Cardioprotection by ischemic postconditioning is lost in aged and STAT3-deficient mice.

abstract：RATIONALE:Myogenic tone, an important regulator of vascular resistance, is dependent on vascular smooth muscle (VSM) depolarization, can be modulated by endothelial factors, and is increased in several models of hypertension. Intermittent hypoxia (IH) elevates blood pressure and causes endothelial dysfunction. Hydrogen...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Jackson-Weaver O,Paredes DA,Gonzalez Bosc LV,Walker BR,Kanagy NL

更新日期：2011-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that cGMP and cAMP reduce the endothelial permeability for fluids and macromolecules when the endothelial permeability is increased by thrombin. In this study, we have investigated the mechanism by which cGMP improves the endothelial barrier function and examined whether nitric oxide...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Draijer R,Atsma DE,van der Laarse A,van Hinsbergh VW

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to quantify the porcine coronary arterial branching pattern and to use this quantification for the interpretation of flow heterogeneity. Two casts of the coronary arterial tree were made at diastolic arrest and maximal dilation. The relation between length and diameter of arterial segments was...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： VanBavel E,Spaan JA

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because current therapy to treat abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and particularly to manage small AAA, is limited to elective surgical repair, we explored less invasive molecular therapy by simultaneous inhibition of the transcription factors nuclear factor (NF)kappaB and ets using a decoy strategy. Both NFkappaB and...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Miyake T,Aoki M,Masaki H,Kawasaki T,Oishi M,Kataoka K,Ogihara T,Kaneda Y,Morishita R

更新日期：2007-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:A hallmark of chronic inflammatory disorders is persistence of proinflammatory macrophages in diseased tissues. In atherosclerosis, this is associated with dyslipidemia and oxidative stress, but mechanisms linking these phenomena to macrophage activation remain incompletely understood. OBJECTIVE:To investiga...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Chen Y,Yang M,Huang W,Chen W,Zhao Y,Schulte ML,Volberding P,Gerbec Z,Zimmermann MT,Zeighami A,Demos W,Zhang J,Knaack DA,Smith BC,Cui W,Malarkannan S,Sodhi K,Shapiro JI,Xie Z,Sahoo D,Silverstein RL

更新日期：2019-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Yes-associated protein (YAP), the nuclear effector of Hippo signaling, regulates cellular growth and survival in multiple organs, including the heart, by interacting with TEA (transcriptional enhancer activator)-domain sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins. Recent studies showed that YAP stimulates cardiomyo...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Lin Z,Zhou P,von Gise A,Gu F,Ma Q,Chen J,Guo H,van Gorp PR,Wang DZ,Pu WT

更新日期：2015-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it has been established that myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) plays pivotal roles in the development of the cardiovascular system as well as skeletal muscle cells, little is known of its role in vascular inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis and restenosis after angioplasty. To investigate the role of...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Suzuki E,Satonaka H,Nishimatsu H,Oba S,Takeda R,Omata M,Fujita T,Nagai R,Hirata Y

更新日期：2004-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial cells respond to laminar shear stress by aligning in the direction of flow, a process which may contribute to atheroprotection. Here we report that localized alpha4 integrin phosphorylation is a mechanism for establishing the directionality of shear stress-induced alignment in microvascular endoth...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Goldfinger LE,Tzima E,Stockton R,Kiosses WB,Kinbara K,Tkachenko E,Gutierrez E,Groisman A,Nguyen P,Chien S,Ginsberg MH

更新日期：2008-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane current abnormalities have been described in human heart failure. To determine whether similar current changes are observed in a large animal model of heart failure, we studied dogs with pacing-induced cardiomyopathy. Myocytes isolated from the midmyocardium of 13 dogs with heart failure induced by 3 to 4 wee...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Kääb S,Nuss HB,Chiamvimonvat N,O'Rourke B,Pak PH,Kass DA,Marban E,Tomaselli GF

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD40 is a 48-kDa phosphorylated transmembrane glycoprotein belonging to the TNF receptor superfamily. CD40 has been demonstrated on a range of cell types, and it has an important role in adaptive immunity and inflammation. CD40 has recently been described on platelets but platelet activation by CD40 has not been descr...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Inwald DP,McDowall A,Peters MJ,Callard RE,Klein NJ

更新日期：2003-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that early interventional treatment with insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) alleviates subsequent development of dilated cardiomyopathy, cardiac-specific IGF-1 expression was introduced by selective cross-breeding into a transgenic mouse model of heart failure that displays phenotypic characte...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Welch S,Plank D,Witt S,Glascock B,Schaefer E,Chimenti S,Andreoli AM,Limana F,Leri A,Kajstura J,Anversa P,Sussman MA

更新日期：2002-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The small (21 kDa) guanine nucleotide-binding protein (small G protein) superfamily comprises 5 subfamilies (Ras, Rho, ADP ribosylation factors [ARFs], Rab, and Ran) that act as molecular switches to regulate numerous cellular responses. Cardiac myocyte hypertrophy is associated with cell growth and changes in the cyt...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Clerk A,Sugden PH

更新日期：2000-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited mutations and a polymorphism in minK-related peptide 1 (MiRP1) have been linked to congenital or acquired long-QT syndrome, pointing to the importance of MiRP1 in maintaining the cardiac electrical stability. We tested whether MiRP1 could affect the function of Kv4.x (x=2 and 3), the major pore-forming (alph...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Zhang M,Jiang M,Tseng GN

更新日期：2001-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to hypoxia and reoxygenation, mammalian cells are known to express a variety of genes to adapt to these external stresses or lead to further cell damage. We investigated the intracellular signaling cascades in cultured rat cardiac myocytes subjected to hypoxia followed by reoxygenation (hypoxia/reoxygenati...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Seko Y,Tobe K,Ueki K,Kadowaki T,Yazaki Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SCN5A gene encodes the alpha subunit of the human heart sodium channel (hH1), which plays a critical role in cardiac excitability. Mutations of SCN5A underlie Brugada syndrome, an inherited disorder that leads to ventricular fibrillation and sudden death. This study describes changes in cellular localization and f...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Baroudi G,Pouliot V,Denjoy I,Guicheney P,Shrier A,Chahine M

更新日期：2001-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:In the exploratory Phase II STEM-AMI (Stem Cells Mobilization in Acute Myocardial Infarction) trial, we reported that early administration of G-CSF (granulocyte colony-stimulating factor), in patients with anterior ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction after successf...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Achilli F,Pontone G,Bassetti B,Squadroni L,Campodonico J,Corrada E,Facchini C,Mircoli L,Esposito G,Scarpa D,Pidello S,Righetti S,Di Gennaro F,Guglielmo M,Muscogiuri G,Baggiano A,Limido A,Lenatti L,Di Tano G,Malafron

更新日期：2019-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies in isolated cardiac tissue preparations have demonstrated the applicability of a one-dimensional difference equation model describing the global behavior of a driven nonpacemaker cell to the understanding of rate-dependent cardiac excitation. As a first approximation to providing an ionic basis to compl...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Vinet A,Chialvo DR,Michaels DC,Jalife J

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that branching strands of cardiac tissue can form a substrate for very slow conduction. The branches slow conduction by acting as current loads drawing depolarizing current from the main strand ("pull" effect). It has been suggested that, upon depolarization of the branches, they become current sources rei...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Kucera JP,Rudy Y

更新日期：2001-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Proteasomal degradation is altered in many disease phenotypes including cardiac hypertrophy, a prevalent condition leading to heart failure. Our recent investigations identified heterogeneous subpopulations of proteasome complexes in the heart and implicated multiple mechanisms for their regulation. OBJECTIV...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Drews O,Tsukamoto O,Liem D,Streicher J,Wang Y,Ping P

更新日期：2010-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved assay was used to investigate the effects of hypoxia or ischemia on interstitial fluid and coronary venous effluent levels of adenosine in isolated perfused nonworking rat hearts. The adenosine in 5- to 10-microliter samples of left ventricular epicardial surface transudates and coronary effluents was reac...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Fenton RA,Dobson JG Jr

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human peripheral blood leukocytes, activated by phorbol myristate acetate, disrupt canine sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium transport, in vitro, by an oxygen-derived free radical mechanism. Activated leukocytes significantly depress Ca++ uptake activity and Ca++ -stimulated, Mg++ -dependent ATPase activity. The depressio...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Rowe GT,Manson NH,Caplan M,Hess ML

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of delivery systems have been used to genetically modify vascular endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells (SMCs), but currently available systems suffer from either inefficient in vivo gene transfer, transient episomal vector expression, or significant immune responses and inflammation. In the present stud...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Lynch CM,Hara PS,Leonard JC,Williams JK,Dean RH,Geary RL

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Life threatening ventricular arrhythmias leading to sudden cardiac death are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. In the absence of structural heart disease, these arrhythmias, especially in the younger population, are often an outcome of genetic defects in specialized membrane proteins called ion channels. In th...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Garg P,Garg V,Shrestha R,Sanguinetti MC,Kamp TJ,Wu JC

更新日期：2018-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a reparative, life-sustaining process by which cytoplasmic components are sequestered in double-membrane vesicles and degraded on fusion with lysosomal compartments. Growing evidence reveals that basal autophagy is an essential in vivo process mediating proper vascular function. Moreover, autophagy is sti...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： De Meyer GR,Grootaert MO,Michiels CF,Kurdi A,Schrijvers DM,Martinet W

更新日期：2015-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid rafts are discrete membrane subdomains rich in sphingolipids and cholesterol. In ventricular myocytes a function of caveolae, a type of lipid rafts, is to concentrate in close proximity several proteins of the beta-adrenergic transduction pathway. We have investigated the subcellular localization of HCN4 channel...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Barbuti A,Gravante B,Riolfo M,Milanesi R,Terragni B,DiFrancesco D

更新日期：2004-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of contracture in the manifestation of calcium paradox-induced damage was examined using 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM) to inhibit myofibrillar activity. Calcium and sodium gain, loss of intracellular components, and changes in structure were monitored. If 30 mM BDM was added at the time of calcium repletion ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Daly MJ,Elz JS,Nayler WG

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the stellate ganglion and middle cervical ganglion indicate that sympathetic efferent nerve activity can be modified by peripheral excitatory inputs and that these neural connections may function as pathways for a peripheral reflex at the level of the thoracic sympathetic ganglia. This excitatory synaptic i...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Bosnjak ZJ,Kampine JP

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Aortic valve disease is a cell-mediated process without effective pharmacotherapy. CNP (C-type natriuretic peptide) inhibits myofibrogenesis and osteogenesis of cultured valve interstitial cells and is downregulated in stenotic aortic valves. However, it is unknown whether CNP signaling regulates aortic valve...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Blaser MC,Wei K,Adams RLE,Zhou YQ,Caruso LL,Mirzaei Z,Lam AY,Tam RKK,Zhang H,Heximer SP,Henkelman RM,Simmons CA

更新日期：2018-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine kinase cascades may play a role in the hypoxic regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1. We investigated the role of tyrosine kinase phosphorylation and of the Shc/Ras cascade on hypoxic HIF-1 stabilization. Exposure of human umbilical vein endothelial cells to hypoxia results in HIF protein stabilizati...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Jung F,Haendeler J,Hoffmann J,Reissner A,Dernbach E,Zeiher AM,Dimmeler S

更新日期：2002-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The high morbidity/mortality of atherosclerosis is typically precipitated by plaque rupture and consequent thrombosis. However, research on underlying mechanisms and therapeutic approaches is limited by the lack of animal models that reproduce plaque instability observed in humans. OBJECTIVE:Development and ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Chen YC,Bui AV,Diesch J,Manasseh R,Hausding C,Rivera J,Haviv I,Agrotis A,Htun NM,Jowett J,Hagemeyer CE,Hannan RD,Bobik A,Peter K

更新日期：2013-07-19 00:00:00