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

The American Physiological Society

• Response of bovine airway smooth muscle cells to tgf-b1: effects on growth and synthesis of glycosaminoglycans. Black, Peter N., Paul G. Young, and Stephen J. M. Skinner. Departments of Medicine and Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, 1020, New Zealand APStracts 3:0118L, 1996.
• Dimethyl sulfoxide decreases interleukin-8 mediated neutrophil recruitment in the airways. Massion, P. P., A. Lind[acute]en, H. Inoue, M. Mathy, K. M. Grattan, and J. A. Nadel. Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Biochimie Normale et Pathologique de l'Oxyg[grave]ene, Universit[acute]e de Li[grave]ege, Belgium APStracts 3:0119L, 1996.
• Reactive oxygen species provoke secretion of mucin and activate phospholipase c in airway epithelial cells in vitro via a mechanism dependent on nitric oxide. Wright, David T., Bernard M. Fischer, Chengming Li, Lori G. Rochelle, Nancy J. Akley, and Kenneth B. Adler. Department of Toxicology, Department of Anatomy, Physiological Sciences, and Radiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina APStracts 3:0120L, 1996.
• Asbestos induces apoptosis in human alveolar macrophages. Hamilton, Raymond F., Li Li, Rashi Iyer, and Andrij Holian. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, Toxicology Program, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030 APStracts 3:0121L, 1996.
• Neutrophil-depletion attenuates endotoxin-induced dysfunction of cgmp-mediated pulmonary vasorelaxation. Sheridan, Brett C., Robert C. McIntyre, Jeanette Agrafojo, Daniel R. Meldrum, Xianzhong Meng, David A. Fullerton. University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado APStracts 3:0122L, 1996.
• Early divergent lung antioxidant enzyme expression in response to lipopolysaccharide. Clerch, Linda Biadasz, Angelique Wright, David J. Chung, and Donald Massaro. Lung Biology Laboratory, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, Washington, DC 20007 APStracts 3:0123L, 1996.
• Soluble and insoluble fibronectin increase alveolar epithelial wound healing in vitro. Garat, Chrystelle, Farrah Kheradmand, Kurt H. Albertine, Hans G. Folkesson, and Michael A. Matthay. Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0130, USA, Children's Research Center, Division of Lung Biology, and Research Microscopy Facility, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132-1001 APStracts 3:0124L, 1996.
• Gestational and tissue-specific regulation of clc-2 chloride channel expression. Murray, Carol B., Shijian Chu, and Pamela L. Zeitlin. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Eudowood Division of Respiratory Sciences, Baltimore, MD 21287 APStracts 3:0125L, 1996.
• Fibronectin expression and organization in mesothelial and mesothelioma cells. Ferriola, Patrice C., and Wendy Stewart. Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 APStracts 3:0126L, 1996.
• Il-1b stimulates early superoxide and delayed peroxynitrite production by pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells. Boota, Ahmad, Harvey Zar, Young-Myeong Kim, Bruce Johnson, Bruce Pitt, and Paul Davies. Departments of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, Surgery and Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 APStracts 3:0127L, 1996.
• Differential effects of u-37883a, a vascular selective k+atp channel antagonist, in the pulmonary and hindlimb vascular bed of the cat. Dewitt, Bracken J., David Y. Cheng, Timothy J. McMahon, James R. Marrone, Hunter C. Champion, and Philip J. Kadowitz. Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 APStracts 3:0128L, 1996.
• Pertussis toxin alters the concentration and turnover of manganese superoxide dismutase in rat lung. Berkovich, Alla, Donald Massaro, Linda Biadasz Clerch. Lung Biology Laboratory and the Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007-2197 APStracts 3:0129L, 1996.
• Regulation of intracellular xanthine oxidase by endothelial-derived nitric oxide. Cote, Claudia G., Feng-Sheng Yu, Javier J. Zulueta, Robert J. Vosatka, and Paul M. Hassoun. Pulmonary and Critical Care Division/Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts APStracts 3:0130L, 1996.
• Modulation of cl- secretion by benzimidazolones. i. direct activation of a ca2+-dependent k+ channel by 1-ethyl-2 -benzimidazolinone, 1-ebio. Devor, Daniel C., Ashvani K. Singh, Raymond A. Frizzell, and Robert J. Bridges. Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 APStracts 3:0131L, 1996.
• Modulation of cl- secretion by benzimidazolones. ii. coordinate regulation of apical gcl and basolateral gk by ns004, ns1619 and 1 -ebio. Devor, Daniel C., Ashvani K. Singh, Robert J. Bridges, and Raymond A. Frizzell. Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 APStracts 3:0132L, 1996.
• Hydroxylation of salicylate in the lungs of fischer 344 rats: effects of aging and ozone exposure. Liu, Ling, Prem Kumarathasan, Jos[acute]ee Gu[acute]enette, and Renaud Vincent. Environmental and Occupational Toxicology Division, Health Protection Branch, Health Canada, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0L2 APStracts 3:0133L, 1996.
• Lung liquid production rates and volumes do not decrease before labor in healthy fetal sheep. Lines, A., S. B. Hooper, and R. Harding. Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, 3168, Victoria, Australia APStracts 3:0134L, 1996.
• The effect of okadaic acid on elastin gene expression in interstitial lung fibroblasts. Berk, John L., Nima Massoomi, Meir Krupsky, and Ronald H. Goldstein. Pulmonary Center and the Department of Biochemistry at Boston University School of Medicine and the Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118 APStracts 3:0135L, 1996.
• Protective effect of substance p on permeability of airway epithelial cells in culture. Yu, Xiao-Ying, Bradley J. Undem, and Ernst Wm. Spannhake. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine APStracts 3:0136L, 1996.
• Increase of lung sodium-potassium-atpase activity during recovery from high-permeability pulmonary edema. Zuege, Danny, Satoshi Suzuki, and Yves Berthiaume. Centre de Recherche H[circumflex]otel-Dieu de Montr[acute]eal and Department of Medicine, Universit[acute]e de Montr[acute]eal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada APStracts 3:0137L, 1996.
• P-selectin mediated attachment of small cell lung carcinoma to endothelial cells. Pottratz, Scott T., Trevina D. Hall, William M. Scribner, H. N. Jayaram, and V. Natarajan. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Laboratory for Experimental Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 APStracts 3:0138L, 1996.
• Hyporesponsiveness to inhaled no in isolated-perfused lungs from endotoxin-challenged rats. Holzmann, Alexandra, Kenneth D. Bloch, Lucienne S. Sanchez, Galina Filippov, Warren M. Zapol. Department of Anaesthesia and the Cardiovascular Research Center of the General Medical Services of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts APStracts 3:0139L, 1996.
• Mechanism of rsv induced il-8 gene expression in a549 cells prior to viral replication. Fiedler, Michael A., Kara Wernke-Dollries, and James M. Stark. Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Research Foundation and University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229-3039 APStracts 3:0140L, 1996.
• The site of methacholine reactivity in the peripheral airways: analysis using lung explants. Wright, J. L., J. P. Sun, Andrew Churg. University of British Columbia APStracts 3:0141L, 1996.