TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY:

Adrienne S. Zion, Vernon Bond, Richard G. Adams, Deborah Williams, Robert E. Fullilove, Richard P. Sloan, Matthew N. Bartels, John A. Downey, and Ronald E. De Meersman

Low arterial compliance in young African-American males
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H457-H462, 2003. First published May 8, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00497.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dongqing Cai, Munira Xaymardan, Jacquelyne M. Holm, Jingang Zheng, Jorge R. Kizer, and Jay M. Edelberg

Age-associated impairment in TNF- cardioprotection from myocardial infarction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H463-H469, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00144.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

So-ichiro Yasuda, Seiryo Sugiura, Hiroshi Yamashita, Satoshi Nishimura, Yasutake Saeki, Shin-ichi Momomura, Kaoru Katoh, Ryozo Nagai, and Haruo Sugi

Unloaded shortening increases peak of Ca²⁺ transients but accelerates their decay in rat single cardiac myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H470-H475, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00012.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Genbu Yamaura, Tibor Turoczi, Fumio Yamamoto, M. A. Q. Siddqui, Nilanjana Maulik, and Dipak K. Das

STAT signaling in ischemic heart: a role of STAT5A in ischemic preconditioning
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H476-H482, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00079.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis, Leonardo H. Mendoza, Guofeng Ren, Spyridon Akrivakis, Peggy L. Jackson, Lloyd H. Michael, C. Wayne Smith, and Mark L. Entman

MCSF expression is induced in healing myocardial infarcts and may regulate monocyte and endothelial cell phenotype
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H483-H492, 2003. First published April 10, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01016.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Geoffrey W. Payne, Joseph A. Madri, William C. Sessa, and Steven S. Segal

Abolition of arteriolar dilation but not constriction to histamine in cremaster muscle of eNOS^–/– mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H493-H498, 2003. First published April 10, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00071.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stéphanie Héon, Martin Bernier, Nicolas Servant, Stevan Dostanic, Chunlei Wang, Gordon M. Kirby, Lesley Alpert, and Lorraine E. Chalifour

Dexrazoxane does not protect against doxorubicin-induced damage in young rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H499-H506, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00047.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. P. Nase, J. Tuttle, and H. G. Bohlen

Reduced perivascular PO₂ increases nitric oxide release from endothelial cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H507-H515, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00759.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hidehiko Komine, Kanji Matsukawa, Hirotsugu Tsuchimochi, and Jun Murata

Central command blunts the baroreflex bradycardia to aortic nerve stimulation at the onset of voluntary static exercise in cats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H516-H526, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00013.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gen Takagi, Kuniya Asai, Stephen F. Vatner, Raymond K. Kudej, Franco Rossi, Athanasios Peppas, Ikuyo Takagi, Ranillo R. G. Resuello, Filipinas Natividad, You-Tang Shen, and Dorothy E. Vatner

Gender differences on the effects of aging on cardiac and peripheral adrenergic stimulation in old conscious monkeys
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H527-H534, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01034.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Josef Niebauer, Andrew J. Maxwell, Patrick S. Lin, David Wang, Philip S. Tsao, and John P. Cooke

NOS inhibition accelerates atherogenesis: reversal by exercise
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H535-H540, 2003. First published February 21, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00360.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Guangrong Gong, Jingbo Liu, Peihua Liang, Tao Guo, Qingsong Hu, Ko Ochiai, Mingxiao Hou, Yun Ye, Xiaoyun Wu, Abdul Mansoor, Arthur H. L. From, Kamil Ugurbil, Robert J. Bache, and Jianyi Zhang

Oxidative capacity in failing hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H541-H548, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01142.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kevin M. Bobofchak, Toshiaki Mito, Sarah J. Texel, Andrea Bellelli, Masaaki Nemoto, Richard J. Traystman, Raymond C. Koehler, William S. Brinigar, and Clara Fronticelli

A recombinant polymeric hemoglobin with conformational, functional, and physiological characteristics of an in vivo O₂ transporter
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H549-H561, 2003. First published April 10, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00037.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mathieu Lamboley, Alexander Schuster, Jean-Louis Bény, and Jean-Jacques Meister

Recruitment of smooth muscle cells and arterial vasomotion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H562-H569, 2003. First published February 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00526.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heather J. Evans, Janea K. Sweet, Robert L. Price, Michael Yost, and Richard L. Goodwin

Novel 3D culture system for study of cardiac myocyte development
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H570-H578, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01027.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Data Supplement]  

Zhi-Qing Zhao, Joel S. Corvera, Michael E. Halkos, Faraz Kerendi, Ning-Ping Wang, Robert A. Guyton, and Jakob Vinten-Johansen

Inhibition of myocardial injury by ischemic postconditioning during reperfusion: comparison with ischemic preconditioning
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H579-H588, 2003. First published April 3, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01064.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kazuyoshi Kirima, Koichiro Tsuchiya, Hiroyoshi Sei, Toyoshi Hasegawa, Michiyo Shikishima, Yuki Motobayashi, Kyoji Morita, Masanori Yoshizumi, and Toshiaki Tamaki

Evaluation of systemic blood NO dynamics by EPR spectroscopy: HbNO as an endogenous index of NO
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H589-H596, 2003. First published March 27, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01010.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James A. Thomas, Sandra B. Haudek, Tolga Koroglu, May F. Tsen, Debora D. Bryant, D. Jean White, Donna F. Kusewitt, Jureta W. Horton, and Brett P. Giroir

IRAK1 deletion disrupts cardiac Toll/IL-1 signaling and protects against contractile dysfunction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H597-H606, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.0655.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John A. Auchampach, Zhe-Dong Ge, Tina C. Wan, Jeannine Moore, and Garrett J. Gross

A₃ adenosine receptor agonist IB-MECA reduces myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in dogs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H607-H613, 2003. First published April 10, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01001.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Denis Chemla, Isabelle Antony, Yves Lecarpentier, and Alain Nitenberg

Contribution of systemic vascular resistance and total arterial compliance to effective arterial elastance in humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H614-H620, 2003. First published April 10, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00823.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carissa G. Fonseca, Helen C. Oxenham, Brett R. Cowan, Christopher J. Occleshaw, and Alistair A. Young

Aging alters patterns of regional nonuniformity in LV strain relaxation: a 3-D MR tissue tagging study
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H621-H630, 2003. First published April 10, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01063.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Guido T. Dorner, Gerhard Garhofer, Barbara Kiss, Elzbieta Polska, Kaija Polak, Charles E. Riva, and Leopold Schmetterer

Nitric oxide regulates retinal vascular tone in humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H631-H636, 2003. First published May 15, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00111.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Maurice Beghetti, Catherine Sparling, Peter N. Cox, Derek Stephens, and Ian Adatia

Inhaled NO inhibits platelet aggregation and elevates plasma but not intraplatelet cGMP in healthy human volunteers
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H637-H642, 2003. First published May 15, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00622.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dan Waisman, Vera Brod, Rafael Wolff, Edmond Sabo, Mark Chernin, Zalman Weintraub, Avi Rotschild, and Haim Bitterman

Effects of hyperoxia on local and remote microcirculatory inflammatory response after splanchnic ischemia and reperfusion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H643-H652, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00900.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Leila H. Hamza, Quang Dang, Xiao Lu, Ayesha Mian, Sabee Molloi, and Ghassan S. Kassab

Effect of passive myocardium on the compliance of porcine coronary arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H653-H660, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00090.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jianying He, Margaret E. Kargacin, Gary J. Kargacin, and Christopher A. Ward

Tamoxifen inhibits Na⁺ and K⁺ currents in rat ventricular myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H661-H668, 2003. First published April 17, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00686.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard C. Venema, Virginia J. Venema, Hong Ju, M. Brennan Harris, Connie Snead, Tamas Jilling, Christiana Dimitropoulou, Michael E. Maragoudakis, and John D. Catravas

Novel complexes of guanylate cyclase with heat shock protein 90 and nitric oxide synthase
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H669-H678, 2003. First published April 3, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01025.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jacob Joseph, Lija Joseph, Nawal S. Shekhawat, Sulochana Devi, Junru Wang, Russell B. Melchert, Martin Hauer-Jensen, and Richard H. Kennedy

Hyperhomocysteinemia leads to pathological ventricular hypertrophy in normotensive rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H679-H686, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00145.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. R. Voss, J. N. Stallone, Min Li, R. N. M. Cornelussen, P. Knuefermann, and A. A. Knowlton

Gender differences in the expression of heat shock proteins: the effect of estrogen
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H687-H692, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01000.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Randy S. Sprague, Jeffrey J. Olearczyk, Dana M. Spence, Alan H. Stephenson, Robert W. Sprung, and Andrew J. Lonigro

Extracellular ATP signaling in the rabbit lung: erythrocytes as determinants of vascular resistance
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H693-H700, 2003. First published April 10, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01026.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mike T. Lin, David A. Hessinger, William J. Pearce, and Lawrence D. Longo

Developmental differences in Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channel activity in ovine basilar artery
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H701-H709, 2003. First published April 10, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00138.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yi Lin, Alice Corina Ceacareanu, and Aviv Hassid

Nitric oxide-induced inhibition of aortic smooth muscle cell motility: role of PTP-PEST and adaptor proteins p130^cas and Crk
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H710-H721, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01127.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Seiichi Mochizuki, Hans Vink, Osamu Hiramatsu, Tatsuya Kajita, Fumiyuki Shigeto, Jos A. E. Spaan, and Fumihiko Kajiya

Role of hyaluronic acid glycosaminoglycans in shear-induced endothelium-derived nitric oxide release
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H722-H726, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00691.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nina L. Tsakadze, Sanjay Srivastava, Sunday O. Awe, Ayotunde S. O. Adeagbo, Aruni Bhatnagar, and Stanley E. D'Souza

Acrolein-induced vasomotor responses of rat aorta
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H727-H734, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00269.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shi J. Liu and Richard H. Kennedy

Positive inotropic effect of ceramide in adult ventricular myocytes: mechanisms dissociated from its reduction in Ca²⁺ influx
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H735-H744, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01098.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Régis Bobe, Xing Yin, Marie-Cécile Roussanne, Olivier Stepien, Evelyne Polidano, Claude Faverdin, and Pierre Marche

Evidence for ERK1/2 activation by thrombin that is independent of EGFR transactivation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H745-H754, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01042.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Friedrich Vetterlein, Christina Schrader, Rolf Volkmann, Marion Neckel, Matthias Ochs, Gerhard Schmidt, and Gerhard Hellige

Extent of damage in ischemic, nonreperfused, and reperfused myocardium of anesthetized rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H755-H765, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00269.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gregory P. Walcott, Sharon B. Melnick, Cheryl R. Killingsworth, William M. Smith, and Raymond E. Ideker

Effects of burst stimulation during ventricular fibrillation on cardiac function after defibrillation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H766-H774, 2003. First published April 17, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00137.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carlos F. Santos, Marcos Antonio V. Caprio, Eduardo B. Oliveira, Maria Cristina O. Salgado, Daniela N. Schippers, Diane H. Munzenmaier, and Andrew S. Greene

Functional role, cellular source, and tissue distribution of rat elastase-2, an angiotensin II-forming enzyme
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H775-H783, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00818.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chih-Chang Wei, Pamela A. Lucchesi, Jose Tallaj, Wayne E. Bradley, Pamela C. Powell, and Louis J. Dell'Italia

Cardiac interstitial bradykinin and mast cells modulate pattern of LV remodeling in volume overload in rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H784-H792, 2003. First published March 27, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00793.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kimiko Yamamoto, Takaaki Sokabe, Norihiko Ohura, Hideki Nakatsuka, Akira Kamiya, and Joji Ando

Endogenously released ATP mediates shear stress-induced Ca²⁺ influx into pulmonary artery endothelial cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H793-H803, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01155.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tongrong He, Neal L. Weintraub, Prabhat C. Goswami, Papri Chatterjee, Dawn M. Flaherty, Frederick E. Domann, and Larry W. Oberley

Redox factor-1 contributes to the regulation of progression from G₀/G₁ to S by PDGF in vascular smooth muscle cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H804-H812, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01080.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ivan C. Gerling, Yao Sun, Robert A. Ahokas, Linus A. Wodi, Syamal K. Bhattacharya, Kenneth J. Warrington, Arnold E. Postlethwaite, and Karl T. Weber

Aldosteronism: an immunostimulatory state precedes proinflammatory/fibrogenic cardiac phenotype
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H813-H821, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00113.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fuzhong Qin, Junya Shite, and Chang-seng Liang

Antioxidants attenuate myocyte apoptosis and improve cardiac function in CHF: association with changes in MAPK pathways
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H822-H832, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00015.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Koji Kashihara, Toru Kawada, Yusuke Yanagiya, Kazunori Uemura, Masashi Inagaki, Hiroshi Takaki, Masaru Sugimachi, and Kenji Sunagawa

Bezold-Jarisch reflex attenuates dynamic gain of baroreflex neural arc
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H833-H840, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01082.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H. E. Cooper, M. J. Parkes, and T. H. Clutton-Brock

CO₂-dependent components of sinus arrhythmia from the start of breath holding in humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H841-H848, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01101.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael A. Hill, Simon J. Potocnik, Luis A. Martinez-Lemus, and Gerald A. Meininger

Delayed arteriolar relaxation after prolonged agonist exposure: functional remodeling involving tyrosine phosphorylation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H849-H856, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00986.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

I. Kulikovskaya, G. McClellan, R. Levine, and S. Winegrad

Effect of extraction of myosin binding protein C on contractility of rat heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H857-H865, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00841.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Craig R. Hampton, Akira Shimamoto, Christine L. Rothnie, Jeaneatte Griscavage-Ennis, Albert Chong, David J. Dix, Edward D. Verrier, and Timothy H. Pohlman

HSP70.1 and -70.3 are required for late-phase protection induced by ischemic preconditioning of mouse hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H866-H874, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00596.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nikolaj Ihlemann, Christian Rask-Madsen, Anders Perner, Helena Dominguez, Thomas Hermann, Lars Køber, and Christian Torp-Pedersen

Tetrahydrobiopterin restores endothelial dysfunction induced by an oral glucose challenge in healthy subjects
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H875-H882, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00008.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Glenn J. Harrison, Michiel H. van Wijhe, Bas de Groot, Francina J. Dijk, Lori A. Gustafson, and Johannes H. G. M. van Beek

Glycolytic buffering affects cardiac bioenergetic signaling and contractile reserve similar to creatine kinase
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H883-H890, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00725.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ana Paula L. Abdala, Andrea S. Haibara, and Eduardo Colombari

Cardiovascular responses to substance P in the nucleus tractus solitarii: microinjection study in conscious rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H891-H898, 2003. First published May 8, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00869.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zuyi Yuan, Chiharu Kishimoto, Hideto Sano, Keisuke Shioji, Yang Xu, and Masayuki Yokode

Immunoglobulin treatment suppresses atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice via the Fc portion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H899-H906, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00926.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGY:

S. Wiechert, A. El-Armouche, T. Rau, W. -H. Zimmermann, and T. Eschenhagen

24-h Langendorff-perfused neonatal rat heart used to study the impact of adenoviral gene transfer
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H907-H914, 2003. First published March 27, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00856.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CORRIGENDA:

Corrigenda
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H919-H919, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00498.2003 [Full Text]  

REPORTS:

Jürgen R. Sindermann, Christiane Köbbert, Florian Bauer, Adriane Skaletz-Rorowski, Helge Hohage, Gabriele Plenz, Günter Breithardt, and Keith L. March

Vascular ligation response is independent of p107: stressing the role of the related p130
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H915-H918, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00056.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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