abstract：AIMS:Mast cells participate importantly in abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) by releasing inflammatory cytokines to promote vascular cell protease expression and arterial wall remodelling. Mast cells accumulate in AAA lesions during disease progression, but the exact chemokines by which mast cells migrate to the site o...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Zhang J,Chen H,Liu L,Sun J,Shi MA,Sukhova GK,Shi GP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The channel function of the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) is modulated by calmodulin (CaM). However, the involvement of CaM in aberrant Ca(2+) release in diseased hearts remains unclear. Here, we investigated the pathogenic role of defective CaM binding to the RyR2 in the channel dysfunction associated with he...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hino A,Yano M,Kato T,Fukuda M,Suetomi T,Ono M,Murakami W,Susa T,Okuda S,Doi M,Kobayashi S,Yamamoto T,Koseki N,Kyushiki H,Ikemoto N,Matsuzaki M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:17β-Oestradiol (E2) and its receptors (ERα and ERβ) are important regulators of physiological and pathological processes in the cardiovascular system. ER act in concert with other regulatory factors mediating oestrogenic effects. However, the underlying mechanisms modulating ER transcriptional activity are not ful...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Mahmoodzadeh S,Pham TH,Kuehne A,Fielitz B,Dworatzek E,Kararigas G,Petrov G,Davidson MM,Regitz-Zagrosek V

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The ventricular wall of the heart is composed of trabeculated and compact layers, which are separated by yet unknown processes during embryonic development. Here, we wanted to explore the role of Notch2 and Numb/Numblike for myocardial trabeculation and compaction. METHODS AND RESULTS:We found that Notch2 activit...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Yang J,Bücker S,Jungblut B,Böttger T,Cinnamon Y,Tchorz J,Müller M,Bettler B,Harvey R,Sun QY,Schneider A,Braun T

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an autosomal-inherited cardiac arrhythmia characterized by an ST-segment elevation in the right precordial leads of the electrocardiogram and an increased risk of syncope and sudden death. SCN5A, encoding the cardiac sodium channel Na(v)1.5, is the main gene involved in BrS. Despite the f...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Clatot J,Ziyadeh-Isleem A,Maugenre S,Denjoy I,Liu H,Dilanian G,Hatem SN,Deschênes I,Coulombe A,Guicheney P,Neyroud N

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The regulation of vascular diameter by vasoconstrictors and vasodilators requires that vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) be physically coupled to extracellular matrix (ECM) and neighbouring cells in order for a vessel to mechanically function and transfer force. The hypothesis was tested that integrin-mediated ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hong Z,Sun Z,Li Z,Mesquitta WT,Trzeciakowski JP,Meininger GA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a devastating condition for which no disease-modifying therapies exist. PH is recognized as proliferative disease of the pulmonary artery (PA). In the experimental newborn calf model of hypoxia-induced PH, adventitial fibroblasts in the PA wall exhibit a heightened replication index....

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Panzhinskiy E,Zawada WM,Stenmark KR,Das M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The discovery of a specific prorenin receptor (PRR) suggests a biological function of prorenin that is independent of angiotensin I production. In the present study, we investigated the role of PRR on smooth muscle cell (SMC) migration. METHODS AND RESULTS:PRR was expressed in human mammary arteries and in cultur...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Greco CM,Camera M,Facchinetti L,Brambilla M,Pellegrino S,Gelmi ML,Tremoli E,Corsini A,Ferri N

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Pulmonary arterial endothelial cells (PAECs) express the enzymes needed for generation of l-arginine from intracellular l-citrulline but do not express the enzymes needed for de novo l-citrulline synthesis. Hence, l-citrulline levels in PAECs are dependent on l-citrulline transport. Once generated, l-arginine can ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Fike CD,Sidoryk-Wegrzynowicz M,Aschner M,Summar M,Prince LS,Cunningham G,Kaplowitz M,Zhang Y,Aschner JL

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:Blood flow autoregulation results from the ability of resistance arteries to reduce or increase their diameters in response to changes in intravascular pressure. The mechanism by which arteries maintain a constant blood flow to organs over a range of pressures relies on this myogenic response, which defines the intrin...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kauffenstein G,Laher I,Matrougui K,Guérineau NC,Henrion D

更新日期：2012-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Tungstate reduces blood pressure in experimental animal models of both hypertension and metabolic syndrome, although the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Given that the large-conductance voltage- and Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) (BK) channel is a key element in the control of arterial tone, our aim was to ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Fernández-Mariño AI,Porras-González C,González-Rodríguez P,Selent J,Pastor M,Ureña J,Castellano A,Valverde MA,Fernández-Fernández JM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this work was to use hyperpolarized carbon-13 ((13)C) magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy and cine MR imaging (MRI) to assess in vivo cardiac metabolism and function in the 15-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) heart. At this time point, the SHR displays hypertension and concentric hypertrop...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Dodd MS,Ball DR,Schroeder MA,Le Page LM,Atherton HJ,Heather LC,Seymour AM,Ashrafian H,Watkins H,Clarke K,Tyler DJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of cardioprotective strategies can be quantified by myocardial salvage as an indicator of therapeutic benefit. Salvage is calculated as the difference between the area at risk (AAR) and the final infarct size (FIS). AAR has been quantified by angiographic assessment followed by quantification of FIS by bi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Bøtker HE,Kaltoft AK,Pedersen SF,Kim WY

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R)-induced remodelling generally includes cell death (necrosis and apoptosis), myocyte hypertrophy, angiogenesis, cardiac fibrosis, and myocardial dysfunction. It is becoming increasingly clear that microRNAs (miRNAs or miRs), a group of highly conserved small (∼18-24 nucleotide) no...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Zhu H,Fan GC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is the master modulator of hypoxic gene expression. The effects of chronically stabilized cardiac HIF-1α and its role in the diseased heart are not precisely known. The aims of this study were as follows: (i) to elucidate consequences of HIF-1α stabilization in the heart; (ii...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hölscher M,Schäfer K,Krull S,Farhat K,Hesse A,Silter M,Lin Y,Pichler BJ,Thistlethwaite P,El-Armouche A,Maier LS,Katschinski DM,Zieseniss A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:GATA4 is a transcription factor that is up-regulated during cardiac hypertrophy and plays a fundamental role in myocyte growth and survival. In this study, we investigate the transcriptional vs. post-transcriptional mechanisms that are involved in regulating GATA4 in the heart during neonatal and pressure overload...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Han M,Yang Z,Sayed D,He M,Gao S,Lin L,Yoon S,Abdellatif M

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:A cytosolic calcium (Ca(2+)(i)) increase is an important activation signal for the endothelium. We investigated whether interendothelial spreading of the Ca(2+) signal via gap junctions (GJs) plays a role for the overall Ca(2+)(i) increase in response to vasoactive agonists. METHODS AND RESULTS:In human umbilical...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kameritsch P,Pogoda K,Ritter A,Münzing S,Pohl U

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cardiovascular research requires complex and functionally intact experimental models. Due to major differences in the cellular and subcellular composition of the myocardium between species, the use of human heart tissue is highly desirable. To enhance the experimental use of the human myocardium, we established me...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Brandenburger M,Wenzel J,Bogdan R,Richardt D,Nguemo F,Reppel M,Hescheler J,Terlau H,Dendorfer A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The expression of PUMA (p53-up-regulated modulator of apoptosis), an apoptosis-regulating gene, increases during endoplasmic reticulum stress. The mechanisms by which cyclic stretch influences the regulation of PUMA in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) during apoptosis remain unclear. We hypothesized that cycli...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Cheng WP,Wang BW,Chen SC,Chang H,Shyu KG

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Hyperhomocysteinaemia is an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic vascular disease and is associated with vascular endothelial dysfunction. Homocysteine modulates cellular methylation reactions. P66shc is a protein that promotes oxidative stress whose expression is governed by promoter methylation. We asked ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kim CS,Kim YR,Naqvi A,Kumar S,Hoffman TA,Jung SB,Kumar A,Jeon BH,McNamara DM,Irani K

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Doxorubicin (DOX) is widely used in cytostatic treatments, although it may cause cardiovascular dysfunction as a side effect. DOX treatment leads to enhanced free radical production that in turn causes DNA strand breakage culminating in poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) activation and mitochondrial and cellular d...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Szántó M,Rutkai I,Hegedus C,Czikora Á,Rózsahegyi M,Kiss B,Virág L,Gergely P,Tóth A,Bai P

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:It is well established that dysfunction of voltage-dependent ion channels results in arrhythmias and conduction disturbances in the foetal and adult heart. However, the involvement of voltage-insensitive cationic TRPC (transient receptor potential canonical) channels remains unclear. We assessed the hypothesis tha...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Sabourin J,Robin E,Raddatz E

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Our recent work demonstrated that common cardiovascular progenitor cells are characterized and induced by the expression of the transcription factor mesoderm posterior1 (MesP1) in vertebrate embryos and murine embryonic stem cells. As the proliferative potential of stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes is limited, it i...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： David R,Jarsch VB,Schwarz F,Nathan P,Gegg M,Lickert H,Franz WM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Previous studies on the role of stem cell factor (SCF) in endothelial progenitor cell (EPC)-mediated neovascularization have focused on the EPC mobilization and homing process. However, the direct effects of SCF on neovascularization activity of EPCs have not been characterized. We sought to determine whether SCF ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kim KL,Meng Y,Kim JY,Baek EJ,Suh W

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Free fatty acids induce apoptosis in cardiomyocytes, which is implicated in lipotoxic cardiomyopathy. However, the underlying mechanisms remain not fully understood. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding small RNAs that control gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. Dysregulated miRNAs have been shown to b...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Zhu H,Yang Y,Wang Y,Li J,Schiller PW,Peng T

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We have previously characterized a cGMP-dependent Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) current in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and have shown its dependence on bestrophin-3 expression. We hypothesize that this current is important for synchronization of SMCs in the vascular wall. In the present study, we aimed to test th...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Broegger T,Jacobsen JC,Secher Dam V,Boedtkjer DM,Kold-Petersen H,Pedersen FS,Aalkjaer C,Matchkov VV

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Heart failure is associated with deficient endothelial nitric oxide (NO) production as well as increased oxidative stress and accelerated NO degradation. The aim of this study was to evaluate platelet NO biosynthesis and superoxide anion (O(2)(-)) production in patients with heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:In ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Shah A,Passacquale G,Gkaliagkousi E,Ritter J,Ferro A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) regulation in endothelial cells depends on transient receptor potential channels (TRPs), and the role of canonical TRPs (TRPCs) during hypoxia-reoxygenation (H-R) is unclear. We hypothesized that TRPC3 contributes to endothelial nitric oxide (NO) release and that H-R may reduce T...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Huang JH,He GW,Xue HM,Yao XQ,Liu XC,Underwood MJ,Yang Q

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the developing heart grows and the chamber walls thicken, passive diffusion of oxygen and nutrients is replaced by a vascular plexus which remodels and expands to form a mature coronary vascular system. The coronary arteries and veins ensure the continued development of the heart and facilitate cardiac output with ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Riley PR,Smart N

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of the heart is a complex process during which different cell types progressively contribute to shape a four-chambered pumping organ. Over the last decades, our understanding of the specification and transcriptional regulation of cardiac development has been greatly augmented as has our understanding o...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Franco D,Chinchilla A,Daimi H,Dominguez JN,Aránega A

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Human congenital heart disease linked to mutations in the homeobox transcription factor, NKX2-5, is characterized by cardiac anomalies, including atrial and ventricular septal defects as well as conduction and occasional defects in contractility. In the mouse, homozygous germline deletion of Nkx2-5 gene results in...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Terada R,Warren S,Lu JT,Chien KR,Wessels A,Kasahara H

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:n-3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are known to protect the cardiovascular system and improve blood pressure control. These important dietary constituents are converted into bioactive metabolites, but their role in regulation of the cardiovascular system is unclear. In particular, the functions of the cytochr...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Wang RX,Chai Q,Lu T,Lee HC

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Ischaemic preconditioning (IPC) protects the heart against prolonged lethal ischaemia through a signalling cascade involving Akt, glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β), and mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channels (mitoK(ATP)). We previously demonstrated the involvement of the Wnt pathway in IPC in vivo via G...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Vigneron F,Dos Santos P,Lemoine S,Bonnet M,Tariosse L,Couffinhal T,Duplaà C,Jaspard-Vinassa B

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most commonly encountered clinical arrhythmia associated with pronounced morbidity, mortality, and socio-economic burden. This pathological entity is associated with an altered expression profile of genes that are important for atrial function. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a new class of non-cod...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Wang Z,Lu Y,Yang B

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:Inorganic nitrate from dietary and endogenous sources is emerging as a substrate for in vivo generation of nitric oxide (NO) and other reactive nitrogen oxides. Dietary amounts of nitrate clearly have robust NO-like effects in humans, including blood pressure reduction, inhibition of platelet aggregation, and vasoprot...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Lundberg JO,Carlström M,Larsen FJ,Weitzberg E

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe sepsis and septic shock, which are among the most common causes of death in intensive care units worldwide, cause high morbidity, mortality, and social and economic costs. Therefore, developing successful therapies against sepsis is one of the most important challenges in critical care medicine. Death from sept...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Cauwels A,Brouckaert P

更新日期：2011-02-15 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