AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology -- Table of Contents (August 1 2009, 297 [2])

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Yuttana Chawengsub, Kathryn M. Gauthier, and William B. Campbell: Role of arachidonic acid lipoxygenase metabolites in the regulation of vascular tone
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H495-H507, 2009. First published June 12, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00349.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EDITORIAL FOCUS:

D. J. McKitrick: The arrythmogenic potential of post-myocardial infarction cytokine treatment
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H508-H509, 2009. First published June 19, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00544.2009 [Full Text] [PDF]

George Cooper, IV: Proliferating cardiac microtubules
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H510-H511, 2009. First published June 19, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00517.2009 [Full Text] [PDF]

ARTICLES:

Tsung-Ming Lee, Chien-Chang Chen, and Nen-Chung Chang: Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor increases sympathetic reinnervation and the arrhythmogenic response to programmed electrical stimulation after myocardial infarction in rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H512-H522, 2009. First published June 5, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00077.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John T. Fassett, Xin Xu, Xinli Hu, Guangshuo Zhu, Joel French, Yingjie Chen, and Robert J. Bache: Adenosine regulation of microtubule dynamics in cardiac hypertrophy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H523-H532, 2009. First published June 12, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00462.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]

Shu Chen, Ruping Wang, Qing-Fen Li, and Dale D. Tang: Abl knockout differentially affects p130 Crk-associated substrate, vinculin, and paxillin in blood vessels of mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H533-H539, 2009. First published June 19, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00237.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shirling Tsai, Scott T. Hollenbeck, Evan J. Ryer, Rachel Edlin, Dai Yamanouchi, Rishi Kundi, Chunjie Wang, Bo Liu, and K. Craig Kent: TGF-β through Smad3 signaling stimulates vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and neointimal formation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H540-H549, 2009. First published June 12, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.91478.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]

Gregori Casals, Josefa Ros, Alessandro Sionis, Mercy M. Davidson, Manuel Morales-Ruiz, and Wladimiro Jiménez: Hypoxia induces B-type natriuretic peptide release in cell lines derived from human cardiomyocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H550-H555, 2009. First published June 19, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00250.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Luisa A. Ketzer, Ana Paula Arruda, Denise P. Carvalho, and Leopoldo de Meis: Cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺-ATPase: heat production and phospholamban alterations promoted by cold exposure and thyroid hormone
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H556-H563, 2009. First published June 12, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00302.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeanie Park and Holly R. Middlekauff: Altered pattern of sympathetic activity with the ovarian cycle in female smokers
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H564-H568, 2009. First published June 12, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01197.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SungRyul Lee, Guillaume Chanoit, Rachel McIntosh, David A. Zvara, and Zhelong Xu: Molecular mechanism underlying Akt activation in zinc-induced cardioprotection
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H569-H575, 2009. First published June 12, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00293.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]

Qibin Jiao, Yunzhe Bai, Toru Akaike, Hiroshi Takeshima, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, and Susumu Minamisawa: Sarcalumenin is essential for maintaining cardiac function during endurance exercise training
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H576-H582, 2009. First published June 5, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00946.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures and Tables]

Hiromi Sakai, Atsushi Sato, Naoto Okuda, Shinji Takeoka, Nobuji Maeda, and Eishun Tsuchida: Peculiar flow patterns of RBCs suspended in viscous fluids and perfused through a narrow tube (25 µm)
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H583-H589, 2009. First published June 5, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00352.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Videos]

JuFang Wang, Tung O. Chan, Xue-Qian Zhang, Erhe Gao, Jianliang Song, Walter J. Koch, Arthur M. Feldman, and Joseph Y. Cheung: Induced overexpression of Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchanger transgene: altered myocyte contractility, [Ca²⁺]_i transients, SR Ca²⁺ contents, and action potential duration
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H590-H601, 2009. First published June 12, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00190.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Austin M. Guo, Gloria Scicli, Ju Sheng, John C. Falck, Paul A. Edwards, and A. Guillermo Scicli: 20-HETE can act as a nonhypoxic regulator of HIF-1 ${alpha}$ in human microvascular endothelial cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H602-H613, 2009. First published June 5, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00874.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pia J. Guinto, Todd E. Haim, Candice C. Dowell-Martino, Nathaniel Sibinga, and Jil C. Tardiff: Temporal and mutation-specific alterations in Ca²⁺ homeostasis differentially determine the progression of cTnT-related cardiomyopathies in murine models
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H614-H626, 2009. First published June 5, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01143.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables]

Sudhiranjan Gupta, Ratan Maitra, Dave Young, Anasuya Gupta, and Subha Sen: Silencing the myotrophin gene by RNA interference leads to the regression of cardiac hypertrophy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H627-H636, 2009. First published June 5, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00294.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rajan A. G. Patel, David K. Glover, Alexis Broisat, Hasan K. Kabul, Mirta Ruiz, N. Craig Goodman, Christopher M. Kramer, Denis J. Meerdink, Joel Linden, and George A. Beller: Reduction in myocardial infarct size at 48 hours after brief intravenous infusion of ATL-146e, a highly selective adenosine A_2A receptor agonist
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H637-H642, 2009. First published June 5, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00705.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Meenakshi P. Balakrishnan, Lucia Cilenti, Zineb Mashak, Paiyal Popat, Emad S. Alnemri, and Antonis S. Zervos: THAP5 is a human cardiac-specific inhibitor of cell cycle that is cleaved by the proapoptotic Omi/HtrA2 protease during cell death
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H643-H653, 2009. First published June 5, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00234.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Emmanuel S. Buys, Anje Cauwels, Michael J. Raher, Jonathan J. Passeri, Ion Hobai, Sharon M. Cawley, Kristen M. Rauwerdink, Helene Thibault, Patrick Y. Sips, Robrecht Thoonen, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Fumito Ichinose, Peter Brouckaert, and Kenneth D. Bloch: sGC ${alpha}$ ₁β₁ attenuates cardiac dysfunction and mortality in murine inflammatory shock models
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H654-H663, 2009. First published June 5, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00367.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anthony J. Ocon, Marvin S. Medow, Indu Taneja, Debbie Clarke, and Julian M. Stewart: Decreased upright cerebral blood flow and cerebral autoregulation in normocapnic postural tachycardia syndrome
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H664-H673, 2009. First published June 5, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00138.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mathias Baumert, Gavin W. Lambert, Tye Dawood, Elisabeth A. Lambert, Murray D. Esler, Mariee McGrane, David Barton, Prashanthan Sanders, and Eugene Nalivaiko: Short-term heart rate variability and cardiac norepinephrine spillover in patients with depression and panic disorder
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H674-H679, 2009. First published June 5, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00236.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xiaoyang Cheng, Judith Pachuau, Eva Blaskova, Maria Asuncion-Chin, Jianxi Liu, Alejandro M. Dopico, and Jonathan H. Jaggar: Alternative splicing of Ca_v1.2 channel exons in smooth muscle cells of resistance-size arteries generates currents with unique electrophysiological properties
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H680-H688, 2009. First published June 5, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00109.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lusha Xiang and Robert L. Hester: Adipocyte-derived factor reduces vasodilatory capability in ob^–/ob^– mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H689-H695, 2009. First published June 5, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01327.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nuria Villalba, Pilar Martínez, Ana Maria Bríones, Ana Sánchez, Mercedes Salaíces, Albino García-Sacristán, Medardo Hernández, Sara Benedito, and Dolores Prieto: Differential structural and functional changes in penile and coronary arteries from obese Zucker rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H696-H707, 2009. First published June 19, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01308.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Isaac George, Brad Morrow, Kai Xu, Geng-Hua Yi, Jeffrey Holmes, Ed X. Wu, Zhihe Li, Andrew A. Protter, Mehmet C. Oz, and Jie Wang: Prolonged effects of B-type natriuretic peptide infusion on cardiac remodeling after sustained myocardial injury
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H708-H717, 2009. First published June 12, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00661.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard A. Fenton, Satoshi Komatsu, Mitsuo Ikebe, Lynne G. Shea, and James G. Dobson, Jr.: Adenoprotection of the heart involves phospholipase C-induced activation and translocation of PKC- ${varepsilon}$ to RACK2 in adult rat and mouse
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H718-H725, 2009. First published June 12, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00247.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Wei Wang, Zhanna Nepiyushchikh, David C. Zawieja, Sanjukta Chakraborty, Scott D. Zawieja, Anatoliy A. Gashev, Michael J. Davis, and Mariappan Muthuchamy: Inhibition of myosin light chain phosphorylation decreases rat mesenteric lymphatic contractile activity
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H726-H734, 2009. First published June 12, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00312.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Zhuo Yu, Zhi-Hua Wang, and Huang-Tian Yang: Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II mediates cardioprotection of intermittent hypoxia against ischemic-reperfusion-induced cardiac dysfunction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H735-H742, 2009. First published June 12, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01164.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures and Tables]

Alexandru B. Chicos, Prince J. Kannankeril, Alan H. Kadish, and Jeffrey J. Goldberger: Parasympathetic effects on cardiac electrophysiology during exercise and recovery in patients with left ventricular dysfunction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H743-H749, 2009. First published June 12, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00193.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jenny Susana Choy and Ghassan S. Kassab: Wall thickness of coronary vessels varies transmurally in the LV but not the RV: implications for local stress distribution
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H750-H758, 2009. First published May 29, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01136.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christina Kaihura, Makrina D. Savvidou, James M. Anderson, Carmel M. McEniery, and Kypros H. Nicolaides: Maternal arterial stiffness in pregnancies affected by preeclampsia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H759-H764, 2009. First published May 22, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01106.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xiaopeng Bai, Jingxiu Li, Lingqi Zhou, and Xueqi Li: Influence of the menstrual cycle on nonlinear properties of heart rate variability in young women
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H765-H774, 2009. First published May 22, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01283.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yuanfang Xie, Alan Garfinkel, James N. Weiss, and Zhilin Qu: Cardiac alternans induced by fibroblast-myocyte coupling: mechanistic insights from computational models
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H775-H784, 2009. First published May 29, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00341.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Misun Park, You-Tang Shen, Vinciane Gaussin, Guy R. Heyndrickx, Jozef Bartunek, Ranillo R. G. Resuello, Filipinas F. Natividad, Richard N. Kitsis, Dorothy E. Vatner, and Stephen F. Vatner: Apoptosis predominates in nonmyocytes in heart failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H785-H791, 2009. First published May 22, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00310.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mark Potse, Alain Vinet, Tobias Opthof, and Ruben Coronel: Validation of a simple model for the morphology of the T wave in unipolar electrograms
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H792-H801, 2009. First published May 22, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00064.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tetsuya Hoshino, Lori A. Chow, Jeffrey J. Hsu, Alice A. Perlowski, Moeen Abedin, Jonathan Tobis, Yin Tintut, Ajit K. Mal, William S. Klug, and Linda L. Demer: Mechanical stress analysis of a rigid inclusion in distensible material: a model of atherosclerotic calcification and plaque vulnerability
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H802-H810, 2009. First published June 19, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00318.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yu Peng, Zoran B. Popovic, Nikolai Sopko, Jeannie Drinko, Zheng Zhang, James D. Thomas, and Marc S. Penn: Speckle tracking echocardiography in the assessment of mouse models of cardiac dysfunction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H811-H820, 2009. First published June 26, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00385.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

C. Villeneuve, A. Caudrillier, C. Ordener, N. Pizzinat, A. Parini, and J. Mialet-Perez: Dose-dependent activation of distinct hypertrophic pathways by serotonin in cardiac cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H821-H828, 2009. First published June 19, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00345.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]

Bing Han, Reshma Baliga, Hong Huang, Peter J. Giannone, and John Anthony Bauer: Decreased cardiac expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and redox imbalance in murine diabetic cardiomyopathy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H829-H835, 2009. First published June 26, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00222.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]

K. Abboud, J.-C. Bassila, R. Ghali-Ghoul, and R. Sabra: Temporal changes in vascular reactivity in early diabetes mellitus in rats: role of changes in endothelial factors and in phosphodiesterase activity
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H836-H845, 2009. First published June 19, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00102.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ersilia Coccaro, Pratap Karki, Cicerone Cojocaru, and Larry Fliegel: Phenylephrine and sustained acidosis activate the neonatal rat cardiomyocyte Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger through phosphorylation of amino acids Ser⁷⁷⁰ and Ser⁷⁷¹
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H846-H858, 2009. First published June 19, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01231.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]

Wei Zhou, Aman Mahajan, and John C. Longhurst: Spinal nociceptin mediates electroacupuncture-related modulation of visceral sympathoexcitatory reflex responses in rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H859-H865, 2009. First published June 26, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00149.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Zhenghao Zhang, Geeta Datta, Yun Zhang, Andrew P. Miller, Paulina Mochon, Yiu-Fai Chen, John Chatham, G. M. Anantharamaiah, and C. Roger White: Apolipoprotein A-I mimetic peptide treatment inhibits inflammatory responses and improves survival in septic rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H866-H873, 2009. First published June 26, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01232.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Balachandar Venkatesan, Anthony J. Valente, Venkatapuram Seenu Reddy, Deborah A. Siwik, and Bysani Chandrasekar: Resveratrol blocks interleukin-18-EMMPRIN cross-regulation and smooth muscle cell migration
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H874-H886, 2009. First published June 26, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00311.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Shuangtao Ma: Letter to the editor: "Is menthol- or icilin-induced vasodilation mediated by the activation of TRPM8?"
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H887-H887, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00460.2009 [Full Text] [PDF]

Christopher Johnson and Alexander Zholos: Reply to "Letter to the editor: ‘Is menthol- or icilin-induced vasodilation mediated by the activation of TRPM8?'"
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H888-H888, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00506.2009 [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael Schwarzer and Torsten Doenst: Letter to the editor: "Does a reduction in ADP-limited respiration indicate impaired mitochondrial function?"
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H889-H889, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00434.2009 [Full Text] [PDF]

Erinne R. Dabkowski and John M. Hollander: Reply to "Letter to the editor: ‘Does a reduction in ADP-limited respiration indicate impaired mitochondrial function?’"
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H890-H890, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00539.2009 [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRIGENDA:

: Corrigendum
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H891-H891, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.zh4-8980-corr.2009 [Full Text] [PDF]

PERSPECTIVES:

D. A. Eisner and A. W. Trafford: What is the purpose of the large sarcolemmal calcium flux on each heartbeat?
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H493-H494, 2009. First published June 12, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00423.2009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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Cover: Mitochondria (stained with MitoTracker Red) in cultured human coronary arterial endothelial cells (green calcein fluorescence: cell body; blue: nuclei). See Csiszar A, Labinskyy N, Pinto JT, Ballabh P, Zhang H, Losonczy G, Pearson K, de Cabo R, Pacher P, Zhang C, Ungvari Z. Resveratrol induces mitochondrial biogenesis in endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H13–H20, 2009.