Inhibitors of phosphodiesterase (pentoxifylline, trequinsin) inhibit apical and subcellular matrix expression of tissue factor in cultured human endothelial cells.

abstract：:Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the major cause of death in hypertensive patients in Western populations and further efforts are required to determine how best to reduce its incidence. Large-scale placebo-controlled trials of blood pressure reduction could resolve the uncertainty about the effects of antihypertensive...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： MacMahon S,Sharpe N

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of deaths attributable to hypertension are coronary artery disease (CAD) deaths and, consequently, the prevention of CAD should be the primary aim of hypertension management. Recent meta-analyses confirm the results of the individual hypertension intervention trials, which demonstrated a disappointing sho...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Poulter NR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium channel blockade appears to be at least as effective as beta-blockade in the treatment of anginal syndromes, but whether a similar protective effect is afforded against sudden death is unknown. In order to compare experimental antifibrillatory effects of calcium channel blockade (diltiazem), beta-adrenoceptor ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Anastasiou-Nana M,Nanas J,Menlove RL,Anderson JL

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefit of thrombolytic agents to reduce myocardial infarct size, improve left ventricular (LV) function, and prolong survival in human subjects is generally recognized, although the precise mechanism is poorly defined. This study was designed to evaluate the cardioprotective effects of streptokinase (SK) in rats,...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Smith EF 3rd,Nichols AJ,Sellers TS,O'Brien SR,Griswold DE,Egan JW,Hillegass LM,Vasko JA,Slivjak MJ,Davis PA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of recent findings on the anatomic heterogeneity of rapid vasodilation via estrogen receptor (ER)-dependent mechanisms, it is obvious that with regard to human physiology and disease much of it is still unknown, and research in this area is urgently needed. This is also important because chronic drug therapy w...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Barton M,Meyer MR,Prossnitz ER

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we examined glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) biotransformation and cyclic GMP elevation in vascular smooth muscle before onset of GTN-induced relaxation. Isolated rabbit aortic strips (RAS) and strips of bovine pulmonary artery (BPA) and bovine pulmonary vein (BPV) were contracted submaximally and incubated wi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kawamoto JH,McLaughlin BE,Brien JF,Marks GS,Nakatsu K

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imipramine, amitriptyline, mianserine, maprotiline, and trazodone are five widely used antidepressant drugs with different chemical structures. Imipramine and amitriptyline are tricyclics, mianserine and maprotiline are tetracyclics, and trazodone is a triazolopyridine derivative. We studied the effects of these drugs...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Casis O,Sánchez-Chapula JA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate hydrolysis at the plasma membrane by phospholipase C is one of the major hormone regulated intracellular signaling systems. The system generates the diffusible second messenger IP3 and the membrane bound messenger diacylglycerol. Spatial regulation of this system has been thought ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Smrcka AV

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using micropuncture techniques in euvolemic adult male Munich-Wistar rats, we assessed the functional role of renal beta-adrenoceptors in mediating neural control of glomerular filtration and proximal tubular reabsorption. The determinants of nephron filtration and rate of proximal tubular reabsorption were measured i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Thomson SC,Tucker BJ,Blantz RC

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary arteries from animals on normal diets (ND) exhibit well-maintained responses to dilators under ischemic conditions. The reported altered metabolic requirements and K+-currents in blood vessels from hypercholesterolemic animals fed high-fat diets (HF) led us to hypothesize that under metabolically depressed co...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Franke R,Yang Y,Rubin LJ,Magliola L,Jones AW

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate a possible mechanism for the chronic regulation of MAPK/ERK kinase-1 (MEK-1) and p42 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) we studied the long-term effects of the G-protein-coupled receptor agonist endothelin-1 (ET-1) and the protein tyrosine kinase-coupled receptor agonist platelet-derived growth factor...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Schramek H,Sorokin A,Watson RD,Dunn MJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) catecholamines (CA) were made in an attempt to estimate the activity of central CA neurons in essential hypertension (EHT). CSF norepinephrine (NE), epinephrine (EPI), and dopamine (DA) levels were measured in 12 normotensive (age 36 +/- 3 years; SBP = 116 +/- 4 and DBP = 79 +...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Cubeddu LX,Hoffman IS

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of isoniazid (ISO) preincubation on the relaxant effects of a group of nitrovasodilators was examined in norepinephrine-contracted rat aortic rings with and without endothelium. ISO displaced to the left the dose-response curves to all nitrovasodilators and increased the negative logarithm of their media...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Vidrio H,Fernández G

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinoaortic deafferentation (SAD) is characterized by arterial pressure lability, without sustained hypertension. Although SAD rats did not become hypertensive, their isolated aortas exhibit RCs. We have investigated whether these RCs are influenced by endothelium. Aortic rings were placed in an organ chamber, and the ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Rocha ML,Bendhack LM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-induced delayed cardiac repolarization is a recognized risk factor for proarrhythmia and is associated with block of IKr (the potassium current encoded by the human ether-a- go-go-related gene [hERG]). To evaluate the utility of 2 in vitro assays widely used to assess delayed repolarization, we compared the effec...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Martin RL,McDermott JS,Salmen HJ,Palmatier J,Cox BF,Gintant GA

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigate the impact of different regimens of parenteral hydrogen sulfide (H2S) administration on myocardium during ischemia-reperfusion (IR) and the molecular pathways involved in its cytoprotective effects. METHODS:Eighteen male Yorkshire pigs underwent 60 minutes of mid-left anterior descending coron...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Osipov RM,Robich MP,Feng J,Liu Y,Clements RT,Glazer HP,Sodha NR,Szabo C,Bianchi C,Sellke FW

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of hypertension is clearly beneficial. Blood pressure reduction with antihypertensive drugs reduces mortality and the incidence of complications such as stroke, renal failure, and congestive failure. However, analysis of long-term studies using different antihypertensive drugs indicates that the outcome ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Spence JD

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using selective endothelin (ET) receptor antagonists, we investigated which ET receptor subtypes mediate the changes in blood pressure and hematocrit produced by intraarterial injection of ET-1 in the anesthetized rabbit. In addition, the receptor through which ET-1 stimulates the release of prostacyclin (PGI2) and, h...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： McMurdo L,Lidbury PS,Corder R,Thiemermann C,Vane JR

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary hemodynamics (blood flow, coronary reserve, myocardial oxygen consumption) were analyzed in both experimental and clinical hypertension. Significantly reduced coronary reserve was found in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy. Medial hypertrophy of small coronary vessels associated with a m...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Strauer BE,Schwartzkopff B,Motz W,Vogt M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a potent vasoconstrictive peptide produced by endothelial cells of blood vessels. This peptide has quite a unique structure and pharmacological properties. ET-1 is produced in endothelial cells and may be secreted in a similar way to some paracrine hormones. The pressor response of ET-1 is large...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Masaki T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) produced by vascular endothelial cells has been proposed to act in a paracrine manner on adjacent smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in vivo, exerting a variety of short- and long-term effects. Although some of the in vitro ET-1-mediated effects are related to growth-promoting events, the physiological sig...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Hahn AW,Resink TJ,Kern F,Bühler FR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the hemodynamic effects of three nitric oxide (NO) donors [i.e., (+/-)-(E)-ethyl-2-[(E)-hydroxyimino]-5-nitro-3-hexenamide (FK409), (+/-)-N-[(E)-4-ethyl-3-[(Z)-hydroxyimino]-6-methyl-5-nitro-3-he ptenyl]-3-pyridinecarboxamide (FR 146801) and isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN)] in rats. In...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kita Y,Hirasawa Y,Kato Y,Ohkubo K,Ohno M,Nishino S,Kato M,Fukuyama S

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the hemodynamic effects of four doses of milrinone, administered by intravenous (i.v.) infusion alone and after autonomic blockade with prazosin, propranolol, atropine, and clonidine. Plasma concentrations of milrinone (50-600 ng/ml) were similar to those used for the treatment of cardiac failure and were u...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Hasking GJ,Dewar E,Nelson L,Oddie CJ,Bobik A,Jennings GL

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether upregulation of OX40-OX40 ligand (OX40L) system is related to stability of coronary atherosclerotic plaque in patients with coronary heart diseases. METHODS:Thirty normal controls and 250 patients, including 80 with stable angina (SA), 110 with unstable angina (UA), and 60 with acute m...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Yan J,Chen G,Gong J,Wang C,Du R

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook a systematic comparison of the effects of diltiazem and nifedipine and a nonspecific vasodilator, sodium nitroprusside, on renal perfusion, function, and activation of potentially relevant neurohormonal systems in the anesthetized dog. These agents were employed to reduce blood pressure to two levels, a m...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Blackshear JL,Orlandi C,Williams GH,Hollenberg NK

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation demonstrates an increase in endothelin (ET)-mediated vascular tone in peri-ischemic areas after experimental focal cerebral ischemia (middle cerebral artery occlusion) in the cat. Adventitial application of the butenolide antagonist PD155080 (30 microM), after MCA occlusions resulted in marked incre...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Patel TR,Galbraith SL,McAuley MA,Doherty AM,Graham DI,McCulloch J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential therapeutic value of a new prostacyclin analogue, (4z, 16s)-4,5,18,18,19,19-hexadehydro-16,20-dimethyl-delta 6(9a)- 9-(O)-methano-PGI1 (KP-10614), was studied in acute myocardial infarction in rats. Myocardial infarction was induced by ligation of the left coronary artery and ischemic injury was followed...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kanayama T,Kimura Y,Tamao Y,Mizogami S

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that the 5-HT transporter (5-HTT) is present and functional in peripheral arterial smooth muscle. In aorta and mesenteric resistance arteries, real time RT-PCR and western analyses indicated the presence of 5-HTT mRNA and a 74 kDa 5-HTT protein. Immunohistochemistry localized the transporter t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ni W,Thompson JM,Northcott CA,Lookingland K,Watts SW

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that rat and cow blood vessels contain arginine vasopressin (AVP) of local origin. In the present study, to investigate potential roles for this locally produced peptide, we examined the effects of AVP on growth of cultured vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells (EC, SMC). Treatment of cultu...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Simon JS,Baum JS,Moore SA,Kasson BG

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short half-life, low plasma concentrations, and extensive biotransformation of prazosin suggest that it might be subject to extensive first-pass metabolism. Bioavailability, disposition, and hepatic extraction were studied in the dog. In conscious dogs whole blood prazosin concentrations were measured after oral a...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Rubin P,Yee YG,Anderson M,Blaschke T

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00