THEMES:

Leila Moezi, Seyed Ali Gaskari, and Samuel S. Lee

Endocannabinoids and Liver Disease. V. Endocannabinoids as mediators of vascular and cardiac abnormalities in cirrhosis
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G649-G653, 2008. First published August 14, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90352.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUCOSAL BIOLOGY:

Ravinder K. Gill, Le Shen, Jerrold R. Turner, Seema Saksena, Waddah A. Alrefai, Nitika Pant, Ali Esmaili, Alka Dwivedi, Krishnamurthy Ramaswamy, and Pradeep K. Dudeja

Serotonin modifies cytoskeleton and brush-border membrane architecture in human intestinal epithelial cells
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G700-G708, 2008. First published July 31, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90362.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ivan I. Pacheco and R. John MacLeod

CaSR stimulates secretion of Wnt5a from colonic myofibroblasts to stimulate CDX2 and sucrase-isomaltase using Ror2 on intestinal epithelia
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G748-G759, 2008. First published August 14, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00560.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric D. Labonté, Lisa M. Camarota, Juan C. Rojas, Ronald J. Jandacek, Dean E. Gilham, Joanna P. Davies, Yiannis A. Ioannou, Patrick Tso, David Y. Hui, and Philip N. Howles

Reduced absorption of saturated fatty acids and resistance to diet-induced obesity and diabetes by ezetimibe-treated and Npc1l1^–/– mice
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G776-G783, 2008. First published August 21, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90275.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adam J. Moeser, Prashant K. Nighot, Kathleen A. Ryan, Janet E. Simpson, Lane L. Clarke, and Anthony T. Blikslager

Mice lacking the Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger 2 have impaired recovery of intestinal barrier function
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G791-G797, 2008. First published August 21, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00538.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mia Phillipson, Malin E. V. Johansson, Johanna Henriksnäs, Joel Petersson, Sandra J. Gendler, Stellan Sandler, A. Erik G. Persson, Gunnar C. Hansson, and Lena Holm

The gastric mucus layers: constituents and regulation of accumulation
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G806-G812, 2008. First published August 21, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90252.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables]  

INFLAMMATION/IMMUNITY/MEDIATORS:

Atsushi Masamune, Kazuhiro Kikuta, Takashi Watanabe, Kennichi Satoh, Morihisa Hirota, and Tooru Shimosegawa

Hypoxia stimulates pancreatic stellate cells to induce fibrosis and angiogenesis in pancreatic cancer
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G709-G717, 2008. First published July 31, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90356.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leila Gobejishvili, Shirish Barve, Swati Joshi-Barve, and Craig McClain

Enhanced PDE4B expression augments LPS-inducible TNF expression in ethanol-primed monocytes: relevance to alcoholic liver disease
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G718-G724, 2008. First published August 7, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90232.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Ohama, Muneyoshi Okada, Takahisa Murata, David L. Brautigan, Masatoshi Hori, and Hiroshi Ozaki

Sphingosine-1-phosphate enhances IL-1β-induced COX-2 expression in mouse intestinal subepithelial myofibroblasts
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G766-G775, 2008. First published August 14, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90423.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sumit Bhattacharyya, Pradeep K. Dudeja, and Joanne K. Tobacman

Lipopolysaccharide activates NF-B by TLR4-Bcl10-dependent and independent pathways in colonic epithelial cells
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G784-G790, 2008. First published August 21, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90434.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HORMONES AND SIGNALING:

Jose Francisco Perez-Zoghbi, Adriana Mayora, Marie Christine Ruiz, and Fabian Michelangeli

Heterogeneity of acid secretion induced by carbachol and histamine along the gastric gland axis and its relationship to [Ca²⁺]_i
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G671-G681, 2008. First published July 31, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90224.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. M. Pritchard, D. Berry, S. M. C. Przemeck, F. Campbell, S. W. Edwards, and A. Varro

Gastrin increases mcl-1 expression in type I gastric carcinoid tumors and a gastric epithelial cell line that expresses the CCK-2 receptor
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G798-G805, 2008. First published August 21, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00015.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edith Mensah-Osman, Yana Zavros, and Juanita L. Merchant

Somatostatin stimulates menin gene expression by inhibiting protein kinase A
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G843-G854, 2008. First published August 28, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00607.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Suzana Kovac, Kelly Smith, Gregory J. Anderson, John R. Burgess, Arthur Shulkes, and Graham S. Baldwin

Interrelationships between circulating gastrin and iron status in mice and humans
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G855-G861, 2008. First published August 28, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90359.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROREGULATION AND MOTILITY:

Elena F. Verdu, Premysl Bercik, Xian Xi Huang, Jun Lu, Nafia Al-Mutawaly, Hiromi Sakai, Thomas A. Tompkins, Kenneth Croitoru, Eihun Tsuchida, Mary Perdue, and Stephen M. Collins

The role of luminal factors in the recovery of gastric function and behavioral changes after chronic Helicobacter pylori infection
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G664-G670, 2008. First published July 24, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90316.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth J. White, Sung Jin Park, Jane A. Foster, and Jan D. Huizinga

Ether-a-go-go-related gene 3 is the main candidate for the E-4031-sensitive potassium current in the pacemaker interstitial cells of Cajal
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G691-G699, 2008. First published July 31, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90348.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. A. Lynn, B. N. Chen, V. P. Zagorodnyuk, M. Costa, and S. J. H. Brookes

TNBS-induced inflammation modulates the function of one class of low-threshold rectal mechanoreceptors in the guinea pig
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G862-G871, 2008. First published August 28, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00585.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LIVER AND BILIARY TRACT:

Cheng-Xiong Xu, Hua Jin, Hwang-Tae Lim, Ji-Eun Kim, Ji-Young Shin, Eun-Sun Lee, Youn-Sun Chung, Yeon-Sook Lee, George Beck, Jr, Kee Ho Lee, and Myung-Haing Cho

High dietary inorganic phosphate enhances cap-dependent protein translation, cell-cycle progression, and angiogenesis in the livers of young mice
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G654-G663, 2008. First published August 14, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90213.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppe Calamita, Domenico Ferri, Patrizia Gena, Flavia I. Carreras, Giuseppa E. Liquori, Piero Portincasa, Raúl A. Marinelli, and Maria Svelto

Altered expression and distribution of aquaporin-9 in the liver of rat with obstructive extrahepatic cholestasis
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G682-G690, 2008. First published July 31, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90226.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anatoliy I. Masyuk, Sergio A. Gradilone, Jesus M. Banales, Bing Q. Huang, Tatyana V. Masyuk, Seung-Ok Lee, Patrick L. Splinter, Angela J. Stroope, and Nicholas F. LaRusso

Cholangiocyte primary cilia are chemosensory organelles that detect biliary nucleotides via P2Y₁₂ purinergic receptors
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G725-G734, 2008. First published August 7, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90265.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kosuke Okada, Junichi Shoda, Keiko Taguchi, Jonathan M. Maher, Kaoru Ishizaki, Yoshimi Inoue, Makio Ohtsuki, Nobuharu Goto, Koichi Takeda, Hirotoshi Utsunomiya, Koji Oda, Eiji Warabi, Tetsuro Ishii, Keiko Osaka, Ichinosuke Hyodo, and Masayuki Yamamoto

Ursodeoxycholic acid stimulates Nrf2-mediated hepatocellular transport, detoxification, and antioxidative stress systems in mice
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G735-G747, 2008. First published August 7, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90321.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcel C. G. van de Poll, Gerdien C. Ligthart-Melis, Steven W. M. Olde Damink, Paul A. M. van Leeuwen, Regina G. H. Beets-Tan, Nicolaas E. P. Deutz, Stephen J. Wigmore, Peter B. Soeters, and Cornelis H. C. Dejong

The gut does not contribute to systemic ammonia release in humans without portosystemic shunting
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G760-G765, 2008. First published August 14, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00333.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark A. Valasek, Joyce J. Repa, Gang Quan, John M. Dietschy, and Stephen D. Turley

Inhibiting intestinal NPC1L1 activity prevents diet-induced increase in biliary cholesterol in Golden Syrian hamsters
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G813-G822, 2008. First published August 21, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90372.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhi Zhong, Venkat K. Ramshesh, Hasibur Rehman, Robert T. Currin, Vijayalakshmi Sridharan, Tom P. Theruvath, Insil Kim, Gary L. Wright, and John J. Lemasters

Activation of the oxygen-sensing signal cascade prevents mitochondrial injury after mouse liver ischemia-reperfusion
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G823-G832, 2008. First published September 4, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90287.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanne M. Ajmo, Xiaomei Liang, Christopher Q. Rogers, Brandi Pennock, and Min You

Resveratrol alleviates alcoholic fatty liver in mice
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 295: G833-G842, 2008. First published August 28, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90358.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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