EDITORIAL FOCUS:

Sally Martin

Caveolae and cell swelling. Focus on "Stimulation by caveolin-1 of the hypotonicity-induced release of taurine and ATP at basolateral, but not apical, membrane of Caco-2 cells"
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1273-C1274, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00610.2005 [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS, ION CHANNELS, AND PUMPS:

Nina Ullrich, Adrian Caplanusi, Bert Brône, Diane Hermans, Els Larivière, Bernd Nilius, Willy Van Driessche, and Jan Eggermont

Stimulation by caveolin-1 of the hypotonicity-induced release of taurine and ATP at basolateral, but not apical, membrane of Caco-2 cells
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1287-C1296, 2006. First published December 7, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00545.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bin-Xian Zhang, Xiuye Ma, Wanke Zhang, Chih-Ko Yeh, Alan Lin, Jian Luo, Eugene A. Sprague, Russell H. Swerdlow, and Michael S. Katz

Polyunsaturated fatty acids mobilize intracellular Ca²⁺ in NT2 human teratocarcinoma cells by causing release of Ca²⁺ from mitochondria
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1321-C1333, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00335.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hongyu Fang, Yueming Huang, and Zhiyi Zuo

Enhancement of substrate-gated Cl^– currents via rat glutamate transporter EAAT4 by PMA
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1334-C1340, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00443.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jyoti Pande, Kanwaldeep K. Mallhi, Ahilya Sawh, Magdalena M. Szewczyk, Fiona Simpson, and Ashok K. Grover

Aortic smooth muscle and endothelial plasma membrane Ca²⁺ pump isoforms are inhibited differently by the extracellular inhibitor caloxin 1b1
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1341-C1349, 2006. First published February 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00573.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pei Chen, John P. Guzman, Patrick K. K. Leong, Li E. Yang, Anjana Perianayagam, Elisa Babilonia, Jennifer S. Ho, Jang H. Youn, Wen Hui Wang, and Alicia A. McDonough

Modest dietary K⁺ restriction provokes insulin resistance of cellular K⁺ uptake and phosphorylation of renal outer medulla K⁺ channel without fall in plasma K⁺ concentration
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1355-C1363, 2006. First published December 14, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00501.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lorena Martín, Mónica Comalada, Luc Marti, Ellen I. Closs, Carol L. MacLeod, Rafael Martín del Río, Antonio Zorzano, Manuel Modolell, Antonio Celada, Manuel Palacín, and Joan Bertran

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor increases L-arginine transport through the induction of CAT2 in bone marrow-derived macrophages
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1364-C1372, 2006. First published December 21, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00520.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE CELL BIOLOGY AND CELL MOTILITY:

Kyu Joo Park, Grant W. Hennig, Hyun-Tai Lee, Nick J. Spencer, Sean M. Ward, Terence K. Smith, and Kenton M. Sanders

Spatial and temporal mapping of pacemaker activity in interstitial cells of Cajal in mouse ileum in situ
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1411-C1427, 2006. First published December 28, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00447.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nevenka Juretic, Paola García-Huidobro, Juan Antonio Iturrieta, Enrique Jaimovich, and Nora Riveros

Depolarization-induced slow Ca²⁺ transients stimulate transcription of IL-6 gene in skeletal muscle cells
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1428-C1436, 2006. First published December 28, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00449.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Bergrin, Sabahattin Bicer, Christine A. Lucas, and Peter J. Reiser

Three-dimensional compartmentalization of myosin heavy chain and myosin light chain isoforms in dog thyroarytenoid muscle
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1446-C1458, 2006. First published December 21, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00323.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RECEPTORS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION:

Caroline S. Beckett, Karin Pennington, and Jane McHowat

Activation of MAPKs in thrombin-stimulated ventricular myocytes is dependent on Ca²⁺-independent PLA₂
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1350-C1354, 2006. First published December 7, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00487.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Pott, Dirk Steinritz, Birgit Bölck, Uwe Mehlhorn, Klara Brixius, Robert H. G. Schwinger, and Wilhelm Bloch

eNOS translocation but not eNOS phosphorylation is dependent on intracellular Ca²⁺ in human atrial myocardium
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1437-C1445, 2006. First published December 7, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00005.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

VASCULAR BIOLOGY:

Leoni A. Kunz-Schughart, Josef A. Schroeder, Marit Wondrak, Frank van Rey, Karla Lehle, Ferdinand Hofstaedter, and Denys N. Wheatley

Potential of fibroblasts to regulate the formation of three-dimensional vessel-like structures from endothelial cells in vitro
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1385-C1398, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00248.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helena Parfenova, Shyamali Basuroy, Sujoy Bhattacharya, Dilyara Tcheranova, Yan Qu, Raymond F. Regan, and Charles W. Leffler

Glutamate induces oxidative stress and apoptosis in cerebral vascular endothelial cells: contributions of HO-1 and HO-2 to cytoprotection
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1399-C1410, 2006. First published December 21, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00386.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GROWTH, DIFFERENTIATION, AND APOPTOSIS:

Huifang M. Zhang, Kaspar M. Keledjian, Jaladanki N. Rao, Tongtong Zou, Lan Liu, Bernard S. Marasa, Shelley R. Wang, Lisa Ru, Eric D. Strauch, and Jian-Ying Wang

Induced focal adhesion kinase expression suppresses apoptosis by activating NF-B signaling in intestinal epithelial cells
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1310-C1320, 2006. First published December 14, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00450.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Corrected Figures]  

Weike Mao, Chikao Iwai, Peter C. Keng, Raju Vulapalli, and Chang-seng Liang

Norepinephrine-induced oxidative stress causes PC-12 cell apoptosis by both endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial intrinsic pathway: inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase survival pathway
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1373-C1384, 2006. First published December 7, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00369.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEIN AND VESICLE TRAFFICKING, CYTOSKELETON:

Kristan L. Lansbery, Lauren C. Burcea, Margaretta L. Mendenhall, and Robert W. Mercer

Cytoplasmic targeting signals mediate delivery of phospholemman to the plasma membrane
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1275-C1286, 2006. First published December 21, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00110.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX, CELL INTERACTIONS:

Randi Eisen, Shereaf Walid, Don R. Ratcliffe, and George K. Ojakian

Regulation of epithelial tubule formation by Rho family GTPases
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1297-C1309, 2006. First published December 7, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00287.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figure]  

CORRIGENDA:

Corrigendum
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1459-C1459, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00054.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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