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

The American Physiological Society

• Transcriptional regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase by interleukin-1[beta] in cultured rat pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Wong, Hector R., Jonathan Finder, Karla Wasserloos, Charles J. Lowenstein, David A. Geller, Timothy R. Billiar, Bruce R. Pitt, and Paul Davies. Departments of Pharmacology; Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Pediatrics; and Surgery; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261; and Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205 APStracts 3:0046L, 1996.
• Increased po2 alters the bioelectric properties of fetal distal lung epithelium. Pitk[umlaut]anen, Olli, A. Keith Tanswell, Gregory Downey, and Hugh O'brodovich. MRC Group in Lung Development (Hospital for Sick Children's Research Institute's Respiratory and Neonatal Research Divisions), Departments of Paediatrics and Internal Medicine of the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G-1X8 APStracts 3:0047L, 1996.
• Role of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in antigen-induced lung inflammation in brown norway rats. Richards, Ivan M., Karen P. Kolbasa, Greg E. Winterrowd, Cheryl A. Hatfield, Steven L. Vonderfecht, Stephen F. Fidler, Robert L. Griffin, John R. Brashler, Raymond F. Krzesicki, Caryl L. Lane, Donald C. Anderson, Laurel M. Sly, Nigel D. Staite, and Jia En Chin. Cell Biology and Inflammation Research and Drug Development Toxicology, Upjohn Laboratories, Kalamazoo, MI 49001 APStracts 3:0048L, 1996.
• Bioelectric response of human nasal epithelial cells to polycationic protein. Scott, M. R. Van, M. D. Smith, C. A. Welch, C. Bentzel, and W. J. Metzger. Departments of Physiology and *Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858 APStracts 3:0049L, 1996.
• In vivo exposure to no2 reduces tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-6 production by endotoxin-stimulated alveolar macrophages. Erroi, Annalaura, Paolo Pagani, Marina Sironi, and Mario Salmona. Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche, Mario Negri, Via Eritrea 62- 20157 Milano, Italy APStracts 3:0050L, 1996.
• Amiloride inhibits cytokine production in epithelium infected with respiratory syncytial virus. Mastronarde, John G., Marty M. Monick, Thomas J. Gross, and Gary W. Hunninghake. Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 APStracts 3:0051L, 1996.
• Glibenclamide blockade of cftr chloride channels. Schultz, Bruce D., Albert D. G. Deroos, Charles J. Venglarik, Ashvani K. Singh, Raymond A. Frizzell, and Robert J. Bridges. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 APStracts 3:0052L, 1996.
• Both, pge2 and nitric oxide, sequentially mediate the tnf[alpha] -induced inhibition of phosphatidylcholine synthesis by human type ii pneumocytes. Vara, E., J. Arias-D[acute]iaz, C. Garc[acute]ia, J. Hern[acute]andez, J. L. Balibrea. Departments of Biochemistry (Facultad de Medicina) and Surgery (Hospital San Carlos), Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain. APStracts 3:0053L, 1996.
• Inhaled nitric oxide prevents interleukin-1-induced neutrophil accumulation and associated acute edema in isolated rat lungs. Guidot, David M., Brooks M. Hybertson, Roger P. Kitlowski, John E. Repine. Atlanta VA Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University and the Webb-Waring Institute for Biomedical Research and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO APStracts 3:0054L, 1996.
• Localization and activity of recombinant human cu/zn superoxide dismutase following intratracheal administration. Sahgal, Namita, Jonathan M. Davis, Carolyn Robbins, Stuart Horowitz, Edward G. Langenback, Robert H. Perry, David Colflesh, Joan Tierney, Sanford R. Simon. The Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology) and the CardioPulmonary Research Institute, Winthrop University Hospital, SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine, Mineola, NY and Departments of Medicine (Pulmonary) and Pathology, SUNY Health Science Center, Stony Brook, NY APStracts 3:0055L, 1996.
• Biophysical and molecular properties of amiloride-inhibitable na+ channels in alveolar epithelial cells. Matalon, Sadis, Dale J. Benos, and Robert M. Jackson. Departments of Anesthesiology, Physiology and Biophysics, Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233-6810 and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35233 APStracts 3:0056L, 1996.