Simvastatin has an anti-inflammatory effect on macrophages via upregulation of an atheroprotective transcription factor, Kruppel-like factor 2.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) cause extracellular matrix degradation and may be involved in the rupture of atherosclerotic plaques by degrading fibrous cap, resulting in the intravascular thrombus formation. Here we examined whether local overexpression of MMP-9 alters the characteristics of arteriosclerot...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Morishige K,Shimokawa H,Matsumoto Y,Eto Y,Uwatoku T,Abe K,Sueishi K,Takeshita A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms whereby glucose reduces fatty acid-induced release of enzyme from the coronary-ligated isolated perfused working rat heart are investigated. Alterations in the tissue contents of ATP, phosphocreatine, or glycogen could be excluded as possible mechanisms for the beneficial effect of glucose in this syst...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Opie LH,Bricknell OL

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical stress signals transmitted through the heart walls during hemodynamic loading are sensed by the myocytes, which respond with changes in contractile performance and gene expression. External forces play an important role in physiological heart development and hypertrophy, but disruption of the well-balanced ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Linke WA

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The risk of mortality from the coronavirus disease that emerged in 2019 (COVID-19) is increased by comorbidity from cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Air pollution also causes excess mortality from these conditions. Analysis of the first severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-1) outcomes in 2...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Pozzer A,Dominici F,Haines A,Witt C,Münzel T,Lelieveld J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Activin-like kinase receptor 1 (ALK1) is a transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta type I receptor expressed in vascular mesenchyme, yet its function in vascular mesenchymal cells (VMC) is unclear. We examined ALK1 expression in human coronary atherosclerotic lesions and bovine and human VMC undergoing cellular...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Yao Y,Zebboudj AF,Torres A,Shao E,Boström K

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrative genomics studies have greatly advanced our understanding of cardiovascular pathophysiology over the last decade. Here, we highlight the strengths and challenges of this cutting-edge approach and provide examples where novel insights have arisen through the integration of multi-level genomic information and...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Ware JS,Petretto E,Cook SA

更新日期：2013-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most commonly encountered clinical arrhythmia associated with pronounced morbidity, mortality, and socio-economic burden. This pathological entity is associated with an altered expression profile of genes that are important for atrial function. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a new class of non-cod...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Wang Z,Lu Y,Yang B

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Regulated cell death is a main contributor of myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion (IR) injury during acute myocardial infarction. In this context, targeting apoptosis could be a potent therapeutical strategy. In a previous study, we showed that DAXX (death-associated protein) was essential for transducing the FAS-dep...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Boisguérin P,Covinhes A,Gallot L,Barrère C,Vincent A,Busson M,Piot C,Nargeot J,Lebleu B,Barrère-Lemaire S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:A problem in generating artificial tissues is supplying nutrients to cells within 3D constructs. The use of a decellularized biological vascularized matrix with preserved pedicles (BioVaM), as a scaffold, appears to aid the generation of perfusable tissue constructs in vitro. To prevent vessel occlusion upon impla...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Bär A,Dorfman SE,Fischer P,Hilfiker-Kleiner D,Cebotari S,Tudorache I,Suprunov M,Haverich A,Hilfiker A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Notch signalling is essential for blood vessel formation. During angiogenesis, the Notch ligand DLL4 on the leading tip cell activates Notch receptors on the adjacent stalk cells. DLL4-Notch signalling is impaired by the Notch ligand JAG1 in endothelial cells. The Delta/Serrate/Lag2 (DSL) domain of the Notch ligan...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Klose R,Berger C,Moll I,Adam MG,Schwarz F,Mohr K,Augustin HG,Fischer A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Atrial fibrosis, one of the most striking features in the pathology of atrial fibrillation (AF), is promoted by local and systemic inflammation. Electrophilic fatty acid nitroalkenes, endogenously generated by both metabolic and inflammatory reactions, are anti-inflammatory mediators that in synthetic form may be u...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Rudolph TK,Ravekes T,Klinke A,Friedrichs K,Mollenhauer M,Pekarova M,Ambrozova G,Martiskova H,Kaur JJ,Matthes B,Schwoerer A,Woodcock SR,Kubala L,Freeman BA,Baldus S,Rudolph V

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that catecholamines may promote the development of cardiac hypertrophy in hypertension. To test the hypothesis that adrenaline directly determines left ventricular mass, normotensive Wistar rats were made adrenaline-deficient by adrenalectomy and hypertensive by administration of glucocorticoid. Bloo...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Burris JF,Waeber B,Brunner HR

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of mediators of inflammation in the pathogenesis and evolution of myocardial infarction has attracted increased interest as interventions which inhibit the inflammatory response after coronary artery occlusion have been shown to decrease infarct size. The distribution of fibrinogen and albumin in ischaemia my...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Fishbein MC,Kulber D,Stancl M,Edwalds G

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The static elastic properties of the aorta ad systolic blood pressure in the caudal artery have been measured in 55 spontaneously hypertensive rats of the AS strain. Animals were divided into five groups and treated from the age of 4 to 12 weeks as follows: (1) 0.25 mm silver clip positioned around the right renal art...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Berry CL,Greenwald SE,Menahem N

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Migration and proliferation of arterial smooth muscle cells are critical responses during restenosis after balloon angioplasty. We investigated the changes in the expression of Ca(2+) channels and dystrophin, two determinants of contraction, after balloon injury of rat aortas. METHODS:Proliferation and migra...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Quignard JF,Harricane MC,Ménard C,Lory P,Nargeot J,Capron L,Mornet D,Richard S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible role of prostacyclin (PGI2) in the pathogenesis of hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). METHODS:Measurement of mRNA and protein levels of PGH synthase (PGHS)-1, PGI2 synthase and the PGI2 receptor, in the thoracic aorta was performed in SHR...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Numaguchi Y,Harada M,Osanai H,Hayashi K,Toki Y,Okumura K,Ito T,Hayakawa T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of both gradual and abrupt coronary occlusion on regional wall function (sonomicrometry) and left ventricular relaxation were studied in the intact dog heart. The ischaemic dysfunction observed in the two interventions as assessed by pressure-length loops showed considerably different patterns. The regiona...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Doyle RL,Foëx P,Ryder WA,Jones LA

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of calcineurin and Src tyrosine kinase in the regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression and protection in cardiomyocytes. METHODS:iNOS expression was studied in isolated neonatal rat ventricular myocyte cultures in response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Obasanjo-Blackshire K,Mesquita R,Jabr RI,Molkentin JD,Hart SL,Marber MS,Xia Y,Heads RJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II (AII) plays a critical role in cardiac remodeling. This peptide promotes cardiac myocyte hypertrophy and cardiac fibroblast interstitial fibrotic changes associated with left ventricular hypertrophy, post myocardial infarction remodeling and congestive heart failure. AII mediates cardiac myocyte hypertr...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Schnee JM,Hsueh WA

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Altered Ca(2+) handling in atrial fibrillation (AF) has been associated with dysregulated protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) and subcellular heterogeneities in protein phosphorylation, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This is due to a lack of investigation into the local, rather than global, regulation of PP...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Chiang DY,Li N,Wang Q,Alsina KM,Quick AP,Reynolds JO,Wang G,Skapura D,Voigt N,Dobrev D,Wehrens XH

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new type of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks recently in China and spreads into many other countries. This disease, named as COVID-19, is similar to patients infected by SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, and nearly 20% of patients developed severe condition. Cardiac injury is a prevalent complicatio...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Chen L,Li X,Chen M,Feng Y,Xiong C

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:While it is probable that the cerebrovascular spasm which occurs after subarachnoid haemorrhage results from the action of haemoglobin, the mechanism of that process remains unclear. These studies were thus designed to test the hypothesis that the action of oxyhaemoglobin results from the iron-catalyzed form...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Vollrath B,Chan P,Findlay M,Cook D

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study examines the effect of endogenous male sex hormones on thromboxane A2 (TXA2), prostaglandin (PG) I2, PGF(2 alpha), and PGE I2 release, as well as their role in acetylcholine (ACh)-mediated relaxation in the aorta. METHODS AND RESULTS:Aortic segments from orchidectomized and control male Sprague-Dawley ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Martorell A,Blanco-Rivero J,Aras-López R,Sagredo A,Balfagón G,Ferrer M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Diabetes impinges upon mechanisms of cardiovascular repair. However, the biochemical adaptation of cardiac stem cells to sustained hyperglycaemia remains largely unknown. Here, we investigate the molecular targets of high glucose-induced damage in cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) from murine and human hearts and at...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Katare R,Oikawa A,Cesselli D,Beltrami AP,Avolio E,Muthukrishnan D,Munasinghe PE,Angelini G,Emanueli C,Madeddu P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The concept of lethal reperfusion injury in ischemic myocardium has been the subject of controversy. Adenosine administered during reperfusion has been reported to limit lethal reperfusion injury in several studies. On the contrary, it has been reported that cardioprotection may not be achieved with adenosin...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Vander Heide RS,Reimer KA

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the possible mechanisms of the antiatherosclerotic effects of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, fosinopril, in apolipoprotein (apo) E deficient mice. METHODS:Apo E deficient (E0) mice at the age of 8 weeks received either placebo or a high dose (25 mg/kg/d) of fosinopril suppl...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hayek T,Attias J,Coleman R,Brodsky S,Smith J,Breslow JL,Keidar S

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic and environmental factors influence the development of coronary artery disease (CAD). Genetic analyses of families and the population continue to yield important fundamental insights for CAD. For the past four decades, CAD human genetic research focused largely on the study of germline genetic variation in CAD...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Patel AP,Natarajan P

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:By measuring the coronary sinus blood flow using the thermodilution technique the influence of "thermodilution catheter" withdrawal from the great cardiac vein to the ostium of the coronary sinus was investigated in 41 patients. In addition, the influence of normal and forced respiration on coronary sinus blood flow w...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Bagger JP

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eicosanoids are important mediators of both physiological and pathophysiological responses of the microcirculation. These biologically active lipid mediators can be produced locally by the cellular elements within the microvasculature (endothelium, pericytes, smooth muscle cells) as well as interstitial cells (e.g. fi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Gerritsen ME

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic potential of Hedgehog (Hh) signalling agonists for vascular diseases is of growing interest. However, molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the role of the Hh signalling in vascular biology remain poorly understood. AIMS:The purpose of the present paper is to clarify some conflicting literature...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hollier PL,Chapouly C,Diop A,Guimbal S,Cornuault L,Gadeau AP,Renault MA

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00