From genes to channels: normal mechanisms.

abstract：AIMS:Coronary arteritis is a life-threatening complication that may arise in the acute stage of Kawasaki disease (KD), the leading cause of systemic vasculitis in childhood. Various microorganisms and molecular pathogens have been reported to cause KD. However, little is known about the key molecules that contribute to...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Nakashima Y,Sakai Y,Mizuno Y,Furuno K,Hirono K,Takatsuki S,Suzuki H,Onouchi Y,Kobayashi T,Tanabe K,Hamase K,Miyamoto T,Aoyagi R,Arita M,Yamamura K,Tanaka T,Nishio H,Takada H,Ohga S,Hara T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exogenous angiotensin II causes noradrenaline supersensitivity in rat mesenteric vasculature preparations. The noradrenaline supersensitivity of tissues from renal/salt hypertensive rats, with low plasma renin activity, is not caused by endogenous angiotensin II since it was unaffected by Sar1 Ileu8 angiotensin II. Di...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Collis MG,Alps BJ

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) de-differentiation is a prerequisite for migration from the tunica media to the intima after vascular injury. Integrin cell adhesion molecules participate in VSMC phenotype modulation. Alpha 8 beta 1 integrin is a differentiation marker of VSMCs and its knockdown heightens m...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Zargham R,Thibault G

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to investigate how platelet activation during myocardial ischaemia can induce electrophysiological and arrhythmogenic effects, and examine the involvement of different platelet membrane receptors in producing these effects. METHODS:Transmembrane action potentials and electrograms were recorded fr...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Flores NA,Goulielmos NV,Seghatchian MJ,Sheridan DJ

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infarct size can be limited by reducing the determinants of infarct size or increasing collateral blood flow by treatment initiated before the ischaemic event. Reperfusion is the definitive treatment for permanently reducing infarct size and restoring some degree of contractile function to the affected myocardium. Inn...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Granfeldt A,Lefer DJ,Vinten-Johansen J

更新日期：2009-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were carried out in four different canine preparations to determine the effect of collateral flow on early changes induced by acute segmental ischaemia. The results of these experiments indicated that collateral flow provided a limited and variable amount of protection. When collateral flow was eliminated, myo...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Koke JR,Bittar N

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of intracoronary vasopressin on the relationship between pressure and flow in the coronary circulation of anaesthetised swine. In addition to measurements at control levels, diastolic pressure-flow relationships were constructed from steady-state points below a coronary pressure of 50 mmHg, wher...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Pantely GA,Ladley HD,Anselone CG,Bristow JD

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Atherogenesis, evolution of plaque, and outcomes following endovascular intervention depend heavily on the unique vascular architecture of each individual. Patient-specific, multiscale models able to correlate changes in microscopic cellular responses with relevant macroscopic flow, and structural conditions may h...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Martorell J,Santomá P,Kolandaivelu K,Kolachalama VB,Melgar-Lesmes P,Molins JJ,Garcia L,Edelman ER,Balcells M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiomyocytes express a surprisingly large number of potassium channel types. The primary physiological functions of the currents conducted by these channels are to maintain the resting membrane potential and mediate action potential repolarization under basal conditions and in response to changes in the concentratio...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Crotti L,Odening KE,Sanguinetti MC

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) has a well-established role in lipoprotein metabolism, but the effect of its overexpression or inhibition on the efficiency of reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) is unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS:Neither overexpression of CETP nor treatment with CETP inhibitor Torcetrapib ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Tchoua U,D'Souza W,Mukhamedova N,Blum D,Niesor E,Mizrahi J,Maugeais C,Sviridov D

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A recent genome-wide association study identified a susceptibility locus for atrial fibrillation at the KCNN3 gene. Since the KCNN3 gene encodes for a small conductance calcium-activated potassium channel, we hypothesized that overexpression of the SK3 channel increases susceptibility to cardiac arrhythmias....

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Mahida S,Mills RW,Tucker NR,Simonson B,Macri V,Lemoine MD,Das S,Milan DJ,Ellinor PT

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) family is a complex system consisting of at least three polypeptides and at least three types of receptor. Each peptide interacts with different types of receptor at varying degrees of affinity. To determine if natriuretic peptide levels influence natriuretic peptide rece...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Vera N,Tse MY,Watson JD,Sarda S,Steinhelper ME,John SW,Flynn TG,Pang SC

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the striking differences that distinguish the adult from the embryonic heart in mammals and set it apart from the heart in urodeles and teleosts is the incapacity of cardiomyocytes to respond to damage by proliferation. While the molecular reasons underlying these characteristics still await elucidation, mounti...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Zacchigna S,Giacca M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-dependent thrombus formation is a key event in the pathogenesis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Platelets mediate both thrombotic occlusion of the entire epicardial coronary artery and also accumulate in the microcirculation resulting in impairment of microcirculation and provoking myocardial ischemia d...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Gawaz M

更新日期：2004-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to test the hypothesis that nitric oxide (or a related compound) contributes to the coronary vasodilatation during physiological increases of myocardial O2 consumption that occur with exercise. METHODS:Active hyperaemia associated with graded treadmill exercise and coronary reactive hyperaemia we...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Altman JD,Kinn J,Duncker DJ,Bache RJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the cellular mechanisms underlying global and regional LV dysfunction in the post-infarct (MI) remodeled rat hearts. METHODS:LV remodeling and function were quantified by echocardiography, morphometry, in vivo hemodynamics, and isolated perfused heart studies in 6 weeks post-MI and sham-operat...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Gupta S,Prahash AJ,Anand IS

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) encodes the rapidly activating delayed rectifier potassium channel (IKr). Malfunction of hERG/IKr is the primary cause of acquired long QT syndrome (LQTS), an electrical disorder of the heart that can cause arrhythmias and sudden death. Patients with autoimmune diseases ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Szendrey J,Lamothe SM,Vanner S,Guo J,Yang T,Li W,Davis J,Joneja M,Baranchuk A,Zhang S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The risk of mortality from the coronavirus disease that emerged in 2019 (COVID-19) is increased by comorbidity from cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Air pollution also causes excess mortality from these conditions. Analysis of the first severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-1) outcomes in 2...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Pozzer A,Dominici F,Haines A,Witt C,Münzel T,Lelieveld J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore long-term cardiac phenotype in transgenic (TG) mice with 300-fold overexpression of beta(2)-adrenergic receptors (AR). METHODS:Echocardiography was performed serially on a cohort of wild-type and TG mice (n=26 each) between 4 and 15 months of age. Survival was monitored and autopsy and histologica...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Du XJ,Gao XM,Wang B,Jennings GL,Woodcock EA,Dart AM

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the intracellular pathways which mediate the inhibitory actions of adenosine on isoprenaline-stimulated calcium current (ICa) in atrioventricular (AV) nodal myocytes. METHODS:The whole-cell patch-clamp technique was used to record ICa from rabbit AV nodal cells, isolated by enzymatic and mechanical ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Martynyuk AE,Kane KA,Cobbe SM,Rankin AC

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In isolated cardiac preparations of non-failing hearts from different species, including man, there is a positive force-frequency relation which is reversed into a negative relation in preparation from failing hearts. Whether or not such relations between ventricular function and heart rate hold true in the i...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Neumann T,Ravens U,Heusch G

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of nitric oxide (NO) with cardiovascular disease has long been recognized and the extensive research on this topic has revealed both pro- and anti-atherosclerotic effects. While these contradictory findings were initially perplexing recent studies offer molecular mechanisms for the integration of these...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Patel RP,Levonen A,Crawford JH,Darley-Usmar VM

更新日期：2000-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gap junction channels provide for direct electrical coupling between cells, and play an important role in homeostasis and electrical coupling. One of the proteins that form gap junctions, Connexin40 (Cx40), shows restricted expression in the body, and is found in blood vessels and in the atrium and conduction...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： van Rijen HV,van Veen TA,Hermans MM,Jongsma HJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The second messenger cyclic guanosine 3'5' monophosphate (cGMP) and its downstream effector protein kinase G (PKG) have been discovered more than 40 years ago. In vessels, PKG1 induces smooth muscle relaxation in response to nitric oxide signalling and thus lowers systemic and pulmonary blood pressure. In platelets, P...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Rainer PP,Kass DA

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:It has been suggested that oxygenation of the isolated, crystalloid perfused, Langendorff rabbit heart is inadequate and that consequent hypoxia limits mechanical performance. The isolated working rabbit heart, which has a higher oxygen requirement than the Langendorff preparation, was used to investiga...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Murashita T,Kempsford RD,Hearse DJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The alpha adrenoceptor antagonist phentolamine prevents ischaemia related arrhythmias in rat, guinea pig, and cat heart. This effect has been related to the attenuation of ischaemia induced shortening of the action potential and has been ascribed to its alpha adrenoceptor antagonist properties. The aim of thi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Wilde AA,Veldkamp MW,van Ginneken AC,Opthof T

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We tested the hypothesis that simultaneous inhibition of the endothelial integrin alpha(v)beta(3) and the platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor will substantially reduce infarct size in a model of acute coronary thrombosis and primary angioplasty. METHODS:Dogs were subjected to thrombus formation in the le...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Sakuma T,Sari I,Goodman CN,Lindner JR,Klibanov AL,Kaul S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Alteration of connexin43 (Cx43)-mediated intercellular communication is known to promote susceptibility to ventricular tachyarrhythmias. However, the precise mechanism of the altered Cx43 responsible for arrhythmogenesis remains unclear. We sought to understand changes in impulse propagation of ventricular myocyte...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Nakagami T,Tanaka H,Dai P,Lin SF,Tanabe T,Mani H,Fujiwara K,Matsubara H,Takamatsu T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a term used to describe cardiac muscle damage-induced heart failure. Multiple structural and biochemical reasons have been suggested to induce this disorder. The most prominent feature of the diabetic myocardium is attenuated insulin signalling that reduces survival kinases (Akt), potentiall...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Puthanveetil P,Wan A,Rodrigues B

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since data on velocity fields in the ascending aorta downstream of normal aortic valves in pigs have not yet been obtained velocity profiles were visualised using a hot film anemometer needle probe before and after total cardiopulmonary bypass and cold cardioplegic arrest. Furthermore, measurements were made during in...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hasenkam JM,Ostergaard JH,Pedersen EM,Paulsen PK,Nygaard H,Schurizek BA,Johannsen G

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00