Spread of contraction in rabbit ear artery preparations in response to stimulation by norepinephrine.

abstract：:Calcific aortic valve sclerosis involves inflammatory processes and occurs preferentially on the aortic side of endothelialized valve leaflets. Although the endothelium is recognized to play critical roles in focal vascular sclerosis, the contributions of valvular endothelial phenotypes to aortic valve sclerosis and s...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Simmons CA,Grant GR,Manduchi E,Davies PF

更新日期：2005-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that the primary heart tube continues to grow by addition of cells from the coelomic wall. This growth occurs concomitantly with embryonic folding and formation of the coelomic cavity, making early heart formation morphologically complex. A scarcity of data on localized growth parameters furt...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： van den Berg G,Abu-Issa R,de Boer BA,Hutson MR,de Boer PA,Soufan AT,Ruijter JM,Kirby ML,van den Hoff MJ,Moorman AF

更新日期：2009-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cells can differentiate into a variety of cells to replace dead cells or to repair damaged tissues. Recent evidence indicates that stem cells are involved in the pathogenesis of transplant arteriosclerosis, an alloimmune initiated vascular stenosis that often results in transplant organ failure. Although the path...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Xu Q

更新日期：2008-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We created knock-in mice in which a deletion of 3 base pairs coding for K210 in cardiac troponin (cTn)T found in familial dilated cardiomyopathy patients was introduced into endogenous genes. Membrane-permeabilized cardiac muscle fibers from mutant mice showed significantly lower Ca(2+) sensitivity in force generation...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Du CK,Morimoto S,Nishii K,Minakami R,Ohta M,Tadano N,Lu QW,Wang YY,Zhan DY,Mochizuki M,Kita S,Miwa Y,Takahashi-Yanaga F,Iwamoto T,Ohtsuki I,Sasaguri T

更新日期：2007-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The deposition of platelets at the site of balloon angioplasty is thought to play a major role in the pathogenesis of restenosis. The antibody AZ-1, which binds to the rabbit platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor and inhibits platelet function both in vitro and in vivo, was produced and tested in an experimental mod...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Azrin MA,Ling FS,Chen Q,Pawashe A,Migliaccio F,Homer R,Todd M,Ezekowitz MD

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitroglycerin dilates large (greater than or equal to 100 microns) but not small coronary arterial microvessels, and a putative metabolite of nitroglycerin, S-nitroso-L-cysteine, has been shown in vitro to dilate both large and small coronary microvessels. Based on this evidence, we tested the hypothesis that the lack...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Kurz MA,Lamping KG,Bates JN,Eastham CL,Marcus ML,Harrison DG

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence indicates that the control of cell proliferation and apoptosis are linked. The c-myc proto-oncogene is induced early after cell-cycle entry in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in vitro and after arterial injury and regulates both cell proliferation and apoptosis. Although both proliferation and...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Macdonald K,Bennett MR

更新日期：1999-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathological remodeling of the left ventricle (LV) after myocardial infarction (MI) is a major cause of heart failure. Although cardiac hypertrophy after increased loading conditions has been recognized as a clinical risk factor for human heart failure, it is unknown whether post-MI hypertrophic remodeling of the myoc...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： van Rooij E,Doevendans PA,Crijns HJ,Heeneman S,Lips DJ,van Bilsen M,Williams RS,Olson EN,Bassel-Duby R,Rothermel BA,De Windt LJ

更新日期：2004-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrotonic coupling of cardiac myocytes at gap junctions may influence patterns of conduction in myocardium. To delineate the three-dimensional structure and distribution of intercellular junctions, we analyzed serial ultrathin sections of canine myocardium with transmission electron microscopy and disaggregated myo...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Hoyt RH,Cohen ML,Saffitz JE

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial enzyme monoamine oxidase (MAO), its isoform MAO-A, plays a major role in reactive oxygen species-dependent cardiomyocyte apoptosis and postischemic cardiac damage. In the current study, we investigated whether sphingolipid metabolism can account for mediating MAO-A- and reactive oxygen species-depend...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Pchejetski D,Kunduzova O,Dayon A,Calise D,Seguelas MH,Leducq N,Seif I,Parini A,Cuvillier O

更新日期：2007-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy directed against the toxic effects of reactive oxygen species may reduce the final extent of ischemic injury in otherwise viable tissue irreversibly injured by the abrupt reoxygenation of reperfusion. In four groups of dogs, superoxide dismutase plus catalase (groups I-III) or saline (controls) (group IV) was ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Jolly SR,Kane WJ,Bailie MB,Abrams GD,Lucchesi BR

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the mechanisms underlying the increase in automaticity induced by alpha 1-adrenergic stimulation of normal and "ischemic" canine Purkinje fibers. Fibers were superfused with a control Tyrode's solution, followed by an ischemic superfusate that included 10 mM KCl, 5 mM NaHCO3, Po2 of 10-25 mm Hg, and pH 6.7....

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Anyukhovsky EP,Rybin VO,Nikashin AV,Budanova OP,Rosen MR

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence that the pressure-sensitive receptors in the cardiovascular system have on renal nerve activity and on heart rate was compared in normotensive rats (NTR) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). The cardiovascular receptors were stimulated by raising the blood pressure (BP) with intravenous phenylephri...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Coote JH,Sato Y

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After myocardial infarction (MI), the noninfarcted myocardium undergoes significant hypertrophy as part of the post-MI structural remodeling. Electrophysiological changes associated with the hypertrophied remodeled myocardium may play a key role in arrhythmia generation in the post-MI heart. We investigated the cellul...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Qin D,Zhang ZH,Caref EB,Boutjdir M,Jain P,el-Sherif N

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：:Autoregulatory responses to alterations in arterial or venous perfusion pressure were determined for individual arterioles within the rat cremaster muscle. The cremaster muscle of pentobarbital anesthetized rats (50 mg/kg, ip) was surgically exposed and maintained in a controlled tissue bath for visualization by in vi...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Morff RJ,Granger HJ

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that impairment of flow-dependent dilator mechanisms of skeletal muscle arterioles is one of the underlying reasons for the increased peripheral resistance in hypertension. Isolated, cannulated arterioles (approximately 55 microns) of gracilis muscle of 12-week-old spontaneously hypertensive (...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Koller A,Huang A

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial hyperpermeability induced by inflammatory mediators is a hallmark of sepsis and adult respiratory distress syndrome. Increased levels of the regulatory peptide adrenomedullin (ADM) have been found in patients with systemic inflammatory response. We analyzed the effect of ADM on the permeability of cultured...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Hippenstiel S,Witzenrath M,Schmeck B,Hocke A,Krisp M,Krüll M,Seybold J,Seeger W,Rascher W,Schütte H,Suttorp N

更新日期：2002-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme oxygenase (HO) is a cytoprotective enzyme that degrades heme (a potent oxidant) to generate carbon monoxide (a vasodilatory gas that has anti-inflammatory properties), bilirubin (an antioxidant derived from biliverdin), and iron (sequestered by ferritin). Because of properties of HO and its products, we hypothesi...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Wiesel P,Patel AP,Carvajal IM,Wang ZY,Pellacani A,Maemura K,DiFonzo N,Rennke HG,Layne MD,Yet SF,Lee ME,Perrella MA

更新日期：2001-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Originally identified as moderate biological modifiers, microRNAs have recently emerged as powerful regulators of diverse cellular processes with especially important roles in disease and tissue remodeling. The rapid pace of studies on microRNA regulation and function necessitates the development of suitable technique...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： van Rooij E

更新日期：2011-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac alpha-adrenergic receptors mediate cellular responses to norepinephrine through an undefined series of molecular events. We examined the possibility that phosphoinositide hydrolysis was stimulated through alpha-adrenergic receptors in cardiomyocytes purified from adult rat ventricle. Phosphoinositide stores we...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Brown JH,Buxton IL,Brunton LL

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the time course of efferent sympathetic denervation after transmural myocardial infarction (TMI) and of efferent vagal denervation after transmural or nontransmural myocardial infarction (NTMI), we measured effective refractory periods (ERP) basal and apical to TMI or NTMI in secobarbital-anesthetized, op...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Inoue H,Zipes DP

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocyte signals can modulate arteriolar tone, contributing to regulation of cerebral blood flow, but specific intercellular communication mechanisms are unclear. Here we used isolated cerebral arteriole myocytes, astrocytes, and brain slices to investigate whether carbon monoxide (CO) generated by the enzyme heme ox...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Li A,Xi Q,Umstot ES,Bellner L,Schwartzman ML,Jaggar JH,Leffler CW

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the essential role played by gap junctions in the coordination of cardiac muscle contraction, it is plausible that down-regulation of gap junctional conduction is in part responsible for the contractile dysfunction observed in hypertrophied and failing hearts. In the present study, we analyzed the expression and...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Toyofuku T,Yabuki M,Otsu K,Kuzuya T,Tada M,Hori M

更新日期：1999-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma is activated by thiazolidinediones (TZDs), widely used as insulin-sensitizing agents for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. TZDs have been shown to induce apoptosis in a variety of mammalian cells. In vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), proliferation and apoptos...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Bruemmer D,Yin F,Liu J,Berger JP,Sakai T,Blaschke F,Fleck E,Van Herle AJ,Forman BM,Law RE

更新日期：2003-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy exists whether positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) ventilation lowers cardiac output by reducing left ventricular preload, or by a combination of mechanisms. Sixteen open-chest dogs were instrumented for measurement of left and right ventricular pressure, aortic flow, and left ventricular dimensions. W...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Darsee JR,Mikolich JR,Walter PF,Schlant RC

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium uptake was measured in homogenates and microsomal preparations enriched in sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles isolated from hearts of hypertrophic (BIO 14.6) and dilated (BIO 53.58) cardiomyopathic as well as control (F1B) Syrian hamsters at 3, 7, 9, and 11 months of age. Calcium uptake studies were done using th...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Whitmer JT,Kumar P,Solaro RJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) is a member of the transforming growth factor-β super family of secreted factors. A recent study showed that reduced GDF11 blood levels with aging was associated with pathological cardiac hypertrophy (PCH) and restoring GDF11 to normal levels in old mice rescued PCH. ...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Smith SC,Zhang X,Zhang X,Gross P,Starosta T,Mohsin S,Franti M,Gupta P,Hayes D,Myzithras M,Kahn J,Tanner J,Weldon SM,Khalil A,Guo X,Sabri A,Chen X,MacDonnell S,Houser SR

更新日期：2015-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence suggests that endogenous NO inhibits sympathetic outflow in anesthetized animals. However, in a recent study from this laboratory, we were unable to find any evidence of increased renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) in response to blockade of NO synthesis in conscious rabbits. Because angiotens...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Liu JL,Murakami H,Zucker IH

更新日期：1998-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that both acute and chronic accumulation of myocardial interstitial edema (extravascular fluid [EVF]) would compromise cardiac function. We also postulated that excess fluid within the myocardial interstitial space would potentiate interstitial fibrosis, thus further compromising function. Dogs were di...

journal_title：Circulation research

authors： Laine GA,Allen SJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00