Cooperative effects due to calcium binding by troponin and their consequences for contraction and relaxation of cardiac muscle under various conditions of mechanical loading.

abstract：:We describe a straightforward gene-targeting technique to achieve uniform, stable, and genetically invariant expression of a transgene in the vascular endothelium of mice. To demonstrate the feasibility of this approach, the reporter gene bacterial beta-galactosidase was inserted via homologous recombination into the ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Weiler-Guettler H,Aird WC,Husain M,Rayburn H,Rosenberg RD

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of histamine and H1 or H2 blockers on the diameter of pial arteries (39-227 micron) using microapplication into the perivascular space. Concentration-response curves for histamine showed dilations which started at 10(-7) M and were maximal at 10(-5) and 10(-4) M. The H2 blocker, cimetidine, induc...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Wahl M,Kuschinsky W

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to characterize the interaction between nitric oxide (NO)- and cAMP-related pathways in the control of renal blood flow. Using the isolated perfused rat kidney model, we determined the effects of inhibition of NO formation by Nomega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 1 mmol/L) and of NO administra...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Sandner P,Kornfeld M,Ruan X,Arendshorst WJ,Kurtz A

更新日期：1999-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium uptake was measured in homogenates and microsomal preparations enriched in sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles isolated from hearts of hypertrophic (BIO 14.6) and dilated (BIO 53.58) cardiomyopathic as well as control (F1B) Syrian hamsters at 3, 7, 9, and 11 months of age. Calcium uptake studies were done using th...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Whitmer JT,Kumar P,Solaro RJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deposition of microspheres in small tissue regions is not strictly flow dependent. In comparison with the soluble flow marker 2-iododesmethylimipramine (IDMI), deposition of 16.5-microns microspheres was mildly but systematically biased into high flow regions of rabbit hearts (Bassingthwaighte JB, Malone MA, Moffe...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Bassingthwaighte JB,Malone MA,Moffett TC,King RB,Chan IS,Link JM,Krohn KA

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the first description of the anatomical atrioventricular nodes (AVNs), a large number of studies have provided insights into the heterogeneity of the structure as well as a repertoire of ion channel proteins that govern this complex conduction pathway between the atria and ventricles. These studies have revealed...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Zhang Q,Timofeyev V,Lu L,Li N,Singapuri A,Long MK,Bond CT,Adelman JP,Chiamvimonvat N

更新日期：2008-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of hypercapnia on coronary vascular resistance (CVR) was studied in seven open-chest dogs. Coronary blood flow was supplied to the cannulated left main coronary artery from the femoral artery by a precision pump. Coronary arterial PCO2 was locally controlled with a small membrane oxygenator in the coronary ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Case RB,Greenberg H

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of prostaglandin production in the control of regenerative function of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) has not been studied. We hypothesized that activation of cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymatic activity and the subsequent production of prostacyclin (PGI(2)) is an important mechanism responsible for the regen...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： He T,Lu T,d'Uscio LV,Lam CF,Lee HC,Katusic ZS

更新日期：2008-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown previously that serotonin stimulates the production of prostacyclin by bovine aortic smooth muscle cells in culture, via 5-HT2 receptors (Coughlin SR, Moskowitz MA, Antoniades HN, Levine L. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1981;78:7134-7138). These cells express a synthetic phenotype, whereas the majority of t...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Demolle D,Van Coevorden A,Boeynaems JM

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of medium conditioned by bovine aortic endothelial cells on collagen accumulation and total protein formation by human embryonic fibroblasts or bovine smooth muscle cells in cultures. The conditioned medium at a 1:10 dilution induced a twofold increase in collagen and total protein accumulat...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Villanueva AG,Farber HW,Rounds S,Goldstein RH

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatial and temporal organization of signal transduction is coordinated through the segregation of signaling enzymes in selected cellular compartments. This highly evolved regulatory mechanism ensures the activation of selected enzymes only in the vicinity of their target proteins. In this context, cAMP-responsive tri...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Perino A,Ghigo A,Scott JD,Hirsch E

更新日期：2012-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmembrane potentials, extracellular potassium activity, and intracellular sodium activity were determined during acute global ischemia in Langendorff perfused guinea pig ventricles by microelectrode techniques. Resting membrane potential decreased with a sigmoidal time course from -82 mV to -49.5 +/- 2.7 mV (SD, n...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Kléber AG

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria have long been known to play a critical role in maintaining the bioenergetic status of cells under physiological conditions. It was also recognized early in mitochondrial research that the reduction of oxygen to generate the free radical superoxide occurs at various sites in the respiratory chain and was ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Gutierrez J,Ballinger SW,Darley-Usmar VM,Landar A

更新日期：2006-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Large conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels (BK(Ca)) play a critical role in blood pressure regulation by tuning the vascular smooth muscle tone, and hyposensitivity of BK(Ca) to Ca(2+) sparks resulting from its altered beta1 subunit stoichiometry underlies vasoconstriction in animal models of hypertension. Here ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Zhao G,Zhao Y,Pan B,Liu J,Huang X,Zhang X,Cao C,Hou N,Wu C,Zhao KS,Cheng H

更新日期：2007-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphometric data from stable (nonedematous) isolated dog lungs, perfused with nearly cell-free perfusates, were compared to similar stereological evaluations of isolated dog lungs after induction of severe acute hydrostatic edema. In the edematous lungs, capillary surface and volume densities were substantially incre...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： DeFouw DO,Berendsen PB

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of streptozotocin-induced diabetes on atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) synthesis, hemodynamic parameters, blood volume, and histopathology, as well as the reversibility of such effects with insulin therapy in Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). The biatrial A...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Matsubara H,Mori Y,Yamamoto J,Inada M

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential for heparin to enhance the training-induced increase in collateral-dependent blood flow to the distal hind-limb muscles was evaluated after bilateral femoral artery ligation in adult male rats (approximately 350 g). Rats received either saline (n = 34) or heparin (n = 36) injections and were kept sedenta...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Yang HT,Ogilvie RW,Terjung RL

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardioprotection by ischemic preconditioning is lost in aged wild-type and in STAT3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 3)-deficient mice. The aim of the present study was to analyze whether or not ischemic postconditioning (iPoco) was effective in aged mice hearts and whether iPoco was dependent on ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Boengler K,Buechert A,Heinen Y,Roeskes C,Hilfiker-Kleiner D,Heusch G,Schulz R

更新日期：2008-01-04 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：:In 26 Wistar rats with surface glomeruli, the determinants of glomerular ultrafiltration and peritubular capillary uptake of proximal reabsorbate were studied before and during intravenous infusions of norepinephrine or angiotensin II. Regardless of whether renal perfusion pressure (AP) was permitted to increase, both...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Myers BD,Deen WM,Brenner BM

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that a redox-sensitive transcription factor, redox factor-1 (Ref-1) (HAP1, APE, and APEX), was critical in the regulation of endothelial cell survival in response to hypoxia and cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. Hypoxia resulted in a significant decrease in Ref-1 protein expressio...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Hall JL,Wang X,Van Adamson,Zhao Y,Gibbons GH

更新日期：2001-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The realization of regenerative cardiac medicine depends on the availability of cardiomyocytes in sufficient numbers for transplantation of cardiac tissue and the accompanying blood vessels. Embryonic stem (ES) cells, bone marrow (BM) stem cells, and tissue-derived stem cells are all potential cell sources. Although E...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Fukuda K,Yuasa S

更新日期：2006-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain some insight into inotropic mechanisms, we compared the effects of several classes of inotropic interventions on the isometric twitch and force-velocity properties of isolated rabbit myocardium. Postextrasystolic potentiation was chosen as one of the interventions in the belief that its onset is so rapid that ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Chiu YC,Walley KR,Ford LE

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-cell voltage-clamp experiments were performed on enzymatically dissociated single ventricular myocytes harvested from feline endocardial and epicardial surfaces. The studies were designed to test the hypothesis that the differences in the amplitude of transient outward current (Ito) contribute to the difference ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Furukawa T,Myerburg RJ,Furukawa N,Bassett AL,Kimura S

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High affinity binding sites of angiotensin II (A II) have been characterized in rabbit renomedullary interstitial cells in tissue culture. Binding was rapid, specific, and saturable. Scatchard analysis of steady state saturation binding data at 22 degrees C indicated a single binding site with an equilibrium dissociat...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Brown CA,Zusman RM,Haber E

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of death among women in the United States, accounting for ≈1 of every 3 female deaths. Sex-specific data focused on cardiovascular disease have been increasing steadily, yet is not routinely collected nor translated into practice. This comprehensive review focus...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Garcia M,Mulvagh SL,Merz CN,Buring JE,Manson JE

更新日期：2016-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia and simulated ischemic conditions induce enhanced release of norepinephrine (NE) in the brain and the heart. Although studies with neuronal preparations demonstrated a rise in [Ca2+]i under energy-depleted conditions, such release of NE in the heart appears to be predominantly Ca2+ independent. Since Ca2+ ove...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Du XJ,Bobik A,Little PJ,Esler MD,Dart AM

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subcellular distribution of cardiac muscarinic receptors was defined in canine ventricular myocardium, and receptors were solubilized from subcellular fractions enriched in muscarinic receptor content. The subcellular location of muscarinic receptors in cardiac tissue was determined by measurement of the distribut...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Manalan AS,Werth DK,Jones LR,Watanabe AM

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Sustained cardiac hypertrophy is often accompanied by maladaptive cardiac remodeling leading to decreased compliance and increased risk for heart failure. Maladaptive hypertrophy is considered to be a therapeutic target for heart failure. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have various biolo...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Wang K,Liu F,Zhou LY,Long B,Yuan SM,Wang Y,Liu CY,Sun T,Zhang XJ,Li PF

更新日期：2014-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the relative roles of cardiac and sinoaortic baroreceptors in mediation of arginine vasopressin (AVP) release, hemorrhage was performed in five groups of conscious splenectomized dogs: 1) all nerves intact; 2) either chronic surgical or acute pharmacological (intrapericardial lidocaine) cardiac denervatio...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Shen YT,Cowley AW Jr,Vatner SF

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00