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BMC Physiology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in cellular, tissue-level, organismal, functional, and developmental aspects of physiological processes.
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BMC Physiology 2008, 8 :7
The metabolism of C. elegans can be assessed in real time by the constitutive expression of firefly luciferase, which reports in vivo levels of ATP.
BMC Physiology 2008, 8 :1
Characterizing equine PECAM1 and beta-catenin gene expression during wound repair, especially in the proliferative phase that may contribute to fibrosis, suggests the two adhesion proteins might interact to modulate endothelial cell and fibroblast proliferation during healing.
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Decrease of PECAM-1-gene-expression induced by proinflammatory cytokines IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha is reversed by TGF-beta in sinusoidal endothelial cells and hepatic mononuclear phagocytes Katrin Neubauer, Alexander Lindhorst, Kyrylo Tron, Giuliano Ramadori, Bernhard Saile BMC Physiology 2008, 8 :9 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Short-term pacing in the mouse alters cardiac expression of connexin43 Andrianos Kontogeorgis, Riyaz A Kaba, Eunice Kang, Jonathan E Feig, Pritha P Gupta, Marc Ponzio, Fangyu Liu, Michael J Rindler, Andrew L Wit, Edward A Fisher, Nicholas S Peters, David E Gutstein BMC Physiology 2008, 8 :8 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Bridging the phenotypic gap: Real-time assessment of mitochondrial function and metabolism of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Cristina Lagido, Jonathan Pettitt, Aileen Flett, L Anne Glover BMC Physiology 2008, 8 :7 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Atypical properties of a conventional calcium channel Schistosoma mansoni Vicenta Salvador-Recatal BMC Physiology 2008, 8 :6 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Testosterone influences renal electrolyte excretion in SHR/y and WKY males Jonathan Toot, Cathy Jenkins, Gail Dunphy, Shannon Boehme, Mike Hart, Amy Milsted, Monte Turner, Daniel Ely BMC Physiology 2008, 8 :5 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Forced expression of the cell cycle inhibitor p57Kip2 in cardiomyocytes attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injury in the mouse heart Sheila A Haley, Ting Zhao, Lijun Zou, Jan E Klysik, James F Padbury, Lazaros K Kochilas BMC Physiology 2008, 8 :4 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Transitions into and out of daylight saving time compromise sleep and the rest-activity cycles Tuuli A Lahti, Sami Lepp BMC Physiology 2008, 8 :3 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Functional and pharmacological characterization of a Shal-related K+ channel subunit in Zebrafish Tomoe Y Nakamura, William A Coetzee BMC Physiology 2008, 8 :2 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Equine CTNNB1 and PECAM1 nucleotide structure and expression analyses in an experimental model of normal and pathological wound repair Vincenzo Miragliotta, Zo BMC Physiology 2008, 8 :1 (31 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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An extensive phenotypic characterization of the hTNF Michael D Hayward, Beverly K Jones, Arman Saparov, Heather S Hain, Anne-Cecile Trillat, Michelle M Bunzel, Aaron Corona, Bifang Li-Wang, Bryan Strenkowski, Caroline Giordano, Hai Shen, Emily Arcamone, Jeffrey Weidlick, Maria Vilensky, Marina Tugusheva, Roland H Felkner, William Campbell, Yu Rao, David S Grass, Olesia Buiakova BMC Physiology 2007, 7 :13 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The influence of oxygen tension on the structure and function of isolated liver sinusoidal endothelial cells Inigo Martinez, Geir I Nedredal, Cristina I Oie, Alessandra Warren, Oddmund Johansen, David G LeCouteur, Bard Smedsrod Comparative Hepatology 2008, 7 :4 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Expression of TRPC6 channels in human epithelial breast cancer cells Arnaud Guilbert, Isabelle Dhennin-Duthille, Yassine EL Hiani, Nathalie Haren, Hafida Khorsi, Henri Sevestre, Ahmed Ahidouch, Halima Ouadid-Ahidouch BMC Cancer 2008, 8 :125 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Exercise-induced expression of angiogenic growth factors in skeletal muscle and in capillaries of healthy and diabetic mice Riikka Kivela, Mika Silvennoinen, Maarit Lehti, Sanni Jalava, Veikko Vihko, Heikki Kainulainen Cardiovascular Diabetology 2008, 7 :13 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Metabolic regulation analysis of an ethanologenic Escherichia coli strain based on RT-PCR and enzymatic activities Montserrat Orencio-Trejo, Noemi Flores, Adelfo Escalante, Georgina Hernandez-Chavez, Francisco Bolivar, Guillermo Gosset, Alfredo Martinez Biotechnology for Biofuels 2008, 1 :8 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Delayed sleep phase cases and controls
Daniel F Kripke, Katharine M Rex, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Caroline M Nievergelt, Walt Klimecki, John R Kelsoe Journal of Circadian Rhythms 2008, 6 :6 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Transcriptome analysis identifies pathways associated with enhanced maternal performance in QSi5 mice Palaniappan Ramanathan, Ian C Martin, Margaret Gardiner-Garden, Peter C Thomson, Rosanne M Taylor, Christopher J Ormandy, Christopher Moran, Peter Williamson BMC Genomics 2008, 9 :197 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Short reflex expirations (expiration reflexes) induced by mechanical stimulation of the trachea in anesthetized cats Ivan Poliacek, Melanie J Rose, Lu Wen-Chi Corrie, Cheng Wang, Jan Jakus, Helena Barani, Albert Stransky, Hubert Polacek, Erika Halasova, Donald C Bolser Cough 2008, 4 :1 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Regulation of osmoadaptation in the moderate halophile Halobacillus halophilus: chloride, glutamate and switching osmolyte strategies Stephan H Saum, Volker Muller Saline Systems 2008, 4 :4 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Effects of a high fat diet on bone of growing rats . Correlations between visceral fat, adiponectin and bone mass density. Gerard Lac, Helian Cavalie, Edmond Ebal, Odile Michaux Lipids in Health and Disease 2008, 7 :16 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Importance of the interferon-alpha system in murine large intestine indicated by microarray analysis of commensal bacteria-induced immunological changes. Kaori Munakata, Masahiro Yamamoto, Naoko Anjiki, Mitsue Nishiyama, Sachiko Imamura, Seiichi Iizuka, Kiyoe Takashima, Atsushi Ishige, Kyoji Hioki, Yasuyuki Ohnishi, Kenji Watanabe BMC Genomics 2008, 9 :192 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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