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

The American Physiological Society

• Phenotypic plasticity in the intercalated cell: the hensin pathway. Al-Awqati, Qais, S. Vijayakumar, C. Hikita, J. Chen, and J. Takito. Departments of Medicine and Physiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 630 W 168th St, New York, NY, 10032 APStracts 5:0094F, 1998.
• Bradykinin stimulates the [erk_elk-1_fos/ap-1] pathway in mesangial cells. El-Dahr, Samir S., Susana Dipp, and William H. Baricos. Section of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics; and Department of Biochemistry, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 APStracts 5:0095F, 1998.
• Functional and molecular characterization of lumenal and basolateral cl-/hco3- exchangers of rat thick limbs. Eladari, Dominique, Anne Blanchard, Fran[cedilla]coise Leviel, Michel Paillard, Alan K. Stuart-Tilley, Seth L. Alper and Ren[acute]e -Alexandre Podevin. laboratoire de Physiologie et Endocrinologie Cellulaire R[acute]enale, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine Broussais -H[circumflex]otel Dieu, (Institut National de la Sant[acute]e et de la Recherche M[acute]edicale, U356, Paris, France)1, and the Departments of Cell Biology and Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and the Molecular Medicine and Renal Units, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 022152. APStracts 5:0096F, 1998.
• Myeloma light chains are ligands for cubilin (gp280). Batumano(, Vecihi, Pierre J. Verroust#, Gabriel L. Navaro, James H. Kayseno, Fatime O. Godao(, Eric Simono, Francoise Pontillon#, Michelle Lyles@, Joanne Bruno@ and Timothy G. Hammondo(. Department of Medicine/Section of Nephrology, oTulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Environmental Astrobiology Center &(Tulane Cancer Center, Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, New Orleans LA, #Unite de Recherch[acute]es de Nephrologie Normale and Pathologique, INSERM U.64 Hopital Tenon Paris CEDEX 20 France and @Pharmacia USA Inc., Piscataway, NJ. APStracts 5:0097F, 1998.
• Acute effects of vasopressin-v2-receptor antagonist on kidney aqp2 expression and subcellular distribution. Christensen, Birgitte M_nster, David Marples, Uffe Birk Jensen, J_rge Fr_kiaer, David Sheikh-Hamad, Mark Knepper and S_ren Nielsen. Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy; 2Department of Clinical Physiology, Aarhus University Hospital and Institute of Experimental Clinical Research; 3Institute of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus; 4Department of Physiology, University of Leeds; 5Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Nephrology Section, Houston, Texas 77030; and 6Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 APStracts 5:0098F, 1998.
• Functional activity of epidermal growth factor receptors in autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease. Sweeney, William E., and Ellis D. Avner. Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children_s Hospital and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio APStracts 5:0099F, 1998.
• Thromboxane a2 modulates the fibrinolytic system in glomerular mesangial cells. Coffman, Thomas M., Robert F. Spurney, Roslyn B. Mannon, & Richard Levenson. Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, NC. APStracts 5:0100F, 1998.
• Urea transporters in kidney: molecular analysis and contribution to the urinary concentrating process. Tsukaguchi, Hiroyasu, Chairat Shayakul, Urs V. Berger, and Matthias A. Hediger. Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115. APStracts 5:0101F, 1998.
• Relevance of extracellular matrix, its receptors and cell adhesion molecules in mammalian nephrogenesis. Wallner, Elisabeth I., Qiwei Yang, Darryl R. Peterson, Jun Wada, and Yashpal S. Kanwar. Departments of Pathology* and Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611 APStracts 5:0102F, 1998.
• Activation of mg2+/ca2+-sensing inhibits hormone-stimulated mg2+ uptake in mouse distal convoluted tubule cells. Bapty, Brian W., Long-Jun Dai, Gordon Ritchie, Lucie Canaff, Geoffrey N. Hendy, and Gary A. Quamme. Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, University Hospital, Koerner Pavilion, Vancouver, BC Canada and Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Human Genetics, McGill University and Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada APStracts 5:0103F, 1998.
• Immunolocalization of the na/h exchanger isoform nhe2 in rat kidney. Chambrey, R[acute]egine, David G. Warnock, Ren[acute]e-Alexandre Podevin, Patrick Bruneval, Chantal Mandet, Marie-France B[acute]elair, Jean Bari[acute]ety, and Michel Paillard. Institut National de la Sant[acute]e et de la Recherche M[acute]edicale Unit[acute]es 356 and 430, Universit[acute]e Pierre et Marie Curie, and H[circumflex]opital Broussais, Paris, France, University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Station, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0007. APStracts 5:0104F, 1998.
• Contribution of 20-hete to the vasodilator actions of nitric oxide in renal arteries. Alonso-Galicia, Magdalena, Cheng-Wen Sun, John R. Falck, David R. Harder and Richard J. Roman. 1Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226 and 2 Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, 75235 APStracts 5:0105F, 1998.
• Regulation of human mesangial cell collagen expression by transforming growth factor-[beta]1. Poncelet, Anne-Christine, and H. William Schnaper. Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA APStracts 5:0106F, 1998.
• Partially active channels produced by pka site mutation of the cloned renal k+ channel romk2 (kir1.2). Macgregor, Gordon G., Jason Z. Xu, Carmel M. McNicholas, Gerhard Giebisch and Steven C. Hebert. Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology1, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Division of Nephrology2, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. APStracts 5:0107F, 1998.