Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction

JT Sylvester, LA Shimoda, PI Aaronson… - Physiological …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
It has been known for more than 60 years, and suspected for over 100, that alveolar hypoxia
causes pulmonary vasoconstriction by means of mechanisms local to the lung. For the last …

Phospholamban: protein structure, mechanism of action, and role in cardiac function

HKB Simmerman, LR Jones - Physiological reviews, 1998 - journals.physiology.org
Simmerman, Heather KB, and Larry R. Jones. Phospholamban: Protein Structure,
Mechanism of Action, and Role in Cardiac Function. Physiol. Rev. 78: 921–947, 1998.—A …

Lineage and morphogenetic analysis of the cardiac valves

FJ De Lange, AFM Moorman, RH Anderson… - Circulation …, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
We used a genetic lineage-labeling system to establish the material contributions of the
progeny of 3 specific cell types to the cardiac valves. Thus, we labeled irreversibly the …

T‐box transcription factor Tbx2 represses differentiation and formation of the cardiac chambers

VM Christoffels, WMH Hoogaars… - … dynamics: an official …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Specific regions of the embryonic heart tube differentiate into atrial and ventricular chamber
myocardium, whereas the inflow tract, atrioventricular canal, inner curvatures, and outflow …

Sarcoplasmic reticulum function in smooth muscle

S Wray, T Burdyga - Physiological reviews, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
The sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of smooth muscles presents many intriguing facets and
questions concerning its roles, especially as these change with development, disease, and …

Impaired cardiac performance in heterozygous mice with a null mutation in the sarco (endo) plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase isoform 2 (SERCA2) gene

M Periasamy, TD Reed, LH Liu, Y Ji… - Journal of Biological …, 1999 - ASBMB
The sarco (endo) plasmic reticulum Ca 2+-ATPase isoform 2 (SERCA2) gene encodes both
SERCA2a, the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ pump, and SERCA2b, which is …

Ion channels in smooth muscle: regulators of intracellular calcium and contractility

KS Thorneloe, MT Nelson - Canadian journal of physiology and …, 2005 - cdnsciencepub.com
Smooth muscle (SM) is essential to all aspects of human physiology and, therefore, key to
the maintenance of life. Ion channels expressed within SM cells regulate the membrane …

Physiological features of visceral smooth muscle cells, with special reference to receptors and ion channels

H Kuriyama, K Kitamura, T Itoh… - Physiological …, 1998 - journals.physiology.org
Kuriyama, H., K. Kitamura, T. Itoh, and R. Inoue. Physiological Features of Visceral Smooth
Muscle Cells, With Special Reference to Receptors and Ion Channels. Physiol. Rev. 78: 811 …

Targeted Overexpression of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPase Increases Cardiac Contractility in Transgenic Mouse Hearts

DL Baker, K Hashimoto, IL Grupp, Y Ji, T Reed… - Circulation …, 1998 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure are known to be associated with a reduction in Ca2+-
ATPase pump levels of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). To determine whether, and to what …

[HTML][HTML] A sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca (2+)-ATPase 3-type Ca2+ pump is expressed in platelets, in lymphoid cells, and in mast cells.

F Wuytack, B Papp, H Verboomen… - Journal of Biological …, 1994 - Elsevier
An organellar-type of Ca2+ pump formerly detected by means of its phosphoprotein
intermediate in platelets and in lymphoid cells, and which runs in acid gels at 97 kDa, is now …