Intercellular coupling through gap junctions masks M cells in the human heart.

abstract：:Eighty-one consecutive patients representing a wide clinical spectrum were studied to assess the degree of limitation of the atrial extrastimulus technique for measurement of atrioventricular node refractoriness; and, to determine the relationship between conductivity and functional refractoriness of the atrioventricu...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Wyse DG

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We have attempted to demonstrate the induction of inducible nitric oxide synthase in human vascular tissue and define the capacity of different cytokines to induce this enzyme. METHODS:Segments of human arteries were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (10 micrograms/ml), interleukin-1 beta (5 U/ml), tumor ne...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Chester AH,Borland JA,Buttery LD,Mitchell JA,Cunningham DA,Hafizi S,Hoare GS,Springall DR,Polak JM,Yacoub MH

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasculopathy is a pathological process occurring in the blood vessel wall, which could affect the haemostasis and physiological functions of all the vital tissues/organs and is one of the main underlying causes for a variety of human diseases including cardiovascular diseases. Current pharmacological interventions aim...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Liu C,Niu K,Xiao Q

更新日期：2020-11-02 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:Ischemic postconditioning protects the reperfused heart from infarction, and this protection is dependent on the occupancy of adenosine receptors. We further explored the role of adenosine receptors in this salvage. METHODS:In situ rabbit hearts underwent 30 min of regional ischemia and 3 h of reperfusion, a...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Philipp S,Yang XM,Cui L,Davis AM,Downey JM,Cohen MV

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical formulation of the blood flow behaviour through a capillaron model is described. The formulation is applied to the analysis of post-occlusion (reactive) hyperaemia and autoregulation. ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Murao H,Rodbard S

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Mechanical forces are important regulators of cell and tissue phenotype. We hypothesized that mechanical loading and boundary conditions would influence neovessel activity during angiogenesis. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using an in vitro model of angiogenesis sprouting and a mechanical loading system, we evaluated the ef...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Krishnan L,Underwood CJ,Maas S,Ellis BJ,Kode TC,Hoying JB,Weiss JA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of the vascular adventitia is increasingly being recognized not only in vascular disease but also in normal maintenance and homeostasis of vessels. Activation of the adventitia and its resident fibrocytic cells in response to injury, stretch, cytokines, and hormones has been shown to stimulate different...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Haurani MJ,Pagano PJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:3-Methylcholanthrene (MC), a polycylic aromatic hydrocarbon, induces atherogenesis in mice fed an atherogenic diet. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that MC would induce DNA adducts in mouse aortic smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and that cytochrome P4501B1 (CYP1B1) plays an important role in the activation...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Moorthy B,Miller KP,Jiang W,Ramos KS

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to investigate the effects of long-term treatment with an alpha 1 blocker, bunazosin hydrochloride, on blood pressure, heart weight, myocardial contractility, and ventricular myosin isoenzyme pattern in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). DESIGN:Bunazosin hydrochloride was given orally i...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Takeda N,Nakamura I,Ohkubo T,Iwai T,Tanamura A,Nagano M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Elderly patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) have worse prognosis and less often receive guideline-recommended therapies. We aim to better understand the underlying pathophysiological processes associated with aging in HFrEF potentially leading to targeted therapies in this vulnerable...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Ferreira JP,Ouwerkerk W,Santema BT,van Veldhuisen DJ,Lang CC,Ng LL,Anker SD,Dickstein K,Metra M,Cleland JGF,Nilesh SJ,Filippatos G,Aboumsallem JP,de Boer RA,Figarska S,Sama IE,Voors AA,Zannad F

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Exposure to anoxia has been reported to activate ATP-sensitive potassium (K+(ATP)) channels in isolated ventricular myocytes. We aimed to investigate the mechanisms underlying the anoxia-induced activation of K+(ATP) channels. METHODS:Guinea pig ventricular myocytes were isolated using collagenase digestion....

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Shigematsu S,Arita M

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：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：:STUDY OBJECTIVE - The aim of the study was to determine the changes in the beta adrenergic system induced by cardiac hypertrophy due to valvular aortic stenosis. DESIGN - Density of beta adrenoceptors, cardiac tissue noradrenalime concentrations, coronary blood flow (using radioactive microspheres), and haemodynamic v...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Scholz PM,Upsher ME,Eliades D,Kedem J,Weiss HR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Thromboxane A2 (TXA2) induces platelet adhesion through thromboxane prostanoid (TP) receptor. Platelets contain many pro-angiogenic factors and are recruited to the site of vascular injury. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms of platelet-dependent angiogenesis, especially the involvement of TP signallin...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Amano H,Ito Y,Eshima K,Kato S,Ogawa F,Hosono K,Oba K,Tamaki H,Sakagami H,Shibuya M,Narumiya S,Majima M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Heart failure is associated with deficient endothelial nitric oxide (NO) production as well as increased oxidative stress and accelerated NO degradation. The aim of this study was to evaluate platelet NO biosynthesis and superoxide anion (O(2)(-)) production in patients with heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:In ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Shah A,Passacquale G,Gkaliagkousi E,Ritter J,Ferro A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Myocardial function is severely compromised during sepsis. Several underlying mechanisms have been proposed. The innate immune system, i.e. toll-like receptor (TLR) 2 and 4, significantly contributes to cardiac dysfunction. Little is known regarding TLR9 and its pathogenic ligand bacterial DNA in the myocardium. W...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Knuefermann P,Schwederski M,Velten M,Krings P,Ehrentraut H,Rüdiger M,Boehm O,Fink K,Dreiner U,Grohé C,Hoeft A,Baumgarten G,Koch A,Zacharowski K,Meyer R

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Natural angiogenesis has been shown to be impaired in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). The purpose of this study was to determine whether pathological angiogenesis in the setting of tissue ischemia is also impaired in SHR, and to what extent it is modified by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibit...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Takeshita S,Tomiyama H,Yokoyama N,Kawamura Y,Furukawa T,Ishigai Y,Shibano T,Isshiki T,Sato T

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this work was to compare the effects of supplementation of rat chow diet with potassium (K+) and whey mineral concentrate (Whey), a diet rich in milk minerals, on blood pressure and arterial responses in vitro in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). METHODS:Thirty young SHR and twenty Wistar-Kyo...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Wu X,Tolvanen JP,Hutri-Kähönen N,Kähönen M,Mäkynen H,Korpela R,Ruskoaho H,Karjala K,Pörsti I

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to investigate the ventricular/vascular coupling of the intact right heart under conditions of normal operation and acute pulmonary hypertension. METHODS:Right ventricular contractility was obtained by calculating the end systolic pressure-volume relationship (Ees) and the effective pulmonary art...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Fourie PR,Coetzee AR,Bolliger CT

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:RHOA-ROCK signalling regulates cell migration, proliferation, differentiation, and transcription. RHOA is expressed in the developing cardiac conduction system in chicken and mice. In early development, the entire sinus venosus myocardium, including both the transient left-sided and the definitive sinoatrial node ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Vicente-Steijn R,Kelder TP,Tertoolen LG,Wisse LJ,Pijnappels DA,Poelmann RE,Schalij MJ,deRuiter MC,Gittenberger-de Groot AC,Jongbloed MRM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The factors involved in restenosis after balloon angioplasty are poorly characterized but the local concentration of the potent mitogens angiotensin II (AII) and thrombin is known to be increased at sites of vascular injury. We investigated the possibility of a synergistic interaction between AII and thrombin...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Fisslthaler B,Schini-Kerth VB,Fleming I,Busse R

更新日期：1998-04-01 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:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of arrhythmia in humans, yet the genetic cause of AF remains elusive. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have reported risk variants in four distinct genetic loci, and more recently, a meta-GWAS has further implicated six new loci in AF. However, the functional...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Lozano-Velasco E,Hernández-Torres F,Daimi H,Serra SA,Herraiz A,Hove-Madsen L,Aránega A,Franco D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vascular responsiveness to vasoconstrictors is known to be attenuated in haemorrhagic shock. In this study we assessed the temporal development and the underlying mechanisms of haemorrhage-induced vascular hyporeactivity to pressor agents. METHODS:In phenobarbital-anaesthetised rats hypotension was induced b...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Pieber D,Horina G,Sandner-Kiesling A,Pieber TR,Heinemann A

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Free fatty acids induce apoptosis in cardiomyocytes, which is implicated in lipotoxic cardiomyopathy. However, the underlying mechanisms remain not fully understood. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding small RNAs that control gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. Dysregulated miRNAs have been shown to b...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Zhu H,Yang Y,Wang Y,Li J,Schiller PW,Peng T

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Our previous studies demonstrated that inflammation contributes to atherosclerosis through disruption of the low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLr) pathway. However, this effect is overridden by rapamycin, which is an inhibitor of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). This study investigated the role of the mTOR ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Ma KL,Liu J,Wang CX,Ni J,Zhang Y,Wu Y,Lv LL,Ruan XZ,Liu BC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We have previously characterized a cGMP-dependent Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) current in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and have shown its dependence on bestrophin-3 expression. We hypothesize that this current is important for synchronization of SMCs in the vascular wall. In the present study, we aimed to test th...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Broegger T,Jacobsen JC,Secher Dam V,Boedtkjer DM,Kold-Petersen H,Pedersen FS,Aalkjaer C,Matchkov VV

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects on an acute myocardial infarction of equipotent hypotensive doses of nitroglycerin and dipyridamole were studied using the thermographic technique in open-chest dogs. Nitroglycerin did not reduce the cool ischaemic area in any of the nine dogs studied. In six of the dogs, in which the ischaemic region coul...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Malm A,Arborelius M Jr,Lilja B,Gil RL,Bornmyr S

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00