CAG SCIENTIFIC PAPER SESSION - TUESDAY

Dysregulation of Function in GI Disease

[023] SUPPRESSION OF A-TYPE AND SUSTAINED K+ CURRENTS UNDERLIES ILEITIS-INDUCED HYPEREXCITABILITY OF NOCICEPTIVE DRG GUINEA PIG NEURONS
S Vanner¹, T Stewart¹, M Blennerhassett¹, K Sharkey²
CCFC GI Sensory Physiology Group, ¹Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

[024] SUBSTANCE P (SP) NERVES MEDIATE ACID-INDUCED ESOPHAGEAL SHORTENING
WG Paterson, DV Miller, Y Zhang
GI Diseases Research Unit, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

[025] LOSS OF EPITHELIAL BARRIER FUNCTION BY EXPOSURE TO IFNg REQUIRES ACTIVATED SIGNAL TRANSDUCER AND ACTIVATOR OF TRANSCRIPTION (STAT)-1
James L Watson, Derek M McKay
Intestinal Disease Research Programme, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

[026] NOVEL SPLICED FORMS OF CD23 (LOW AFFINITY IgE RECEPTOR) MEDIATE ENHANCED ANTIGEN TRANSPORT IN MOUSE INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELLS
LCH Yu, PC Yang, DH Conrad¹, A Benmerah², G Montagnac², MH Perdue
IDRP, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; ¹Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Virginia University, Richmond, Virginia, USA; ² INSERM E9925, Faculté Necker, Paris, France

[027] EXPRESSION OF PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR-2 (PAR2) IN PRIMARY HUMAN GASTROINTESTINAL MYOFIBROBLASTS AND STIMULATION OF PROSTAGLANDIN E2 SYNTHESIS
ML Seymour¹, DG Binion², MD Hollenberg³, WK MacNaughton1
¹Mucosal Inflammation Research Group, and ³Endocrine Research Group, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, ²Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

[028] THE ROLE OF IL-10 IN PREVENTING T-CELL INDUCED INTESTINAL ENTEROPATHY
Pengfei Zhou, Cathy Streutker, Rajka Borojevic, Yufa Wang, Ken Croitoru
Intestinal Disease Research Program, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

[029] IN VIVO AND IN VITRO BILE DUCT EPITHELIAL CELL IMMUNE INJURY IN CITROBACTER RODENTIUM INDUCED MURINE COLITIS: A MODEL FOR PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS
P Daftarian, RA Schreiber, G Jevon, V Templeman, K Jacobson
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Pathology, British Columbia’s Children’s and Women’s Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia