APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 3, 1996

The American Physiological Society

• Positional specificity of defensin gene expression reveals paneth cell heterogeneity in mouse small intestine Darmoul, Dalila, and Andre J. Ouellette. Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Gastrointestinal Unit, Medical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114 APStracts 3:0001G, 1996.
• Inhibition of rat sinusoidal gsh transporter by thioethers: specificity, sidedness and kinetics. Fern[acute]andez-Checa, Jos[acute]e C., Carmen Garc[acute]ia-Ruiz, Anna Colell, Jian-Ru Yi, and Neil Kaplowitz. Liver Unit and Servicio de Bioqu[acute]imica, Department of Medicine, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Universidad de Barcelona, and Instituto Mixto de Investigaciones Biom[acute]edicas August Pi i Su[tilde]ner, CSIC-UB, Barcelona, Spain, and # Division of GI and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, USC School of Medicine and the VA Outpatient Clinic, Los Angeles, California APStracts 3:0002G, 1996.
• Significance of peptic digestion in rat pancreatic secretory response to dietary protein. Guan, Difu, and Gary M. Green. Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78284-7756 APStracts 3:0003G, 1996.
• The role of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-ht) in cholera toxin-induced mucin secretion in the rat small intestine. Moore, Beverley A., Keith A. Sharkey, and Mich[grave]ele Mantle. Gastrointestinal and Neuroscience* Research Groups, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada APStracts 3:0004G, 1996.
• Hepatic uptake of protein-bound ligands: effect of an unstirred disse space. Schwab, Andreas J., and Carl A. Goresky. McGill University Medical Clinic in the Montreal General Hospital and the Departments of Medicine and Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada APStracts 3:0005G, 1996.
• Neural integration of jejunal motility and ion transport in nematode-infected ferrets. Greenwood, Beverley, and Jeffrey M. Palmer. Oklahoma Foundation for Digestive Research, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 U.S.A., and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178 U.S.A. APStracts 3:0006G, 1996.
• Differential effects of gtp[gamma]s on acid and pepsinogen secretion by permeable gastric glands. Miller, M. D., and S. J. Hersey. Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322 APStracts 3:0007G, 1996.
• 5-ht induced jejunal motor activity: enteric locus of action and receptor sub-types. Graf, Stefanie, and Sushil K. Sarna. Departments of Surgery, Physiology and Digestive Disease Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin and Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI APStracts 3:0008G, 1996.
• Peptide yy receptor in canine small intestine: distribution and characterization in submucosal and myenteric plexus synaptosomes. Mao, Y. K., Y. F. Wang, G. Ward, S. Cipris, E. E. Daniel, and T. J. McDonald. Dept.of Biomedical Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 3Z5., Dept. of Medicine, University of West Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada APStracts 3:0009G, 1996.
• Determinants of lower esophageal sphincter relaxation induced by esophageal balloon distension in man. Manthey, Mitchell W., Benson T. Massey, Ronald C. Arndorfer, Walter J. Hogan. Medical College of Wisconsin Dysphagia Institute and the Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin APStracts 3:0010G, 1996.
• A diet containing glycine improves survival in endotoxin shock in the rat. Ikejima, Kenichi, Yuji Iimuro, Donald T. Forman, and Ronald G. Thurman. Laboratory of Hepatobiology and Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology, and Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7365 APStracts 3:0011G, 1996.
• Fat absorption is not complete by midgut but dependent on load of fat. Lin, Henry C., Xiao-Tuan Zhao, and Lijie Wang. Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Research Institute, Cedars -Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048; and School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024 APStracts 3:0012G, 1996.
• Insulin potentiates mitogenic effect of epidermal growth factor on cultured gastric mucous cells. Ogihara, Shoji, Masahiko Yamada, Toshihiko Saito, Masayuki Shono, and Kazuhito Rokutan. Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical College, Tokyo160, Japan; and Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima. Tokushima 770, Japan APStracts 3:0013G, 1996.
• The effect of lumenal epidermal growth factor on enterocyte glucose and proline transport. Hardin, James A., Jason K. Wong, Christopher I. Cheeseman, and D. Grant Gall. Gastrointestinal Research Group, Health Sciences Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada and 1Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada APStracts 3:0014G, 1996.
• Intestinal fatty acid-binding protein expression stimulates fibroblasts fatty acid esterification. Prows, Daniel R., Eric J. Murphy, Dino Moncecchi, and Friedhelm Schroeder. Division of Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, College of Pharmacy, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0004 and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A & M University, TVMC, College Station, TX 77843-4466 APStracts 3:0015G, 1996.
• Comparative analysis of the ontogeny of a sodium dependent bile acid transporter in the rat kidney and ileum. Christie, Donna Marie, Paul A. Dawson, Sundararajah Thevananther, and Benjamin L. Shneider. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520 and the Department of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157 APStracts 3:0016G, 1996.
• Ontogeny of k+ transport in rat distal colon . Aizman, R. I., G. Celsi, L. Grahnquist, Z. M. Wang, Y. Finkel, and A. Aperia. Dept. of Woman and Child Health, Pediatric Unit, St. G[diaeresis]oran's Children's Hospital, Karolinska Inst., S-11281, Stockholm, Sweden APStracts 3:0017G, 1996.
• Transport of n-butyrate into human colonic luminal membrane vesicles. Harig, James M., Edmond K. Ng, Pradeep K. Dudeja, Thomas A. Brasitus, and Krishnamurthy Ramaswamy. Departments of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, West Side Veterans Administration Medical Center and University of Chicago APStracts 3:0018G, 1996.
• Neural control of canine small intestinal motility during non -nutrient infusion. Behrns, Kevin E., Michael G. Sarr, Russell B. Hanson, Alan R. Zinsmeister. From the Department of Surgery, the Gastroenterology Research Unit, and the Department Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN APStracts 3:0019G, 1996.
• Regulation of cell volume in a human biliary cell line: activation of k+ and cl- currents. Roman, Richard M., Yu Wang, and J. Gregory Fitz. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 27710 APStracts 3:0020G, 1996.
• Immunoreactive interleukin-1[beta] release from the rat gastric fundus is reduced by glucocorticoids and inhibitors of gastric acid secretion. Montuschi, Paolo, Giuseppe Tringali, Adriana Mirtella, Luca Parente, Enzo Ragazzoni, Paolo Preziosi, and Pierluigi Navarra. Institutes of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Palermo, via Forlanini 1 - 90134 Palermo, and Catholic University Medical School, Largo Francesco Vito 1 - 00168 Rome, Italy APStracts 3:0021G, 1996.
• Glucose transporters in the regulation of intestinal, renal and liver glucose fluxes. Thorens, Bernard. Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Lausanne, 27, Bugnon APStracts 3:0022G, 1996.
• Cloning and analysis of cdnas differentially expressed in the adapting remnant intestine after partial small bowel resection. Dodson, Brian D., Joseph L. Wang, Elzbieta A. Swietlicki, Deborah C. Rubin, and Marc S. Levin. Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine., St. Louis, MO APStracts 3:0023G, 1996.
• Changes in electrical and mechanical activity during ontogeny of the canine proximal colon. Ward, Sean M. Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557, TEL (702) 784-6908, FAX (702) 784-6903, Email: sean@physio.unr.edu APStracts 3:0024G, 1996.
• Effect of endotoxin on bile acid transport in rat liver - a potential model for sepsis-associated cholestasis. Moseley, Richard H., Wei Wang, Hiroaki Takeda, Kenneth Lown, Lawton Shick, M. Ananthanarayanan, and Frederick J. Suchy. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan and Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology Section, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut APStracts 3:0025G, 1996.
• Inhibition of binding to fatty acid binding protein (fabp) reduces the intracellular transport of fatty acids. Luxon, Bruce A. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, P. O. Box 15250, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, MO 63110-0250 APStracts 3:0026G, 1996.
• Membrane cholesterol alters gallbladder muscle contractility in prairie dogs. Yu, Peirong, Qian Chen, Piero Biancani, and Jose Behar. Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI 02903 APStracts 3:0027G, 1996.
• Hyperpermeability and atp depletion induced by chronic hypoxia or glycolytic inhibition in caco-2bbe monolayers. Unno, Naoki, Michael J. Menconi, Andrew L. Salzman, Marianne Smith, Susan Hagen, Yimin Ge, Robert M. Ezzell, and Mitchell P. Fink. Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA and Surgery Research Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown MA APStracts 3:0028G, 1996.