired in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice

V Brancaleone,  F Roviezzo,  V Vellecco,  L De Gruttola,  M Bucci,  G Cirino, 
  • Pages: 673-680
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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Inhibitory effect of salvinorin A, from Salvia divinorum, on ileitis-induced hypermotility: cross-talk between κ-opioid and cannabinoid CB1 receptors

R Capasso,  F Borrelli,  M G Cascio,  G Aviello,  K Huben,  J K Zjawiony,  P Marini,  B Romano,  V Di Marzo,  F Capasso,  A A Izzo, 
  • Pages: 681-689
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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(Pro3)GIP[mPEG]: novel, long-acting, mPEGylated antagonist of gastric inhibitory polypeptide for obesity-diabetes (diabesity) therapy

P L McClean,  N Irwin,  K Hunter,  V A Gault,  P R Flatt, 
  • Pages: 690-701
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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Novel role of curcumin in the prevention of cytokine-induced islet death in vitro and diabetogenesis in vivo

M Kanitkar,  K Gokhale,  S Galande,  R R Bhonde, 
  • Pages: 702-713
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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A novel non-antibacterial, non-chelating hydroxypyrazoline derivative of minocycline inhibits nociception and oedema in mice

L F S Bastos,  A Angusti,  M C Vilaça,  L A Merlo,  E B Nascimento Jr,  L T S Rocha,  A M Godin,  A G R Solano,  S Jarussophon,  E A Nunan,  Y Konishi,  M M Coelho, 
  • Pages: 714-721
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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Effects of the immunomodulator, VGX-1027, in endotoxin-induced uveitis in Lewis rats

K Mangano,  N Y Sardesai,  C Quattrocchi,  E Mazzon,  S Cuzzocrea,  K Bendtzen,  P L Meroni,  J J Kim,  F Nicoletti, 
  • Pages: 722-730
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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Inhibition of cyclooxygenases 1 and 2 by the phospholipase-blocker, arachidonyl trifluoromethyl ketone

H J Leis,  W Windischhofer, 
  • Pages: 731-737
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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Identification of regions of the P2X7 receptor that contribute to human and rat species differences in antagonist effects

A D Michel,  W C Clay,  S W Ng,  S Roman,  K Thompson,  J P Condreay,  M Hall,  J Holbrook,  D Livermore,  S Senger, 
  • Pages: 738-751
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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α1-Adrenoceptors in the lateral septal area modulate food intake behaviour in rats

A A Scopinho,  L B M Resstel,  F M A Corrêa, 
  • Pages: 752-756
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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Behavioural and biochemical responses to morphine associated with its motivational properties are altered in adenosine A2A receptor knockout mice

A Castañé,  L Wells,  G Soria,  S Hourani,  C Ledent,  I Kitchen,  J Opacka-Juffry,  R Maldonado,  O Valverde, 
  • Pages: 757-766
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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Increase in hemokinin-1 mRNA in the spinal cord during the early phase of a neuropathic pain state

T Matsumura,  A Sakai,  M Nagano,  M Sawada,  H Suzuki,  M Umino,  H Suzuki, 
  • Pages: 767-774
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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Antinociceptive effects of tetrazole inhibitors of endocannabinoid inactivation: cannabinoid and non-cannabinoid receptor-mediated mechanisms

S Maione,  E Morera,  I Marabese,  A Ligresti,  L Luongo,  G Ortar,  V Di Marzo, 
  • Pages: 775-782
  • First Published: 29 January 2009
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The insecticide fipronil and its metabolite fipronil sulphone inhibit the rat α1β2γ2L GABAA receptor

P Li,  G Akk, 
  • Pages: 783-794
  • First Published: 29 January 2009