Annals ofMedical Physiology

Volume: 6 - Number: 52 - May 15, 2006

Outstanding

Distinct role of hydrodynamic shear in leukocyte-facilitated tumor cell extravasation

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor- ligands regulate endothelial membrane superoxide production

Call for Papers A novel method to isolate and map endothelial membrane proteins from pulmonary vasculature

Intracellular pH homeostasis in cultured human placental syncytiotrophoblast cells: recovery from acidification

CELLULAR METABOLISM

Simultaneous activation and hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor 1-mediated inhibition of matriptase induced at activation foci in human mammary epithelial cells

GROWTH, DIFFERENTIATION, AND APOPTOSIS

Monocrotaline pyrrole-induced endothelial cell megalocytosis involves a Golgi blockade mechanism

INVITED REVIEW

Regulation of smooth muscle calcium sensitivity: KCl as a calcium-sensitizing stimulus

MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS, ION CHANNELS, AND PUMPS

Differential P1-purinergic modulation of human Schlemm's canal inner-wall cells

Intracellular pH homeostasis in cultured human placental syncytiotrophoblast cells: recovery from acidification

Characterization of inorganic phosphate transport in osteoclast-like cells

METHODS IN CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Call for Papers A novel method to isolate and map endothelial membrane proteins from pulmonary vasculature

MUSCLE CELL BIOLOGY AND CELL MOTILITY

Morphofunctional integration between skeletal myoblasts and adult cardiomyocytes in coculture is favored by direct cell-cell contacts and relaxin treatment

Inhibition of cross-bridge formation has no effect on contraction-associated phosphorylation of p38 MAPK in mouse skeletal muscle

RECEPTORS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION

Activation of the JAK/STAT pathway in vascular smooth muscle by serotonin

17-Estradiol enhances heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor production in human keratinocytes

Control of neutrophil pseudopods by fluid shear: role of Rho family GTPases

Involvement of NH2 terminus of PKC- in binding to F-actin during activation of Calu-3 airway epithelial NKCC1

Visible light exposure induces VEGF gene expression through activation of retinoic acid receptor- in retinoblastoma Y79 cells

Reports

Renal and intestinal transport defects in Slc26a6-null mice

Vascular Biology

Distinct role of hydrodynamic shear in leukocyte-facilitated tumor cell extravasation

Nitric oxide-induced persistent inhibition and nitrosylation of active site cysteine residues of mitochondrial cytochrome-c oxidase in lung endothelial cells

Plasticity of TRPC expression in arterial smooth muscle: correlation with store-operated Ca2+ entry

Regulatory effects of estrogen on acute lung inflammation in mice

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor- ligands regulate endothelial membrane superoxide production

Expression of TRPC4 channel protein that interacts with NHERF-2 in rat descending vasa recta