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

The American Physiological Society

• Induction of tenascin in rat lungs undergoing bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Zhao, Yun, Stephen L. Young, and J. Clarke McIntosh. Department of Medicine and Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center and Research Service, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 APStracts 5:0059L, 1998.
• The expression of the aquaporin 4 water channel and components of the amiloride-inhibitable sodium channel are modulated in epithelial cells of perinatal rat lung.. Ruddy, M. K., J. M. Drazen, O. M. Pitkanen, B. Rafii, H. M. O'brodovich, and H. W. Harris. . Div. of Respiratory Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Div. of Nephrology, Children's Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Respiratory Research and MRC Group on Lung Development, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. APStracts 5:0060L, 1998.
• Leukotriene b4 mediates histamine induction of nf-kb and il-8 in human bronchial epithelial cells. Aoki, Yosuke, Daoming Qiu, Guo Hua Zhao, and Peter N. Kao. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305-5236 APStracts 5:0061L, 1998.
• Regulation of myosin heavy chain gene expression after short-term diaphragm inactivation. Yang, Liying, Johanne Bourdon, Stewart B. Gottfried, Walter A. Zin, and Basil J. Petrof. Respiratory Division, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Respiratory Muscle Biology Group, Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. APStracts 5:0062L, 1998.
• Regulation of amiloride-sensitive sodium absorption in murine airway epithelium by c-type natriuretic peptide. Kelley, Thomas J., Calvin U. Cotton, and Mitchell L. Drumm. Department of Pediatrics and Genetics and Center for Human Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, 8th floor BRB, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4948 APStracts 5:0063L, 1998.
• Rhinovirus infection induces mucous hypersecretion. Yuta, Atsushi, William J. Doyle, Ethan Gaumond, Mushtaq Ali, Lawrence Tamarkin, James N. Baraniuk, Matthew Van Deusen, Sheldon Cohen, David P. Skoner. Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC., Departments of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania., CYTImmune Science, College Park, Maryland, and Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. APStracts 5:0064L, 1998.
• Pulmonary surfactant proteins a and d enhance neutrophil uptake of bacteria. Hartshorn, Kevan L., Erika Crouch, Mitchell R. White, Maria L. Colamussi, Anand Kakkanat, Benjamin Tauber, Virginia Shepherd, and Kedarnath N. Sastry. Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston MA, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemisty, and Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, St. Louis, MO APStracts 5:0065L, 1998.
• O3-induced formation of bioactive lipids: estimated surface concentrations and lining layer effects. Postlethwait, Edward M., Rafael Cueto, Leonard W. Velsor, and William A. Pryor. Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. Biodynamics Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA APStracts 5:0066L, 1998.
• Camp protects endothelial barrier function independent of inhibiting mlc20-dependent tension development. Moy, Alan B., James E. Bodmer, Ken Blackwell, Sandy Shasby, D. Michael Shasby. Department of Internal Medicine and the _ Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 52242. APStracts 5:0067L, 1998.
• Rhinovirus infection induces mucous hypersecretion. Yuta, Atsushi, William J. Doyle, Ethan Gaumond, Mushtaq Ali, Lawrence Tamarkin, James N. Baraniuk, Matthew Van Deusen, Sheldon Cohen, David P. Skoner. Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC., Departments of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania., CYTImmune Science, College Park, Maryland, and Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. APStracts 5:0068L, 1998.
• Pulmonary apoptosis in aged and oxygen-tolerant rats exposed to hyperoxia.. Otterbein, Leo E., Beek Yoke Chin, Lin L. Mantell, Leah Stansberry, Stuart Horowitz, and Augustine M. K. Choi. Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06250, and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205 and The CardioPulmonary Research Institute, Departments of Pediatrics and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Winthrop-University Hospital, State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine, Mineola, NY 11501 and Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11550 APStracts 5:0069L, 1998.
• Induction of arginase isoforms in the lung during hyperoxic exposure. Que, Loretta G., Stephen P. Kantrow, Christopher Jenkinson, and Yuh -Chin T. Huang. Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina and Mental Retardation Research Center, Center for Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California APStracts 5:0070L, 1998.
• Functional and pathologic effects of prolonged hyperoxia in neonatal mice. Warner, Barbara B., Lorie A. Stuart, Richard A. Papes, Jonathan R. Wisp[grave]e. Division of Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039 APStracts 5:0071L, 1998.
• Spontaneous transient outward currents and delayed rectifier k+ current: effects of hypoxia. Vandier, C., M. Delpech, and P. Bonnet. UMR CNRS 6542, Physiologie des Cellules Cardiaques et Vasculaires. Facult[acute]e des Sciences, Parc de Grandmont, 37200 Tours, France and UMR CNRS 6542, Physiologie des Cellules Cardiaques et Vasculaires, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine, 2 bis, Boulevard Tonnel[acute]e, B.P. 3223, 37032 Tours Cedex, France, Tel: (33) 2 47 36 60 91, Fax: (33) 2 47 36 60 99, Email: Bonnet@med.univ -tours.fr APStracts 5:0072L, 1998.
• Inhibition of geranylgeranylation blocks growth and promotes apoptosis in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells. Stark, William W., Jr., Michelle A. Blaskovich, Bruce A. Johnson, Yimin Qian, Anil Vasudevan, Bruce Pitt, Andrew D. Hamilton, Sa[grave]od M. Sebti, and Paul Davies. Departments of Pharmacology, Medicine, and Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 APStracts 5:0073L, 1998.
• Increased lung inflation induces gene expression following pneumonectomy. Gilbert, Kirk A., and D. Eugene Rannels. Departments of Cellular & Molecular Physiology and Anesthesia, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine APStracts 5:0074L, 1998.
• Mechanism for secretagogue-induced surfactant protein-a binding to lung epithelial cells. Chen, Qiping, Aron B. Fisher, David S. Strayer, and Sandra R. Bates. The Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6068, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107 APStracts 5:0075L, 1998.
• Retinoic acid-induced proliferation of lung alveolar epithelial cells: relation with the insulin like growth factor system. Nabeyrat, Elodie, Val[acute]erie Besnard, Sophie Corroyer, V[acute]eronique Cazals, and Annick Clement. Department of Pediatric Pulmonology -INSERM U142, Trousseau Hospital, St. Antoine Medical School, University of Paris. France APStracts 5:0076L, 1998.
• Interaction of rat pneumocystis carinii and rat alveolar epithelial cells in vitro. Beck, James M., Angela M. Preston, John G. Wagner, Steven E. Wilcoxen, Paul Hossler, Steven R. Meshnick, and Robert Paine Iii. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 APStracts 5:0077L, 1998.
• Targeted identification of zinc finger genes expressed in rat lungs. Dovat, Sinisa, Kirk A. Gilbert, Lidija Petrovic-Dovat, and D. Eugene Rannels. Departments of Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Pediatrics and Anesthesia, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033 APStracts 5:0078L, 1998.
• Resistance of pleural mesothelioma cell lines to apoptosis: relation to expression of bcl-2 and bax. Narasimhan, Sudha Rani, Lin Yang, Brenda I. Gerwin, V. Courtney Broaddus. 1 Department of Medicine and Lung Biology Center, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California 94110. 2 Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 APStracts 5:0079L, 1998.
• Release of a leukocyte activation inhibitor by staurosporine -treated pulmonary arterial endothelial cells. Chen, Xilin, and John D. Catravas. Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912 APStracts 5:0080L, 1998.
• Porcine origin of human sputum trypsin?. Caughey, George H., Wilfred W. Raymond, and Kenneth C. Fang. Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, CA 94143-0911 APStracts 5:0081L, 1998.
• Modulation of t1[alpha] expression with alveolar epithelial cell phenotype in vitro. Borok, Zea, Spencer I. Danto, Richard L. Lubman, Yuxia Cao, Mary C. Williams, and Edward D. Crandall. Will Rogers Institute Pulmonary Research Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA APStracts 5:0082L, 1998.
• Clara cell secretory protein deficiency increases oxidant stress response in conducting airways. Mango, Gregory W., Carl J. Johnston, Susan D. Reynolds, Jacob N. Finkelstein, Charles G. Plopper, and Barry R. Stripp. Dept. of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, University of California at Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA 95616 APStracts 5:0083L, 1998.
• Potassium channels modulate hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction . Barman, Scott A. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912 APStracts 5:0084L, 1998.
• Generation and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to alveolar type ii cell lamellar body membrane. Zen, K., K. Notarfrancesco, V. Oorschot, J. W. Slot, A. B. Fisher, and H. Shuman . Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, John Morgan Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6068; Department of Cell Biology, Utrecht University Medical School, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0085L, 1998.
• Glucocorticoid receptor mrna and protein levels in fetal rat lung cells in vivo: modulation by glucocorticoid and androgen. Sweezey, Neil B., F. Ghibu, S. Gagnon, E. Schotman, and Q. Hamid. Respiratory Medicine , The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto and Department of Pathology, Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Canada APStracts 5:0086L, 1998.
• Characterization of a mitogen-activated protein kinase from pneumocystis carinii. Thomas, Charles F., Jr., Theodore J. Kottom, Edward B. Leof, Andrew H. Limper. Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Medicine, and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, USA APStracts 5:0087L, 1998.
• Delayed rectifier k+ current of canine bronchial smooth muscle: effect of pollen sensitization and pkc activation. Waldron, Gareth J., Stefan B. Sigurdsson, Ernesto A. Aiello, Andrew J. Halayko, Newman L. Stephens, and William C. Cole. Smooth Muscle Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, and Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. APStracts 5:0088L, 1998.
• Mitochondrial respiration after sepsis and prolonged hypoxia. Taylor, David E., Stephen P. Kantrow, and Claude A. Piantadosi. Departments of Medicine and Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, Department of Medicine, University of Texas-Houston Medical Center, Houston, Texas 77030 APStracts 5:0089L, 1998.
• Characteristics of surfactant from sp-a deficient mice machiko ikegami. Korfhagen, Thomas R., Jeffrey A. Whitsett, Michael D. Bruno, Susan E. Wert, Kazuko Wada, Alan H. Jobe. Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039 APStracts 5:0090L, 1998.
• Matrix fn disruption and increased endothelial permeability after tnf- is independent of fn proteolysis. Curtis, Theresa M., Robert F. Rotundo, Peter A. Vincent, Paula J. McKeown-Longo, and Thomas M. Saba. Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York 12208 APStracts 5:0091L, 1998.
• Quantitative comparison of cxc-chemokines produced by endotoxin -stimulated human alveolar macrophages. Goodman, Richard B., Robert M. Strieter, Charles W. Frevert, C. James Cummings, Patricia Tekamp-Olson, Steven L. Kunkel, Alfred Walz, and Thomas R. Martin. Medical Research Service, Seattle Veterans Affairs Medical Center; the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, the Department of Medicine, and the Department of Pathology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan; the [cedilla]cChiron Corporation, Emeryville, California; and the Theodor Kocher Institute, Bern, Switzerland. APStracts 5:0092L, 1998.
• Impact of the [beta]-adrenergic agonist terbutaline on na+ channel and na+-k+se expression in alveolar type ii cells. Minakata, Yoshiaki, Satoshi Suzuki, Czeslawa Grygorczyk, Andr[acute]e Dagenais, Yves Berthiaume. Centre de recherche, Centre hospitalier de l'Universit[acute]e de Montr[acute]eal, Campus H[circumflex]otel-Dieu, Department of Medicine, Universit[acute]e de Montr[acute]eal, Montr[acute]eal, Qu[acute]ebec, Canada APStracts 5:0093L, 1998.
• Differential regulation of glutathione by oxidants and dexamethasone in alveolar epithelial cells. Rahman, Irfan, Agnes Bel, Brigitte Mulier, Kenneth Donaldson, and William Macnee. The Rayne Laboratory, Respiratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, and Department of Biological Sciences, Napier University, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, UK APStracts 5:0094L, 1998.
• Impaired camp production in human airway smooth muscle cells by bradykinin: role of cyclooxygenase products. Pang, Linhua, Elaine Holland & Alan J. Knox. Division of Respiratory Medicine, City Hospital, University of Nottingham, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, U. K. APStracts 5:0095L, 1998.
• Connective tissue growth factor (ctgf) mrna expression is upregulated in bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis. Lasky, Joseph A., Luis A. Ortiz, Boihoang Tonthat, Gary W. Hoyle, Miriam Corti, Grace Athas, Giuseppe Lungarella, Arnold Brody, and Mitchell Friedman. Section of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tulane University Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University Medical Center, Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Tulane University Medical Center, Departament di Patologia Generale, Universita di Siena APStracts 5:0096L, 1998.
• Thioredoxin overexpression prevents no-induced reduction of no synthase activity in lung endothelial cells. Zhang, Jianliang, Yong D. Li, Jawaharlal M. Patel, and Edward R. Block. Department of Medicine, University of Florida and the Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, FL 32608-1197 APStracts 5:0097L, 1998.
• Garlic prevents hypoxic pulmonary hypertension in rats. Fallon, Michael B., Gary A. Abrams, Tarek T. Abdel-Razek, Jun Dai, Shi-Juan Chen, Yiu-Fai Chen, Bao Luo, Suzanne Oparil, David D. Ku. Department of Internal Medicine: Liver Center and Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program and Department of Pharmacology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama APStracts 5:0098L, 1998.
• Tumor necrosis factor induces a partial neuroendocrine cell phenotype in undifferentiated small cell lung carcinoma cell lines. Haley, Kathleen J., Kirit Patidar, Fan Zhang, Rodica L. Emanuel, and Mary E. Sunday. Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Departments of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; Departments of Pathology, Brigham and Women_s Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Departments of Pathology, Children_s Hospital and Harvard Medical School APStracts 5:0099L, 1998.
• Retinoic acid receptor activation of sp-b gene transcription in respiratory epithelial cells. Yan, Cong, Manely Ghaffari, Jeffrey A. Whitsett, Xin Zeng, Zvjezdana Sever, Sui Lin. Division of Pulmonary Biology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039 APStracts 5:0100L, 1998.
• Pulmonary sequestration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes released from the bone marrow in bacteremic infection. Sato, Yukio, Stephan F. Van Eeden, Dean English, and James C. Hogg. University of British Columbia Pulmonary Research Laboratory, St. Paul's Hospital, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 1Y6 APStracts 5:0101L, 1998.
• Expression of matrix-degrading enzymes in pulmonary vascular remodeling in the rat. Thakker-Varia, Smita, Carol A. Tozzi, George J. Poiani, Joanne P. Babiarz, Linda Tatem, Frank J. Wilson, and David J. Riley. Departments of Medicine and Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-5635, and New Jersey Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Lyons, New Jersey 07939 -9988 APStracts 5:0102L, 1998.
• Asbestos-induced lung epithelial permeability: potential role of non-oxidant pathways. Peterson, Michael W., and Jennifer Kirschbaum. Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa APStracts 5:0103L, 1998.
• Enhancement of fibronectin expression in rat lung by ozone and an inflammatory stimulus. Gupta, S. K., P. G. Reinhart, and D. K. Bhalla. Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. USA APStracts 5:0104L, 1998.
• Gm-csf regulation by glucocorticoids in bronchial epithelial cells: evidence for transcriptional mechanisms. Adkins, Karissa K., Tricia D. Levan, Roger L. Miesfeld, and John W. Bloom. Departments of Pharmacology, and Biochemistry, and Respiratory Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724 APStracts 5:0105L, 1998.
• Mechanism of extracellular atp and adenosine-induced apoptosis of cultured pulmonary artery endothelial cells. Rounds, Sharon, Winnie Lin Yee, Doloretta D. Dawicki, Elizabeth Harrington, Nancy Parks, and Michael V. Cutaia. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, Providence VA Medical Center, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, West Hartford, Connecticut APStracts 5:0106L, 1998.