APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 2, 1995

The American Physiological Society

• Muscarinic receptor regulation of synaptic transmission in airway parasympathetic ganglia. Myers, Allen C., and Bradley J. Undem. Division of Clinical Immunology, The Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle 3A.62, Baltimore, MD 21224 APStracts 2:0213L, 1995.
• Rabbit surfactant protein b (sp-b) gene: structure and functional characterization of the promoter. Margana, Ramgopal K., and Vijayakumar Boggaram. Department of Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, P. O. Box 2003, Tyler, Texas 75710 APStracts 2:0214L, 1995.
• Angiotensin ii-induced ca2+-oscillations in vascular myocytes from the rat pulmonary artery. Guibert, Christelle, Roger Marthan, and Jean-Pierre Savineau. Laboratoire de Physiologie, Universit[acute]e Bordeaux 2, 146 rue L[acute]eo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex APStracts 2:0215L, 1995.
• Surfactant metabolism in transgenic mice after granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor ablation. Ikegami, Machiko, Takashi Ueda, William Hull, Jeffrey A. Whitsett, Richard C. Mulligan, Glenn Dranoff, Alan H. Jobe. HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER, UCLA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, TORRANCE, CA 90502, DIVISION OF PULMONARY BIOLOGY, CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, CINCINNATI, OH 45229-2899, WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142, DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MA 02115 APStracts 2:0216L, 1995.
• Inhibition of human leucocyte elastase by mineral dust particles. Oberson, D, L. Desfontaines, H. Pezerat, W. Hornebeck, P. Sebastien, and C. Lafuma. Laboratoire de Biologie du Tissu Conjonctif, ER 74 CNRS, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine, 8 Rue du G[acute]en[acute]eral Sarrail, 94010 Cr[acute]eteil, France, Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), Parc Alata, B.P. N 60550 Verneuil en Halatte, France, Laboratoire de R[acute]eactivit[acute]e de Surface et Structure, Universit[acute]e Pierre et Marie Curie, 75352 Paris cedex 05, France, Institut de Recherches en Sant[acute]e et S[acute]ecurit[acute]e au Travail du Qu[acute]ebec, (IRSST), 505 West de Maisonneuve, Montr[acute]eal Qu[acute]ebec H3A3C2, Canada, INSERM U296 de Physiologie Respiratoire, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine, 8 rue du G[acute]en[acute]eral Sarrail, 94010 Cr[acute]eteil, France APStracts 2:0217L, 1995.
• Surfactant protein a stimulates the phagocytosis of specific pulmonary pathogens by alveolar macrophages. Tino, Michael James, and Jo Rae Wright. Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710 APStracts 2:0218L, 1995.
• Dual signal transduction mechanisms modulate ciliary beat frequency in upper airway epithelium. Yang, Bin, Rodney J. Schlosser, Thomas V. McCaffrey. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN APStracts 2:0219L, 1995.
• Integrins inhibit lps-induced dna strand breakage in cultured lung endothelial cells. Hoyt, Dale G., Robert J. Mannix, Mary E. Gerritsen, Simon A. Watkins, John S. Lazo, and Bruce R. Pitt. Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 and Bayer Research Center, Bayer Corporation, 400 Morgan Lane, West Haven, CT 06516-4175 APStracts 2:0220L, 1995.
• Mechanism of atp-induced leukocyte adherence to cultured pulmonary artery endothelial cells. Parker, Annie Lin, Laura L. Likar, Doloretta D. Dawicki, and Sharon Rounds. Pulmonary Medicine Section, Department of Medicine, Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island APStracts 2:0221L, 1995.
• Adenine nucleotides but not pyridine coenzymes are involved in the opening of atp sensitive k+ channels of hypoxic rat pulmonary arteries. Shigemori, Kazuo, Takeshi Ishizaki, Shigeru Matsukawa, Akio Sakai, Tsuguhiko Nakai, and Susumu Miyabo. Third Dept. of Internal Medicine, Fukui Medical School, Fukui, Japan. 910-11, Central Research Laboratories, Fukui Medical School, Fukui, Japan. 910-11, Dept. of Environmental Physiology, School of Medicine Sinsyu University, Matsumoto, Japan. 390 APStracts 2:0222L, 1995.
• Postnatal treatment with retinoic acid increases the number of pulmonary alveoli in rats. Massaro, Gloria D., Donald Massaro. Lung Biology Laboratory and the Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. 20007 APStracts 2:0223L, 1995.
• Acetylcholine and caffeine activate cl and suppress k+ conductances in human bronchial smooth muscle. Janssen, Luke J. Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5 APStracts 2:0224L, 1995.
• Endothelial cells internalize monoclonal antibody to angiotensin -converting enzyme. Muzykantov, Vladimir R., Elena N. Atochina, Alice Kuo#, Elliott S. Barnathan, Kathy Notarfrancesco, Henry Shuman, Chandra Dodia, and Aron B. Fisher. Institute for Environmental Medicine and Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania APStracts 2:0225L, 1995.
• Expression and glycosylation of the filamentous brush border glycocalyx (fbbg) during rabbit enterocyte differentiation along the crypt-villus axis. Maury, J., A. Bernadac, A. Rigal, and S. Maroux. Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie de la Nutrition, CNRS-URA 1820, Facult[acute]e des Sciences de Saint J[acute]er[circumflex]ome, Case 342, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France APStracts 2:0226L, 1995.
• Effects of acute and chronic hypoxia on rat lung cyclooxygenase. Chida, Masayuki, and Norbert F. Voelkel. Pulmonary Hypertension Center, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, Colorado 80262 APStracts 2:0227L, 1995.
• Rate of nitric oxide release in the lung and factors influencing the concentration of exhaled nitric oxide. Sato, Kunio, Tetsuo Sakamaki, Hiroyuki Sumino, Hironosuke Sakamoto, Jin Hoshino, Hiroaki Masuda, Yoshie Sawada, Manabu Mochida, Yoshio Ohyama, Toshiaki Kurashina, Tetsuya Nakamura, and Zenpei Ono. The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan 371 APStracts 2:0228L, 1995.
• Tumor necrosis factor-[alpha] decreases surfactant protein b mrna in murine lung. Pryhuber, Gloria S., Cindy Bachurski, Raphael Hirsch, Andrea Bacon, Jeffrey A. Whitsett. Division of Pulmonary Biology and Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229 APStracts 2:0229L, 1995.
• Role of the phospholipase c and tyrosine kinase systems in the growth response of human airway smooth muscle cells. De, S., E. T. Zelazny, J. F. Souhrada, and M. Souhrada. The John B. Pierce Laboratory and Yale University School of Medicine APStracts 2:0230L, 1995.
• Hemorrhage activates nf- b in murine lung mononuclear cells in vivo. Shenkar, Robert, Michael D. Schwartz, Lance S. Terada, John E. Repine, Joe McCord, and Edward Abraham. Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262 and Webb-Waring Institute for Biomedical Research, Denver, CO 80262 APStracts 2:0231L, 1995.
• The dinucleotide-binding site of bovine liver catalase mimics a catalase mrna-binding protein domain. Clerch, Linda Biadasz, Angelique Wright, and Donald Massaro. Lung Biology Laboratory, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 20007 APStracts 2:0232L, 1995.
• Endotoxin stimulates the expression of group ii phospholipase a2 in rat lung in vivo and in isolated perfused lungs. Ljungman, Anders G., Christer Tagesson, and Mats Lindahl. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Link[diaeresis]oping, S-581 85 Link[diaeresis]oping, Sweden APStracts 2:0233L, 1995.
• Depletion of alveolar macrophages decreases neutrophil chemotaxis to pseudomonas airspace infections. Hashimoto, Satoru, Jean-Fran[cedilla]cois Pittet, Keelung Hong, Hans Folkesson, Gregory Bagby, Lester Kobzik, Charles Frevert, Kazuyoshi Watanabe, Susumu Tsurufuji, Jeanine Wiener-Kronish. Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine and the Cardiovascular Research Institute and Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143; Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Kyoto 602, Japan; Department of Physiology, Lousiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA 70112; Physiology Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA,02115-6195; Institute of Cytosignal Research, Inc., Tokyo 140, Japan APStracts 2:0234L, 1995.