CALL FOR PAPERS:

Brandon T. Larsen, Hiroto Miura, Ossama A. Hatoum, William B. Campbell, Bruce D. Hammock, Darryl C. Zeldin, John R. Falck, and David D. Gutterman

Epoxyeicosatrienoic and dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids dilate human coronary arterioles via BK_Ca channels: implications for soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H491-H499, 2006. First published October 28, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00927.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kasem Nithipatikom, Michael P. Endsley, Jeannine M. Moore, Marilyn A. Isbell, John R. Falck, William B. Campbell, and Garrett J. Gross

Effects of selective inhibition of cytochrome P-450 -hydroxylases and ischemic preconditioning in myocardial protection
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H500-H505, 2006. First published October 7, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00918.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIAL FOCUS:

Aubrey E. Taylor

Editorial Focus  A novel anti-inflammatory protective action of ethanol ingestion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H506-H506, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00983.2005 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Muthuvel Jayachandran and Virginia M. Miller

Editorial Focus  Mechanisms of estrogenic vascular protection
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H507-H508, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01086.2005 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christer Betsholtz and Annika Armulik

Editorial Focus  Homeostatic functions of vascular endothelial growth factor in adult microvasculature
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H509-H511, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01075.2005 [Full Text] [PDF]  

TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY:

Diane H. Munzenmaier and Andrew S. Greene

Chronic angiotensin II AT₁ receptor blockade increases cerebral cortical microvessel density
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H512-H516, 2006. First published September 30, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01136.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi Zhun Zhu, Chew Lan Chong, Shin Chet Chuah, Shan Hong Huang, Huey Shan Nai, How Teng Tong, Matt Whiteman, and Philip K. Moore

Cardioprotective effects of nitroparacetamol and paracetamol in acute phase of myocardial infarction in experimental rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H517-H524, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00572.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jingang Zheng, Andrew Chin, Inga Duignan, Kyung-Heon Won, Mun K. Hong, and Jay M. Edelberg

Growth factor-mediated reversal of senescent dysfunction of ischemia-induced cardioprotection
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H525-H530, 2006. First published September 23, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00470.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

Kazuhiro Kamada, F. Spencer Gaskin, Taiji Yamaguchi, Patsy Carter, Toshikazu Yoshikawa, Mozow Yusof, and Ronald J. Korthuis

Role of calcitonin gene-related peptide in the postischemic anti-inflammatory effects of antecedent ethanol ingestion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H531-H537, 2006. First published September 2, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00839.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kai Kappert, Evren Caglayan, Michael Huntgeburth, Anselm T. Bäumer, Jan Sparwel, Manuela Uebel, and Stephan Rosenkranz

17-Estradiol attenuates PDGF signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells at the postreceptor level
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H538-H546, 2006. First published October 14, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00240.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fabienne Baffert, Tom Le, Barbara Sennino, Gavin Thurston, Calvin J. Kuo, Dana Hu-Lowe, and Donald M. McDonald

Cellular changes in normal blood capillaries undergoing regression after inhibition of VEGF signaling
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H547-H559, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00616.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomomi Kamba, Betty Y. Y. Tam, Hiroya Hashizume, Amy Haskell, Barbara Sennino, Michael R. Mancuso, Scott M. Norberg, Shaun M. O'Brien, Rachel B. Davis, Lori C. Gowen, Keith D. Anderson, Gavin Thurston, Shuji Joho, Matthew L. Springer, Calvin J. Kuo, and Donald M. McDonald

VEGF-dependent plasticity of fenestrated capillaries in the normal adult microvasculature
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H560-H576, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00133.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masahiko Morihira, Naoyuki Hasebe, Erdenechimeg Baljinnyam, Kazuhiro Sumitomo, Tomoyuki Matsusaka, Kazuma Izawa, Takayuki Fujino, Jun Fukuzawa, and Kenjiro Kikuchi

Ischemic preconditioning enhances scavenging activity of reactive oxygen species and diminishes transmural difference of infarct size
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H577-H583, 2006. First published July 22, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00817.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qianhong Li, Yiru Guo, Wei Tan, Adam B. Stein, Buddhadeb Dawn, Wen-Jian Wu, Xiaoping Zhu, Xiaoqin Lu, Xiaoming Xu, Tariq Siddiqui, Sumit Tiwari, and Roberto Bolli

Gene therapy with iNOS provides long-term protection against myocardial infarction without adverse functional consequences
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H584-H589, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00855.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshihiro Higuchi, Tung O. Chan, Maria A. Brown, Jin Zhang, Brent R. DeGeorge, Jr., Hajime Funakoshi, Gregory Gibson, Charles F. McTiernan, Toru Kubota, W. Keith Jones, and Arthur M. Feldman

Cardioprotection afforded by NF-B ablation is associated with activation of Akt in mice overexpressing TNF-
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H590-H598, 2006. First published September 30, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00379.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yong Ji, Wen Zhao, Bailing Li, Jaime Desantiago, Eckard Picht, Marcia A. Kaetzel, Jo El J. Schultz, Evangelia G. Kranias, Donald M. Bers, and John R. Dedman

Targeted inhibition of sarcoplasmic reticulum CaMKII activity results in alterations of Ca²⁺ homeostasis and cardiac contractility
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H599-H606, 2006. First published September 2, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00214.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Norihiro Ueda, Douglas P. Zipes, and Jiashin Wu

Coronary occlusion and reperfusion promote early afterdepolarizations and ventricular tachycardia in a canine tissue model of type 3 long QT syndrome
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H607-H612, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00699.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Savio-Galimberti and J. E. Ponce-Hornos

Effects of caffeine, verapamil, lithium, and KB-R7943 on mechanics and energetics of rat myocardial bigeminies
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H613-H623, 2006. First published July 29, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01219.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael C. H. Leung, Ian T. Meredith, and James D. Cameron

Aortic stiffness affects the coronary blood flow response to percutaneous coronary intervention
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H624-H630, 2006. First published September 2, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00380.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thorsten Vowinkel, Katherine C. Wood, Karen Y. Stokes, Janice Russell, Christian F. Krieglstein, and D. Neil Granger

Differential expression and regulation of murine CD40 in regional vascular beds
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H631-H639, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00733.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kaisu Martinmäki, Heikki Rusko, Libbe Kooistra, Joni Kettunen, and Sami Saalasti

Intraindividual validation of heart rate variability indexes to measure vagal effects on hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H640-H647, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00054.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio Rodríguez-Sinovas, David García-Dorado, Marisol Ruiz-Meana, and Jordi Soler-Soler

Protective effect of gap junction uncouplers given during hypoxia against reoxygenation injury in isolated rat hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H648-H656, 2006. First published September 23, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00439.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi Huang, Xiaomei Guo, and Ghassan S. Kassab

Axial nonuniformity of geometric and mechanical properties of mouse aorta is increased during postnatal growth
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H657-H664, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00803.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julian M. Stewart, Marvin S. Medow, June L. Glover, and Leslie D. Montgomery

Persistent splanchnic hyperemia during upright tilt in postural tachycardia syndrome
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H665-H673, 2006. First published September 2, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00784.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lucas DeMaio, Mahsa Rouhanizadeh, Srinivasa Reddy, Alex Sevanian, Juliana Hwang, and Tzung K. Hsiai

Oxidized phospholipids mediate occludin expression and phosphorylation in vascular endothelial cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H674-H683, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00554.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ibrahim F. Benter, Mariam H. M. Yousif, J. T. Anim, C. Cojocel, and D. I. Diz

Angiotensin-(1–7) prevents development of severe hypertension and end-organ damage in spontaneously hypertensive rats treated with L-NAME
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H684-H691, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00632.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yaqin Xu, Yuqing Huo, Marie-Claire Toufektsian, Susan I. Ramos, Yongguang Ma, Ankit D. Tejani, Brent A. French, and Zequan Yang

Activated platelets contribute importantly to myocardial reperfusion injury
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H692-H699, 2006. First published September 30, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00634.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sheng Jun An, Ryan Boyd, Ying Wang, Xiaofan Qiu, and Hui Di Wang

Endothelin-1 expression in vascular adventitial fibroblasts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H700-H708, 2006. First published August 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00326.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Madoka Matsumoto-Ida, Yoshihito Takimoto, Takeshi Aoyama, Masaharu Akao, Toshihiro Takeda, and Toru Kita

Activation of TGF-1-TAK1-p38 MAPK pathway in spared cardiomyocytes is involved in left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction in rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H709-H715, 2006. First published September 23, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00186.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mahendra Kavdia and Aleksander S. Popel

Venular endothelium-derived NO can affect paired arteriole: a computational model
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H716-H723, 2006. First published September 9, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00776.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tae-Ho Park, Sherif F. Nagueh, Dirar S. Khoury, Helen A. Kopelen, Spyridon Akrivakis, Kamal Nasser, Guofeng Ren, and Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

Impact of myocardial structure and function postinfarction on diastolic strain measurements: implications for assessment of myocardial viability
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H724-H731, 2006. First published September 23, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00714.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. D. Huber, C. R. Campos, K. S. Mark, and T. P. Davis

Alterations in blood-brain barrier ICAM-1 expression and brain microglial activation after -carrageenan-induced inflammatory pain
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H732-H740, 2006. First published September 30, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00747.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jerome W. Breslin, Hengrui Sun, Wenjuan Xu, Charles Rodarte, Alan B. Moy, Mack H. Wu, and Sarah Y. Yuan

Involvement of ROCK-mediated endothelial tension development in neutrophil-stimulated microvascular leakage
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H741-H750, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00238.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Javier A. Sala-Mercado, Robert L. Hammond, Jong-Kyung Kim, Noreen F. Rossi, Larry W. Stephenson, and Donal S. O'Leary

Muscle metaboreflex control of ventricular contractility during dynamic exercise
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H751-H757, 2006. First published September 23, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00869.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaowei Sun and David D. Ku

Selective right, but not left, coronary endothelial dysfunction precedes development of pulmonary hypertension and right heart hypertrophy in rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H758-H764, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00647.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ozlem Yalcin, Funda Aydin, Pinar Ulker, Mehmet Uyuklu, Firat Gungor, Jonathan K. Armstrong, Herbert J. Meiselman, and Oguz K. Baskurt

Effects of red blood cell aggregation on myocardial hematocrit gradient using two approaches to increase aggregation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H765-H771, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00756.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akira Nishiyama, Keith E. Jackson, Dewan S. A. Majid, Matlubur Rahman, and L. Gabriel Navar

Renal interstitial fluid ATP responses to arterial pressure and tubuloglomerular feedback activation during calcium channel blockade
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H772-H777, 2006. First published October 7, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00242.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Atsuko Yatani, Da-Zhong Xu, Keiichi Irie, Kazunori Sano, Anoush Jidarian, Stephen F. Vatner, and Edwin A. Deitch

Dual effects of mesenteric lymph isolated from rats with burn injury on contractile function in rat ventricular myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H778-H785, 2006. First published October 7, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00808.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chen-Fuh Lam, Timothy E. Peterson, Darcy M. Richardson, Anthony J. Croatt, Livius V. d'Uscio, Karl A. Nath, and Zvonimir S. Katusic

Increased blood flow causes coordinated upregulation of arterial eNOS and biosynthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H786-H793, 2006. First published September 30, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00759.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward M. Balog, Laura E. Norton, David D. Thomas, and Bradley R. Fruen

Role of calmodulin methionine residues in mediating productive association with cardiac ryanodine receptors
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H794-H799, 2006. First published September 30, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00706.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samantha A. Tavener and Paul Kubes

Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying LPS-associated myocyte impairment
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H800-H806, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00701.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amy M. Kitchen, Donal S. O'Leary, and Tadeusz J. Scislo

Sympathetic and parasympathetic component of bradycardia triggered by stimulation of NTS P2X receptors
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H807-H812, 2006. First published September 30, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00889.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kayoko Hosaka, Sharyn E. Rayner, Pierre-Yves von der Weid, Jun Zhao, Mohammad S. Imtiaz, and Dirk F. van Helden

Calcitonin gene-related peptide activates different signaling pathways in mesenteric lymphatics of guinea pigs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H813-H822, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00543.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Natalia Cruz, Gillian Douglas, Jan-Å Gustafsson, Lucilla Poston, and Karolina Kublickiene

Dilatory responses to estrogenic compounds in small femoral arteries of male and female estrogen receptor- knockout mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H823-H829, 2006. First published September 23, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00815.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karin Przyklenk, Michelle Maynard, and Peter Whittaker

Reduction of infarct size with D-myo-inositol trisphosphate: role of PI3-kinase and mitochondrial K_ATP channels
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H830-H836, 2006. First published September 23, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00799.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna V. Naumova, Vadappuram P. Chacko, Ronald Ouwerkerk, Linda Stull, Eduardo Marbán, and Robert G. Weiss

Xanthine oxidase inhibitors improve energetics and function after infarction in failing mouse hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H837-H843, 2006. First published September 23, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00831.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaobing Zhang, Fitz-Roy Curry, and Sheldon Weinbaum

Mechanism of osmotic flow in a periodic fiber array
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H844-H852, 2006. First published September 23, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00695.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hisayoshi Murai, Shigeo Takata, Michiro Maruyama, Manabu Nakano, Daisuke Kobayashi, Kan-ichi Otowa, Masayuki Takamura, Toyoshi Yuasa, Satoru Sakagami, and Shuichi Kaneko

The activity of a single muscle sympathetic vasoconstrictor nerve unit is affected by physiological stress in humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H853-H860, 2006. First published August 26, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00184.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoshi Koba, Takayoshi Yoshida, and Naoyuki Hayashi

Differential sympathetic outflow and vasoconstriction responses at kidney and skeletal muscles during fictive locomotion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H861-H868, 2006. First published September 2, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00640.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aaron C. Hinken and Kerry S. McDonald

-Myosin heavy chain myocytes are more resistant to changes in power output induced by ischemic conditions
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H869-H877, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00221.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Justin E. Davies, Zachary I. Whinnett, Darrel P. Francis, Keith Willson, Rodney A. Foale, Iqbal S. Malik, Alun D. Hughes, Kim H. Parker, and Jamil Mayet

Use of simultaneous pressure and velocity measurements to estimate arterial wave speed at a single site in humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H878-H885, 2006. First published August 26, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00751.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei Dong Gao, Tieying Dai, and Daniel Nyhan

Increased cross-bridge cycling rate in stunned myocardium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H886-H893, 2006. First published September 19, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00493.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ghassan S. Kassab

Scaling laws of vascular trees: of form and function
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H894-H903, 2006. First published September 2, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00579.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Bell, You-You Zhao, Elizabeth J. Kelso, Eugene M. McHenry, Louise M. Rush, Victoria M. Lamont, D. Paul Nicholls, and Barbara J. McDermott

Upregulation of adrenomedullin and its receptor components during cardiomyocyte hypertrophy induced by chronic inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis in rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H904-H914, 2006. First published July 22, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00152.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernard M. van den Berg, Jos A. E. Spaan, Titia M. Rolf, and Hans Vink

Atherogenic region and diet diminish glycocalyx dimension and increase intima-to-media ratios at murine carotid artery bifurcation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H915-H920, 2006. First published September 9, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00051.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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