Myeloid angiogenic cells exhibit impaired migration, reduced expression of endothelial markers, and increased apoptosis in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension 1.

abstract：:Exercise is a powerful therapy for preventing the onset of and slowing the progression of cardiovascular disease. Increased shear stress during exercise improves vascular homeostasis by both decreasing reactive oxygen species and increasing nitric oxide bioavailability in the endothelium. While these observations are ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Durand MJ,Gutterman DD

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats fed a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) mixture in a high- or low-iodine diet (HID or LID respectively) for 15 days had thyroid enlargement, low serum thyroxine (T4), and high serum thyrotropin concentrations. Although binding of thyroid hormones to serum proteins was reduced in PCB-fed animals, the free T4 index (r...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Bastomsky CH

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A knowledge of the mechanical properties of valve tissue is a necessary prerequisite for a better understanding of valvular behavior and design of prosthetic heart valves. Elastic response of chordae tendineae under strain rates of 0.05 cm min(-1)(6.25% min(-1)) to 12.7 cm min(-1)(1600% min(-1)) were obtained by the a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lim KO,Boughner DR

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some current questions regarding muscle afferent receptors are discussed. These include the significance of variable distribution patterns of muscle spindles in different muscles and of differences in intrinsic spindle morphology. The significance of the very large and variable population of small myelinated afferent ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Abrahams VC

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiolabelled acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and salicylic acid (SA) were given intravenously to four near-term ewes and their occurrence in both maternal and fetal plasma was ascertained using a specific thin-layer chromatographic analysis procedure. Findings proved that ASA and SA cross the placental barrier and reach d...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Thiessen JJ,Salama RB,Coceani F,Olley PM

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological studies were performed on in vitro slice preparations of sympathetic ganglia excised from peripherally perfused, brain-dead human donors. The intracellular recordings in 16 neurons showed resting potentials and input resistances mostly in the ranges reported for sympathetic neurons in other mammal...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Puil E,el-Beheiry H,Spigelman I

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intramuscular injection of aminooxyacetic acid (AOAA) into mice elevated the concentration of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the brain, inhibited glutamic acid decarboxylase activity and delayed the onset of isonicotinic acid hydrazide induced seizures. Analyses of these results and of those obtained previously...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Wood JD,Peesker SJ

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin 1 (ET-1) is a potent vasoconstrictor implicated in the control of blood pressure and renal function. Its effects can be modulated by nitric oxide (NO), which inhibits ET-1 production and action. Recently, we reported that ET-1 production can also be modulated by angiotensin II (AngII) in vivo. To investigat...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： D'Amours M,Lebel M,Grose JH,Larivière R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rats anesthetized with alpha-chloralose, doses of 0.1, 0.5, and 1 g/kg of ethanol produced an upward shift of baroreflex curves constructed by plotting the heart rate response against mean arterial pressure following evoked rises in mean arterial pressures by phenylephrine or angiotensin II. Whereas the upward shif...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Abdel-Rahman AR,Russ R,Strickland JA,Wooles WR

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of tissue factor (TF) in tumors reportedly exacerbates the aggressiveness of several types of cancers. The shedding of TF-containing membrane particles is believed to influence the ability of tumors to expand and metastasize, and these microparticles may also be harmful in the onset of disseminated intr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Brousseau C,Morissette G,Fortin JP,Marceau F,Petitclerc E

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) GAS5 has been found to act as a decoy for the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), thus implicating GAS5 as a potential regulator of glucocorticoid sensitivity and resistance. Airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells and airway epithelial cells (AEC) play an important role in the pathogenesis and pers...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Keenan CR,Schuliga MJ,Stewart AG

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms responsible for microbially induced epithelial apoptosis and increased intestinal permeability remain unclear. This study assessed whether purified bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) increases epithelial apoptosis and permeability and whether these changes are dependent on caspase-3 activation. In nontu...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Chin AC,Flynn AN,Fedwick JP,Buret AG

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The placental transfer of indomethacin was studied in the rabbit at 30 days of gestation and in the sheep between 120 and 135 days of gestation. Plasma concentrations of indomethacin reached a maximum of 13.7 +/- 1.6 and 10.9 +/- 1.5 microgram/mL in the doe and fetuses, respectively, at 1 h following a maternal subcut...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Harris WH,Van Petten GR

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of the lipolytic system of the obese hyperglycemic mouse was assessed after treatment with physiological doses of thyroxin (T4). The treatment significantly increased fatty acid mobilization in response to adrenaline over the levels observed in the control mice under all conditions studied. The activities...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Bégin-Heick N,Heick HM

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to evaluate the role of endothelial NO in the hemodynamics and vascular changes that occur in heart failure following myocardial infarction in rats. Left ventricular systolic pressure (LVSP), mean blood pressure (MBP), aortic morphology (media thickness) and reactivity were evaluated in ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： da Cunha V,Stefanon I,Mill JG

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to examine the protective role of crude polysaccharide from brown seaweed Sargassum polycystum against acetaminophen-induced abnormality in blood glucose, serum albumin/globulin ratio, and liver glycogen, lactate, and pyruvate. Liver and renal tissue histology was performed to confirm the effi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Raghavendran HR,Srinivasan P

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight pure triterpenoid saponin compounds isolated from the root of Polygala senega L., a plant indigenous to the Canadian prairies, were evaluated for their immunological activity in mouse models. The specific antibody responses of the IgG2a subclass increased significantly when isolated P. senega saponins were used ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Katselis GS,Estrada A,Gorecki DK,Barl B

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resveratrol, a polyphenol compound with anti-inflammatory properties, has been previously evaluated for its beneficial effects in several ulcerative colitis models. However, the current study elucidates the effect of resveratrol on adhesion molecules, as well as its antioxidant efficacy in a trinitrobenzene sulfonic a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Abdallah DM,Ismael NR

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant tension development resulting from the administration of lanthanum salts (La3+) to isolated aorta tissues was observed in preparations from the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) but not in preparation from age-matched normotensive Wistar rats (NWR). The response to La3+ was significantly greater in tiss...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Goldberg MT,Triggle CR

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utilization of triacylglycerol in slow oxidative, fast oxidative-glycolytic, and fast glycolytic skeletal muscle fiber types was examined in rats subjected to a prolonged exhaustive swim. Significant reductions of intramuscular triacylglycerol occurred following 2 h and 40 min of swimming in all muscles containing...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Spriet LL,Peters SJ,Heigenhauser GJ,Jones NL

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influences of hypertension and hypothyroidism on diabetic cardiomyopathy are not clear. We studied this problem further by characterizing the effects of chronic triiodothyronine (T3) treatment on cardiac performance of diabetic renovascular hypertensive (RVH) rats. Hypertension was effected by clipping the left re...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rodgers RL,Davidoff AJ,Mariani MJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of xenobiotics, viz., 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (TCBP), sodium phenobarbital (PB), 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-2, 4,6-trimethylpyridine (OX-DDC), and nifedipine, cause a decrease in uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROG-D) activity, accompanied by uroporphyrin accumulation, in chick embryo hepatocytes in culture...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Green-Thompson RP,Kimmett SM,Marks GS

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cumulative data suggest the significant role of the renin-angiotensin system in the development of the pathological consequences of diabetes mellitus (DM). Newly synthesized AT2 receptor agonists gained importance as a target for creating new antihypertensives. The aim of the present work was to study the effects of p...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Pechlivanova D,Petrov K,Grozdanov P,Nenchovska Z,Tchekalarova J,Stoynev A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endothelin receptors in rabbit isolated rings of saphenous artery and saphenous vein have been characterized using endothelin-1, endothelin-2, endothelin-3, sarafotoxin S6c, and BQ123. Although artery rings were more sensitive than those from vein to the contractile action of phenylephrine, endothelin-1 was about ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Auguet M,Delaflotte S,Chabrier PE,Braquet P

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether there was a threshold for change in fetal arterial PO2 to elicit alterations in plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone, arginine vasopressin, or cortisol, or to affect the incidence of fetal breathing movements or eye movements and we determined whether such a threshold changed with gestational age. Fe...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Akagi K,Challis JR

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of receptor tyrosine kinases in Ang II-stimulated generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and assessed whether MAP kinase signaling by Ang II is mediated via redox-sensitive pathways. Production of ROS and activation of NADPH oxidase were determined by DCFDA (dichlorodihydrofluorescein dia...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Touyz RM,Cruzado M,Tabet F,Yao G,Salomon S,Schiffrin EL

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of oxytocin (OT) on holding current were studied in uterine smooth muscle cells freshly isolated from the longitudinal layer of 18-20 day pregnant rats, using the nystatin method of whole-cell voltage clamp. As we previously reported, the voltage-dependent Ca2+ current (L type) was partially inhibited by O...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Shimamura K,Kusaka M,Sperelakis N

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to evaluate the local antinociceptive actions of fluoxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, and the possible involvement of the l-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel pathway in this effect using the formalin test in rats. To elucidate the underlying mechanisms, animals were pre-tre...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ghorbanzadeh B,Mansouri MT,Naghizadeh B,Alboghobeish S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological studies were performed on slowly adapting cells of the crayfish (Astacus astacus) stretch receptor to examine some aspects of the operation of the sodium pump. Intracellular sodium activity (aiNa) and pH (pHi) were measured with liquid ion exchanger microelectrodes and the effects of NH3/NH+4 were...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Moser H

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of variation in the extracellular concentrations of Na+, Mg2+, and Ca2+ in the depolarizing medium on isoproterenol-induced increases in cAMP levels and relaxation was studied in rat uterus. Isoproterenol (10(-8) M) failed to increase cAMP levels in the high-K+ medium containing no Na+. When 80 mM Na+ wa...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Meisheri KD,McNeill JH

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00