Volume 23, number 12 (December), 2008 (published online: September 29, 2008)

	Articles
1	Reduced expression of sarcospan in muscles of Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy Y. Wakayama, M. Inoue, H. Kojima, S. Yamashita, S. Shibuya, T. Jimi, H. Hara, Y. Matsuzaki, H. Oniki, M. Kanagawa, K. Kobayashi and T. Toda pp 1425-1438
2	Extensive alteration in the expression profiles of TGFB pathway signaling components and TP53 is observed along the gastric dysplasia-carcinoma sequence S.-H. Kim, S.-H. Lee, Y.-L. Choi, L.-H. Wang, C.K. Park and Y.K. Shin pp 1439-1452
3	Morphological effects of oestradiol-17ß‚ and selective oestrogen receptor α and ß agonists on luteinising hormone-secreting cells in tamoxifen-treated ovariectomised rats J.C. Garrido-Gracia, A. Gordon, R. Aguilar, J.G. Monterde, A. Blanco, J. Martín de las Mulas and J.E. Sánchez-Criado pp 1453-1463
4	Leptin and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors: impact on normal and disturbed first trimester human pregnancy B. Toth, M. Bastug, C. Scholz, P. Arck, S. Schulze, S. Kunze, K. Friese and U. Jeschke pp 1465-1475
5	Decreased expression of antioxidant enzymes in the conjunctival epithelium of dry eye (Sjögren’s syndrome) and its possible contribution to the development of ocular surface oxidative injuries J. Čejková, T. Ardan, Z. Šimonová, Č. Čejka, J. Malec, D. Dotrelová and B. Brunová pp 1477-1483
6	Expression of ADAMTS-5 in deformed human temporomandibular joint discs T. Matsumoto, I. Tojyo, N. Kiga, Y. Hiraishi and S. Fujita pp 1485-1493
7	RAD50/MRE11/NBS1 proteins in relation to tumour development and prognosis in patients with microsatellite stable colorectal cancer J. Gao, H. Zhang, G. Arbman and X.-F. Sun pp 1495-1502
8	Temporal and quantitative analysis of expression of metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their endogenous inhibitors in atherosclerotic lesions Y. Yu, T. Koike, S. Kitajima, E. Liu, M. Morimoto, M. Shiomi, K. Hatakeyama, Y. Asada, K.-Y. Wang, Y. Sasaguri, T. Watanabe and J. Fan pp 1503-1516
9	Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma with Fuhrman nuclear grade 3: A histological, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural and FISH study N. Kuroda, O. Hes, M. Michal, J. Nemcova, V. Gal, T. Yamaguchi, T. Kawada, Y. Imamura, Y. Hayashi and G.H. Lee pp 1517-1523
	Reviews
10	Nutritional cellular biomarkers in early life stages of fish E. Gisbert, J.B. Ortiz-Delgado and C. Sarasquete pp 1525-1539
11	The MUC gene family: Their role in the diagnosis and prognosis of gastric cancer S. Senapati, P. Sharma, S. Bafna, H.K. Roy and S.K. Batra pp 1541-1552
12	Primordial germ cell specification: the importance of being ‘blimped’ S.M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes and B.A.J. Roelen pp 1553-1561