Title | The Hypertrophied Heart [electronic resource] / edited by Nobuakira Takeda, Makoto Nagano, Naranjan S. Dhalla |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2000 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4423-4 |
Descript | XIV, 469 p. online resource |
A. Mechanisms of Cardiac Hypertrophy -- 1. Signal Transduction in the Adapted Heart: Implication of Protein Kinase C-Dependent and -Independent Pathways -- 2. Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase: A Marker of Cardiac Hypertrophy -- 3. Regulation of ribosomal DNA Transcription During Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy -- 4. Mitochondrial Gene Expression in Hypertrophic Cardiac Muscles in Rats -- 5. SERCA2 and ANF Promoter-Activity Studies in Hypertrophic Cardiomyocytes using Liposome-, Gene Gun- and Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer -- 6. Ca2+ Transients, Contractility, and Inotropic Responses in RabbitVolume-Overloaded Cardiomyocytes -- 7. Responsiveness of Contractile Elements to Muscle Length Change in Hyperthyroid Ferret Myocardium -- 8. Contraction-Dependent Hyprtrophy of Neonatal Rat Ventricular Myocytes: Potential Role for Focal Adhesion Kinase -- 9. Molecular Mechanism of Mechanic Stress-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy -- 10. Possible Roles of the Tenascin Family During Heart Deverlopment and Myocardiac Tissue Remodeling -- 11. Cardiac Cell-ECM Interactions: A Possible Site for Mechanical Signaling -- 12. Integrin-Dependent and โIndependent Signaling During Pressure-Overload Cardiac Hypertrophy -- 13. Role of G Proteins in Hypertension and Hypertrophy -- 14. Three-Dimensional Nuclear Size and DNA Content in Hypertensive Heart Disease -- 15. Age-Related Anisotropic Changes in Cardiocyte Connections in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats -- 16. Stimulation of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ERK-1 and ERK-2 by H2O2 in Vascular Smooth Muscle cells -- 17. Effects of ReninโAngiotensin System Inhibition on Cardiac Hypertrophy and Fibrosis in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats -- 18. Adaptation of the Poikilothermic Heart to CatecholamineโInduced Overload -- 19. Angiogenesis and Fibrosis During Right Ventricular Hypertrophy in Human Tetralogy of Fallot -- 20. Molecular Mechanisms of Phenotypic Modulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells -- B. Cardiac Failure in the Hypertrophied Heart -- 21. Protein Kinase C Activation in Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure -- 22. Angiotensin II and Connective Tissue Homeostasis -- 23. Beneficial Effects of Angiotensin Blockade in Heart Failure due to Myocardial Infarction -- 24. Activated TGF? Signaling in the Heart After Myocardial Infarction -- 25. gp130-Dependent Signaling Pathways: Recent Advances and Implications for Cardiovascular Disease -- 26. Molecular Genetic Aspects of Hypertrophic Cadiomyopathy in the Oriental -- 27. Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Hypertrophic or Dilated Cardiomyopathy -- 28. Enhancement of Early Diastolic Filling Provoded by Dobutamine Infusion in Dilated Cardiomyopathy -- 29. DNA Fragmentation is a Possible Mechanism for Heart Failure in Cardiomyopathy -- 30. The Difference in Phosphorylation of Desmin and Myosin Light Chain 2 in the Bio 14.6 Cardiomyopathic Heart -- 31. Cardiac Remodeling in Cardiomyopathic Hamster Hearts -- 32. Human Myocardial Na,K-ATPase in Remodeling -- 33. Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Transfer Inhibits Protein Synthesis of Rat Cardiac Mycocytes -- 34. Human Heart Failure: A Mechanistic Assessment of Altered Ventricular Function -- 35. The Structural Correlate of Reduced Cardiac Function in Failing Human Hearts -- 36. Diastilic Dysfunction and Diastolic Heart Failure -- 37. Effect of Melatonin on Cardiac Function and Metabolism in the Ischemic Working Rat Heart