Integrative genomics in cardiovascular medicine.

abstract：:The static mechanical properties of major branches of the human arteries (common carotid artery, abdominal aorta, femoral artery, and brachial artery) were studied in 39 subjects, aged 6-81 years, using an ultrasonic phase locked echo tracking system that allows continuous transcutaneous measurement of the diameter of...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kawasaki T,Sasayama S,Yagi S,Asakawa T,Hirai T

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Caveolae are membrane microdomains where important signalling pathways are assembled and molecular effects transduced. In this study, we hypothesized that shear stress-mediated vasodilation (SSD) of mouse small coronary arteries (MCA) is caveolae-dependent. METHODS AND RESULTS:MCA (80-150 μm) isolated from wild-t...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Chai Q,Wang XL,Zeldin DC,Lee HC

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effect of alpha,beta(1) and beta(2) adrenergic receptor (AR) stimulation on coronary hemodynamics, myocardial oxygen consumption (M(v)O(2)) and metabolic substrate preference in advanced dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). METHODS:We studied 19 conscious, instrumented dogs with pacing-induced D...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Nikolaidis LA,Hentosz T,Doverspike A,Huerbin R,Stolarski C,Shen YT,Shannon RP

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to characterise the influence of a decrease in transsarcolemmal calcium influx on the calcium content of the sarcoplasmic reticulum and on the force of postrest contraction, which is largely activated by calcium released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. METHODS:Isometric force of postrest contrac...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Komai H,Rusy BF

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Myocardial cellular electrophysiology and intracellular Ca2+ regulation are altered in heart failure. The extent of these changes may vary within the layers of the ventricular wall. To examine this, cell size, action potential and intracellular Ca2+ transient characteristics (Fura-2) were measured in single c...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： McIntosh MA,Cobbe SM,Smith GL

更新日期：2000-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, like the sympathetic nervous system and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone (RAA) system, sustains life in stressful situations by increasing vascular tone and ensuring fuel availability. It also modulates inflammation and tissue repair processes. Untoward cardiovascular ef...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Girod JP,Brotman DJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：:Segments of saphenous vein from patients undergoing coronary artery by-pass graft surgery were frozen in liquid nitrogen immediately on dissection (control), after stripping of the adventitia and side branch ligation (manipulation), after distention with blood (distention), or at completion of the last proximal anasto...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Angelini GD,Breckenridge IM,Butchart EG,Armistead SH,Middleton KM,Henderson AH,Newby AC

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating concentrations of leucocyte elastase and free radical activity were measured in 11 adults undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass. In all patients the bypass procedure was associated with pronounced changes in plasma elastase concentrations, and peak enzyme concentrations correlated closely with the duration of ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hind CR,Griffin JF,Pack S,Latchman YE,Drake HF,Jones HM,Brostoff J,Dormandy TL,Treasures T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-activating factor might be responsible for the alterations of diastolic function observed in different disease states and these potential effects have not been studied. The effect of incremental concentrations of platelet-activating factor (to a maximum of 200 nM) was therefore examined in isolated perfused r...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Muñoz HR,Evans RD,Marsch SC,Foëx P

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Protective effects of nipradilol, a newly synthesised vasodilating beta adrenoceptor antagonist, isosorbide dinitrate, and bunazosin on coronary artery constriction induced by intracoronary injection of acetylcholine were determined by coronary arteriography and compared in vivo in pigs. DESIGN:Acetylc...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kawamura A,Fujiwara H,Ishida M,Takemura G,Kida M,Uegaito T,Tanaka M,Kawai C

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity (AIC) is a serious adverse effect among cancer patients. A central mechanism of AIC is irreversible mitochondrial damage. Despite major efforts, there are currently no effective therapies able to prevent AIC. METHODS AND RESULTS:Forty Large-White pigs were included. In Study 1...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Galán-Arriola C,Villena-Gutiérrez R,Higuero-Verdejo MI,Díaz-Rengifo IA,Pizarro G,López GJ,de Molina-Iracheta A,Pérez-Martínez C,García RD,González-Calle D,Lobo M,Sánchez PL,Oliver E,Córdoba R,Fuster V,Sánchez-González J,I

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The expression of PUMA (p53-up-regulated modulator of apoptosis), an apoptosis-regulating gene, increases during endoplasmic reticulum stress. The mechanisms by which cyclic stretch influences the regulation of PUMA in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) during apoptosis remain unclear. We hypothesized that cycli...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Cheng WP,Wang BW,Chen SC,Chang H,Shyu KG

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:It has been shown that cGMP content is reduced in post-ischemic myocardium, and that stimulation of cGMP synthesis prevents cardiomyocyte hypercontracture and cell death in vitro. This study was aimed at determining whether administration of the natriuretic peptide urodilatin (URO) at the time of reperfusion ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Padilla F,Garcia-Dorado D,Agulló L,Barrabés JA,Inserte J,Escalona N,Meyer M,Mirabet M,Pina P,Soler-Soler J

更新日期：2001-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Annexin A7 is involved in cardiomyocyte membrane organization and Ca(2+)-dependent signalling processes. We investigated the impact of annexin A7 on cardiac electrophysiological properties using an annexin A7-deficient mouse strain (annexin A7(-/-)). METHODS:Nineteen adult annexin A7(-/-) and 14 wild-type m...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Schrickel JW,Brixius K,Herr C,Clemen CS,Sasse P,Reetz K,Grohé C,Meyer R,Tiemann K,Schröder R,Bloch W,Nickenig G,Fleischmann BK,Noegel AA,Schwinger RH,Lewalter T

更新日期：2007-11-01 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

abstract：AIMS:Hypercholesterolaemia and myeloperoxidase (MPO) overexpression are two well-recognized risk factors for ischaemic heart disease. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) agonists have recently been shown to reduce ischaemic heart injury in hypercholesterolaemic animals. However, whether PPARgam...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Liu HR,Tao L,Gao E,Qu Y,Lau WB,Lopez BL,Christopher TA,Koch W,Yue TL,Ma XL

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The function of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) at cell sites of high collagen turnover, such as heart valves, is uncertain. The aim of this study was to assess ACE and kininase-II-like activities and collagen turnover in cultured valvular interstitial cells of the adult rat heart. METHODS:The valvular i...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Katwa LC,Ratajska A,Cleutjens JP,Sun Y,Zhou G,Lee SJ,Weber KT

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:To investigate the role of chromobox protein homolog 3 (Cbx3) in vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation, migration, and neointima formation following vascular injury. Methods and results:Overexpression of Cbx3 led to a significant increase in VSMC contractile gene expression and VSMC apoptosis as well a...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Zhang C,Chen D,Maguire EM,He S,Chen J,An W,Yang M,Afzal TA,Luong LA,Zhang L,Lei H,Wu Q,Xiao Q

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital coronary artery anomalies are of major significance in clinical cardiology and cardiac surgery due to their association with myocardial ischaemia and sudden death. Such anomalies are detectable by imaging modalities and, according to various definitions, their prevalence ranges from 0.21 to 5.79%. This cons...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Pérez-Pomares JM,de la Pompa JL,Franco D,Henderson D,Ho SY,Houyel L,Kelly RG,Sedmera D,Sheppard M,Sperling S,Thiene G,van den Hoff M,Basso C

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The highly selective adenosine A1 receptor agonist, 2-chloro-N6-cyclopentyl-adenosine (CCPA), has been shown to be as cardioprotective as ischaemic preconditioning when evaluated with an early staining method using tetrazolium. However, tetrazolium-positive tissue measured 3 h after reperfusion may still over...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Tsuchida A,Liu GS,Wilborn WH,Downey JM

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Circular RNA (circRNA) is a newly validated class of single-stranded RNA, ubiquitously expressed in mammalian tissues and possessing key functions including acting as microRNA sponges and as transcriptional regulators by binding to RNA-binding proteins. While independent studies confirm the expression of circRNA i...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Tan WL,Lim BT,Anene-Nzelu CG,Ackers-Johnson M,Dashi A,See K,Tiang Z,Lee DP,Chua WW,Luu TD,Li PY,Richards AM,Foo RS

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is considered to be a form of chronic inflammation governed by a complex network of inter- and intra-cellular signaling pathways. The pleiotropic cytokine interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) is a key pro-inflammatory mediator that is expressed at high levels in atherosclerotic lesions. IFN-gamma regulates the...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Harvey EJ,Ramji DP

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eicosanoids are important mediators of both physiological and pathophysiological responses of the microcirculation. These biologically active lipid mediators can be produced locally by the cellular elements within the microvasculature (endothelium, pericytes, smooth muscle cells) as well as interstitial cells (e.g. fi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Gerritsen ME

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between low density lipoprotein (LDL) and dendritic cell (DC) activation, based upon the hypothesis that reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated modification of proteins that may be present in local DC microenvironments could be important as mediators...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Alderman CJ,Bunyard PR,Chain BM,Foreman JC,Leake DS,Katz DR

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Extracellular nucleotides are vasoactive molecules. The concentrations of these molecules are regulated by ectonucleotidases. In this study, we investigated the role of the blood vessel ectonucleotidase NTPDase1, in the vasoconstrictor effect of nucleotides using Entpd1(-/-) mice. METHODS AND RESULTS:Immunofluore...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kauffenstein G,Drouin A,Thorin-Trescases N,Bachelard H,Robaye B,D'Orléans-Juste P,Marceau F,Thorin E,Sévigny J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to investigate the effects of slowing the recovery of ischaemia induced intracellular acidosis with hypercapnic acidosis or dimethyl amiloride (DMA) on the extent of reperfusion induced cell death. METHODS:Isolated arterially perfused rabbit papillary muscles and septa were suspended in a control...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kaplan SH,Yang H,Gilliam DE,Shen J,Lemasters JJ,Cascio WE

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The heart contains proteins of the annexin family, a unique group of calcium binding proteins. This study was aimed at identifying the major cardiac annexins and determining their distribution in the rat heart. METHODS:Annexins were isolated by affinity chromatography and purified by ion exchange high pressu...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Doubell AF,Lazure C,Charbonneau C,Thibault G

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) more than 20 years ago, numerous studies have focused on the mechanisms regulating ANP secretion. From a physiological standpoint, the most important factor governing ANP secretion is mechanical stretching of the atria, which normally occurs when extracellular fl...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Dietz JR

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00