1. Preface
C Peers & P Kumar
2. Epigenetic regulation of Carotid Body Oxygen Sensing: Clinical Implications
J. Nanduri, N. R. Prabhakar
3. Experimental observations on the biological significance of hydrogen sulfide in carotid body chemoreception.
T.Gallego-Martin, T. Agapito, M. Ramirez, E. Olea, S. Yubero, A. Rocher, A. Gomez-Nin~o, A. Obeso, C. Gonzalez
4. The CamKKss inhibitor STO609 causes artefacts in calcium imaging and selectively inhibits BKCa in mouse carotid body type I cells.
J. G. Jurcsisn, R. L. Pye, J. Ali, B. L. Barr and C. N. Wyatt
5. Tissue dynamics of the carotid body under chronic hypoxia: a computational study
A. Porzionato, D. Guidolin, V. Macchi, G. Sarasin, A. Mazzatenta, C. Di Giulio, J. Lopez-Barneo, R. De Caro
6. Paracrine Signaling in Glial-like Type II cells of the Rat Carotid Body
S. Murali, M. Zhang, C. A. Nurse
7. Selective µ and ¿ opioid agonists inhibit voltage-gated Ca2+ entry in isolated rat carotid body type I cells
E. M. Ricker, R. L. Pye, B. L. Barr, C. N. Wyatt
8. Measurement of ROS levels and membrane potential dynamics in the intact carotid body ex vivo
A. Bernardini, U. Brockmeier, E. Metzen, U. Berchner-Pfannschmidt, E. Harde, A. Acker-Palmer, D. Papkovsky, H. Acker, J. Fandrey
9. Acutely administered leptin increases [Ca2+]i and changes membrane conductance via modulation of BKCa channels in rat carotid body type I cells
R.L. Pye, E.J. Dunn, E.M. Ricker, B.L. Barr, C.N. Wyatt \
10. Functional properties of mitochondria in the type-1 cell and their role in oxygen sensing
K.J. Buckler & P.J. Turner
11. Potentiation of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction by hydrogen sulfide precursors 3-mercaptopyruvate and D-cysteine is blocked by the cystathione g lyase inhibitor propargylglycine
J. Prieto-Lloret & P. I. Aaronson
12. Modulation of the LKB1-AMPK signalling pathway underpins hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and pulmonary hypertension
A.M. Evans, S.A. Lewis, O.A. Ogunbayo, J. Moral-Sanz
13. Organismal Responses to Hypoxemic Challenges
R.S. Fitzgerald, G.A. Dehghani, S. Kiihl
14. Effect of lipopolysacchride (LPS) exposure on structure and function of the carotid body in newborn rats
Z.R. Master, K. Kesavan, A. Mason, M. Shirahata, E.B. Gauda
15. Hypoxic Ventilatory Reactivity in Experimental Diabetes
M. Pokorski, M. Pozdzik, J. Antosiewicz, A. Dymecka, A. Mazzatenta, C. Di Giulio
16. Adenosine receptor blockade by caffeine inhibits carotid sinus nerve chemosensory activity in chronic intermittent hypoxic animals
J.F. Sacramento, C. Gonzalez, M.C. Gonzalez-Martin and S.V. Conde
17. Neurotrophic properties, chemosensory responses and neurogenic niche of the human carotid body
P Ortega-Sáenz, J Villadiego, R Pardal, JJ Toledo-Aral and J López-Barneo
18. Is the carotid body a metabolic monitor?
M. Shirahata, W-Y Tang, M.-K. Shin, V. Polotsky
19. Lipopolysaccharide-induced ionized hypocalcemia and acute kidney injury in carotid chemo/baro-denervated rats
R. Ferna¿ndez, P. Corte¿s, R. del Ri¿o, C. Acun~a-Castillo, E.P. Reyes
20. Role of the Carotid Body Chemoreflex in the Pathophysiology of Heart Failure: A
Perspective from Animal Studies
H.D. Schultz, N. J. Marcus & R. Del Rio
21. A short-term fasting in neonates induces breathing instability and epigenetic modification in the carotid body
W.-Y. Tang, E. Kostuk, M. Shirahata
22. Carotid Body Chemoreflex Mediates Intermittent Hypoxia-Induced Oxidative Stress in the Adrenal Medulla
G.K. Kumar, Y-J. Peng, J. Nanduri, N.R. Prabhakar
23. The association between antihypertensive medication and blood pressure control in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
L.N. Diogo, P. Pinto, C. Bárbara, A.L. Papoila, E.C. Monteiro
24. An overview on the respiratory stimulant effects of caffeine and progesterone on response to hypoxia and apnea frequency in developing rats
A. Bairam, N.P. Uppari, S. Mubayed, V. Joseph
25. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves glucose homeostasis in type 2 diabetes patients: a likely involvement of the carotid bodies
P. Vera-Cruz, F. Guerreiro, M.J. Ribeiro, M.P. Guarino, S.V. Conde
26. Possible role of TRP channels in rat glomus cells
I. Kim, L. Fite, D. F. Donnelly, J. H. Kim, J. L. Carroll
27. Nitric oxide deficit is part of the maladaptive paracrine-autocrine response of the carotid body to intermittent hypoxia in sleep apnea
M.L. Fung
28. Respiratory control in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
D. Burns, D. Edge, D. O'Malley, K.D. O'Halloran
29. Mild chronic intermittent hypoxia in Wistar rats evokes significant cardiovascular pathophysiology but no overt changes in carotid body-mediated respiratory responses
C. J. Ray, B. Dow, P. Kumar, A.M. Coney
30. Crucial role of the carotid body chemoreceptors on the development of high arterial blood pressure during chronic intermittent hypoxia
R. Iturriaga, D.C. Andrade, R. Del Rio
31. Relative contribution of nuclear and membrane progesterone receptors in respiratory control
R. Boukari, F. Marcouiller, V. Joseph
32. Inhibition of protein kinases AKT and ERK1/2 reduce the carotid body chemoreceptor response to hypoxia in adult rats
J. P. Iturri, V. Joseph, G. Rodrigo, A. Bairam, J. Soliz
33. Ecto-5'-nucleotidase, adenosine and transmembrane adenylyl cyclase signalling regulate basal carotid body chemoafferent outflow and establish the sensitivity to hypercapnia.
A.P.S. Holmes, A.R. Nunes, M.J. Cann, P.Kumar
34. T-type Ca2+ channel regulation by CO: a mechanism for control of cell proliferation
H. Duckles, M.M. Al-Owais, J. Elies, E. Johnson, H.E. Boycott, M.L. Dallas, K.E. Porter, J.P. Boyle, J. L. Scragg, C. Peers
35. Glutamatergic Receptor Activation in the Commisural Nucleus Tractus Solitarii (cNTS) Mediates Brain Glucose Retention (BGR) Response to Anoxic Carotid Chemoreceptor (CChr) Stimulation in Rats
R. Cue¿llar, S. Montero, S. Luqui¿n, J. Garci¿a-Estrada, O. Dobrovinskaya, V. Melnikov, M. Lemus, E. Roces de A¿lvarez-Buyll
36. Enhanced Serotonin (5HT) secretion in pulmonary neuroepithelial bodies from PHD-1 null mice
S. Livermore, J. Pan, H. Yeger, P. Ratcliffe, T. Bishop, E. Cutz
37. Selective expression of galanin in type I cells of the human carotid body
C. Di Giulio, G.D. Marconi, S. Zara, A. Di Tano, A. Porzionato, M. Pokorski, A. Cataldi, V. Macchi , A.Mazzatenta
38. Role of BK channels in murine carotid body neural responses in vivo.
L.E. Pichard, C.M. Crainiceanu, P. Pashai, E.W. Kostuk, A. Fujioka, M. Shirahata
39. Chronic intermittent hypoxia blunts the expression of ventilatory long term facilitation in sleeping rats
D. Edge, KD. O'Halloran
40. Heme oxygenase-1 influences apoptosis via CO-mediated inhibition of K+ channels.
M.M. Al-Owais, M.L. Dallas, J.P. Boyle, J. L. Scragg , C. Peers
41. Inhibition of T-type Ca2+ channels by hydrogen sulfide
J. Elies, JL Scragg, M. Dallas, D. Huang, S. Huang, JP Boyle, N. Gamper, C. Peers
42. GAL-021 and GAL-160 are efficacious in rat models of obstructive and central sleep apnea and inhibit BKCa in isolated rat carotid body glomus cells
M. Dallas, C. Peers, F.J. Golder, S. Baby, R. Grube, D.E. MacIntyre
43. The human carotid body gene expression and function in signaling of hypoxia and inflammation
J. Kåhlin, S. Mkrtchian, A. Ebberyd, L. I. Eriksson, M. J. Fagerlund
44. The Carotid Body Does Not Mediate The Acute Ventilatory Effects Of Leptin
E. Olea, M.J. Ribeiro, T.Gallego-Martin, S. Yubero, R. Rigual, JF. Masa, A. Obeso, S. V. Conde, C. Gonzalez
45. Concluding Remarks
E. Gauda
