AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology -- Table of Contents (September 1 2008, 295 [3])

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Stephanie W. Watts: The beginning of a fantastic, unanswered question: is 5-HT involved in systemic hypertension?
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H915-H916, 2008; doi:10.1152/classicessays.zh4-8503.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EDITORIAL FOCUS:

Mary C. Sugden: PDC deletion: the way to a man's heart disease
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H917-H919, 2008. First published July 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00663.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

Elizabeth Murphy, Renee Wong, and Charles Steenbergen: Signalosomes: delivering cardioprotective signals from GPCRs to mitochondria
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H920-H922, 2008. First published July 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00738.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

Marek Malik: Beat-to-beat QT variability and cardiac autonomic regulation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H923-H925, 2008. First published July 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00709.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

Philippe G. Frank and Michael P. Lisanti: ICAM-1: role in inflammation and in the regulation of vascular permeability
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H926-H927, 2008. First published August 8, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00779.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

Evangelos D. Michelakis and E. Kenneth Weir: The metabolic basis of vascular oxygen sensing: diversity, compartmentalization, and lessons from cancer
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H928-H930, 2008. First published July 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00697.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY:

Muthuvel Jayachandran, Robert D. Litwiller, Whyte G. Owen, John A. Heit, Thomas Behrenbeck, Sharon L. Mulvagh, Philip A. Araoz, Matthew J. Budoff, S. Mitchell Harman, and Virginia M. Miller: Characterization of blood borne microparticles as markers of premature coronary calcification in newly menopausal women
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H931-H938, 2008. First published July 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00193.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lufang Zhou, Hazel Huang, Tracy A. McElfresh, Domenick A. Prosdocimo, and William C. Stanley: Impact of anaerobic glycolysis and oxidative substrate selection on contractile function and mechanical efficiency during moderate severity ischemia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H939-H945, 2008. First published July 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00561.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ARTICLES:

Sukhdeep Sidhu, Ashish Gangasani, Lioubov G. Korotchkina, Gen Suzuki, James A. Fallavollita, John M. Canty, Jr., and Mulchand S. Patel: Tissue-specific pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency causes cardiac hypertrophy and sudden death of weaned male mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H946-H952, 2008. First published June 27, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00363.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Casey L. Quinlan, Alexandre D. T. Costa, Cinthia L. Costa, Sandrine V. Pierre, Pierre Dos Santos, and Keith D. Garlid: Conditioning the heart induces formation of signalosomes that interact with mitochondria to open mitoK_ATP channels
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H953-H961, 2008. First published July 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00520.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mathias Baumert, Gavin W. Lambert, Tye Dawood, Elisabeth A. Lambert, Murray D. Esler, Mariee McGrane, David Barton, and Eugene Nalivaiko: QT interval variability and cardiac norepinephrine spillover in patients with depression and panic disorder
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H962-H968, 2008. First published July 3, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00301.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ronen Sumagin, Elena Lomakina, and Ingrid H. Sarelius: Leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions are linked to vascular permeability via ICAM-1-mediated signaling
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H969-H977, 2008. First published July 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00400.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Qun Gao and Michael S. Wolin: Effects of hypoxia on relationships between cytosolic and mitochondrial NAD(P)H redox and superoxide generation in coronary arterial smooth muscle
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H978-H989, 2008. First published June 20, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00316.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

T. A. Dawson, D. Li, T. Woodward, Z. Barber, L. Wang, and D. J. Paterson: Cardiac cholinergic NO-cGMP signaling following acute myocardial infarction and nNOS gene transfer
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H990-H998, 2008. First published July 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00492.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tuanjie Chang, Lingyun Wu, and Rui Wang: Inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation by chronic hemin treatment
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H999-H1007, 2008. First published July 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01289.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xiaosun Zhou, H. Glenn Bohlen, Steven J. Miller, and Joseph L. Unthank: NAD(P)H oxidase-derived peroxide mediates elevated basal and impaired flow-induced NO production in SHR mesenteric arteries in vivo
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1008-H1016, 2008. First published July 3, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00114.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jennifer L. McCord, Shawn G. Hayes, and Marc P. Kaufman: Acid-sensing ion and epithelial sodium channels do not contribute to the mechanoreceptor component of the exercise pressor reflex
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1017-H1024, 2008. First published July 3, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00450.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Baojian Xue, Yuanzi Zhao, Alan Kim Johnson, and Meredith Hay: Central estrogen inhibition of angiotensin II-induced hypertension in male mice and the role of reactive oxygen species
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1025-H1032, 2008. First published July 3, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00021.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

G. A. Wiggers, F. M. Peçanha, A. M. Briones, J. V. Pérez-Girón, M. Miguel, D. V. Vassallo, V. Cachofeiro, M. J. Alonso, and M. Salaices: Low mercury concentrations cause oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction in conductance and resistance arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1033-H1043, 2008. First published July 3, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00430.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Frédéric Bourgoin, Hélène Bachelard, Mylène Badeau, Sébastien Mélançon, Maryse Pitre, Richard Larivière, and André Nadeau: Endothelial and vascular dysfunctions and insulin resistance in rats fed a high-fat, high-sucrose diet
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1044-H1055, 2008. First published July 3, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00516.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Loreto P. Véliz, Francisco G. González, Brian R. Duling, Juan C. Sáez, and Mauricio P. Boric: Functional role of gap junctions in cytokine-induced leukocyte adhesion to endothelium in vivo
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1056-H1066, 2008. First published July 3, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00266.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeremiah S. Hinson, Matt D. Medlin, Joan M. Taylor, and Christopher P. Mack: Regulation of myocardin factor protein stability by the LIM-only protein FHL2
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1067-H1075, 2008. First published June 27, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.91421.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nathan M. Segerson, Stephen L. Wasmund, Marcos Daccarett, Manuel L. Fabela, Christopher H. Hammond, Gregory Stoddard, Michael L. Smith, and Mohamed H. Hamdan: The acute effect of atrioventricular pacing on sympathetic nerve activity in patients with normal and depressed left ventricular function
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1076-H1080, 2008. First published June 27, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.91404.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kenta Yamamoto, Toru Kawada, Atsunori Kamiya, Hiroshi Takaki, Toshiaki Shishido, Kenji Sunagawa, and Masaru Sugimachi: Muscle mechanoreflex augments arterial baroreflex-mediated dynamic sympathetic response to carotid sinus pressure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1081-H1089, 2008. First published June 27, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00023.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David C. Irwin, Ben Foreman, Ken Morris, Molly White, Tim Sullivan, Robert Jacobs, Eric Monnet, Tim Hackett, Martha C. TissotvanPatot, Karyn L. Hamilton, and Robert W. Gotshall: Polymerized bovine hemoglobin decreases oxygen delivery during normoxia and acute hypoxia in the rat
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1090-H1099, 2008. First published June 20, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00303.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Steven K. Nishiyama, D. Walter Wray, and Russell S. Richardson: Sex and limb-specific ischemic reperfusion and vascular reactivity
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1100-H1108, 2008. First published July 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00318.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Aaron L. Baggish, Kibar Yared, Francis Wang, Rory B. Weiner, Adolph M. Hutter, Jr., Michael H. Picard, and Malissa J. Wood: The impact of endurance exercise training on left ventricular systolic mechanics
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1109-H1116, 2008. First published July 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00395.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dinko Susic, Xiaoyan Zhou, Edward D. Frohlich, Howard Lippton, and Martha Knight: Cardiovascular effects of prorenin blockade in genetically spontaneously hypertensive rats on normal and high-salt diet
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1117-H1121, 2008. First published July 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00055.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Julie R. Somers, Paul L. Beck, James P. Lees-Miller, Daniel Roach, Yan Li, J. Guo, Steven Loken, Shan Zhan, Lisa Semeniuk, and Henry J. Duff: iNOS in cardiac myocytes plays a critical role in death in a murine model of hypertrophy induced by calcineurin
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1122-H1131, 2008. First published July 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00386.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Karen J. Ho, Christopher D. Owens, Thomas Longo, Xin X. Sui, Cristos Ifantides, and Michael S. Conte: C-reactive protein and vein graft disease: evidence for a direct effect on smooth muscle cell phenotype via modulation of PDGF receptor-β
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1132-H1140, 2008. First published July 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00079.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gaurav Krishnamurthy, Daniel B. Ennis, Akinobu Itoh, Wolfgang Bothe, Julia C. Swanson, Matts Karlsson, Ellen Kuhl, D. Craig Miller, and Neil B. Ingels, Jr.: Material properties of the ovine mitral valve anterior leaflet in vivo from inverse finite element analysis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1141-H1149, 2008. First published July 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00284.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

François Cottin, Claire Médigue, and Yves Papelier: Effect of heavy exercise on spectral baroreflex sensitivity, heart rate, and blood pressure variability in well-trained humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1150-H1155, 2008. First published July 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00003.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carl-Johan Thore, Jonas Stålhand, and Matts Karlsson: Toward a noninvasive subject-specific estimation of abdominal aortic pressure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1156-H1164, 2008. First published July 11, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01154.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Takayuki Matsumoto, Eri Noguchi, Keiko Ishida, Tsuneo Kobayashi, Nobuhiro Yamada, and Katsuo Kamata: Metformin normalizes endothelial function by suppressing vasoconstrictor prostanoids in mesenteric arteries from OLETF rats, a model of type 2 diabetes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1165-H1176, 2008. First published July 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00486.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

R. W. S. Li, Ricky Y. K. Man, Paul M. Vanhoutte, and George P. H. Leung: Stimulation of ecto-5'-nucleotidase in human umbilical vein endothelial cells by lipopolysaccharide
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1177-H1181, 2008. First published July 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.91513.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrea Moriondo, Francesca Bianchin, Cristiana Marcozzi, and Daniela Negrini: Kinetics of fluid flux in the rat diaphragmatic submesothelial lymphatic lacunae
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1182-H1190, 2008. First published July 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00369.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dmitry Sonin, Si-Yuan Zhou, Chunxia Cronin, Tatiana Sonina, Jeffrey Wu, Kenneth A. Jacobson, Achilles Pappano, and Bruce T. Liang: Role of P2X purinergic receptors in the rescue of ischemic heart failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1191-H1197, 2008. First published July 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00577.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nearchos Hadjiloizou, Justin E. Davies, Iqbal S. Malik, Jazmin Aguado-Sierra, Keith Willson, Rodney A. Foale, Kim H. Parker, Alun D. Hughes, Darrel P. Francis, and Jamil Mayet: Differences in cardiac microcirculatory wave patterns between the proximal left mainstem and proximal right coronary artery
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1198-H1205, 2008. First published July 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00510.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cindy X. Fang, Feng Dong, D. Paul Thomas, Heng Ma, Leilei He, and Jun Ren: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in high-fat diet-induced obesity: role of suppression of forkhead transcription factor and atrophy gene transcription
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1206-H1215, 2008. First published July 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00319.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Wei-Zhong Wang, Lie Gao, Han-Jun Wang, Irving H. Zucker, and Wei Wang: Interaction between cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex and chemoreflex is mediated by the NTS AT₁ receptors in heart failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1216-H1226, 2008. First published July 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00557.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Guillaume Chanoit, SungRyul Lee, Jinkun Xi, Min Zhu, Rachel A. McIntosh, Robert A. Mueller, Edward A. Norfleet, and Zhelong Xu: Exogenous zinc protects cardiac cells from reperfusion injury by targeting mitochondrial permeability transition pore through inactivation of glycogen synthase kinase-3β
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1227-H1233, 2008. First published July 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00610.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael Jerosch-Herold, David C. Sheridan, Jessica D. Kushner, Deirdre Nauman, Donna Burgess, Diana Dutton, Rami Alharethi, Duanxiang Li, and Ray E. Hershberger: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging of myocardial contrast uptake and blood flow in patients affected with idiopathic or familial dilated cardiomyopathy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1234-H1242, 2008. First published July 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00429.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Adèle J. Pope, Gregory B. Sands, Bruce H. Smaill, and Ian J. LeGrice: Three-dimensional transmural organization of perimysial collagen in the heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1243-H1252, 2008. First published July 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00484.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chun-Xia Lin, Nour-Eddine Rhaleb, Xiao-Ping Yang, Tang-Dong Liao, Martin A. D'Ambrosio, and Oscar A. Carretero: Prevention of aortic fibrosis by N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline in angiotensin II-induced hypertension
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1253-H1261, 2008. First published July 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00481.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jihong Xing, Zhaohui Gao, Jian Lu, Lawrence I. Sinoway, and Jianhua Li: Femoral artery occlusion augments TRPV1-mediated sympathetic responsiveness
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1262-H1269, 2008. First published July 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00271.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert W. Mills, Sanjiv M. Narayan, and Andrew D. McCulloch: Mechanisms of conduction slowing during myocardial stretch by ventricular volume loading in the rabbit
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1270-H1278, 2008. First published July 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00350.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Takashi Doi, Tsuyoshi Sakoda, Takafumi Akagami, Toshio Naka, Yoshitomo Mori, Takeshi Tsujino, Tohru Masuyama, and Mitsumasa Ohyanagi: Aldosterone induces interleukin-18 through endothelin-1, angiotensin II, Rho/Rho-kinase, and PPARs in cardiomyocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1279-H1287, 2008. First published July 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00148.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]

Atsushi Kuno, Nataliya V. Solenkova, Victoriya Solodushko, Turhan Dost, Yanping Liu, Xi-Ming Yang, Michael V. Cohen, and James M. Downey: Infarct limitation by a protein kinase G activator at reperfusion in rabbit hearts is dependent on sensitizing the heart to A_2b agonists by protein kinase C
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1288-H1295, 2008. First published July 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00209.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ola Eiken, Roger Kölegård, and Igor B. Mekjavic: Pressure-distension relationship in arteries and arterioles in response to 5 wk of horizontal bedrest
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1296-H1302, 2008. First published July 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00576.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

S. Kelly Ambler, Yvonne K. Hodges, Gayle M. Jones, Carlin S. Long, and Lawrence D. Horwitz: Prolonged administration of a dithiol antioxidant protects against ventricular remodeling due to ischemia-reperfusion in mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1303-H1310, 2008. First published August 8, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01143.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yan Feng, Huailong Zhao, Xinhua Xu, Emmanuel S. Buys, Michael J. Raher, Jean C. Bopassa, Helene Thibault, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Ulrich Schmidt, and Wei Chao: Innate immune adaptor MyD88 mediates neutrophil recruitment and myocardial injury after ischemia-reperfusion in mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1311-H1318, 2008. First published July 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00119.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Konstantina Stathopoulou, Isidoros Beis, and Catherine Gaitanaki: MAPK signaling pathways are needed for survival of H9c2 cardiac myoblasts under extracellular alkalosis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1319-H1329, 2008. First published July 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01362.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Qian Chen Yong, Shiau Wei Lee, Chun Shin Foo, Kay Li Neo, Xin Chen, and Jin-Song Bian: Endogenous hydrogen sulphide mediates the cardioprotection induced by ischemic postconditioning
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1330-H1340, 2008. First published July 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00244.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Theodora Szasz, Janice M. Thompson, and Stephanie W. Watts: A comparison of reactive oxygen species metabolism in the rat aorta and vena cava: focus on xanthine oxidase
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1341-H1350, 2008. First published July 25, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00569.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGY:

Takashi Urashima, Mingming Zhao, Roger Wagner, Giovanni Fajardo, Sara Farahani, Tom Quertermous, and Daniel Bernstein: Molecular and physiological characterization of RV remodeling in a murine model of pulmonary stenosis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1351-H1368, 2008. First published June 27, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.91526.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRIGENDA:

: Corrigendum
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1369-H1369, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.zh4-8475-corr.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

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Cover: Masson's trichrome of the normal external jugular vein shows that the normal extracellular matrix (blue color) is located within the media and adventitia. See Misra S, Fu AA, Puggioni A, Karimi KM, Mandrekar JN, Glockner JF, Juncos LA, Anwer B, McGuire AM, Mukhopadhyay D. Increased shear stress with upregulation of VEGF-A and its receptors and MMP-2, MMP-9, and TIMP-1 in venous stenosis of hemodialysis grafts. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 294: H2219–H2230, 2008.