Vol. 15 No. 2 (2015)

Published: 2015-05-30

Reviews

Prostate cancer stroma: an important factor in cancer growth and progression

Božo Krušlin, Monika Ulamec, Davor Tomas

1-8

Biochemistry

Anticoagulant activity of some Artemisia dracunculus leaf extracts

Kemal Durić, Elvira E Kovac Besovic, Haris Niksic, Samija Muratovic, Emin Sofic

9-14

Immunology

Immunization with 3-oxododecanoyl-L-homoserine lactone-r-PcrV conjugate enhances survival of mice against lethal burn infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Isar Dejban Golpasha, Seyed Fazlollah Mousavi, Parviz Owlia, Seyed Davar Siadat, Shiva Irani

15-24

Pathology

Wound-healing potential of the fruit extract of Phaleria macrocarpa

Walaa Najm Abood, Nawal Ahmed Al-Henhena, Ammar Najim Abood, Mazen M. Jamil Al-Obaidi, Salmah Ismail, Mahmood Abdulla, Rami Al Bartan

25-30

Molecular Biology

Association between Opioid Receptor mu 1 (OPRM1) Gene Polymorphisms and Tobacco and Alcohol Consumption in a Spanish Population

Francesc Francès, Olga Portolés, Ana Castelló, Jose Antonio Costa, Fernando Verdú

31-36
Genetic polymorphisms of ADH1B, ADH1C and ALDH2 in Turkish alcoholics: lack of association with alcoholism and alcoholic cirrhosis

Sezgin Vatansever, Fatih Tekin, Esin Salman, Ender Altintoprak, Hakan Coskunol, Ulus Salih Akarca

37-41
Dystrophin hydrophobic regions in the pathogenesis of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies

Yingyin Liang, Songlin Chen, Jianzong Zhu, Xiangxue Zhou, Chen Yang, Lu Yao, Cheng Zhang

42-49

Translational and Clinical Research

The role of lipid dysregulation and vascular risk factors in glaucomatous retrobulbar circulation

Monika Modrzejewska, Wilhelm Grzesiak, Daniel Zaborski, Anna Modrzejewska

50-56
The comparison of the efficacy of radiofrequency nucleoplasty and targeted disc decompression in lumbar radiculopathy

Barıs Adakli, Keziban Sanem Cakar Turhan, Ibrahim Asik

57-61
The relationship between vitamin D status, physical activity and insulin resistance in overweight and obese subjects

Gülis Kavadar, Demet Tekdöş Demircioğlu, Levent Özgönenel, Tuluhan Yunus Emre

62-66
NOD2/CARD15 mutations in Polish and Bosnian populations with and without Crohn's disease: prevalence and genotype-phenotype analysis

Nermin N Salkic, Grazyna Adler, Iwona Zawada, Ervin Alibegovic, Beata Karakiewicz, Anna Kozlowska-Wiechowska, Michał Wasilewicz, Violetta Sulzyc-Bielicka, Dariusz Bielicki

67-72
Fractalkine receptor polymorphism may not be associated with the development and clinical course of ulcerative colitis

Hale Gokcan, Erkan Yurtcu, Haldun Selcuk, Feride Iffet Sahin

73-77