Am J Physiol Cell Physiol -- Table of Contents (June 1 2008, 294 [6])

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EDITORIAL:

Dennis Brown: "Systems biology"–What's in a name?
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1299-C1299, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.zh0-5636.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

EDITORIAL FOCUS:

Cormac T. Taylor: Mitochondria, oxygen sensing, and the regulation of HIF-2 ${alpha}$ . Focus on "Induction of HIF-2 ${alpha}$ is dependent on mitochondrial O₂ consumption in an O₂-sensitive adrenomedullary chromaffin cell line"
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1300-C1302, 2008. First published May 7, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00206.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

Anthony M. Carter: Maintaining the integrity of trophoblast during growth of the placenta. Focus on "Insulin-like growth factor I and II regulate the life cycle of trophoblast in the developing human placenta"
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1303-C1304, 2008. First published April 9, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00149.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS, ION CHANNELS, AND PUMPS:

Fiona O'Mahony, Ferial Toumi, Magdalena S. Mroz, Gail Ferguson, and Stephen J. Keely: Induction of Na⁺/K⁺/2Cl^– cotransporter expression mediates chronic potentiation of intestinal epithelial Cl^– secretion by EGF
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1362-C1370, 2008. First published April 9, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00256.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Zhiqiang Qu and H. Criss Hartzell: Bestrophin Cl^– channels are highly permeable to HCO₃^–
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1371-C1377, 2008. First published April 9, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00398.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Aldo C. Zamudio, Oscar A. Candia, Chi Wing Kong, Brian Wu, and Rosana Gerometta: Surface change of the mammalian lens during accommodation
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1430-C1435, 2008. First published April 2, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.90623.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dong Wang, Ying Sun, Wei Zhang, and Pingbo Huang: Apical adenosine regulates basolateral Ca²⁺-activated potassium channels in human airway Calu-3 epithelial cells
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1443-C1453, 2008. First published April 2, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00556.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alain J. Labro, Alessandro Grottesi, Mark S. P. Sansom, Adam L. Raes, and Dirk J. Snyders: A Kv channel with an altered activation gate sequence displays both "fast" and "slow" activation kinetics
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1476-C1484, 2008. First published April 2, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00479.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]

Tarik Smani, Tina Patel, and Victoria M. Bolotina: Complex regulation of store-operated Ca²⁺ entry pathway by PKC- ${varepsilon}$ in vascular SMCs
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1499-C1508, 2008. First published April 23, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00365.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Martin Barfred Friis, Katrine Gribel Vorum, and Ian Henry Lambert: Volume-sensitive NADPH oxidase activity and taurine efflux in NIH3T3 mouse fibroblasts
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1552-C1565, 2008. First published April 16, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00571.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MUSCLE CELL BIOLOGY AND CELL MOTILITY:

Nagomi Kurebayashi, Hiroto Nishizawa, Yuji Nakazato, Hidetake Kurihara, Satoshi Matsushita, Hiroyuki Daida, and Yasuo Ogawa: Aberrant cell-to-cell coupling in Ca²⁺-overloaded guinea pig ventricular muscles
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1419-C1429, 2008. First published April 2, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00413.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Videos]

Honglan Wang, Mark J. Kohr, Christopher J. Traynham, Debra G. Wheeler, Paul M. L. Janssen, and Mark T. Ziolo: Neuronal nitric oxide synthase signaling within cardiac myocytes targets phospholamban
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1566-C1575, 2008. First published April 9, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00367.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

RECEPTORS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION:

Valérie Haydont, Bruce L. Riser, Jocelyne Aigueperse, and Marie-Catherine Vozenin-Brotons: Specific signals involved in the long-term maintenance of radiation-induced fibrogenic differentiation: a role for CCN2 and low concentration of TGF-β1
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1332-C1341, 2008. First published April 9, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.90626.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

William M. Dismuke, Chigozirim C. Mbadugha, and Dorette Z. Ellis: NO-induced regulation of human trabecular meshwork cell volume and aqueous humor outflow facility involve the BK_Ca ion channel
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1378-C1386, 2008. First published April 2, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00363.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shaukat A. Khan, Matthew S. Nelson, Chendong Pan, Patrick M. Gaffney, and Pankaj Gupta: Endogenous heparan sulfate and heparin modulate bone morphogenetic protein-4 signaling and activity
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1387-C1397, 2008. First published April 2, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00346.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alan L. Lin, Bing Zhu, WanKe Zhang, Howard Dang, Bin-Xian Zhang, Michael S. Katz, and Chih-Ko Yeh: Distinct pathways of ERK activation by the muscarinic agonists pilocarpine and carbachol in a human salivary cell line
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1454-C1464, 2008. First published April 2, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00151.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Meng-Jung Lee, Heng Lin, Chi-Wei Liu, Min-Hua Wu, Wei-Ju Liao, Hsin-Huei Chang, Hui-Chen Ku, Yeh-Sheng Chien, Wang-Hsien Ding, and Yung-Hsi Kao: Octylphenol stimulates resistin gene expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes via the estrogen receptor and extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathways
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1542-C1551, 2008. First published April 16, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00403.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

VASCULAR BIOLOGY:

Elbert L. Lee, Yuichi Hasegawa, Takahiro Shimizu, and Yasunobu Okada: IK1 channel activity contributes to cisplatin sensitivity of human epidermoid cancer cells
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1398-C1406, 2008. First published March 26, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00428.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Neetu Sud, Sandra M. Wells, Shruti Sharma, Dean A. Wiseman, Jason Wilham, and Stephen M. Black: Asymmetric dimethylarginine inhibits HSP90 activity in pulmonary arterial endothelial cells: role of mitochondrial dysfunction
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1407-C1418, 2008. First published April 2, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00384.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Weihong Pan, Chuanhui Yu, Hung Hsuchou, Yan Zhang, and Abba J. Kastin: Neuroinflammation facilitates LIF entry into brain: role of TNF
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1436-C1442, 2008. First published April 2, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00489.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Melissa Z. Mercure, Roman Ginnan, and Harold A. Singer: CaM kinase II ${delta}$ ₂-dependent regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell polarization and migration
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1465-C1475, 2008. First published April 2, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.90638.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figure]

Shuji Kondo, Yixin Tang, Elizabeth A. Scheef, Nader Sheibani, and Christine M. Sorenson: Attenuation of retinal endothelial cell migration and capillary morphogenesis in the absence of bcl-2
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1521-C1530, 2008. First published April 16, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.90633.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jian-Zhong Sheng, Furqan Arshad, Janice E. Braun, and Andrew P. Braun: Estrogen and the Ca²⁺-mobilizing agonist ATP evoke acute NO synthesis via distinct pathways in an individual human vascular endothelium-derived cell
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1531-C1541, 2008. First published March 26, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00561.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lisong Ai, Mahsa Rouhanizadeh, Joseph C. Wu, Wakako Takabe, Hongyu Yu, Mohammad Alavi, Rongsong Li, Yi Chu, Jordan Miller, Donald D. Heistad, and Tzung K. Hsiai: Shear stress influences spatial variations in vascular Mn-SOD expression: implication for LDL nitration
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1576-C1585, 2008. First published April 23, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00518.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jia Sun, Raina Devi Ramnath, Liang Zhi, Ramasamy Tamizhselvi, and Madhav Bhatia: Substance P enhances NF- ${kappa}$ B transactivation and chemokine response in murine macrophages via ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK signaling pathways
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1586-C1596, 2008. First published April 23, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00129.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

GROWTH, DIFFERENTIATION, AND APOPTOSIS:

Karen Forbes, Melissa Westwood, Philip N. Baker, and John D. Aplin: Insulin-like growth factor I and II regulate the life cycle of trophoblast in the developing human placenta
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1313-C1322, 2008. First published April 9, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00035.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen H. K. Wong, Rita S. M. Shih, Norberta W. Schoene, and Kai Y. Lei: Zinc-induced G2/M blockage is p53 and p21 dependent in normal human bronchial epithelial cells
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1342-C1349, 2008. First published March 19, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00061.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

PROTEIN AND VESICLE TRAFFICKING, CYTOSKELETON:

Geoffrey E. Woodard, Ginés M. Salido, and Juan A. Rosado: Enhanced exocytotic-like insertion of Orai1 into the plasma membrane upon intracellular Ca²⁺ store depletion
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1323-C1331, 2008. First published April 9, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00071.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Melanie L. Styers, Amber K. O'Connor, Robert Grabski, Estelle Cormet-Boyaka, and Elizabeth Sztul: Depletion of β-COP reveals a role for COP-I in compartmentalization of secretory compartments and in biosynthetic transport of caveolin-1
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1485-C1498, 2008. First published April 2, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00010.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX, CELL INTERACTIONS:

Lakshmi S. Chaturvedi, Christopher P. Gayer, Harold M. Marsh, and Marc D. Basson: Repetitive deformation activates Src-independent FAK-dependent ERK motogenic signals in human Caco-2 intestinal epithelial cells
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1350-C1361, 2008. First published April 9, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00027.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CELLULAR AND MITOCHONDRIAL METABOLISM:

Stephen T. Brown and Colin A. Nurse: Induction of HIF-2 ${alpha}$ is dependent on mitochondrial O₂ consumption in an O₂-sensitive adrenomedullary chromaffin cell line
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1305-C1312, 2008. First published March 19, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00007.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Voraratt Champattanachai, Richard B. Marchase, and John C. Chatham: Glucosamine protects neonatal cardiomyocytes from ischemia-reperfusion injury via increased protein O-GlcNAc and increased mitochondrial Bcl-2
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1509-C1520, 2008. First published March 26, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00456.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

REPORTS:

Nathan Gluck, Ouri Schwob, Miron Krimsky, and Saul Yedgar: Activation of cytosolic phospholipase A₂ and fatty acid transacylase is essential but not sufficient for thrombin-induced smooth muscle cell proliferation
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1597-C1603, 2008. First published April 2, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00206.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRIGENDUM:

: Corrigendum
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C1604-C1605, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.zh0-5621-corr.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

Cover Caption:

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Cover: Coimmunofluorescence analysis of collagen type I (green) and desmin (red) in differentiated C2C12 after 5 days in differentiation medium showing that collagen type I expression prevents the differentiation of the myoblast cells. From: Alexakis C, Partridge T, and Bou-Gharios G. “Implication of the satellite cell in dystrophic muscle fibrosis: a self-perpetuating mechanism of collagen overproduction.” Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 293: C661–C669, 2007.