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

The American Physiological Society

• Interactions of recombinant human pulmonary surfactant protein d and sp-d multimers with influenza a. Hartshorn, Kevan, Donald Chang, Kevin Rust, Mitchell White, John Heuser, and Edmond Crouch. Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, and the Departments of Pathology and Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri APStracts 3:0101L, 1996.
• Fibronectin and its a5b1 integrin receptor are involved in the wound repair process of the airway epithelium. H[umlaut]arard, Anne-Laure, Denis Pierrot, Jocelyne Hinnrasky, Herv[umlaut]a Kaplan, Dean Sheppard, Edith Puchelle, and Jean-Marie Zahm. INSERM U314, Reims, France, 2Lung Biology Center, UCSF, San Francisco, USA APStracts 3:0102L, 1996.
• Association of icam-1 with the cytoskeleton in rat alveolar epithelial cells in primary culture1. Barton, William W., Steven E. Wilcoxen, Paul J. Christensen, and Robert Paine. DIVISION OF PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN AND THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER, ANN ARBOR MICHIGAN APStracts 3:0103L, 1996.
• Clara cell secretory protein; a determinant of pcb bio-accumulation within mammals. Stripp, Barry R., Johan Lund, Gregory W. Mango, Kurt C. Doyen, Carl Johnston, Kjell Hultenby, Magnus Nord, and Jeffrey A. Whitsett. Division of Pulmonary Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA, Departments of Environmental Medicine and Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA, Department of Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital F60 Novum, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden APStracts 3:0104L, 1996.
• Distribution of alveolar type ii cells in neonatal and adult rat lung revealed by rt-pcr-in-situ. Mensah, Eugene A., Niranjan M. Kumar, Lori Nielsen, and Jamson S. Lwebuga-Mukasa. Lung Biology Research Program, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, NY 14203 APStracts 3:0105L, 1996.
• Dexamethasone suppresses the mucus production and muc-2 and muc-5ac gene expression by nci-h292 cells. Kai, Hirofumi, Kazuhisa Yoshitake, Akinori Hisatsune, Tomoyuki Kido, Yoichiro Isohama, Kazuo Takahama, and Takeshi Miyata. Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 5-1 Oe-honmachi, Kumamoto 862, Japan APStracts 3:0106L, 1996.
• Differences in basal and hyperoxia associated heme oxygenase expression in oxidant resistant hamster fibroblasts. Dennery, Phyllis A ., Kunju J. Sridhar, Pam Rodgers, Julia E. Sim, Douglas R. Spitz. Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, Department of Radiology, Cancer Biology Section, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO APStracts 3:0107L, 1996.
• Hypoxia-induced pulmonary arterial contraction appears to be dependent on myosin light chain phosphorylation. Zhao, Ying, Rodney A. Rhoades, and C. Subah Packer. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5120 APStracts 3:0108L, 1996.
• Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (pmn) transit times in the bone marrow during streptococcal pneumonia. Terashima, Takeshi, Barry Wiggs, Dean English, James C. Hogg, and Stephan F Van Eeden. Pulmonary Research Laboratory, University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C. V6Z, 1Y6, Canada APStracts 3:0109L, 1996.
• A putative sub 10 kda basement membrane activity required for lung alveolar formation in vitro. Matter, Michelle L., and Gordon W. Laurie. Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA APStracts 3:0110L, 1996.
• Halothane reduces myofilament ca2+ sensitivity during muscarinic receptor stimulation of airway smooth muscle. Akao, Masaki, Akihito Hirasaki, Keith A. Jones, Gilbert Y. Wong, Dorothee H. Bremerich, David O. Warner. Departments of Anesthesiology, and Physiology and Biophysics, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN APStracts 3:0111L, 1996.
• Human alveolar macrophages prevent apoptosis in polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Herlihy, J. Patrick, Mary W. Vermeulen, and Charles A. Hales. Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2698 APStracts 3:0112L, 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 3:0113L, 1996.
• Evidence for functional tachykinin nk1 receptors on human isolated small bronchi. Emmanuel, Naline, Mathieu Molimard, Domenico Regoli, Xavier Emonds -Alt, Jean Fran[cedilla]cois Bellamy, and Charles Advenier. Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine Paris Ouest, 15, rue de l'Ecole de M[acute]edecine, F-75270 Paris Cedex 06, France, Service de Pneumologie, H[circumflex]opital St Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, F-75010 Paris, France, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, SANOFI, 371 Rue du Professeur Blayac, F-34184 Montpellier Cedex, France, Centre M[acute]edico-chirurgical du Val d'Or, Saint Cloud, France APStracts 3:0114L, 1996.
• Classical second messengers are not involved in proteinase-induced degranulation of airway gland serous cells. Sommerhoff, Christian P., Kenneth C. Fang, Jay A. Nadel, and George H. Caughey. Cardiovascular Research Institute and Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0130 APStracts 3:0115L, 1996.
• Effects of organotypic culture on the parasympathetic innervation of guinea pig trachealis. Canning, Brendan J., Bradley J. Undem, Petros C. Karakousis, and Richard D. Dey. The Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD 21224 and West Virginia University, Department of Anatomy, Health Sciences North, P.O. Box 9128, Morgantown, WV 26506-9128 APStracts 3:0116L, 1996.
• Sensitivity of the lungs of aging fischer 344 rats to ozone: assessment by broncho-alveolar lavage. Vincent, Renaud, Duc Vu, Gary Hatch, Raymond Poon, Kevin Dreher, Jos[acute]ee Gu[acute]enette, Stephen Bjarnason, Marc Potvin, Joel Norwood, Ed McMullen. Environmental Health Directorate, Health Canada, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0L2; US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States, 27711 APStracts 3:0117L, 1996.