EDITORIAL FOCUS:

Andrzej Slominski

Cooling skin cancer: menthol inhibits melanoma growth. Focus on "TRPM8 activation suppresses cellular viability in human melanoma"
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C293-C295, 2008. First published August 1, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00312.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS, ION CHANNELS, AND PUMPS:

Hisao Yamamura, Shinya Ugawa, Takashi Ueda, Akimichi Morita, and Shoichi Shimada

TRPM8 activation suppresses cellular viability in human melanoma
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C296-C301, 2008. First published June 4, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00499.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marina N. Chernova, Andrew K. Stewart, Parul N. Barry, Michael L. Jennings, and Seth L. Alper

Mouse Ae1 E699Q mediates SO₄^2–_i/anion_o exchange with [SO₄^2–]_i-dependent reversal of wild-type pH_o sensitivity
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C302-C312, 2008. First published May 14, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00109.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. J. Green, M. Burnett, T. A. Duhamel, C. D'Arsigny, D. E. O'Donnell, K. A. Webb, and J. Ouyang

Abnormal sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺-sequestering properties in skeletal muscle in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C350-C357, 2008. First published May 28, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00224.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi Xie, Michela Ottolia, Scott A. John, Jau-Nian Chen, and Kenneth D. Philipson

Conformational changes of a Ca²⁺-binding domain of the Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchanger monitored by FRET in transgenic zebrafish heart
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C388-C393, 2008. First published June 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00178.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lauren L. Daniele, Brian Sauer, Shannon M. Gallagher, Edward N. Pugh, Jr, and Nancy J. Philp

Altered visual function in monocarboxylate transporter 3 (Slc16a8) knockout mice
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C451-C457, 2008. First published June 4, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00124.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoshi Numazawa, Harumi Sakaguchi, Risa Aoki, Toshio Taira, and Takemi Yoshida

Regulation of the susceptibility to oxidative stress by cysteine availability in pancreatic β-cells
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C468-C474, 2008. First published June 4, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00203.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniela Balen, Marija Ljubojevic, Davorka Breljak, Hrvoje Brzica, Vilim Zlender, Hermann Koepsell, and Ivan Sabolic

Revised immunolocalization of the Na⁺-D-glucose cotransporter SGLT1 in rat organs with an improved antibody
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C475-C489, 2008. First published June 4, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00180.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sriharsha Vemana, Shilpi Pandey, and H. Peter Larsson

Intracellular Mg²⁺ is a voltage-dependent pore blocker of HCN channels
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C557-C565, 2008. First published June 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00154.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE CELL BIOLOGY AND CELL MOTILITY:

R. Sjuve Scott, Z. Li, D. Paulin, B. Uvelius, J. V. Small, and A. Arner

Role of desmin in active force transmission and maintenance of structure during growth of urinary bladder
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C324-C331, 2008. First published June 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.90622.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yusuke Mizuno, Eiji Isotani, Jian Huang, Hailei Ding, James T. Stull, and Kristine E. Kamm

Myosin light chain kinase activation and calcium sensitization in smooth muscle in vivo
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C358-C364, 2008. First published June 4, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.90645.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fuminori Kawano, Yoshiaki Takeno, Naoya Nakai, Yoko Higo, Masahiro Terada, Takashi Ohira, Ikuya Nonaka, and Yoshinobu Ohira

Essential role of satellite cells in the growth of rat soleus muscle fibers
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C458-C467, 2008. First published June 4, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00497.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masashi Tagawa, Tomomi Ueyama, Takehiro Ogata, Naofumi Takehara, Norio Nakajima, Koji Isodono, Satoshi Asada, Tomosaburo Takahashi, Hiroaki Matsubara, and Hidemasa Oh

MURC, a muscle-restricted coiled-coil protein, is involved in the regulation of skeletal myogenesis
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C490-C498, 2008. First published May 28, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00188.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RECEPTORS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION:

Angelia Lockett, Mark G. Goebl, and Maureen A. Harrington

Transient membrane recruitment of IRAK-1 in response to LPS and IL-1β requires TNF R1
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C313-C323, 2008. First published June 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00500.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tushar B. Deb, Christine M. Coticchia, Robert Barndt, Hong Zuo, Robert B. Dickson, and Michael D. Johnson

Pregnancy-upregulated nonubiquitous calmodulin kinase induces ligand-independent EGFR degradation
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C365-C377, 2008. First published June 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00449.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chhanda Bose and Kodetthoor B. Udupa

Erythropoietin enhancement of rat pancreatic tumor cell proliferation requires the activation of ERK and JNK signals
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C394-C405, 2008. First published June 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00423.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Radu V. Iancu, Gopalakrishnan Ramamurthy, Sunita Warrier, Viacheslav O. Nikolaev, Martin J. Lohse, Stephen W. Jones, and Robert D. Harvey

Cytoplasmic cAMP concentrations in intact cardiac myocytes
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C414-C422, 2008. First published June 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00038.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Materials]  

Han Geun Kim, Joo Yun Kim, Min Geun Gim, Jung Min Lee, and Dae Kyun Chung

Mechanical stress induces tumor necrosis factor- production through Ca²⁺ release-dependent TLR2 signaling
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C432-C439, 2008. First published June 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00085.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth Galloway, Thomas Shin, Nadine Huber, Thorsten Eismann, Satoshi Kuboki, Rebecca Schuster, John Blanchard, Hector R. Wong, and Alex B. Lentsch

Activation of hepatocytes by extracellular heat shock protein 72
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C514-C520, 2008. First published May 28, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00032.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuanli Li, Rong Cong, and Daniel Biemesderfer

The COOH terminus of megalin regulates gene expression in opossum kidney proximal tubule cells
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C529-C537, 2008. First published May 21, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00037.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

VASCULAR BIOLOGY:

Gregory B. Kowalsky, Fitzroy J. Byfield, and Irena Levitan

oxLDL facilitates flow-induced realignment of aortic endothelial cells
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C332-C340, 2008. First published June 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00335.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vishal S. Narang, Charles Fraga, Narendra Kumar, Jun Shen, Stacy Throm, Clinton F. Stewart, and Christopher M. Waters

Dexamethasone increases expression and activity of multidrug resistance transporters at the rat blood-brain barrier
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C440-C450, 2008. First published June 4, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00491.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GROWTH, DIFFERENTIATION, AND APOPTOSIS:

Jennifer A. Sanders, Alisha Lakhani, Chanika Phornphutkul, Ke-Ying Wu, and Philip A. Gruppuso

The effect of rapamycin on DNA synthesis in multiple tissues from late gestation fetal and postnatal rats
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C406-C413, 2008. First published June 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00450.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heather Francis, Shannon Glaser, Sharon DeMorrow, Eugenio Gaudio, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Julie Venter, David Dostal, Paolo Onori, Antonio Franchitto, Marco Marzioni, Shelley Vaculin, Bradley Vaculin, Khurshed Katki, Monique Stutes, Jennifer Savage, and Gianfranco Alpini

Small mouse cholangiocytes proliferate in response to H1 histamine receptor stimulation by activation of the IP₃/CaMK I/CREB pathway
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C499-C513, 2008. First published May 28, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00369.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jonathan M. Peterson, Randall W. Bryner, and Stephen E. Alway

Satellite cell proliferation is reduced in muscles of obese Zucker rats but restored with loading
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C521-C528, 2008. First published May 28, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00073.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEIN AND VESICLE TRAFFICKING, CYTOSKELETON:

Akihito Nishiyama, Tsutomu Shinohara, Traci Pantuso, Shoutaro Tsuji, Makiko Yamashita, Shizuka Shinohara, Quentin N. Myrvik, Ruth Ann Henriksen, and Yoshimi Shibata

Depletion of cellular cholesterol enhances macrophage MAPK activation by chitin microparticles but not by heat-killed Mycobacterium bovis BCG
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C341-C349, 2008. First published June 4, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00446.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jia Yin and Fu-Shin X. Yu

Rho kinases regulate corneal epithelial wound healing
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C378-C387, 2008. First published May 21, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.90624.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I-Chu Tseng, Feng-Pai Chou, Sheng-Feng Su, Michael Oberst, Nandakumar Madayiputhiya, Ming-Shyue Lee, Jehng-Kang Wang, David E. Sloane, Michael Johnson, and Chen-Yong Lin

Purification from human milk of matriptase complexes with secreted serpins: mechanism for inhibition of matriptase other than HAI-1
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C423-C431, 2008. First published June 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00164.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marion Desclozeaux, Juliana Venturato, Fiona G. Wylie, Jason G. Kay, Shannon R. Joseph, Huong T. Le, and Jennifer L. Stow

Active Rab11 and functional recycling endosome are required for E-cadherin trafficking and lumen formation during epithelial morphogenesis
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C545-C556, 2008. First published June 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00097.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Video]  

METHODS IN CELL PHYSIOLOGY:

Gabriel Popescu, YoungKeun Park, Niyom Lue, Catherine Best-Popescu, Lauren Deflores, Ramachandra R. Dasari, Michael S. Feld, and Kamran Badizadegan

Optical imaging of cell mass and growth dynamics
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C538-C544, 2008. First published June 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00121.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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