Heunks, Leo M. A., Jose Viña, Cees L. A. Van Herwaarden, Hans T. M. Folgering, Amparo Gimeno, and P. N. Richard Dekhuijzen. Xanthine oxidase is involved in exercise-induced oxidative stress in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R1697–R1704, 1999.—In the present study, we hypothesized that exhaustive exercise in patients with ch...

Wood, Chris M., C. Louise Milligan, and Patrick J. Walsh. Renal responses of trout to chronic respiratory and metabolic acidoses and metabolic alkalosis. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R482–R492, 1999.—Exposure to hyperoxia (500–600 torr) or low pH (4.5) for 72 h or NaHCO3 infusion for 48 h were used to create chronic respiratory (RA) or metabolic acidosis (MA) ...

Thomas-Delloye, Véronique, Florence Marmonier, Claude Duchamp, Béatrice Pichon-Georges, Joël Lachuer, Hervé Barré, and Gabriel Crouzoulon. Biochemical and functional evidences for a GLUT-4 homologous protein in avian skeletal muscle. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R1733–R1740, 1999.—The characteristics and modulation of glucose transport were investigated in ske...

Lapointe, Benoı̂t M., and Claude H. Côté. Anesthetics can alter subsequent in vitro assessment of contractility in slow and fast skeletal muscles of rat. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R917–R921, 1999.—Anesthetic agents can interfere with measurement of skeletal muscle contractility in vivo or in situ. Data obtained in vitro are however believed to be unaffected ...

Memon, Riaz A., John Fuller, Arthur H. Moser, Kenneth R. Feingold, and Carl Grunfeld. In vivo regulation of plasma platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase during the acute phase response. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R94–R103, 1999.—Plasma plateletactivating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) hydrolyzes PAF and oxidized phospholipids and is associated with lip...

Turner, J. R., J. M. Angle, E. D. Black, J. L. Joyal, D. B. Sacks, and J. L. Madara. PKC-dependent regulation of transepithelial resistance: roles of MLC and MLC kinase. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Cell Physiol. 46): C554–C562, 1999.— The mechanisms by which protein kinase C (PKC) activation results in increased transepithelial resistance (TER) are unknown [G. Hecht, B. Robinson, and A. Koutsouris. Am...

Watanabe, Tetsu, Michiyasu Yamaki, Isao Kubota, Hidetada Tachibana, and Hitonobu Tomoike. Relation between activation sequence fluctuation and arrhythmogenicity in sodium-channel blockades. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 46): H971–H977, 1999.—To examine the correlation between activation sequence fluctuation and arrhythmogenicity, we investigated temporal changes in the activation se...

Curtis, Kathleen S., Wan Huang, Alan F. Sved, Joseph G. Verbalis, and Edward M. Stricker. Impaired osmoregulatory responses in rats with area postrema lesions. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R209–R219, 1999.—Area postrema lesions (APX) in adult male rats produced a robust spontaneous intake of 0.5 M NaCl, as reported previously. The largest NaCl intakes (up to 1...

Rizvi,Ali, Xian-Liang Tang, Yumin Qiu, Yu-Ting Xuan, Hitoshi Takano, Asad K. Jadoon, and Roberto Bolli. Increased protein synthesis is necessary for the development of late preconditioning against myocardial stunning. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 46): H874–H884, 1999.—In phase I of this study, the rate of protein synthesis was measured by the incorporation of [3H]leucine into the p...

Powell, D. W., R. C. Mifflin, J. D. Valentich, S. E. Crowe, J. I. Saada, and A. B. West. Myofibroblasts. II. Intestinal subepithelial myofibroblasts. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Cell Physiol. 46): C183–C201, 1999.—Intestinal subepithelial myofibroblasts (ISEMF) and the interstitial cells of Cajal are the two types of myofibroblasts identified in the intestine. Intestinal myofibroblasts are activated a...