Bone morphogenetic protein signaling modulates myocardin transactivation of cardiac genes.

abstract：:To investigate the possible contributions of cardiac volume overload and cardiac sympathetic hyperactivity in the effects of sodium on cardiac mass, we evaluated the effects of treatment with saline (1%) and deoxycorticosterone acetate + saline (DOCA/saline) for 10 days and 3 and 6 weeks on ventricular anatomy and int...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Fields NG,Yuan BX,Leenen FH

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that in adult rats with chronic hyponatremia, both symptoms of encephalopathy and mortality largely depend upon the gender of the animal and the presence of elevated plasma levels of vasopressin (AVP). Since effects of AVP on blood vessels may be gender dependent, the present study w...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Kozniewska E,Roberts TP,Vexler ZS,Oseka M,Kucharczyk J,Arieff AI

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsatile pulmonary hemodynamics were analyzed in a chronic awake canine high flow model. Standard mean flow and pulsatile flow hemodynamics were measured and alterations in the proximal pulmonary vascular physical properties were quantified by the characteristic impedance (Zo). Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), wh...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Hopkins RA,Hammon JW Jr,McHale PA,Smith PK,Anderson RW

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the contributions of humoral and hemodynamic factors to cardiac adaptations associated with chronic exercise, female Fischer 344 rats were subjected to chronic swimming, infrarenal cardiac transplantation, or both. Swimming resulted in hypertrophy (11-12%) of the in situ hearts in both the unoperated an...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Advani SV,Geenen D,Malhotra A,Factor SM,Scheuer J

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of sodium pump inhibition produced by exposure to the cardiac glycosides, ouabain or dihydroouabain, or by reduction in extracellular potassium to 1.0 mM, on contractile state and sodium-calcium exchange were studied in primary monolayer cultures of chick embryo ventricular cells. Ouabain, 10(-6)M, dihydro...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Barry WH,Hasin Y,Smith TW

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent discovery of neutral active choline and ethanolamine glycerophospholipid specific phospholipase C in myocardium (Wolf RA, Gross RW. J Biol Chem 1985;260:7295) has demonstrated a novel catabolic pathway that potentially contributes to the accumulation of amphiphilic metabolites during myocardial ischemia. To...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Ford DA,Gross RW

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence suggests that endogenous NO inhibits sympathetic outflow in anesthetized animals. However, in a recent study from this laboratory, we were unable to find any evidence of increased renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) in response to blockade of NO synthesis in conscious rabbits. Because angiotens...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Liu JL,Murakami H,Zucker IH

更新日期：1998-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The aging population is increasing in developed countries. Because the incidence of cardiac disease increases dramatically with age, it is important to understand the molecular mechanisms through which the heart becomes either more or less susceptible to stress. Cardiac aging is characterized by the presence of hypert...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Shirakabe A,Ikeda Y,Sciarretta S,Zablocki DK,Sadoshima J

更新日期：2016-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamic interaction of simultaneously changing heart period and single vagal stimuli on atrioventricular conduction (AV interval) was quantified by subtracting the vagally induced responses of the paced heart preparation from those of the unpaced heart preparation. This difference was significantly greater (P less...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Martin P

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type 1B angiotensin II (AT1B) receptor cloned from rat kidney was stably expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells. The stably expressed receptor was characterized by radioligand binding studies and functional coupling to inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) formation. Exposure of cells expressing the AT1B receptor to...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Tang H,Shirai H,Inagami T

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a low-density lipoprotein-like lipoprotein and important cardiovascular risk factor whose cognate receptor and intracellular fate remains unknown. OBJECTIVE:Our study aimed to determine the intracellular trafficking pathway for Lp(a) and the receptor responsible for its uptake in li...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Sharma M,Redpath GM,Williams MJ,McCormick SP

更新日期：2017-03-31 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：:We have measured the apparent Ca2+ sensitivities of force development in skinned cardiac trabeculae at different sarcome lengths together with shifts in troponin (Tn) T subunits on specimens from the same hearts and drawn insights into the pathogenesis of myocardial dysfunction in the diabetic rat. The Ca(2+)-force re...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Akella AB,Ding XL,Cheng R,Gulati J

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammation in white adipose tissue (WAT) is positively associated with obesity, insulin resistance (IR) and the development of type 2 diabetes. The proinflammatory cytokine MIF (macrophage migration inhibitory factor) is an essential, upstream component of the inflammatory cascade. This study examines whethe...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Verschuren L,Kooistra T,Bernhagen J,Voshol PJ,Ouwens DM,van Erk M,de Vries-van der Weij J,Leng L,van Bockel JH,van Dijk KW,Fingerle-Rowson G,Bucala R,Kleemann R

更新日期：2009-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal and preliminary human studies of adult cell therapy following acute myocardial infarction have shown an overall improvement of cardiac function. Myocardial and vascular regeneration have been initially proposed as mechanisms of stem cell action. However, in many cases, the frequency of stem cell engraftment and...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Gnecchi M,Zhang Z,Ni A,Dzau VJ

更新日期：2008-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Cell therapy is a promising option for the treatment of acute or chronic myocardial ischemia. The intracoronary infusion of cells imposes the potential risk of cell clotting, which may be prevented by the addition of anticoagulants. However, a comprehensive analysis of the effects of anticoagulants on the fun...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Seeger FH,Rasper T,Fischer A,Muhly-Reinholz M,Hergenreider E,Leistner DM,Sommer K,Manavski Y,Henschler R,Chavakis E,Assmus B,Zeiher AM,Dimmeler S

更新日期：2012-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiovascular actions of the synthetic natriuretic peptide, atriopeptin II, were examined in conscious unrestrained spontaneously hypertensive rats and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats. The animals were chronically instrumented with miniaturized pulsed Doppler flow probes to allow measurement of regional blood flow...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Lappe RW,Smits JF,Todt JA,Debets JJ,Wendt RL

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Uncoupling protein (UCP)2 is a mitochondrial inner membrane protein that is expressed in mammalian myocardium under normal conditions and upregulated in pathological states such as heart failure. UCP2 is thought to protect cardiomyocytes against oxidative stress by dissipating the mitochondrial proton gradien...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Turner JD,Gaspers LD,Wang G,Thomas AP

更新日期：2010-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial and dynamic properties of ventricular fibrillation (VF) may be random or related to cellular electrical properties of the normal heart. Local activation intervals (AIs) in VF may depend on the local refractory period (RP), and sustained VF may require a steep action potential (AP) restitution curve. In gui...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Choi BR,Liu T,Salama G

更新日期：2001-03-16 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：:Two characteristic features of the rapid component of the cardiac delayed rectifier current (IKr) are prominent inward rectification and an unexpected reduction in activating current with decreased [K+]o. Similar features are observed with heterologous expression of HERG, the gene thought to encode the channel carryin...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Yang T,Snyders DJ,Roden DM

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adenosine analogue phenylisopropyladenosine decreased the basal and isoproterenol-stimulated contractile state of isolated rat left atria. The ED50 levels for both responses were similar, suggesting that direct and antiadrenergic effects may be mediated by the same receptor. Phenylisopropyladenosine decreased the ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Linden J,Hollen CE,Patel A

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Ca(2+) waves in cardiac myocytes are regarded as arrhythmogenic substrates, their properties in the heart in situ are poorly understood. On the hypothesis that Ca(2+) waves in the heart behave diversely and some of them influence the cardiac function, we analyzed their incidence, propagation velocity, and int...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Kaneko T,Tanaka H,Oyamada M,Kawata S,Takamatsu T

更新日期：2000-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review current hypotheses for the regulation of filtration rate and the subsequent reabsorption of that filtrate by the proximal tubule are discussed. In the rat the filtration rate is highly plasma flow dependent because of the phenomenon of filtration equilibrium. On the other hand, in man and dog filtration...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Knox FG,Cuche J-L,Ott CE,Diaz-Buxo JA,Marchand G

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite improvements in the therapy of underlying heart disease, sudden cardiac death is a major cause of death worldwide. Disturbed Na and Ca handling is known to be a major predisposing factor for life-threatening tachyarrhythmias. In cardiomyocytes, many ion channels and transporters, including voltage-gated Na and...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Wagner S,Maier LS,Bers DM

更新日期：2015-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Depletion of medial smooth muscle cell (SMC) is a major pathological characteristic of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), although the mechanism by which these cells are eliminated remains incompletely understood. We reasoned that necroptosis, a recently described form of necrosis mediated by receptor-interacti...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Wang Q,Liu Z,Ren J,Morgan S,Assa C,Liu B

更新日期：2015-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Mitochondrial dysfunction plays an important role in heart failure (HF). However, the molecular mechanisms regulating mitochondrial functions via selective mitochondrial autophagy (mitophagy) are poorly understood. OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine the role of AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) in selective ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Wang B,Nie J,Wu L,Hu Y,Wen Z,Dong L,Zou MH,Chen C,Wang DW

更新日期：2018-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the cloning of cDNAs encoding two different human nonmuscle myosin heavy chains designated NMMHC-A and NMMHC-B. The mRNAs encoding NMMHC-A and NMMHC-B are both 7.5 kb in size but are shown to be the products of different genes, which are localized to chromosome 22q11.2 and chromosome 17q13, respectively. In ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Simons M,Wang M,McBride OW,Kawamoto S,Yamakawa K,Gdula D,Adelstein RS,Weir L

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently established a new transgenic mouse model with brain-restricted overexpression of angiotensin II (Ang II) type 1a receptors (NSE-AT(1a)) to unmask the role of the brain renin-angiotensin system in hypertension. To test the hypothesis that these mice would exhibit an early exacerbation of renovascular hypert...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Lazartigues E,Lawrence AJ,Lamb FS,Davisson RL

更新日期：2004-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular epicardial potential fields produced by simple depolarization waves in the in situ canine left ventricular myocardium were analyzed. A mathematical model that included tissue anisotrophy was developed to explain the observed fields. Values of intracellular (i), extracellular (o), longitudinal (l), an...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Roberts DE,Scher AM

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00