Cardiovascular Research

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Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: I-V; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00449-8 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 257; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00444-9 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: CO2; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00439-5 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Spotlight Issue on Gap Junctions and Cell-Cell Communication in the Cardiovascular System
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: v; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00450-4 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Get checked abstract Jan Minners, Christopher J. McLeod, and Michael N. Sack

Mitochondrial plasticity in classical ischemic preconditioning—moving beyond the mitochondrial K_ATP channel
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 1-6; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00337-7 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Article

Get checked abstract Hongjiang Chen, Dayuan Li, Gregory J Roberts, Tom Saldeen, and Jawahar L Mehta

Eicosapentanoic acid inhibits hypoxia-reoxygenation-induced injury by attenuating upregulation of MMP-1 in adult rat myocytes
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 7-13; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00349-3 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dierk Thomas, Wei Zhang, Kezhong Wu, Anna-Britt Wimmer, Bernd Gut, Gunnar Wendt-Nordahl, Sven Kathöfer, Volker A.W. Kreye, Hugo A. Katus, Wolfgang Schoels, Johann Kiehn, and Christoph A. Karle

Regulation of HERG potassium channel activation by protein kinase C independent of direct phosphorylation of the channel protein
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 14-26; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00386-9 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Connie R. Bezzina, Arie O. Verkerk, Andreas Busjahn, Andreas Jeron, Jeanette Erdmann, Tamara T. Koopmann, Zahurul A. Bhuiyan, Ronald Wilders, Marcel M.A.M. Mannens, Hanno L. Tan, Friedrich C. Luft, Heribert Schunkert, and Arthur A.M. Wilde

A common polymorphism in KCNH2 (HERG) hastens cardiac repolarization
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 27-36; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00342-0 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gunnar Klein, Frank Schröder, David Vogler, Arnd Schaefer, Axel Haverich, Bernhard Schieffer, Thomas Korte, and Helmut Drexler

Increased open probability of single cardiac L-type calcium channels in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation: Role of phosphatase 2A
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 37-45; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00357-2 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Catherine Andrews, Peter D. Ho, Wolfgang H. Dillmann, Christopher C. Glembotski, and Patrick M. McDonough

The MKK6–p38 MAPK pathway prolongs the cardiac contractile calcium transient, downregulates SERCA2, and activates NF-AT
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 46-56; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00329-8 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Iván P. Uray, John H. Connelly, O.Howard Frazier, Heinrich Taegtmeyer, and Peter J.A. Davies

Mechanical unloading increases caveolin expression in the failing human heart
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 57-66; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00352-3 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ravi C. Balijepalli, Andrew J. Lokuta, Nathan A. Maertz, Jennifer M. Buck, Robert A. Haworth, Hector H. Valdivia, and Timothy J. Kamp

Depletion of T-tubules and specific subcellular changes in sarcolemmal proteins in tachycardia-induced heart failure
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 67-77; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00325-0 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Cecile Ancey, Emmanuelle Menet, Pierre Corbi, Sandra Fredj, Martine Garcia, Catherine Rücker-Martin, Jocelyn Bescond, Franck Morel, John Wijdenes, Jean-Claude Lecron, and Daniel Potreau

Human cardiomyocyte hypertrophy induced in vitro by gp130 stimulation
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 78-85; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00346-8 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chad M. Warren, Maria C. Jordan, Kenneth P. Roos, Paul R. Krzesinski, and Marion L. Greaser

Titin isoform expression in normal and hypertensive myocardium
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 86-94; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00328-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hideki Futamatsu, Jun-ichi Suzuki, Hisanori Kosuge, Osamu Yokoseki, Masafumi Kamada, Hiroshi Ito, Manabu Inobe, Mitsuaki Isobe, and Toshimitsu Uede

Attenuation of experimental autoimmune myocarditis by blocking activated T cells through inducible costimulatory molecule pathway
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 95-104; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00334-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stephan Klaus, Karl H Staubach, Matthias Heringlake, Jan Gliemroth, Peter Schmucker, and Ludger Bahlmann

Tissue metabolism during endotoxin shock after pretreatment with monophosphoryl lipid A
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 105-112; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00347-X [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Zhengyuan Xia, David V. Godin, and David M. Ansley

Propofol enhances ischemic tolerance of middle-aged rat hearts: effects on 15-F_2t-isoprostane formation and tissue antioxidant capacity
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 113-121; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00351-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Per Reidar Woldbaek, Theis Tønnessen, Unni Lie Henriksen, Geir Florholmen, Per Kristian Lunde, Torstein Lyberg, and Geir Christensen

Increased cardiac IL-18 mRNA, pro-IL-18 and plasma IL-18 after myocardial infarction in the mouse; a potential role in cardiac dysfunction
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 122-131; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00339-0 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Z.-Q. Zhi-Qing Zhao, Cullen D. Morris, Jason M. Budde, N.-P. Ning-Ping Wang, Satoshi Muraki, H.-Y. He-Ying Sun, and Robert A. Guyton

Inhibition of myocardial apoptosis reduces infarct size and improves regional contractile dysfunction during reperfusion
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 132-142; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00344-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Margaret P. Chandler, Pedro N. Chavez, Tracy A. McElfresh, Hazel Huang, Charles S. Harmon, and William C. Stanley

Partial inhibition of fatty acid oxidation increases regional contractile power and efficiency during demand-induced ischemia
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 143-151; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00327-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter D. O'Kane, Lindsay R. Queen, Yong Ji, Vikash Reebye, Paula Stratton, Graham Jackson, and Albert Ferro

Aspirin modifies nitric oxide synthase activity in platelets: effects of acute versus chronic aspirin treatment
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 152-159; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00323-7 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Patrick F.H Lai, Farida Mohamed, Juan-Carlos Monge, and Duncan J Stewart

Downregulation of eNOS mRNA expression by TNF: identification and functional characterization of RNA–protein interactions in the 3'UTR
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 160-168; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00296-7 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G.D. Norata, A. Pirillo, E. Callegari, A. Hamsten, A.L. Catapano, and P. Eriksson

Gene expression and intracellular pathways involved in endothelial dysfunction induced by VLDL and oxidised VLDL
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 169-180; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00335-3 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract E. Büssemaker, R. Popp, B. Fisslthaler, C.M. Larson, I. Fleming, R. Busse, and R.P. Brandes

Hyperthyroidism enhances endothelium-dependent relaxation in the rat renal artery
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 181-188; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00326-2 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Herta M. Crauwels, Cor E. Van Hove, Paul Holvoet, Arnold G. Herman, and Hidde Bult

Plaque-associated endothelial dysfunction in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice on a regular diet. Effect of human apolipoprotein AI
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 189-199; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00353-5 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hideyuki Eto, Sadatoshi Biro, Masaaki Miyata, Hiroshi Kaieda, Hachiro Obata, Takashi Kihara, Koji Orihara, and Chuwa Tei

Angiotensin II type 1 receptor participates in extracellular matrix production in the late stage of remodeling after vascular injury
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 200-211; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00356-0 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Richard C.M Siow, Chandike M Mallawaarachchi, and Peter L Weissberg

Migration of adventitial myofibroblasts following vascular balloon injury: insights from in vivo gene transfer to rat carotid arteries
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 212-221; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00292-X [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Asim N Cheema, Nafiseh Nili, Christopher W Li, Heather A Whittingham, Jacek Linde, Robert J van Suylen, Mohammad R Eskandarian, Amy P Wong, Beiping Qiang, Jean-François Tanguay, Mimi Lane, and Bradley H Strauss

Effects of intravascular cryotherapy on vessel wall repair in a balloon-injured rabbit iliac artery model
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 222-233; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00336-5 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rima Elhage, Jacek Jawien, Mats Rudling, Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren, Kiyoshi Takeda, Shizuo Akira, Francis Bayard, and Göran K Hansson

Reduced atherosclerosis in interleukin-18 deficient apolipoprotein E-knockout mice
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 234-240; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00343-2 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Man Huang, Xinzhu Pang, Katia Karalis, and Theoharis C. Theoharides

Stress-induced interleukin-6 release in mice is mast cell-dependent and more pronounced in Apolipoprotein E knockout mice
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 241-249; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00340-7 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T.Nancy Dzeka, Richard Townley, and J.Malcolm O. Arnold

Effects of enalaprilat on venoconstriction to norepinephrine: role of prostaglandins
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 250-256; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00332-8 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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