EDITORIAL FOCUS:

Susan Majka and Diego F. Alvarez

Neovascular capacity of endothelial progenitor cells in the adult pulmonary circulation
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L868-L869, 2009. First published April 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00103.2009 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Weijuan Yao, Amy L. Firth, Richard S. Sacks, Aiko Ogawa, William R. Auger, Peter F. Fedullo, Michael M. Madani, Grace Y. Lin, Naohide Sakakibara, Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, Stuart W. Jamieson, Lewis J. Rubin, and Jason X.-J. Yuan

Identification of putative endothelial progenitor cells (CD34⁺CD133⁺Flk-1⁺) in endarterectomized tissue of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L870-L878, 2009. First published March 13, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90413.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

Nilda M. Muñoz, Angelo Y. Meliton, Lucille N. Meliton, Steven M. Dudek, and Alan R. Leff

Secretory group V phospholipase A₂ regulates acute lung injury and neutrophilic inflammation caused by LPS in mice
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L879-L887, 2009. First published March 13, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90580.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tirumalai Rangasamy, Vikas Misra, Lijie Zhen, Clarke G. Tankersley, Rubin M. Tuder, and Shyam Biswal

Cigarette smoke-induced emphysema in A/J mice is associated with pulmonary oxidative stress, apoptosis of lung cells, and global alterations in gene expression
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L888-L900, 2009. First published March 13, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90369.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures and Tables]  

Rainer Kiefmann, Mohammad N. Islam, Jens Lindert, Kaushik Parthasarathi, and Jahar Bhattacharya

Paracrine purinergic signaling determines lung endothelial nitric oxide production
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L901-L910, 2009. First published March 20, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90549.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michelle L. North, Nivedita Khanna, Philip A. Marsden, Hartmut Grasemann, and Jeremy A. Scott

Functionally important role for arginase 1 in the airway hyperresponsiveness of asthma
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L911-L920, 2009. First published March 13, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00025.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kelly Schultz, Vanishree Murthy, Jeffrey B. Tatro, and Debbie Beasley

Prolyl hydroxylase 2 deficiency limits proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells by hypoxia-inducible factor-1-dependent mechanisms
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L921-L927, 2009. First published March 20, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90393.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angels Navarro, Mo Rezaiekhaligh, J. Andrew Keightley, Sherry M. Mabry, Ricardo E. Perez, and Ikechukwu I. Ekekezie

Higher TRIP-1 level explains diminished collagen contraction ability of fetal versus adult fibroblasts
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L928-L935, 2009. First published March 27, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00012.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables]  

Amanda M. Guth, William J. Janssen, Catharine M. Bosio, Erika C. Crouch, Peter M. Henson, and Steven W. Dow

Lung environment determines unique phenotype of alveolar macrophages
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L936-L946, 2009. First published March 20, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90625.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yan Bai and Michael J. Sanderson

The contribution of Ca²⁺ signaling and Ca²⁺ sensitivity to the regulation of airway smooth muscle contraction is different in rats and mice
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L947-L958, 2009. First published April 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90288.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shinsaku Togo, Xiangde Liu, Xingqi Wang, Hisatoshi Sugiura, Koichiro Kamio, Shin Kawasaki, Tetsu Kobayashi, Ronald F. Ertl, Youngsoo Ahn, Olaf Holz, Helgo Magnussen, Karin Fredriksson, C. Magnus Skold, and Stephen I. Rennard

PDE4 inhibitors roflumilast and rolipram augment PGE₂ inhibition of TGF-β1-stimulated fibroblasts
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L959-L969, 2009. First published March 20, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00508.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]  

Delphine Gras, Pascal Chanez, Valérie Urbach, Isabelle Vachier, Philippe Godard, and Caroline Bonnans

Thiazolidinediones induce proliferation of human bronchial epithelial cells through the GPR40 receptor
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L970-L978, 2009. First published April 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90219.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]  

Amy L. Firth, Jocelyn Yau, Amanda White, Peter G. Chiles, James J. Marsh, Timothy A. Morris, and Jason X.-J. Yuan

Chronic exposure to fibrin and fibrinogen differentially regulates intracellular Ca²⁺ in human pulmonary arterial smooth muscle and endothelial cells
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L979-L986, 2009. First published April 10, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90412.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles R. Esther, Jr., Gunnar Boysen, Bonnie M. Olsen, Leonard B. Collins, Andrew J. Ghio, James W. Swenberg, and Richard C. Boucher

Mass spectrometric analysis of biomarkers and dilution markers in exhaled breath condensate reveals elevated purines in asthma and cystic fibrosis
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L987-L993, 2009. First published March 20, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90512.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. S. Supinski, J. Vanags, and L. A. Callahan

Effect of proteasome inhibitors on endotoxin-induced diaphragm dysfunction
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L994-L1001, 2009. First published April 17, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90404.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James H. Finigan, Adel Boueiz, Emily Wilkinson, Rachel Damico, Jarrett Skirball, Hyun Hae Pae, Mahendra Damarla, Emile Hasan, David B. Pearse, Sekhar P. Reddy, Dmitry N. Grigoryev, Christopher Cheadle, Charles T. Esmon, Joe G. N. Garcia, and Paul M. Hassoun

Activated protein C protects against ventilator-induced pulmonary capillary leak
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L1002-L1011, 2009. First published April 10, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90555.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nagaraja Sethuraman Balakathiresan, Sharmistha Bhattacharyya, Usha Gutti, Robert P. Long, Catherine Jozwik, Wei Huang, Meera Srivastava, Harvey B. Pollard, and Roopa Biswas

Tristetraprolin regulates IL-8 mRNA stability in cystic fibrosis lung epithelial cells
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L1012-L1018, 2009. First published April 10, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90601.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Venkatadri Kolla, Linda W. Gonzales, Nicole A. Bailey, Ping Wang, Sreedevi Angampalli, Marye H. Godinez, Muniswamy Madesh, and Philip L. Ballard

Carcinoembryonic cell adhesion molecule 6 in human lung: regulated expression of a multifunctional type II cell protein
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L1019-L1030, 2009. First published March 27, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90596.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chiranjib Dasgupta, Reiko Sakurai, Ying Wang, Pinzheng Guo, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, John S. Torday, and Virender K. Rehan

Hyperoxia-induced neonatal rat lung injury involves activation of TGF-β and Wnt signaling and is protected by rosiglitazone
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L1031-L1041, 2009. First published March 20, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90392.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Howell, C. M. Costello, M. Sands, I. Dooley, and P. McLoughlin

L-Arginine promotes angiogenesis in the chronically hypoxic lung: a novel mechanism ameliorating pulmonary hypertension
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L1042-L1050, 2009. First published April 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90327.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lucas DeMaio, Wanru Tseng, Zerlinde Balverde, Juan R. Alvarez, Kwang-Jin Kim, Diane G. Kelley, Robert M. Senior, Edward D. Crandall, and Zea Borok

Characterization of mouse alveolar epithelial cell monolayers
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L1051-L1058, 2009. First published March 27, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00021.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudia C. Ceresa, Alan J. Knox, and Simon R. Johnson

Use of a three-dimensional cell culture model to study airway smooth muscle-mast cell interactions in airway remodeling
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L1059-L1066, 2009. First published April 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90445.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard J. B. Francis, Bishwanath Chatterjee, Niki T. Loges, Hanswalter Zentgraf, Heymut Omran, and Cecilia W. Lo

Initiation and maturation of cilia-generated flow in newborn and postnatal mouse airway
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L1067-L1075, 2009. First published April 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00001.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Videos]  

Jessica G. Moreland, Jessica S. Hook, Gail Bailey, Tyler Ulland, and William M. Nauseef

Francisella tularensis directly interacts with the endothelium and recruits neutrophils with a blunted inflammatory phenotype
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L1076-L1084, 2009. First published April 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90332.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jill A. Poole, Todd A. Wyatt, Peter J. Oldenburg, Margaret K. Elliott, William W. West, Joseph H. Sisson, Susanna G. Von Essen, and Debra J. Romberger

Intranasal organic dust exposure-induced airway adaptation response marked by persistent lung inflammation and pathology in mice
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L1085-L1095, 2009. First published April 24, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90622.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGY:

Melane L. Fehrenbach, Gaoyuan Cao, James T. Williams, Jeffrey M. Finklestein, and Horace M. DeLisser

Isolation of murine lung endothelial cells
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L1096-L1103, 2009. First published March 20, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.90613.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REVIEW:

Peter M. Haggie and A. S. Verkman

Defective organellar acidification as a cause of cystic fibrosis lung disease: reexamination of a recurring hypothesis
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296: L859-L867, 2009. First published March 27, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00018.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

To see an article, click its [Full Text] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.