PROSTAGLAN DINS & other Lipid Mediators
Volume 58 , Number 1 , August 1999

CONTENTS

1 A stable prostacyclin-like substance produced by the
medicinal leech Hirudo niedicinalis
G.I. Nikcmov, E.A. Titova and K.G. Seieznev

9 Expression of COX-1, COX-2, and inducihie nitric
oxide synthase protein in human gastric antrum with
Helicohacter pylori infection
L. Franco, G. Talamini, G. Carra and D. Doria

19 Modulation of protein kinase C isoforms hy PAF in
cerebral cortex
M.C. Calcerrada, M.J. Perez-Alvarez, R.E. Catalan
and A.M. Martinez

29 Effects of PAF on histamine H 1 receptor rnRNA
expression in rat trigeminal ganglia
T. Nakasaki, K. Masuyama, H. Fukui, S. Ogino,
M. Eura, Y. Saniejima, T. Ishikawa and E. Yumoto

43 An imbalance between prostacyclin and thromboxane
in relation to cerebral blood flow in neonates with
maternal preeclarnpsia
S. Nishirnaki and K. Seki

51 Decrease in thromboxane A(2) receptor expression by
differentiation with dibutyryl cyclic AMP in 132 1N1
human astrocytoma cells
S. Honma, N. Nakahata, H. Kohayashi, S. Ikeda,
N. Takeda and Y. Ohizurni

CONFERENCE REVIEW

63 1999 Winter Eicosanoid Conference Overview
J.G. McCiff