Autoregulation of blood flow within individual arterioles in the rat cremaster muscle.

abstract：RATIONALE:Chronic inflammation in the myocardium is involved in the development of left ventricular (LV) remodeling and failure after myocardial infarction (MI). Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells have been shown to produce inflammatory cytokines and orchestrate tissue inflammation. However, no previous studies ha...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Sobirin MA,Kinugawa S,Takahashi M,Fukushima A,Homma T,Ono T,Hirabayashi K,Suga T,Azalia P,Takada S,Taniguchi M,Nakayama T,Ishimori N,Iwabuchi K,Tsutsui H

更新日期：2012-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Myogenic tone, an important regulator of vascular resistance, is dependent on vascular smooth muscle (VSM) depolarization, can be modulated by endothelial factors, and is increased in several models of hypertension. Intermittent hypoxia (IH) elevates blood pressure and causes endothelial dysfunction. Hydrogen...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Jackson-Weaver O,Paredes DA,Gonzalez Bosc LV,Walker BR,Kanagy NL

更新日期：2011-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomeres-the specialized DNA-protein structures at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes-are essential for maintaining genome stability and integrity and for extended proliferative life span in both cultured cells and in the whole organism. Telomerase and additional telomere-associated proteins are necessary for preserv...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Serrano AL,Andrés V

更新日期：2004-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether albumin-derived advanced glycosylation end products (AGEs) downregulate the expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS). Significant reductions in NOS activity and cGMP levels in bovine aortic endothelial cells were observed when exposed to different concentrations of albumin-derived AGEs...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Rojas A,Romay S,González D,Herrera B,Delgado R,Otero K

更新日期：2000-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that availability of functional Ca2+ channels in vascular smooth muscle is augmented in hypertension was tested in basilar artery cells from Wistar rats exhibiting stable systolic blood pressure (BPsys) for 2 to 11 weeks after partial renal artery ligation (Goldblatt 2-kidney 1-clip [2K1C] model). Cells...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Simard JM,Li X,Tewari K

更新日期：1998-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:CD40 is a 48-kDa phosphorylated transmembrane glycoprotein belonging to the TNF receptor superfamily. CD40 has been demonstrated on a range of cell types, and it has an important role in adaptive immunity and inflammation. CD40 has recently been described on platelets but platelet activation by CD40 has not been descr...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Inwald DP,McDowall A,Peters MJ,Callard RE,Klein NJ

更新日期：2003-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene transfer to blood vessels is a promising new approach to the treatment of the vascular diseases, but the feasibility of gene transfer to adult human vessels has not been explored. We introduced an adenovirus vector encoding a marker gene human placental alkaline phosphatase into normal and atherosclerotic human v...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Rekhter MD,Simari RD,Work CW,Nabel GJ,Nabel EG,Gordon D

更新日期：1998-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple voltage-gated K+ channels contribute to the repolarization phases of the cardiac action potential and are targets of several antiarrhythmic drugs. The Kv1.5 K+ channel gene is expressed in the heart, and heterologous expression of this gene generates a slowly inactivating K+ current. Previously, we found that...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Takimoto K,Levitan ES

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The cardiac inwardly rectifying K(+) current (I(K1)) plays a critical role in modulating excitability by setting the resting membrane potential and shaping phase 3 of the cardiac action potential. OBJECTIVE:This study aims to analyze the effects of nitric oxide (NO) on human atrial I(K1) and on Kir2.1 channe...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Gómez R,Caballero R,Barana A,Amorós I,Calvo E,López JA,Klein H,Vaquero M,Osuna L,Atienza F,Almendral J,Pinto A,Tamargo J,Delpón E

更新日期：2009-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Life threatening ventricular arrhythmias leading to sudden cardiac death are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. In the absence of structural heart disease, these arrhythmias, especially in the younger population, are often an outcome of genetic defects in specialized membrane proteins called ion channels. In th...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Garg P,Garg V,Shrestha R,Sanguinetti MC,Kamp TJ,Wu JC

更新日期：2018-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the effects of stretch on the function of rat left atrium, we recorded contraction force, calcium transients, and intracellular action potentials (APs) during stretch manipulations. The stretch of the atrium was controlled by intra-atrial pressure. The Frank-Starling behavior of the atrium was manifested as a...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Tavi P,Han C,Weckström M

更新日期：1998-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:By using excised postmortem hearts obtained from 15 mongrel dogs with the pericardium intact, we investigated mechanical interactions between the four heart chambers from the standpoint of ventricular pressure-volume relationships. The interactions investigated were those between (1) the atrium and the ventricle, (2) ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Maruyama Y,Ashikawa K,Isoyama S,Kanatsuka H,Ino-Oka E,Takishima T

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiomyocyte hypertrophy is transcriptionally controlled and inhibited by glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK3beta). Myocardin is a muscle-specific transcription factor with yet unknown relation to hypertrophy. Therefore, we investigated whether myocardin is sufficient to induce cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and whether ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Badorff C,Seeger FH,Zeiher AM,Dimmeler S

更新日期：2005-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of hypercapnia on coronary vascular resistance (CVR) was studied in seven open-chest dogs. Coronary blood flow was supplied to the cannulated left main coronary artery from the femoral artery by a precision pump. Coronary arterial PCO2 was locally controlled with a small membrane oxygenator in the coronary ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Case RB,Greenberg H

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains a progressive and eventually lethal disease characterized by increased pulmonary vascular resistance because of loss of functional lung microvasculature, primarily at the distal (intracinar) arteriolar level. Cell-based therapies offer the potential to repair and ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Granton J,Langleben D,Kutryk MB,Camack N,Galipeau J,Courtman DW,Stewart DJ

更新日期：2015-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Two gap junction proteins, connexin43 (Cx43) and connexin45 (Cx45), are coexpressed in many cardiac and other cells. Homomeric channels formed by these proteins differ in unitary conductance, permeability, and regulation. We sought to determine the ability of Cx43 and Cx45 to oligomerize with each other to form hetero...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Martinez AD,Hayrapetyan V,Moreno AP,Beyer EC

更新日期：2002-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta plays a major role in the development of vascular diseases. Despite the pleiotropic effects of TGF-ss on vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), only a few genes have been characterized as direct targets of TGF-beta in VSMCs. Cardiac ankyrin repeat protein (CARP) has been thought to...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Kanai H,Tanaka T,Aihara Y,Takeda S,Kawabata M,Miyazono K,Nagai R,Kurabayashi M

更新日期：2001-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the local effects of renin in the coronary circulation, we examined local angiotensin (Ang) I and II formation, as well as coronary vasoconstriction in response to renin administration, and compared the effects with exogenous infused Ang I. We perfused isolated hearts from rats overexpressing the human an...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Müller DN,Fischli W,Clozel JP,Hilgers KF,Bohlender J,Ménard J,Busjahn A,Ganten D,Luft FC

更新日期：1998-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasoactive mechanisms of the serine protease alpha-thrombin were examined in isolated coronary arteries from dogs. In resting coronary arteries with endothelium, alpha-thrombin caused concentration-dependent contractions that were characterized by an initial transient relaxation followed by slowly developing susta...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Tesfamariam B

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with severe heart failure are at high risk of sudden cardiac death. In the majority of these patients, sudden cardiac death is thought to be due to ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Alterations of the electric properties of single myocytes in heart failure may favor the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias in th...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Priebe L,Beuckelmann DJ

更新日期：1998-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the kinetic parameters of the crossbridge cycle that regulate force and shortening in cardiac muscle, we compared the mechanical properties of cardiac trabeculae with either ATP or 2-deoxy-ATP (dATP) as the substrate for contraction. Comparisons were made in trabeculae from untreated rats (predominantly...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Regnier M,Rivera AJ,Chen Y,Chase PB

更新日期：2000-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract: Macrophages, a key component of the innate defense against pathogens, participate in the initiation and resolution of inflammation, and in the maintenance of tissues. These diverse and at times antithetical functions of macrophages are executed via distinct activation states, ranging from classical to altern...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Chawla A

更新日期：2010-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite extensive research, the mechanisms responsible for the graded nature and early termination of Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release (CICR) from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in cardiac muscle remain poorly understood. Suggested mechanisms include cytosolic Ca2+-dependent inactivation/adaptation and luminal Ca2+-dependen...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Terentyev D,Viatchenko-Karpinski S,Valdivia HH,Escobar AL,Györke S

更新日期：2002-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Connexin40 (Cx40) is a major gap junction protein that is expressed in the His-Purkinje system and thought to be a critical determinant of cell-to-cell communication and conduction of electrical impulses. Video maps of the ventricular epicardium and the proximal segment of the right bundle branch (RBB) were obtained u...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Tamaddon HS,Vaidya D,Simon AM,Paul DL,Jalife J,Morley GE

更新日期：2000-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells release nitric oxide (NO) more potently in response to increased shear stress than to agonists which elevate intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i). To determine mechanistic differences in the regulation of endothelial constitutive NO synthase (ecNOS), we measured NO production by bovine ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Corson MA,James NL,Latta SE,Nerem RM,Berk BC,Harrison DG

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local alterations in the hemodynamic environment regulate endothelial cell function, but the signal-transduction mechanisms involved in this process remain unclear. Because mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases have been shown to be activated by physical forces, we measured the phosphorylation and enzyme activity of...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Tseng H,Peterson TE,Berk BC

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Abnormal phenotypic switch of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) is a hallmark of vascular disorders such as atherosclerosis and restenosis after angioplasty. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as important regulators for VSMC function, and we recently identified miR-663 as critical for controlling human aortic ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Li P,Zhu N,Yi B,Wang N,Chen M,You X,Zhao X,Solomides CC,Qin Y,Sun J

更新日期：2013-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Pinocytotic vesicles are one of several anatomic factors relevant to the permeability for macromolecules of capillary endothelia. We quantitified the number and distribution of pinocytotic vesicles present in the endothelium of pulmonary capillaries. Several similar studies have been reported in the past for endotheli...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Gil J,Silage DA

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen years ago, mutations in cardiac troponin (Tn)T and α-tropomyosin were linked to familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, thus transforming the disorder from a disease of the β-myosin heavy chain to a disease of the cardiac sarcomere. From the outset, studies suggested that mutations in the regulatory thin filamen...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Tardiff JC

更新日期：2011-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Although coronary artery spasm has been implicated as an important cause of myocardial ischemia in humans, an animal model of reversible segmental coronary constriction has not been described. To provoke coronary spasm in open-chest dogs, selected vasoconstricting agents adsorbed to viscous ion exchange gels were appl...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Pérez JE,Saffitz JE,Gutiérrez FA,Henry PD

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00