Farge, Emmanuel, David M. Ojcius, Agathe Subtil, and Alice Dautry-Varsat. Enhancement of endocytosis due to aminophospholipid transport across the plasma membrane of living cells. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Cell Physiol. 45): C725– C733, 1999.—Formation of intracellular vesicles is initiated by membrane budding. Here we test the hypothesis that the plasma membrane surface area asymmetry could be a dr...

Maréchal, Hervé, Hélene Jammes, Bernard Rossignol, and Philippe Mauduit. EGF precursor mRNA and membrane-associated EGF precursor protein in rat exorbital lacrimal gland. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Cell Physiol. 45): C734– C746, 1999.—This study was designed to demonstrate the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF) in the rat exorbital lacrimal gland. EGF precursor gene transcription was demonstra...

Frame, Mary D. S. Conducted signals within arteriolar networks initiated by bioactive amino acids. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 45): H1012–H1021, 1999.—Our purpose was to determine the specificity of L-arginine (L-Arg)induced conducted signals for intravs. extracellular actions of L-Arg. Diameter and red blood cell velocities were measured for arterioles [18 6 1.6 (SE) μm] in the c...

A completely randomized design, with 3×3 factorial arrangement, was conducted to test various ratios of dietary protein to energy (P/E) for rainbow trout, reared in brackish water. Three crude protein levels (35, 40 and 45%) and three energy levels (370, 400 and 430 Kcal/100g) at each protein level were utilized. Semi-purified diet containing fish meal, casein and gelatin as the sources of prot...

Wright, Carola E., F. Haddad, A. X. Qin, P. W. Bodell, and K. M. Baldwin. In vivo regulation of b-MHC gene in rodent heart: role of T3 and evidence for an upstream enhancer. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Cell Physiol. 45): C883–C891, 1999.—Cardiac b-myosin heavy chain (b-MHC) gene expression is mainly regulated through transcriptional processes. Although these results are based primarily on in vitro cel...

Teff, Karen L., Abass Alavi, Jergin Chen, Michael Pourdehnad, and Raymond R. Townsend. Muscarinic blockade inhibits gastric emptying of mixed-nutrient meal: effects of weight and gender. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R707–R714, 1999.—We compared the vagal contribution to gastric emptying in lean and obese subjects by monitoring gastric emptying of a meal during...

Watts, Stephanie W., and Gregory D. Fink. 5-HT2Breceptor antagonist LY-272015 is antihypertensive in DOCAsalt-hypertensive rats. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 45): H944–H952, 1999.—We previously demonstrated a change in the receptors mediating 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-induced contraction in arteries of deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt-hypertensive rats. Specifically, contra...

Anwar, M. A., M. Schwab, L. Poston, and P. W. Nathanielsz. Betamethasone-mediated vascular dysfunction and changes in hematological profile in the ovine fetus. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 45): H1137–H1143, 1999.—Glucocorticoid administration to fetal sheep induces a sustained systemic blood pressure rise and an associated increase in femoral vascular resistance. We utilized a smal...

JIN KIM,1 WAN-YOUNG KIM,1 KI-HWAN HAN,1 MARK A. KNEPPER,2 SØREN NIELSEN,3 AND KIRSTEN M. MADSEN4 1Department of Anatomy, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea; 2Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0951; 3Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhu...