1. Introduction: STATs as essential intracellular mediators of cytokine responses

   • T. Decker

   Pages: 1505 - 1508

2. Interferons as a paradigm for cytokine signal transduction

   • C. Schindler
   • S. Brutsaert

   Pages: 1509 - 1522

3. The Janus kinase family of protein tyrosine kinases and their role in signaling

   • T. C. Yeh
   • S. Pellegrini

   Pages: 1523 - 1534

4. Transcription factor activity of STAT proteins: structural requirements and regulation by phosphorylation and interacting proteins

   • T. Decker
   • P. Kovarik

   Pages: 1535 - 1546

5. The role of STATs in proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis

   • A. L.-F. Mui

   Pages: 1547 - 1558

6. Physiological significance of STAT proteins: investigations through gene disruption in vivo

   • D. E. Levy

   Pages: 1559 - 1567

7. Negative regulators of cytokine signal transduction

   • D. J. Hilton

   Pages: 1568 - 1577

8. JAKs and STATs in invertebrate model organisms

   • C. R. Dearolf

   Pages: 1578 - 1584

9. Novel approaches to the treatment of small-cell lung cancer

   • U. Zangemeister-Wittke
   • R. A. Stahel

   Pages: 1585 - 1598

10. Anthrax toxins

    • N. S. Duesbery
    • G. F. Vande Woude

    Pages: 1599 - 1609

11. Interleukin-12, a key cytokine in Th1-mediated autoimmune diseases

    • L. Adorini

    Pages: 1610 - 1625

12. Structure and evolution of the genetic code viewed from the perspective of the experimentally expanded amino acid repertoire in vivo

    • N. Budisa
    • L. Moroder
    • R. Huber

    Pages: 1626 - 1635

13. Minisatellite instability and germline mutation

    • P. Bois
    • A. J. Jeffreys

    Pages: 1636 - 1648

14. Dexamethasone enhances CTLA-4 expression during T cell activation

    • M. Xia
    • J. Gasser
    • U. Feige

    Pages: 1649 - 1656