1. Preface

   • Heinz Rupp
   • Bernhard Maisch

   Preface Pages: 1 - 1

2. Mechanisms of transcriptional activation of cAMP-responsive element-binding protein CREB

   • Philipp Haus-Seuffert
   • Michael Meisterernst

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 9

3. Transcriptional regulation by cAMP in the heart

   • F.U. Müller
   • J. Neumann
   • W. Schmitz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 17

4. Regulation of tumor growth and metastasis of human melanoma by the CREB transcription factor family

   • Didier Jean
   • Menashe Bar-Eli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 28

5. CRE-decoy oligonucleotide-inhibition of gene expression and tumor growth

   • Yoon S. Cho-Chung
   • Yun Gyu Park
   • Yee Sook Cho

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 34

6. Attenuation of macrophage apoptosis by the cAMP-signalling system

   • Andreas von Knethen
   • Bernhard Brüne

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 43

7. Catecholamines induce IL-10 release in patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction by transactivating its promoter in monocytic but not in T-cells

   • Ulrike Riese
   • Susanne Brenner
   • Cornelia Platzer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 50

8. Regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase gene transcription by the cAMP-signalling pathway: Involvement of multiple transcription factors

   • Jinkyu Lim
   • Cunying Yang
   • Kwang-Soo Kim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 60

9. Norepinephrine transporter expression and function in noradrenergic cell differentiations

   • Maya Sieber-Blum
   • Zeguang Ren

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 70

10. Catecholamines and angiotensinogen gene expression in kidney proximal tubular cells

    • John S.D. Chan
    • Tian-Tian Wang
    • Serge Carrière

    OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 79

11. cAMP increases the expression of human angiotensinogen gene through a combination of cyclic AMP responsive element binding protein and a liver specific transcription factor

    • Chittampalli S. Narayanan
    • Yanning Cui
    • Ashok Kumar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 90

12. The role of Ca2+ mobilization and heterotrimeric G protein activation in mediating tyrosine phosphorylation signaling patterns in vascular smooth muscle cells

    • Peter P. Sayeski
    • M. Showkat Ali
    • Kenneth E. Bernstein

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 98

13. Functional cross-talk between the cyclic AMP and Jak/STAT signaling pathways in vascular smooth muscle cells

    • Sylvain Meloche
    • Stéphane Pelletier
    • Marc J. Servant

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 109

14. The inducible cAMP early repressor ICERIIγ inhibits CREB and AP-1 transcription but not AT1 receptor gene expression in vascular smooth muscle cells

    • Xiaofei Wang
    • T.J. Murphy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 119

15. Angiotensin II-induced changes in G-protein expression and resistance of renal microvessels in young genetically hypertensive rats

    • Subhash J. Vyas
    • Christopher M. Blaschak
    • Edwin K. Jackson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 129

16. Angiotensin receptor II is present in dopaminergic cell line of rat substantia nigra and it is down regulated by aminochrome

    • Alexies Dagnino-Subiabre
    • Katerine Marcelain
    • Juan Segura-Aguilar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 134

17. Control of cardiomyocyte gene expression as drug target

    • Heinz Rupp
    • Martin Benkel
    • Bernhard Maisch

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 142

18. Designing antisense to inhibit the renin-angiotensin system

    • Dagmara Mohuczy
    • M. Ian Phillips

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 153

19. Angiotensin II induces gene transcription through cell-type-dependent effects on the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) transcription factor

    • Allan R. Brasier
    • M. Jamaluddin
    • Marschall S. Runge

    OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 169

20. The role of Jak/STAT signaling in heart tissue renin-angiotensin system

    • Eduardo Mascareno
    • M.A.Q. Siddiqui

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 175

21. Rho plays an important role in angiotensin II-induced hypertrophic responses in cardiac myocytes

    • Ryuichi Aikawa
    • Issei Komuro
    • Yoshio Yazaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 182

22. Mechanisms of angiotensin II-induced platelet-derived growth factor gene expression

    • Levon M. Khachigian
    • Yoh Takuwa
    • Tucker Collins

    OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 186

23. Retraction: Transactivation of EGF receptor induced by angiotensin II regulates fibronectin and TGF-β gene expression via transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms

    • Hiroaki Matsubara
    • Yasutaka Moriguchi
    • Toshiji Iwasaka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 201

24. Expression of renin-angiotensin system and extracellular matrix genes in cardiovascular cells and its regulation through AT1 receptor

    • Kouichi Tamura
    • Yuqing E. Chen
    • Satoshi Umemura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 209

25. Regulation of angiotensin II receptors in the medullary thick ascending limb

    • Donna H. Wang
    • Jianping Li

    OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 217

26. Bradykinin (B2 independent effect of captopril on the development of pressure overload cardiac hypertrophy

    • Marian Turcani
    • Heinz Rupp

    OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 225

27. Role of cardiac renin-angiotensin system in sarcoplasmic reticulum function and gene expression in the ischemic-reperfused heart

    • Satoshi Takeo
    • Yoshihisa Nasa
    • Naranjan S. Dhalla

    OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 235