Neointimal smooth muscle cell phenotype is important in its susceptibility to cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection: a study in rat.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the intracellular pathways which mediate the inhibitory actions of adenosine on isoprenaline-stimulated calcium current (ICa) in atrioventricular (AV) nodal myocytes. METHODS:The whole-cell patch-clamp technique was used to record ICa from rabbit AV nodal cells, isolated by enzymatic and mechanical ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Martynyuk AE,Kane KA,Cobbe SM,Rankin AC

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:P2X receptors (P2XRs) mediate sympathetic control and autoregulation of renal circulation triggering preglomerular vasoconstriction, which protects glomeruli from elevated pressures. Although previous studies established a casual link between glomerular susceptibility to hypertensive injury and decreased preglomer...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Gordienko D,Povstyan O,Sukhanova K,Raphaël M,Harhun M,Dyskina Y,Lehen'kyi V,Jama A,Lu ZL,Skryma R,Prevarskaya N

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Acute migraine attack in familial hemiplegic migraine type 2 (FHM2) patients is characterized by sequential hypo- and hyperperfusion. FHM2 is associated with mutations in the Na, K-ATPase α2 isoform. Heterozygous mice bearing one of these mutations (α2+/G301R mice) were shown to have elevated cerebrovascular tone ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Staehr C,Rajanathan R,Postnov DD,Hangaard L,Bouzinova EV,Lykke-Hartmann K,Bach FW,Sandow SL,Aalkjaer C,Matchkov VV

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine whether chronic beta-adrenergic receptor (beta-AR) stimulation induces proliferation of human cardiac fibroblasts and to investigate the mechanism(s) involved. METHODS AND RESULTS:In vitro cultures of human cardiac fibroblasts were established from biopsies of right atr...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Turner NA,Porter KE,Smith WH,White HL,Ball SG,Balmforth AJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Myogenic tone, which has a major role in the regulation of local blood flow, refers to the ability of vascular smooth muscle to adapt its contractility to changes in transmural pressure. Although Rho-kinase is involved in myogenic tone, the pathway involved remains unclear, especially concerning translocation...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Dubroca C,Loyer X,Retailleau K,Loirand G,Pacaud P,Feron O,Balligand JL,Lévy BI,Heymes C,Henrion D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The overloaded heart remodels by cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and interstitial fibrosis, which contributes to the development of heart failure. Signalling via the TGFβ-pathway is crucial for this remodelling. Here we tested the hypothesis that microRNAs in the overloaded heart regulate this remodelling process via in...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Tijsen AJ,van der Made I,van den Hoogenhof MM,Wijnen WJ,van Deel ED,de Groot NE,Alekseev S,Fluiter K,Schroen B,Goumans MJ,van der Velden J,Duncker DJ,Pinto YM,Creemers EE

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pulsed, range gated, directional, ultrasonic, Doppler blood velocity meter was used to record signals from the pulmonary artery in 52 normal subjects ranging in age from less than 1 week to over 30 years. Signals were obtained from an unfocused transducer in the second or third left intercostal space using a 2.25 MH...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Targett RC,Heldt GP,McIlroy MB

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The alpha adrenoceptor antagonist phentolamine prevents ischaemia related arrhythmias in rat, guinea pig, and cat heart. This effect has been related to the attenuation of ischaemia induced shortening of the action potential and has been ascribed to its alpha adrenoceptor antagonist properties. The aim of thi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Wilde AA,Veldkamp MW,van Ginneken AC,Opthof T

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical preparation of human saphenous vein for coronary artery bypass grafting involving distension and storage in iso-osmotic sodium chloride solution reduced tissue adenosine triphosphate (ATP) (mean(SEM] concentration from 280(20) nmol.g-1 wet wt (n = 25) to 140(30) nmol.g-1 wet wt (n = 12) and the adenosine trip...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Angelini GD,Passani SL,Breckenridge IM,Newby AC

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Alteration of connexin43 (Cx43)-mediated intercellular communication is known to promote susceptibility to ventricular tachyarrhythmias. However, the precise mechanism of the altered Cx43 responsible for arrhythmogenesis remains unclear. We sought to understand changes in impulse propagation of ventricular myocyte...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Nakagami T,Tanaka H,Dai P,Lin SF,Tanabe T,Mani H,Fujiwara K,Matsubara H,Takamatsu T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated whether Angiotensin II (Ang II) modulates peripheral chemoreflex function through carotid body (CB) chemoreceptors in chronic heart failure (CHF). METHODS:We measured renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) in response to graded hypoxia before and after intravenous administration of Ang II (...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Li YL,Xia XH,Zheng H,Gao L,Li YF,Liu D,Patel KP,Wang W,Schultz HD

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To provide further evidence that the veratrum alkaloids' mechanical, positive inotropic effect and not their chemical depolarising action predominates in initiating the left ventricular mechanoreceptor (including the Bezold) reflex the effect of intracoronary KCl, a chemical depolarising agent like the veratrum alkalo...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Estrin JA,Wahler GM,Booth AM,Swayze CR,Fox IJ

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:End tidal PCO2 (PETCO2) has been found to be a good prognostic indicator of successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest. To explore the value of this measurement further, we carried out a series of experiments during cardiac arrest and closed chest resuscitation in 14 mechanically ventilated Sprague-Dawley rats. Vent...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： von Planta M,von Planta I,Weil MH,Bruno S,Bisera J,Rackow EC

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were carried out in four different canine preparations to determine the effect of collateral flow on early changes induced by acute segmental ischaemia. The results of these experiments indicated that collateral flow provided a limited and variable amount of protection. When collateral flow was eliminated, myo...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Koke JR,Bittar N

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Heart failure is associated with reduced function of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2a) but increased function of sarcolemmal Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX), leading to decreased SR Ca2+ content and loss of frequency-potentiation of contractile force. We reported that SERCA2a-overexpression in transg...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Maier LS,Wahl-Schott C,Horn W,Weichert S,Pagel C,Wagner S,Dybkova N,Müller OJ,Näbauer M,Franz WM,Pieske B

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Adequate microcirculatory perfusion, and not just opening of occluded arteries, is critical to salvage heart tissue following myocardial infarction. However, the degree of microvascular perfusion taking place is not known, limited primarily by an inability to directly image coronary microcirculation in a beating h...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kavanagh DPJ,Lokman AB,Neag G,Colley A,Kalia N

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of onset of rate-dependent depression of maximum rate of depolarisation (Vmax) of guinea-pig ventricular action potentials were studied for nine Class I anti-arrhythmic drugs using standard microelectrode techniques. The drugs were found to fall into three well-demarcated subgroups with "fast" (lignocaine...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Campbell TJ

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute coronary syndromes result from fissure, erosion or rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque. The characteristics of a vulnerable plaque include a large lipid pool, an abundance of inflammatory cells and mediators, a reduced smooth muscle cell and collagen content and a thin overlying fibrous cap. Potential...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Rabbani R,Topol EJ

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrinsic ability of resistance arteries to respond to transmural pressure is the single most important determinant of their function. Despite an ever-growing catalogue of signalling pathways that underlie the myogenic response, it remains an enigmatic mechanism. The myogenic response's mechanistic diversity has l...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Lidington D,Schubert R,Bolz SS

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Coronary arteritis is a life-threatening complication that may arise in the acute stage of Kawasaki disease (KD), the leading cause of systemic vasculitis in childhood. Various microorganisms and molecular pathogens have been reported to cause KD. However, little is known about the key molecules that contribute to...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Nakashima Y,Sakai Y,Mizuno Y,Furuno K,Hirono K,Takatsuki S,Suzuki H,Onouchi Y,Kobayashi T,Tanabe K,Hamase K,Miyamoto T,Aoyagi R,Arita M,Yamamura K,Tanaka T,Nishio H,Takada H,Ohga S,Hara T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Natural angiogenesis has been shown to be impaired in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). The purpose of this study was to determine whether pathological angiogenesis in the setting of tissue ischemia is also impaired in SHR, and to what extent it is modified by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibit...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Takeshita S,Tomiyama H,Yokoyama N,Kawamura Y,Furukawa T,Ishigai Y,Shibano T,Isshiki T,Sato T

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Research in the pathophysiology of ischemia/reperfusion or redox signaling is hindered by lack of simple methodology to measure short-lived oxygen radicals. In the presence of hydroxyl radical ((*)OH), d-phenylalanine (d-Phe) yields para-, meta- and ortho-tyrosine. We have previously demonstrated that d-Phe c...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Biondi R,Ambrosio G,Liebgott T,Cardounel AJ,Bettini M,Tritto I,Zweier JL

更新日期：2006-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Sulfur dioxide (SO₂) is an air pollutant that impedes neonatal development and induces adverse cardiorespiratory health effects, including tachycardia. Here, an animal model was developed that enabled characterization of (i) in vivo alterations in heart rate and (ii) altered activity in brainstem neurons that cont...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Woerman AL,Mendelowitz D

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Increased expression of the cardiac natriuretic peptides (NP), atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is observed during chronic hemodynamic overload. The mechanisms underlying this process are not fully understood. In vitro, endothelin 1 (ET-1) is a powerful stimulator of cardiac...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Bianciotti LG,de Bold AJ

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are often regarded as the powerhouse of the cell by generating the ultimate energy transfer molecule, ATP, which is required for a multitude of cellular processes. However, the role of mitochondria goes beyond their capacity to create molecular fuel, to include the generation of reactive oxygen species, t...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Yu E,Mercer J,Bennett M

更新日期：2012-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of the study was to determine the potential for K(V)1 potassium channel blockers as inhibitors of human neoinitimal hyperplasia. METHODS AND RESULTS:Blood vessels were obtained from patients or mice and studied in culture. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and immunocytochemistry were used to...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Cheong A,Li J,Sukumar P,Kumar B,Zeng F,Riches K,Munsch C,Wood IC,Porter KE,Beech DJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:AMP conversion to adenosine by cytosolic 5'nucleotidase (5NT) or to IMP by AMP deaminase determines the degree of nucleotide degradation, and thus ATP resynthesis, during reoxygenation. To elucidate the regulation of AMP hydrolysis during ischemia, data from 31P NMR spectroscopy and biochemical analyses were ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Gustafson LA,Zuurbier CJ,Bassett JE,Barends JP,van Beek JH,Bassingthwaighte JB,Kroll K

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Recent immunohistochemical studies observed the loss of plakoglobin (PG) from the intercalated disc (ID) as a hallmark of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), suggesting a final common pathway for this disease. However, the underlying molecular processes are poorly understood. METHODS AND RESUL...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Gehmlich K,Syrris P,Peskett E,Evans A,Ehler E,Asimaki A,Anastasakis A,Tsatsopoulou A,Vouliotis AI,Stefanadis C,Saffitz JE,Protonotarios N,McKenna WJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of mediators of inflammation in the pathogenesis and evolution of myocardial infarction has attracted increased interest as interventions which inhibit the inflammatory response after coronary artery occlusion have been shown to decrease infarct size. The distribution of fibrinogen and albumin in ischaemia my...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Fishbein MC,Kulber D,Stancl M,Edwalds G

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Extracellular nucleotides are vasoactive molecules. The concentrations of these molecules are regulated by ectonucleotidases. In this study, we investigated the role of the blood vessel ectonucleotidase NTPDase1, in the vasoconstrictor effect of nucleotides using Entpd1(-/-) mice. METHODS AND RESULTS:Immunofluore...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kauffenstein G,Drouin A,Thorin-Trescases N,Bachelard H,Robaye B,D'Orléans-Juste P,Marceau F,Thorin E,Sévigny J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00