Potassium rectifier currents differ in myocytes of endocardial and epicardial origin.

abstract：RATIONALE:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)γ agonists attenuate atherosclerosis and abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). PPARγ, a nuclear receptor, is expressed on many cell types including smooth muscle cells (SMCs). OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a PPARγ agonist reduces angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Subramanian V,Golledge J,Ijaz T,Bruemmer D,Daugherty A

更新日期：2010-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were performed to determine whether an alteration in coronary vascular resistance and a reduction in the reflow phenomenon occurred in the blood-perfused, heparinized canine heart after various periods of myocaridal ischemia. Regional myocardial blood flow was measured with radioactive microspheres. Proximal l...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Willerson JT,Watson JT,Hutton I,Templeton GH,Fixler DE

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet activation is markedly increased during coronary thrombolysis and limits the response to thrombolytic therapy. A possible mediator of platelet activation in this setting is thromboxane (TX) A2, a potent platelet agonist formed in greatly increased amounts during coronary thrombolysis in man. To address this h...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Fitzgerald DJ,Wright F,FitzGerald GA

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial stunning is characterized by decreased myofilament Ca2+ responsiveness. To investigate the molecular basis of stunned myocardium, we performed PAGE and Western immunoblot analysis of the contractile proteins. Isolated rat hearts were retrogradely perfused at 37 degrees C for either 50 minutes (control group...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Gao WD,Atar D,Liu Y,Perez NG,Murphy AM,Marban E

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular potassium activity in guinea pig left atria was measured using potassium ion-selective microelectrodes and conventional microelectrodes. The effects of extracellular potassium concentration and acetylcholine on both intracellular potassium activity and the relationship between the resting membrane potent...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Baumgarten CM,Singer DH,Fozzard HA

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocyte contractile dysfunction occurs in pathological remodeling in association with abnormalities in calcium regulation. Mice with cardiac myocyte-specific overexpression of Galphaq develop progressive left ventricular failure associated with myocyte contractile dysfunction and calcium dysregulation. OBJE...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Lancel S,Qin F,Lennon SL,Zhang J,Tong X,Mazzini MJ,Kang YJ,Siwik DA,Cohen RA,Colucci WS

更新日期：2010-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The abundance of membrane cholesterol is an important determinant of the functional properties of biomembranes. To determine whether arterial smooth muscle acquires altered contractile properties in a high cholesterol environment, isolated canine coronary arteries were exposed to cholesterol in stable aqueous solution...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Yokoyama M,Henry PD

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smaller Ca2+ transients and systolic dysfunction in heart failure (HF) can be largely explained by reduced total sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ content ([Ca]SRT). However, it is unknown whether low [Ca]SRT is manifest as reduced: (1) intra-SR free [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]SR), (2) intra-SR Ca2+ buffering, or (3) SR volume (as ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Guo T,Ai X,Shannon TR,Pogwizd SM,Bers DM

更新日期：2007-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory processes underlie a broad spectrum of conditions that injure the heart muscle and cause both structural and functional deficits. In this article, we address current knowledge regarding 4 common forms of myocardial inflammation: myocardial ischemia and reperfusion, sepsis, viral myocarditis, and immune re...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Marchant DJ,Boyd JH,Lin DC,Granville DJ,Garmaroudi FS,McManus BM

更新日期：2012-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that expression of p193 and p53 mutants with dominant-interfering activities renders embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes responsive to the growth promoting activities of the E1A viral oncoproteins. In this study, the effects of p53 and p193 antagonization on cardiomyocyte cell...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Nakajima H,Nakajima HO,Tsai SC,Field LJ

更新日期：2004-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) proliferate in response to arterial injury. Recent findings suggest that, in addition to platelet-derived growth factors, growth factors from inflammatory cells and endothelial cells at the site of injury may contribute to VSMC proliferation. We hypothesized that a common mechanism...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Rao GN,Berk BC

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

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：:To determine whether or not salt loading restricted to the brain would elevate blood pressure, chronically implanted osmotic minipumps were used to infuse hypertonic sodium chloride solutions made in artificial cerebrospinal fluid into a jugular vein intravenously or the third cerebral ventricle, intracerebroventricul...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Miyajima E,Buñag RD

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Although the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling axis plays important roles in heart development, the molecular mechanism by which the FGF regulates cardiogenesis is not fully understood. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the mechanism by which FGF signaling regulates cardiac progenitor cell differentiation. ME...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Zhang J,Liu J,Huang Y,Chang JY,Liu L,McKeehan WL,Martin JF,Wang F

更新日期：2012-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis of smooth muscle cells (SMC) and degradation of the extracellular matrix (ECM) have both been implicated in atherosclerotic plaque rupture. We have previously reported that degraded type I collagen fragments induce a rapid but transient apoptotic burst initiated by calpains in SMC. The aim of the current stu...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： von Wnuck Lipinski K,Keul P,Ferri N,Lucke S,Heusch G,Fischer JW,Levkau B

更新日期：2006-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Early afterdepolarizations (EADs) are a type of triggered activity found in heart muscle. We used voltage-clamped sheep cardiac Purkinje fibers to examine the mechanism underlying EADs induced near action potential plateau voltages with the Ca2+ current agonist Bay K 8644 and the effect of several interventions known ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： January CT,Riddle JM

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Mutations in vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-3 (VEGFR3 or FLT4) cause Milroy disease, an autosomal dominant condition that presents with congenital lymphedema. Mutations in VEGFR3 are identified in only 70% of patients with classic Milroy disease, suggesting genetic heterogeneity. OBJECTIV...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Gordon K,Schulte D,Brice G,Simpson MA,Roukens MG,van Impel A,Connell F,Kalidas K,Jeffery S,Mortimer PS,Mansour S,Schulte-Merker S,Ostergaard P

更新日期：2013-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intussusceptive angiogenesis is a novel mode of blood vessel formation and remodeling, which occurs by internal division of the preexisting capillary plexus without sprouting. In this study, the process is demonstrated in developing chicken eye vasculature and in the chorioallantoic membrane by methylmethacrylate (Mer...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Djonov V,Schmid M,Tschanz SA,Burri PH

更新日期：2000-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Mammalian cardiomyocytes withdraw from the cell cycle during early postnatal development, which significantly limits the capacity of the adult mammalian heart to regenerate after injury. The regulatory mechanisms that govern cardiomyocyte cell cycle withdrawal and binucleation are poorly understood. OBJECTIV...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Porrello ER,Johnson BA,Aurora AB,Simpson E,Nam YJ,Matkovich SJ,Dorn GW 2nd,van Rooij E,Olson EN

更新日期：2011-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteries from deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt and N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) hypertensive but not normotensive rats develop spontaneous tone. LY294002 and wortmannin, phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) inhibitors, eliminate spontaneous tone. We hypothesized that PI3-kinase protein and/or activity wa...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Northcott CA,Poy MN,Najjar SM,Watts SW

更新日期：2002-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Pinacidil belongs to a novel group of compounds that enhance the potassium permeability of vascular smooth muscle. Evidence also exists that this drug enhances the potassium permeability of cardiac tissue. The purpose of the present investigation was to determine if pinacidil alters potassium-channel activity in heart...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Arena JP,Kass RS

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) serves as a key endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor mediating flow-induced dilation in human coronary arterioles (HCAs). The precise mechanisms by which H(2)O(2) elicits smooth muscle hyperpolarization are not well understood. An important mode of action of H(2)O(2) involve...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Zhang DX,Borbouse L,Gebremedhin D,Mendoza SA,Zinkevich NS,Li R,Gutterman DD

更新日期：2012-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodynamics play an important role in cardiovascular development, and changes in blood flow can cause congenital heart malformations. The endothelium and endocardium are subjected to mechanical forces, of which fluid shear stress is correlated to blood flow velocity. The shear stress responsive genes lung Krüppel-lik...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Groenendijk BC,Hierck BP,Vrolijk J,Baiker M,Pourquie MJ,Gittenberger-de Groot AC,Poelmann RE

更新日期：2005-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we show that the paired-related homeobox gene, Prx1, is required for lung vascularization. Initial studies revealed that Prx1 localizes to differentiating endothelial cells (ECs) within the fetal lung mesenchyme, and later within ECs forming vascular networks. To begin to determine whether Prx1 promotes EC dif...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Ihida-Stansbury K,McKean DM,Gebb SA,Martin JF,Stevens T,Nemenoff R,Akeson A,Vaughn J,Jones PL

更新日期：2004-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The present experiments were performed to investigate whether neurogenic inflammation in rat trachea (with edema formation and protein extravasation when the circulation is intact) induced by electrical field stimulation of neuropeptide-containing C fibers in the vagal nerve is accompanied by increased negativity of i...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Woie K,Koller ME,Heyeraas KJ,Reed RK

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the extent of convergence of preganglionic fibers from the right and left vagus nerves on postganglionic neurons that supply the sinoatrial node in chloralose-anesthetized dogs. We administered hemicholinium-3 and stimulated the right vagus nerve at a high frequency to deplete acetylcholine from the post...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Lang SA,Zieske H,Levy MN

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：:Atherosclerotic plaque rupture is the main cause of coronary thrombosis and myocardial infarcts. Currently, there is no animal model of plaque disruption. We have developed a rabbit model in which an atherosclerotic plaque can be ruptured at will after an inflatable balloon becomes embedded into the plaque. Furthermor...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Rekhter MD,Hicks GW,Brammer DW,Work CW,Kim JS,Gordon D,Keiser JA,Ryan MJ

更新日期：1998-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Smooth muscle cell migration in response to platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is a key event in several vascular pathologies, including atherosclerosis and restenosis. PDGF increases intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), but the ROS sensitivity of migration ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Weber DS,Taniyama Y,Rocic P,Seshiah PN,Dechert MA,Gerthoffer WT,Griendling KK

更新日期：2004-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The epicardium, the tissue layer covering the cardiac muscle (myocardium), develops from the proepicardium, a mass of coelomic progenitors located at the venous pole of the embryonic heart. Proepicardium cells attach to and spread over the myocardium to form the primitive epicardial epithelium. The epicardium subseque...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Pérez-Pomares JM,de la Pompa JL

更新日期：2011-12-09 00:00:00