Research Catalog

Title

Ion flux in pulmonary vascular control / edited by E. Kenneth Weir, Joseph R. Hume, and John T. Reeves.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, [1993], ©1993.

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Additional Authors

• Grover Conference on the Pulmonary Circulation (6th : 1992 : Sedalia, Colo.)
• Hume, Joseph Randy, 1947-
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79142766
• Reeves, John T.
• Weir, E. Kenneth.

Description

ix, 347 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Series Statement

NATO ASI series. Series A, Life sciences ; v. 251

Uniform Title

NATO ASI series. Series A, Life sciences ; v. 251.

Subjects

• Vascular smooth muscle > Congresses
• Ion Channels
• Congress
• Vascular endothelium > Congresses
• Ion channels > Congresses
• Pulmonary circulation > Regulation > Congresses
• Endothelium, Vascular > physiology
• Pulmonary hypertension > Congresses
• Pulmonary Circulation > physiology
• Pulmonary endothelium > Congresses

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Proceedings of a NATO advanced research workshop, the Sixth Grover Conference on the Pulmonary Circulation, held October 15-18, 1992, in Sedalia, Colorado"--T.p. verso.
• "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pulmonary Hypertension: From Phenomenology to a Molecular Understanding of Disease Mechanisms / N. F. Voelkel -- The Electrophysiology of Smooth Muscle Cells and Techniques for Studying Ion Channels / N. Leblanc and X. Wan -- Calcium Channels in Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells / J. M. Quayle and M. T. Nelson -- Interactions of Intracellular Ca[superscript 2+] Pools in Vascular Smooth Muscle / C. van Breemen and Q. Chen -- Na-Ca Exchange in Isolated Coronary Myocytes: A Study Combining Voltage clamp and Ca[superscript 2+] Fluorometry / G. Isenberg and V. Ganitkevich -- Role of Calcium ATPases in Pulmonary Vascular Reactivity / I. S. Farrukh and J. R. Michael -- Fast Na[superscript +] Current and Ca[superscript 2+] Currents in Smooth Muscles / N. Sperelakis, Z. Xiong, Y. Inoue, Y. Ohya, K. Shimamura, D. Bielefeld and J. Lorenz -- Influence of Physical and Environmental Factors on Ion Channels in Arterial Muscle / D. R. Harder, D. Gebremedhin and R. J. Roman.
• Potassium Channels Activated by Calcium Released from the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Vascular Smooth Muscles / K. Kitamura, H. Kuriyama and H. Nabata -- ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels in the Pulmonary Vasculature / L. H. Clapp and A. M. Gurney -- Electrophysiological Actions of Extracellular ATP Application / C. D. Benham -- An ATP-Activated Potassium Channel in Smooth Muscle Cells from the Pulmonary Artery / S. Albarwani and P. Nye -- The Effect of Prostacyclin Analogs on Vascular K Channels / G. Siegel, M. Bostanjoglo, K. Ruckborn, F. Schnalke, J. Mironneau and G. Stock -- Potassium Channel Modulated by Hypoxia and the Redox Status in Glomus Cells of the Carotid Body / A. R. Benot, M. D. Ganfornina and J. Lopez-Barneo -- Redox Regulation of Potassium Channels and Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction / J. M. Post, E. K. Weir, S. L. Archer and J. R. Hume.
• The Sodium Gradient, Potassium Channels, and Regulation of Calcium in Pulmonary and Mesenteric Arterial Smooth Muscle: Effects of Hypoxia / X.-J. Yuan, C. G. Salvaterra, M. L. Tod, M. Juhaszova, W. F. Goldman, L. J. Rubin and M. P. Blaustein -- The Importance of Calcium in the Regulation of EDRF Synthesis in the Pulmonary Vasculature / S. L. Archer, V. Hampl, J. Huang and N. Cowan -- The Role of Ion Channels in Vascular Endothelium / A. Luckhoff -- Calcium Signalling in Vascular Endothelial Cells: Calcium Entry and Release / D. J. Adams, J. Rusko and G. Van Slooten -- Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Vascular Endothelial Cells / T. R. Elam and J. B. Lansman -- Membrane Hyperpolarization as a Mechanism for Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation / J. E. Brayden -- The Interaction between Flow-Induced Vasoconstriction and Vasodilation: A Mechanism for Setting the Level of Vascular Tone / J. A. Bevan.
• Correlation of Acute Prostacyclin Response in Primary (Unexplained) Pulmonary Hypertension with Efficacy of Treatment with Calcium Channel Blockers and Survival / B. M. Groves, D. B. Badesch, D. Turkevich, R. V. Ditchey, K. Donnellan, K. Wynne, A. D. Robertson, W. A. Long, N. Voelkel and J. T. Reeves -- Role of Endothelium-Derived Nitric Oxide in Perinatal Pulmonary Vasoregulation / S. H. Abman, D. N. Cornfield and J. P. Kinsella.

ISBN

0306445611

LCCN

93005628

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries