The Cellular Basis of Cardiovascular Function in Health and Disease Book

	Dedication	1
	Preface	2
	Analysis of responses to human synthetic adrenomedullin and calcitonin gene-related peptides in the hindlimb vascular bed of the cat	5
	Effect of short-term treatment with a monoclonal antibody to P-selectin on balloon cathether-induced: Intimal hyperplasia, re-endothelialization, and attenuation of endothelial-dependent relaxation	13
	Differential regulation of G-protein expression by vasoactive peptides	21
	Endothelin contraction in pig coronary artery: Receptor types and Ca[superscript 2+]-mobilization	29
	Activation of the neutrophil and loss of plasma glutathione during Mg-deficiency - modulation by nitric oxide synthase inhibition	35
	Velocity of translation of single actin filaments (AF) by myosin heads from antigen-sensitized airway smooth muscle	41
	Smooth muscle contractility and protein tyrosine phosphorylation	47
	Coronary artery smooth muscle in culture: migration of heterogeneous cell populations from vessel wall	53
	An overview of the influence of ACE inhibitors on fetal-placental circulation and perinatal development	61
	Differential nature of cross-talk among three G-coupled receptors regulating adenylyl cyclase in rat cardiomyocytes chronically exposed to receptor agonists	75
	Reversal of phosphate induced decreases in force by the benzimidazole pyridazinone, UD-CG 212 CL, in myofilaments from human ventricle	83
	Expression of fibroblast growth factor receptor-1 in rat heart H9c2 myoblasts increases cell proliferation	89
	Identification of an HMG-like protein involved in regulation of Na[superscript +]/H[superscript +] exchanger expression	99
	Cytochemical and immuoncytochemical localization of Na,K-ATPase [alpha] subunit isoenzymes in the rat heart	107
	Estradiol modulates the sodium pump in the heart sarcolemma	113
	Thyroid hormones differentially affect sarcoplasmic reticulum function in rat atria and ventricles	119
	Dietary and physiological studies to investigate the relationship between calcium and magnesium signalling in the mammalian myocardium	127
	Biological significance of phosphorylation and myristoylation in the regulation of cardiac muscle proteins	135
	Contributions of increased efficiency and capacity of protein synthesis to rapid cardiac growth	145
	Cell-cycle dependent anti-FGF-2 staining of chicken cardiac myocytes: Movement from chromosomal to cleavage furrow- and midbody-associated sites	153
	An endogenous positive inotropic factor (EPIF) from porcine heart: Its effects on sarcoplasmic reticular (SR) Ca[superscript 2+] metabolism	163
	Prostaglandins attenuate cardiac contractile dysfunction produced by free radical generation but not by hydrogen peroxide	171
	Changes in fatty acid compositions of myocardial lipids in rats with heart failure following myocardial infarction	179
	Mechanisms that may be involved in calcium tolerance of the diabetic heart	191
	Increases of T-type Ca[superscript 2+] current in heart cells of the cardiomyopathic hamster	199
	Myocardial functional preservation during ischemia: Influence of beta blocking agents	205
	Phosphorylation by protein kinase C and the responsiveness of Mg[superscript 2+]-ATPase to Ca[superscript 2+] of myofibrils isolated from stunned and non-stunned porcine myocardium	211
	Is there a link between impaired glucose metabolism and protein kinase C activity in the diabetic heart?	219
	A new technique of coronary artery ligation: Experimental myocardial infarction in rats in vivo with reduced mortality	227
	Adriamycin depresses in vivo and in vitro phos-phatidylethanolamine N-Methylation in rat heart sarcolemma	235
	A calcium stimulated cysteine protease involved in isoproterenol induced cardiac hypertrophy	241
	Early fetal like slow Na[superscript +] current in heart cells of cnsdiomyopathic hamster	249
	Na[superscript +]-H[superscript +] exchange inhibition at reperfusion is cardioprotective during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion; [superscript 31]P NMR studies	257
	Increased gene expression of plasminogen activators and inhibitors in left ventricular hypertrophy	265
	Cardiac hypertrophy: Old concepts, new perspectives	273
	Characteristics of the myocardial PM-FABP: Effect of diabetes mellitus	281
	Cardiomyopathies and mitochondrial DNA mutations	287
	Cardiac depression and cellular injury in hemorrhagic shock and reinfusion: Role of free radicals	291
	Ischemic preconditioning is not additive to preservation with hypothermia or crystalloid cardioplegia in the globally ischemic rat heart	303
	Regulation of Ca[superscript 2+] homeostasis by glucose metabolism in rat brain	317
	Age- and sex-related differences in nuclear lipid content and nucleoside triphosphatase activity in the JCR:LA-cp corpulent rat	327
	Studies on hepatic injury and antioxidant enzyme activities in rat subcellular organelles following in vivo ischemia and reperfusion	337
	Index to Volume 176	349