Fenofibrate increases homocystinemia through a PPARalpha-mediated mechanism.

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation is pivotal in the progression of hypertension, atherosclerosis, and restenosis. Resveratrol is a grape polyphenol that is implicated as an important contributor to red wine's vascular protective effects. Its antimitogenic action on VSMC is attributed to an array of plei...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ekshyyan VP,Hebert VY,Khandelwal A,Dugas TR

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated levels of endogenous digoxin-like immunoreactivity have been reported in the body fluids of premature and full-term infants as well as in term pregnancy, in the amniotic fluid, and in human milk. Several lines of evidence suggest that these factors could also have biological properties in common with digitali...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ghione S,Balzan S,Decollogne S,Paci A,Pieraccini L,Montali U

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of deaths attributable to hypertension are coronary artery disease (CAD) deaths and, consequently, the prevention of CAD should be the primary aim of hypertension management. Recent meta-analyses confirm the results of the individual hypertension intervention trials, which demonstrated a disappointing sho...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Poulter NR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]lacidipine binding to its receptor was characterized to explain its slow onset and long duration of antihypertensive activity. Binding parameters were studied in guinea pig myocardial and cerebral membrane preparations and compared with another dihydropyridine (DHP) calcium antagonist, isradipine. Lacidipine binds...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Graziani F,Ratti E,van Amsterdam FT

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the possible role of endothelin in the development and/or maintenance of hypertension in Dahl rats, we examined the responsiveness of isolated vascular smooth muscle and glomerular mesangial cells, as well as deendothelialized vascular ring preparations to endothelin-1 (ET-1). Production of immunoreactive ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Goligorsky MS,Iijima K,Morgan M,Yanagisawa M,Masaki T,Lin L,Nasjletti A,Kaskel F,Frazer M,Badr KF

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NADPH oxidases have recently been shown to contribute to the pathogenesis of hypertension. The development of specific inhibitors of these enzymes has focused attention on their potential therapeutic use in hypertensive disease. Two of the most specific inhibitors, gp91ds-tat and apocynin, have been shown to decrease ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Williams HC,Griendling KK

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is believed to have a role in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension, and ET antagonists may therefore be useful in the treatment of the disease. Here we have characterized ET receptors and ligands in human pulmonary tissues. Autoradiography showed ETA receptors located in resistance and condui...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Russell FD,Davenport AP

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several 3,5-pyridinedicarboxylic acid [4-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-] esters, which are analogs to felodipine, were synthesized and tested for peroral activity and vascular selectivity. Structure-activity relationships demonstrate that felodipine has biological properties (selectivity and oral activ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Berntsson P,Johansson E,Westerlund C

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a potent vasoconstrictive peptide produced by endothelial cells of blood vessels. This peptide has quite a unique structure and pharmacological properties. ET-1 is produced in endothelial cells and may be secreted in a similar way to some paracrine hormones. The pressor response of ET-1 is large...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Masaki T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histamine released within walls of resistance blood vessels is suggested to mediate an active portion of baroreceptor-mediated neurogenic vasodilatation in skeletal muscle vasculature. Studies were undertaken to examine the possibility that histamine-mediated active vasodilatation could be effected, in part, by an inh...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Holcslaw TL,Lassiter D

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In primarily cultured pig coronary smooth muscle cells, extracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP; 10(-9) to 10(-3) M) dose-dependently increases intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i). The [Ca2+]i transients measured by fura-2 fluorescence consist of peak and plateau phases with [Ca2+]i values of 191.84 +/- 5.67 nM (n = 10)...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Seiler L,Matyas S,Fleckenstein-Grün G

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasodilatory properties of prostacyclin were studied in 12 intubated patients who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery. When infused in doses of 2.5, 5, 10, and 20 ng/kg/min, prostacyclin produced a dose-dependent decrease in systemic vascular resistance from 2,702 +/- 143 to 1,654 +/- 106 dynes/cm5/m2 (p less...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Chelly JE,Fabiani JN,Tricot AM,Abry B,Carpentier A

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loop diuretics could adversely influence prognosis due to activation of neurohumoral mechanism in the long term. Previous study showed torasemide, a loop diuretic with anti-aldosteronergic properties, was associated with lower mortality in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). We evaluated the effects of torasemi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Harada K,Izawa H,Nishizawa T,Hirashiki A,Murase Y,Kobayashi M,Isobe S,Cheng XW,Noda A,Nagata K,Yokota M,Murohara T

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial vascular resistance is established by myogenic mechanisms and is modulated both by local factors such as vasodilator metabolites and by remote controls of neurogenic and hormonal origin. This paper reports on the effects of felodipine and hydralazine on the myogenic tone and the neurogenic control of the vasc...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Nordlander M,Thalén P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrophysiologic effects of the metabolites of verapamil are unknown and may contribute to the observed differences between intravenous and oral verapamil. We examined the electrophysiologic effects of verapamil and its metabolites (norverapamil, N-dealkylverapamil (D617), and N-dealkylnorverapamil (D620)) at es...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Johnson KE,Balderston SM,Pieper JA,Mann DE,Reiter MJ

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degree of cardiac and vascular beta-adrenoceptor blockade of bisoprolol and atenolol was determined by the chronotropic dose 25 (CD25) of isoproterenol (the dose of an intravenous isoproterenol bolus required to increase resting heart rate by 25 beats/min) and by the increase in forearm blood flow (venous occlusio...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Bolli P,Müller FB,Linder L,Ji BH,Bühler FR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using constant infusion technique and a water-loading procedure, we investigated renal hemodynamic and excretional variables in 15 essential hypertensive patients [diastolic blood pressure (DBP) 102 +/- 10 mm Hg] after 3 weeks of placebo and after 16 weeks of treatment with a postjunctional alpha 1-adrenoceptor-antago...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Krusell LR,Christensen CK,Pedersen OL

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sotalol is a beta-blocker with class III antiarrhythmic properties that has recently been used in children for the treatment of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias. However, little is known about its electrophysiologic effects on the immature heart. Using intracardiac electrocardiographic recordings and stimu...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Houyel L,Fournier A,Ducharme G,Chartrand C,Davignon A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human cutaneous microcirculation has so far been studied by rather crude methods, such as plethysmography and 133Xn clearance. New sophisticated and noninvasive techniques are now available, with which the microcirculation of the skin can be continuously studied and measured for hours. With two such methods, i.e.,...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Fagrell B

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed three radioimmunoassays (RIAs) of varying specificities toward the endothelin (ET) isoforms. The assays are called the endothelin-1,2[125I] assay system (RPA535), the endothelin 1-21 Specific [125I] assay system (RPA555), and the endothelin-1,2 high-sensitivity [125I] assay system (RPA545). We have f...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Capper SJ,Ella SJ,Kalinka S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel study of the effect of the aldosterone antagonist spironolactone, administered once daily for 1 week to normal male subjects, on blood pressure, intracellular cationic concentrations, and transmembrane cation transport systems and plasma or urinary variables. Af...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Lijnen P,Petrov V

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACEI) after myocardial infarction reduces remodeling of the surviving myocardium. The cellular signaling mechanisms contributing to remodeling are not fully elucidated. Goal of the current study was to test whether protein kinase C (PKC) is regulated in the surviving myocar...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Simonis G,Braun MU,Kirrstetter M,Schön SP,Strasser RH

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the interaction between renal nerves, the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), and the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), electrical stimulation of renal nerves was performed in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and in their normotensive controls, Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY), before and after pharmacologic treat...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Golin R,Protasoni G,Wjinmaalen P,Sala C,Monopoli A,Casati C,Zanchetti A,Stella A

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of candesartan on arterial baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) and sympathetic activity in patients with mild heart failure (HF). Arterial pressure, heart rate, plasma renin activity, plasma angiotensin II and noradrenaline, and muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA)...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Hikosaka M,Yuasa F,Yuyama R,Mimura J,Kawamura A,Motohiro M,Iwasaki M,Sugiura T,Iwasaka T

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The actions of SK&F 94120, a selective phosphodiesterase (PDE III) inhibitor, have been characterised on human ventricular myocardium obtained from heart failure patients. Some actions have been compared directly with those of the drug on guinea pig and cat ventricular myocardium. SK&F 94120 caused positive inotropic ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Gristwood RW,English TA,Wallwork J,Sampford KA,Owen DA

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) induced by large cumulative dose of cesium chloride (Cs) remains unclear. Seven anesthetized rabbits were intravenously injected with Cs (1 mmol/kg) 3 times at 20-min intervals. The surface ECG and monophasic action potential of the left ventricular endocardium ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Takahashi N,Ito M,Fujino T,Iwao T,Nakagawa M,Yonemochi H,Saikawa T,Sakata T

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen-derived free radicals and their metabolites may contribute to the extension of irreversible cellular injury, which occurs on reperfusion of the previously ischemic myocardium. Therefore, therapy directed against the toxic effects of reactive oxygen species may provide protection to the ischemic myocardium, whic...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Mitsos SE,Fantone JC,Gallagher KP,Walden KM,Simpson PJ,Abrams GD,Schork MA,Lucchesi BR

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a 21-residue peptide isolated from the conditioned medium of cultured porcine endothelial cells and is widely distributed throughout the body, with relatively high levels in the kidney and lung. In this study we examined the influence of thyroid hormone status on immunoreactive endothelin (ir-ET...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Lam HC,Wang JP,Lee JK,Ho LT,Han TM,Lu CC,Chiang HT,Cheng DL

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Milrinone is a new inotropic agent for the treatment of refractory congestive heart failure. Our understanding of the mechanisms(s) of action of this synthetic cardiotonic drug is incomplete. We examined the effects of milrinone and the parent compound amrinone on sarcoplasmic reticulum function (45Ca-uptake and Ca-AT...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Earl CQ,Linden J,Weglicki WB

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of lactate, pyruvate, and adenosine, together with some of their derivatives, were determined in microdialysates from 12 pig hearts, 6 of which were subjected to preconditioning and 40 min of ischemia (index ischemia) and 6 of which were subjected to only 40 min of index ischemia. Two microdialysis ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Wikström BG,Ronquist G,Waldenström A

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00