CALL FOR PAPERS:

Jian-Xiong Chen, Heng Zeng, Qin-Hui Tuo, Heidi Yu, Barbara Meyrick, and Judy L. Aschner

NADPH oxidase modulates myocardial Akt, ERK1/2 activation, and angiogenesis after hypoxia-reoxygenation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1664-H1674, 2007. First published January 12, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01138.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donna P. Frazier, Amber Wilson, Christopher J. Dougherty, Huifang Li, Nanette H. Bishopric, and Keith A. Webster

PKC- and TAK-1 are intermediates in the activation of c-Jun NH₂-terminal kinase by hypoxia-reoxygenation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1675-H1684, 2007. First published January 5, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01132.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pouneh Nouri, Pritmohinder Gill, Min Li, Christopher S. Wilcox, and William J. Welch

p22^phox in the macula densa regulates single nephron GFR during angiotensin II infusion in rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1685-H1689, 2007. First published January 12, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00976.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INVITED REVIEW:

Olga M. Hernandez, Michelle Jones, Georgianna Guzman, and Danuta Szczesna-Cordary

Myosin essential light chain in health and disease
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1643-H1654, 2007. First published December 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00931.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul E. Szmitko, Hwee Teoh, Duncan J. Stewart, and Subodh Verma

Adiponectin and cardiovascular disease: state of the art?
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1655-H1663, 2007. First published December 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01072.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIAL FOCUS:

John M. Johnson

Editorial Focus  Mechanisms of vasoconstriction with direct skin cooling in humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1690-H1691, 2007. First published January 19, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00048.2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Russell L. Moore

Editorial Focus  Myocardial K_ATP channels are critical to Ca²⁺ homeostasis in the metabolically stressed heart in vivo
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1692-H1693, 2007. First published January 26, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00076.2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY:

Meijing Wang, Troy Markel, Paul Crisostomo, Christine Herring, Kirstan K. Meldrum, Keith D. Lillemoe, and Daniel R. Meldrum

Deficiency of TNFR1 protects myocardium through SOCS3 and IL-6 but not p38 MAPK or IL-1
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1694-H1699, 2007. First published November 17, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01063.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

Caitlin S. Thompson-Torgerson, Lacy A. Holowatz, Nicholas A. Flavahan, and W. Larry Kenney

Cold-induced cutaneous vasoconstriction is mediated by Rho kinase in vivo in human skin
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1700-H1705, 2007. First published December 15, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01078.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard J. Gumina, D. Fearghas O'Cochlain, Christopher E. Kurtz, Peter Bast, Darko Pucar, Prasanna Mishra, Takashi Miki, Susumu Seino, Slobodan Macura, and Andre Terzic

K_ATP channel knockout worsens myocardial calcium stress load in vivo and impairs recovery in stunned heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1706-H1713, 2007. First published December 22, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01305.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jing Liu, Tatsuo Shimosawa, Hiromitsu Matsui, Fanyin Meng, Scott C. Supowit, Donald J. DiPette, Katsuyuki Ando, and Toshiro Fujita

Adrenomedullin inhibits angiotensin II-induced oxidative stress via Csk-mediated inhibition of Src activity
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1714-H1721, 2007. First published October 27, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00486.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Athar H. Siddiqui and Tahir Hussain

Enhanced AT₁ receptor-mediated vasocontractile response to ANG II in endothelium-denuded aorta of obese Zucker rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1722-H1727, 2007. First published December 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00612.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhixin Guo, Zhengyuan Xia, Jihong Jiang, and John H. McNeill

Downregulation of NADPH oxidase, antioxidant enzymes, and inflammatory markers in the heart of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats by N-acetyl-L-cysteine
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1728-H1736, 2007. First published November 22, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01328.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. T. Yamanushi, Z. Shui, R. N. Leach, H. Dobrzynski, T. W. Claydon, and M. R. Boyett

Role of internalization of M₂ muscarinic receptor via clathrin-coated vesicles in desensitization of the muscarinic K⁺ current in heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1737-H1746, 2007. First published September 29, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01287.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Brickson, D. P. Fitzsimons, L. Pereira, T. Hacker, H. Valdivia, and R. L. Moss

In vivo left ventricular functional capacity is compromised in cMyBP-C null mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1747-H1754, 2007. First published November 22, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01037.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Darrell D. Belke, Eric Swanson, Jorge Suarez, Brian T. Scott, Antine E. Stenbit, and Wolfgang H. Dillmann

Increased expression of SERCA in the hearts of transgenic mice results in increased oxidation of glucose
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1755-H1763, 2007. First published December 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00884.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kerstin Boengler, Ina Konietzka, Astrid Buechert, Yvonne Heinen, David Garcia-Dorado, Gerd Heusch, and Rainer Schulz

Loss of ischemic preconditioning's cardioprotection in aged mouse hearts is associated with reduced gap junctional and mitochondrial levels of connexin 43
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1764-H1769, 2007. First published December 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01071.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Baojian Xue, Jaya Pamidimukkala, Dennis B. Lubahn, and Meredith Hay

Estrogen receptor- mediates estrogen protection from angiotensin II-induced hypertension in conscious female mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1770-H1776, 2007. First published December 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01011.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew T. Lovering, Michael K. Stickland, Amy J. Kelso, and Marlowe W. Eldridge

Direct demonstration of 25- and 50-µm arteriovenous pathways in healthy human and baboon lungs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1777-H1781, 2007. First published December 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01024.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fumiaki Suto, Wei Zhu, Alice Chan, and Gil J. Gross

I_Kr and I_Ks remodeling differentially affects QT interval prolongation and dynamic adaptation to heart rate acceleration in bradycardic rabbits
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1782-H1788, 2007. First published December 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00932.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eun A. Ko, Farhad Amiri, Nihar R. Pandey, Danesh Javeshghani, Eyal Leibovitz, Rhian M. Touyz, and Ernesto L. Schiffrin

Resistance artery remodeling in deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt hypertension is dependent on vascular inflammation: evidence from m-CSF-deficient mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1789-H1795, 2007. First published December 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01118.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aleksandar A. Kondratyev, Julien G. C. Ponard, Adelina Munteanu, Stephan Rohr, and Jan P. Kucera

Dynamic changes of cardiac conduction during rapid pacing
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1796-H1811, 2007. First published December 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00784.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Girija G. Konduri, Ivane Bakhutashvili, Annie Eis, and Kirkwood Pritchard, Jr.

Oxidant stress from uncoupled nitric oxide synthase impairs vasodilation in fetal lambs with persistent pulmonary hypertension
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1812-H1820, 2007. First published December 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00425.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tine V. Karlsen, Athanasia Bletsa, Eli-Anne B. Gjerde, and Rolf K. Reed

Lowering of interstitial fluid pressure after neurogenic inflammation in mouse skin is partly dependent on mast cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1821-H1827, 2007. First published December 8, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00365.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppina Milano, Sandrine Morel, Christophe Bonny, Michele Samaja, Ludwig K. von Segesser, Pascal Nicod, and Giuseppe Vassalli

A peptide inhibitor of c-Jun NH₂-terminal kinase reduces myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and infarct size in vivo
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1828-H1835, 2007. First published December 8, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01117.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eugene O. Apostolov, Alexei G. Basnakian, Xiaoyan Yin, Ercan Ok, and Sudhir V. Shah

Modified LDLs induce proliferation-mediated death of human vascular endothelial cells through MAPK pathway
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1836-H1846, 2007. First published December 8, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01079.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marina R. Bergman, John R. Teerlink, Rajeev Mahimkar, Luyi Li, Bo-Qing Zhu, Anita Nguyen, Sia Dahi, Joel S. Karliner, and David H. Lovett

Cardiac matrix metalloproteinase-2 expression independently induces marked ventricular remodeling and systolic dysfunction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1847-H1860, 2007. First published December 8, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00434.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masamichi Hirose and Kenneth R. Laurita

Calcium-mediated triggered activity is an underlying cellular mechanism of ectopy originating from the pulmonary vein in dogs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1861-H1867, 2007. First published December 8, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00826.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei Zhou, Liang-Wu Fu, Zhi-Ling Guo, and John C. Longhurst

Role of glutamate in the rostral ventrolateral medulla in acupuncture-related modulation of visceral reflex sympathoexcitation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1868-H1875, 2007. First published December 8, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00875.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mizuko Osaka, Sumihiko Hagita, Mihoko Haraguchi, Mayumi Kajimura, Makoto Suematsu, and Masayuki Yoshida

Real-time imaging of mechanically injured femoral artery in mice reveals a biphasic pattern of leukocyte accumulation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1876-H1882, 2007. First published December 15, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00708.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Videos]  

M. R. Schmidt, M. Smerup, I. E. Konstantinov, M. Shimizu, J. Li, M. Cheung, P. A. White, S. B. Kristiansen, K. Sorensen, V. Dzavik, A. N. Redington, and R. K. Kharbanda

Intermittent peripheral tissue ischemia during coronary ischemia reduces myocardial infarction through a K_ATP-dependent mechanism: first demonstration of remote ischemic perconditioning
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1883-H1890, 2007. First published December 15, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00617.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephan Zbinden, Leonardo C. Clavijo, Birgit Kantor, Hakim Morsli, Guillermo A. Cortes, James A. Andrews, Gil Jin Jang, Mary Susan Burnett, and Stephen E. Epstein

Interanimal variability in preexisting collaterals is a major factor determining outcome in experimental angiogenesis trials
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1891-H1897, 2007. First published December 22, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00537.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oleg E. Osadchii, Gavin R. Norton, Richard McKechnie, Dawn Deftereos, and Angela J. Woodiwiss

Cardiac dilatation and pump dysfunction without intrinsic myocardial systolic failure following chronic -adrenoreceptor activation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1898-H1905, 2007. First published December 8, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00740.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth Schroder, Janos Magyar, Don Burgess, Douglas Andres, and Jonathan Satin

Chronic verapamil treatment remodels I_Ca,L in mouse ventricle
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1906-H1916, 2007. First published December 8, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00793.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Outi Saijonmaa, Tuulikki Nyman, and Frej Fyhrquist

Atorvastatin inhibits angiotensin-converting enzyme induction in differentiating human macrophages
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1917-H1921, 2007. First published December 8, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00920.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuan Li, Georgios Lappas, and Madhu B. Anand-Srivastava

Role of oxidative stress in angiotensin II-induced enhanced expression of G_i proteins and adenylyl cyclase signaling in A10 vascular smooth muscle cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1922-H1930, 2007. First published December 8, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01166.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. J. Rietjens, A. Bast, J. de Vente, and G. R. M. M. Haenen

The olive oil antioxidant hydroxytyrosol efficiently protects against the oxidative stress-induced impairment of the NO response of isolated rat aorta
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1931-H1936, 2007. First published December 15, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00755.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasushi Mukai, Chao-Yung Wang, Yoshiyuki Rikitake, and James K. Liao

Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase Akt negatively regulates plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 expression in vascular endothelial cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1937-H1942, 2007. First published December 15, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00868.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rong-zhen Zhang, Anatoliy A. Gashev, David C. Zawieja, and Michael J. Davis

Length-tension relationships of small arteries, veins, and lymphatics from the rat mesenteric microcirculation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1943-H1952, 2007. First published December 15, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01000.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey R. Koenitzer, T. Scott Isbell, Hetal D. Patel, Gloria A. Benavides, Dale A. Dickinson, Rakesh P. Patel, Victor M. Darley-Usmar, Jack R. Lancaster, Jr, Jeannette E. Doeller, and David W. Kraus

Hydrogen sulfide mediates vasoactivity in an O₂-dependent manner
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1953-H1960, 2007. First published January 19, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01193.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Tosun, Y. Erac, C. Selli, and N. Karakaya

Sarcoplasmic-endoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺-ATPase inhibition prevents endothelin A receptor antagonism in rat aorta
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1961-H1966, 2007. First published December 15, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00298.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. C. Tzeng, P. D. Larsen, and D. C. Galletly

Mechanism of cardioventilatory coupling: insights from cardiac pacing, vagotomy, and sinoaortic denervation in the anesthetized rat
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1967-H1977, 2007. First published December 15, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01049.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jagdip S. Jaswal, Manoj Gandhi, Barry A. Finegan, Jason R. B. Dyck, and Alexander S. Clanachan

p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase mediates adenosine-induced alterations in myocardial glucose utilization via 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1978-H1985, 2007. First published December 15, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01121.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhanna Makazan, Harjot K. Saini, and Naranjan S. Dhalla

Role of oxidative stress in alterations of mitochondrial function in ischemic-reperfused hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1986-H1994, 2007. First published December 15, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01214.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zuo-Hui Shao, Wei-Tien Chang, Kim Chai Chan, Kim R. Wojcik, Chin-Wang Hsu, Chang-Qing Li, Juan Li, Travis Anderson, Yimin Qin, Lance B. Becker, Kimm J. Hamann, and Terry L. Vanden Hoek

Hypothermia-induced cardioprotection using extended ischemia and early reperfusion cooling
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1995-H2003, 2007. First published December 15, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01312.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masashi Fujita, Hiroshi Asanuma, Akio Hirata, Masakatsu Wakeno, Hiroyuki Takahama, Hideyuki Sasaki, Jiyoong Kim, Seiji Takashima, Osamu Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Minamino, Yoshiro Shinozaki, Hitonobu Tomoike, Masatsugu Hori, and Masafumi Kitakaze

Prolonged transient acidosis during early reperfusion contributes to the cardioprotective effects of postconditioning
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2004-H2008, 2007. First published January 5, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01051.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katherine A. B. Davey, Pamela B. Garlick, Alice Warley, and Richard Southworth

Immunogold labeling study of the distribution of GLUT-1 and GLUT-4 in cardiac tissue following stimulation by insulin or ischemia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2009-H2019, 2007. First published December 22, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00663.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REPORTS:

Kenneth S. Campbell and Anastasia M. Holbrook

The rate of tension recovery in cardiac muscle correlates with the relative residual tension prevailing after restretch
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2020-H2022, 2007. First published December 22, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00714.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data and Figures]  

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