Phosphodiesterases in the rat renal vasculature.

abstract：:Using constant infusion technique and a water-loading procedure, we investigated renal hemodynamic and excretional variables in 15 essential hypertensive patients [diastolic blood pressure (DBP) 102 +/- 10 mm Hg] after 3 weeks of placebo and after 16 weeks of treatment with a postjunctional alpha 1-adrenoceptor-antago...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Krusell LR,Christensen CK,Pedersen OL

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of the new beta-adrenoceptor antagonist, bopindolol, on stimulated renin secretion and on renal function in conscious rats. Intravenous doses of 10, 31.6, and 100 micrograms/kg of bopindolol antagonized the rise in plasma renin activity (PRA) induced by the administration of isoproterenol (...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Proakis AG,Barrett RJ,Anderson LA,Wright KF,Taylor DR

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of nicorandil and other antianginal drugs on the pH of ischemic myocardium were examined in dogs anesthetized with pentobarbital. The myocardial pH was measured with a micro glass pH electrode placed in the inner layers of the area of myocardium perfused by the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Abiko Y,Ichihara K,Sakai K

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays an important role in blood pressure control and in water and salt homeostasis. It is involved in the pathophysiology of hypertension and structural alterations of the vasculature, kidney, and heart, including neointima formation, nephrosclerosis, postinfarction remodeling, and ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Stroth U,Unger T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that cocaine induces apoptosis in primary cultures of fetal rat cardiomyocytes. The current study was designed to determine whether cocaine administered to the mother during pregnancy induced apoptosis in fetal rat heart. Pregnant rats were treated with cocaine subcutaneously (30 and 60...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Xiao Y,Xiao D,He J,Zhang L

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new converting enzyme inhibitor cilazapril, or RO 31-2848, was evaluated in 14 healthy male volunteers. In a pilot study in two subjects, the inhibiting capacity of single oral doses of 5 and 10 mg on the pressure and heart rate response to exogenous angiotensin I was assessed. Both doses reduced the blood pressur...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Fasanella d'Amore T,Bussien JP,Nussberger J,Waeber B,Turini GA,Brunner HR,Kler L,Francis RJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estradiol may antagonize the adverse cardiovascular effects of angiotensin II (Ang II). We investigated the effects of 2-methoxyestradiol (2-ME), a nonestrogenic estradiol metabolite, on Ang II-induced cardiovascular and renal injury in male rats. First, we determined the effects of 2-ME on Ang II-induced acute change...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Salah E,Bastacky SI,Jackson EK,Tofovic SP

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that preoperative nicorandil, a hybrid potassium channel opener and nitrate compound, conferred cardioprotective effects in a hypoxia/reoxygenation model of isolated human atrial muscle by using functional recovery as an end point, and that ischaemic preconditioning surprisingly abolished the prot...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Imagawa J,Baxter GF,Yellon DM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the endothelium and endothelium-derived vasoactive factors in the development of skeletal muscle functional hyperemia was studied. Experiments were performed in anesthetized dogs. Functional hyperemia of isometrically contracted gastrocnemius muscle was produced by direct electric stimulation. Five series ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Sagach VF,Kindybalyuk AM,Kovalenko TN

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine protects the ischemic myocardium by coronary vasodilation and the depression of heart rate and contractility, improving myocardial energy balance. Adenosine effects on the myocardium are mediated predominantly by the type A1 receptors. Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), a vasodilator and regulator of blood vo...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Salman H,Bergman M,Schlesinger H,Zahavi I,Kessler-Icekson G

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognosis for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) is poor, with a mortality exceeding 50% within 5 years from diagnosis. This poor prognosis remains despite improved pharmacological therapy. Because the prevalence of sudden death among these patients is high, reported to exceed 40%, the prognostic importa...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Birgersdotter-Green U,Rosenqvist M,Rydén L

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiologic and antiarrhythmic effects of the new benzofurane derivative carocainide given intravenously have been studied in normal patients (Group I) and in patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardias (Group II). In normal patients (n = 10), carocainide increased sinoatrial conduction time, PR, PA,...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Bach P,Steinbeck G

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN)-induced venodilation could be ascribed to preferential accumulation of the agent in venous tissues, resulting in higher concentrations of nitric oxide (NO). Here, the authors investigated whether the venodilating effect of ISDN is associated with a preferential in...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ishibashi T,Himeno M,Kubota K,Matsubara T,Hori T,Ozaki K,Yamazoe M,Aizawa Y,Yoshida J,Nishio M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiopeptin (AP: BIM23014C), a cyclic analogue of the peptide hormone somatostatin, inhibits intimal hyperplasia after balloon angioplasty. This inhibition has been attributed to a direct inhibitory effect on smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation. However, the SMC that proliferate in the intima and contribute to inti...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Mooradian DL,Fernandes B,Diglio CA,Lester BR

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular [Ca2+]i overloading in cardiomyocytes is a fundamental pathogenic event associated with chronic aldosterone/salt treatment (ALDOST) and accounts for an induction of oxidative stress that leads to necrotic cell death and consequent myocardial scarring. This prooxidant response to Ca2+ overloading in cardi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kamalov G,Ahokas RA,Zhao W,Zhao T,Shahbaz AU,Johnson PL,Bhattacharya SK,Sun Y,Gerling IC,Weber KT

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before the withdrawal of 2 COX-2 selective agents (COX-2s) from the market, many rheumatoid arthritis patients were using these products regularly, with disease-modifying antirheumatic agents. Clinical trials have shown benefit of COX-2s equivalent to nonselective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NS-NSAIDs) in rh...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Strand V

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intrathecal administration of neuropeptide Y (NPY), NPY COOH-terminal fragments as well as an NPY Y1 receptor ligand on arterial blood pressure (ABP) of anesthetized rat was studied. NPY and all NPY COOH-terminal fragments tested (NPY11-36, NPY14-36 and NPY18-36), believed to act through Y2 receptors pro...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Chen X,Westfall TC

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty patients (aged 28-66 years) with essential hypertension were randomized to 14 weeks of treatment with diltiazem or hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) in a double-blind, parallel study design. A significant reduction in supine body weight (-6.0 +/- 1.5 lb; p less than 0.001) and increase in pulse (+6 +/- 2 beats/min; p l...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Swartz SL

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inotropic effects of histamine have been studied extensively in many species, but data on porcine myocardium, often used as a model for human heart, are not available. We investigated inotropic effects of histamine on atrial and ventricular trabeculae obtained from porcine hearts. For comparison, we also evaluated the...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Du XY,Schoemaker RG,X462P6,Bos E,Saxena PR

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the inotropic and possible antioxidant effects of levosimendan in human atrial strips, before and after induction of oxidative stress induced by H2O2. Levosimendan (10(-9) to 10(-6) M) increased contractions induced by electrical stimulation (ES) in human atrial strips. The maximal positive inotropic effect...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Sahin AS,Görmüş N,Duman A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The signaling impact of a human beta1-adrenergic receptor (beta1 AR) polymorphism at residue 49 of the aminoterminus (Ser-to-Gly substitution) was studied by recombinantly expressing each receptor. The two receptors displayed identical agonist and antagonist binding affinities. Furthermore, basal and agonist-stimulate...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Rathz DA,Brown KM,Kramer LA,Liggett SB

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporine (CsA) treatment in solid organ transplantation has represented one of the greatest advances in the past 20 years, reducing acute rejection and increasing long-term survival. However, CsA has an important side effect, producing renal vasoconstriction and systemic hypertension. The main histological finding...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Rodicio JL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between sodium sensitivity and borderline hypertension was explored in 63 subjects. Thirty percent of those with borderline hypertension and 15% of normal subjects increased mean arterial pressure by more than 5% when daily sodium intake was increased from 10 to 200 mEq. While most displayed an increa...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Sullivan JM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac hypertrophy occurs in response to increased workload, such as hypertension or valvular heart disease. Oxidative stress has been implicated in cardiac hypertrophy and in its transition to heart failure. This study was taken up with the objective to evaluate the role of oxidative stress in cardiomyoblast hypertr...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Sankar V,Pangayarselvi B,Prathapan A,Raghu KG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of acetaldehyde (ACA) were examined in isolated electrically driven papillary muscle preparations from normal and streptozotocin-treated diabetic rats. Muscles from diabetic rats developed greater tension than those from normal rats. In muscles from both groups, ACA caused concentration-dependent negative ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Savage AO,Dunbar JC,Brown RA

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes (DM) and insulin on cardiac performance were investigated during reperfusion after low-flow ischemia in rats. Hearts were isolated 4 weeks after intravenous injection of STZ (65 mg/kg) or vehicle and retrogradely perfused in the presence (throughout the perfusion pe...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Nawata T,Takahashi N,Ooie T,Kaneda K,Saikawa T,Sakata T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of coronary hemodynamics is a complex process. One important factor that interferes with the regulation of coronary tone is the pathophysiological state of the vessels: stimuli that in normal vessels provoke no or only a slight vasoconstriction may cause a severe vasoconstriction in diseased vessels. Th...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： van Gilst WH,Tio RA,van Wijngaarden J,de Graeff PA,Wesseling H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of NIP-121, a potassium channel opener, on KCl- and norepinephrine (NE)-induced contraction, the phasic-contraction under the Ca(2+)-free condition and cytosolic free-Ca2+ mobilization using isolated rat aorta. NIP-121 as well as cromakalim inhibited, in the KCl- and NE-contractions concentrati...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Yamashita T,Masuda Y,Tanaka S

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of isoproterenol (10(-9)M) and high calcium solution (6 mM) on the intracellular longitudinal resistance (ri) on rat papillary muscle was investigated. The muscles were stimulated at 1 Hz. Isoproterenol (10(-5)M) reduced ri within 10 s while high calcium solution (6 mM) increased ri appreciably. In muscl...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Xiao RP,De Mello WC

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of endothelin (ET) and thrombin on the production of interleukin 6 (IL-6) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). ET-1 increased IL-6 production twofold in HUVECs incubated for 18 h with 10(-10) M ET-1. Thrombin also significantly increased IL-6 production. However, stimulation ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Stanková J,Rola-Pleszczynski M,D'Orléans-Juste P

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00