AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology -- Table of Contents (March 1 2007, 292 [3])

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Carsten Berndt, Christopher Horst Lillig, and Arne Holmgren: Thiol-based mechanisms of the thioredoxin and glutaredoxin systems: implications for diseases in the cardiovascular system
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1227-H1236, 2007. First published December 15, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01162.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Karel Rakusan, Zuzana Chvojkova, Patricia Oliviero, Ivana Ostadalova, Frantisek Kolar, Catherine Chassagne, Jane-Lise Samuel, and Bohuslav Ostadal: ANG II type 1 receptor antagonist irbesartan inhibits coronary angiogenesis stimulated by chronic intermittent hypoxia in neonatal rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1237-H1244, 2007. First published December 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00965.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Donald E. Kuhn, Sashwati Roy, Jared Radtke, Savita Khanna, and Chandan K. Sen: Laser microdissection and capture of pure cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts from infarcted heart regions: perceived hyperoxia induces p21 in peri-infarct myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1245-H1253, 2007. First published December 8, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01069.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sheik Wisel, Simi M. Chacko, M. Lakshmi Kuppusamy, Ramasamy P. Pandian, Mahmood Khan, Vijay Kumar Kutala, Richard W. Burry, Benjamin Sun, Pawel Kwiatkowski, and Periannan Kuppusamy: Labeling of skeletal myoblasts with a novel oxygen-sensing spin probe for noninvasive monitoring of in situ oxygenation and cell therapy in heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1254-H1261, 2007. First published December 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01058.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

INVITED REVIEW:

Shu Chien: Mechanotransduction and endothelial cell homeostasis: the wisdom of the cell
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1209-H1224, 2007. First published November 10, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01047.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EDITORIAL FOCUS:

Thomas H. Rosenquist and Richard H. Finnell: Another key role for the cardiac neural crest in heart development
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1225-H1226, 2007. First published November 10, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01218.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]

TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY:

Raja J. Selvaraj, Peter Picton, Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar, and Vijay S. Chauhan: Steeper restitution slopes across right ventricular endocardium in patients with cardiomyopathy at high risk of ventricular arrhythmias
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1262-H1268, 2007. First published November 10, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00913.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ken-ichi Watanabe, Meilei Ma, Ken-ichi Hirabayashi, Narasimman Gurusamy, Punniyakoti T. Veeraveedu, Paras Prakash, Shaosong Zhang, Anthony J. Muslin, Makoto Kodama, and Yoshifusa Aizawa: Swimming stress in DN 14-3-3 mice triggers maladaptive cardiac remodeling: role of p38 MAPK
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1269-H1277, 2007. First published October 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00550.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ARTICLES:

Trinity J. Bivalacqua, Weiwen Deng, Muammer Kendirci, Mustafa F. Usta, Christine Robinson, Bradley K. Taylor, Subramanyam N. Murthy, Hunter C. Champion, Wayne J. G. Hellstrom, and Philip J. Kadowitz: Mesenchymal stem cells alone or ex vivo gene modified with endothelial nitric oxide synthase reverse age-associated erectile dysfunction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1278-H1290, 2007. First published October 27, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00685.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Abhijit Gurjarpadhye, Kenneth W. Hewett, Charles Justus, Xuejun Wen, Harriett Stadt, Margaret L. Kirby, David Sedmera, and Robert G. Gourdie: Cardiac neural crest ablation inhibits compaction and electrical function of conduction system bundles
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1291-H1300, 2007. First published December 15, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01017.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figure]

Bernardo V. Alvarez, Dawn M. Kieller, Anita L. Quon, Murray Robertson, and Joseph R. Casey: Cardiac hypertrophy in anion exchanger 1-null mutant mice with severe hemolytic anemia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1301-H1312, 2007. First published October 20, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00449.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yu Gui, Hao Yin, Jia-Yin He, Song-Hua Yang, Michael P. Walsh, and Xi-Long Zheng: Endoreduplication of human smooth muscle cells induced by 2-methoxyestradiol: a role for cyclin-dependent kinase 2
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1313-H1320, 2007. First published October 20, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00867.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amanda M. Langager, Bailey E. Hammerberg, Diane L. Rotella, and Harald M. Stauss: Very low-frequency blood pressure variability depends on voltage-gated L-type Ca²⁺ channels in conscious rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1321-H1327, 2007. First published October 20, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00874.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anastasios P. Saliaris, Luciano C. Amado, Khalid M. Minhas, Karl H. Schuleri, Stephanie Lehrke, Marcus St. John, Torin Fitton, Chris Barreiro, Cristine Berry, Meizi Zheng, Kristen Kozielski, Virginia Eneboe, Jeff Brawn, and Joshua M. Hare: Chronic allopurinol administration ameliorates maladaptive alterations in Ca²⁺ cycling proteins and $beta$ -adrenergic hyporesponsiveness in heart failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1328-H1335, 2007. First published October 27, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00461.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yi Liu and Ghassan S. Kassab: Vascular metabolic dissipation in Murray's law
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1336-H1339, 2007. First published November 22, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00906.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Trinity J. Bivalacqua, Arthur L. Burnett, Wayne J. G. Hellstrom, and Hunter C. Champion: Overexpression of arginase in the aged mouse penis impairs erectile function and decreases eNOS activity: influence of in vivo gene therapy of anti-arginase
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1340-H1351, 2007. First published October 27, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00121.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lioubov I. Brueggemann, Christopher J. Moran, John A. Barakat, Jay Z. Yeh, Leanne L. Cribbs, and Kenneth L. Byron: Vasopressin stimulates action potential firing by protein kinase C-dependent inhibition of KCNQ5 in A7r5 rat aortic smooth muscle cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1352-H1363, 2007. First published October 27, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00065.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

H. K. Graham and A. W. Trafford: Spatial disruption and enhanced degradation of collagen with the transition from compensated ventricular hypertrophy to symptomatic congestive heart failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1364-H1372, 2007. First published October 27, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00355.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay, Fang Xu, and Pravin B. Sehgal: Aberrant cytoplasmic sequestration of eNOS in endothelial cells after monocrotaline, hypoxia, and senescence: live-cell caveolar and cytoplasmic NO imaging
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1373-H1389, 2007. First published October 27, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00990.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sean P. Marrelli, Roger G. O'Neil, Rachel C. Brown, and Robert M. Bryan, Jr.: PLA₂ and TRPV4 channels regulate endothelial calcium in cerebral arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1390-H1397, 2007. First published October 27, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01006.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Qun Li, Shan Wu, Shi-Yan Li, Faye L. Lopez, Min Du, Jan Kajstura, Piero Anversa, and Jun Ren: Cardiac-specific overexpression of insulin-like growth factor 1 attenuates aging-associated cardiac diastolic contractile dysfunction and protein damage
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1398-H1403, 2007. First published November 3, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01036.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul A. Rogers, William M. Chilian, Ian N. Bratz, Robert M. Bryan, Jr., and Gregory M. Dick: H₂O₂ activates redox- and 4-aminopyridine-sensitive K_v channels in coronary vascular smooth muscle
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1404-H1411, 2007. First published October 27, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00696.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Atsushi Sakima, David B. Averill, Sherry O. Kasper, LaRhonda Jackson, Detlev Ganten, Carlos M. Ferrario, Patricia E. Gallagher, and Debra I. Diz: Baroreceptor reflex regulation in anesthetized transgenic rats with low glia-derived angiotensinogen
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1412-H1419, 2007. First published November 3, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00984.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Indu Taneja, Christopher Moran, Marvin S. Medow, June L. Glover, Leslie D. Montgomery, and Julian M. Stewart: Differential effects of lower body negative pressure and upright tilt on splanchnic blood volume
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1420-H1426, 2007. First published November 3, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01096.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

W. Gregory Hundley, Ersin Bayram, Craig A. Hamilton, Eric A. Hamilton, Timothy M. Morgan, Stephen N. Darty, Kathryn P. Stewart, Kerry M. Link, David M. Herrington, and Dalane W. Kitzman: Leg flow-mediated arterial dilation in elderly patients with heart failure and normal left ventricular ejection fraction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1427-H1434, 2007. First published November 3, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00567.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Taiji Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Kamada, Catherine Dayton, F. Spencer Gaskin, Mozow Yusof, Toshikazu Yoshikawa, Patsy Carter, and Ronald J. Korthuis: Role of eNOS-derived NO in the postischemic anti-inflammatory effects of antecedent ethanol ingestion in murine small intestine
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1435-H1442, 2007. First published November 10, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00282.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kenichi Sekiguchi, Qi Tian, Masakuni Ishiyama, Jana Burchfield, Feng Gao, Douglas L. Mann, and Philip M. Barger: Inhibition of PPAR- ${alpha}$ activity in mice with cardiac-restricted expression of tumor necrosis factor: potential role of TGF- $beta$ /Smad3
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1443-H1451, 2007. First published November 10, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01056.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marcus Carlsson, Martin Ugander, Henrik Mosén, Torsten Buhre, and Hakan Arheden: Atrioventricular plane displacement is the major contributor to left ventricular pumping in healthy adults, athletes, and patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1452-H1459, 2007. First published November 10, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01148.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anna A. Noga, Carrie-Lynn M. Soltys, Amy J. Barr, Suzanne Kovacic, Gary D. Lopaschuk, and Jason R. B. Dyck: Expression of an active LKB1 complex in cardiac myocytes results in decreased protein synthesis associated with phenylephrine-induced hypertrophy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1460-H1469, 2007. First published November 10, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01133.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Philippe Pasdois, Casey L. Quinlan, Abraham Rissa, Liliane Tariosse, Béatrice Vinassa, Alexandre D. T. Costa, Sandrine V. Pierre, Pierre Dos Santos, and Keith D. Garlid: Ouabain protects rat hearts against ischemia-reperfusion injury via pathway involving src kinase, mitoK_ATP, and ROS
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1470-H1478, 2007. First published November 10, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00877.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Manu O. Platt, Randall F. Ankeny, Guo-Ping Shi, Daiana Weiss, J. D. Vega, W. R. Taylor, and Hanjoong Jo: Expression of cathepsin K is regulated by shear stress in cultured endothelial cells and is increased in endothelium in human atherosclerosis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1479-H1486, 2007. First published November 10, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00954.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gentaro Iribe, Michiel Helmes, and Peter Kohl: Force-length relations in isolated intact cardiomyocytes subjected to dynamic changes in mechanical load
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1487-H1497, 2007. First published November 10, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00909.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Julie H. Rennison, Tracy A. McElfresh, Isidore C. Okere, Edwin J. Vazquez, Hiral V. Patel, Amy B. Foster, Kalpana K. Patel, Qun Chen, Brian D. Hoit, Kou-Yi Tserng, Medhat O. Hassan, Charles L. Hoppel, and Margaret P. Chandler: High-fat diet postinfarction enhances mitochondrial function and does not exacerbate left ventricular dysfunction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1498-H1506, 2007. First published November 17, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01021.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul J. Marvar, John R. Falck, and Matthew A. Boegehold: High dietary salt reduces the contribution of 20-HETE to arteriolar oxygen responsiveness in skeletal muscle
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1507-H1515, 2007. First published November 17, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00754.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Russell S. Richardson, Anthony J. Donato, Abhimanyu Uberoi, D. Walter Wray, Lesley Lawrenson, Steven Nishiyama, and Damian M. Bailey: Exercise-induced brachial artery vasodilation: role of free radicals
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1516-H1522, 2007. First published November 17, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01045.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joseph Zacharia, Jin Zhang, and W. Gil Wier: Ca²⁺ signaling in mouse mesenteric small arteries: myogenic tone and adrenergic vasoconstriction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1523-H1532, 2007. First published November 17, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00670.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Movies]

Tracy N. Hobson, Jacqueline A. Flewitt, Israel Belenkie, and John V. Tyberg: Wave intensity analysis of left atrial mechanics and energetics in anesthetized dogs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1533-H1540, 2007. First published November 17, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00837.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xue Zhao, Yeong-Renn Chen, Guanglong He, Aiwen Zhang, Lawrence J. Druhan, Arthur R. Strauch, and Jay L. Zweier: Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS3) knockout decreases NOS2 induction, limiting hyperoxygenation and conferring protection in the postischemic heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1541-H1550, 2007. First published November 17, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00264.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Olivier C. Manintveld, Maaike te Lintel Hekkert, Ewout Jan van den Bos, Grietje M. Suurenbroek, Dick H. Dekkers, Pieter D. Verdouw, Jos M. Lamers, and Dirk J. Duncker: Cardiac effects of postconditioning depend critically on the duration of index ischemia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1551-H1560, 2007. First published November 22, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00151.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sam E. Sawaya, Yadavendra S. Rajawat, Tapan G. Rami, Gabor Szalai, Robert L. Price, Natarajan Sivasubramanian, Douglas L. Mann, and Dirar S. Khoury: Downregulation of connexin40 and increased prevalence of atrial arrhythmias in transgenic mice with cardiac-restricted overexpression of tumor necrosis factor
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1561-H1567, 2007. First published November 22, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00285.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ann M. Pitruzzello, Wanda Krassowska, and Salim F. Idriss: Spatial heterogeneity of the restitution portrait in rabbit epicardium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1568-H1578, 2007. First published November 22, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00619.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sean P. Didion, Cynthia M. Lynch, and Frank M. Faraci: Cerebral vascular dysfunction in TallyHo mice: a new model of Type II diabetes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1579-H1583, 2007. First published November 22, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00939.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Adebowale Adebiyi, Guiling Zhao, Sergey Y. Cheranov, Abu Ahmed, and Jonathan H. Jaggar: Caveolin-1 abolishment attenuates the myogenic response in murine cerebral arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1584-H1592, 2007. First published November 10, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00584.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yin-Tie Jin, Naoyuki Hasebe, Tomoyuki Matsusaka, Shunsuke Natori, Takafumi Ohta, Shiro Tsuji, and Kenjiro Kikuchi: Magnesium attenuates isoproterenol-induced acute cardiac dysfunction and $beta$ -adrenergic desensitization
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1593-H1599, 2007. First published November 17, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00985.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ségolène Gambert, Cécile Héliès-Toussaint, and Alain Grynberg: Extracellular glycerol regulates the cardiac energy balance in a working rat heart model
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1600-H1606, 2007. First published October 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00563.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Antonis A. Armoundas, Jochen Rose, Rajesh Aggarwal, Bruno D. Stuyvers, Brian O'Rourke, David A. Kass, Eduardo Marbán, Stephen R. Shorofsky, Gordon F. Tomaselli, and C. William Balke: Cellular and molecular determinants of altered Ca²⁺ handling in the failing rabbit heart: primary defects in SR Ca²⁺ uptake and release mechanisms
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1607-H1618, 2007. First published November 22, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00525.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shumin Li, Xun Li, Yu-Long Li, Chun-Hong Shao, Keshore R. Bidasee, and George J. Rozanski: Insulin regulation of glutathione and contractile phenotype in diabetic rat ventricular myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1619-H1629, 2007. First published October 20, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00140.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRIGENDA:

: Corrigendum
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1641-H1642, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.zh4-7410-corr.2007 [Full Text] [PDF]

REPORTS:

Uwe M. Fischer, Charles S. Cox, Jr., Glen A. Laine, Uwe Mehlhorn, Wilhelm Bloch, and Steven J. Allen: Induction of cardioplegic arrest immediately activates the myocardial apoptosis signal pathway
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1630-H1633, 2007. First published November 3, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00006.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Torben R. Uhrenholt, Timothy L. Domeier, and Steven S. Segal: Propagation of calcium waves along endothelium of hamster feed arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1634-H1640, 2007. First published November 10, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00605.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figure and Videos]

Cover Caption:

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Cover: Trichrome stain of a transmural section at the left atrial-pulmonary vein junction in an old rat. Epicardium is at top. Increased interstitial fibrosis (blue stain) is evident causing separation of myocardial bundles and myocytes (red stain). From: Ono N, Hayashi H, Kawase A, Lin S-F, Li H, Weiss JN, Chen P-S, Karagueuzian HS. “Spontaneous atrial fibrillation initiated by triggered activity near the pulmonary veins in aged rats subjected to glycolytic inhibition.” Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H639–H648, 2007.