Hypoxia induces unique proliferative response in adventitial fibroblasts by activating PDGFβ receptor-JNK1 signalling.

abstract：AIMS:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and early-onset lone AF has been linked to mutations in genes encoding ion channels. Mutations in the pore forming subunit KV4.3 leading to an increase in the transient outward potassium current (Ito) have previously been associated with the Brugada S...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Olesen MS,Refsgaard L,Holst AG,Larsen AP,Grubb S,Haunsø S,Svendsen JH,Olesen SP,Schmitt N,Calloe K

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is a highly reactive, free radical signalling molecule that is constitutively released in cardiomyocytes by both the endothelial and neuronal isoforms of nitric oxide synthase (eNOS and nNOS, respectively). There are increasing data indicating that NO modulates various proteins involved in excitation...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Lim G,Venetucci L,Eisner DA,Casadei B

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to assess the significance of polymorphonuclear leucocytes on the myocardial capillary permeability to a small hydrophilic indicator, on the vascular tone of the resistance vessels, and on contractile function following ischaemia and reperfusion. METHODS:Open chest, anaesthetised dogs were random...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Svendsen JH,Hansen PR,Ali S,Baandrup U,Haunsø S

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The discovery of a specific prorenin receptor (PRR) suggests a biological function of prorenin that is independent of angiotensin I production. In the present study, we investigated the role of PRR on smooth muscle cell (SMC) migration. METHODS AND RESULTS:PRR was expressed in human mammary arteries and in cultur...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Greco CM,Camera M,Facchinetti L,Brambilla M,Pellegrino S,Gelmi ML,Tremoli E,Corsini A,Ferri N

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical formulation of the blood flow behaviour through a capillaron model is described. The formulation is applied to the analysis of post-occlusion (reactive) hyperaemia and autoregulation. ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Murao H,Rodbard S

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Plasma endothelin (ET) concentrations are increased in heart failure. The aims of the present study were to investigate to what extent cardiac ET mRNA expression is induced in ischemic heart failure and whether there may be compensatory downregulation of myocardial mRNA levels for the ETA and ETB receptor su...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Tønnessen T,Christensen G,Oie E,Holt E,Kjekshus H,Smiseth OA,Sejersted OM,Attramadal H

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to determine if the adaptational process of the cardiac calcium channel to pressure overload observed in rat heart also occurs in species characterised by a higher sensitivity to external calcium than in the rat. This adaptation occurs via a maintained density of dihydropyridine receptors an...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Primot I,Mayoux E,Oliviero P,Charlemagne D

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Baicalin is the major component found in Scutellaria baicalensis root, a widely used herb in traditional Chinese medicine. Although it has been used for thousands of years to treat stroke, the mechanisms of action of S. baicalensis have not been clearly elucidated. In this report, we studied the modulation of angi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Zhang K,Lu J,Mori T,Smith-Powell L,Synold TW,Chen S,Wen W

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The afterload dependency of relaxation rate was reappraised in isolated canine hearts both in isovolumic and isobaric contractions by using the reliable exponential method in which the asymptote LV pressure (P chi) is variable. This method provided a closer correlation (r = 0.999 +/- 0.001) between the measured LV pre...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hori M,Inoue M,Fukunami M,Kitakaze M,Ishida Y,Tsujioka K,Nakajima S,Kitabatake A,Abe H

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Adequate microcirculatory perfusion, and not just opening of occluded arteries, is critical to salvage heart tissue following myocardial infarction. However, the degree of microvascular perfusion taking place is not known, limited primarily by an inability to directly image coronary microcirculation in a beating h...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kavanagh DPJ,Lokman AB,Neag G,Colley A,Kalia N

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Recently, we have found that rat CMV (RCMV) infected smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in rat carotid arteries when administered 14 days after balloon injury. In the present study we investigated (1) the long term effects of CMV infection on neointimal cross-sectional area, and (2) whether the phenotype of the intim...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Persoons MC,Daemen MJ,van Kleef EM,Grauls GE,Wijers E,Bruggeman CA

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the effects of diet-induced hypercholesterolemia on the extent of postischemic myocyte apoptosis and elucidated the potential mechanisms involved. Furthermore, the effects of rosiglitazone (RSG) on postischemic myocardial apoptosis in HC rabbits were investigated. METHODS:Male New Zealan...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Liu HR,Tao L,Gao E,Lopez BL,Christopher TA,Willette RN,Ohlstein EH,Yue TL,Ma XL

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, the regional heterogeneity of the oxygen supply-consumption ratio within the heart is discussed. This is an important functional parameter because it determines whether regions within the heart are normoxic or dysoxic. Although the heterogeneity of the supply side of oxygen has been primarily described...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Zuurbier CJ,van Iterson M,Ince C

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Insulin seems to have vasodilator properties, but it is unclear if insulin in postprandial concentrations is a specific vasodilator of skeletal muscle resistance arterioles only or that various types of vessels are affected. The aim of the present study was to determine the direct effects and the time course ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： de Haan CH,van Dielen FM,Houben AJ,de Leeuw PW,Huvers FC,De Mey JG,Wolffenbuttel BH,Schaper NC

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ghrelin, the endogenous ligand of growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R), acts on the pituitary and the hypothalamus to stimulate the release of growth hormone (GH) and promotes appetite and adiposity. It has also been reported to increase myocardial contractility, induce vasodilation, and protect again...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Iglesias MJ,Piñeiro R,Blanco M,Gallego R,Diéguez C,Gualillo O,González-Juanatey JR,Lago F

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) regulation in endothelial cells depends on transient receptor potential channels (TRPs), and the role of canonical TRPs (TRPCs) during hypoxia-reoxygenation (H-R) is unclear. We hypothesized that TRPC3 contributes to endothelial nitric oxide (NO) release and that H-R may reduce T...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Huang JH,He GW,Xue HM,Yao XQ,Liu XC,Underwood MJ,Yang Q

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the efficacy of nicaraven in reducing myocardial as well as coronary endothelial preservation-reperfusion (P/R) injury. METHODS:In experiment I, isolated rat hearts were mounted on a Langendorff (L) apparatus to estimate the baseline cardiac function. Group 1, 8- and 12-h storage in histidine...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Alam MS,Ku K,Hashimoto M,Nosaka S,Saitoh Y,Yamauchi M,Masumura S,Nakayama K,Tamura K

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional antithrombotic treatments with antiplatelet, anticoagulant or fibrinolytic drugs are not uniformly successful and are associated with hemorrhagic side effects. Thus, new approaches to the prevention and treatment of arterial thrombosis are desirable. The gene transfer approach is particularly attractive b...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Vassalli G,Dichek DA

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrinsic ability of resistance arteries to respond to transmural pressure is the single most important determinant of their function. Despite an ever-growing catalogue of signalling pathways that underlie the myogenic response, it remains an enigmatic mechanism. The myogenic response's mechanistic diversity has l...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Lidington D,Schubert R,Bolz SS

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Myogenic tone, which has a major role in the regulation of local blood flow, refers to the ability of vascular smooth muscle to adapt its contractility to changes in transmural pressure. Although Rho-kinase is involved in myogenic tone, the pathway involved remains unclear, especially concerning translocation...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Dubroca C,Loyer X,Retailleau K,Loirand G,Pacaud P,Feron O,Balligand JL,Lévy BI,Heymes C,Henrion D

更新日期：2007-01-01 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 objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between acute decreases in right ventricular volume during Valsalva strain (with resultant changes in autonomic neural tone) and measures of local endocardial repolarization time independent of heart rate and autonomic neural tone. METHODS:Patie...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Nanthakumar K,Dorian P,Paquette M,Hutchison S,Andrews J,Newman D

更新日期：2000-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to investigate whether basal coronary vascular tone and myocardial perfusion depend upon endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthesis. DESIGN:Myocardial blood flow and vascular resistance of the left and right ventricles were studied before and after intravenous infusions of either NG-nitro-L-ar...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Benyó Z,Kiss G,Szabó C,Csáki C,Kovách AG

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) is a multifunctional cytokine that contributes to pathogenic cardiac remodelling via mechanisms that involve oxidative stress. However, the direct impact of TGF-beta1 on contractile function of ventricular myocytes is incompletely understood. METHODS AND RESULTS:Reacti...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Li S,Li X,Zheng H,Xie B,Bidasee KR,Rozanski GJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The voltage- and rate-dependence of the depression of the maximum rate of depolarisation (Vmax) by therapeutic concentrations of flecainide and lorcainide were studied in guinea-pig ventricle by standard microelectrode techniques. At normal resting potentials the drugs produced only minor depression of Vmax in the abs...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Campbell TJ,Vaughan Williams EM

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heart is challenged by a plethora of extracellular stimuli over the course of a normal day, each of which distinctly influences myocardial contractile function. It is therefore not surprising that myocardial metabolism also oscillates in a time-of-day dependent manner. What is becoming increasingly apparent is tha...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Bray MS,Young ME

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of the heart is a complex process during which different cell types progressively contribute to shape a four-chambered pumping organ. Over the last decades, our understanding of the specification and transcriptional regulation of cardiac development has been greatly augmented as has our understanding o...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Franco D,Chinchilla A,Daimi H,Dominguez JN,Aránega A

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) activity is up regulated in the heart subjected to ischemic insult. Whether increased MMP-9 activity contributes to acute myocardial injury after ischemia-reperfusion remains unknown. To investigate the role of MMP-9 in myocardial infarction, we utilized a MMP-9 knockout mou...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Romanic AM,Harrison SM,Bao W,Burns-Kurtis CL,Pickering S,Gu J,Grau E,Mao J,Sathe GM,Ohlstein EH,Yue TL

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Our previous studies demonstrated that inflammation contributes to atherosclerosis through disruption of the low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLr) pathway. However, this effect is overridden by rapamycin, which is an inhibitor of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). This study investigated the role of the mTOR ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Ma KL,Liu J,Wang CX,Ni J,Zhang Y,Wu Y,Lv LL,Ruan XZ,Liu BC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00