Two papers were accepted this month. (1) Seung Jae Shin, Huynh Thuy Hang, Bui Quoc Thang, Tomonari Shimoda , Hiroaki Sakamoto, Motoo Osaka, Yuji Hiramatsu, Yoshito Yamashiro* and Hiromi Yanagisawa*: Role of PAR1-Egr1 in the Initiation of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in Fibulin-4 deficient mice, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, In press. This study is a collaborative work with Department of Cardiovascular Surgery. (2) Lalhaba Oinam, Gopakumar Changarathil, Erna