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

The American Physiological Society

• Decreased vasopressin-mediated renal water reabsorption in rats with compensated liver cirrhosis. Jonassen, Thomas E. N., S_ren Nielsen, Sten Christensen, and J_rgen S_berg Petersen. Department of Pharmacology, the Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200, Denmark and Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, University of [angstrom]arhus, DK-8000, Denmark APStracts 5:0086F, 1998.
• Adrenergic and capsaicin evoked nitric oxide release from urothelium and afferent nerves in urinary bladder. Birder, Lori A., Gerard Apodaca, William C. De Groat, and Anthony J. Kanai. University of Pittsburgh Department of Pharmacology, Pittsburgh PA 15261, University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine, Pittsburgh PA 15261, Duke University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Durham NC 27508 APStracts 5:0087F, 1998.
• Evidence that calgranulin is produced by kidney cells and is an inhibitor of calcium oxalate crystallization. Pillay, Sokalingum N., John R. Asplin, and Fredric L. Coe. Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, MC5100, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, Phone #773-702 -9463, Fax #773-702-5818 APStracts 5:0088F, 1998.
• Differential regulation of romk expression in kidney cortex and medulla by aldosterone and potassium. Wald, H., H. Garty, L. G. Palmer and M. M. Popovtzer. Nephrology and Hypertension Services, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, and 2Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizman Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, and 3Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, USA APStracts 5:0089F, 1998.
• Chronic administration of furosemide augments renal weight and glomerular capillary pressure in normal rats. Lane, Pascale H., Larry D. Tyler, Paul G. Schmitz, Departments Of Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital and Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Mo Usa. Paul G. Schmitz, MD, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, 3635 Vista Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, FAX: 314-771-0784, Phone: 314-577 -8765, E-mail: schmitzm@slu.edu APStracts 5:0090F, 1998.
• Identification of a novel cis-acting element for fibroblast -specific transcription of the fsp1 gene. Okada, Hirokazu, Theodore M. Danoff, Andreas Fischer, Jesus M. Lopez -Guisa, Frank Strutz, and Eric G. Neilson. Penn Center for the Molecular Studies of Kidney Diseases, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA APStracts 5:0091F, 1998.
• Cerebrospinal fluid formation and absorption in dehydrated sheep. Chodobski, Adam, Joanna Szmydynger-Chodobska, and Michael J. McKinley. Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia APStracts 5:0092F, 1998.
• An oligonucleotide decoy for the transcription factor e2f inhibits mesangial cell proliferation in vitro. Tomita, Naruya, Masatsugu Horiuchi, Sawako Tomita, Gary H Gibbons, John Ys Kim, Dana Baran, Victor J Dzau. Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women_s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston MA 02115, Division of Nephrology, McGill University, 3775 University St., Montreal, Canada H3A 2B4 APStracts 5:0093F, 1998.