Cardiac Cell Biology

Front Matter....Pages i-1
Decoy calcium channel beta subunits modulate contractile function in myocytes....Pages 3-10
Importance of Ca 2+ influx by Na + /Ca 2+ exchange under normal and sodium-loaded conditions in mammalian ventricles....Pages 11-17
Compensated hypertrophy of cardiac ventricles in aged transgenic FVB/N mice overexpressing calsequestrin....Pages 19-25
The myocardial protein S100A1 plays a role in the maintenance of normal gene expression in the adult heart....Pages 27-33
The carboxy-tail of connexin-43 localizes to the nucleus and inhibits cell growth....Pages 35-38
Porcine aortic endothelial cells show little effects on smooth muscle cells but are potent stimulators of cardiomyocyte growth....Pages 39-45
Differential cytokine expression in myocytes and non-myocytes after myocardial infarction in rats....Pages 47-55
Increased salt sensitivity secondary to leptin resistance in SHHF rats is mediated by endothelin....Pages 57-63
Cloning and bacterial expression of postnatal mouse heart FGF-16....Pages 65-70
An ischemic β-dystroglycan (βDG) degradation product: Correlation with irreversible injury in adult rabbit cardiomyocytes....Pages 71-79
Effects of glyburide (glibenclamide) on myocardial function in Langendorff perfused rabbit heart and on myocardial contractility and slow calcium current in guinea-pig single myocytes....Pages 81-87
Metabolic phenotyping of the diseased rat heart using 13 C-substrates and ex vivo perfusion in the working mode....Pages 89-99
Increased glycolysis as protective adaptation of energy depleted, degenerating human hibernating myocardium....Pages 101-107
Optimal conditions for heart cell cryopreservation for transplantation....Pages 109-114
Different pathways for sodium entry in cardiac cells during ischemia and early reperfusion....Pages 115-120
Comparison of connexin expression patterns in the developing mouse heart and human foetal heart....Pages 121-127
Ischemia-induced dephosphorylation of cardiomyocyte connexin-43 is reduced by okadaic acid and calyculin A but not fostriecin....Pages 129-134
Gap junction remodeling and altered connexin43 expression in the failing human heart....Pages 135-144
Alterations in protein kinase C isoenzyme expression and autophosphorylation during the progression of pressure overload-induced left ventricular hypertrophy....Pages 145-152
CaM kinase IIδC phosphorylation of 14–3-3β in vascular smooth muscle cells: Activation of class II HDAC repression....Pages 153-161
Regulation of MAPK pathways in response to purinergic stimulation of adult rat cardiac myocytes....Pages 163-171
Thyroid hormone and cardioprotection: Study of p38 MAPK and JNKs during ischaemia and at reperfusion in isolated rat heart....Pages 173-180
Involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinases and reactive oxygen species in the inotropic action of ouabain on cardiac myocytes. A potential role for mitochondrial K ATP channels....Pages 181-187
Back Matter....Pages 189-194