Cardiovascular Research

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Spotlight Issue on Role of Nutrition in Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: ii; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(06)00016-2 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial

Andrew C. Newby, Matthias Pauschinger, and Francis G. Spinale

From tadpole tails to transgenic mice: Metalloproteinases have brought about a metamorphosis in our understanding of cardiovascular disease
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 559-561; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.12.011 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Get checked abstract Hideaki Nagase, Robert Visse, and Gillian Murphy

Structure and function of matrix metalloproteinases and TIMPs
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 562-573; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.12.002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ana Maria Manso, Laila Elsherif, Seok-Min Kang, and Robert S. Ross

Integrins, membrane-type matrix metalloproteinases and ADAMs: Potential implications for cardiac remodeling
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 574-584; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.09.004 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stefan Janssens and H. Roger Lijnen

What has been learned about the cardiovascular effects of matrix metalloproteinases from mouse models?
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 585-594; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.12.010 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joost P.G. Sluijter, Dominique P.V. de Kleijn, and Gerard Pasterkamp

Vascular remodeling and protease inhibition–bench to bedside
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 595-603; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.11.026 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Davy Vanhoutte, Mark Schellings, Yigal Pinto, and Stephane Heymans

Relevance of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors after myocardial infarction: A temporal and spatial window
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 604-613; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.10.002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrew C. Newby

Matrix metalloproteinases regulate migration, proliferation, and death of vascular smooth muscle cells by degrading matrix and non-matrix substrates
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 614-624; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.08.002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Clare M. Dollery and Peter Libby

Atherosclerosis and proteinase activation
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 625-635; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.11.003 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shu Ye

Influence of matrix metalloproteinase genotype on cardiovascular disease susceptibility and outcome
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 636-645; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.07.015 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Susanne Rutschow, Jun Li, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, and Matthias Pauschinger

Myocardial proteases and matrix remodeling in inflammatory heart disease
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 646-656; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.12.009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joseph S. Janicki, Gregory L. Brower, Jason D. Gardner, Mary F. Forman, James A. Stewart, Jr., David B. Murray, and Amanda L. Chancey

Cardiac mast cell regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-related ventricular remodeling in chronic pressure or volume overload
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 657-665; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.10.020 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anne M. Deschamps and Francis G. Spinale

Pathways of matrix metalloproteinase induction in heart failure: Bioactive molecules and transcriptional regulation
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 666-676; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.10.004 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. Thomas Peterson

The importance of estimating the therapeutic index in the development of matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 677-687; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.11.032 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Article

Get checked abstract Guan-Ying Wang, Marina R. Bergman, Anita P. Nguyen, Sally Turcato, Philip M. Swigart, Manoj C. Rodrigo, Paul C. Simpson, Joel S. Karliner, David H. Lovett, and Anthony J. Baker

Cardiac transgenic matrix metalloproteinase-2 expression directly induces impaired contractility
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 688-696; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.08.023 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Karin von Wnuck Lipinski, Petra Keul, Susann Lucke, Gerd Heusch, Jeremias Wohlschlaeger, Hideo A. Baba, and Bodo Levkau

Degraded collagen induces calpain-mediated apoptosis and destruction of the X-chromosome-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (xIAP) in human vascular smooth muscle cells
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 697-705; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.08.005 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ravindra Kodali, Mustapha Hajjou, Adriane B. Berman, Meena B. Bansal, Shihong Zhang, Jiang Jin Pan, and Alison D. Schecter

Chemokines induce matrix metalloproteinase-2 through activation of epidermal growth factor receptor in arterial smooth muscle cells
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 706-715; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.09.012 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Siham Madani, Sabrina De Girolamo, Diana Marcela Muñoz, Ren-Ke Li, and Gary Sweeney

Direct effects of leptin on size and extracellular matrix components of human pediatric ventricular myocytes
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 716-725; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.11.022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sahoko Ichihara, Akiko Noda, Kohzo Nagata, Koji Obata, Jinglan Xu, Gaku Ichihara, Shinji Oikawa, Shosuke Kawanishi, Yoshiji Yamada, and Mitsuhiro Yokota

Pravastatin increases survival and suppresses an increase in myocardial matrix metalloproteinase activity in a rat model of heart failure
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 726-735; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.08.001 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paolo Spallarossa, Paola Altieri, Silvano Garibaldi, Giorgio Ghigliotti, Chiara Barisione, Valeria Manca, Patrizia Fabbi, Alberto Ballestrero, Claudio Brunelli, and Antonio Barsotti

Matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9 are induced differently by doxorubicin in H9c2 cells: The role of MAP kinases and NAD(P)H oxidase
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 736-745; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.08.009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Karola Trescher, Oliver Bernecker, Barbara Fellner, Marian Gyöngyösi, Romana Schäfer, Seyedhossein Aharinejad, Rainer DeMartin, Ernst Wolner, and Bruno K. Podesser

Inflammation and postinfarct remodeling: Overexpression of IB prevents ventricular dilation via increasing TIMP levels
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 746-754; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.11.027 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Åsa Ström, Anders I. Olin, Anders Aspberg, and Anna Hultgärdh-Nilsson

Fibulin-2 is present in murine vascular lesions and is important for smooth muscle cell migration
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 755-763; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.12.001 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Beatriz Somoza, Fatima Abderrahim, José M. González, M. Victoria Conde, Silvia M. Arribas, Barry Starcher, Javier Regadera, María S. Fernández-Alfonso, Juan J. Díaz-Gil, and M. Carmen González

Short-term treatment of spontaneously hypertensive rats with liver growth factor reduces carotid artery fibrosis, improves vascular function, and lowers blood pressure
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 764-771; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.08.021 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Instructions to Authors
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: 772; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(06)00009-5 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Board
Cardiovasc Res 2006 69: CO2; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(06)00006-X [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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