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

The American Physiological Society

• Gastrin mediates the gastric mucosal proliferative response to feeding. Ohning, Gordon V., Helen C. Wong, K. C. K. Lloyd, and John H. Walsh. Research and Medical Services, Department of Veteran Affairs, West Los Angeles Medical Center, and the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, and CURE/UCLA Digestive Disease Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90073 APStracts 3:0044G, 1996.
• Hepatocellular protein kinase c activation by bile acids: implications for regulation of cholesterol 7[alpha]-hydroxylase. Stravitz, R. Todd, Yi-Ping Rao, Z. Reno Vlahcevic, Emily C. Gurley, W. David Jarvis, and Phillip B. Hylemon. Department of Medicine, Divisions of Gastroenterology and Hematology/Oncology, and Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, VA 23298 APStracts 3:0045G, 1996.
• The effects of increasing the size of the solid component of a mixed solid/liquid meal on solid and liquid gastric emptying. Collins, P. J., M. Horowitz, A. Maddox, J. C. Myers, B. E. Chatterton. Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Medicine and Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 5000 APStracts 3:0046G, 1996.
• Measurement of proximal and distal gastric motility with magnetic resonance imaging. W, Schwizer, Fraser R, Borovicka J, Asal K, Crelier G, Kunz P, Boesiger P, Fried M. Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals, Zurich and Lausanne; Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Informatic, University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland APStracts 3:0047G, 1996.
• Calcium-activated chloride channels in a human biliary cell line: regulation by ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase. Schlenker, Thorsten, J. Gregory Fitz. Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710 APStracts 3:0048G, 1996.
• Kinetics of cytokine expression during healing of acute colitis in mice. Dieleman, Levinus A., Charles O. Elson, Gary S. Tennyson, and Kenneth W. Beagley. Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 and Department of Gastroenterology, Free University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands APStracts 3:0049G, 1996.
• Interaction between prostanoids, no and vip in modulation of duodenal alkaline secretion and motility in the rat. Sababi, Manaf, Anneli H[umlaut]allgren, and Olof Nylander. The Department of Physiology and Medical Biophysics, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Box 572, S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden APStracts 3:0050G, 1996.
• Roles of endothelin-1 in endotoxin-induced microcirculatory disturbance in rat small intestine. Miura, Soichiro, Dai Fukumura, Iwao Kurose, Hajime Higuchi, Hiroyuki Kimura, Yoshikazu Tsuzuki, Takeharu Shigematsu, Jing-Yan Han, Masaharu Tsuchiya, and Hiromasa Ishii. Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan APStracts 3:0051G, 1996.
• Acute alcohol produces hypoxia directly in rat liver tissue in vivo: role of kupffer cells. Arteel, Gavin E., James A. Raleigh, Blair U. Bradford & Ronald G. Thurman. Laboratory of Hepatobiology and Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology, Department of Radiation Oncology and 3Curriculum in Toxicology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7365 APStracts 3:0052G, 1996.
• Role of cholecystokinin as a regulator of solid and liquid gastric emptying in man. Borovicka, Jan, Christianna Kreiss, Khaled Asal, Brigitte Remy, Christine Mettraux, Anita Wells, Nick W. Read, Jan B. Jansen, Massimo D'amato, Angelika Bischof Delaloye, Michael Fried, Werner Schwizer. Departments of Gastroenterology and Nuclear Medecine, University Hospital, Lausanne and Zurich, Switzerland; Centre for Human Nutrition, University of Sheffield, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, U.K.; Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Rotta Research Laboratorium, Monza, Italy APStracts 3:0053G, 1996.
• Non-genomic effects of progesterone on human intestinal smooth muscle cells. Bielefeldt, Klaus, Laurie Waite, Francois M. Abboud, and Jeffrey L. Conklin. University of Iowa, Department of Internal Medicine APStracts 3:0054G, 1996.
• Regulation of colonic propulsion by enteric excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters. Foxx-Orenstein, A. E., and J. R. Grider. Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0711 APStracts 3:0055G, 1996.
• Stoichiometry of neurally-induced vip release, no formation and relaxation in rabbit and rat gastric muscle. Jin, J. G., K. S. Murthy, J. R. Grider, and G. M. Makhlouf. Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0711 APStracts 3:0056G, 1996.
• Expression of the prl-1 nuclear ptpase is associated with proliferation in liver, but with differentiation in intestine. Diamond, Robert H., Charles Peters, Stephen P. Jung, Linda E. Greenbaum, Barbara A. Haber, Debra G. Silberg, Peter G. Traber, and Rebecca Taub. Department of Genetics, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Division of Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6145 APStracts 3:0057G, 1996.
• Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide stimulates cholecystokinin secretion in stc-1 cells. Chang, Cecilia H., William Y. Chey, Laura Braggins, David H. Coy, and Ta-Min Chang. Center for Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York and Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana APStracts 3:0058G, 1996.
• Cholecystokinin-independent increases in pancreatic secretion induced by dietary protein in chronic bile-pancreatic juice diverted rats. Hara, Hiroshi, Takashi Nishi, Hiroshi Narakino, and Takanori Kasai. Department of Bioscience and Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060, Japan APStracts 3:0059G, 1996.
• Confocal microscopic analysis of intracellular ph regulation in isolated guinea pig pancreatic ducts. Ondarza, Jos[acute]e De, and Seth R. Hootman. Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, 108 Giltner Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-1101, Phone: (517) 355-6475 ext. 1242, Fax: (517) 355-5215 APStracts 3:0060G, 1996.
• The inhibitory effect of electrical acupuncture on gastric acid secretion is mediated via [beta]-endorphin and somatostatin in dogs. Jin, H. O., L Zhou, K. Y. Lee, T. M. Chang, W. Y. Chey. University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Center for Digestive and Liver Diseases, Rochester, New York APStracts 3:0061G, 1996.
• Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide stimulates cholecystokinin secretion in stc-1 cells. Chang, Cecilia H., William Y. Chey, Laura Braggins, David H. Coy, and Ta-Min Chang. Center for Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York APStracts 3:0062G, 1996.
• Regulation of iron absorption by cultured intestinal epithelia ( caco-2) cell monolayers with varied fe status 1. Tapia, Victoria, Miguel Arredondo, and Marco Tulio N[acute]u[tilde]nez. Departamento de Biolog[acute]ia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago-1, Chile. APStracts 3:0063G, 1996.