INVITED REVIEW:

Gordon A. Francis, Jean-Sébastien Annicotte, and Johan Auwerx

PPAR- effects on the heart and other vascular tissues
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1-H9, 2003. First published March 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01118.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY:

J. Jason Sims, Kell L. Schoff, Jennifer M. Loeb, and Nicholas A. Wiegert

Regional gap junction inhibition increases defibrillation thresholds
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H10-H16, 2003. First published March 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01074.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masaharu Sakoh and Albert Gjedde

Neuroprotection in hypothermia linked to redistribution of oxygen in brain
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H17-H25, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01112.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

Tasmia Duza and Ingrid H. Sarelius

Conducted dilations initiated by purines in arterioles are endothelium dependent and require endothelial Ca²⁺
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H26-H37, 2003. First published March 13, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00788.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoji Taba, Megumi Miyagi, Yoshikazu Miwa, Hiroyasu Inoue, Fumi Takahashi-Yanaga, Sachio Morimoto, and Toshiyuki Sasaguri

15-Deoxy-^12,14-prostaglandin J₂ and laminar fluid shear stress stabilize c-IAP1 in vascular endothelial cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H38-H46, 2003. First published March 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01037.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jean White, James Thomas, David L. Maass, and Jureta W. Horton

Cardiac effects of burn injury complicated by aspiration pneumonia-induced sepsis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H47-H58, 2003. First published March 13, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00833.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. P. Tiefenbacher, J. Kapitza, V. Dietz, C.-H. Lee, and F. Niroomand

Reduction of myocardial infarct size by fluvastatin
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H59-H64, 2003. First published March 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00782.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yasuaki Yashiro and Brian R. Duling

Participation of intracellular Ca²⁺ stores in arteriolar conducted responses
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H65-H73, 2003. First published March 13, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00662.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Charles W. Leffler, Liliya Balabanova, Alexander L. Fedinec, Christopher M. Waters, and Helena Parfenova

Mechanism of glutamate stimulation of CO production in cerebral microvessels
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H74-H80, 2003. First published March 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01081.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jason N. Peart and Garrett J. Gross

Adenosine and opioid receptor-mediated cardioprotection in the rat: evidence for cross-talk between receptors
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H81-H89, 2003. First published March 13, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00985.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Elizabeth M. Grey, Chun K. Chan, Yi Chen, and Polly A. Hofmann

Age-related functional effects linked to phosphatase activity in ventricular myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H90-H96, 2003. First published March 13, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01018.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Qinghang Liu and Polly A. Hofmann

Modulation of protein phosphatase 2a by adenosine A₁ receptors in cardiomyocytes: role for p38 MAPK
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H97-H103, 2003. First published March 20, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00956.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jefferson C. Frisbee

Remodeling of the skeletal muscle microcirculation increases resistance to perfusion in obese Zucker rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H104-H111, 2003. First published March 20, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00118.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jarkko Piuhola, Markus Mäkinen, István Szokodi, and Heikki Ruskoaho

Dual role of endothelin-1 via ET_A and ET_B receptors in regulation of cardiac contractile function in mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H112-H118, 2003. First published February 27, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00480.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kim A. Dora, Jun Xia, and Brian R. Duling

Endothelial cell signaling during conducted vasomotor responses
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H119-H126, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00643.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Scott Earley, Andrzej Pastuszyn, and Benjimen R. Walker

Cytochrome P-450 epoxygenase products contribute to attenuated vasoconstriction after chronic hypoxia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H127-H136, 2003. First published March 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01052.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jianhua Li and Jere H. Mitchell

Glutamate release in midbrain periaqueductal gray by activation of skeletal muscle receptors and arterial baroreceptors
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H137-H144, 2003. First published March 20, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00904.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paulus Kirchhof, Larissa Fabritz, Lisa Fortmüller, G. Paul Matherne, Amy Lankford, Hideo A. Baba, Wilhelm Schmitz, Günter Breithardt, Joachim Neumann, and Peter Boknik

Altered sinus nodal and atrioventricular nodal function in freely moving mice overexpressing the A₁ adenosine receptor
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H145-H153, 2003. First published March 13, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01036.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mirian M. da Silva, Adriano Sartori, Eduardo Belisle, and Alicia J. Kowaltowski

Ischemic preconditioning inhibits mitochondrial respiration, increases H₂O₂ release, and enhances K⁺ transport
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H154-H162, 2003. First published March 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00955.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Steven Lloyd, Charlye Brocks, and John C. Chatham

Differential modulation of glucose, lactate, and pyruvate oxidation by insulin and dichloroacetate in the rat heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H163-H172, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01117.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tetsuya Shoji, Yoshikazu Yonemitsu, Kimihiro Komori, Mitsugu Tanii, Hiroyuki Itoh, Shihoko Sata, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Mamoru Hasegawa, Katsuo Sueishi, and Yoshihiko Maehara

Intramuscular gene transfer of FGF-2 attenuates endothelial dysfunction and inhibits intimal hyperplasia of vein grafts in poor-runoff limbs of rabbit
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H173-H182, 2003. First published March 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00996.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ahmed A. K. Hasan, Mark Warnock, Marvin Nieman, Sujata Srikanth, Fakhri Mahdi, Raman Krishnan, Alexander Tulinsky, and Alvin H. Schmaier

Mechanisms of Arg-Pro-Pro-Gly-Phe inhibition of thrombin
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H183-H193, 2003. First published February 21, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00490.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael Brunner, Sodikdjon A. Kodirov, Gary F. Mitchell, Peter D. Buckett, Katsushi Shibata, Eduardo J. Folco, Linda Baker, Guy Salama, Danny P. Chan, Jun Zhou, and Gideon Koren

In vivo gene transfer of Kv1.5 normalizes action potential duration and shortens QT interval in mice with long QT phenotype
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H194-H203, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00971.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Girija G. Konduri, Jingsong Ou, Yang Shi, and Kirkwood A. Pritchard, Jr.

Decreased association of HSP90 impairs endothelial nitric oxide synthase in fetal lambs with persistent pulmonary hypertension
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H204-H211, 2003. First published March 27, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00837.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Xue-Han Ning, Shi-Han Chen, Cheng-Su Xu, Outi M. Hyyti, Kun Qian, Julia J. Krueger, and Michael A. Portman

Hypothermia preserves myocardial function and mitochondrial protein gene expression during hypoxia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H212-H219, 2003. First published March 13, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01149.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jay S. Naik and Benjimen R. Walker

Heme oxygenase-mediated vasodilation involves vascular smooth muscle cell hyperpolarization
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H220-H228, 2003. First published March 13, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01131.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Katherine B. Abbitt and Gerard B. Nash

Rheological properties of the blood influencing selectin-mediated adhesion of flowing leukocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H229-H240, 2003. First published March 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00408.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jose A. Ospina, Sue P. Duckles, and Diana N. Krause

17-Estradiol decreases vascular tone in cerebral arteries by shifting COX-dependent vasoconstriction to vasodilation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H241-H250, 2003. First published March 13, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00018.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John A. Russell, Casey A. Kindig, Brad J. Behnke, David C. Poole, and Timothy I. Musch

Effects of aging on capillary geometry and hemodynamics in rat spinotrapezius muscle
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H251-H258, 2003. First published March 20, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01086.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paavo Korge, Henry M. Honda, and James N. Weiss

Effects of fatty acids in isolated mitochondria: implications for ischemic injury and cardioprotection
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H259-H269, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01028.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Teresa A. Hopkins, Mary C. Sugden, Mark J. Holness, Ray Kozak, Jason R. B. Dyck, and Gary D. Lopaschuk

Control of cardiac pyruvate dehydrogenase activity in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor- transgenic mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H270-H276, 2003. First published March 27, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00852.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jean-Philippe Fortin, Fernand Gobeil, Jr, Albert Adam, Domenico Regoli, and François Marceau

Do angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors directly stimulate the kinin B₁ receptor?
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H277-H282, 2003. First published March 20, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01124.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Takayuki Matsumoto, Tsuneo Kobayashi, and Katsuo Kamata

Alterations in EDHF-type relaxation and phosphodiesterase activity in mesenteric arteries from diabetic rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H283-H291, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00954.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Charles W. Leffler, Liliya Balabanova, C. Dale Sullivan, Xiaohu Wang, Alexander L. Fedinec, and Helena Parfenova

Regulation of CO production in cerebral microvessels of newborn pigs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H292-H297, 2003. First published March 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01059.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Guang Yang, Yi Zhang, M. Elizabeth Ross, and Costantino Iadecola

Attenuation of activity-induced increases in cerebellar blood flow in mice lacking neuronal nitric oxide synthase
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H298-H304, 2003. First published March 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00043.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David M. Plank, Atsuko Yatani, Honda Ritsu, Sandra Witt, Betty Glascock, M. Jane Lalli, Muthu Periasamy, Celine Fiset, Nancy Benkusky, Héctor H. Valdivia, and Mark A. Sussman

Calcium dynamics in the failing heart: restoration by -adrenergic receptor blockade
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H305-H315, 2003. First published March 20, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00425.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard Southworth and Pamela B. Garlick

Dobutamine responsiveness, PET mismatch, and lack of necrosis in low-flow ischemia: is this hibernation in the isolated rat heart?
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H316-H324, 2003. First published March 13, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00906.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vitalyi O. Rybin, Peter W. Grabham, Hasnae Elouardighi, and Susan F. Steinberg

Caveolae-associated proteins in cardiomyocytes: caveolin-2 expression and interactions with caveolin-3
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H325-H332, 2003. First published March 20, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00946.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Brennan Harris, Michele A. Blackstone, Hong Ju, Virginia J. Venema, and Richard C. Venema

Heat-induced increases in endothelial NO synthase expression and activity and endothelial NO release
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H333-H340, 2003. First published March 27, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00726.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wei-Ping Qiu, Qinghua Hu, Nazareno Paolocci, Roy C. Ziegelstein, and David A. Kass

Differential effects of pulsatile versus steady flow on coronary endothelial membrane potential
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H341-H346, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01072.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joseph W. Starnes, Ryan P. Taylor, and Yoonjung Park

Exercise improves postischemic function in aging hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H347-H351, 2003. First published March 20, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00952.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshiro Matsunaga, David C. Warltier, John Tessmer, Dorothee Weihrauch, Michael Simons, and William M. Chilian

Expression of VEGF and angiopoietins-1 and -2 during ischemia-induced coronary angiogenesis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H352-H358, 2003. First published March 20, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00621.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hidetoshi Sato, Hiroyuki Yaoita, Kazuhira Maehara, and Yukio Maruyama

Attenuation of heart failure due to coronary stenosis by ACE inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H359-H368, 2003. First published March 20, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00615.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dario Leosco, Guido Iaccarino, Ersilia Cipolletta, Domenico De Santis, Eliana Pisani, Valentina Trimarco, Nicola Ferrara, Pasquale Abete, Daniela Sorriento, Franco Rengo, and Bruno Trimarco

Exercise restores -adrenergic vasorelaxation in aged rat carotid arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H369-H374, 2003. First published March 13, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00019.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Annie Beauséjour, Karine Auger, Jean St-Louis, and Michèle Brochu

High-sodium intake prevents pregnancy-induced decrease of blood pressure in the rat
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H375-H383, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01132.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jan M. Meinders, Lilian Kornet, and Arnold P. G. Hoeks

Assessment of spatial inhomogeneities in intima media thickness along an arterial segment using its dynamic behavior
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H384-H391, 2003. First published March 13, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00729.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zvezdana Z. Kojic, Ulrich Flögel, Jürgen Schrader, and Ulrich K. M. Decking

Endothelial NO formation does not control myocardial O₂ consumption in mouse heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H392-H397, 2003. First published February 27, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00836.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nathalie Lapointe, Quang Trinh Nguyen, Jean-François Desjardins, Francois Marcotte, Ali Pourdjabbar, Gordon Moe, Angelino Calderone, and Jean-Lucien Rouleau

Effects of pre-, peri-, and postmyocardial infarction treatment with omapatrilat in rats: survival, arrhythmias, ventricular function, and remodeling
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H398-H405, 2003. First published March 27, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01144.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. H. Adamson, M. Zeng, G. N. Adamson, J. F. Lenz, and F. E. Curry

PAF- and bradykinin-induced hyperpermeability of rat venules is independent of actin-myosin contraction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H406-H417, 2003. First published March 20, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00021.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Matthias Koch, Michael Wendorf, Andreas Dendorfer, Sebastian Wolfrum, Karsten Schulze, Frank Spillmann, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, and Carsten Tschöpe

Cardiac kinin level in experimental diabetes mellitus: role of kininases
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H418-H423, 2003. First published March 13, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00677.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daphne Merkus, David B. Haitsma, Tse-Yeung Fung, Yvette J. Assen, Pieter D. Verdouw, and Dirk J. Duncker

Coronary blood flow regulation in exercising swine involves parallel rather than redundant vasodilator pathways
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H424-H433, 2003. First published March 13, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00916.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ting Cun Zhao and Rakesh C. Kukreja

Protein kinase C- mediates adenosine A₃ receptor-induced delayed cardioprotection in mouse
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H434-H441, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00095.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David Sheikh-Hamad, Roger Bick, Gang-Yi Wu, Birgitte Mønster Christensen, Peter Razeghi, Brian Poindexter, Heinrich Taegtmeyer, Ann Wamsley, Ranjit Padda, Mark Entman, Søren Nielsen, and Keith Youker

Stanniocalcin-1 is a naturally occurring L-channel inhibitor in cardiomyocytes: relevance to human heart failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H442-H448, 2003. First published March 27, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01071.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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Shahriar Iravanian, Yelena Nabutovsky, Chae-Ryon Kong, Sumita Saha, Nenad Bursac, and Leslie Tung

Functional reentry in cultured monolayers of neonatal rat cardiac cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H449-H456, 2003. First published March 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00896.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplemental Videos]  

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