Noise-free visualization of microscopic calcium signaling by pixel-wise fitting.

abstract：:Mutations in the human gene encoding the nucleotide-binding region in the gamma-subunit of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) cause cardiomyopathy with preexcitation syndrome. Mutant AMPK showed reduced binding affinity to nucleotides in vitro raising the possibility that altered regulation of AMPK activity by AMP/AT...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Zou L,Shen M,Arad M,He H,Løfgren B,Ingwall JS,Seidman CE,Seidman JG,Tian R

更新日期：2005-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Confocal imaging was used to study the influence of cytosolic ATP on the properties of spontaneous Ca(2+) sparks in permeabilized ventricular myocytes. Cells were perfused with mock intracellular solutions containing fluo 3. Reducing [ATP] to <0.5 mmol/L decreased the frequency but increased the amplitude of spontaneo...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Yang Z,Steele DS

更新日期：2001-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells with endothelial phenotype generated from adult peripheral blood have emerging diagnostic and therapeutic potential. This study examined the lineage relationship between, and angiogenic function of, early endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and late outgrowth endothelial cells (OECs) in culture. Culture conditio...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Gulati R,Jevremovic D,Peterson TE,Chatterjee S,Shah V,Vile RG,Simari RD

更新日期：2003-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-adrenergic agonist isoproterenol stimulates immunoreactive atrial natriuretic peptide (IR-ANP) secretion by superfused rat atria in vitro. beta-Adrenergic agonists alter the cellular handling of calcium, which culminates in a rise in the systolic calcium concentration. This is achieved by increasing calcium i...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Schiebinger RJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the cloning of cDNAs encoding two different human nonmuscle myosin heavy chains designated NMMHC-A and NMMHC-B. The mRNAs encoding NMMHC-A and NMMHC-B are both 7.5 kb in size but are shown to be the products of different genes, which are localized to chromosome 22q11.2 and chromosome 17q13, respectively. In ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Simons M,Wang M,McBride OW,Kawamoto S,Yamakawa K,Gdula D,Adelstein RS,Weir L

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five fetal sheep (gestational age, 118 to 125 days) were instrumented to measure impedances of the lower abdominal aorta. Four days after surgery, flow and pressure pulses were recorded during control conditions and during infusion of norepinephrine (0.3 to 3 micrograms.min-1.kg-1 body weight) or angiotensin II (0.2 t...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Schröder H,Cetin E,Hüneke B,Carstensen M

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac hemodynamics, diameter, blood flow velocity, and volumic flow of the brachial artery were studied before and after diltiazem administration in 11 patients with sustained essential hypertension. The study was compared with the hemodynamic effects of dihydralazine. The caliber of the brachial artery was evaluate...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Safar ME,Simon AC,Levenson JA,Cazor JL

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Individuals with naturally occurring loss-of-function proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) mutations experience reduced low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and protection against cardiovascular disease. OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to assess whether genome editing using a clus...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Ding Q,Strong A,Patel KM,Ng SL,Gosis BS,Regan SN,Cowan CA,Rader DJ,Musunuru K

更新日期：2014-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete knowledge of myocardial structure, metabolism, and function is crucial to understanding the response of the heart to injury such as ischemia. Increasingly, this type of knowledge is required at multiple levels, from that of the isolated myocyte to the functioning organism, to provide basic scientists and clin...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Wu KC,Lima JA

更新日期：2003-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular remodeling, rather than vasoconstriction, is believed to account for high vascular resistance in severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We have found previously that acute Rho kinase inhibition nearly normalizes PAH in chronically hypoxic rats that have no occlusive neointimal lesions. Here we examined...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Oka M,Homma N,Taraseviciene-Stewart L,Morris KG,Kraskauskas D,Burns N,Voelkel NF,McMurtry IF

更新日期：2007-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Compelling evidence continues to emerge suggesting that the glycocalyx surface layer on vascular endothelial cells plays a determining role in numerous physiological processes including inflammation, microvascular permeability, and endothelial mechanotransduction. Previous research has shown that enzymes degrade the g...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Potter DR,Jiang J,Damiano ER

更新日期：2009-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional disturbance of microvasculature is recognized as an initiating mechanism that underlies the development of various diabetic complications. Although a causal relationship between microvascular leakage and tissue damage has been well documented in diabetic kidneys and eyes, there is a lack of information ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Yuan SY,Ustinova EE,Wu MH,Tinsley JH,Xu W,Korompai FL,Taulman AC

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Diabetes mellitus increases cardiovascular disease risk in humans and remains elevated despite cholesterol-lowering therapy with statins. Consistent with this, in mouse models, diabetes mellitus impairs atherosclerosis plaque regression after aggressive cholesterol lowering. MicroRNA 33 (miR33) is a key negat...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Distel E,Barrett TJ,Chung K,Girgis NM,Parathath S,Essau CC,Murphy AJ,Moore KJ,Fisher EA

更新日期：2014-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured pressure-volume curves in nine excised dog ventricles and stress-strain curves in two to five muscle specimens from each ventricle to verify a derived formula that relates muscle stiffness to the ventricular pressure-volume curve. The assumptions underlying this formula are: (1) the ventricle is a uniform ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Glantz SA,Kernoff RS

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review considers critically the evidence for the involvement of mediators of innate and acquired immunity in various stages of atherosclerosis. Rapidly mobilized arms of innate immunity, including phagocytic leukocytes, complement, and proinflammatory cytokines, contribute to atherogenesis. In addition, adaptive ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Hansson GK,Libby P,Schönbeck U,Yan ZQ

更新日期：2002-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pulmonary hypertensive remodeling is characterized by excessive proliferation, migration, and proinflammatory activation of adventitial fibroblasts. In culture, fibroblasts maintain a similar activated phenotype. The mechanisms responsible for generation/maintenance of this phenotype remain unknown. OBJECTIV...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Wang D,Zhang H,Li M,Frid MG,Flockton AR,McKeon BA,Yeager ME,Fini MA,Morrell NW,Pullamsetti SS,Velegala S,Seeger W,McKinsey TA,Sucharov CC,Stenmark KR

更新日期：2014-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidized low-density lipoproteins increase arginase activity and reciprocally decrease endothelial NO in human aortic endothelial cells. Here, we demonstrate that vascular endothelial arginase activity is increased in atherogenic-prone apolipoprotein E-null (ApoE(-/-)) and wild-type mice fed a high cholesterol diet. I...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Ryoo S,Gupta G,Benjo A,Lim HK,Camara A,Sikka G,Lim HK,Sohi J,Santhanam L,Soucy K,Tuday E,Baraban E,Ilies M,Gerstenblith G,Nyhan D,Shoukas A,Christianson DW,Alp NJ,Champion HC,Huso D,Berkowitz DE

更新日期：2008-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Upregulation of endothelial vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM)-1 and the subsequent increase in monocyte recruitment constitute critical events in atherogenesis. We have recently shown that in human coronary artery endothelial cells (HCAECs) regulated expression of VCAM-1 depends, to a significant extent,...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Smedlund K,Tano JY,Vazquez G

更新日期：2010-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding molecular mechanisms regulating angiogenesis may lead to novel therapies for ischemic disorders. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) activates vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene expression in hypoxic/ischemic tissue. In this study we demonstrate that exposure of primary cultures of cardiac and...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Kelly BD,Hackett SF,Hirota K,Oshima Y,Cai Z,Berg-Dixon S,Rowan A,Yan Z,Campochiaro PA,Semenza GL

更新日期：2003-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction of carotid sinus and aortic arch reflex control of total peripheral resistance was studied in eight dogs anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital and placed on constant flow cardiac bypass. Carotid sinus and aortic arch baroreceptor areas were isolated and separately perfused at controlled pressures. Combina...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Brunner MJ,Greene AS,Kallman CH,Shoukas AA

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamic interaction of simultaneously changing heart period and single vagal stimuli on atrioventricular conduction (AV interval) was quantified by subtracting the vagally induced responses of the paced heart preparation from those of the unpaced heart preparation. This difference was significantly greater (P less...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Martin P

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computer simulations and nonlinear dynamics have provided invaluable tools for illuminating the underlying mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias. Here, we review how this approach has led to major insights into the mechanisms of spatially discordant alternans, a key arrhythmogenic factor predisposing the heart to re-entry...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Weiss JN,Karma A,Shiferaw Y,Chen PS,Garfinkel A,Qu Z

更新日期：2006-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:C-reactive protein (CRP), a characteristic inflammatory marker, is a powerful predictor of cardiovascular events. Recent data suggest that CRP may also promote atherogenesis through inducing endothelial dysfunction. Lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) receptor-1 (LOX-1) is a newly identified endotheli...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Li L,Roumeliotis N,Sawamura T,Renier G

更新日期：2004-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Mechanisms of angiogenesis in skeletal muscle remain poorly understood. Efforts to induce physiological angiogenesis hold promise for the treatment of diabetic microvascular disease and peripheral artery disease but are hindered by the complexity of physiological angiogenesis and by the poor angiogenic respon...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Rowe GC,Raghuram S,Jang C,Nagy JA,Patten IS,Goyal A,Chan MC,Liu LX,Jiang A,Spokes KC,Beeler D,Dvorak H,Aird WC,Arany Z

更新日期：2014-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiac high molecular weight proteins/ryanodine receptors were purified to homogeneity from junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes and shown to exhibit large conductance calcium channel activity. High molecular weight proteins were solubilized from junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum in zwitterionic detergent ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Rardon DP,Cefali DC,Mitchell RD,Seiler SM,Jones LR

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) results in the generation of oxygen-derived free radicals and the accumulation of lipid peroxidation-derived unsaturated aldehydes. However, the contribution of aldehydes to myocardial I/R injury has not been assessed. OBJECTIVE:We tested the hypothesis that removal of a...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Conklin DJ,Guo Y,Jagatheesan G,Kilfoil PJ,Haberzettl P,Hill BG,Baba SP,Guo L,Wetzelberger K,Obal D,Rokosh DG,Prough RA,Prabhu SD,Velayutham M,Zweier JL,Hoetker JD,Riggs DW,Srivastava S,Bolli R,Bhatnagar A

更新日期：2015-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that in adult rats with chronic hyponatremia, both symptoms of encephalopathy and mortality largely depend upon the gender of the animal and the presence of elevated plasma levels of vasopressin (AVP). Since effects of AVP on blood vessels may be gender dependent, the present study w...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Kozniewska E,Roberts TP,Vexler ZS,Oseka M,Kucharczyk J,Arieff AI

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-wave alternans (TWA), an ABAB oscillation, has been postulated as the initial pattern in a stepwise progression to higher-order oscillations, culminating in sudden arrhythmic death. The present study is the first to provide experimental evidence to support this intriguing concept. Epicardial and endocardial ECGs fro...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Nearing BD,Verrier RL

更新日期：2002-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Activation of Nox1 initiates redox-dependent signaling events crucial in the pathogenesis of vascular disease. Selective targeting of Nox1 is an attractive potential therapy, but requires a better understanding of the molecular modifications controlling its activation. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether posttran...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Streeter J,Schickling BM,Jiang S,Stanic B,Thiel WH,Gakhar L,Houtman JC,Miller FJ Jr

更新日期：2014-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular repolarization was analyzed by measuring epicardial potential distributions in intact dogs with single or multiple ectopic foci and a minimum at the terminal site(s) of excitation. During the latter half of the T wave the distributions became more complex, and two maxima evolved from the initial one at eac...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Spach MS,Barr RC

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00