Human activin-A is expressed in the atherosclerotic lesion and promotes the contractile phenotype of smooth muscle cells.

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:Chronic elevation of 3'-5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) levels has been associated with cardiac remodeling and cardiac hypertrophy. However, enhancement of particular aspects of cAMP/protein kinase A signaling seems to be beneficial for the failing heart. cAMP is a pleiotropic second messenger with t...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Zoccarato A,Surdo NC,Aronsen JM,Fields LA,Mancuso L,Dodoni G,Stangherlin A,Livie C,Jiang H,Sin YY,Gesellchen F,Terrin A,Baillie GS,Nicklin SA,Graham D,Szabo-Fresnais N,Krall J,Vandeput F,Movsesian M,Furlan L,Corse

更新日期：2015-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Although tyrosine kinases (TKs) are important for cardiac function, their relevant downstream targets in the adult heart are unknown. The ShcA docking protein binds specific phosphotyrosine (pTyr) sites on activated TKs through its N-terminal pTyr-binding (PTB) and C-terminal SH2 domains and stimulates downst...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Vanderlaan RD,Hardy WR,Kabir MG,Pasculescu A,Jones N,deTombe PP,Backx PH,Pawson T

更新日期：2011-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) serves as a key endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor mediating flow-induced dilation in human coronary arterioles (HCAs). The precise mechanisms by which H(2)O(2) elicits smooth muscle hyperpolarization are not well understood. An important mode of action of H(2)O(2) involve...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Zhang DX,Borbouse L,Gebremedhin D,Mendoza SA,Zinkevich NS,Li R,Gutterman DD

更新日期：2012-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolated rat heart perfused with washed platelets was used as a model to examine platelet-vessel wall interactions. Release of prostacyclin and thromboxane A2 was measured, using a cascade of smooth muscle bioassay tissues or radioimmunoassays of the stable hydration products. In hearts perfused with rabbit or hum...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Purchase M,Dusting GJ,Li DM,Read MA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reductions in fluid shear stress produce endothelium-dependent vasoconstriction and promote neointimal hyperplasia, but the intracellular signaling mechanisms involved in these processes are poorly understood. To examine whether decreases in fluid shear stress affect endothelial cytosolic pH, carboxy-seminaphthorhodaf...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Ziegelstein RC,Blank PS,Cheng L,Capogrossi MC

更新日期：1998-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently characterized the promoter region of the rabbit embryonic smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (SMemb/NMHC-B) gene and identified the 15-bp sequence, designated SE1, located at -105 from the transcriptional start site as an important regulatory element for its transcriptional activity in a smooth muscle c...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Watanabe N,Kurabayashi M,Shimomura Y,Kawai-Kowase K,Hoshino Y,Manabe I,Watanabe M,Aikawa M,Kuro-o M,Suzuki T,Yazaki Y,Nagai R

更新日期：1999-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrite has recently emerged as an important bioactive molecule, capable of conferring cardioprotection and a variety of other benefits in the cardiovascular system and elsewhere. The mechanisms by which it accomplishes these functions remain largely unclear. To characterize the dose response and corresponding cardiac...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Perlman DH,Bauer SM,Ashrafian H,Bryan NS,Garcia-Saura MF,Lim CC,Fernandez BO,Infusini G,McComb ME,Costello CE,Feelisch M

更新日期：2009-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) plays an important role in regulating vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation and directed migration. The mitogenic and chemotactic actions of IGF-I are mediated through the IGF-I receptor, but how the activation of the IGF-I receptor leads to these biological responses is...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Duan C,Bauchat JR,Hsieh T

更新日期：2000-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Vessel stabilization and the inhibition of side effects such as tissue edema are essential in angiogenic gene therapy. Thus, combination gene transfers stimulating both endothelial cell and pericyte proliferation have become of interest. However, there is currently little data to support combination gene transfer in l...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Korpisalo P,Karvinen H,Rissanen TT,Kilpijoki J,Marjomäki V,Baluk P,McDonald DM,Cao Y,Eriksson U,Alitalo K,Ylä-Herttuala S

更新日期：2008-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress has been suggested to potentiate atherogenesis. However, studies that have investigated the effect of antioxidants on atherosclerosis showed inconsistent results, ie, atherosclerosis was either retarded or not changed by dietary antioxidants. This report directly examined the effect of overexpressing ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Yang H,Roberts LJ,Shi MJ,Zhou LC,Ballard BR,Richardson A,Guo ZM

更新日期：2004-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrophic (HCM) and dilated (DCM) cardiomyopathies are inherited diseases with a high incidence of death due to electric abnormalities or outflow tract obstruction. In many of the families afflicted with either disease, causative mutations have been identified in various sarcomeric proteins. In this review, we focu...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Moore JR,Leinwand L,Warshaw DM

更新日期：2012-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:During an investigation of the effect of ryanodine on contractions in cardiac muscle, it was found that long rest periods removed all or most of the drug's effect. Therefore, we studied the kinetics of block development and recovery from block produced by low concentrations of ryanodine (1-100 pM) on the postrest cont...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Malecot CO,Katzung BG

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-adrenergic receptor system of the failing human heart is markedly desensitized. We have recently postulated that this desensitization may in part be caused by an increase in beta-adrenergic receptor kinase (beta ARK) expression. beta ARK is thought to effect desensitization by acting in concert with an inhibi...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Ungerer M,Parruti G,Böhm M,Puzicha M,DeBlasi A,Erdmann E,Lohse MJ

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Myogenic tone, an important regulator of vascular resistance, is dependent on vascular smooth muscle (VSM) depolarization, can be modulated by endothelial factors, and is increased in several models of hypertension. Intermittent hypoxia (IH) elevates blood pressure and causes endothelial dysfunction. Hydrogen...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Jackson-Weaver O,Paredes DA,Gonzalez Bosc LV,Walker BR,Kanagy NL

更新日期：2011-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood pressure (BP) control in patients with hypertension is variable worldwide, and in general, it results largely unsatisfactory. Factors responsible for this phenomenon include insufficient national cardiovascular healthcare policies for prevention, poor patient compliance with prescribed treatment schedules, and t...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Mancia G,Rea F,Corrao G,Grassi G

更新日期：2019-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Current management of ventricular septal defect (VSD) after myocardial infarction (MI) is aimed at improving left ventricular (LV) performance by afterload reduction as a means of hemodynamic stabilization or shunt control. The current investigation was undertaken to determine whether primary manipulation of right ven...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Babb JD,Waldhausen JA,Zelis R

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidized low-density lipoproteins increase arginase activity and reciprocally decrease endothelial NO in human aortic endothelial cells. Here, we demonstrate that vascular endothelial arginase activity is increased in atherogenic-prone apolipoprotein E-null (ApoE(-/-)) and wild-type mice fed a high cholesterol diet. I...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Ryoo S,Gupta G,Benjo A,Lim HK,Camara A,Sikka G,Lim HK,Sohi J,Santhanam L,Soucy K,Tuday E,Baraban E,Ilies M,Gerstenblith G,Nyhan D,Shoukas A,Christianson DW,Alp NJ,Champion HC,Huso D,Berkowitz DE

更新日期：2008-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of contracture in the manifestation of calcium paradox-induced damage was examined using 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM) to inhibit myofibrillar activity. Calcium and sodium gain, loss of intracellular components, and changes in structure were monitored. If 30 mM BDM was added at the time of calcium repletion ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Daly MJ,Elz JS,Nayler WG

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E-deficient (ApoE-/-) mice develop atherosclerotic lesions throughout the arterial tree, including the carotid bifurcation. Although the expression of adhesion molecules such as ICAM-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), and P-selectin on endothelium that overlie atherosclerotic plaques has bee...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Ramos CL,Huo Y,Jung U,Ghosh S,Manka DR,Sarembock IJ,Ley K

更新日期：1999-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacological modulation of [K+]o accumulation and action potential changes during acute myocardial ischemia is under evaluation as a promising new antiarrhythmic and cardioprotective strategy during myocardial ischemia and reperfusion. We studied the effects of cromakalim, a K+ channel opener that activates ATP-sen...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Venkatesh N,Stuart JS,Lamp ST,Alexander LD,Weiss JN

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-cell voltage-clamp experiments and single-channel current recordings in cell-attached patch mode were performed on enzymatically dissociated single ventricular myocytes harvested from feline endocardial and epicardial surfaces. The studies were designed to compare the characteristics of inward rectifier K+ curre...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Furukawa T,Kimura S,Furukawa N,Bassett AL,Myerburg RJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether or not salt loading restricted to the brain would elevate blood pressure, chronically implanted osmotic minipumps were used to infuse hypertonic sodium chloride solutions made in artificial cerebrospinal fluid into a jugular vein intravenously or the third cerebral ventricle, intracerebroventricul...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Miyajima E,Buñag RD

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase A (PKA)-mediated enhancement of L-type calcium currents (I(Ca,L)) is essential for sympathetic regulation of the heartbeat and is the classic example of channel regulation by phosphorylation, and its loss is a common hallmark of heart failure. Mechanistic understanding of how distinct Ca(V) channel subu...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Miriyala J,Nguyen T,Yue DT,Colecraft HM

更新日期：2008-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The tyrosine phosphorylated protein Crk-associated substrate (CAS) has previously been shown to participate in the cellular processes regulating dynamic changes in the actin architecture and arterial constriction. In the present study, treatment of rat mesenteric arteries with phenylephrine (PE) led to the increase in...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Anfinogenova Y,Wang R,Li QF,Spinelli AM,Tang DD

更新日期：2007-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Reperfusion of globally ischemic rat hearts causes the generation of inositol(1,4,5)trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] and the initiation of arrhythmias. These responses are mediated by alpha1-adrenergic receptors (ARs), but the subtype of receptor involved has not been identified. Under normoxic conditions, hearts from tra...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Harrison SN,Autelitano DJ,Wang BH,Milano C,Du XJ,Woodcock EA

更新日期：1998-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Troponin is essential for the regulation of cardiac contraction. Troponin is a sarcomeric molecular switch, directly regulating the contractile event in concert with intracellular calcium signals. Troponin isoform switching, missense mutations, proteolytic cleavage, and posttranslational modifications are known to dir...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Metzger JM,Westfall MV

更新日期：2004-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Kawasaki disease (KD), an acute febrile vasculitis, is the most common cause of acquired heart disease in childhood; however, diagnosing KD can be difficult. OBJECTIVE:To identify unique proteomic biomarkers that can be used to facilitate earlier diagnosis of KD. METHODS AND RESULTS:We enrolled 214 children...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Ko TM,Kuo HC,Chang JS,Chen SP,Liu YM,Chen HW,Tsai FJ,Lee YC,Chen CH,Wu JY,Chen YT

更新日期：2015-02-27 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：:Recent studies have suggested a proangiogenic effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition. We hypothesized that such a proangiogenic effect of ACE inhibition may be mediated, in part, by bradykinin (BK) B(2)-receptor pathway. This study therefore examined the neovascularization induced by ACE inhibitor tr...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Silvestre JS,Bergaya S,Tamarat R,Duriez M,Boulanger CM,Levy BI

更新日期：2001-10-12 00:00:00