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

The American Physiological Society

• The discrete roles of hepatocytes and nonparenchymal cells in uridine catabolism as a component of uridine homeostasis. Liu, M-P., L. Beigelman, E. Levy, R. E. Handschumacher, and G. Pizzorno. Departments of Internal Medicine, (Oncology) and Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520. United States Biochemical Corp., 26111 Miles Road, Cleveland, OH 44128. Abbott Diagnostics, Abbott Park, IL 60064 APStracts 5:0050G, 1998.
• Lithocholyltaurine interacts with cholinergic receptors on dispersed chief cells from guinea pig stomach. Raufman, Jean-Pierre, Piotr Zimniak, and Anita Bartoszko-Malik. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Affairs Hospital, Little Rock, AR. APStracts 5:0051G, 1998.
• The labile iron pool in hepatocytes: prooxidant-induced increase in free iron precedes oxidative cell injury1 . St[umlaut]aubli, Anna, and Urs A. Boelsterli. Institute of Toxicology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and University of Zurich, CH-8603 Schwerzenbach, Switzerland APStracts 5:0052G, 1998.
• Changes in methionine adenosyltransferase during liver regeneration in the rat. Huang, Zong-Zhi, Zebin Mao, Jiaxin Cai, and Shelly C. Lu. Center for Liver Disease Research and the Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033 APStracts 5:0053G, 1998.
• Gap junctional communication coordinates vasopressin-induced glycogenolysis in rat hepatocytes. Eugenin, Eliseo A., Hernan Gonzalez, Claudia G. Saez, and Juan C. Saez. Departamento de Ciencias Fisiol[acute]ogicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biol[acute]ogicas, Pontificia Universidad Cat[acute]olica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. APStracts 5:0054G, 1998.
• Normal human intestinal epithelial cells are primed for detachment -induced apoptosis mediated by the sequential activation of selected caspases. Grossmann, Johannes, Susanne Mohr, Eduardo G, Lapetina, Claudio Fiocchi, Alan D. Levine. Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH APStracts 5:0055G, 1998.
• Lack of defect in insulin action on hepatic glycogen synthase and phosphorylase in insulin-resistant monkeys. Ortmeyer, Heidi K., and Noni L. Bodkin. Obesity and Diabetes Research Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, 10 South Pine Street, Room 6-00, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA APStracts 5:0056G, 1998.
• Hypoxia and cyp1a1 induction-dependent regulation of proteins involved in glucose utilization in caco-2 cells. Carri[grave]ere, V[acute]eronique, Annie Rodolosse, Michel Lacasa, Dani[grave]ele Cambier, Alain Zweibaum, and Monique Rousset. Unit[acute]e de Recherches sur la Diff[acute]erenciation Cellulaire Intestinale, INSERM U178, 16 avenue Paul-Vaillant Couturier 94807 Villejuif Cedex, France. Universit[acute]e Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France. APStracts 5:0057G, 1998.