2 July 2009

Lei Wang, Jixian Deng, Weichen Tian, Bo Xiang, Tonghua Yang, Gang Li, Jian Wang, Marco Gruwel, Tarek Kashour, John Rendell, Miriam Glogowski, Boguslaw Tomanek, Darren Freed, Roxanne Deslauriers, Rakesh C Arora, and Ganghong Tian

Adipose-derived Stem Cells Are an Effective Cell Candidate for Treatment of Heart Failure - An MR Imaging Study of Rat Hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (July 2, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01082.2008 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jan A. Plock, Nassim Rafatmehr, Dubravko Sinovcic, Jonas Schnider, Hiromi Sakai, Eishun Tsuchida, Andrej Banic, and Dominique Erni

Hemoglobin vesicles improve wound healing and tissue survival in critically ischemic skin in mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (July 2, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00430.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

26 June 2009

Nuria VILLALBA, PILAR MARTINEZ, Ana Maria Briones, ANA SANCHEZ, Mercedes Salaices, Albino Garcia Sacristan, Medardo Hernandez, 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 (June 26, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01308.2008 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zhenghao Zhang, Geeta Datta, Yun Zhang, Andrew P Miller, Paulina Mochon, Yiu-Fai Chen, John C. 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 (June 26, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01232.2008 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Qiang Xiong, Qinglu Li, Abdul Mansoor, Mohammad Nurulqadr Jameel, Fei Du, Wei Chen, and Jianyi Zhang

Novel strategy for measuring creatine kinase reaction rate in the in vivo heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 26, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01195.2008 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cordelia J Barrick, Anping Dong, Rebekah Waikel, Drew Corn, Fanmuyi Yang, David W Threadgill, and Susan S Smyth

Parent-of-origin effects on cardiac response to pressure overload in mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 26, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00896.2008 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lai-Hua Xie and James N. Weiss

Arrhythmogenic Consequences of Intracellular Calcium Waves
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 26, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00390.2009 [Abstract] [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 (June 26, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00385.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Balachandar Venkatesan, Anthony J Valente, Venkatapurum Seenu Reddy, Deborah A. Siwik, and Bysani Chandrasekar

Resveratrol Blocks Interleukin-18-EMMPRIN Crossregulation and Smooth Muscle Cell Migration
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 26, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00311.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shinjiro Mizuguchi, Jancy Stephen, Relka Dencev-Bihari, Nevena Markovic, Shigefumi Suehiro, Fred Capretta, Richard F. Potter, and Gediminas Cepinskas

CO-releasing molecule (CORM-3)-derived CO modulates neutrophil (PMN) migration across vascular endothelium by reducing the levels of cell surface-bound elastase
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 26, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00305.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Bing Han, Reshma S Baliga, Hong Huang, Peter J Giannone, and John A Bauer

Decreased cardiac expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and redox imbalance in murine diabetic cardiomyopathy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 26, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00222.2009 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]  

Wei Zhou, Aman Mahajan, and John C. Longhurst

Spinal Nociceptin Mediates Electroacupuncture-Related Modulation of Visceral Sympathoexcitatory Reflex Response in Rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 26, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00149.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yi Liu, Han Wen, Robert C Gorman, Joseph H Gorman III, Gerald Buckberg, Shawn D Teague, and Ghassan S. Kassab

Reconstruction of Myocardial Tissue Motion and Strain Fields from Displacement-encoded MR Imaging
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 26, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00074.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

19 June 2009

Alexey E Lyashkov, Tatiana M Vinogradova, Ihor Zahanich, Yue Li, Antoine Younes, H Bradley Nuss, Harold A Spurgeon, Victor A Maltsev, and Edward G Lakatta

Cholinergic receptor signaling modulates spontaneous firing of sinoatrial nodal cells via integrated effects on PKA-dependent Ca²⁺ cycling and I_KACh
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 19, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01340.2008 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]  

Ersilia Coccaro, Pratap Karki Dr., 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 (June 19, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01231.2008 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Steven N. Mink, Hans Jacobs, Zhao Qin Cheng, Krika Kasian, Luis E Santos-Martinez, and RB Bruce Light

Lysozyme, a mediator of sepsis that instrinsically generates hydrogen peroxide to cause cardiovascular dysfunction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 19, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00732.2008 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Douglas J McKitrick

The Arrythmogenic Potential of Post-Myocardial Infarction Cytokine Treatment
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 19, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00544.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

George Cooper

Proliferating Cardiac Microtubules
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 19, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00517.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christelle Villeneuve, Axelle Caudrillier, Catherine Ordener, Nathalie Pizzinat, Angelo Parini, and Jeanne Mialet-Perez

Dose-dependent activation of distinct hypertrophic pathways by serotonin in cardiac cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 19, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00345.2009 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]  

Tetsuya Hoshino, Lori A. Chow, Jeffrey J. Hsu, Alice A. Perlowski, Moeen Abedin, Jonathon 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 (June 19, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00318.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gregori Casals, Josefa Ros, Alessandro Sionis, Mercy M Davidson, Manuel Morales-Ruiz, and Wladimiro Jimenez

HYPOXIA INDUCES B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RELEASE IN CELL LINES DERIVED FROM HUMAN CARDIOMYOCYTES
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 19, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00250.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

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 (June 19, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00237.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Katia Abboud, Jean Claude Bassila, Rana Ghali-El-Ghoul, and Ramzi Sabra

Temporal changes in vascular reactivity in early diabetes mellitus in rats: role of changes in endothelial factors and in phosphodiesterase acitvity
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 19, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00102.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

12 June 2009

Shirling Tsai, Scott T. Hollenbeck, Evan J RYER, Rachel S. Edlin, Dai Yamanouchi, Chunjie Wang, Bo Liu, and K. Craig kent

TGF- through Smad3 signaling stimulates vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and neointimal formation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.91478.2007 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]  

Jeanie Park and Holly R. Middlekauff

Altered pattern of sympathetic activity with the ovarian cycle in female smokers
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01197.2008 [Abstract] [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 (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01164.2008 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures and Tables]  

Isaac George, Brad Morrow, Kai Xu, Geng-Hua Yi, Jeffrey W. 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 (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00661.2008 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Victor Rizzo

Enhanced interstitial flow as a contributing factor in neointima formation: (shear) stressing vascular wall cell types other than the endothelium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00499.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

John Tollen Fassett, Xin Xu, Xinli Hu, Guangshuo Zhu, Joel P French, Yingjie Chen, and Robert J. Bache

Adenosine Regulation of Microtubule Dynamics in Cardiac Hypertrophy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00462.2009 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]  

David A Eisner and Andrew W Trafford

What is the purpose of the large sarcolemmal calcium flux on each heartbeat?
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00423.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

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 (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00349.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wei Wang, Zhanna Nepiyushchikh, David C. Zawieja PhD, 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 (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00312.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Luisa Andrea 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 (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00302.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

SungRyul Lee, Guillaume Chanoit, Rachel A McIntosh, David A Zvara, and Zhelong Xu

The molecular mechanism underlying Akt activation in zinc-induced cardioprotection
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00293.2009 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]  

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 to RACK2 in Adult Rat and Mouse
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00247.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

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 (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00193.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

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 (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00190.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

5 June 2009

Lusha Xiang and Robert L. Hester

Adipocyte derived factor reduces vasodilatory capability in ob-/ob- mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 5, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01327.2008 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pia Guinto, Todd 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 (June 5, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01143.2008 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables]  

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 (June 5, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00946.2008 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures and Tables]  

Austin M Guo, Gloria Scicli, Ju Sheng, John C Falck, Paul A Edwards, and A. Guillermo Scicli

20-HETE Can Act as a Non-Hypoxic Regulator of HIF-1 in Human Microvascular Endothelial Cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 5, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00874.2008 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rajan AG 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 a Brief Intravenous Infusion of ATL-146e, a Highly Selective Adenosine A2A Receptor Agonist
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 5, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00705.2008 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Emmanuel S. Buys, Anje Cauwels, Michael J. Raher, Jonathan J Passeri, Ion Hobai, Sharon M Cawley, Kristen M Rauwerdink, Helene B Thibault, Patrick Y Sips, Robrecht Thoonen, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Fumito Ichinose, Peter Brouckaert, and Kenneth D. Bloch

sGC₁₁ attenuates cardiac dysfunction and mortality in murine inflammatory shock models
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 5, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00367.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

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 (June 5, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00352.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sudhiranjan Gupta, Ratan Maitra, David Young, Anasuya Gupta, and Subha Sen

Silencing the myotrophin gene by RNA interference leads to regression of cardiac hypertrophy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 5, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00294.2009 [Abstract] [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 (June 5, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00236.2009 [Abstract] [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 pro-apoptotic Omi/HtrA2 protease during cell death
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 5, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00234.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anthony J Ocon, Marvin S. Medow, Indu Taneja, Debbie Clark, and Julian M Stewart

Decreased Upright Cerebral Blood Flow and Cerebral Autoregulation in Normocapnic Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 5, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00138.2009 [Abstract] [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 (June 5, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00109.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tsung-Ming Lee, Chien-Chang Chen, and Nen-Chung Chang

G-CSF Increases Sympathetic Reinnervation and Arrhythmogenic Response to Programmed Electrical Stimulation after Myocardial Infarction in Rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (June 5, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00077.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

29 May 2009

Jenny S Choy and Ghassan S. Kassab

Wall Thickness of Coronary Vessels Varies Transmurally in the LV but not the RV: Implications on Local Stress Distribution
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (May 29, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01136.2008 [Abstract] [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 (May 29, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00341.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

22 May 2009

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 (May 22, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01283.2008 [Abstract] [PDF]  

CHRISTINA KAIHURA, Makrina D SAVVIDOU, JAMES M ANDERSON, CARMEL M McEniery, and KYPROS H NICOLAIDES

Maternal arterial stiffness in pregnancies affected by pre-eclampsia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (May 22, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01106.2008 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zhong-Dong Shi, Xin-Ying Ji, Henry Qazi, and John M. Tarbell

Interstitial flow promotes vascular fibroblast, myofibroblast, and smooth muscle cell motility in 3-D collagen I via upregulation of MMP-1
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (May 22, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00369.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Misun Park, You-Tang Shen, Vinciane Gaussin, Guy R. Heyndrickx, Jozef Bartunek, Ranilo G. Resuello, Filipinas F. Natividad, Richard N Kitsis, Dorothy E. Vatner, and Stephen F. Vatner

Apoptosis Predominates in Non-Myocytes in Heart Failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (May 22, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00310.2009 [Abstract] [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 (May 22, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00064.2009 [Abstract] [PDF]  

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