The cardiac interstitium is populated by nonmyocyte cell types including transcriptionally
active cardiac fibroblasts and endothelial cells. Since these cells are the source of many …

It is widely recognized that calcium is of singular importance in the viability of the myocardial
cell, nonetheless little is known concerning the precise nature of the action of calcium in …

… Effects of isoproterenol and vitamin E treatment on the malondialdehyde (MDA) content
in the heart were determined and the results are shown in Fig. 2. There was a significant …

The use of insulin by diabetics has largely removed the threat of death from ketotic coma but
cardiovascular dysfunction remains a major cause of death in patients with diabetes. …

Although various factors, such as myocardial infarction, pressure overload and volume
overload, result in the development of congestive heart failure (CHF), the pathogenesis of …

… BEAMISH, AND NARANJAN S. DHALLA. Depression of heart sarcolemmal Ca2+-pump …
Recently, it has been shown that Na+-K+-ATPase activity of cardiac sarcolemmal membrane …

We have examined the effects of adrenochrome and other metabolites of epinephrine on
the ultrastructure and contractile activity of isolated rat hearts perfused under conditions in …

The effect of chronic experimental diabetes on the adrenergic receptors in the rat heart was
investigated. Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin (65 mg/kg; iv) administration, animals …

The ability of hearts to store, distribute, and release norepinephrine (NE) was investigated
in rats 8 wk after the induction of diabetes by an injection of streptozotocin (65 mg/kg iv). …

… NE and have suggested some disturbance of NE release in diabetic hearts. However, NE …
Experiments were undertaken to examine if changes in cardiac NE concentration are re…