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Basic Research in Cardiology

Issue 3/2012

Content (13 Articles)

Original Contribution

A pilot study investigating the effects of remote ischemic preconditioning in high-risk cardiac surgery using a randomised controlled double-blind protocol

Paul Jeffrey Young, Paul Dalley, Alexander Garden, Christopher Horrocks, Anne La Flamme, Barry Mahon, John Miller, Janine Pilcher, Mark Weatherall, Jenni Williams, William Young, Richard Beasley

Invited Editorial

“Conditional Conditioning” in cardiac bypass surgery

Derek J. Hausenloy, Derek M. Yellon

Original Contribution

Exercise-induced cardioprotection is mediated by a bloodborne, transferable factor

M. M. Michelsen, N. B. Støttrup, M. R. Schmidt, B. Løfgren, R. V. Jensen, M. Tropak, E. Jean St-Michel, A. N. Redington, H. E. Bøtker

Open Access Original Contribution

Inhibition of STAT3 signaling prevents vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and neointima formation

Jan-Marcus Daniel, Jochen Dutzmann, Wiebke Bielenberg, Rebecca Widmer-Teske, Dursun Gündüz, Christian W. Hamm, Daniel G. Sedding

Original Contribution

Cardiac remodeling is not modulated by overexpression of muscle LIM protein (MLP)

Christian Kuhn, Derk Frank, Franziska Dierck, Ulrike Oehl, Jutta Krebs, Rainer Will, Lorenz H. Lehmann, Johannes Backs, Hugo A. Katus, Norbert Frey

Original Contribution

The effects of curcumin post-treatment against myocardial ischemia and reperfusion by activation of the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway

Weixun Duan, Yang Yang, Juanjuan Yan, Shiqiang Yu, Jincheng Liu, Jingjun Zhou, Jianying Zhang, Zhenxiao Jin, Dinghua Yi

Original Contribution

Contribution of voltage-dependent K+ and Ca2+ channels to coronary pressure-flow autoregulation

Zachary C. Berwick, Steven P. Moberly, Meredith C. Kohr, Ethan B. Morrical, Michelle M. Kurian, Gregory M. Dick, Johnathan D. Tune

Original Contribution

Genetic suppression of Gαs protein provides rate control in atrial fibrillation

Patrick Lugenbiel, Dierk Thomas, Kamilla Kelemen, Kerstin Trappe, Olympia Bikou, Patrick A. Schweizer, Frederik Voss, Rüdiger Becker, Hugo A. Katus, Alexander Bauer

Original Contribution

A novel pathway of NADPH oxidase/vascular peroxidase 1 in mediating oxidative injury following ischemia–reperfusion

Yi-Shuai Zhang, Lan He, Bin Liu, Nian-Sheng Li, Xiu-Ju Luo, Chang-Ping Hu, Qi-Lin Ma, Guo-Gang Zhang, Yuan-Jian Li, Jun Peng

Original Contribution

Role of HMGB1 in doxorubicin-induced myocardial apoptosis and its regulation pathway

Yongwei Yao, Xuemei Xu, Guohui Zhang, Yingyu Zhang, Wei Qian, Tao Rui

Original Contribution

Metabolic adaptation to chronic hypoxia in cardiac mitochondria

Lisa C. Heather, Mark A. Cole, Jun-Jie Tan, Lucy J. A. Ambrose, Simon Pope, Amira H. Abd-Jamil, Emma E. Carter, Michael S. Dodd, Kar Kheng Yeoh, Christopher J. Schofield, Kieran Clarke

Original Contribution

Toll-like receptor 7 stimulation by imiquimod induces macrophage autophagy and inflammation in atherosclerotic plaques

Inge De Meyer, Wim Martinet, Dorien M. Schrijvers, Jean-Pierre Timmermans, Hidde Bult, Guido R. Y. De Meyer