Adrenomedullin induces lymphangiogenesis and ameliorates secondary lymphoedema.

abstract：Aims:Chronic heart failure is becoming increasingly prevalent and is still associated with a high mortality rate. Myocardial hypertrophy and fibrosis drive cardiac remodelling and heart failure, but they are not sufficiently inhibited by current treatment strategies. Furthermore, despite increasing knowledge on cardiom...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Grund A,Szaroszyk M,Döppner JK,Malek Mohammadi M,Kattih B,Korf-Klingebiel M,Gigina A,Scherr M,Kensah G,Jara-Avaca M,Gruh I,Martin U,Wollert KC,Gohla A,Katus HA,Müller OJ,Bauersachs J,Heineke J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Important physiological and pathophysiological conditions are associated with changes in secretion and synthesis of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP). The aim of this study was to examine the effects of mechanical stretch and endothelin-1 on ANF and BNP secretion and gene exp...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Bruneau BG,de Bold AJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) increases superoxide anion (O(2)(-)) production by the endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase (eNOS). We assessed whether the uncoupling of eNOS was associated with alterations in eNOS phosphorylation and/or the assembly of the eNOS signaling complex. METHODS AND RES...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Fleming I,Mohamed A,Galle J,Turchanowa L,Brandes RP,Fisslthaler B,Busse R

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impairment of contractile function and extent of release of several intracellular marker enzymes and DNA were studied in isolated perfused rat hearts after low-flow (0.16 ml . min-1) ischaemia followed by 2 h of reperfusion and after anoxia followed by 2 h of reoxygenation. After varying periods of ischaemia or anoxia...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： van der Laarse A,Altona JC,Zoet AC,Oemrawsingh P,van Dijkman PR

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aims were (1) to investigate the effect of hypertention on left ventricular dilatation and haemodynamic alterations following acute myocardial infarction in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive rats (WKY); (2) to compare haemodynamic indices between the two groups; (3) to assess whether ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Nishikimi T,Yamagishi H,Takeuchi K,Takeda T

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Nitric oxide (NO) has complex effects on myocardial function particularly following ischaemia-reperfusion. The goal of this study was to examine the result of repetitive myocardial stunning on myocardial NO release and expression of inducible (iNOS) and constitutive (eNOS) NO synthases. METHODS AND RESULTS:...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Baker CS,Rimoldi O,Camici PG,Barnes E,Chacon MR,Huehns TY,Haskard DO,Polak JM,Hall RJ

更新日期：1999-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are members of the nuclear receptor superfamily of ligand-activated transcriptional regulators. PPARdelta has an established role in metabolism, wound healing, and angiogenesis. However, little is known about its function in endothelial homeostasis. We investigat...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Ali F,Ali NS,Bauer A,Boyle JJ,Hamdulay SS,Haskard DO,Randi AM,Mason JC

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Processes in the development of atherosclerotic lesions can lead to plaque rupture or erosion, which can in turn elicit myocardial infarction or ischaemic stroke. The aims of this study were to determine whether Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) gene expression levels influence patient outcome and to explore the mechani...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Karadimou G,Folkersen L,Berg M,Perisic L,Discacciati A,Roy J,Hansson GK,Persson J,Paulsson-Berne G

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mayer waves are oscillations of arterial pressure occurring spontaneously in conscious subjects at a frequency lower than respiration (approximately 0.1 Hz in humans). Mayer waves are tightly coupled with synchronous oscillations of efferent sympathetic nervous activity and are almost invariably enhanced during states...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Julien C

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Labetolol, which blocks both alpha and beta-adrenoceptors, was found to have direct actions on cardiac muscle which could themselves be antiarrhythmic. It depressed the maximum rate of depolarisation, and reduced conduction velocity, in atrial and ventricular muscle and in Purkinje cells, implying restriction of fast ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Vaughn Williams EM,Millar JS,Campbell TJ

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is characterized by ventricular dilation associated with systolic dysfunction, which could be caused by mutations in lamina/C gene (LMNA). LMNA-linked DCM is severe in males in both human patients and a knock-in mouse model carrying a homozygous p.H222P mutation (LmnaH222P/H222P). The ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Arimura T,Onoue K,Takahashi-Tanaka Y,Ishikawa T,Kuwahara M,Setou M,Shigenobu S,Yamaguchi K,Bertrand AT,Machida N,Takayama K,Fukusato M,Tanaka R,Somekawa S,Nakano T,Yamane Y,Kuba K,Imai Y,Saito Y,Bonne G,Kimura A

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recombinant retroviral vectors have been shown to be useful tools for marking cells so as to follow their fates during development. The aim of this study was to determine the utility and advantages of an adenoviral vector as a tool to study the heart as it develops from a simple tube into a complex four-cham...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Fisher SA,Watanabe M

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contractile response to beta-adrenoceptor stimulation has been found to be reduced in single myocytes from failing human ventricle. A portion of that reduction was statistically related to the age of the patient. We have developed a method for obtaining viable contracting myocytes from small biopsies of human vent...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Davies CH,Ferrara N,Harding SE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The effects of serelaxin, a recombinant form of human relaxin-2 peptide, on vascular function in the coronary microvascular and systemic macrovascular circulation remain largely unknown. This mechanistic, clinical study assessed the effects of serelaxin on myocardial perfusion, aortic stiffness, and safety in pati...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Corcoran D,Radjenovic A,Mordi IR,Nazir SA,Wilson SJ,Hinder M,Yates DP,Machineni S,Alcantara J,Prescott MF,Gugliotta B,Pang Y,Tzemos N,Semple SI,Newby DE,McCann GP,Squire I,Berry C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular potassium activity before and after coronary occlusion was measured in the canine heart by means of potassium-selective surface electrodes. In the ischaemic myocardium potassium activity rapidly increased from a preocclusion value of 3.2 +/- 0.3 mmol.litre-1 to 10 +/- 0.6 mmol.litre-1 within the first 5 ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Wiegand V,Güggi M,Meesmann W,Kessler M,Greitschus F

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cardiovascular research requires complex and functionally intact experimental models. Due to major differences in the cellular and subcellular composition of the myocardium between species, the use of human heart tissue is highly desirable. To enhance the experimental use of the human myocardium, we established me...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Brandenburger M,Wenzel J,Bogdan R,Richardt D,Nguemo F,Reppel M,Hescheler J,Terlau H,Dendorfer A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Crosstalk between cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts in physiological conditions and during disease remains poorly defined. Previous studies have shown that fibroblasts and myocytes interact via paracrine communication, but several experimental confounding factors, including the use of immature myocytes and the induct...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Cartledge JE,Kane C,Dias P,Tesfom M,Clarke L,Mckee B,Al Ayoubi S,Chester A,Yacoub MH,Camelliti P,Terracciano CM

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine whether exercise training could precondition the myocardium against hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2))-induced damage. METHODS:Male Fischer 344 rats ran on a treadmill for 9 weeks (60 min/day, 22 m/min, 6 degrees grade, 5 days/week). Isolated perfused working hearts from ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Taylor RP,Ciccolo JT,Starnes JW

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to study the interactions between pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (an estimate of left atrial pressure), left atrial dimension, and atrial natriuretic factor during evolving heart failure. DESIGN:Sequential simultaneous measurements of haemodynamic variables, left atrial dimension, and p...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Moe GW,Angus C,Howard RJ,De Bold AJ,Armstrong PW

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Regional heterogeneities in contraction contribute to heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). We aimed to determine whether regional changes in myocardial relaxation similarly contribute to diastolic dysfunction in post-infarction HFrEF, and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms. METHODS AND RESULT...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Røe ÅT,Ruud M,Espe EK,Manfra O,Longobardi S,Aronsen JM,Nordén ES,Husebye T,Kolstad TRS,Cataliotti A,Christensen G,Sejersted OM,Niederer SA,Andersen GØ,Sjaastad I,Louch WE

更新日期：2019-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy exists as to whether the diabetic heart is more or less sensitive to ischemic injury. Although a considerable number of experimental studies have directly determined the effects of ischemia on the diabetic heart, there is still no general agreement as to whether metabolic changes within the myocardium cont...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Feuvray D,Lopaschuk GD

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) are key regulators of permeability. The principal evidence behind how they increase vascular permeability in vivo and in vitro and the consequences of that increase are addressed here. Detailed analysis of the published literature has shown that in vivo and in vitro VEGF-med...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Bates DO

更新日期：2010-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Coronary arteritis is a life-threatening complication that may arise in the acute stage of Kawasaki disease (KD), the leading cause of systemic vasculitis in childhood. Various microorganisms and molecular pathogens have been reported to cause KD. However, little is known about the key molecules that contribute to...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Nakashima Y,Sakai Y,Mizuno Y,Furuno K,Hirono K,Takatsuki S,Suzuki H,Onouchi Y,Kobayashi T,Tanabe K,Hamase K,Miyamoto T,Aoyagi R,Arita M,Yamamura K,Tanaka T,Nishio H,Takada H,Ohga S,Hara T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In heart failure (HF), the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is enhanced. It was shown that failing cardiac myocytes are more susceptible to ROS-induced damage, possibly due to increased expression of the sarcolemmal Na-Ca exchanger (NCX). METHODS:We investigated the consequences of increased expre...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Wagner S,Seidler T,Picht E,Maier LS,Kazanski V,Teucher N,Schillinger W,Pieske B,Isenberg G,Hasenfuss G,Kögler H

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) is believed to exert degradative action at high norepinephrine (NE) levels. Although COMT exists in cardiac tissues, the contribution of cardiac COMT activity to regional NE kinetics, particularly in ischemia-induced NE accumulation, remains unclear. We investigated the rol...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Fujii T,Yamazaki T,Akiyama T,Sano S,Mori H

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in beta-adrenoceptor density (Bmax) and distribution in a model of chronic myocardial infarction in rats, and to relate possible changes to hemodynamic and neurohumoral abnormalities. In addition, we examined the effects of 8 weeks treatment with ibopa...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： van Veldhuisen DJ,Brodde OE,van Gilst WH,Schulze C,Hegeman H,Anthonio RL,Scholtens E,de Graeff PA,Wesseling H,Lie KI

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Defects in myocardial mitochondrial structure and function have been associated with heart failure in humans and animal models. Mice lacking the muscle LIM protein (MLP) develop morphological and clinical signs resembling human dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure. We tested the hypothesis that defects in...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： van den Bosch BJ,van den Burg CM,Schoonderwoerd K,Lindsey PJ,Scholte HR,de Coo RF,van Rooij E,Rockman HA,Doevendans PA,Smeets HJ

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The objectives were (a) to describe the effects of vasoactive drugs in normal rats upon cardiovascular function assessed by computing aortic haemodynamic power and input impedance, each separated into their component parts, and (b) to study the relationship between left ventricular pulsatile power outpu...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Wright G

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We recently demonstrated in our swine model of coronary artery spasm that enhanced myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylations (both MLC mono- and diphosphorylations) play a central role in the pathogenesis of the spasm. However, the molecular mechanism for and the phosphorylation sites for the enhanced MLC pho...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Shimokawa H,Seto M,Katsumata N,Amano M,Kozai T,Yamawaki T,Kuwata K,Kandabashi T,Egashira K,Ikegaki I,Asano T,Kaibuchi K,Takeshita A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00