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FEBRUARY 2003
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Vol. 28, No. 1, FEBRUARY 2003

Preface	i
The effect of Gongronema latifolium extracts on serum lipid profile and oxidative stress in hepatocytes of diabetic rats N H Ugochukwu, N E Babady, M Cobourne and S R Gasset	1-5
Effects of exogenous vitamin E supplementation on the levels of oxidants and antioxidants in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease M K Daga, Rashmi Chhabra, Bhavneesh Sharma and T K Mishra	7-11
Role of metal-induced reactive oxygen species generation in lung responses caused by residual oil fly ash Anthony B Lewis, Michael D Taylor, Jenny R Roberts, Stephen S Leonard, Xianglin Shi and James M Antonini	13-18
Application of electron spin resonance for evaluation of the level of free radicals in the myometrium in full-term pregnancy with normal labour and uterine inertia V V Zyrianov , A Ye Sumovskaya and A A Shostak	19-21
Neutrophil superoxide-anion generating capacity in chronic smoking: effect of long-term a-tocopherol therapy Lambertus J H van Tits, Frouwkje de Waart, Heidi L M Hak-Lemmers, Jacqueline de Graaf, Pierre N M Demacker and Anton F H Stalenhoef	23-27
Nitric oxide production by rat bronchoalveolar macrophages or polymorphonuclear leukocytes following intratracheal instillation of lipopolysaccharide or silica L J Huffman, D J Prugh, L Millecchia, K C Schuller, S Cantrell and D W Porter	29-37
Justification for antioxidant preconditioning (or how to protect insulin-mediated actions under oxidative stress) A Orzechowski	39-49
Formation of reactive oxygen species in rat epithelial cells upon stimulation with fly ash K Voelkel, H F Krug and S Diabaté	51-55
H₂O₂-induced higher order chromatin degradation: A novel mechanism of oxidative genotoxicity Gregory W Konat	57-60
Pulmonary inflammation and crystalline silica in respirable coal mine dust: dose-response E D Kuempel, M D Attfield, V Vallyathan, N L Lapp, J M Hale, R J Smith and V Castranova	61-69
Three model systems measure oxidation/nitration damage caused by peroxynitrite Paul S McConnell, Mark J Reasor and Knox Van Dyke	71-76
Cytotoxicity of yellow sand in lung epithelial cells Y H Kim, K S Kim, N J Kwak, K H Lee, S A Kweon and Y Lim	77-81
Role of reactive oxygen species in extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase phosphorylation and 6-hydroxydopamine cytotoxicity Scott M Kulich and Charleen T Chu	83-89
Modulation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes function by incubation with human serum from oxidant-challenged individuals E Hoffer, T Machamid, A Tabak, Y Baum, A Tamir and Y Lerman	91-94
Induction of interleukin-6 by coal containing bioavailable iron is through both hydroxyl radical and ferryl species Q Zhang and X Huang	95-100
Pulmonary antioxidants exert differential protective effects against urban and industrial particulate matter L L Greenwell, T Moreno and R J Richards	101-107
Quantification of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid by colorimetric competitive enzyme linked immunosorbent assay Harry E Grates, Richard M McGowen, Smiti V Gupta, John R Falck, Thomas R Brown, Denis M Callewaert and Diane M Sasaki	109-113
Lucigenin chemiluminescence assay as an adjunctive tool for assessment of various stages of inflammation: A study of quiescent inflammatory cells Knox Van Dyke, Shaily Patel and Val Vallyathan	115-119
Phenolic antioxidants attenuate hippocampal neuronal cell damage against kainic acid induced excitotoxicity M S Parihar and Taruna Hemnani	121-128
Evidence for lipopolysaccharide-induced differentiation of RAW264 × 7 murine macrophage cell line into dendritic like cells Rajiv K Saxena, Val Vallyathan and Daniel M Lewis	129-134

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