Annals ofMedical Physiology

Volume: 5 - Number: 47 - December 15, 2005

Outstanding

Editorial Focus  Probing the iron pool. Focus on "Detection of intracellular iron by its regulatory effect

Editorial Focus  Surfing the lipid bilayer: how basolateral insulin receptors regulate Na+ channels in the apical cell membrane. Focus on "Real-time three-dimensional imaging of lipid signal transduction: apical membrane insertion of epithelial Na+ channe

Cellular mechanisms involved in CO2 and acid signaling in chemosensitive neurons

Skeletal muscle atrophy leads to loss and dysfunction of muscle precursor cells

CELLULAR METABOLISM

The behavior of peroxisomes in vitro: mammalian peroxisomes are osmotically sensitive particles

Editorial focus

Editorial Focus  Probing the iron pool. Focus on "Detection of intracellular iron by its regulatory effect

Editorial Focus  Surfing the lipid bilayer: how basolateral insulin receptors regulate Na+ channels in the apical cell membrane. Focus on "Real-time three-dimensional imaging of lipid signal transduction: apical membrane insertion of epithelial Na+ channe

GROWTH, DIFFERENTIATION, AND APOPTOSIS

Transforming growth factor-1 signaling contributes to development of smooth muscle cells from embryonic stem cells

INVITED REVIEW

Cellular mechanisms involved in CO2 and acid signaling in chemosensitive neurons

Culture shock" from the bone cell's perspective: emulating physiological conditions for mechanobiological investigations

MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS, ION CHANNELS, AND PUMPS

Ca2+ spark sites in smooth muscle cells are numerous and differ in number of ryanodine receptors, large-conductance K+ channels, and coupling ratio between them

Calmodulin reverses rundown of L-type Ca2+ channels in guinea pig ventricular myocytes

The role of intracellular pH in cell growth arrest induced by ATP

METHODS IN CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Detection of intracellular iron by its regulatory effect

MUSCLE CELL BIOLOGY AND CELL MOTILITY

Effect of creatine on contractile force and sensitivity in mechanically skinned single fibers from rat skeletal muscle

Lipopolysaccharide stimulates nitric oxide synthase-2 expression in murine skeletal muscle and C2C12 myoblasts via Toll-like receptor-4 and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase pathways

Kinetic properties of myosin heavy chain isoforms in mouse skeletal muscle: comparison with rat, rabbit, and human and correlation with amino acid sequence

Skeletal muscle atrophy leads to loss and dysfunction of muscle precursor cells

PROTEIN AND VESICLE TRAFFICKING, CYTOSKELETON

Call for Papers  Transferrin receptor 2 mediates a biphasic pattern of transferrin uptake associated with ligand delivery to multivesicular bodies

RECEPTORS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION

Erythropoietin-modulated calcium influx through TRPC2 is mediated by phospholipase C and IP3R

Canonical transient receptor potential TRPC7 can function as both a receptor- and store-operated channel in HEK-293 cells

Translacional physiology

Programmed cell death protein 4 suppresses CDK1/cdc2 via induction of p21Waf1/Cip1

Vascular Biology

Behavior of Ca2+ waves in multicellular preparations from guinea pig ventricle

Lysophospholipids increase ICAM-1 expression in HUVEC through a Gi- and NF-B-dependent mechanism