Carpentier, André, Steven D. Mittelman, Benoı̌t Lamarche, Richard N. Bergman, Adria Giacca, and Gary F. Lewis. Acute enhancement of insulin secretion by FFA in humans is lost with prolonged FFA elevation. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Endocrinol. Metab. 39): E1055–E1066, 1999.—The in vivo effect of elevated free fatty acids (FFA) on b-cell function in humans remains extremely controversial. We examined, ...

Xie, Qing-Mei, Jian-Su Shao, and David H. Alpers. Rat intestinal a1-antitrypsin secretion is regulated by triacylglycerol feeding. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 39): G1452–G1460, 1999.—a1-Antitrypsin (AAT) is secreted by the enterocyte, but its regulation of expression, intramucosal distribution, and functional status are unclear. After corn oil gavage (plus Pluronic L-81 to...

Ray, Ramesh M., Mary Jane Viar, Tarun B. Patel, and Leonard R. Johnson. Interaction of asparagine and EGF in the regulation of ornithine decarboxylase in IEC-6 cells. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 39): G773–G780, 1999.—Our laboratory has shown that asparagine (ASN) stimulates both ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity and gene expression in an intestinal epithelial cell lin...

Benassayag, C., M. J. Leroy, V. Rigourd, B. Robert, J. C. Honoré, T. M. Mignot, M. C. Vacher-Lavenu, C. Chapron, and F. Ferré. Estrogen receptors (ERa/ERb) in normal and pathological growth of the human myometrium: pregnancy and leiomyoma. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Endocrinol. Metab. 39): E1112–E1118, 1999.—The distributions of the mRNAs for estrogen receptors (ERa and ERb) and their binding propert...

Carlson, G. L., M. Saeed, R. A. Little, and M. H. Irving. Serum leptin concentrations and their relation to metabolic abnormalities in human sepsis. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Endocrinol. Metab. 39): E658–E662, 1999.—Circulating leptin concentrations are raised in animal models of inflammation and sepsis. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of sepsis on serum leptin concentration in...

Nagata, Katsumi, Naohiro Hori, Kenzo Sato, Kunimasa Ohta, Hideaki Tanaka, and Yasutake Hiji. Cloning and functional expression of an SGLT-1-like protein from the Xenopus laevis intestine. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 39): G1251–G1259, 1999.—A cDNA encoding an Na1-glucose cotransporter type 1 (SGLT-1)-like protein was cloned from the Xenopus laevis intestine by the 58and 38-...

SAMUEL H. SIGAL,1,3 PANKAJ RAJVANSHI,1,3 GIRIDHAR R. GORLA,1,4 RANA P. SOKHI,1,3 ROMIL SAXENA,5 DAVID R. GEBHARD, JR.,2 LOLA M. REID,1,2,6,7 AND SANJEEV GUPTA1,2,3 1Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, 2Cancer Research Center, and Departments of 3Medicine, 4Radiation Oncology, 5Pathology, and 6Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461; and 7Center for Ga...

Coffin, Benoit, Sophie Fossati, Bernard Flourié, Marc Lémann, Pauline Jouet, Claire Franchisseur, Raymond Jian, and Jean-Claude Rambaud. Regional effects of cholecystokinin octapeptide on colonic phasic and tonic motility in healthy humans. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 39): G767–G772, 1999.—The aim of this study was to assess in nine healthy subjects the effects of CCK octa...

Percy, W. H., J. M. Warren, and J. T. Brunz. Characteristics of the muscularis mucosae in the acid-secreting region of the rabbit stomach. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 39): G1213–G1220, 1999.—It has been suggested that muscularis mucosae excitation may augment gastric acid secretion, implying that this muscle should contract to secretagogues or stimulation of its motor inne...