CALL FOR PAPERS: Rho GTPases in Lung Physiology and Disease

Ivan F. McMurtry

Editorial  Rho family GTPases
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L623-L623, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00214.2004 [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. T. Sylvester

Commentary  The tone of pulmonary smooth muscle: ROK and Rho music?
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L624-L630, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00215.2004 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frederic Mercier, Caroline Morin, Martin Cloutier, Sonia Proteau, Joshua Rokach, William S. Powell, and Eric Rousseau

5-Oxo-ETE regulates tone of guinea pig airway smooth muscle via activation of Ca²⁺ pools and Rho-kinase pathway
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L631-L640, 2004. First published April 16, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00005.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katsuaki Endou, Kunihiko Iizuka, Akihiro Yoshii, Hideo Tsukagoshi, Tamotsu Ishizuka, Kunio Dobashi, Tsugio Nakazawa, and Masatomo Mori

8-Bromo-cAMP decreases the Ca²⁺ sensitivity of airway smooth muscle contraction through a mechanism distinct from inhibition of Rho-kinase
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L641-L648, 2004. First published April 30, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00287.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christa Boer, Geerten P. van Nieuw Amerongen, A. B. Johan Groeneveld, Gert Jan Scheffer, Jaap J. de Lange, Nico Westerhof, Victor W. M. van Hinsbergh, and Pieter Sipkema

Smooth muscle F-actin disassembly and RhoA/Rho-kinase signaling during endotoxin-induced alterations in pulmonary arterial compliance
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L649-L655, 2004. First published September 26, 2003; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00219.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen A. Fagan, Masahiko Oka, Natalie R. Bauer, Sarah A. Gebb, D. Dunbar Ivy, Kenneth G. Morris, and Ivan F. McMurtry

Attenuation of acute hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and hypoxic pulmonary hypertension in mice by inhibition of Rho-kinase
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L656-L664, 2004. First published February 20, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00090.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tetsutaro Nagaoka, Yoshiteru Morio, Nina Casanova, Natalie Bauer, Sarah Gebb, Ivan McMurtry, and Masahiko Oka

Rho/Rho kinase signaling mediates increased basal pulmonary vascular tone in chronically hypoxic rats
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L665-L672, 2004. First published September 5, 2003; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00050.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-Marc Hyvelin, Clare O’Connor, and Paul McLoughlin

Effect of changes in pH on wall tension in isolated rat pulmonary artery: role of the RhoA/Rho-kinase pathway
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L673-L684, 2004. First published February 6, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00331.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INVITED REVIEW:

Alison K. Bauer, Alvin M. Malkinson, and Steven R. Kleeberger

Susceptibility to neoplastic and non-neoplastic pulmonary diseases in mice: genetic similarities
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L685-L703, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00223.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIAL FOCUS:

Shampa Chatterjee and Aron B. Fisher

ROS to the rescue
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L704-L705, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00182.2004 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos Milla, Shuxia Yang, David N. Cornfield, Marie-Luise Brennan, Stanley L. Hazen, Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari, Bruce R. Blazar, and Imad Y. Haddad

Myeloperoxidase deficiency enhances inflammation after allogeneic marrow transplantation
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L706-L714, 2004. First published March 12, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00015.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donald Massaro and Gloria DeCarlo Massaro

Critical period for alveologenesis and early determinants of adult pulmonary disease
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L715-L717, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00166.2004 [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. D. Le Cras, W. D. Hardie, G. H. Deutsch, K. H. Albertine, M. Ikegami, J. A. Whitsett, and T. R. Korfhagen

Transient induction of TGF- disrupts lung morphogenesis, causing pulmonary disease in adulthood
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L718-L729, 2004. First published April 16, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00084.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

Monique E. De Paepe, Quanfu Mao, Michelle Embree-Ku, Lewis P. Rubin, and Francois I. Luks

Fas/FasL-mediated apoptosis in perinatal murine lungs
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L730-L742, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00120.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ross Ridsdale and Martin Post

Surfactant lipid synthesis and lamellar body formation in glycogen-laden type II cells
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L743-L751, 2004. First published May 28, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00146.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ryan R. Driskell, Xiaoming Liu, Meihui Luo, Mohammed Filali, Weihong Zhou, Duane Abbott, Ningli Cheng, Chris Moothart, Curt D. Sigmund, and John F. Engelhardt

Wnt-responsive element controls Lef-1 promoter expression during submucosal gland morphogenesis
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L752-L763, 2004. First published June 11, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00026.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Loretta Sparkman and Vijayakumar Boggaram

Nitric oxide increases IL-8 gene transcription and mRNA stability to enhance IL-8 gene expression in lung epithelial cells
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L764-L773, 2004. First published May 28, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00165.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Louise E. Donnelly, Robert Newton, Gina E. Kennedy, Peter S. Fenwick, Rachel H. F. Leung, Kazuhiro Ito, Richard E. K. Russell, and Peter J. Barnes

Anti-inflammatory effects of resveratrol in lung epithelial cells: molecular mechanisms
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L774-L783, 2004. First published June 4, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00110.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toshiya Irokawa, Mauri E. Krouse, Nam Soo Joo, Jin V. Wu, and Jeffrey J. Wine

A "virtual gland" method for quantifying epithelial fluid secretion
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L784-L793, 2004. First published May 28, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00124.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yunchao Su, Wengang Cao, Zhaosheng Han, and Edward R. Block

Cigarette smoke extract inhibits angiogenesis of pulmonary artery endothelial cells: the role of calpain
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L794-L800, 2004. First published June 4, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00079.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nikki L. Jernigan, Benjimen R. Walker, and Thomas C. Resta

Endothelium-derived reactive oxygen species and endothelin-1 attenuate NO-dependent pulmonary vasodilation following chronic hypoxia
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L801-L808, 2004. First published June 4, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00443.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erik P. Lillehoj, Hakryul Kim, Ellen Y. Chun, and K. Chul Kim

Pseudomonas aeruginosa stimulates phosphorylation of the airway epithelial membrane glycoprotein Muc1 and activates MAP kinase
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L809-L815, 2004. First published June 25, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00385.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael C. Winter, Sandra S. Shasby, Dana R. Ries, and D. Michael Shasby

Histamine selectively interrupts VE-cadherin adhesion independently of capacitive calcium entry
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L816-L823, 2004. First published June 25, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00056.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jessica M. Holmén, Niclas G. Karlsson, Lubna H. Abdullah, Scott H. Randell, John K. Sheehan, Gunnar C. Hansson, and C. William Davis

Mucins and their O-Glycans from human bronchial epithelial cell cultures
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L824-L834, 2004. First published June 11, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00108.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chang-Hoon Kim, Sung-Shik Kim, Jae Young Choi, Ji-Hyun Shin, Jin Young Kim, Wan Namkung, Jeung-Gweon Lee, Min Goo Lee, and Joo-Heon Yoon

Membrane-specific expression of functional purinergic receptors in normal human nasal epithelial cells
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L835-L842, 2004. First published June 18, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00285.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christie P. Thomas, Jason R. Campbell, Patrick J. Wright, and Russell F. Husted

cAMP-stimulated Na⁺ transport in H441 distal lung epithelial cells: role of PKA, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, and sgk1
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L843-L851, 2004. First published June 18, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00340.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luke J. Janssen, Tracy Tazzeo, Jianmin Zuo, Evi Pertens, and Shaf Keshavjee

KCl evokes contraction of airway smooth muscle via activation of RhoA and Rho-kinase
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L852-L858, 2004. First published June 18, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00130.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simon S. Wong, Nina N. Sun, R. Clark Lantz, and Mark L. Witten

Substance P and neutral endopeptidase in development of acute respiratory distress syndrome following fire smoke inhalation
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L859-L866, 2004. First published June 11, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00388.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kai Heckel, Rainer Kiefmann, Martina Dörger, Mechthild Stoeckelhuber, and Alwin E. Goetz

Colloidal gold particles as a new in vivo marker of early acute lung injury
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L867-L878, 2004. First published June 11, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00078.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ferenc Peták, Barna Babik, Zoltán Hantos, Denis R. Morel, Jean-Claude Pache, Catherine Biton, Béla Suki, and Walid Habre

Impact of microvascular circulation on peripheral lung stability
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L879-L889, 2004. First published June 18, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00263.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L890-L890, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00280.2004 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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