Takala, Teemu O., Pirjo Nuutila, Juhani Knuuti, Matti Luotolahti, and Hannele Yki-Järvinen. Insulin action on heart and skeletal muscle glucose uptake in weight lifters and endurance athletes. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Endocrinol. Metab. 39): E706–E711, 1999.—There are no studies comparing myocardial metabolism between enduranceand resistance-trained athletes. We used 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-Dglucose ...

Labow, Brian I., Wiley W. Souba, and Steve F. Abcouwer. Glutamine synthetase expression in muscle is regulated by transcriptional and posttranscriptional mechanisms. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Endocrinol. Metab. 39): E1136–E1145, 1999.— Skeletal muscle exports glutamine (Gln) and increases the expression of the enzyme glutamine synthetase (GS) in response to physiological stress. Acute stress or dire...

UTA ECKHARDT,1 ALICE SCHROEDER,1 BRUNO STIEGER,1 MATHIAS HÖCHLI,2 LUKAS LANDMANN,3 RONALD TYNES,4 PETER J. MEIER,1 AND BRUNO HAGENBUCH1 1Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, CH-8091 Zurich; 2Central Laboratory for Electron Microscopy, University of Zurich, CH-8028 Zurich; 3Department of Anatomy, University of Basel, CH-4000 Basel; and 4D...

Koyama, Kaori, Iwao Sasaki, Hiroo Naito, Yuji Funayama, Kouhei Fukushima, Michiaki Unno, Seiki Matsuno, Hisayoshi Hayashi, and Yuichi Suzuki. Induction of epithelial Na1 channel in rat ileum after proctocolectomy. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 39): G975– G984, 1999.—In patients with colectomy, epithelial transport function in the remnant small intestine can be regulated in r...

TSUKASA NOZU,1 VICENTE MARTINEZ,1 JEAN RIVIER,2 AND YVETTE TACHÉ1 1CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Digestive Disease Division, Department of Medicine and Brain Research Institute, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90073; and 2Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, Salk Institute for Biological S...

Forslund, Anders H., Antoine E. El-Khoury, Roger M. Olsson, Anders M. Sjödin, Leif Hambraeus, and Vernon R. Young. Effect of protein intake and physical activity on 24-h pattern and rate of macronutrient utilization. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Endocrinol. Metab. 39): E964–E976, 1999.— Effects of moderate physical activity (90 min at 45–50% of maximal O2 uptake 2 times daily) and ‘‘high’’ (2.5 g prote...

Taylor, Mark S., Hong Gao, Jason D. Gardner, and Joseph N. Benoit. Effects of IBMX on norepinephrineinduced vasoconstriction in small mesenteric arteries. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 39): G909–G914, 1999.—The present study assesses the effects of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor IBMX on norepinephrine (NE)-induced constriction of small mesenteric arteries. Arteries (,150 μm...

Stallknecht, Bente, Joop Madsen, Henrik Galbo, and Jens Bülow. Evaluation of the microdialysis technique in the dog fat pad. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Endocrinol. Metab. 39): E588–E595, 1999.—In the present study the microdialysis technique was evaluated in an isolated autoperfused dog fat pad. Concentrations of glucose, lactate, and glycerol were measured in interstitial fluid by microdialysis and ...

Muscará, Marcelo N., and John L. Wallace. Nitric Oxide. V. Therapeutic potential of nitric oxide donors and inhibitors. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 39): G1313–G1316, 1999.—Nitric oxide is a crucial mediator of gastrointestinal mucosal defense, but, paradoxically, it also contributes to mucosal injury in several situations. Inhibitors of nitric oxide synthesis and compounds...

Coopersmith, Craig M., David O’Donnell, and Jeffrey I. Gordon. Bcl-2 inhibits ischemia-reperfusion-induced apoptosis in the intestinal epithelium of transgenic mice. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 39): G677–G686, 1999.—Little is known about the effects of ischemia-reperfusion on the inductive, commitment, or execution phases of apoptosis. We have created a genetically defined...