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

The American Physiological Society

• Cellular mechanisms and role of endothelin - 1 -induced calcium oscillations in pulmonary arterial myocytes. Hyvelin, Jean-Marc, Christelle Guibert, Roger Marthan, Jean-Pierre Savineau. Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Respiratoire, INSERM (C.R.I. 9806), Universit[acute]e Bordeaux 2, 146 rue L[acute]eo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux, France APStracts 5:0107L, 1998.
• Signal transduction and regulation of lung endothelial cell permeability. interaction between calcium and cyclic amp. Moore, Timothy M., Paul M. Chetham, John J. Kelly, and Troy Stevens. Department of Pharmacology and Lung Biology and Pathology Research Laboratory, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile AL 36688; and, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado -HSC, Denver CO 80262 APStracts 5:0108L, 1998.
• Glucocorticoid hormones downregulate histidine decarboxylase mrna and enzyme activity in rat lung. Zahnow, Cynthia A., Pertti Panula, Atsushi Yamatodani, and David E. Millhorn. Department of Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, Department of Biology, [angstrom]aBO Akademi University, Biocity, [angstrom]abo, Finland, FIN-20520 and Division of Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 00170, Department of Medical Physics, Osaka University, Osaka 565, Japan, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 APStracts 5:0109L, 1998.
• Neutrophil-dependent goblet cell degranulation: role of membrane -bound elastase and adhesion molecules. Takeyama, Kiyoshi, Carlos Agust[acute]i, Iris Ueki, James Lausier, Lars Olaf Cardell, and Jay A. Nadel. Cardiovascular Research Institute and Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0130 APStracts 5:0110L, 1998.
• Neuropeptides mediate the ozone-induced increase in the permeability of the tracheal mucosa in guinea pigs. Nishiyama, Harumi, Hirotada Ikeda, Takeshi Kaneko, Li Fu, Makoto Kudo, Takaaki Ito and Takao Okubo. The First Department of Internal Medicine (1) and The First Department of Pathology (2), Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, JAPAN APStracts 5:0111L, 1998.
• Changes in expression and compartmentalization of 5-lipoxygenase accompany macrophage differentiation in the lung. Covin, Randal B., Thomas G. Brock, Marc B. Bailie, and Marc Peters -Golden. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 APStracts 5:0112L, 1998.
• Changes in pkc isoforms in human alveolar macrophages compared to blood monocytes. Monick, Martha M., A. Brent Carter, Gunnar Gudmundsson, Lois J. Geist And. Gary W. Hunninghake APStracts 5:0113L, 1998.
• Ca++ and k+ currents regulating action potential accommodation and frequency in guinea pig bronchial ganglia neurons. Myers, Allen C. The Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle 3A62, Baltimore, MD 21224-6821 USA, Phone: 410 550 2165, Facsimile: 410 550 2130 APStracts 5:0114L, 1998.
• Differential regulation of eotaxin expression by tnf[alpha] and pma in human monocytic u937 cells. Nakamura, Hidetoshi, Kathleen J. Haley, Toshiko Nakamura, Andrew D. Luster, and Craig M. Lilly. Combined Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129 APStracts 5:0115L, 1998.
• Ca++ and k+ currents regulating action potential accommodation and frequency in guinea pig bronchial ganglia neurons. Myers, Allen C. The Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle 3A62, Baltimore, MD 21224-6821 USA, Phone: 410 550 2165, Facsimile: 410 550 2130 APStracts 5:0116L, 1998.
• Prolonged high intermittent positive pressure ventilation induces airway remodeling and hyperreactivity in young rats. Fukunaga, Tetsu, Paul Davies, Leilei Zhang, Yoshie Hashida, and Etsuro K. Motoyama. Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Departments of Anesthesiology, Pulmonology and Pathology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213 APStracts 5:0117L, 1998.
• Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids relax airway smooth muscles and directly activate reconstituted kca channels . Marc, Dumoulin, Dany Salvail, Sophie B. Gaudreault, Alain Cadieux, and Eric Rousseau. Le Bilarium, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Pharmacology, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1H 5N4, Canada APStracts 5:0118L, 1998.
• Nitric oxide inhalation transiently elevates pulmonary levels of cyclic gmp, inducible nitric oxide synthase mrna, and tnf-a. Brady, Todd C., James D. Crapo, and Robert R. Mercer. Department of Pathology, Program in Integrated Toxicology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, CO 80206, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505 APStracts 5:0119L, 1998.
• Surfactant-associated protein-a inhibits t-lymphocyte proliferation through a receptor which interacts with the collagen-like tail of sp -a. Borron, Paul, Francis X. McCormack, Baher M. Elhalwagi, Zissis C. Chroneo, James F. Lewis, Sha Zhu, Jo Rae Wright, Virginia L. Shepherd, Fred Possmayer, Kevin Inchley, and Laurence J. Fraher. Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, The Lawson Research Institute, St Joseph's Health Center, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Department of Pulmonary Biology, Children_s Hospital Medical Center. University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. Department of Cell Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, Department of Biochemistry Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Veterans Afafirs Medical Center, Nashville, TN. APStracts 5:0120L, 1998.