The L-arginine/nitric oxide pathway contributes to the acute release of tissue plasminogen activator in vivo in man.

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia with an overall prevalence of almost 1%. Increasing prevalence and associated risks such as stroke and mortality have increased the need for better and more reliable therapeutic treatment. This has stimulated research to elucidate the pathophysiological mechani...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Thijssen VL,Ausma J,Borgers M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Expression of extracellular matrix protein CCN1 is induced in end-stage ischaemic cardiomyopathy in humans, and after cardiac ischaemia and reperfusion in experimental animal models. Despite its well-documented angiogenic activities, CCN1 increases the cytotoxicities of the tumour necrosis factor family cytokines,...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hsu PL,Su BC,Kuok QY,Mo FE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) results in an impairment of atrial function. In order to elucidate the mechanism behind this phenomenon, we investigated the gene expression of proteins influencing calcium handling. METHODS:Right atrial appendages were obtained from eight patients with paroxysmal AF, ten ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Brundel BJ,van Gelder IC,Henning RH,Tuinenburg AE,Deelman LE,Tieleman RG,Grandjean JG,van Gilst WH,Crijns HJ

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to estimate the relative contributions of the various intracellular and sarcolemmal systems to the relaxation of the systolic calcium transient. METHODS:The experiments were performed on isolated rat ventricular myocytes. The cells were loaded with the fluorescent indicator indo-1 in order to mea...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Negretti N,O'Neill SC,Eisner DA

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is generally believed that the beneficial effect of loop diuretics is the result of a rapid increase in diuresis, substantial evidence, from a large number of in vitro and in vivo experiments, has accumulated showing that administration of furosemide causes direct vascular effects, which probably contribut...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Dormans TP,Pickkers P,Russel FG,Smits P

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of animal studies provides evidence for potential cardioprotective effects of inhibitors of the enzyme phosphodiesterase isoform 5. Infarct size reduction by administration of phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors was described in various experimental models of ischaemia and reperfusion. Furthermore, potential...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Reffelmann T,Kloner RA

更新日期：2009-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases are among the main causes of morbidity and mortality in Western countries and considered as a leading public health issue. Therefore, there is a strong need for new disease models to support the development of novel therapeutics approaches. The successive improvement of genome editing tools wit...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Vermersch E,Jouve C,Hulot JS

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:TRPM2 is a Ca(2+)-permeable cationic channel of the transient receptor potential (TRP) superfamily that is linked to apoptotic signalling. Its involvement in cardiac pathophysiology is unknown. The aim of this study was to determine whether the pro-apoptotic cytokine tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) induces a TRPM...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Roberge S,Roussel J,Andersson DC,Meli AC,Vidal B,Blandel F,Lanner JT,Le Guennec JY,Katz A,Westerblad H,Lacampagne A,Fauconnier J

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The potential use of bone marrow stromal cells (MSCs) as a cellular therapy for chronic cardiac diseases relies on the ability of the cell to replicate extensively in vitro and to give rise to myogenic cells that can replace the damaged cardiomyocytes. For this reason the present study investigated the replic...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Liu Y,Song J,Liu W,Wan Y,Chen X,Hu C

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The voltage- and rate-dependence of the depression of the maximum rate of depolarisation (Vmax) by therapeutic concentrations of flecainide and lorcainide were studied in guinea-pig ventricle by standard microelectrode techniques. At normal resting potentials the drugs produced only minor depression of Vmax in the abs...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Campbell TJ,Vaughan Williams EM

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The K(+) channel encoded by the human ether-a-go-go-related gene (HERG) is crucial for repolarization in the human heart. In order to investigate the impact of HERG current (I(Kr)) on the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias, we generated a transgenic mouse expressing HERG specifically in the heart. METHODS AND ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Royer A,Demolombe S,El Harchi A,Le Quang K,Piron J,Toumaniantz G,Mazurais D,Bellocq C,Lande G,Terrenoire C,Motoike HK,Chevallier JC,Loussouarn G,Clancy CE,Escande D,Charpentier F

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:KCNQ1 (alias KvLQT1 or Kv7.1) and KCNE1 (alias IsK or minK) co-assemble to form the voltage-activated K(+) channel responsible for I(Ks)-a major repolarizing current in the human heart-and their dysfunction promotes cardiac arrhythmias. The channel is a component of larger macromolecular complexes containing known...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Nicolas CS,Park KH,El Harchi A,Camonis J,Kass RS,Escande D,Mérot J,Loussouarn G,Le Bouffant F,Baró I

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether altered PCO2 or HCO3- at normal pH potentiate agonist-induced vasoconstriction of small pulmonary arteries, and if so to determine the mechanism. METHODS:Small intrapulmonary arteries (IPA) from rats were mounted on a myograph and PGF2alpha (3 microM)-induced tension recorded before and 40...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Vanková M,Snetkov VA,Knock GA,Aaronson PI,Ward JP

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most studies on stem cell transplantation therapy on myocardially infarcted animal models and phase-I human clinical trials have focused on the use of undifferentiated stem cells. There is a strong possibility that some degree of cardiomyogenic differentiation of stem cells in vitro prior to transplantation would resu...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Heng BC,Haider HKh,Sim EK,Cao T,Ng SC

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to determine whether taurine influences the membrane surface charges in cardiac muscle. DESIGN:Screening of the negative charges at the outside surface of the membrane results in a shift of the steady state inactivation of the sodium system towards less negative potentials. This feature was...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Dumaine R,Schanne OF,Ruiz-Petrich E

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) and their receptors (VEGF-Rs) are among the most powerful factors regulating vascular growth. However, it has remained unknown whether stimulation of VEGF-R1, VEGF-R2 or both of the receptors produces the best angiogenic responses in myocardium. The aim of this study was...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Huusko J,Merentie M,Dijkstra MH,Ryhänen MM,Karvinen H,Rissanen TT,Vanwildemeersch M,Hedman M,Lipponen J,Heinonen SE,Eriksson U,Shibuya M,Ylä-Herttuala S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In human heart failure beta-adrenergic-mediated protein kinase A (PKA) activity is down-regulated, while protein kinase C (PKC) activity is up-regulated. PKC-mediated myofilament protein phosphorylation might be detrimental for contractile function in cardiomyopathy. This study was designed to reveal the effe...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： van der Velden J,Narolska NA,Lamberts RR,Boontje NM,Borbély A,Zaremba R,Bronzwaer JG,Papp Z,Jaquet K,Paulus WJ,Stienen GJ

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated, buffer perfused guinea pig hearts were used to study the effects of sotalol on arrhythmias and electrophysiology during 30 min of myocardial ischaemia, induced by reducing coronary flow to 10% of control, and subsequent reperfusion. Action potentials were recorded using the floating microelectrode technique ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Culling W,Penny WJ,Sheridan DJ

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Air bubbles entering the coronary artery may have harmful effects on cardiac function. From the physical point of view it is the relatively high surface tension of the blood-air interface which causes bubbles to trap in small vessels. The aim of the present study was to reduce depression of myocardial functio...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： van Blankenstein JH,Slager CJ,Soei LK,Boersma H,Stijnen T,Schuurbiers JC,Krams R,Lachmann B,Verdouw PD

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we report about the modulation of connexin45 (Cx45) gap junction channel properties by phosphorylation of the connexin molecules through different protein kinases. Phosphorylation of Cx45 was studied in HeLa cells transfected with mouse Cx45 (mCx45). Using Western blotting (WB) and immunocytochemistry, t...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： van Veen TA,van Rijen HV,Jongsma HJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of catheterisation on the rabbit aortic wall is investigated employing a technique identical to that used for continuous monitoring of blood pressure in humans. The catheters were introduced into the aorta through the right femoral artery of the rabbit using the Seldinger technique, except that the catheter...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Madsen JK,Garbarsch C,Nielsen PE

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acadesine is the prototype of a new class of therapeutic compounds termed adenosine regulating agents. Acadesine is pharmacologically silent in normal circumstances, but its activity becomes operative during situations of net ATP catabolism, when it increases local adenosine levels. Thus acadesine is able to harness t...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Mullane K

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：AIMS:Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) is a multifunctional cytokine that contributes to pathogenic cardiac remodelling via mechanisms that involve oxidative stress. However, the direct impact of TGF-beta1 on contractile function of ventricular myocytes is incompletely understood. METHODS AND RESULTS:Reacti...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Li S,Li X,Zheng H,Xie B,Bidasee KR,Rozanski GJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Oxidized low-density lipoproteins (ox-LDL) or their components suppress macrophage inflammatory response by down-regulating cytokine synthesis, nitric oxide synthase and inducible cyclooxygenase (Cox-2). This event is crucial for the pathophysiological process leading to the formation of atherosclerotic plaqu...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Eligini S,Brambilla M,Banfi C,Camera M,Sironi L,Barbieri SS,Auwerx J,Tremoli E,Colli S

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Felodipine (4(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,4-dihydro-2, 6-dimethyl-3-ethoxycarbonyl-5-methoxycarbonyl pyridine)), a selective vasodilating anti-hypertensive drug, was used in the treatment of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) and age-matched Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKYs) from age 6 to 14 weeks, ie during the time of high blo...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Nyborg NC,Mulvany MJ

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to examine the effect of doxorubicin on spontaneous cyclic Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum of skinned fibres, as measured by isometric tension development in EGTA free, Ca2+ free solution. METHODS:Experiments were done on fragments of papillary muscles from the right ventricles of gu...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Asayama J,Yamahara Y,Tatsumi T,Miyazaki H,Inoue M,Omori I,Inoue D,Nakagawa M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We investigated the molecular mechanism of rapid-depolarization-induced atrial fibrosis. METHODS AND RESULTS:We used a direct atrial myocyte-fibroblast contact co-culture and a fibroblast-specific transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1), connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and procollagen type I α-1 (COL1A1) lu...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Tsai CT,Tseng CD,Hwang JJ,Wu CK,Yu CC,Wang YC,Chen WP,Lai LP,Chiang FT,Lin JL

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) encodes the rapidly activating delayed rectifier potassium channel (IKr). Malfunction of hERG/IKr is the primary cause of acquired long QT syndrome (LQTS), an electrical disorder of the heart that can cause arrhythmias and sudden death. Patients with autoimmune diseases ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Szendrey J,Lamothe SM,Vanner S,Guo J,Yang T,Li W,Davis J,Joneja M,Baranchuk A,Zhang S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited arrhythmias are disorders caused by one or more genetic mutations that increase the risk of arrhythmia, which result in life-long risk of sudden death. These mutations either primarily perturb electrophysiological homeostasis (e.g. long QT syndrome and catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia), ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Bezzerides VJ,Prondzynski M,Carrier L,Pu WT

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00