Cardiovascular Research

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Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: I-V; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(06)00525-6 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Board
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: ii; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(06)00521-9 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Guest Editors in 2007
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: ix; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(06)00544-X [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

List of Reviewers
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: x-xi; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(06)00545-1 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Note to Authors
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 251; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(06)00524-4 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcement

Review Focus on Adventitial Control of Vascular Function and Growth
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: vii; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(06)00534-7 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Spotlight Issue on Sarcoplasmic Reticulum and Mitochondria in Cardiac Pathophysiology
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: viii; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(06)00535-9 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial

Anne A. Knowlton

Life, death, the unfolded protein response and apoptosis
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 1-2; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.11.002 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marcus C. Schaub and Martin A. Hefti

The PGE₂-Stat3 connection in cardiac hypertrophy
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 3-5; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.11.012 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Subah Packer

Estrogen protection, oxidized LDL, endothelial dysfunction and vasorelaxation in cardiovascular disease: New insights into a complex issue
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 6-7; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.11.013 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mitsuhiro Yokoyama and Ken-ichi Hirata

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase uncoupling: Is it a physiological mechanism of endothelium-dependent relaxation in cerebral artery?
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 8-9; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.11.009 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Get checked abstract Renée Ventura-Clapier, Bertrand Mettauer, and Xavier Bigard

Beneficial effects of endurance training on cardiac and skeletal muscle energy metabolism in heart failure
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 10-18; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.09.003 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hannelore Haase

Ahnak, a new player in β-adrenergic regulation of the cardiac L-type Ca²⁺ channel
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 19-25; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.09.001 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Annika Linde, Derek Mosier, Frank Blecha, and Tonatiuh Melgarejo

Innate immunity and inflammation – New frontiers in comparative cardiovascular pathology
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 26-36; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.08.009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rapid Communication

Get checked abstract Ulrich Schotten, Sunniva de Haan, Sander Verheule, Erik G.A. Harks, Dirk Frechen, Eva Bodewig, Maura Greiser, Rashmi Ram, Jos Maessen, Malte Kelm, Maurits Allessie, and David R. Van Wagoner

Blockade of atrial-specific K⁺-currents increases atrial but not ventricular contractility by enhancing reverse mode Na⁺/Ca²⁺-exchange
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 37-47; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.11.024 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Article

Get checked abstract Philip Nickson, Ambrus Toth, and Peter Erhardt

PUMA is critical for neonatal cardiomyocyte apoptosis induced by endoplasmic reticulum stress
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 48-56; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.001 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Miguel A. Frias, Michela C. Rebsamen, Christine Gerber-Wicht, and Ursula Lang

Prostaglandin E2 activates Stat3 in neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes: A role in cardiac hypertrophy
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 57-65; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.09.016 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Elena Monsalve, Pilar J. Oviedo, Miguel Angel García-Pérez, Juan J. Tarín, Antonio Cano, and Carlos Hermenegildo

Estradiol counteracts oxidized LDL-induced asymmetric dimethylarginine production by cultured human endothelial cells
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 66-72; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.09.020 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Annick Drouin, Nathalie Thorin-Trescases, Edith Hamel, John R. Falck, and Eric Thorin

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase activation leads to dilatory H₂O₂ production in mouse cerebral arteries
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 73-81; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.005 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Zenab Mustapha, Li Pang, and Stanley Nattel

Characterization of the cardiac KCNE1 gene promoter
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 82-91; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Roger G. Berry, Sanda Despa, William Fuller, Donald M. Bers, and Michael J. Shattock

Differential distribution and regulation of mouse cardiac Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase ₁ and ₂ subunits in T-tubule and surface sarcolemmal membranes
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 92-100; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.11.006 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vidya Raman, Andrew E. Pollard, and Vladimir G. Fast

Shock-induced changes of Ca_i²⁺ and V_m in myocyte cultures and computer model: Dependence on the timing of shock application
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 101-110; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.028 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract P. Eder, D. Probst, C. Rosker, M. Poteser, H. Wolinski, S.D. Kohlwein, C. Romanin, and K. Groschner

Phospholipase C-dependent control of cardiac calcium homeostasis involves a TRPC3-NCX1 signaling complex
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 111-119; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.016 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Volker Adams, Axel Linke, Ulrik Wisloff, Christian Döring, Sandra Erbs, Nicolle Kränkel, Christian C. Witt, Siegfried Labeit, Ursula Müller-Werdan, Gerhard Schuler, and Rainer Hambrecht

Myocardial expression of Murf-1 and MAFbx after induction of chronic heart failure: Effect on myocardial contractility
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 120-129; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.026 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Huey-Jiun Li, Hang Yin, Yu-Yu Yao, Bo Shen, Michael Bader, Lee Chao, and Julie Chao

Tissue kallikrein protects against pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy through kinin B2 receptor and glycogen synthase kinase-3β activation
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 130-142; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ryszard T. Smolenski, Monica Forni, Massimo Maccherini, Maria Laura Bacci, Ewa M. Slominska, Hongjun Wang, PierMaria Fornasari, Roberto Giovannoni, Felicetta Simeone, Augusta Zannoni, Giacomo Frati, Ken Suzuki, Magdi H. Yacoub, and Marialuisa Lavitrano

Reduction of hyperacute rejection and protection of metabolism and function in hearts of human decay accelerating factor (hDAF)-expressing pigs
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 143-152; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.027 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Robert M. Bell, James E. Clark, David J. Hearse, and Michael J. Shattock

Reperfusion kinase phosphorylation is essential but not sufficient in the mediation of pharmacological preconditioning: Characterisation in the bi-phasic profile of early and late protection
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 153-163; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.013 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Saskia C. Peters and H. Michael Piper

Reoxygenation-induced Ca²⁺ rise is mediated via Ca²⁺ influx and Ca²⁺ release from the endoplasmic reticulum in cardiac endothelial cells
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 164-171; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.09.015 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sanjeev Kumar, Sascha Kasseckert, Sawa Kostin, Yaser Abdallah, Claudia Schafer, Alexander Kaminski, H. Peter Reusch, Hans Michael Piper, Gustav Steinhoff, and Yury Ladilov

Ischemic acidosis causes apoptosis in coronary endothelial cells through activation of caspase-12
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 172-180; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.09.018 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Clett Erridge, Corinne M. Spickett, and David J. Webb

Non-enterobacterial endotoxins stimulate human coronary artery but not venous endothelial cell activation via Toll-like receptor 2
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 181-189; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.11.004 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Caroline Dubroca, Xavier Loyer, Kevin Retailleau, Gervaise Loirand, Pierre Pacaud, Olivier Feron, Jean-Luc Balligand, Bernard I. Lévy, Christophe Heymes, and Daniel Henrion

RhoA activation and interaction with Caveolin-1 are critical for pressure-induced myogenic tone in rat mesenteric resistance arteries
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 190-197; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.020 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gang Cheng, Min-Jung Kim, Guanghong Jia, and Devendra K. Agrawal

Involvement of chloride channels in IGF-I-induced proliferation of porcine arterial smooth muscle cells
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 198-207; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.012 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. Camino-López, V. Llorente-Cortés, J. Sendra, and L. Badimon

Tissue factor induction by aggregated LDL depends on LDL receptor-related protein expression (LRP1) and Rho A translocation in human vascular smooth muscle cells
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 208-216; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.017 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yvonne D. Krom, Nuno M.M. Pires, J. Wouter Jukema, Margreet R. de Vries, Rune R. Frants, Louis M. Havekes, Ko Willems van Dijk, and Paul H.A. Quax

Inhibition of neointima formation by local delivery of estrogen receptor alpha and beta specific agonists
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 217-226; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.024 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jonathan M. Gitlin, Darshini B. Trivedi, Robert Langenbach, and Charles D. Loftin

Genetic deficiency of cyclooxygenase-2 attenuates abdominal aortic aneurysm formation in mice
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 227-236; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.015 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Claudio Ceconi, Kim M. Fox, William J. Remme, Marteen L. Simoons, Michael Bertrand, Giovanni Parrinello, Cornelius Kluft, Andrew Blann, Dennis Cokkinos, and Roberto Ferrari

ACE inhibition with perindopril and endothelial function. Results of a substudy of the EUROPA study: PERTINENT
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 237-246; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.021 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter to the Editor

L. Venetucci, S.C. O'Neill, and D.A. Eisner

Does the adenosine A_2A receptor stimulate the ryanodine receptor?
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 247-248; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.10.023 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leif Hove-Madsen, Cristina Prat-Vidal, Anna Llach, Francisco Ciruela, Vicent Casadó, Carme Lluis, Antoni Bayes-Genis, Juan Cinca, and Rafael Franco

Reply: Does the adenosine A_2A receptor stimulate the ryanodine receptor?
Cardiovasc Res 2007 73: 249-250; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.11.011 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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