Stutzin, Andrés, Rubén Torres, Macarena Oporto, Patricio Pacheco, Ana Luisa Eguiguren, L. Pablo Cid, and Francisco V. Sepúlveda. Separate taurine and chloride efflux pathways activated during regulatory volume decrease. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Cell Physiol. 46): C392–C402, 1999.—Organic osmolyte and halide permeability pathways activated in epithelial HeLa cells by cell swelling were studied by ra...

Dechent, P., P. J. W. Pouwels, B. Wilken, F. Hanefeld, and J. Frahm. Increase of total creatine in human brain after oral supplementation of creatine-monohydrate. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R698–R704, 1999.—The effect of oral creatine supplementation on brain metabolite concentrations was investigated in gray matter, white matter, cerebellum, and thalamus of...

Hecht, Gail, and Athanasia Koutsouris. Myosin regulation of NKCC1: effects on cAMP-mediated Cl2 secretion in intestinal epithelia. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Cell Physiol. 46): C441–C447, 1999.—The basally located actin cytoskeleton has been demonstrated previously to regulate Cl2 secretion from intestinal epithelia via its effects on the Na1-K1-2Cl2 cotransporter (NKCC1). In nontransporting epitheli...

Harada, Etsumori, Megumi Mitani, and Takashi Takeuchi. Potentiation of carbachol-induced amylase release by propionate in guinea pig and vole pancreatic acini. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R767–R775, 1999.—The action of propionate, one of the major end products of microbial fermentation in herbivores was investigated in isolated, perifused pancreatic acini of ...

Andrés, Rosa, Octavi Martı́, and Antonio Armario. Direct evidence of acute stress-induced facilitation of ACTH response to subsequent stress in rats. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R863–R868, 1999.—To determine the role of glucocorticoids in the appearance of the facilitatory effect of stress on the ACTH response to a subsequent stress, sham-operated (Sham) rats ...

McGiff, John C., and John Quilley. 20-HETE and the kidney: resolution of old problems and new beginnings. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R607–R623, 1999.—The protean properties of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (HETE), vasoactivity, mitogenicity, and modulation of transport in key nephron segments, serve as the basis for the essential roles of 20-HETE in the re...

Speth, Robert C., William T. Barry, M. Susan Smith, and Kevin L. Grove. A comparison of brain angiotensin II receptors during lactation and diestrus of the estrous cycle in the rat. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R904–R909, 1999.—During lactation there are many dramatic alterations in the hypothalamic-pituitary (HP) axis, as well as an increased demand for food ...

Duman, Joseph G., Kamala Tyagarajan, Michelle S. Kolsi, Hsiao-Ping H. Moore, and John G. Forte. Expression of rab11a N124I in gastric parietal cells inhibits stimulatory recruitment of the H1-K1-ATPase. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Cell Physiol. 46): C361–C372, 1999.—Stimulation of the gastric parietal cell results in a massive redistribution of H1-K1-ATPase from cytoplasmic tubulovesicles to the apica...

Pflueger, Axel C., Timothy S. Larson, Siegfried Hagl, and Franklyn G. Knox. Role of nitric oxide in intrarenal hemodynamics in experimental diabetes mellitus in rats. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R725–R733, 1999.—The role of nitric oxide (NO) in the regulation of the intrarenal microcirculation in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes mellitus in rats is not c...

Dodd, J. S., J. A. Raleigh, and T. S. Gross. Osteocyte hypoxia: a novel mechanotransduction pathway. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Cell Physiol. 46): C598–C602, 1999.—Bone is a unique tissue in which to examine mechanotransduction due to its essential role in weight bearing. Within bone, the osteocyte is an ideal cellular mechanotransducer candidate. Because osteocytes reside distant from the blood supp...