Estradiol alters nitric oxide production in the mouse aorta through the alpha-, but not beta-, estrogen receptor.

abstract：:Of 145 patients with borderline hypertension, 30% had increased resting cardiac index (QI), whereas the remainder had normal values. The specific aim of this study was to investigate cardiac regulation in patients who had normal resting QI. Eighty-five control subjects were used for comparison. At rest, patients with ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Julius S,Randall OS,Esler MD,Kashima T,Ellis C,Bennett J

更新日期：1975-06-01 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：:To determine whether nifedipine, a calcium antagonist, protects ischemic myocardium, conscious dogs were subjected to coronary occlusion and given nifedipine by intravenous infusion beginning 30 minutes after the onset of ischemia and lasting for 24 hours while systemic arterial pressure, left atrial pressure, and car...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Henry PD,Shuchleib R,Borda LJ,Roberts R,Williamson JR,Sobel BE

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Mutations in GJC2 and GJA1, encoding Cxs (connexins) 47 and 43, respectively, are linked to lymphedema, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Because efficient lymph transport relies on the coordinated contractions of lymphatic muscle cells (LMCs) and their electrical coupling through Cxs, Cx-related lym...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Castorena-Gonzalez JA,Zawieja SD,Li M,Srinivasan RS,Simon AM,de Wit C,de la Torre R,Martinez-Lemus LA,Hennig GW,Davis MJ

更新日期：2018-09-28 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 surgical technique was developed to place sutures around the pulmonary arteries of young rats (about 1 month old and 100 g body weight). As the operated rats grew, the pulmonary arteries were gradually constricted, leading after 4-6 weeks to the development of severe right ventricular hypertrophy with free wall weig...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Julian FJ,Morgan DL,Moss RL,Gonzalez M,Dwivedi P

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimethylarginie dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH) degrades asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an endogenous nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, and comprises 2 isoforms, DDAH1 and DDAH2. To investigate the in vivo role of DDAH2, we generated transgenic mice overexpressing DDAH2. The transgenic mice manifested reduction...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Hasegawa K,Wakino S,Tatematsu S,Yoshioka K,Homma K,Sugano N,Kimoto M,Hayashi K,Itoh H

更新日期：2007-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the coronary microvascular sites of autoregulation. The epimyocardial coronary microcirculation was observed through an intravital microscope by stroboscopic epi-illumination in anesthetized open-chest dogs (n = 20). Aortic pressure and heart rate were held constant by an aor...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Kanatsuka H,Lamping KG,Eastham CL,Marcus ML

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a mouse myocardial preparation to study cellular dysfunction in acute coxsackievirus myocarditis. Thin right ventricular papillary muscles from normal mice (n = 8) were compared with muscles from mice 7 days after coxsackievirus infection (n = 7). Sarcomere shortening was studied with laser diffraction (H...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Hamrell BB,Huber SA,Leslie KO

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies suggested that enhanced fibronectin mRNA translation in ductus arteriosus compared with aortic smooth muscle cells is related to increased expression of light chain 3 (LC3) of microtubule-associated protein 1, which binds an AU-rich element in the 3' untranslated region of fibronectin mRNA. We the...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Zhou B,Rabinovitch M

更新日期：1998-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Cardiac remodeling and subsequent heart failure remain critical issues after myocardial infarction despite improved treatment and reperfusion strategies. Recently, cardiac regeneration has been demonstrated in fish and newborn mice after apex resection or cardiac infarctions. Two key issues remain to translat...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Haubner BJ,Schneider J,Schweigmann U,Schuetz T,Dichtl W,Velik-Salchner C,Stein JI,Penninger JM

更新日期：2016-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the mechanism(s) of hypotensive action of platelet-activating factor (PAF) in anesthetized dogs. PAF (0.5 micrograms/kg i.v.) caused a biphasic hypotension; the first phase was transient and was accompanied by a decrease in systemic vascular resistance and an increase in cardiac output. Aspirin-DL-lysine, ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Yamanaka S,Miura K,Yukimura T,Okumura M,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that alpha-adrenergic coronary vasoconstriction helps maintain a uniform transmural distribution of myocardial blood flow during exercise was tested in dogs. Carotid artery loops were surgically constructed and a splenectomy performed three weeks prior to study. On the day of study, the dog was anesthet...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Huang AH,Feigl EO

更新日期：1988-02-01 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：:The cardiac muscarinic potassium channel (IK.ACh) is activated by a G protein upon receptor stimulation with acetylcholine. The G protein subunit responsible for activation (G alpha versus G beta gamma) has been disputed. We used G beta gamma inhibitors derived from the beta-adrenergic kinase 1 (beta ARK1) to assess t...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Nair LA,Inglese J,Stoffel R,Koch WJ,Lefkowitz RJ,Kwatra MM,Grant AO

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal fatty acid-binding protein (E-FABP), previously characterized in human keratinocytes, is a cytoplasmic protein of 15 kD that specifically binds fatty acids (FAs). Previous PAGE-immunoblotting studies indicated that several human tissues display an immunoreactive band with an electrophoretic mobility identica...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Masouyé I,Hagens G,Van Kuppevelt TH,Madsen P,Saurat JH,Veerkamp JH,Pepper MS,Siegenthaler G

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isovolumic relaxation abnormalities have been noted in the ischemic left ventricle, but altered end-diastolic distensibility, as well as the role of right ventricular distention, is debated. Accordingly, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and myocardial segment length were studied in the open-chest dogs with crit...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Momomura S,Bradley AB,Grossman W

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested a number of hypotheses concerning the mechanism of K+-induced vasodilation of the coronary vascular bed. Blood flow in the circumflex artery was measured in pentobarbital-anesthetized, open-chest dogs. Intracircumflex artery bolus injections of 40 mumol of isomotic KCl produced decreases in coronary vascular...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Murray PA,Sparks HV

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hibernating myocardium, characterized by reductions in flow and function at rest, has limited contractile reserve in response to increases in external workload. We hypothesized that this attenuation of function reflects an adaptive downregulation that prevents the development of metabolic evidence of ischemia during s...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Fallavollita JA,Malm BJ,Canty JM Jr

更新日期：2003-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:There is a critical need to develop robust, mechanistic strategies to identify patients at increased risk of cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD). OBJECTIVE:We aimed to discover new biomarkers associated with doxorubicin- and trastuzumab-induced CTRCD using high-throughput proteomic profil...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Beer LA,Kossenkov AV,Liu Q,Luning Prak E,Domchek S,Speicher DW,Ky B

更新日期：2016-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular dysfunction in diabetes is attributed to lack of bioavailable nitric oxide (NO) and is postulated as a primary cause of small vessel complications as a result of poor glycemic control. Although it has been proposed that NO is bound by red blood cells (RBCs) and can induce relaxation of blood vessels distal to...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： James PE,Lang D,Tufnell-Barret T,Milsom AB,Frenneaux MP

更新日期：2004-04-16 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：:Mitochondria are an important source of reactive oxygen species (ROS), implicated in ischemia/reperfusion injury. When isolated from ischemic myocardium, mitochondria demonstrate increased ROS production as a result of damage to electron transport complexes. To investigate the mechanisms, we studied effects of hypoxia...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Korge P,Ping P,Weiss JN

更新日期：2008-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Connexins have been hypothesized to play an important role in intercellular communication within the vascular wall and may provide a mechanistic explanation for conduction of vasomotor responses. To test this hypothesis, we studied the transmission of vasomotor responses in the intact skeletal muscle microcirculation ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： de Wit C,Roos F,Bolz SS,Kirchhoff S,Krüger O,Willecke K,Pohl U

更新日期：2000-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with severe heart failure are at high risk of sudden cardiac death. In the majority of these patients, sudden cardiac death is thought to be due to ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Alterations of the electric properties of single myocytes in heart failure may favor the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias in th...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Priebe L,Beuckelmann DJ

更新日期：1998-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT) is importantly implicated in pathological cardiac remodeling and vascular lesion formation. NFAT functionality is mainly regulated by calcineurin, a Ca(2+)-dependent multi-effector phosphatase. Calcineurin inhibitors such as cyclosporine A (CsA) were shown to be effe...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Yu H,Bot I,Sliedregt K,Xu X,Bot M,van Heiningen SH,van der Marel GA,Bennett MR,Overkleeft H,van Berkel TJ,Biessen EA

更新日期：2012-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine, a vasodilator metabolite, is often produced in tissues where the demand for oxygen exceeds the supply. We have recently demonstrated in isolated cannulated arterioles that adenosine and its metabolite, inosine, can also cause vasoconstriction by stimulation of mast cells. Secondary release of histamine and ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Shepherd RK,Linden J,Duling BR

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The ventricular conduction system controls the propagation of electric activity through the heart to coordinate cardiac contraction. This system is composed of specialized cardiomyocytes organized in defined structures including central components and a peripheral Purkinje fiber network. How the mammalian ven...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Miquerol L,Moreno-Rascon N,Beyer S,Dupays L,Meilhac SM,Buckingham ME,Franco D,Kelly RG

更新日期：2010-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C (PKC) is a key mediator of many diverse physiological and pathological responses. Although little is known about the specific in vivo roles of the various cardiac PKC isozymes, activation-induced translocation of PKC is believed to be the primary determinant of isozyme-specific functions. Recently, we...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Mochly-Rosen D,Wu G,Hahn H,Osinska H,Liron T,Lorenz JN,Yatani A,Robbins J,Dorn GW 2nd

更新日期：2000-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of two types of repeated transient coronary artery occlusions on collateral development were examined in chronically instrumented, conscious dogs. A 2-minute coronary occlusion at 32-minute intervals (group 1, n = 11) or a 15-second occlusion at 4-minute intervals (group 2, n = 7) were repeated day and nig...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Mohri M,Tomoike H,Noma M,Inoue T,Hisano K,Nakamura M

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00