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

The American Physiological Society

• Elevated glucose increases mesangial cell sensitivity to insulin -like growth factor-1. Horney, Mark J., David W. Shirley, David T. Kurtz, and Steven A. Rosenzweig. Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425 APStracts 5:0047F, 1998.
• Human proximal tubular epithelial cells express somatostatin: regulation by growth factors and camp. Turman, Martin A., and Courtney A. Apple. Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University and the Wexner Institute for Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, 43205 APStracts 5:0048F, 1998.
• Renal microvascular actions of calcitonin gene-related peptide. Reslerova, Martina, and Rodger Loutzenhiser. Smooth Muscle Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, The University of Calgary. Department of Medicine, Indiana University, School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana APStracts 5:0049F, 1998.
• Regulation of b-type intercalated cell apical anion exchange activity by co2/hco3. Milton, Amy E., and I. David Weiner. Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Transplantation, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, and Gainesville Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Gainesville, FL 32609 APStracts 5:0050F, 1998.
• Cloning, renal distribution and regulation of the rat na+:hco3- cotransporter.. Burnham[, Charles E., Ob]lambda], Michael Flagella, Zhaohui Wang[lambda], Hassane Amlal[lambda], Gary. E. Shull, and Manoocher Soleimani[lamba]. Departments of [lambda] Medicine and Molecular Genetics, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Veterans Affairs Medical Centers at Cincinnati APStracts 5:0051F, 1998.
• Functional and molecular evidence for p2x receptors in llc-pk1 cells. Filipovic, Dragana M., Olugbenga A. Adebanjo, Mone Zaidi, and W. Brian Reeves. Division of Nephrology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the John. L. McClellan Veterans Affairs Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72205, Geriatrics and Extended Care, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 APStracts 5:0052F, 1998.
• Effects of dietary salt on adrenomedullin and its receptor mrnas in rat kidney. Jensen, Boye L., Stepan Gambaryan, Elke Schmaus, and Armin Kurtz. Physiologisches Institut der Universit[umlaut]at Regensburg, D -93040 Regensburg, Germany and Medizinische Universit[umlaut]ats -Klinik, Klinische Biochemie and Pathobiochemie, W[umlaut]urzburg APStracts 5:0053F, 1998.
• Decreased endothelial nitric oxide synthase in gastric mucosa of rats with chronic renal failure. Tomikawa, M., M. Ohta, N. D. Vaziri, J. D. Kaunitz, R. Itani, Z. Ni, and A. S. Tarnawski. Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California 90822; the University of California, Irvine, California; Department of Surgery II, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California and the University of California, Los Angeles, California APStracts 5:0054F, 1998.
• Identification of the synthetic surfactant nonylphenol ethoxylate, a p-glycoprotein substrate in human urine. Charuk, Jeffrey H. M., Arthur A. Grey, and Reinhart A. F. Reithmeier. Medical Research Council Group in Membrane Biology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8. Molecular Medicine Research Centre, Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8 APStracts 5:0055F, 1998.
• Neuropeptide y shifts the equilibrium between the [alpha] - and [beta] - adrenergic tonus in proximal tubule cells.. Holtb[umlaut]ack, Ulla, Yoshiyuki Ohtomo, Petter F[diaeresis]orberg, Bo Sahlgren, and Anita Aperia. Dept. Woman and Child Health, Pediatric unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden APStracts 5:0056F, 1998.
• Potassium permeability in the absence of fluid reabsorption in the proximal tubule of the anaesthetized rat. Wilson, Rod W., Mark Wareing, Jon Kibble, and Roger Green. School of Biological Sciences, G.38, Stopford Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. Department of Biological Sciences, Hatherly Laboratories, University of Exeter, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter EX4 4PS. Department of Biomedical Science,University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN APStracts 5:0057F, 1998.
• Vascular and glomerular expression of endothelin-1 in normal human kidney. Herman, William H., Steven N. Emancipator, R. L. Patrick Rhoten, and Michael S. Simonson. Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, and Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio 44106. Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 44195 APStracts 5:0058F, 1998.
• Chronic renal failure in a mouse model of human adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency.. Stockelman, Michael G., John N. Lorenz, Frost N. Smith, Gregory P. Boivin, Amrik Sahota, Jay A. Tischfield, and Peter J. Stambrook. Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0521. Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0567. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0529. Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5251 APStracts 5:0059F, 1998.
• Effect of dietary salt on neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the inner medullary collecting duct. Roczniak, Agnes, Joseph Zimpelmann, and Kevin D. Burns. Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa and Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8L6 APStracts 5:0060F, 1998.
• Effect of norepinephrine on intracellular ph in the kidney p roximal tubule: role of na+/(hco3-)n cotransport. Abdulnour-Nakhoul, Solange, Raja N. Khuri, and Nazih L. Nakhoul. Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Tulane University, School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112 and East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 APStracts 5:0061F, 1998.
• Expression of a hypotonic swelling-activated cl conductance during ontogeny of the collecting duct epithelium. Huber, Stephan M., and Michael F. Horster. Physiologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitSt, Pettenkoferstr. 12, 80336 M[diaeresis]ynchen, Germany APStracts 5:0062F, 1998.
• A serum-free in vitro model of renal microvessel development. Antes, Lisa M., Monica M. Villar, Sylvia Decker, Roberto F. Nicosia, and Dean A. Kujubu. Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Center for Oral Health Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Department of Pathology, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 19102 APStracts 5:0063F, 1998.
• Dietary salt enhances glomerular endothelial nitric oxide synthase through transforming growth factor-[beta]1. Ying, Wei-Zhong, and Paul W. Sanders. Nephrology Research and Training Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Cell Adhesion and Matrix Research Center, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine and Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35233 APStracts 5:0064F, 1998.