Carrithers, Stephen L., Sammy L. Eber, Leonard R. Forte, and Richard N. Greenberg. Increased urinary excretion of uroguanylin in patients with congestive heart failure. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 278: H538–H547, 2000.—Uroguanylin is a small-molecular-weight peptide that activates membrane-bound receptor-guanylate cyclases in the intestine, kidney, and other epithelia. Uroguanylin has ...

Husted, Russell F., Rita D. Sigmund, and John B. Stokes. Mechanisms of inactivation of the action of aldosterone on collecting duct by TGF-b. Am. J. Physiol. Renal Physiol. 278: F425–F433, 2000.—The purpose of these experiments was to investigate the mechanisms whereby transforming growth factor-b (TGF-b) antagonizes the action of adrenocorticoid hormones on Na1 transport by the rat inner medul...

Dinenno, Frank A., Pamela P. Jones, Douglas R. Seals, and Hirofumi Tanaka. Age-associated arterial wall thickening is related to elevations in sympathetic activity in healthy humans. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 278: H1205–H1210, 2000.—Arterial wall hypertrophy occurs with age in humans and is a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease risk. The responsible mechanism is unknown, but data f...

Yuan, Y., M. J. Chandler, R. D. Foreman, and J. P. Farber. Effects of abdominal or cardiopulmonary sympathetic afferents on upper cervical inspiratory neurons. Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 278: R1289– R1295, 2000.—Responses of upper cervical inspiratory neurons (UCINs) to abdominal visceral or cardiopulmonary sympathetic stimulation were studied using extracellular recording...