January 2007

Editorial Board
Published in issue: January 2007
iii

EAS Prizes for Young Scientists in Atherosclerosis Research
Published in issue: January 2007
xii

Review Article

Unfavorable cardiovascular risk profiles in untreated and treated psoriasis patients
• M. Wakkee,
• H.B. Thio,
• E.P. Prens,
• E.J.G. Sijbrands,
• H.A.M. Neumann
Published online: August 30, 2006
p1-9

Letters to the Editor

Pneumococcal vaccination does not increase circulating levels of IgM antibodies to oxidized LDL in humans and therefore precludes an anti-atherogenic effect
• Jan Damoiseaux,
• Ger Rijkers,
• Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert
Published online: June 15, 2006
p10-11
Decreased plasma extracellular superoxide dismutase level in patients with vasospastic angina: Can it be extrapolated to the slow coronary flow phenomenon?
• Ertan Yetkin,
• Yuksel Aksoy,
• Hasan Turhan
Published online: June 15, 2006
p12-13

Expression of perilipin isoforms in cell types involved in atherogenesis
• Oliver Hofnagel,
• Insa Buers,
• Michael Schnoor,
• Stefan Lorkowski,
• Horst Robenek
Published online: July 13, 2006
p14-15
Towards the elucidation of the role of perilipin in human macrophages
• Guilhem Larigauderie,
• Michael Jaye,
• Mustapha Rouis
Published online: July 11, 2006
p16-17
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as a determinant of cardiovascular disease
• Giovanni Targher
Published online: July 10, 2006
p18-19
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as a determinant of cardiovascular disease
Response to Targher
• Roger K. Schindhelm,
• Robert J. Heine,
• Michaela Diamant
Published online: July 10, 2006
p20-21

Serum endogenous secretory RAGE levels are inversely associated with carotid IMT in type 2 diabetic patients
• Naoto Katakami,
• Munehide Matsuhisa,
• Hideaki Kaneto,
• Yoshimitsu Yamasaki
Published online: August 02, 2006
p22-23
Autoantibodies to oxidized LDL and age
• F.J. Tinahones,
• L. Garrido-Sánchez,
• F. Cardona
Published online: August 16, 2006
p24-25

Basic Research

Sequence variation in the soluble epoxide hydrolase gene and subclinical coronary atherosclerosis: Interaction with cigarette smoking
• Qi Wei,
• Peter A. Doris,
• Martin V. Pollizotto,
• ...
• David R. Jacobs Jr.,
• David S. Siscovick,
• Myriam Fornage
Published online: March 21, 2006
p26-34

New insights into the vascular mechanisms underlying the beneficial effect of swimming training on the endothelial vasodilator function in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice
• Maxime Pellegrin,
• Alain Berthelot,
• Christophe Houdayer,
• Vincent Gaume,
• Valérie Deckert,
• Pascal Laurant
Published online: March 13, 2006
p35-42

Cerivastatin reduces cytokine-induced surface expression of ICAM-1 via increased shedding in human endothelial cells
• Martin Landsberger,
• Birger Wolff,
• Franziska Jantzen,
• ...
• Alexander Staudt,
• Johannes B. Dahm,
• Stephan B. Felix
Published online: March 13, 2006
p43-52

Dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase inhibition and asymmetric dimethylarginine accumulation contribute to endothelial dysfunction in rats exposed to glycosylated protein: Effects of aminoguanidine
• Qing-Feng Yin,
• Si-Hai Fu,
• Pei He,
• Yan Xiong
Published online: March 15, 2006
p53-61

Doxycycline affects diet- and bacteria-associated atherosclerosis in an ApoE heterozygote murine model: Cytokine profiling implications
• Monika Madan,
• Biswadev Bishayi,
• Mike Hoge,
• Emmanuel Messas,
• Salomon Amar
Published online: March 24, 2006
p62-72

Lymphocyte resistance to lysophosphatidylcholine mediated apoptosis in atherosclerosis
• Naomi Zurgil,
• Elena Afrimzon,
• Yana Shafran,
• ...
• Haim Brikman,
• Yehuda Shoenfeld,
• Mordechai Deutsch
Published online: March 27, 2006
p73-83
Association of glucose metabolism, smoking and cardiovascular risk factors with incident peripheral arterial disease: The DESIR study
• Robyn J. Tapp,
• Beverley Balkau,
• Jonathan E. Shaw,
• ...
• Martine Cailleau,
• Eveline Eschwege
• On behalf of the DESIR study group
Published online: May 04, 2006
p84-89

Dehydroepiandrosterone inhibits the TNF-alpha-induced inflammatory response in human umbilical vein endothelial cells
• Gisela Gutiérrez,
• Criselda Mendoza,
• Estrella Zapata,
• ...
• Elba Reyes,
• Luis Felipe Montaño,
• Rebeca López-Marure
Published in issue: January 2007
p90-99

Activation of Ca²⁺-activated potassium channels is involved in lysophosphatidylcholine-induced monocyte adhesion to endothelial cells
• Ali Erdogan,
• Martina Barbara Schaefer,
• Christoph Ruediger Wolfram Kuhlmann,
• ...
• Yaser Abdallah,
• Hans Hoelschermann,
• Christian Alexander Schaefer
Published online: April 06, 2006
p100-105

Fenofibrate induces plaque regression in hypercholesterolemic atherosclerotic rabbits: In vivo demonstration by high-resolution MRI
• Roberto Corti,
• Julio Osende,
• Randolph Hutter,
• ...
• John T. Fallon,
• Valentin Fuster,
• Juan J. Badimon
Published online: April 07, 2006
p106-113

Altered hepatic lipid status and apolipoprotein A-I metabolism in mice lacking phospholipid transfer protein
• Sarah Siggins,
• Igor Bykov,
• Martin Hermansson,
• ...
• Matti Jauhiainen,
• Vesa M. Olkkonen,
• Christian Ehnholm
Published online: March 24, 2006
p114-123

Superoxide dismutase and catalase inhibit oxidized low-density lipoprotein-induced human aortic smooth muscle cell proliferation: Role of cell-cycle regulation, mitogen-activated protein kinases, and transcription factors
• Shing-Jong Lin,
• Song-Kun Shyue,
• Meng-Chun Shih,
• ...
• Jaw-Wen Chen,
• Ka-Bik Tam,
• Yuh-Lien Chen
Published online: April 07, 2006
p124-134

Concord grape juice attenuates platelet aggregation, serum cholesterol and development of atheroma in hypercholesterolemic rabbits
• Dhanansayan Shanmuganayagam,
• Thomas F. Warner,
• Christian G. Krueger,
• Jess D. Reed,
• John D. Folts
Published online: June 15, 2006
p135-142

Clinical Research

Cardiovascular disease and cognitive performance in middle-aged and elderly men
• M. Muller,
• D.E. Grobbee,
• A. Aleman,
• M. Bots,
• Y.T. van der Schouw
Published online: February 21, 2006
p143-149
Carotid atherosclerosis is not related to past tuberculosis in hypercholesterolemic patients
• Philippe Giral,
• Jean-François Kahn,
• Jean-Michel André,
• ...
• Caroline Dourmap,
• Eric Bruckert,
• M. John Chapman
Published online: March 01, 2006
p150-155

CD40–CD154 expression in calcified and non-calcified coronary lesions of patients with chronic renal failure
• Valentina Campean,
• Daniel Neureiter,
• Barbara Nonnast-Daniel,
• Christoph Garlichs,
• Marie-Luise Gross,
• Kerstin Amann
Published online: February 22, 2006
p156-166

The metabolic syndrome in relation to complement component 3 and postprandial lipemia in patients from an outpatient lipid clinic and healthy volunteers
• Antonie J.H.H.M. van Oostrom,
• Arash Alipour,
• Thijs W.M. Plokker,
• Alan D. Sniderman,
• Manuel Castro Cabezas
Published online: February 21, 2006
p167-173

Characterization of non-calcified coronary atherosclerotic plaque by multi-detector row CT: Comparison to IVUS
• Karsten Pohle,
• Stephan Achenbach,
• Briain MacNeill,
• ...
• Thomas J. Brady,
• Ik-kyung Jang,
• Werner G. Daniel
Published online: February 22, 2006
p174-180
Postprandial anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of extra virgin olive oil
• Paola Bogani,
• Claudio Galli,
• Marco Villa,
• Francesco Visioli
Published online: February 21, 2006
p181-186

Circulating oxidized low-density lipoprotein is associated with echolucent plaques in the femoral artery independently of hsCRP in 61-year-old men
• Vilborg Sigurdardottir,
• Björn Fagerberg,
• John Wikstrand,
• Caroline Schmidt,
• Johannes Hulthe
Published online: February 22, 2006
p187-193
Elevated Lipoprotein(a) does not promote early atherosclerotic changes of the carotid arteries in young, healthy adults
• M.T. Grebe,
• E. Schoene,
• C.A. Schaefer,
• ...
• B. Kemkes-Matthes,
• R. Voss,
• H.H. Tillmanns
Published online: February 22, 2006
p194-198
Serum matrix metalloproteinase-2 and increased oxidative stress are associated with carotid atherosclerosis in hemodialyzed patients
• Krystyna Pawlak,
• Dariusz Pawlak,
• Michal Mysliwiec
Published online: March 01, 2006
p199-204

The effects of simvastatin, losartan, and combined therapy on soluble CD40 ligand in hypercholesterolemic, hypertensive patients
• Seung Hwan Han,
• Kwang Kon Koh,
• Michael J. Quon,
• Yonghee Lee,
• Eak Kyun Shin
Published online: February 27, 2006
p205-211

Arterial compliance influences the measurement of flow-mediated vasodilation, but not acetylcholine-mediated forearm blood flow
The prospective investigation of the vasculature in uppsala seniors (PIVUS) study
• Lars Lind
Published online: March 13, 2006
p212-215

The relationship between serum total cholesterol and all-cause or cause-specific mortality in a 17.3-year study of a Japanese cohort
• Tomonori Okamura,
• Hideo Tanaka,
• Naomi Miyamatsu,
• ...
• Akira Okayama,
• Hirotsugu Ueshima
• for the NIPPON DATA80 research group
Published online: March 13, 2006
p216-223

Coronary artery calcium score, risk factors, and incident coronary heart disease events
• Timothy S. Church,
• Benjamin D. Levine,
• Darren K. McGuire,
• ...
• Steven N. Blair,
• Larry W. Gibbons,
• Milton Z. Nichaman
Published online: March 17, 2006
p224-231

Evidence of QTL on 15q21 for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study (NHLBI FHS)
• Mary F. Feitosa,
• Michael A. Province,
• Gerardo Heiss,
• ...
• James S. Pankow,
• Paul N. Hopkins,
• Ingrid B. Borecki
Published online: March 13, 2006
p232-237