Abstract:
:Experimental research using in vitro and in vivo models of vascular injury have delineated several common mechanisms that characterize the arterial damage in diseases such as atherosclerosis and hypertension. Changes in endothelial permeability, smooth muscle cell proliferation, and accumulation of connective tissue matrix are major common mechanisms. Chronic hyperlipidemia is a major determinant of the proliferative arterial lesions in atherogenic models. Calcium antagonists of very diverse structure and function have been shown to have antiatherogenic potential in several animal model systems of arterial injury. Calcium channel-blockers of several chemical classes have been demonstrated to alter endothelial function, intimal smooth muscle proliferation, and lipid accumulation in the arterial wall. Cell culture model systems have elucidated several potential mechanisms that may contribute to the antiatherogenic potential of the calcium channel-blockers. These activities may in part involve protection of arterial cells from calcium overload via inhibition of calcium flux across voltage-regulated ion channels. However, other activities of these drugs, such as inhibition of cholesterol esterification and matrix protein formation, appear to function independently of calcium flux. A hypothesis is presented that lipophilic calcium channel-blockers are accumulated in cell membranes and perturb metabolic function as a result of altering local membrane structure.
journal_name
Am J Hypertensjournal_title
American journal of hypertensionauthors
Weinstein DB,Heider JGdoi
10.1093/ajh/2.3.205subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-03-01 00:00:00pages
205-12issue
3 Pt 1eissn
0895-7061issn
1941-7225journal_volume
2pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:BACKGROUND:All renin arises from prorenin. The proportion of renin relative to prorenin could influence overall renin-angiotensin-aldosterone activity. We sought to determine whether prorenin levels were related to extracellular volume, as reflected by the levels of plasma renin activity (PRA), and to aldosterone. MET...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ajh.2012.83
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:This study was conducted to evaluate (i) the effect of nebivolol, a selective beta1-adrenergic receptor antagonist, on plasma concentration of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and on flow-mediated dilation (FMD) in essential hypertensive patients; (ii) the effect of serum derived from the treated hypertens...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1038/ajh.2008.260
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The question of whether reduced sodium intake is effective as a health prophylaxis initiative is unsolved. The purpose was to estimate the effects of low-sodium vs. high-sodium intake on blood pressure (BP), renin, aldosterone, catecholamines, and lipids. METHODS:Studies randomizing persons to low-sodium an...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.1038/ajh.2011.210
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The efficacy and safety of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) in the older population is unclear. OBJECTIVES:To determine the efficacy and safety of ARBs in older patients. METHODS:Randomized trials that compared ARBs to control and reported clinical outcomes in patients with a mean age of 65 years or ol...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.1093/ajh/hpu209
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Insulin resistance, the most important factor in metabolic syndrome X, has been considered to raise blood pressure. Recently it was reported that insulin resistance was related to an elevated plasma level of leptin, which is an adipocyte-specific ob gene product and which plays a role in food intake suppression, therm...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0895-7061(97)00310-5
更新日期:1997-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Echocardiography (ECHO) is useful to document changes in left ventricular mass (LVM) in groups of patients, but may be too variable for use in the individual patient. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be a more precise and reliable method to quantify the mass of the left ventricule. This study reports the accuracy,...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0895-7061(94)00178-E
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The aim was to determine the proportions and correlates of essential hypertension among children in a tertiary pediatric hypertension clinic. METHODS:We evaluated 423 consecutive children and collected demographic and clinical history by retrospective chart review. RESULTS:We identified 275 (65%) hypertens...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajh/hpu083
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Recent studies have shown that tamoxifen, which belongs to a group called selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERM), may exert protective effects against cardiovascular diseases and stroke in postmenopausal women. On the other hand, abnormalities in physical properties of the cell membranes may underlie ...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.02.009
更新日期:2005-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The present study examined the inhibitory action of temporary treatment with an angiotensin type 1 (AT(1)) receptor blocker (ARB) on vascular remodeling using hypertensive mice with overexpression of the human renin (hRN) and angiotensinogen (hANG) genes. METHODS:hRN/hANG transgenic mice (hRN/hANG-Tg) were ...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ajh.2011.6
更新日期:2011-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Further improvement in blood pressure control at the population level will result from dealing with hard-to-solve problems, such as access to care, long-term management of a chronic disease, and societal influences on lifestyle. Additional knowledge and experimental data are needed, reinforced by clear public health c...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0895-7061(98)00082-x
更新日期:1998-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effects of increased dietary calcium intake on blood pressure and arterial function were investigated in one-kidney deoxycorticosterone-salt hypertensive Wistar rats. The calcium content of the control diet was 1.1%, and that of the high calcium diet, 2.5%. During the 10-week study calcium supplementation markedly...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajh/7.6.520
更新日期:1994-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have previously reported that weight gain induced by high-fat diet (HFD) leads to an increase in mean arterial pressure (MAP, +14%) and heart rate (HR, +31%) in the adult rabbit. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that an increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system may contribute to the develop...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0895-7061(99)00267-8
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Complement factor H (CFH) is a plasma protein that is essential in the regulation of the alternative complement pathway and has been implicated as taking part in complement inhibition in atherogenesis. We evaluated the association of the Y402H polymorphism with incident coronary heart disease (CHD), incident...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1038/ajh.2007.81
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The mechanisms by which heme oxygenase (HO) improves glucose metabolism in essential hypertension are not completely understood. Because dysfunctional insulin signaling is associated with elevated inflammation and high cholesterol and triglycerides, we investigated the effects of HO on the proinflammatory ma...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajh/hpt082
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Antihypertensive drugs are often initiated and adjusted over a period of weeks to months. It is not clear whether the time and inconvenience of this approach is necessary. We studied whether or not drug adjustment over several days in the context of a physician-nurse team could produce a durable blood pressure benefit...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0895-7061(00)01273-5
更新日期:2001-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Large artery stiffness is increased in diabetes mellitus and causes an excessive pulsatile load to the heart and to the microvasculature. The identification of pathways related to arterial stiffness may provide novel therapeutic targets to ameliorate arterial stiffness in diabetes. Matrix Gla-Protein (MGP) i...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1093/ajh/hpw146
更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The treatment of diseases has been based on the concept of homeostasis and has not incorporated an understanding of biologic rhythms and their underlying mechanisms. Biologic rhythms are implicated in cardiovascular events. Failure to recognize the circadian decline in blood pressure may result in iatrogenic chronopat...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0895-7061(01)02173-2
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a measure of arterial stiffness and has proved useful in predicting cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in several populations of patients, including the healthy elderly, hypertensives and those with end-stage renal disease receiving hemodialysis. Little data exist char...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ajh.2009.240
更新日期:2010-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:It is unknown whether the physiological impact of a given blood pressure (BP) varies by body size. We explored interactions between higher vs. lower systolic BP (SBP) targets and anthropometric measures (body mass index (BMI), body surface area (BSA), height, weight) and recurrent stroke and death in the Sec...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1093/ajh/hpu228
更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:We compared the cost-effectiveness of hypertension treatment in non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic whites according to 2014 US hypertension treatment guidelines. METHODS:The cardiovascular disease (CVD) policy model simulated CVD events, quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), and treatment costs in 35- to 7...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajh/hpw047
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this review we have analyzed the present knowledge about the differentiation and growth processes in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) in hypertension. The study of smooth muscle (SM) and nonmuscle (NM) myosin isoform expression has permitted us to identify a three-stage specific maturational pathway, namely, feta...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1093/ajh/7.7.661
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The association of adiposity during childhood with future risk of elevated blood pressure (BP) in South Asian children is not known. We aimed to investigate the relationship between waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) with BP over a 2-year period, independent of the baseline BP. METHODS:We an...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1038/ajh.2011.67
更新日期:2011-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The polymorphism of several candidate genes has been studied in relation to essential hypertension and cardiovascular complications. Target organ damage in essential hypertension is a complex disorder influenced by multiple genetic and environmental factors. The possible contribution of endothelin gene varia...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0895-7061(01)02162-8
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Anthropometric measurements and indexes that assess excess of adiposity are associated with cardiovascular risk factors, and predict diabetes mellitus. METHODS:This cross-sectional study reported the performance of adiposity indexes to detect or turn diabetes unlikely in patients with hypertension. Patients...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ajh.2010.212
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Whether left ventricular (LV) geometric remodeling, as indexed by relative wall thickness (RWT), aggregates in families and is inherited independent of LV mass (LVM) and additional confounders is uncertain. METHODS:We determined whether RWT as assessed from 2D targeted M-mode echocardiography shows intrafam...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajh/hpu202
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Since we and others have found a decrease in intestinal Ca2+ absorption and renal Ca2+ reabsorption in the mature spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) at the tissue and cell level, we asked whether the transport defect was located at the luminal or the basolateral side of the epithelial cell. We studied intestinal and...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajh/6.7.593
更新日期:1993-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The relationship between regular physical activity, measured objectively and by self-report, and the circadian pattern of 24-hour ambulatory arterial blood pressure (BP) has not been clarified. METHODS:We performed a cross-sectional study in a cohort of healthy patients. We included 1,345 patients from the ...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1093/ajh/hpt159
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There is evidence from genome wide association study that single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the 5' end of the uromodulin gene (UMOD) affect uromodulin excretion and blood pressure (BP). Uromodulin is almost exclusively expressed in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle (TAL) and its effect on...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajh/hpaa166
更新日期:2020-10-21 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:A successful weight loss program is essential treatment for obesity-related diseases, but it is well known that the majority of individuals do not succeed in weight loss maintenance. The present study evaluates hormonal mechanisms and the relationship of beta2-adrenoceptor polymorphisms involved in individua...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.05.006
更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::After a brief historic survey, sympathetic-neurogenic contributions to the multifactorial, polygenetically linked etiology of primary (essential) hypertension are outlined towards the background of experimental findings both in various rat models and in human subjects. It is emphasized how at least some variants of bo...
journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1093/ajh/2.3.103s
更新日期:1989-03-01 00:00:00