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

The American Physiological Society

• Early nf-(b activation is associated with hormone-induced pancreatitis. Gukovsky, Ilya, Anna S. Gukovskaya, Thane A. Blinman, Vjekoslav Zaninovic, Stephen J. Pandol. Departments of Medicine and *Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Los Angeles & University of California, Los Angeles APStracts 5:0248G, 1998.
• Human colonic epithelial cells express galanin-1 receptors which when activated cause cl- secretion.. Benya, Richard V., Jorge A. Marrero, Denis A. Ostrovskiy, Athanasia Koutsouris, Gail Hecht. Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago and Chicago Veterans Administration Medical Center (West Side Division), Chicago, Illinois 60612. APStracts 5:0249G, 1998.
• Ethanol dissociates hormone-stimulated camp production from inhibition of tnf[alpha] production in rat kupffer cells. Aldred, Andrew, and Laura E. Nagy. Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 APStracts 5:0250G, 1998.
• Corticosteroids reverse the inhibition of na-glucose co-transport in the chronically inflamed rabbit ileum. Sundaram, Uma, Steve Coon, Sheik Wisel, and A. Brian West. Division of Digestive Diseases, Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus OH; *Department of Pathology, University of Texas, Galveston TX APStracts 5:0251G, 1998.
• Immunolocalization of crhsp-28 in exocrine digestive glands and gastrointestinal tissues of the rat. Groblewski, Guy E., Mutsumi Yoshida, Hongren Yao, John A. Williams, and Stephen A. Ernst. Departments of Physiology1, Internal Medicine2 and Anatomy and Cell Biology3 APStracts 5:0252G, 1998.
• The concentrative transport of [beta]-alanine and [alpha]-fluoro -[beta]-alanine, from pyrimidine catabolism, in rat hepatocytes is mediated by the [gamma]-aminobutyric acid transporter, gat-2.. Liu, Mengping, Rosalind L. Russell, Leonid Beigelman, Robert E. Handschumacher and Giuseppe Pizzorno. 1 Departments of Internal Medicine, (Oncology) and Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, 2 United States Biochemical Corp., 26111 Miles Road, Cleveland, OH 44128 APStracts 5:0253G, 1998.
• Long- and short-term d-a-tocopherol supplementation inhibits liver collagen a1(i) gene expression. Chojkier, Mario, Karl Houglum, Kwan S. Lee, and Martina Buck. Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Center for Molecular Genetics, University of California, San Diego, CA 92161 APStracts 5:0254G, 1998.
• Cholestatic effects of the k+ channel blockers ba2+ and tea occur through different pathways in the rat liver.. Hill, Ceredwyn Elizabeth, and Jody Elisabeth Jacques. Dept. Physiology and the Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Unit, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 5G2 APStracts 5:0255G, 1998.
• Paracrine upregulation of vegf receptor mrna in endothelial cells by hypoxia-exposed hepg2 cells. Suzuki, Hidekazu, Koichi Seto, Yuichi Shinoda, Makoto Suematsu, Yuzuru Ishimura, Hiromasa Ishii. Departments of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry*, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160 -8582, Japan APStracts 5:0256G, 1998.
• Fgf-2 enhances intestinal stem cell survival after radiation-injury and its expression is induced by [gamma]-irradiation . Houchen, Courtney W., Robert J. George, Mark A. Sturmoski, and Steven M. Cohn. Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 APStracts 5:0257G, 1998.
• Pathogenetic mechanisms involved in hepatitis c virus-induced liver diseases. Lau, Johnson Yiu-Nam. Department of Antiviral Therapy, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ 07033 APStracts 5:0258G, 1998.
• Regulation of the cytosolic free calcium concentration by extracellular nucleotides in human hepatocytes. Sch[diaeresis]ofl, Christof, Martin Ponczek, Thilo Mader, Mark Waring, Heike Benecke, Alexander Von Zur M[umlaut]uhlen, Heiko Mix, Markus Cornberg, Klaus H. W. B[diaeresis]oker, Michael P. Manns and Siegfried Wagner. 1Department of Clinical Endocrinology, and 2Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, 30623 Hannover, Germany APStracts 5:0259G, 1998.
• Cigarette smoking delays ulcer healing: role of constitutive nitric oxide synthase in rat stomach. Ma, Li, Jimmy Yip Chuen Chow, and Chi Hin Cho. Institution: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People_s Republic of China. APStracts 5:0260G, 1998.
• Role of cl channels in cl-dependent na-h exchange. Rajendran, Vazhaikkurichi M., John Geibel, and Henry J. Binder. Departments of Internal Medicine, Surgery and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT APStracts 5:0261G, 1998.
• Mechanism of inhibition of vip-induced les relaxation by heme oxygenase inhibitor zinc protoporphyrin ix. Rattan, Satish, Ya-Ping Fan, and Sushanta Chakder. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA. APStracts 5:0262G, 1998.
• Atropine-resistant secretion of a putative luminal cholecystokinin releasing peptide in conscious rats. Miyasaka, Kyoko, Kayoko Tateishi, Masao Masuda, Atsuo Jimi, Akihiro Funakoshi. 1Department of Clinical Physiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo-173, 2The First Department of Biochemistry, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka-814-01, 3The First Department of Pathology, Kurume University, Kurume-830, 4Division of Gastroenterology, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka-815 APStracts 5:0263G, 1998.
• Secretin induces the apical insertion of aquaporin-1 water channels in rat cholangiocytes. Marinelli, Ra L A., Pamela S. Tietz, Linh D. Pham, Lisa Rueckert Peter Agre, Nicholas F. Larusso. *Center for Basic Research in Digestive Diseases, Departments of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota 55905; Departments of Biological Chemistry and Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 APStracts 5:0264G, 1998.
• Endogenous glucocorticoids released during acute toxic liver injury enhance hepatic il-10 synthesis and release.. Swain, Mark G., Caroline Appleyard, John Wallace, Howard Wong, and Tai Le. . LIVER UNIT, GASTROENTEROLOGY RESEARCH GROUP, UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA, T2N 4N1 APStracts 5:0265G, 1998.
• Regulation of intracellular ph gradients by a short-chain fatty acid and identified na/h exchanger isoforms. Gonda, Tamas, Djikolngar Maouyo, Sharon E. Rees, and Marshall H. Montrose. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Physiology APStracts 5:0266G, 1998.
• Prevention of fas-induced liver apoptosis and death in mice by clenbuterol, a b2-adrenergic receptor-selective agonist. Andr[acute]e, Claudine, Dominique Couton, Jesintha Gaston, _ Loubna Erraji, Laurent Renia,_ Paule Varlet, Pascale Briand, and Jean -G[acute]erard Guillet_. * INSERM U380, Institut Cochin de G[acute]en[acute]etique Mol[acute]eculaire, Universit[acute]e Ren[acute]e Descartes, 22 rue M[acute]echain, 75014 Paris, France, _ INSERM U445, Institut Cochin de G[acute]en[acute]etique Mol[acute]eculaire, Universit[acute]e Ren[acute]e Descartes, 27 rue du Fbg St. Jacques, 75014 Paris, France, INSERM U363, Institut Cochin de G[acute]en[acute]etique Mol[acute]eculaire, Universit[acute]e Ren[acute]e Descartes, 27 rue du Fbg St. Jacques, 75014 Paris, France. APStracts 5:0267G, 1998.
• The down regulated in adenoma gene encodes a chloride transporter defective in congenital chloride diarrhea. Moseley, Richard H., Pia Hoglund, Gary D. Wu, Debra G. Silberg, Siru Haila, Albert De La Chapelle, Christer Holmberg and Juha Kere. 1Department of Internal Medicine, VA Medical Center and University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; 2Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 3Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and 4Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland APStracts 5:0268G, 1998.
• Calcium signaling in rat pancreatic acinar cells: a role for g(q, g(11 and g(14. Yule, David I., Christopher W. Baker, and John A. Williams. Department of Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48105. APStracts 5:0269G, 1998.
• Kinetic analysis of 59fe movement across the intestinal wall in iron-deficient and iron-adequate duodenal rat segments ex vivo. Sch[umlaut]umann, Klaus, Bernd Elsenhans, Wolfgang Forth. Walther-Straub-Institut f[umlaut]ur Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit[umlaut]at, Nussbaumstr. 26, D-80336 M[umlaut]unchen, Germany APStracts 5:0270G, 1998.
• Mechanisms of basolateral na+ transport in rabbit esophageal epithelial cells. Abdulnour-Nakhoul, Solange, Serhat Bor, Nese Imeryuz, and Roy C. Orlando. Deparments of Medicine and Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, and Veterans Administration Medical Center, New Orleans, LA 70112-2699 APStracts 5:0271G, 1998.
• Regulation of intracellular ph and blood flow in rat duodenal epithelium in vivo. Akiba, Yasutada, Shin Tanaka, and Jonathan D. Kaunitz, . 1West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, and Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90073, USA. 2 Present address: Department of Internal Medicine, Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan APStracts 5:0272G, 1998.