S ............................................................................................. 45-69 BIOCHEMICAL EFFECTS Mechanisms of sodium fluoride-induced endothelial cell barrier dysfunction: role of MLC phosphorylation Wang P, Verin AD, Birukova A, Gilbert-McClain LI, Jacobs K, Garcia JG ........... 45 2A Fluoride Vol. 36 No. 1 Pages 1-78 February 2003 Effects of selenium and fluoride on...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) revised the Bloodborne Pathogen Standard and, on July 17, 2001, began enforcing the use of appropriate and effective sharps devices with engineered sharps injury protection. OSHA requires employers to maintain a sharps injury log that records, among other items, the type and brand of contaminated sharps device involved in each injury. Fed...

•An elongated region of the Drosophila TRP tail specifically binds to Ca2+-CaM•Two discrete fragments N- and C-lobes Ca2+-CaM•Unexpectedly, CaM binding does not directly modulate channel activity•Mammalian TRPC4 Ca2+-CaM with a similar mode as is calcium-permeable cation essential for fly visual signal transduction. During phototransduction, Ca2+ mediates both positive negative feedback regulat...

The weight-loss efficacy of a novel, water-soluble, calcium-potassium salt of (-)-hydroxycitric acid (HCASX) was re-examined in 90 obese subjects (BMI: 30-50.8 kg/m2). We combined data from two previously reported randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical studies in order to achieve a better statistical evaluation based on a larger population. This re-examination of data also allowe...