Proceedings of the VIIIth Conference of the International Society for Trace Element Research in Humans (ISTERH), the IXth Conference of the Nordic Trace Element Society (NTES), and the VIth Conference of the Hellenic Trace Element Society (HTES), 2007

1. Dimerumic acid protected oxidative stress-induced cytotoxicity in isolated rat hepatocytes
Jun-ichi Yamashiro, Sumihiro Shiraishi, Toru Fuwa, Toshiharu Horie

2. JNK and ERK mitogen-activated protein kinases mediate THDA-induced apoptosis in K562 cells
Sheng-Huei Yang, Zchong-Zcho Wu, Ching-Ming Chien, Yu-Hsiang Lo, Ming-Jung Wu, Long-Sen Chang, Shinne-Ren Lin

3. Pentoxifylline downregulates ? (I) collagen expression by the inhibition of I?b? degradation in liver stellate cells
E. Hernández, L. Bucio, V. Souza, M. C. Escobar, L. E. Gómez-Quiroz, B. Farfán, D. Kershenobich, M. C. Gutiérrez-Ruiz

4. Correlation of visual in vitro cytotoxicity ratings of biomaterials with quantitative in vitro cell viability measurements
Sujata K. Bhatia, Ann B. Yetter

5. Effect of dietary selenium deficiency on the in vitro fertilizing ability of mice spermatozoa
M. Sánchez-Gutiérrez, E. A. García-Montalvo, J. A. Izquierdo-Vega, L. M. Razo

6. Comparative studies of the antioxidant effects of a naturally occurring resveratrol analogue – trans-3,3?,5,5?-tetrahydroxy-4?-methoxystilbene and resveratrol – against oxidation and nitration of biomolecules in blood platelets
Beata Olas, Barbara Wachowicz, Pawel Nowak, Anna Stochmal, Wieslaw Oleszek, Rafal Glowacki, Edward Bald

7. Abstract
Curtiss Hunt

8. Cell motility assays
Angela Hague, Gareth E Jones

9. Protective action of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum) seed polyphenols against alcohol-induced protein and lipid damage in rat liver
S. Kaviarasan, R. Sundarapandiyan, C. V. Anuradha

10. Genistein induces G2/M cell cycle arrest via stable activation of ERK1/2 pathway in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells
Zhong Li, Jing Li, Baoqing Mo, Chunyan Hu, Huaqing Liu, Hong Qi, Xinru Wang, Jida Xu

11. In vivo 5-flourouracil-induced apoptosis on murine thymocytes: involvement of FAS, Bax and Caspase3
Jose A. Aquino Esperanza, Maria V. Aguirre, Gualberto R. Aispuru, Carolina N. Lettieri, Julian A. Juaristi, Mirta A. Alvarez, Nora Cristina Brandan

12. Abstracts

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