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

The American Physiological Society

• Sulfation of extracellular matrices modifies growth factor effects on type ii cells on laminin substrata. Sannes, Philip L., Jody Khosla, Cheng-Ming Li, and Ines Pagan. Department of Anatomy, Physiological Sciences, and Radiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC APStracts 5:0151L, 1998.
• Interleukin-10 regulates quartz-induced pulmonary inflammation in rats. Driscoll, Kevin E., Janet M. Carter, Brian W. Howard, Diana Hassenbein, Marie Burdick, Steven L. Kunkel and Robert M. Strieter. The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio; 1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI APStracts 5:0152L, 1998.
• Oxygen-sensitive k+ channels in neuroepithelial body-derived small cell carcinoma cells of the human lung. O_kelly, I., _c. Peers, and P. J. Kemp. *Department of Physiology and _Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Worsley Medical and Dental Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. UK. APStracts 5:0153L, 1998.
• Keratinocyte growth factor promotes alveolar epithelial cell dna repair after h2o2 exposure. Wu, Kristina I., Nani Pollack, Ralph J. Panos, Peter H. S. Sporn, and David W. Kamp. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Veterans Affairs Chicago Health Care System (Lakeside Division) and Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611 APStracts 5:0154L, 1998.
• O2-induced na channel (enac) expression is associated with nf-kb activation & blocked by superoxide scavenger. Rafii, Bijan, A. Keith Tanswell, Gail Otulakowski, Olli Pitk[umlaut]anen, Rose Belcastro-Taylor, and Hugh O'brodovich,. MRC Group in Lung Development1, Divisions of Respiratory2 and Neonatal Research3, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8 and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland4 APStracts 5:0155L, 1998.
• Nitric oxide inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced apoptosis in pulmonary artery endothelial cells. Ceneviva, Gary D., Edith Tzeng, Dale G. Hoyt, Emily Yee, Alicia Gallagher, John F. Engelhardt, Young-Myeong Kim, Timothy R. Billiar, Simon A. Watkins and Bruce R. Pitt,. Departments of Pharmacology1, Anesthesiology and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine2, Surgery3, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine4 and Department of Cell Biology and Physiology6. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261; and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology5, University of Iowa Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa APStracts 5:0156L, 1998.
• Chronic pulmonary hypertension increases fetal lung cgmp phosphodiesterase activity.. Hanson, Kimberly A., James W. Ziegler, Sergei D. Rybalkin, Jim W. Miller, Steven H. Abman, and William R. Clarke. Departments of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology, and Pharmacology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA; 1 - Pediatric Heart-Lung Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO; 2 - Department of Pediatrics, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI APStracts 5:0157L, 1998.
• An electrogenic amino acid transporter in the apical membrane of cultured human bronchial epithelial cells. Galietta, Luis J. V., Luciana Musante, Leila Romio, Ubaldo Caruso, Annarita Fantasia, Andrea Gazzolo, Luca Romano, Oliviero Sacco, Giovanni A. Rossi, Luigi Varesio, Olga Zegarra-Moran . 1 Laboratorio di Genetica Molecolare, 2 Clinica Pediatrica, 3 Divisione di Pneumologia, and 4 Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare; Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16148 Genova ITALY APStracts 5:0158L, 1998.
• Glutamine synthetase expression in rat lung is regulated by protein stability . Labow, Brian I., Steve F. Abcouwer, Cheng-Mao Lin, Wiley W. Souba. Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA APStracts 5:0159L, 1998.
• Molecular cloning, characterization and differential expression pattern of mouse lung surfactant convertase . Krishnasamy, S, Al Teng, R Dhand, Rm Schultz, Nj Gross,. 1Research Service, Hines VA Hospital, Hines IL 60141; 2Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 3Department of Medicine, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153. APStracts 5:0160L, 1998.