Molecular cloning and characterization of the intermediate-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel in vascular smooth muscle: relationship between K(Ca) channel diversity and smooth muscle cell function.

abstract：:In intact porcine aorta, endothelium-derived nitric oxide released on thrombin stimulation inhibits the concomitant production of endothelin. Experiments were designed to examine the effect of hirudin (which inactivates thrombin) and the nitrovasodilators nitroglycerin and 3-morpholinosydnonimine on the spontaneous an...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Boulanger CM,Lüscher TF

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrophied cardiac myocytes exhibit prolonged action potentials and decreased transient outward potassium current (I(to)). Because Kv4.3 is a major contributor to I:(to), we studied regulation of its expression in neonatal rat cardiac myocytes in response to the known stimulators of cardiac myocyte hypertrophy, ang...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Zhang TT,Takimoto K,Stewart AF,Zhu C,Levitan ES

更新日期：2001-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Senescence of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PA-SMCs) caused by telomere shortening or oxidative stress may contribute to pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic lung diseases. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether cell senescence contributes to pulmonary vessel remodeling and pulmonary hypertension...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Noureddine H,Gary-Bobo G,Alifano M,Marcos E,Saker M,Vienney N,Amsellem V,Maitre B,Chaouat A,Chouaid C,Dubois-Rande JL,Damotte D,Adnot S

更新日期：2011-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A central role for leukocytes in neointimal hyperplasia after arterial injury is suspected. However, the relative importance of neutrophils and monocytes in balloon or stent-induced injury are not well understood, and mechanistic targeting of leukocyte recruitment or function is crude. We determined the temporal and s...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Horvath C,Welt FG,Nedelman M,Rao P,Rogers C

更新日期：2002-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The high morbidity/mortality of atherosclerosis is typically precipitated by plaque rupture and consequent thrombosis. However, research on underlying mechanisms and therapeutic approaches is limited by the lack of animal models that reproduce plaque instability observed in humans. OBJECTIVE:Development and ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Chen YC,Bui AV,Diesch J,Manasseh R,Hausding C,Rivera J,Haviv I,Agrotis A,Htun NM,Jowett J,Hagemeyer CE,Hannan RD,Bobik A,Peter K

更新日期：2013-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the cloning of cDNAs encoding two different human nonmuscle myosin heavy chains designated NMMHC-A and NMMHC-B. The mRNAs encoding NMMHC-A and NMMHC-B are both 7.5 kb in size but are shown to be the products of different genes, which are localized to chromosome 22q11.2 and chromosome 17q13, respectively. In ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Simons M,Wang M,McBride OW,Kawamoto S,Yamakawa K,Gdula D,Adelstein RS,Weir L

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the human gene encoding the nucleotide-binding region in the gamma-subunit of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) cause cardiomyopathy with preexcitation syndrome. Mutant AMPK showed reduced binding affinity to nucleotides in vitro raising the possibility that altered regulation of AMPK activity by AMP/AT...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Zou L,Shen M,Arad M,He H,Løfgren B,Ingwall JS,Seidman CE,Seidman JG,Tian R

更新日期：2005-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular calcification is a common finding in atherosclerosis and a serious problem in diabetic and uremic patients. Because of the correlation of hyperphosphatemia and vascular calcification, the ability of extracellular inorganic phosphate levels to regulate human aortic smooth muscle cell (HSMC) culture mineralizat...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Jono S,McKee MD,Murry CE,Shioi A,Nishizawa Y,Mori K,Morii H,Giachelli CM

更新日期：2000-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) affects the integrity of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the site of synthesis and folding of numerous proteins. Therefore, I/R may activate the unfolded protein response (UPR), resulting in the induction of a collection of ER stress proteins, many of which are protective and function to res...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Martindale JJ,Fernandez R,Thuerauf D,Whittaker R,Gude N,Sussman MA,Glembotski CC

更新日期：2006-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukocyte-derived microparticles (LMPs) may originate from neutrophils, monocytes/macrophages, and lymphocytes. They express markers from their parental cells and harbor membrane and cytoplasmic proteins as well as bioactive lipids implicated in a variety of mechanisms, maintaining or disrupting vascular homeostasis. ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Angelillo-Scherrer A

更新日期：2012-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial cells are constantly exposed to mechanical forces resulting from blood flow and transmural pressure. The goal of this study was to determine whether mechanical stimulation alters the properties of endothelial voltage-gated K+ channels. Cardiac microvascular endothelial cells (CMECs) were isolated ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Fan J,Walsh KB

更新日期：1999-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the contributions of humoral and hemodynamic factors to cardiac adaptations associated with chronic exercise, female Fischer 344 rats were subjected to chronic swimming, infrarenal cardiac transplantation, or both. Swimming resulted in hypertrophy (11-12%) of the in situ hearts in both the unoperated an...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Advani SV,Geenen D,Malhotra A,Factor SM,Scheuer J

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the extent of convergence of preganglionic fibers from the right and left vagus nerves on postganglionic neurons that supply the sinoatrial node in chloralose-anesthetized dogs. We administered hemicholinium-3 and stimulated the right vagus nerve at a high frequency to deplete acetylcholine from the post...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Lang SA,Zieske H,Levy MN

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic GMP (cGMP) kinase is intimately involved in the regulation of vascular smooth muscle tone. Its tissue concentration was determined in normotensive and hypertensive rats by use of monospecific anti-cGMP kinase antibodies. Hearts of spontaneously hypertensive rats and renovascular (Goldblatt II) hypertensive rats...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Ecker T,Göbel C,Hullin R,Rettig R,Seitz G,Hofmann F

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The activation of the Smad2 signaling pathway is thought to play an important role in human aneurysmal diseases as described by an important body of research. We previously showed that constitutive Smad2 activation is associated with Smad2 mRNA overexpression in aneurysmal vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs)...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Gomez D,Kessler K,Michel JB,Vranckx R

更新日期：2013-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases regulate cAMP-mediated signaling by controlling intracellular cAMP content. The cAMP-hydrolyzing activity of several families of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases found in human heart is regulated by cGMP. In the case of PDE2, this regulation primarily involves the allosteric st...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Zaccolo M,Movsesian MA

更新日期：2007-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with diabetes mellitus have >2× the risk for developing heart failure (HF; HF with reduced ejection fraction and HF with preserved ejection fraction). Cardiovascular outcomes, hospitalization, and prognosis are worse for patients with diabetes mellitus relative to those without. Beyond the structural and func...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Kenny HC,Abel ED

更新日期：2019-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Slow nonuniform electric propagation in the border zone (BZ) of a healed myocardial infarct (MI) can give rise to reentrant arrhythmia. The extent to which this is influenced by structural rather than cellular electric remodeling is unclear. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether structural remodeling alone in the i...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Rutherford SL,Trew ML,Sands GB,LeGrice IJ,Smaill BH

更新日期：2012-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The mTOR (mechanistic target of rapamycin) is a master regulator of several crucial cellular processes, including protein synthesis, cellular growth, proliferation, autophagy, lysosomal function, and cell metabolism. mTOR interacts with specific adaptor proteins to form 2 multiprotein complexes, called mTORC1 (mTOR co...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Sciarretta S,Forte M,Frati G,Sadoshima J

更新日期：2018-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A selective history of the pathophysiological, structural, and metabolic changes found during an episode of severe myocardial ischemia in the canine heart is presented. The changes that cause ischemic injury to become irreversible are discussed in detail because these changes are the target of any successful therapy d...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Jennings RB

更新日期：2013-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In urethane-anesthetized rats, electrophysiological recordings of spontaneously active neurons in the vasopressor area of the rostral ventrolateral medulla were analyzed for participation in cardiovascular regulation. A total of 138 units were found which were inhibited by transient increases in mean arterial pressure...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Brown DL,Guyenet PG

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Elevations in C-reactive protein (CRP) are associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk and endothelial dysfunction. CRP antagonizes endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) through processes mediated by the IgG receptor Fcγ receptor IIB (FcγRIIB), its immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif, ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Sundgren NC,Zhu W,Yuhanna IS,Chambliss KL,Ahmed M,Tanigaki K,Umetani M,Mineo C,Shaul PW

更新日期：2011-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Transformer splicing regulatory proteins determine the sexually dimorphic traits of Drosophila. The role of the vertebrate homologs of Tra-2 in phenotypic specification is undefined. We are using the alternative splicing of the MYPT1 E23 exon as a model for the study of smooth muscle diversification into fast and slow...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Shukla S,Fisher SA

更新日期：2008-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmural heterogeneity of myocardial metabolism and function are present in the left ventricle under normal and ischemic conditions. To determine if endocardial versus epicardial differences of [Ca2+]i are also present, perfused rat heart studies using indo-1 fluorescence as an index of [Ca2+]i were performed in the...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Figueredo VM,Brandes R,Weiner MW,Massie BM,Camacho SA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonlaminar flow is a major predisposing factor to atherosclerosis. Yet little is known regarding hemodynamic gene regulation in disease-prone areas of the vascular tree in vivo. We have determined spatial patterns of expression of endothelial cell receptors in the arterial tree and of reporter gene constructs in trans...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Porat RM,Grunewald M,Globerman A,Itin A,Barshtein G,Alhonen L,Alitalo K,Keshet E

更新日期：2004-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane current abnormalities have been described in human heart failure. To determine whether similar current changes are observed in a large animal model of heart failure, we studied dogs with pacing-induced cardiomyopathy. Myocytes isolated from the midmyocardium of 13 dogs with heart failure induced by 3 to 4 wee...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Kääb S,Nuss HB,Chiamvimonvat N,O'Rourke B,Pak PH,Kass DA,Marban E,Tomaselli GF

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of acute renovascular hypertension on the sympathetic nervous system, regional blood flow and cardiac function were studied in conscious dogs submitted to renal artery occlusion by inflation of a cuff implanted previously around one renal artery. We then compared the alterations in plasma renin and catecho...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Gavras H,Liang C

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure (HF) has been singled out as an epidemic and is a staggering clinical and public health problem, associated with significant mortality, morbidity, and healthcare expenditures, particularly among those aged ≥ 65 years. The case mix of HF is changing over time with a growing proportion of cases presenting ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Roger VL

更新日期：2013-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood pressure of rabbits with chronic one-kidney hypertension can be lowered to normal by immunization with hog kidney cortex preparations that do not contain renin, thus providing evidence for a new factor essential for the maintenance of an elevated blood pressure. A search for the new factor has led to the dis...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Skeggs LT,Kahn JR,Levine M,Dorer FE,Lentz KE

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of chronic therapy with quinapril on the temporal progression of left ventricular failure and survival was assessed in the CHF 146 cardiomyopathic (CM) hamster, which is an idiopathic model of congestive heart failure. Age-matched Golden Syrian (GS) hamsters served as normal controls. Quinapril was administ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Haleen SJ,Weishaar RE,Overhiser RW,Bousley RF,Keiser JA,Rapundalo SR,Taylor DG

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00