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Editorials

Regulating Cross-Talk Between Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Genetics of Increased HDL Cholesterol Levels: Insights Into the Relationship Between HDL Metabolism and Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis: Testing the Water

Is Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus a Vascular Condition?

Regulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Growth: Targeting the Final Common Pathway

Acute Aortic Dissection: The Need for Rapid, Accurate, and Readily Available Diagnostic Strategies

Brief Reviews

Endothelial Protection by High-Density Lipoproteins: From Bench to Bedside

Influence of the HDL Receptor SR-BI on Lipoprotein Metabolism and Atherosclerosis

Mineral Exploration: Search for the Mechanism of Vascular Calcification and Beyond: The 2003 Jeffrey M. Hoeg Award Lecture

Thiazolidinediones and Blood Lipids in Type 2 Diabetes

DNA Methylation, Smooth Muscle Cells, and Atherogenesis

Vascular Biology

Hypoxia and Stretch Regulate Intercellular Communication in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Through Reactive Oxygen Species Formation

Mechanisms of Leukotriene B₄–Triggered Monocyte Adhesion

Interleukin-13 Upregulates Vasodilatory 15-Lipoxygenase Eicosanoids in Rabbit Aorta

Inhibition of Tumor Necrosis Factor-–Induced SHP-2 Phosphatase Activity by Shear Stress: A Mechanism to Reduce Endothelial Inflammation

Induction of Connective Tissue Growth Factor by Angiotensin II: Integration of Signaling Pathways

Grb2 Is Required for the Development of Neointima in Response to Vascular Injury

Withdrawal of Cerivastatin Induces Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1 and Tissue Factor Expression in Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Mapping of ATP, Glucose, Glycogen, and Lactate Concentrations Within the Arterial Wall

Ethanol Inhibits Fibroblast Growth Factor–Induced Proliferation of Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells

Promoter but Not Exon 7 Polymorphism of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Affects Training-Induced Correction of Endothelial Dysfunction

Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase Polymorphism in Mice

Uterine Artery Structural and Functional Changes During Pregnancy in Tissue Kallikrein–Deficient Mice

Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Regulates Regional Vascular Volume and Venous Tone in Humans

Soluble Elastin Fragments in Serum Are Elevated in Acute Aortic Dissection

Atherosclerosis and Lipoproteins

Elevated Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness Levels in Individuals Who Subsequently Develop Type 2 Diabetes

C-Reactive Protein and Coronary Artery Calcification: The Study of Inherited Risk of Coronary Atherosclerosis (SIRCA)

High Plasma Phospholipid Transfer Protein Levels as a Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease

Meta-Analysis of 4 Coronary Heart Disease Genome-Wide Linkage Studies Confirms a Susceptibility Locus on Chromosome 3q

Association Between a Novel 11–Base Pair Deletion Mutation in the Promoter Region of the Scavenger Receptor Class B Type I Gene and Plasma HDL Cholesterol Levels in Taiwanese Chinese

Gender Differences in Postprandial Ketone Bodies in Normolipidemic Subjects and in Untreated Patients With Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia

Small, Dense HDL Particles Exert Potent Protection of Atherogenic LDL Against Oxidative Stress

Significant Differential Effects of Hormone Therapy or Tibolone on Markers of Cardiovascular Disease in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study

Coronary Plaque Morphology and Frequency of Ulceration Distant From Culprit Lesions in Patients With Unstable and Stable Presentation

Genetic Backgrounds but Not Sizes of Atherosclerotic Lesions Determine Medial Destruction in the Aortic Root of Apolipoprotein E–Deficient Mice

Induction of Atherosclerosis by Low-Fat, Semisynthetic Diets in LDL Receptor–Deficient C57BL/6J and FVB/NJ Mice: Comparison of Lesions of the Aortic Root, Brachiocephalic Artery, and Whole Aorta (En Face Measurement)

Apolipoprotein A-I Deficiency Results in Markedly Increased Atherosclerosis in Mice Lacking the LDL Receptor

Thrombosis

Chondroitin Sulfate Anticoagulant Activity Is Linked to Water Transfer: Relevance to Proteoglycan Structure in Atherosclerosis

Mechanisms Involved in Adenosine Triphosphate–Induced Platelet Aggregation in Whole Blood

Platelet Adhesion to Collagen and Collagen-Related Peptide Under Flow: Roles of the ₂ß₁ Integrin, GPVI, and Src Tyrosine Kinases

Differential Involvement of the P2Y₁ and P2Y₁₂ Receptors in Platelet Procoagulant Activity

Letters to the Editor

Different Effects of Oral and Transdermal Estrogen Replacement Therapy on Matrix Metalloproteinase and Their Inhibitor in Postmenopausal Women

Corrections

Correction for vol. 23, p. 1190

Correction for vol. 23, p. 1589