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

The American Physiological Society

• Unique cytosolic ca2+ and adenylyl cyclase responses in phenotypically distinct pulmonary endothelial cells. Stevens, Troy, Brian Fouty, Lisa Hepler, Douglas Richardson, George Brough, Ivan F. McMurtry, and David M. Rodman. Departments of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Cardiovascular Pulmonary Research Laboratory and Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. APStracts 3:0142L, 1996.
• Nitric oxide inhibits calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum of porcine tracheal smooth muscle cells. Kannan, Mathur S., Y. S. Prakash, Dana E. Johnson, and Gary C. Sieck. Departments of Veterinary PathoBiology and Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108 and Departments of Anesthesiology, and Physiology & Biophysics, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905 APStracts 3:0143L, 1996.
• The effects of inhibition of phospholipase a2, 12-lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase on vasoconstrictor responses in the pulmonary vascular bed of the cat. Kaye, Alan D., Bobby D. Nossaman, Donald E. Smith, Ikhlass N. Ibrahim, John D. Imig, and Philip J. Kadowitz. Departments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-2699 APStracts 3:0144L, 1996.
• Basic fibroblast growth factor (bfgf) induces expression of the pdgf receptor-[alpha] on human bronchial smooth muscle cells. Bonner, James C., Annette Badgett, Pamela M. Lindroos, and Patrick G. Coin. Airway Inflammation Section, Laboratory of Pulmonary Pathobiology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705 APStracts 3:0145L, 1996.
• Muscarinic signaling in ciliated tracheal epithelial cells: dual effects on ca2+ and ciliary beating. Salathe, Matthias, Eric J. Lipson, Pedro I. Ivonnet, and Richard J. Bookman. From the Department of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology and the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136 APStracts 3:0146L, 1996.
• Colchicine inhibits arachidonate release and 5-lipoxygenase action in alveolar macrophages. Peters-Golden, Marc, Robert W. McNish, Julie A. Davis, R. Alexander Blackwood, and Thomas G. Brock. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, and #the Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan and Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0652 APStracts 3:0147L, 1996.
• Mouse strain differences in ozone dosimetry and body temperature changes. Slade, R., Watkinson, W. P. and Hatch, G. E. Pulmonary Toxicology Branch, Experimental Toxicology Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 APStracts 3:0148L, 1996.
• The acute and chronic effects of allergic airway inflammation on pulmonary nitric oxide production. Mehta, Sanjay, Craig M Lilly, Julie E Rollenhagen, Kathleen J Haley, Koichiro Asano, and Jeffrey M Drazen. Pulmonary Division, Brigham and Women_s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA APStracts 3:0149L, 1996.
• Glucosylation of small-gtp binding rho proteins disrupts endothelial barrier function. Hippenstiel, S., S. Tannert-Otto, N. Vollrath1, M. Krll, I. Just, K. Aktories, C. V. Eichel-Streiber, and N. Suttorp. Department of Internal Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, D-35392 Giessen, Germany; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Albert -Ludwigs-University, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany; Institut fr Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Johannes Gutenberg -University, D-55101 Mainz, Germany. APStracts 3:0150L, 1996.
• Origin and modulation of ach release from rat airway cholinergic nerves. Zhu, Feng-Xia, Xiang-Yang Zhang, and N. Edward Robinson. Departments of Large Animal Clinical Sciences and Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1314 APStracts 3:0151L, 1996.
• Mouse strain differences in ozone dosimetry and body temperature changes. Slade, R., Watkinson, W. P. and Hatch, G. E. Pulmonary Toxicology Branch, Experimental Toxicology Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 APStracts 3:0152L, 1996.
• Effects of mechanical factors on growth and maturation of the lung in fetal sheep. Joe, P., L. D. Wallen, C. J. Chapin, C. H. Lee, L. Allen, V. K. M. Han, L. G. Dobbs, S. Hawgood, and J. A. Kitterman. Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, and the Lawson Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada APStracts 3:0153L, 1996.
• Strain increases airway smooth muscle contractile and cytoskeletal proteins in vitro. Smith, P. G., R. Moreno, M. Ikebe. Department of Pediatrics and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio APStracts 3:0154L, 1996.
• Lung capillary changes in hepatic cirrhosis in the rat. Schraufnagel, Dean E., Rajul Malik, Vishal Goel, Narumi Ohara, Shih -Wen Chang. Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University, Chicago, IL APStracts 3:0155L, 1996.
• Nitric oxide inhibits serotonin-induced calcium release in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Yuan, Xiao-Jian, Rose T. Bright, Ann M. Aldinger, and Lewis J. Rubin. Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 APStracts 3:0156L, 1996.