The effects of VEGF-R1 and VEGF-R2 ligands on angiogenic responses and left ventricular function in mice.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Collagen synthesis is one of the major mechanisms of primary atherosclerotic plaque growth and is likely to be similarly important in restenosis. The patterns of collagen gene expression in human restenosis and associations with thrombosis/hemorrhage have not been described. METHODS:Using human coronary art...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Rekhter MD,O'Brien E,Shah N,Schwartz SM,Simpson JB,Gordon D

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:While natriuretic peptides can inhibit growth of vascular muscle cells (VSMC), controversy exists as to whether this effect is mediated via the guanylate cyclase-coupled receptors, NPR-A and NPR-B, or the clearance receptor, NPR-C. The original aim of this study was to examine the mechanism by which the NPR-C...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hutchinson HG,Trindade PT,Cunanan DB,Wu CF,Pratt RE

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:17β-Oestradiol (E2) and its receptors (ERα and ERβ) are important regulators of physiological and pathological processes in the cardiovascular system. ER act in concert with other regulatory factors mediating oestrogenic effects. However, the underlying mechanisms modulating ER transcriptional activity are not ful...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Mahmoodzadeh S,Pham TH,Kuehne A,Fielitz B,Dworatzek E,Kararigas G,Petrov G,Davidson MM,Regitz-Zagrosek V

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), as a gaseous signalling molecule, has been found to play important roles in postconditioning (PostC)-induced cardioprotection. Similar to nitric oxide (NO)-mediated protein S-nitrosylation (SNO), recent studies suggest that H2S could regulate protein function through another redox-based post-tr...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Sun J,Aponte AM,Menazza S,Gucek M,Steenbergen C,Murphy E

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Nonsense mutations in the SCN5A gene result in truncated, non-functional derivatives of the cardiac Na+ channel and thus cause arrhythmias. Studies of other genes suggest that pathogenic phenotypes of nonsense mutations may be alleviated by enhancing readthrough, which enables ribosomes to ignore premature termina...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Teng S,Gao L,Paajanen V,Pu J,Fan Z

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) mediates β-adrenoceptor (β-AR) regulation of cardiac contraction and gene expression. Whereas PKA activity is well characterized in various subcellular compartments of adult cardiomyocytes, its regulation in the nucleus remains largely unknown. The aim of the present study w...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Haj Slimane Z,Bedioune I,Lechêne P,Varin A,Lefebvre F,Mateo P,Domergue-Dupont V,Dewenter M,Richter W,Conti M,El-Armouche A,Zhang J,Fischmeister R,Vandecasteele G

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Diabetes is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Circulating endothelial microparticles (EMP) are increased in diabetic patients, but their potential contribution in atherogenesis is unclear. We sought to determine the role of EMP derived under high glucose conditions in the development of atherosclero...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Jansen F,Yang X,Franklin BS,Hoelscher M,Schmitz T,Bedorf J,Nickenig G,Werner N

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Growth hormone (GH) is known to induce growth of the normal rat heart. Whether this growth is due solely to hypertrophy of the cardiac myocytes or whether a concomitant hyperplasia of the cardiac myocytes also takes place is currently not known. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate wheth...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Brüel A,Christoffersen TE,Nyengaard JR

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Transient atrial fibrillation is sometimes observed following adenosine administration and adenosine is known to shorten atrial action potential duration and refractory period. This study was designed to characterise the dose-response relationship of adenosine on these variables relative to arrhythmia inducti...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kabell G,Buchanan LV,Gibson JK,Belardinelli L

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsatile haemodynamics associated with graded degrees of experimentally produced stenosis were studied in the canine femoral artery. Invasively determined pulsatile blood flow and noninvasively determined blood velocity with Doppler ultrasound were measured an average of 1.3 and 2.3 cm proximal to the stenosis, respe...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Farrar DJ,Green HD,Peterson DW

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the superior vena cava of anaesthetised open chest dogs the axial pressure gradient was measured simultaneously with the blood flow velocity under different preload conditions. Both pressure gradient and velocity curves showed distinct systolic and diastolic waves. Peak pressure gradient ranged between 26 and 93 Pa...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Minten J,Van de Werf F,Eaubert A,De Geest H

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Proliferation of mammalian cardiomyocytes stops during the first weeks after birth, preventing the heart from regenerating after injury. Recently, several studies have indicated that induction of cardiomyocyte proliferation can be utilized to regenerate the mammalian heart. Thus, it is important to identify novel ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Novoyatleva T,Diehl F,van Amerongen MJ,Patra C,Ferrazzi F,Bellazzi R,Engel FB

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although fully explored in larger animals, the role of injection site and sample microsphere content on variability of coronary blood flow (CBF) measurement using the microsphere technique remains controversial in rats despite the fact that this species is extensively used in cardiovascular research. We therefore inve...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Wicker PA,Healy BP

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cytokine induction of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) on cardiac myocytes may be a critical step in cardiac inflammation associated with acute myocardial infarction and myocarditis. The aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), a homologue o...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Ban K,Ikeda U,Takahashi M,Kanbe T,Kasahara T,Shimada K

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the myocardium, myocyte cell division is irreversibly blocked shortly after birth. The signal that initiates cell cycle withdrawal is unknown. The purpose of this study was to relate changes in expression of beta1 integrin and its associated alpha subunits to cardiomyocyte cell cycle progression during th...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Maitra N,Flink IL,Bahl JJ,Morkin E

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common tachyarrhythmia in clinical practice. Over decades of research, a vast amount of knowledge has been gathered about the causes and consequences of AF related to cellular electrophysiology and features of the tissue structure that influence the propagation of fibrillation wave...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Opacic D,van Bragt KA,Nasrallah HM,Schotten U,Verheule S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein and lipid oxidation-mainly by mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS)-was proposed as a crucial determinant of health and lifespan. Angiotensin II (Ang II) enhances ROS production by activating NAD(P)H oxidase and uncoupling endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS). Ang II also stimulates mtROS production...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： de Cavanagh EM,Inserra F,Ferder L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The second messenger cyclic guanosine 3'5' monophosphate (cGMP) and its downstream effector protein kinase G (PKG) have been discovered more than 40 years ago. In vessels, PKG1 induces smooth muscle relaxation in response to nitric oxide signalling and thus lowers systemic and pulmonary blood pressure. In platelets, P...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Rainer PP,Kass DA

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effect of beta blockade on energy metabolism in ischaemic myocardium metoprolol tartrate in doses of 0.2 or 0.5 mg.kg-1 or saline was injected into 24 anaesthetised dogs 20 min after coronary ligation. Regional myocardial blood flow was measured by the hydrogen gas clearance method, and the heart rate ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Nanki M,Itoh K,Matsubara T,Nishimura K,Kambe T,Sugiyama S,Ozawa T,Sakamoto N

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Vascular inflammation is a major atherogenic factor and Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2 ligands, including bacterial and serum lipoproteins, seem to be involved in atherogenesis. On this basis, we analysed the effect of lipoproteins and different lipid components on TLR2-dependent signalling. METHODS AND RESULTS:In TL...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Dueñas AI,Aceves M,Fernández-Pisonero I,Gómez C,Orduña A,Crespo MS,García-Rodríguez C

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of catheterisation on the rabbit aortic wall is investigated employing a technique identical to that used for continuous monitoring of blood pressure in humans. The catheters were introduced into the aorta through the right femoral artery of the rabbit using the Seldinger technique, except that the catheter...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Madsen JK,Garbarsch C,Nielsen PE

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Statins have beneficial vascular effects beyond their cholesterol-lowering action. Since macrophages play a central role in atherogenesis, we characterized the effects of simvastatin on gene expression profile of human peripheral blood monocyte (HPBM)-macrophages. METHODS AND RESULTS:Gene expression profile was s...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Tuomisto TT,Lumivuori H,Kansanen E,Häkkinen SK,Turunen MP,van Thienen JV,Horrevoets AJ,Levonen AL,Ylä-Herttuala S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound has become a useful high resolution imaging modality for examining the cardiac microcirculation. With the use of microbubbles as an ultrasound contrast agent, ultrasound can be utilized to image the microcirculation and detect capillary flow abnormalities in acute ischaemia. A wide range of ultrasound frequ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Porter TR

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to assess whether the plasma levels of soluble adhesion molecules including E-selectin, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) are elevated in patients with variant angina and whether they are released in the coronary circulation...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Miwa K,Igawa A,Inoue H

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Temporal effects of prolonged hypoxaemia and reoxygenation, on the systemic pulmonary and mesenteric circulations in newborn piglets, were investigated. METHODS:Two groups [control (n = 5), hypoxaemic (n = 7)] of 1-3 day old anaesthetised piglets were instrumented with ultrasound flow probes placed to measur...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Cheung PY,Barrington KJ,Bigam DL

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) modulate vascular tone, at least in part, via matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). We previously have identified novel signalling pathways downstream of the EGFR suggestive of mitogen-activated protein kinase and mitochon...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Nagareddy PR,Chow FL,Hao L,Wang X,Nishimura T,MacLeod KM,McNeill JH,Fernandez-Patron C

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The interaction between TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK, Tnfsf12) and the receptor, fibroblast growth factor-inducible 14 (Fn14), regulates vascular damage through different mechanisms, including inflammation. Oxidative stress plays a major role in inflammation and the development of atherosclerosis, but ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Madrigal-Matute J,Fernandez-Laso V,Sastre C,Llamas-Granda P,Egido J,Martin-Ventura JL,Zalba G,Blanco-Colio LM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:GATA4 is a transcription factor that is up-regulated during cardiac hypertrophy and plays a fundamental role in myocyte growth and survival. In this study, we investigate the transcriptional vs. post-transcriptional mechanisms that are involved in regulating GATA4 in the heart during neonatal and pressure overload...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Han M,Yang Z,Sayed D,He M,Gao S,Lin L,Yoon S,Abdellatif M

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental studies have provided evidence that the autonomic nervous activity is modulated by oestrogen. Such modulation at central and peripheral levels tends to suppress sympathetic but elevate parasympathetic tone to the cardiovascular system. Thus, available data support the view that cardiovascular protection b...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Du XJ,Riemersma RA,Dart AM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congestive heart failure may be deemed the epidemic of cardiology in the 21st century in the industrialized part of the world. Although new therapies improving morbidity and mortality from chronic heart failure have emerged it is likely that there is a growing role for digoxin. Thus, digoxin treatment is known to cont...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kjeldsen K,Nørgaard A,Gheorghiade M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00