Volume 24, number 5 (May), 2009 (published online: March 12, 2009)

	Articles
1	Diabetes enhances the expression of H-ras and suppresses the expression of EGFR leading to increased cell proliferation E. Vairaktaris, L. Goutzanis, C. Yapijakis, S. Vassiliou, S. Spyridonidou, A. Vylliotis, E. Nkenke, A.C. Lazaris, P. Strantzias and E. Patsouris pp 531-539
2	Ultrastructure of myotendinous junctions in tendon-skeletal muscle constructs engineered in vitro T.Y. Kostrominova, S. Calve, E.M. Arruda and L.M. Larkin pp 541-550
3	The role of vascular adhesion molecules PECAM-1 (CD 31), VCAM-1 (CD 106), E-Selectin (CD62E) and P-Selectin (CD62P) in severe porcine pancreatitis H. Kleinhans, J.T. Kaifi, O. Mann, F. Reinknecht, M. Freitag, B. Hansen, P.G. Schurr, J.R. Izbicki and T.G. Strate pp 551-557
4	Comparison of histopathological features of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor and O139 Bengal infections in rabbit intestinal mucosa A. Amin, A. Ali, S. Kurunathan, T.G. Cheong, K.A. Al-Jashamy, H. Jaafar, Z.F. Zainuddin, M.Ravichandran and P. Lalitha pp 559-565
5	Golgi apparatus localization of ZNT7 in the mouse cerebellum H.-L. Gao, W.-Y. Feng, X.-L. Li, H. Xu, L. Huang and Z.-Y. Wang pp 567-572
6	Metallic gold treatment reduces proliferation of inflammatory cells, increases expression of VEGF and FGF, and stimulates cell proliferation in the subventricular zone following experimental traumatic brain injury M.Ø. Pedersen, A. Larsen, D.S. Pedersen, M. Stoltenberg and M. Penkowa pp 573-586
7	Cardiac ischemia and reperfusion in spontaneously diabetic rats with and without application of EGb 761: II. Interstitium and microvasculature R. Schneider, K. Welt, W. Aust, H. Löster and G. Fitzl pp 587-598
8	Cytochemical and biochemical evidences for a complex tridimensional structure of the hamster zona pellucida M. Jiménez-Movilla, E. Martínez-Alonso, M.T. Castells, M.J. Izquierdo-Rico, M.D. Saavedra, R. Gutiérrez-Gallego, R. Fayrer-Hosken, J. Ballesta and M. Avilés pp 599-609
	Reviews
9	Skeletal muscle fibre plasticity in response to selected environmental and physiological stimuli A. Matsakas and K. Patel pp 611-629
10	Induction system of neural and muscle lineage cells from bone marrow stromal cells; a new strategy for tissue reconstruction in degenerative diseases M. Kitada and M. Dezawa pp 631-642
11	c-KIT signaling as the driving oncogenic event in sub-groups of melanomas K.S.M. Smalley, V.K. Sondak and J.S. Weber pp 643-650
12	Lysyl oxidases in mammalian development and certain pathological conditions J.M. Mäki pp 651-660
13	Modified gleason grading. An updated review B. Helpap and L. Egevad pp 661-666