1. Peroxisome proliferators: mechanisms of adverse effects in rodents and molecular basis for species differences

   • Ruth A. Roberts

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 413 - 418

2. Modulation of tumor necrosis factor α expression in mouse brain after exposure to aluminum in drinking water

   • Masashi Tsunoda
   • Raghubir P. Sharma

   INORGANIC COMPOUNDS Pages: 419 - 426

3. Real-time PCR-analysis of the cytochrome P450 1B1 codon 432-polymorphism

   • T. Brüning
   • J. Abel
   • Y. Ko

   METABOLIC ACTIVATION/INACTIVATION Pages: 427 - 430

4. The influence of cytochrome P450 1A1 and glutathione S-transferase M1 genotypes on biomarker levels in coke-oven workers

   • G. Brescia
   • L. Celotti
   • G. Assennato

   METABOLIC ACTIVATION/INACTIVATION Pages: 431 - 439

5. Species differences in induction of hepatic enzymes by BM 17.0744, an activator of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα)

   • Kirstin Meyer
   • Alfred Völkl
   • Johannes Pill

   MOLECULAR TOXICOLOGY Pages: 440 - 450

6. Suppression of apoptosis and induction of DNA synthesis in vitro by the phthalate plasticizers monoethylhexylphthalate (MEHP) and diisononylphthalate (DINP): a comparison of rat and human hepatocytes in vitro

   • Susan C. Hasmall
   • Neil H. James
   • Ruth A. Roberts

   MOLECULAR TOXICOLOGY Pages: 451 - 456

7. Mechanism of enhanced lipid peroxidation in the liver of Long-Evans cinnamon (LEC) rats

   • Hideki Yamomoto
   • Kyogo Hirose
   • Shoichi Fujita

   MOLECULAR TOXICOLOGY Pages: 457 - 464

8. Evaluation of acute and chronic hepatotoxic effects exerted by anabolic-androgenic steroid stanozolol in adult male rats

   • Luis D. Boada
   • Manuel Zumbado
   • Octavio P. Luzardo

   ORGAN TOXICITY AND MECHANISMS Pages: 465 - 472

9. Comparative evaluation of benzodiazepines for control of soman-induced seizures

   • John H. McDonough Jr
   • Joseph McMonagle
   • Tsung-Ming Shih

   ORGAN TOXICITY AND MECHANISMS Pages: 473 - 478

10. Determination of urinary thymidine glycol using affinity chromatography, HPLC and post-column reaction detection: a biomarker of oxidative DNA damage upon kidney transplantation

    • Ricarda Thier
    • Thomas Brüning
    • Hermann M. Bolt

    ORGAN TOXICITY AND MECHANISMS Pages: 479 - 484

11. Protective effects of polyphenols against cadmium-induced glomerular mesangial cell myocontracture

    • M. P. Barrouillet
    • A. Moiret
    • J. Cambar

    SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Pages: 485 - 488

12. Differential substrate behaviours of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide towards human glutathione transferase theta hGSTT1–1

    • Ricarda Thier
    • Frederike A. Wiebel
    • Hermann M. Bolt

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 489 - 492

13. The acute pathology of fatty acid anilides and linoleic diester of 3-phenylamino-1,2-propanediol in mice: possible implication as aetiologic agents for the toxic oil syndrome

    • Susanne A. Bell
    • Christian Sander
    • René Chatelain

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 493 - 495

14. Itai-itai disease is not associated with polymorphisms of the estrogen receptor α gene

    • Hisahide Nishio
    • Chiyo Hayashi
    • Kimiaki Sumino

    LETTER TO THE EDITOR Pages: 496 - 498

15. International course on Laboratory Animal Science – Utrecht, The Netherlands May 15–26, 2000

    ANNOUNCEMENT Pages: 499 - 499