Bone marrow monocyte lineage cells adhere on injured endothelium in a monocyte chemoattractant protein-1-dependent manner and accelerate reendothelialization as endothelial progenitor cells.

abstract：:The effects of mechanical factors on nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB activation and its potential functional roles have been very little explored in the intact vessel. Thus, we chose to study the regulation of NF-kappaB by intraluminal pressure using an organ culture model of mouse carotid arteries maintained at 80 or 150 ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Lemarié CA,Esposito B,Tedgui A,Lehoux S

更新日期：2003-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) improve left ventricular remodeling and function after acute or chronic myocardial infarction. However, the long-term (>5 weeks) effects, potential tumorigenicity, and fate of transplanted CPCs are unknown. OBJECTIVE:To assess the outcome of CPC therapy at 1 year. METHODS AND...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Tang XL,Li Q,Rokosh G,Sanganalmath SK,Chen N,Ou Q,Stowers H,Hunt G,Bolli R

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined whether cerebral arterioles in vitro adjust their diameters in response to changes in intraluminal flow rate and pressure. Intracerebral arterioles (38- to 55-microns diameter) were isolated from Sprague-Dawley rats and cannulated with a perfusion system that permitted separate control of intraluminal pr...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Ngai AC,Winn HR

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteopontin (OPN) is a cytokine upregulated in diabetic vascular disease. To better understand its role in vascular remodeling, we assessed how OPN controls metalloproteinase (MMP) activation in aortic adventitial myofibroblasts (AMFs) and A7r5 vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). By zymography, OPN and tumor necrosi...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Lai CF,Seshadri V,Huang K,Shao JS,Cai J,Vattikuti R,Schumacher A,Loewy AP,Denhardt DT,Rittling SR,Towler DA

更新日期：2006-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effect of lactate, pyruvate, and glucose on the endogenous levels of lipids in the normoxic, ischemic, and reperfused myocardium, isolated working rat hearts were exposed to various grades of ischemic insult (15, 30, or 45 minutes). Glucose was present as the basal substrate in the perfusion medium,...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： de Groot MJ,Coumans WA,Willemsen PH,van der Vusse GJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:Electrocardiogram (ECG) electrodes and carotid arterial and superior vena caval (SVC) catheters were placed in eight nonpregnant ewes and 11 fetuses (109-129 days gestation) to measure heart rate, arterial presssure, P-R interval, left ventricular pre-ejection period (PEP), and left ventricular ejection time (LVET), b...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Berman W Jr,Ravenscroft PJ,Sheiner LB,Heymann MA,Melmon KL,Rudolph AM

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidence exists that ATP-sensitive mitochondrial potassium channels (MitoKATP channel) are a major contributor to the cardiac protection against ischemia. Given the importance of mitochondria in the cardiac cell, we tested whether the potent and specific opener of the MitoKATP channel diazoxide attenuates the ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Wang Y,Ashraf M

更新日期：1999-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding relationships between heart failure and arrhythmias, important causes of suffering and sudden death, remains an unmet goal for biomedical researchers and physicians. Evidence assembled over the past decade supports a view that activation of the multifunctional Ca(2+) and calmodulin-dependent protein kina...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Swaminathan PD,Purohit A,Hund TJ,Anderson ME

更新日期：2012-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the blocking effects of the local anesthetics, lidocaine and benzocaine, on the sodium current, using single rat ventricular cells to obtain further information about the voltage dependence and kinetics of local anesthetic interaction with cardiac sodium channels. We used a hybrid voltage clamp system whic...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Sanchez-Chapula J,Tsuda Y,Josephson IR

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction of carotid sinus and aortic arch reflex control of total peripheral resistance was studied in eight dogs anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital and placed on constant flow cardiac bypass. Carotid sinus and aortic arch baroreceptor areas were isolated and separately perfused at controlled pressures. Combina...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Brunner MJ,Greene AS,Kallman CH,Shoukas AA

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold-induced vasoconstriction in cutaneous blood vessels is mediated in part by increased activity of vascular smooth muscle alpha2-adrenoceptors (VSM alpha2-ARs). In mouse cutaneous arteries, alpha2C-ARs are normally silent at 37 degrees C but mediate cold-induced augmentation of alpha2-AR responsiveness. In transfec...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Bailey SR,Eid AH,Mitra S,Flavahan S,Flavahan NA

更新日期：2004-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II exerts positive inotropic and chronotropic effects on the mammalian heart by binding to specific membrane receptors. Recently, two subtypes of angiotensin II receptors (AT1 and AT2) have been distinguished by using the nonpeptide antagonists losartan (previously known as DuP 753) and PD123177. To evalua...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Sechi LA,Griffin CA,Grady EF,Kalinyak JE,Schambelan M

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deposition of platelets at the site of balloon angioplasty is thought to play a major role in the pathogenesis of restenosis. The antibody AZ-1, which binds to the rabbit platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor and inhibits platelet function both in vitro and in vivo, was produced and tested in an experimental mod...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Azrin MA,Ling FS,Chen Q,Pawashe A,Migliaccio F,Homer R,Todd M,Ezekowitz MD

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that functional diversity of vascular smooth muscle is produced in part by a differential expression of ion channels. The aim of the present study was to examine the role of Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels (K(Ca) channels) in the expression of smooth muscle cell functional phenotype. We found t...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Neylon CB,Lang RJ,Fu Y,Bobik A,Reinhart PH

更新日期：1999-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme oxygenase (HO) is a cytoprotective enzyme that degrades heme (a potent oxidant) to generate carbon monoxide (a vasodilatory gas that has anti-inflammatory properties), bilirubin (an antioxidant derived from biliverdin), and iron (sequestered by ferritin). Because of properties of HO and its products, we hypothesi...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Wiesel P,Patel AP,Carvajal IM,Wang ZY,Pellacani A,Maemura K,DiFonzo N,Rennke HG,Layne MD,Yet SF,Lee ME,Perrella MA

更新日期：2001-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the effects of indomethacin and meclofenamate, two inhibitors of prostaglandin synthesis, on renal vascular resistance and on renal responses to nerve stimulation, pressor and depressor hormones in the in situ feline kidney under conditions of controlled blood flow. Both inhibitors produced a gradual ris...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Chapnick BM,Paustian PW,Feigen LP,Joiner PD,Hyman AL,Kadowitz PJ

更新日期：1977-04-01 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：:Electrical uncoupling at gap junctions during acute myocardial ischemia contributes to conduction abnormalities and reentrant arrhythmias. Increased levels of intracellular Ca(2+) and H(+) and accumulation of amphipathic lipid metabolites during ischemia promote uncoupling, but other mechanisms may play a role. We tes...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Beardslee MA,Lerner DL,Tadros PN,Laing JG,Beyer EC,Yamada KA,Kléber AG,Schuessler RB,Saffitz JE

更新日期：2000-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the effect of adrenomedullin, a novel vasorelaxant peptide, on the migration of cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) by using the Boyden-chamber method. Fetal calf serum (FCS) and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-BB strongly stimulated SMC migration. Adrenomedullin clear...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Horio T,Kohno M,Kano H,Ikeda M,Yasunari K,Yokokawa K,Minami M,Takeda T

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that the primary heart tube continues to grow by addition of cells from the coelomic wall. This growth occurs concomitantly with embryonic folding and formation of the coelomic cavity, making early heart formation morphologically complex. A scarcity of data on localized growth parameters furt...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： van den Berg G,Abu-Issa R,de Boer BA,Hutson MR,de Boer PA,Soufan AT,Ruijter JM,Kirby ML,van den Hoff MJ,Moorman AF

更新日期：2009-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient coronary occlusion (15 minutes) does not result in irreversible myocardial injury but is associated with a depression of contractile function sustained for several hours to days ("stunned myocardium"). The defect in the contractile process responsible for this phenomenon has been suggested to be causally rel...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Ito BR,Tate H,Kobayashi M,Schaper W

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quinidine is the most commonly used drug for the chronic treatment of ventricular arrhythmias, but it may be arrhythmogenic. Much information exists concerning quinidine's effects on active properties in cardiac tissues, but virtually nothing is known of its effects on passive properties. We studied the effects of qui...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Arnsdorf MF,Sawicki GJ

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patch-clamp technique was used to examine the inhibition of delayed rectifier K+ channels by agents that release intracellular Ca2+. During voltage-clamp experiments on isolated myocytes with 4-aminopyridine (4-AP, 10 mmol/L) and niflumic acid (100 mumol/L) present to inhibit delayed rectifier K+ current (IK(dr)) ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Gelband CH,Hume JR

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied DNA (mtDNA) replication in adult female rat hearts undergoing hypertrophy secondary to constriction of the ascending aorta. MtDNA was measured in isolated mitochondria by a fluorometric method adapted for that purpose. The conditions for removal of contaminating nuclear DNA were developed, and the purity of...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Rajamanickam C,Merten S,Kwiatkowska-Patzer B,Chuang CH,Zak R,Rabinowitz M

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the limitations of the double sucrose gap voltage clamp technique in the determination of tension-voltage relationships for frog atrial muscle. Tension-voltage relationships were determined under two conditions. In one case we determined both the tension response and slow inwa...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Tarr M,Trank JW

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear receptors controlling lipid and glucose metabolism as well as inflammation. PPARs are expressed in macrophages, cells that also generate reactive oxygen species (ROS). In this study, we investigated whether PPARs regulate ROS production in macrophages. Di...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Teissier E,Nohara A,Chinetti G,Paumelle R,Cariou B,Fruchart JC,Brandes RP,Shah A,Staels B

更新日期：2004-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:In ventricular myocytes of large mammals with low T-tubule density, a significant number of ryanodine receptors (RyRs) are not coupled to the sarcolemma; cardiac remodeling increases noncoupled RyRs. OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to test the hypothesis that coupled and noncoupled RyRs have distinct microdomain-depen...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Dries E,Bito V,Lenaerts I,Antoons G,Sipido KR,Macquaide N

更新日期：2013-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of centrally originating sympathetic activity to the myocardial extracellular accumulation of noradrenaline during the early phase of ischemia has been assessed in a perfused (Langendorff) rat heart preparation isolated except for its sympathetic innervation. A 10-minute electrical stimulation (4 Hz, ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Dart AM,Schömig A,Dietz R,Mayer E,Kübler W

更新日期：1984-11-01 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