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

The American Physiological Society

• Paf and cd18 mediate neutrophil infiltration in the upper gastrointestinal tract during intraabdominal sepsis. Beyer, A. James, David M. Smalley, Yi-Ming Shyr, John G. Wood, and Laurence Y. Cheung. Departments of Surgery and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan APStracts 5:0108G, 1998.
• Kinetics of particle uptake in the domes of peyer_s patches. Beier, Rita, and Andreas Gebert. Centre of Anatomy, Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, Germany APStracts 5:0109G, 1998.
• Water immersion/restraint stress of rats induced the expression of immediate early genes in the gastrointestinal tract. Ueyama, Takashi, Misako Saika, Chikako Koreeda, Emiko Senba. Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Wakayama Medical College, 27 Kyu-Bancho, Wakayama, 640-8155, Japan APStracts 5:0110G, 1998.
• Effects of rectal distentions on nociceptive flexion reflexes in man. Bouhassira, Didier, Jean-Marc Sabat[acute]e, Benoit Coffin, Daniel Le Bars, Jean-Claude Willer, and Raymond Jian. INSERM U-161, Department of Gastroenterology and INSERM U-290 Saint-Louis and Saint-Lazare Hospitals, Neurophysiology Laboratory, Piti[acute]e-Salp[circumflex]etri[grave]ere Hospital, Paris, France APStracts 5:0111G, 1998.
• The mechanisms of ferric citrate uptake by human hepatoma cells. Trinder, Deborah, and Evan Morgan. Department of Physiology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, 6907, Western Australia, Australia APStracts 5:0112G, 1998.
• Induction of endothelin-1 synthesis by il-2 and its modulation of rat intestinal epithelial cell growth. Shigematsu, Takeharu, Soichiro Miura, Masahiko Hirokawa, Ryota Hokari, Hajime Higuchi, Naoyuki Watanabe, Yoshikazu Tsuzuki, Hiroyuki Kimira, Shinichiro Tada, Ruri C. Nakatsumi, Hidetsugu Saito, and Hiromasa Ishii. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, KEIO UNIVERSITY, 35 SHINANOMACHI, SHINJUKU-KU, TOKYO 160, JAPAN APStracts 5:0113G, 1998.
• Adsorptive-mediated endocytosis of a basic peptide in enterocyte -like caco-2 cells. Sai, Yoshimichi, Masahiro Kajita, Ikumi Tamai, Jun Wakama, Tateaki Wakamiya and Akira Tsuji. 1Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-0934, Japan APStracts 5:0114G, 1998.
• Autonomic nervous control of venous pressure and secretion in submandibular gland of anaesthetized dogs. Lung, Mary A. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China APStracts 5:0115G, 1998.
• Organization of intrinsic cholinergic neurons projecting within the submucosal plexus of the guinea pig ileum. Moore, B. A., and S. Vanner. Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Group, Queen_s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada APStracts 5:0116G, 1998.
• Cyclic strain modulates caco-2 intestinal epithelial proliferation and differentiation via pkc and tyrosine kinase signals. Han, Okhee, Guang Di Li, Bauer E. Sumpio, Marc D. Basson. Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, and the Connecticut VA Health Care System APStracts 5:0117G, 1998.
• Expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in human and rabbit gastrointestinal smooth muscle cells. Teng, B. Q., K. S. Murthy, J. F. Kuemmerle, J. R. Grider, K. Sase, T. Michel, and G. M. Makhlouf. Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0711, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 APStracts 5:0118G, 1998.
• Effects of endotoxin on gastric injury from luminal irritants in the rat: potential roles of nitric oxide. Mercer, David W., Antonio A. Castaneda, Jeremy W. Denning, Lily Chang, Diane H. Russell. Department of Surgery, University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030 APStracts 5:0119G, 1998.
• Early dietary experience influences ontogeny of intestine in response to dietary lipid changes in later life. Jarocka-Cyrta, E., N. Perin, M. Keelan, E. Wierzbicki, T. Wierzbicki, M. T. Clandinin, and A. B. R. Thomson. Nutrition and Metabolism Research Group, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, T6G 2C2, Phone: (403) 492-6490, Fax: (403) 492-7964, E-mail: alan.thomson@ualberta.ca APStracts 5:0120G, 1998.
• Biomechanical and sensory parameters of the human esophagus at four levels. Patel, Rig S., Satish Sc Rao. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, IOWA CITY, IOWA. USA APStracts 5:0121G, 1998.
• Rat serum induces a differentiated phenotype in a rat parotid acinar cell line. Zhu, Yingting, John M. Aletta, Jiayu Wen, Xuejun Zhang, Dennis Higgins, and Ronald P. Rubin. Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York 14214 USA APStracts 5:0122G, 1998.
• Stimulation of oxygen uptake by prostaglandin e2 is oxygen -dependent in perfused rat liver. Qu, Wei, Zhi Zhong, Gavin E. Arteel, and Ronald G. Thurman. Laboratory of Hepatobiology and Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-7365 APStracts 5:0123G, 1998.
• Differential effects of amitriptyline on perception of somatic and visceral stimulation in healthy humans. Gorelick, Adam B., Sherin S. Koshy, Forrest G. Hooper, Todd C. Bennett, William D. Chey, and William L. Hasler. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109 APStracts 5:0124G, 1998.
• 5-ht activates nitric oxide generating neurons to stimulate chloride secretion in guinea-pig distal colon. Kuwahara, Atsukazu, Hirofumi Kuramoto, and Makoto Kadowaki. Laboratory of Environmental Physiology, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyou -ku Kyoto 606 and Gastrointestinal Research Group, Pharmacological Research Laboratories, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Osaka 532 Japan APStracts 5:0125G, 1998.
• Identification and characterization in a feline model. Shaker, Reza, Bidyut K. Medda, Junlong Ren, Safwan Jaradeh, Pengyan Xie, Ivan M. Lang. MCW Dysphagia Institute, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the Departments of Medicine, Radiology and Otolaryngology, The Medical College of Wisconsin, and Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI APStracts 5:0126G, 1998.
• Bacteria rapidly colonize and modulate the healing of gastric ulcers in rats. Elliott, Susan N., Andr[acute]e Buret, Webb McKnight, Mark J. S. Miller & John L. Wallace. Departments of Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1 and Dept. of Pediatrics, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112-2822, U.S.A. APStracts 5:0127G, 1998.
• Effects of chronic ethanol consumption on cytokine-regulation of liver regeneration. Yang, Shi Qi, Hui Zhi Lin, Ming Yin, Jeffrey H. Albrecht, Anna Mae Diehl. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 and Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 APStracts 5:0128G, 1998.