APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 5, 1998

The American Physiological Society

• Muc5b is the prominent mucin biosynthesized in the human gallbladder and is also expressed in a subset of colonic goblet cells.. Klinken, B. Jan-Willem Van, Jan Dekker, Sandy A. Van Gool, Jan Van Marle, Hans A. B[umlaut]uller, Alexandra W. C. Einerhand. Department of Electron Microscopy, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam. The Netherlands. Department of Pediatrics, Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam APStracts 5:0033G, 1998.
• Pancreatic trypsinogen 1 expression during cell growth and differentiation of two human colon carcinoma cells. Bernard-Perrone, Fran[cedilla]coise, Jacqueline Carrere, Wanda Renaud, Christine Moriscot, Karine Thoreux, Patrice Bernard, Alain Servin, Daniel Balas, and Fran[cedilla]coise Senegas-Balas. Groupe de Recherche sur la Trophicit[acute]e et le Vieillissement, Fac. Med., 06107 Nice, France. Groupe de Recherche sur les Glandes Exocrines, 27 bd J. Moulin, 13385 Marseille, France. Hopital Ren[acute]ee Sabran, Giens, 83406 Hy[grave]eres, France. CJF INSERM 94-07, UFR Sci. Pharm. Paris XI, 92296 Chatenay-Malabry, France. APStracts 5:0034G, 1998.
• Changes in g protein expression account for impaired modulation of hepatic camp formation after bile duct-ligation. Bouscarel, Bernard, Yasushi Matsuzaki, Man Le, Thomas W. Gettys, and Hans Fromm. Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, The George Washington, University Medical Center, Washington, DC, 20037, U.S.A. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, 20037, U.S.A. Division of Gastroenterology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan. Division of Gastroenterology, Departments of Medicine, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425-2223, U.S.A. APStracts 5:0035G, 1998.
• Subepithelial fibroblast cell lines from different levels of the gut axis display regional characteristics. Plateroti, Michelina, Deborah C. Rubin, Isabelle Duluc, Renu Singh, Charlotte Foltzer-Jourdainne, Jean-No[diaeresis]el Freund, and Mich[grave]ele Kedinger. INSERM Unit[acute]e 381, 3 Avenue Moli[grave]ere, 67200 Strasbourg, France; Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. APStracts 5:0036G, 1998.
• Electrogenic bicarbonate secretion in the mouse gall bladder.. Martin, L. C., M. E. Hickman, C. M. Curtis, L. J. Macvinish, and A. W. Cuthbert. Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QJ, United Kingdom. APStracts 5:0037G, 1998.
• Restoration by intratracheal gene transfer of bicarbonate secretion in cystic fibrosis mouse gall bladder. Curtis, C. M., L. C. Martin, C. F. Higgins, W. H. Colledge, M. E. Hickman, M. J. Evans, L. J. Macvinish, and A. W. Cuthbert. Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QJ, UK. Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Nuffield Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliff Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. Wellcome/CRC Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QR, UK and Physiological Laboratory, Downing Street, Cambridge,CB2 3EG,UK. APStracts 5:0038G, 1998.
• Peptidergic and cholinergic neurons and mediators in peptone -induced gastroprotection: role of cyclooxygenase2. Ehrlich, Karlheinz, Susanne Plate, Thomas Stroff, Britta Gretzer, Michael Respondek, and Brigitta M. Peskar. Department of Experimental Clinical Medicine, Department of Pathology, Ruhr-University of Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany APStracts 5:0039G, 1998.
• Role of gap junctions in structural arrangements of interstitial cells of cajal and smooth muscle of canine ileum. Daniel, Edwin E., Yu-Fang Wang, and Francisco S. Cayabyab. Department of Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON. L8N 3Z5, Canada. Department of Physiology, University of Toronto and Playfair Neuroscience Unit, the Toronto Hospital, Western Division, Mc 11-417, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON., M5T 2S8, Canada. APStracts 5:0040G, 1998.
• Corticosterone rise inhibits stress-induced gastric erosions in rats. Filaretova, L. P., A. A. Filaretov, G. B. Makara. Laboratory of Experimental Endocrinology, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia; and Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. APStracts 5:0041G, 1998.
• Nitric oxide suppresses a calcium-stimulated chloride current in smooth muscle cells of the opossum esophagus. Zhang, Yong, Fivos Vogalis, and Raj K. Goyal. Center for Swallowing and Motility Disorders, Brockton/West Roxbury VA Medical Center, 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury MA 02132 and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02125. APStracts 5:0042G, 1998.
• Molecular identification of a component of delayed rectifier current in gastrointestinal smooth muscles. Schmalz, Felicitas, Jacqueline Kinsella, Sang Don Koh, Fivos Vogalis, Anne Schneider, Elaine R. M. Flynn, James L. Kenyon, and Burton Horowitz. Department of Physiology, University of Nevada, School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada 89557. (702) 784-1462 ,Fax: (702) 784-6903, email: burt@physio.unr.edu APStracts 5:0043G, 1998.
• Central crf inhibits gastric emptying of a nutrient solid meal in rats: the role of crf2 receptors. Martinez, V., E. Barquist, J. Rivier, and Y. Tach[acute]e. Digestive Diseases Research Center, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center and Department of Medicine and Brain Research Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90073; Department of Surgery, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, New York 14642; and Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA 92038. APStracts 5:0044G, 1998.
• Effects of long-term oral l-arginine on esophageal motility and gallbladder dynamics in healthy humans. Luiking, Y. C., B. L. A. M. Weusten, P. Portincasa, R. Van Der Meer, A. J. P. M. Smout, L. M. A. Akkermans. Departments of Surgery and Gastroenterology, University Hospital Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. Department of Nutrition, Netherlands Institute for Dairy Research, 6718 ZB Ede, The Netherlands. APStracts 5:0045G, 1998.
• Effect of cholecystokinin on proximal gastric motor function in man. Straathof, Jan Willem A., Banafsche Mearadji, Cornelis B. H. W. Lamers, Ad A. M. Masclee. Department of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0046G, 1998.
• Role of pecam-1 (cd31) for neutrophil transmigration in murine models of liver and peritoneal inflammation. Chosay, John G., Michael A. Fisher, Anwar Farhood, Kathleen A. Ready, Colin J. Dunn, and Hartmut Jaeschke. Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI 49007, and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030. APStracts 5:0047G, 1998.
• Effect of medium- and long-chain triglycerides on lower esophageal sphincter pressure; role of cholecystokinin. Ledeboer, M., A. A. M. Masclee, I. Biemond, and C. B. H. W. Lamers. Department of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands. APStracts 5:0048G, 1998.
• H. pylori stimulates gastrin release from canine antral cells in primary culture. Lehmann, Frank S., Neal Schiller, Timothy Cover, Ritchard Hatch, Rein Seensalu, Kimitoshi Kato, John H. Walsh, and Andrew H. Soll. CURE/UCLA Gastroenteric Biology Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90073. University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Nashville Tennessee 37232-2605 APStracts 5:0049G, 1998.