ESSAYS ON APS CLASSIC PAPERS:

David D. Gutterman and Allen W. Cowley, Jr.

Editorial Focus  Relating cardiac performance with oxygen consumption: historical observations continue to spawn scientific discovery
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2555-H2556, 2006; doi:10.1152/classicessays.00044.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Ruey J. Sung, Sheng-Nan Wu, Jiun-Shian Wu, Han-Dong Chang, and Ching-Hsing Luo

Electrophysiological mechanisms of ventricular arrhythmias in relation to Andersen-Tawil syndrome under conditions of reduced I_K1: a simulation study
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2597-H2605, 2006. First published July 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00393.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Candido Cabo and Penelope A. Boyden

Heterogeneous gap junction remodeling stabilizes reentrant circuits in the epicardial border zone of the healing canine infarct: a computational study
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2606-H2616, 2006. First published August 25, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00346.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sarah N. Flaim, Wayne R. Giles, and Andrew D. McCulloch

Contributions of sustained I_Na and I_Kv43 to transmural heterogeneity of early repolarization and arrhythmogenesis in canine left ventricular myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2617-H2629, 2006. First published July 7, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00350.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

INVITED REVIEW:

Vernon W. Dolinsky and Jason R. B. Dyck

Role of AMP-activated protein kinase in healthy and diseased hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2557-H2569, 2006. First published July 14, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00329.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alejandro N. Mazzadi, Xavier André-Fouët, Nicolas Costes, Pierre Croisille, Didier Revel, and Marc F. Janier

Mechanisms leading to reversible mechanical dysfunction in severe CAD: alternatives to myocardial stunning
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2570-H2582, 2006. First published July 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01249.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIAL FOCUS:

K. Lance Gould

Editorial Focus  Physiological severity of coronary artery stenosis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2583-H2585, 2006. First published June 30, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00488.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arpad Tosaki and Istvan Edes

Editorial Focus  The role of peroxiredoxins in ischemia-reperfusion-induced cardiac damage
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2586-H2587, 2006. First published June 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00557.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vincent G. DeMarco and Kevin C. Dellsperger

Editorial Focus  Adipocyte-derived adiponectin is cardioprotective: fat cells can be our friends
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2588-H2589, 2006. First published August 18, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00862.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael R. Bristow

Editorial Focus  Cardiac resynchronization therapy and adrenergic mechanisms
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2590-H2591, 2006. First published July 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00636.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

William F. Jackson

Editorial Focus  Vascular smooth muscle store-operated Ca²⁺ channels: what a TRP!
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2592-H2594, 2006. First published August 18, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00869.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

William A. Banks

Editorial Focus  The dam breaks: disruption of the blood-brain barrier in diabetes mellitus
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2595-H2596, 2006. First published July 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00751.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY:

Koen M. J. Marques, Machiel J. van Eenige, Hugo J. Spruijt, Nico Westerhof, Jos Twisk, Cees A. Visser, and Frans C. Visser

The diastolic flow velocity-pressure gradient relation and dp_v50 to assess the hemodynamic significance of coronary stenoses
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2630-H2635, 2006. First published August 18, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00030.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

Norbert Nagy, Gautam Malik, Aron B. Fisher, and Dipak K. Das

Targeted disruption of peroxiredoxin 6 gene renders the heart vulnerable to ischemia-reperfusion injury
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2636-H2640, 2006. First published June 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00399.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hajime Takano, Yasushi Kodama, Yoshinobu Kitta, Takamitsu Nakamura, Jyun-ei Obata, Akira Mende, Ken-ichi Kawabata, Yukio Saitoh, Daisuke Fujioka, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Hideyuki Hasebe, and Kiyotaka Kugiyama

Transcardiac adiponectin gradient is independently related to endothelial vasomotor function in large and resistance coronary arteries in humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2641-H2646, 2006. First published July 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00702.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Boutaïna Najem, Philippe Unger, Nicolas Preumont, Jean-Luc Jansens, Anne Houssière, Atul Pathak, Olivier Xhaet, Laurence Gabriel, Alain Friart, Luc De Roy, Jean-Luc Vandenbossche, and Philippe van de Borne

Sympathetic control after cardiac resynchronization therapy: responders versus nonresponders
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2647-H2652, 2006. First published July 14, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00373.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shang-Zhong Xu, Guylain Boulay, Richard Flemming, and David J. Beech

E3-targeted anti-TRPC5 antibody inhibits store-operated calcium entry in freshly isolated pial arterioles
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2653-H2659, 2006. First published July 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00495.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason D. Huber, Reyna L. VanGilder, and Kimberly A. Houser

Streptozotocin-induced diabetes progressively increases blood-brain barrier permeability in specific brain regions in rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2660-H2668, 2006. First published September 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00489.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Guo, S. Zhan, J. Somers, R. E. Westenbroek, W. A. Catterall, D. E. Roach, R. S. Sheldon, J. P. Lees-Miller, P. Li, Y. Shimoni, and H. J. Duff

Decrease in density of I_Na is in the common final pathway to heart block in murine hearts overexpressing calcineurin
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2669-H2679, 2006. First published June 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01247.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. D. Venkatakrishnan, Arun K. Tewari, Leni Moldovan, Arturo J. Cardounel, Jay L. Zweier, Periannan Kuppusamy, and Govindasamy Ilangovan

Heat shock protects cardiac cells from doxorubicin-induced toxicity by activating p38 MAPK and phosphorylation of small heat shock protein 27
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2680-H2691, 2006. First published June 16, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00395.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Mandinov, K. L. Moodie, A. Mandinova, Z. Zhuang, F. Redican, D. Baklanov, V. Lindner, T. Maciag, M. Simons, and E. D. de Muinck

Inhibition of in-stent restenosis by oral copper chelation in porcine coronary arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2692-H2697, 2006. First published May 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00148.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Table and Figures]  

Nazar Labinskyy, Anna Csiszar, Zsuzsanna Orosz, Kira Smith, Aracelie Rivera, Rochelle Buffenstein, and Zoltan Ungvari

Comparison of endothelial function, O₂^–· and H₂O₂ production, and vascular oxidative stress resistance between the longest-living rodent, the naked mole rat, and mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2698-H2704, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00534.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tsung-Ming Lee, Mei-Shu Lin, Chang-Her Tsai, and Nen-Chung Chang

Effect of pravastatin on left ventricular mass in the two-kidney, one-clip hypertensive rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2705-H2713, 2006. First published June 23, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00224.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heiko Bugger, Stefanie Leippert, Daniel Blum, Peter Kahle, Bernhard Barleon, Dieter Marme, and Torsten Doenst

Subtractive hybridization for differential gene expression in mechanically unloaded rat heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2714-H2722, 2006. First published June 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00445.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hidekazu Kiyoshi, Daiju Yamazaki, Susumu Ohya, Mika Kitsukawa, Katsuhiko Muraki, Shin-ya Saito, Yasushi Ohizumi, and Yuji Imaizumi

Molecular and electrophysiological characteristics of K⁺ conductance sensitive to acidic pH in aortic smooth muscle cells of WKY and SHR
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2723-H2734, 2006. First published June 30, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00894.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoshi Koba, Zhaohui Gao, Jihong Xing, Lawrence I. Sinoway, and Jianhua Li

Sympathetic responses to exercise in myocardial infarction rats: a role of central command
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2735-H2742, 2006. First published July 14, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00522.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James J. M. Greer, Aman K. Kakkar, John W. Elrod, Lewis J. Watson, Steven P. Jones, and David J. Lefer

Low-dose simvastatin improves survival and ventricular function via eNOS in congestive heart failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2743-H2751, 2006. First published July 14, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00347.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qingwei Wang, Steven C. Hunt, Qin Xu, Yuqing E. Chen, Michael A. Province, John H. Eckfeldt, James S. Pankow, and Qing Song

Association study of CRP gene polymorphisms with serum CRP level and cardiovascular risk in the NHLBI Family Heart Study
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2752-H2757, 2006. First published May 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01164.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yixin Shou, Kung-ming Jan, and David S. Rumschitzki

Transport in rat vessel walls. I. Hydraulic conductivities of the aorta, pulmonary artery, and inferior vena cava with intact and denuded endothelia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2758-H2771, 2006. First published May 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00610.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fady T. Botros and L. Gabriel Navar

Interaction between endogenously produced carbon monoxide and nitric oxide in regulation of renal afferent arterioles
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2772-H2778, 2006. First published July 14, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00528.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deborah Carlson, David L. Maass, D. Jean White, Jing Tan, and Jureta W. Horton

Antioxidant vitamin therapy alters sepsis-related apoptotic myocardial activity and inflammatory responses
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2779-H2789, 2006. First published July 14, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01258.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harjot K. Saini and Naranjan S. Dhalla

Modification of intracellular calcium concentration in cardiomyocytes by inhibition of sarcolemmal Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2790-H2800, 2006. First published July 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00535.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eduardo Rondon, Maria S. Brasileiro-Santos, Edson D. Moreira, Maria U. P. B. Rondon, Katt C. Mattos, Marcele A. Coelho, Gustavo J. J. Silva, Patricia C. Brum, Patricia Fiorino, Maria C. Irigoyen, Eduardo M. Krieger, Holly R. Middlekauff, and Carlos E. Negrão

Exercise training improves aortic depressor nerve sensitivity in rats with ischemia-induced heart failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2801-H2806, 2006. First published June 23, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01352.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shaolong Yang, Mashkoor A. Choudhry, Ya-Ching Hsieh, Shunhua Hu, Loring W. Rue, III, Kirby I. Bland, and Irshad H. Chaudry

Estrus cycle: influence on cardiac function following trauma-hemorrhage
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2807-H2815, 2006. First published July 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00195.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David R. Brown, Lisa A. Cassis, Dennis L. Silcox, Laura V. Brown, and David C. Randall

Empirical and theoretical analysis of the extremely low frequency arterial blood pressure power spectrum in unanesthetized rat
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2816-H2824, 2006. First published July 14, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00135.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karni S. Moshal, Mahavir Singh, Utpal Sen, Dorothea Susanne E. Rosenberger, Brooke Henderson, Neetu Tyagi, Hong Zhang, and Suresh C. Tyagi

Homocysteine-mediated activation and mitochondrial translocation of calpain regulates MMP-9 in MVEC
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2825-H2835, 2006. First published July 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00377.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seon-Jin Lee, Seung Namkoong, Young-Mi Kim, Chun-Ki Kim, Hansoo Lee, Kwon-Soo Ha, Hun-Taeg Chung, Young-Guen Kwon, and Young-Myeong Kim

Fractalkine stimulates angiogenesis by activating the Raf-1/MEK/ERK- and PI3K/Akt/eNOS-dependent signal pathways
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2836-H2846, 2006. First published July 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00113.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi-Fan Li, Keshia L. Jackson, Javier E. Stern, Brandon Rabeler, and Kaushik P. Patel

Interaction between glutamate and GABA systems in the integration of sympathetic outflow by the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2847-H2856, 2006. First published July 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00625.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin Ogden, Janice M. Thompson, Zachary Hickner, Taoying Huang, Dale D. Tang, and Stephanie W. Watts

A new signaling paradigm for serotonin: use of Crk-associated substrate in arterial contraction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2857-H2863, 2006. First published July 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00229.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Berend E. Westerhof, Janneke Gisolf, John M. Karemaker, Karel H. Wesseling, Niels H. Secher, and Johannes J. van Lieshout

Time course analysis of baroreflex sensitivity during postural stress
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2864-H2874, 2006. First published July 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01024.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elham Zarrinpashneh, Karla Carjaval, Christophe Beauloye, Audrey Ginion, Philippe Mateo, Anne-Catherine Pouleur, Sandrine Horman, Sophie Vaulont, Jacqueline Hoerter, Benoit Viollet, Louis Hue, Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde, and Luc Bertrand

Role of the ₂-isoform of AMP-activated protein kinase in the metabolic response of the heart to no-flow ischemia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2875-H2883, 2006. First published July 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01032.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

George D. Giraud, J. Job Faber, Sonnet S. Jonker, Lowell Davis, and Debra F. Anderson

Effects of intravascular infusions of plasma on placental and systemic blood flow in fetal sheep
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2884-H2888, 2006. First published August 11, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00428.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marilyn de Chantal, Jean G. Diodati, James B. Nasmith, Robert Amyot, A. Robert LeBlanc, Erick Schampaert, and Chantal Pharand

Progressive epicardial coronary blood flow reduction fails to produce ST-segment depression at normal heart rates
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2889-H2896, 2006. First published August 11, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00400.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles W. Leffler, Helena Parfenova, Alexander L. Fedinec, Shyamali Basuroy, and Dilyara Tcheranova

Contributions of astrocytes and CO to pial arteriolar dilation to glutamate in newborn pigs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2897-H2904, 2006. First published August 4, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00722.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Darrell D. Belke, Bernd Gloss, John M. Hollander, Eric A. Swanson, Hervé Duplain, and Wolfgang H. Dillmann

In vivo gene delivery of HSP70i by adenovirus and adeno-associated virus preserves contractile function in mouse heart following ischemia-reperfusion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2905-H2910, 2006. First published August 18, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00323.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas H. Everett, IV, Emily E. Wilson, Sander Verheule, Jose M. Guerra, Scott Foreman, and Jeffrey E. Olgin

Structural atrial remodeling alters the substrate and spatiotemporal organization of atrial fibrillation: a comparison in canine models of structural and electrical atrial remodeling
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2911-H2923, 2006. First published July 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01128.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Movies]  

Felicitta Poobalarahi, Catalin F. Baicu, and Amy D. Bradshaw

Cardiac myofibroblasts differentiated in 3D culture exhibit distinct changes in collagen I production, processing, and matrix deposition
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2924-H2932, 2006. First published August 4, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00153.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heidi L. Lujan, Steven L. Britton, Lauren G. Koch, and Stephen E. DiCarlo

Reduced susceptibility to ventricular tachyarrhythmias in rats selectively bred for high aerobic capacity
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2933-H2941, 2006. First published August 4, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00514.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yue Wu and Sándor J. Kovács

Frequency-based analysis of the early rapid filling pressure-flow relation elucidates diastolic efficiency mechanisms
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2942-H2949, 2006. First published August 4, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00259.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaobing Zhang, Roger H. Adamson, Fitz-Roy E. Curry, and Sheldon Weinbaum

A 1-D model to explore the effects of tissue loading and tissue concentration gradients in the revised Starling principle
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2950-H2964, 2006. First published August 11, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01160.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lacy A. Holowatz, Caitlin S. Thompson, and W. Larry Kenney

Acute ascorbate supplementation alone or combined with arginase inhibition augments reflex cutaneous vasodilation in aged human skin
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2965-H2970, 2006. First published August 11, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00648.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter N. Costandi, Lawrence R. Frank, Andrew D. McCulloch, and Jeffrey H. Omens

Role of diastolic properties in the transition to failure in a mouse model of the cardiac dilatation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2971-H2979, 2006. First published July 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00571.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark R. Duranski, John W. Elrod, John W. Calvert, Nathan S. Bryan, Martin Feelisch, and David J. Lefer

Genetic overexpression of eNOS attenuates hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2980-H2986, 2006. First published July 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01173.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. M. C. Dupasquier, A.-M. Weber, B. P. Ander, P. P. Rampersad, S. Steigerwald, J. T. Wigle, R. W. Mitchell, E. A. Kroeger, J. S. C. Gilchrist, M. M. Moghadasian, A. Lukas, and G. N. Pierce

Effects of dietary flaxseed on vascular contractile function and atherosclerosis during prolonged hypercholesterolemia in rabbits
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2987-H2996, 2006. First published July 14, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01179.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory M. Dick, Paige S. Katz, Martin Farias, III, Michael Morris, Jeremy James, Jarrod D. Knudson, and Johnathan D. Tune

Resistin impairs endothelium-dependent dilation to bradykinin, but not acetylcholine, in the coronary circulation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2997-H3002, 2006. First published August 11, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01035.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David J. Kennedy, Sandeep Vetteth, Miaorong Xie, Sankaridrug M. Periyasamy, Zijian Xie, Chi Han, Venkatesha Basrur, Krishna Mutgi, Vladimir Fedorov, Deepak Malhotra, and Joseph I. Shapiro

Ouabain decreases sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum calcium ATPase activity in rat hearts by a process involving protein oxidation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3003-H3011, 2006. First published July 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00603.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kim Erlend Mortensen, Fred Godtliebsen, and Arthur Revhaug

Scale-space analysis of time series in circulatory research
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3012-H3022, 2006. First published July 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00168.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew J. W. Fletcher, David S. Gardner, C. Mark B. Edwards, Abigail L. Fowden, and Dino A. Giussani

Development of the ovine fetal cardiovascular defense to hypoxemia towards full term
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3023-H3034, 2006. First published July 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00504.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio Crisafulli, Enrico Salis, Gianluigi Pittau, Luigi Lorrai, Filippo Tocco, Franco Melis, Pasquale Pagliaro, and Alberto Concu

Modulation of cardiac contractility by muscle metaboreflex following efforts of different intensities in humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3035-H3042, 2006. First published June 16, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00221.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beth A. Parker, Samuel J. Ridout, and David N. Proctor

Age and flow-mediated dilation: a comparison of dilatory responsiveness in the brachial and popliteal arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3043-H3049, 2006. First published July 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00190.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoru Takeda, Tatsuya Komaru, Katsuaki Takahashi, Kouichi Sato, Hiroshi Kanatsuka, Yasunori Kokusho, Kunio Shirato, and Hiroaki Shimokawa

Beating myocardium counteracts myogenic tone of coronary microvessels: involvement of ATP-sensitive potassium channels
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3050-H3057, 2006. First published July 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00039.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harish Vasudevan, Prabhakara Reddy Nagareddy, and John H. McNeill

Gonadectomy prevents endothelial dysfunction in fructose-fed male rats, a factor contributing to the development of hypertension
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3058-H3064, 2006. First published June 30, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00598.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yingbo Yang, Wei-Zhong Zhu, Mei-ling Joiner, Rong Zhang, Carmine V. Oddis, Yue Hou, Jinying Yang, Edward E. Price, Linda Gleaves, Mesut Eren, Gemin Ni, Douglas E. Vaughan, Rui-Ping Xiao, and Mark E. Anderson

Calmodulin kinase II inhibition protects against myocardial cell apoptosis in vivo
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3065-H3075, 2006. First published July 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00353.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samira C. Grifoni, Kimberly P. Gannon, David E. Stec, and Heather A. Drummond

ENaC proteins contribute to VSMC migration
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3076-H3086, 2006. First published July 14, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00333.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jian Yang, Yunhui Cheng, Ruirui Ji, and Chunxiang Zhang

Novel model of inflammatory neointima formation reveals a potential role of myeloperoxidase in neointimal hyperplasia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3087-H3093, 2006. First published July 14, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00412.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jianjie Wang and Virginia H. Huxley

Adenosine A_2A receptor modulation of juvenile female rat skeletal muscle microvessel permeability
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3094-H3105, 2006. First published June 30, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00526.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine Lamont, C. Vial, R. J. Evans, and W. G. Wier

P2X₁ receptors mediate sympathetic postjunctional Ca²⁺ transients in mesenteric small arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3106-H3113, 2006. First published August 18, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00466.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yichun Sun, Israel Belenkie, Jiun-Jr Wang, and John V. Tyberg

Assessment of right ventricular diastolic suction in dogs with the use of wave intensity analysis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3114-H3121, 2006. First published July 14, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00853.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dick H. J. Thijssen, Patricia de Groot, Miriam Kooijman, Paul Smits, and Maria T. E. Hopman

Sympathetic nervous system contributes to the age-related impairment of flow-mediated dilation of the superficial femoral artery
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3122-H3129, 2006. First published July 14, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00240.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nitisha Hiranandani, Tepmanas Bupha-Intr, and Paul M. L. Janssen

SERCA overexpression reduces hydroxyl radical injury in murine myocardium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3130-H3135, 2006. First published June 23, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01315.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Youping Wang, Alex F. Chen, and Donna H. Wang

Enhanced oxidative stress in kidneys of salt-sensitive hypertension: role of sensory nerves
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3136-H3143, 2006. First published August 18, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00529.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shehla Hashim, Yuan Li, and Madhu B. Anand-Srivastava

Small cytoplasmic domain peptides of natriuretic peptide receptor-C attenuate cell proliferation through G_i protein/MAP kinase/PI3-kinase/AKT pathways
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3144-H3153, 2006. First published August 18, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00327.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Ghassan S. Kassab

Editorial Commentary on Pulsatile Blood Flow in the Entire Coronary Arterial Tree: Theory and Experiment
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3159-H3159, 2006. First published September 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00803.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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Corrigendum
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H3160-H3160, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.zh4-7217-corr.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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Cardiac diastolic dysfunction in conscious dogs with heart failure induced by chronic coronary microembolization
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