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

The American Physiological Society

• Cytosolic ionized calcium modulates chemical hypoxia-induced hyperpermeability in intestinal epithelial monolayers. Unno, Naoki, Shozo Baba, and Mitchell P. Fink. Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA and the 2nd Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan APStracts 5:0001G, 1998.
• Active immunization against somatostatin alters the regulation of gastrin in response to gastric acid secretagogues. Westbrook, Simon L., Graham H. McDowell, Kenneth J. Hardy, and Arthur Shulkes. School of Agriculture, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia. La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia APStracts 5:0002G, 1998.
• Intestinal fibroblasts regulate intestinal epithelial cell proliferation via hepatocyte growth factor. G[diaeresis]oke, Michael, Michiyuki Kanai, and Daniel K. Podolsky. Gastrointestinal Unit and Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114 APStracts 5:0003G, 1998.
• Voltage-dependent k+ currents in smooth muscle cells from mouse gallbladder. H., Jaggar J., G. M. Mawe, and M. T. Nelson. Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Pharmacology, The University of Vermont, Colchester, VT 05446-2500, USA. Telephone (802) 656 2500, FAX: (802) 656 8915 APStracts 5:0004G, 1998.
• Regulation of intestinal chloride and bicarbonate secretion by uroguanylin. Joo, Nam Soo, Roslyn M. London, Hyun Dju Kim, Leonard R. Forte, and Lane L. Clarke. Departments of Pharmacology and of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, The Truman Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, Missouri 65212 APStracts 5:0005G, 1998.
• Cholecystokinin regulates nonselective cation channels in guinea -pig gastric smooth muscle cells. Wang, Beibei, and Stephen M. Sims. Department of Physiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1 APStracts 5:0006G, 1998.
• Estrogen increases sensitivity of hepatic kupffer cells to endotoxin. Ikejima, Kenichi, Nobuyuki Enomoto, Yuji Iimuro, Ayako Ikejima, Dawn Fang, Juliana Xu, Donald T. Forman, David A. Brenner, and Ronald G. Thurman. Laboratory of Hepatobiology and Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill APStracts 5:0007G, 1998.
• In vivo endotoxin enhances the biliary ethanol-dependent free radical generation. Chamulitrat, Walee, Jean Carnal, Nicole M. Reed, and John J. Spitzer. Department of Physiology and the Alcohol Research Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1901 Perdido Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-1393. APStracts 5:0008G, 1998.
• Novel properties of hepatic canalicular reduced glutathione transport revealed by radiation inactivation. Mittur, Aravind V., Neil Kaplowitz, Ellis S. Kempner, and Murad Ookhtens. Liver Disease Research Center, Department of Medicine, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, and the Laboratory of Physical Biology, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. APStracts 5:0009G, 1998.
• Regulation of hepatic neutral cholesteryl ester hydrolase by hormones and changes in cholesterol flux. Ghosh, Shobha, Ramesh Natarajan, William M. Pandak, Phillip B. Hylemon, and W. McLean Grogan. Depts. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Microbiology and Immunology and Medicine-Gastroenterology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA. APStracts 5:0010G, 1998.
• Nitric oxide regulates energy metabolism and bcl-2 expression in intestinal epithelial cells. Nishikawa, Manabu, Kenta Takeda, Eisuke F. Sato, Tetso Kuroki, and Masayasu Inoue. Department of Biochemistry and Internal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-54, Asahimachi, Abenoku, Osaka 545, Japan APStracts 5:0011G, 1998.
• Intestinal fibroblasts regulate intestinal epithelial cell proliferation via hepatocyte growth factor. G[diaeresis]oke, Michael, Michiyuki Kanai, and Daniel K. Podolsky. Gastrointestinal Unit and Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114 APStracts 5:0012G, 1998.
• Nitric oxide regulates energy metabolism and bcl-2 expression in intestinal epithelial cells. Nishikawa, Manabu, Kenta Takeda, Eisuke F. Sato, Tetso Kuroki, and Masayasu Inoue. Department of Biochemistry and Internal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-54, Asahimachi, Abenoku, Osaka 545, Japan. APStracts 5:0013G, 1998.
• In vivo three-dimensional epr imaging of nitric oxide production from isosorbide dinitrate in mouse. Fujii, Satoshi, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Tetsuhiko Yoshimura, and Hitoshi Kamada. Division of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Institute for Life Support Technology, Yamagata Technopolis Foundation, 2-2-1 Matsuei, Yamagata 990-24, Japan APStracts 5:0014G, 1998.
• Production and elimination of sulfur-containing gases in the rat colon.. Suarez, F., J. Furne, J. Springfield, and M. Levitt. Research Department, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417 APStracts 5:0015G, 1998.
• Regulation of fundic and antral somatostatin secretion by cholecystokinin and gastrin. Zavros, Yana, William R. Fleming, Kenneth J. Hardy, and Arthur Shulkes. Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 3084, Australia. APStracts 5:0016G, 1998.
• Effect of nitric oxide on calcium-activated potassium channels in colonic smooth muscle of rabbits. Lu, Gang, Bruno Mazet, Michael G. Sarr, and Joseph H. Szurszewski. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and Department of Surgery, MayoClinic and MayoFoundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905 USA. Laboratory of GI Research, MACC Fund Research Center, Room 4013, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226. Department of Physiology, UA CNRS 1832, Faculte des Sciences, St. Jerome, 13397 Marseille Cedes 20, France APStracts 5:0017G, 1998.
• Role of mucosal mast cells in early vascular permeability changes of delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction in the rat small intestine. Kraneveld, Aletta D., Thea Muis, Andries Sj. Koster, and Frans P. Nijkamp. Department of Pharmacology and Pathophysiology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0018G, 1998.
• Heterogeneity of the proliferative capacity of rat cholangiocytes following bile duct ligation. Alpini, Gianfranco, Shannon S. Glaser, Yoshiyuki Ueno, L. Pham, Prasad V. Podila, Alessandra Caligiuri, Gene Lesage, Nicholas F. Larusso. Center for Basic Research in Digestive Diseases, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Medical School, Clinic, and Foundation, Rochester, MN, 55905. Department of Medical Physiology and Internal Medicine, Scott & White Hospital and Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, TX 76504 APStracts 5:0019G, 1998.
• Developmental differences in the response of mesenteric artery to acute hypoxia in vitro. Nankervis, Craig A., Charles E. Miller. Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University and The Wexner Institute for Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH. APStracts 5:0020G, 1998.
• Canine small bowel motor patterns and contractions are not neurally regulated during enteric nutrient infusion. Behrns, Kevin E., Michael G. Sarr, Russell B. Hanson, Alan R. Zinsmeister. Department of Surgery, Gastroenterology Research Unit, and the Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905. APStracts 5:0021G, 1998.
• The selecting agent hygromycin b alters the expression of glucose -regulated genes in transfected caco-2 cells. Rodolosse, Annie, Alain Barbat, Isabelle Chantret, Michel Lacasa, Edith Brot-Laroche, Alain Zweibaum, and Monique Rousset. Unit[acute]e de Recherches sur la Diff[acute]erenciation Cellulaire Intestinale, Institut National de la Sant[acute]e et de la Recherche M[acute]edicale, Unit[acute]e 178, 94807 Villejuif Cedex, France; Universit[acute]e Pierre et Marie Curie, Place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France. APStracts 5:0022G, 1998.
• Novel properties of hepatic canalicular reduced glutathione transport revealed by radiation inactivation. Mittur, Aravind V., Neil Kaplowitz, Ellis S. Kempner, and Murad Ookhtens. Liver Disease Research Center, Department of Medicine, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, and the Laboratory of Physical Biology, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. APStracts 5:0023G, 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 5:0024G, 1998.
• Tnf[alpha] inhibits liver collagen [alpha]1(i) gene expression through a tissue-specific regulatory region. Houglum, Karl, Martina Buck, Dong Joon Kim, and Mario Chojkier. Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Center for Molecular Genetics, University of California, San Diego, CA 92161 APStracts 5:0025G, 1998.
• Localization and significance of pp55, a gastric mucosal membrane protein with tyrosine kinase activity. Majumdar, Adhip P. N., and James R. Goldenring. John D. Dingell VA Medical Center and Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, and Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, and Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, and the Augusta VA Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia 30912 APStracts 5:0026G, 1998.
• Polyamines are required for microtubule formation during gastric mucosal healing. Banan, Ali, Shirley A. McCormack, and Leonard R. Johnson. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee 38163 APStracts 5:0027G, 1998.
• The effect of ethanol on the structure and function of rabbit esophageal epithelium. Bor, Serhat, Canan Caymaz-Bor, Nelia A Tobey, Solange Abdulnour -Nakhoul, Esteban Marten, Roy C Orlando. Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 and New Orleans Veterans Administration Hospital, 1601 Perdido Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70146 APStracts 5:0028G, 1998.
• The role of m cells in transpithelial transport of antigens and pathogens to the mucosal immune system. Neutra, Marian R. Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, GI Cell Biology Laboratory, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA APStracts 5:0029G, 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 5:0030G, 1998.
• secretory paf-acetylhydrolase(s) of the hepatobiliary system: characterization and partial purification. Svetlov, Stanislav I., Katherine M. Howard, Michael S. Debuysere, and Merle S. Olson. Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX 78284-7760. Department of Pathology, Yale University Medical School,310 Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06520, Tel. (203)785-4788 APStracts 5:0031G, 1998.
• Reduction of acute and reactivated colitis in rats by an inhibitor of neutrophil activation. Wallace, John L., Webb McKnight, Samuel Asfaha &david Y. Liu. Intestinal Disease Research Unit, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada & Scios Inc., Sunnyvale, California, U.S.A. APStracts 5:0032G, 1998.