Therapeutic potential of tetrahydrobiopterin for treating vascular and cardiac disease.

abstract：:Diabetes is a devastating disease with multiple adverse effects on the vasculature. Moreover, hypertension is a prerequisite for patients with diabetes to progress to end-stage renal disease and to develop cardiovascular complications. Adequate control of blood glucose and blood pressure are the two most important fac...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Makrilakis K,Bakris G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanisms involved in the angiotensin II-induced increase in the contractile response of the hypertensive wall after prolonged incubation in the organ-bath buffer. In 5-h incubated rings, the contractile response to angiotensin II in aortic rings with endothelium from ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Zerrouk A,Auguet M,Chabrier PE

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently used antiplatelet drugs including aspirin, ticlopidine, and others are effective against certain but not all of the many endogenous platelet activators. Because of their limited efficacy, a significant number of serious thromboembolic complications still occur, highlighting the need for a more effective ther...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Mousa SA,Forsythe M,Wityak J,Bozarth J,Mu DX

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoinositide (PI) turnover, chronotropic and inotropic responses to alpha 1-adrenoceptor activation, and alpha 1-adrenoceptor density were studied in atria from rats with left ventricular myocardial infarction (LVMI) and noninfarcted rats. LVMI was produced after surgical ligation of the left coronary artery in 8-...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Rowley KG,Tung LH,Hodsman GP,Howes LG,Jarrott B,Beart PM,Louis WJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is a multifactorial vascular disease with a high rate of mortality and brings heavy burden to both human and society. The pathological process behind AAA is complex. Elastin degradation, chronic inflammation, and vascular smooth muscle cell phenotypic modulation are involved in AAA for...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Li D,Ma J,Wang L,Xin S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to cyclic AMP-dependent positive inotropes, the calcium-sensitizer and partial phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitor pimobendan may induce beneficial effects in heart failure. However, its effect on relaxation, myocardial energetics and neurohormones are unknown. Twelve patients with heart failure, New York He...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Remme WJ,Kruijssen DA,van Hoogenhuyze DC,Krauss XH,Bartels GL,Storm CJ,de Leeuw PW

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma homocysteine levels increase in humans treated with fibrates but the molecular mechanisms are unknown. The goal of the present study was to determine the mechanism of this increase using animal models. Firstly, an increase in homocysteine was observed in mice treated with fenofibrate irrespective of the genetic...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Luc G,Jacob N,Bouly M,Fruchart JC,Staels B,Giral P

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PPARgamma agonists ameliorate insulin resistance and lower blood pressure. Volume expansion/edema has been observed in susceptible patients treated with these agents. Alterations of renal hemodynamics affect renal tubular reabsorption, and thus may contribute to volume expansion. This study seeks to determine whether ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Yang B,Clifton LG,McNulty JA,Chen L,Brown KK,Baer PG

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the cervical vagus nerve is briefly stimulated, a triphasic cardiac chronotropic response ensues: the cardiac cycle length initially increases, then briefly decreases, and subsequently increases again. Verapamil, a calcium channel blocker, alters these responses to acetylcholine when the heart is in sinoatrial no...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Wallick DW,Stuesse SL,Crafford W

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute systemic and regional hemodynamic responses to a single oral dose (4 mg) of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor perindopril were investigated in 10 patients with severe congestive heart failure. Perindopril produced significant and long-lasting decreases in systemic vascular resistance (-18%), right ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Thuillez C,Richard C,Loueslati H,Auzepy P,Giudicelli JF

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of isoniazid (ISO) preincubation on the relaxant effects of a group of nitrovasodilators was examined in norepinephrine-contracted rat aortic rings with and without endothelium. ISO displaced to the left the dose-response curves to all nitrovasodilators and increased the negative logarithm of their media...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Vidrio H,Fernández G

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinoaortic deafferentation (SAD) is characterized by arterial pressure lability, without sustained hypertension. Although SAD rats did not become hypertensive, their isolated aortas exhibit RCs. We have investigated whether these RCs are influenced by endothelium. Aortic rings were placed in an organ chamber, and the ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Rocha ML,Bendhack LM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook a systematic comparison of the effects of diltiazem and nifedipine and a nonspecific vasodilator, sodium nitroprusside, on renal perfusion, function, and activation of potentially relevant neurohormonal systems in the anesthetized dog. These agents were employed to reduce blood pressure to two levels, a m...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Blackshear JL,Orlandi C,Williams GH,Hollenberg NK

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gangliosides, sialic acid-containing glycosphigolipids, are localized mostly to the outer leaflet of the lipid bilayer in the plasma membrane, particularly in brain. Gangliosides reduce edema formation, restore glucose metabolism, and increase cerebral blood flow after focal ischemia in the rat brain. We wished to det...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Maulik N,Das DK,Gogineni M,Cordis GA,Avrova N,Denisova N

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The similarity between the metabolic pathways of serotonin in platelets and serotoninergic nerve endings has often been emphasized. The turnover of serotonin was therefore investigated in two diseases: hypertension (as central serotoninergic neurones appear to modulate central sympathetic nervous activity) and depress...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Baudouin-Legros M,Le Quan-Bui KH,Guicheney P,Kamal LA,Meyer P

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a newly synthesized antiarrhythmic agent, TYB-3823 on the transmembrane action potential were examined in isolated papillary muscles of guinea pig. TYB-3823 (3 x 10(-6)-3 x 10(-5)M) caused a dose-dependent decrease in the maximum upstroke velocity (Vmax) and a shortening of action potential duration (AP...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kodama I,Morimoto M,Toyama J,Shibata S

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our earlier study in vivo showed that a lower dose of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) brought greater enhancement in fibrin gel permeability (Ks) than a higher dose. To assess whether this finding related to modifications of fibrinogen clotting property by ASA, purified fibrinogen was incubated with ASA and/or salicylic ac...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： He S,Bark N,Wang H,Svensson J,Blombäck M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a potent vasoconstrictor peptide, endothelin-1 (ET-1), was isolated from vascular endothelial cells. We investigated the inhibition of ET-1-induced contractions on isolated porcine coronary artery and rabbit aorta by calcium antagonists of the 1,4-dihydropyridine type. In addition, the vasoconstriction induc...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Stasch JP,Kazda S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The force generators in myocardial cells of rats and rabbits can exist in three different states: relaxed and calcium unresponsive; relaxed and calcium responsive; and contracted. The transition between the two calcium responsive states is produced by the abrupt rise in the concentration of calcium ions during activat...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Winegrad S,McClellan G,Weisberg A,Lin LE,Weindling S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foods and beverages rich in flavonoids are being heralded as potential preventive agents for a range of pathologic conditions, ranging from hypertension to coronary heart disease to stroke and dementia. We and others have demonstrated that short-term ingestion of cocoa, particularly rich in the subclass of flavonoids ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Fisher ND,Sorond FA,Hollenberg NK

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carvedilol is a dual-acting drug designed to produce two complementary effects: beta-blockade and vasodilation. These effects are induced in the same dose range, a prerequisite for utilizing both properties in an appropriate manner. The vasodilation is mediated predominantly by specific alpha 1-adrenoceptor blockade. ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Sponer G,Strein K,Bartsch W,Müller-Beckmann B

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels link membrane excitability to metabolic state to regulate a series of biological activities including the vascular tone. However, their ability to influence hypertension is controversial. Here we aim to investigate possible alteration of KATP channel in vascular smooth muscles (...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Liu X,Duan P,Hu X,Li R,Zhu Q

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute, 60 min blood pressure and plasma renin responses to an oral test dose of captopril given to a quietly seated patient can be used to gain information quickly on renin dependency or lack of it in a hypertensive situation. This information is verified by a baseline renin sodium profile test. These two diagnost...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Laragh JH

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiovascular profile of a novel calcium antagonist, MPC-1304 and its active metabolites were investigated in experimental animals in vitro and in vivo, and were compared with those of other calcium antagonists or nitroglycerin (NTG). The ratio of negative chronotropic/negative inotropic effect of MPC-1304 was 23...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kanda A,Haruno A,Miyoshi K,Tanahashi Y,Miyake H,Ichihara K,Okumura K,Nagasaka M

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that i.v. DAMGO (Tyr-D-Ala-Gly-NMePhe-Gly-ol), a selective mu-opioid agonist, causes an increase in blood pressure with no change in heart rate in unanesthetized sheep and subsequently demonstrated that DAMGO attenuates baroreflex-mediated bradycardia. To determine the site and mechanism by whic...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Omoniyi AT,Kett A,Wu D,Soong Y,Clapp JF 3rd,Szeto HH

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that endothelin-1 (ET-1) is essential to the development of neural crest-derived craniofacial and cardiovascular structures. In this study we evaluated the intrauterine growth and development of the thyroid and thymus glands in Edn1-/- homozygous mice. Edn1-/- homozygous mice were small...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kurihara Y,Kurihara H,Maemura K,Kuwaki T,Kumada M,Yazaki Y

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the effects of angiotensin II (AII), enalapril, and losartan given by acute intravenous (i.v.) injection, on cardiac baroreflex sensitivity in two groups of conscious normotensive rabbits bred for high gain [> 5 beats/min/mm Hg] (group I) and low gain [< 4 beats/min/mm Hg] (group II) of the mean arterial b...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Weinstock M,Gorodetsky E

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports suggest the presence of sodium-potassium pump inhibitor in plasma and various tissues, particularly during volume-expanded state and low-renin hypertension. It has been hypothesized that by inhibiting the cardiovascular muscle-cell Na(+)-K+ pump, this inhibitor can constrict blood vessels, enhance vaso...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Yuan C,Manunta P,Chen S,Hamlyn JM,Haddy FJ,Pamnani MB

更新日期：1993-01-01 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 volatile anesthetics halothane, isoflurane, and sevoflurane depress myocardial contractility by decreasing transsarcolemmal Ca2+ influx, Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, Ca2+ sensitivity of the contractile proteins, and cross-bridge performance. The aim of this study is to assess and compare the effec...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Housmans PR,Bartunek AE

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00