Vol. 239 No. 1 MAY 2016

Review
Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Dysfunction Associated with Cadmium Exposure: Beneficial Effects of Curcumin and Tetrahydrocurcumin Upa Kukongviriyapan, Kwanjit Apaijit, Veerapol Kukongviriyapan [PDF]	Vol. 239, No. 1 pp.25-38, 2016
Pathological Effects of the FMR1 CGG-Repeat Polymorphism (5-55 Repeat Numbers): Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Wenjing Yang, Cuihua Fan, Liangyuan Chen, Zhaolei Cui, Ye Bai, Fenghua Lan [PDF]	Vol. 239, No. 1 pp.57-66, 2016
Regular Contribution
NT-proBNP Is Predictive of the Weaning from Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Seung Seok Han, Eunjin Bae, Sang Hoon Song, Dong Ki Kim, Yon Su Kim, Jin Suk Han and Kwon Wook Joo [PDF]	Vol. 239, No. 1 pp.1-8, 2016
Risk of Alcohol Consumption in Bladder Cancer: Case-Control Study from a Nationwide Inpatient Database in Japan Masayoshi Zaitsu, Fumiaki Nakamura, Satoshi Toyokawa, Akiko Tonooka, Takumi Takeuchi, Yukio Homma and Yasuki Kobayashi [PDF]	Vol. 239, No. 1 pp.9-15, 2016
Bisphosphonate Pre-Treatment Diminishes the Therapeutic Benefits of Teriparatide in Japanese Osteoporotic Patients Mikio Kamimura, Yukio Nakamura, Shota Ikegami, Shigeharu Uchiyama, Hiroyuki Kato [PDF]	Vol. 239, No. 1 pp.17-24, 2016
End-Tidal CO2 Tension Is Predictive of Effective Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Central Sleep Apnea Koichiro Sugimura, Tsuyoshi Shinozaki, Shigefumi Fukui, Hiromasa Ogawa and Hiroaki Shimokawa [PDF]	Vol. 239, No. 1 pp.39-45, 2016
Postoperative Decrease in Platelet Counts Is Associated with Delayed Liver Function Recovery and Complications after Partial Hepatectomy Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tomohiro Kurokawa, Yukio Oshiro, Kiyoshi Fukunaga, Shingo Sakashita, Nobuhiro Ohkohchi [PDF]	Vol. 239, No. 1 pp.47-55, 2016
The Severity of Takayasu Arteritis Is Associated with the HLA-B52 Allele in Japanese Patients Tomoki Origuchi, Shoichi Fukui, Masataka Umeda, Ayako Nishino, Yoshikazu Nakashima, Tomohiro Koga, Shin-ya Kawashiri, Naoki Iwamoto, Kunihiro Ichinose, Mami Tamai, Hideki Nakamura, Atsushi Kawakami [PDF]	Vol. 239, No. 1 pp.67-72, 2016
High Plasma Pentraxin 3 Levels in Diabetic Polyneuropathy Patients with Nociceptive Pain Celal Salcini, Belkis Atasever-Arslan, Gulin Sunter, Hazal Gur, Fatma Busra Isik, Cemil Can Saylan, Ayse Destina Yalcin [PDF]	Vol. 239, No. 1 pp.73-79, 2016
Suppression of Allograft Rejection with Soluble VEGF Receptor 2 Chimeric Protein in a Mouse Model of Corneal Transplantation akahiko Hayashi, Tomohiko Usui, Satoru Yamagami [PDF]	Vol. 239, No. 1 pp.81-88 2016