Volume 24, number 1 (January), 2009 (published online: November 17, 2008)

	Articles
1	Immunohistochemical and lectin histochemical analysis of the alpaca efferent ducts F. Parillo, G.E. Magi, S. Diverio and G. Catone pp 1-12
2	Macrophage populations and expressions of regulatory proinflammatory factors in the rat meninx under lipopolysaccharide treatment in vivo and in vitro J. Yamate, S. Ishimine, T. Izawa, D. Kumagai and M. Kuwamura pp 13-24
3	ZNT7 and Zn2+ are present in different cell populations in the mouse testis Z.-H. Chi, W.-Y. Feng, H.-L. Gao, W. Zheng, L. Huang and Z.-Y. Wang pp 25-30
4	RUNX3 expression correlates with chief cell differentiation in human gastric cancers N. Ogasawara, T. Tsukamoto, T. Mizoshita, K.-i. Inada, H. Ban, S. Kondo, S. Takasu, T. Ushijima, K. Ito, Y. Ito, M. Ichinose, T. Ogawa, T. Joh and M. Tatematsu pp 31-40
5	Galectin-7: will the lectin’s activity establish clinical correlations in head and neck squamous cell and basal cell carcinomas? Z. Čada, M. Chovanec, K. Smetana Jr, J. Betka, L. Lacina, J. Plzák, R. Kodet, J. Štork, M. Lensch, H. Kaltner, S. André and H-J. Gabius pp 41-48
6	An innovative methodology for the automated morphometric and quantitative estimation of liver steatosis G.E. Liquori, G. Calamita, D. Cascella, M. Mastrodonato, P. Portincasa and D. Ferri pp 49-60
7	Genetic and molecular alterations in rhabdomyosarcoma: mRNA overexpression of MCL1 and MAP2K4 genes L. Pazzaglia, A. Chiechi, A. Conti, G. Gamberi, G. Magagnoli, C. Novello, L. Morandi, P. Picci, M. Mercuri and M.S. Benassi pp 61-67
8	BRCA1 expression and molecular alterations in familial breast cancer A. Mangia, A. Chiriatti, S. Tommasi, F. Menolascina, S. Petroni, F.A. Zito, G. Simone, F. Schittulli and A. Paradiso pp 69-76
9	Distinctive immunohistochemical profile of mucinous cystic neoplasms of pancreas, ovary and lung J.F. Silverman, B. Zhu, Y. Liu and X. Lin pp 77-82
	Reviews
10	The pathology of APP transgenic mice: a model of Alzheimer’s disease or simply overexpression of APP? D.R. Howlett and J.C. Richardson pp 83-100
11	Altered growth pattern, not altered growth per se, is the hallmark of early lesions preceding cancer development S. Doratiotto, F. Marongiu, S. Faedda, P. Pani and E. Laconi pp 101-106
12	Bone marrow stromal cells for spinal cord repair: A challenge for contemporary neurobiology J. Vaquero and M. Zurita pp 107-116
13	Mitochondrial cholesterol in health and disease C. Garcia-Ruiz, M. Mari, A. Colell, A. Morales, F. Caballero, J. Montero, O. Terrones, G. Basañez and J.C. Fernández-Checa pp 117-132