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

The American Physiological Society

• Platelet-derived growth factor-induced glycosaminoglycan synthesis is mediated via phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Liu, Jason, Dora Fitzli, Mingyao Liu, Irene Tseu, Isabella Caniggia, Daniela Rotin, and Martin Post. The Medical Research Council Group in Lung Development and the Lung Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5G 1X8 APStracts 5:0028L, 1998.
• Effect of anion secretion inhibitors on mucin content of airway submucosal gland ducts. Inglis, Sarah K., Michel R. Corboz, and Stephen T. Ballard. Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688. APStracts 5:0029L, 1998.
• Lung specific induction of heme oxygenase-1 and hyperoxic lung injury. Taylor, Jennifer L., Martha S. Carraway, and Claude A. Piantadosi. Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710 APStracts 5:0030L, 1998.
• Vegf induces hyperpermeability by a direct action on endothelial cells. Hippenstiel, S., M. Kr[umlaut]ull, A. Ikemann, W. Risau, M. Clauss, and Norbert Suttorp. Department of Internal Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, D-35392 Giessen, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Max-Planck -Institute for Physiological and Clinical Research, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany. APStracts 5:0031L, 1998.
• In chyloptysis sp-a affects the clearance of serum lipoproteins entering the airways. Alberti, Antonella, Franco Ravenna, Daniela Quaglino, Maurizio Luisetti, Maurizio Muraca, Lorenzo Previato, Goretta Baldo Enzi, Roberta Bruni, and Aldo Baritussio. Institute of Internal Medicine and Centro CNR per lo Studio dell' Invecchiamento, University of Padova; Institute of Respiratory Medicine, University of Ferrara; Institute of General Pathology, University of Modena, and Institute of Phthisiology and Respiratory Diseases, IRCSS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Italy; Department of Pediatrics, King/Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. APStracts 5:0032L, 1998.
• Apoptosis and dna damage in aec2 cultured from hyperoxic rats. Buckley, Sue, Lora Barsky, Barbara Driscoll, Kenneth Weinberg, Kathryn D. Anderson, and David Warburton. Pediatric Surgery, Developmental Biology and Research Immunology / Bone Marrow Transplant Programs, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Research Institute, 4650 Sunset Boulevard (MS 35), Los Angeles, CA 90027 APStracts 5:0033L, 1998.
• Modulation of lung liquid clearance by isoproterenol in rat lungs.. Sald[acute]ias, F., E. Lecuona, E. Friedman, M. L. Barnard, K. M. Ridge, and J. I. Sznajder. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Michael Reese Hospital, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois and Departamento de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Pontificia Universidad Cat[acute]olica de Chile. APStracts 5:0034L, 1998.
• Pulmonary microvascular and macrovascular endothelial cells: differential regulation of calcium and permeability. Kelly, J. J., T. M. Moore, P. Babal, A. H. Diwan, T. Stevens, and W. J. Thompson. Departments of Pharmacology and Pathology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL 36688 APStracts 5:0035L, 1998.
• Carbachol-induced actin reorganization involves gi activation of rho in human airway smooth muscle cells. Togashi, Hideaki, Charles W. Emala, Ian P. Hall, and Carol A. Hirshman. Departments of Anesthesiology and Environmental Health Sciences The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, and the Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Center, Nottingham, United Kingdom APStracts 5:0036L, 1998.
• Exogenous nitric oxide enhances hydrogen peroxide-mediated neutrophil adherence to cultured endothelial cells. Okayama, Naotsuka, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Laura Coe, Makoto Itoh and J. Steven Alexander. Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130-3932; and First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya 467, Japan APStracts 5:0037L, 1998.
• Metal-dependent expression of ferritin and lactoferrin in cultured respiratory epithelial cells after exposure to oil fly ash. Ghio, Andrew J., Jacqueline D. Carter, James M. Samet, William Reed, Jacqueline Quay, Lisa A. Dailey, Judy H. Richards, and Robert B. Devlin . National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. Center for Environmental Medicine and Lung Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 APStracts 5:0038L, 1998.
• Upregulation of urokinase activity and mrna levels in alveolar macrophages and lung tissue in response to silica particles.. Lardot, C[acute]ecile, Monique Delos, and Dominique Lison. Industrial Toxicology and Occupational Medicine Unit, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. Laboratory of Pathology, University Hospital of Mont Godinne, Mont Godinne, Belgium. APStracts 5:0039L, 1998.
• Inhibition of voltage-gated k+ current in rat intrapulmonary arterial myocytes by endothelin-1. Shimoda, Larissa A., J. T. Sylvester, and James S. K. Sham. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21224 APStracts 5:0040L, 1998.
• Interferon gamma stimulates human clara cell secretory protein production by human airway epithelial cells.. Yao, X. L., T. Ikezono, M. Cowan, C. Logun, C. W. Angus, and J. H. Shelhamer. Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD APStracts 5:0041L, 1998.
• Cloning and expression of rat lung acidic ca++-independent phospholipase a2 and its organ distribution. Kim, Tae-Suk, Chandra Dodia, Xi Chen, Brian B. Hennigan, Mahendra Jain, Sheldon I. Feinstein, and Aron B Fisher. INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 AND DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, NEWARK, DE 19716 APStracts 5:0042L, 1998.
• Nitroblue tetrazolium inhibits, but does not mimic hypoxic vasoconstriction in isolated rabbit lungs.. Weissmann, Norbert, Friedrich Grimminger, Robert Voswinckel, J[diaeresis]org Conzen, and Werner Seeger. Department of Internal Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Klinikstrasse 36, 35392 Giessen, Germany. APStracts 5:0043L, 1998.
• Pseudomonas pyocyanin alters calcium signaling in human airway epithelial cells. Denning, Gerene M., Michelle A. Railsback, George T. Rasmussen, Charles D. Cox, and Bradley E. Britigan. Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242 APStracts 5:0044L, 1998.
• Role of camp and neuronal k+ channels on [alpha]2-adrenoceptor -induced inhibition of ach release in equine trachea. Zhang, Xiang-Yang, Feng-Xia Zhu, and N. Edward Robinson. Departments of Large Animal Clinical Sciences and Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1314 APStracts 5:0045L, 1998.
• Thrombin regulation of endothelin-1 gene in isolated human pulmonary endothelial cells. Golden, Catherine L., Harry S. Nick, and Gary A. Visner. Departments of Pediatrics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 APStracts 5:0046L, 1998.