BACKGROUND Endothelin (ET) is a potent vasoconstrictor, and its concentration is
increased in patients with heart failure. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role …

Light microscopic immunohistochemical studies were performed to evaluate the distribution
of fibronectin in paraffin sections of p-formaldehyde-fixed normal rat hearts and the hearts of …

Objective: Increased oxidative stress and myocyte apoptosis co-exist in the remote non-
infarcted myocardium (RM) following a large myocardial infarction. We proposed that these …

The results of experiments with indirect methods have suggested that various interventions
reduce infarct size after coronary artery occlusion. To determine and quantify directly both …

Background Antibodies to selected neutrophil or endothelial cell adhesion molecules
decrease myocardial infarct size in vivo. Platelet/endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 …

A marked increase in plasma TNF-α has been described in patients with chronic heart
failure (CHF). Nevertheless, little is known about the direct role of this cytokine early after …

Depletion of heart fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) from cardiomyocytes with varying post-
ischemia intervals was studied in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) model of rat, and 22 …

Objectives. The present study sought to evaluate the effects of the afterload-reducing drugs
captopril and prazosin on changes in antioxidants as well as oxidative stress in relation to …

Objectives: Plasma endothelin (ET) concentrations are increased in heart failure. The aims
of the present study were to investigate to what extent cardiac ET mRNA expression is …

Infiltration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) is associated with the progression of
myocardial infarction and reperfusion injury. However, little is known about the time course …