Annals ofMedical Physiology

Volume: 10 - Number: 106 - February 14, 2010

Outstanding

Methylglyoxal mediates vascular inflammation via JNK and p38 in human endothelial cells

Masticatory myosin unveiled: first determination of contractile parameters of muscle fibers from carnivore jaw muscles

Contribution of actin filaments and microtubules to quasi-in situ tensile properties and internal force balance of cultured smooth muscle cells on a substrate

Purinergic activation of anion conductance and osmolyte efflux in cultured rat hippocampal neurons

Cellular and mitochondrial metabolism

Activation of Hsp90-eNOS and increased NO generation attenuate respiration of hypoxia-treated endothelial cells

Anisotropic diffusion of fluorescently labeled ATP in rat cardiomyocytes determined by raster image correlation spectroscopy

Cellular and mitochondrial metabolism

Alterations in mitochondrial function and cytosolic calcium induced by hyperglycemia are restored by mitochondrial transcription factor A in cardiomyocytes

Editorial focus

Protein misfolding in hypertonic stress: new insights into an old idea. F

Extracellular matrix, cell intaractions

Mechanosensing machinery for cells under low substratum rigidity

GROWTH, DIFFERENTIATION, AND APOPTOSIS

Does the intracellular ionic concentration or the cell water content (cell volume) determine the activity of TonEBP in NIH3T3 cells?

Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase-1 regulates murine T-lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine production

Membrane transporters, ion channels y bombas

Expression, localization, and functional properties of Bestrophin 3 channel isolated from mouse heart

Ammonia excretion by the skin of zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae

Pendrin in the mouse kidney is primarily regulated by Cl– excretion but also by systemic metabolic acidosis

Methods and cell physiology

A fluorimetry-based ssYFP secretion assay to monitor vasopressin-induced exocytosis in LLC-PK1 cells expressing aquaporin-2

MUSCLE CELL BIOLOGY AND CELL MOTILITY

Masticatory myosin unveiled: first determination of contractile parameters of muscle fibers from carnivore jaw muscles

Contribution of actin filaments and microtubules to quasi-in situ tensile properties and internal force balance of cultured smooth muscle cells on a substrate

NERVOUS SYSTEM CELL BIOLOGY

Purinergic activation of anion conductance and osmolyte efflux in cultured rat hippocampal neurons

Protein and vesicle trafficking, cytoskeleton

Genome-wide RNAi screen and in vivo protein aggregation reporters identify degradation of damaged proteins as an essential hypertonic stress response

RECEPTORS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION

Linoleic acid stimulates gluconeogenesis via Ca2+/PLC, cPLA2, and PPAR pathways through GPR40 in primary cultured chicken hepatocytes

Signaling cascade of insulin-induced stimulation of L-dopa uptake in renal proximal tubule cells

Regulation of angiotensin II receptors and extracellular matrix turnover in human retinal pigment epithelium: role of angiotensin II

Translational physiology

Rac1 promotes intestinal epithelial restitution by increasing Ca2+ influx through interaction with phospholipase C-1 after wounding

Vascular Biology

Methylglyoxal mediates vascular inflammation via JNK and p38 in human endothelial cells

Visualizing the temporal effects of vasoconstrictors on PKC translocation and Ca2+ signaling in single resistance arterial smooth muscle cells

High glucose promotes retinal endothelial cell migration through activation of Src, PI3K/Akt1/eNOS, and ERKs