1-7
INVITED EDITORIAL
The therapeutic potential of progenitor cells in ischemic heart disease
Past, present and future
Mihail Hristov and Christian Weber
8-16
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Serial high resolution 3D–MRI after aortic
banding in mice: band internalization is a
source of variability in the hypertrophic
response
C. A. Lygate, J. E. Schneider, K. Hulbert, M. ten Hove and L. M. Sebag-Montefiore, et al.
17-26
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Cardiac fatty acid metabolism is preserved in
the compensated hypertrophic rat heart
H. Degens, K. F. J. de Brouwer, A. J. Gilde, M. Lindhout and P. H. M. Willemsen, et al.
27-35
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Retinoic acids increase expression of GLUT4 in dedifferentiated and hypertrophied cardiac myocytes
Ch. Montessuit, I. Papageorgiou, L. Campos and R. Lerch
36-42
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Suppression of physiological cardiomyocyte
proliferation in the rat pup after
neonatal glucocorticosteroid treatment
W. B. de Vries, M. P. Bal, P. Homoet-van der Kraak, P. J. G. H. Kamphuis and F. R. van der Leij, et al.
43-52
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Recombinant N–terminal fragments of
chromogranin–A modulate cardiac function
of the Langendorff–perfused rat heart
M. C. Cerra, L. De Iuri, T. Angelone, A. Corti and B. Tota
53-60
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Exogenous hydrogen sulfide (H2S) protects against regional myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury
Evidence for a role of KATP channels
D. Johansen, K. Ytrehus and G. F. Baxter
61-68
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Hypothermia during reperfusion does not reduce myocardial infarct size in pigs
M. Maeng, U. M. Mortensen, J. Kristensen, S. B. Kristiansen and H. R. Andersen
69-77
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Effect of catheter-based transendocardial delivery of stromal cell-derived factor 1α on left ventricular function and perfusion in a porcine model of myocardial infarction
Karl-Christian Koch, Wolfgang M. Schaefer, Elisa A. Liehn, Christos Rammos and Dominik Mueller, et al.
78-86
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Granulocyte colony–stimulating factor–induced blood stem cell mobilisation in patients with chronic heart failure
Feasibility, safety and effects on exercise tolerance and cardiac function
A. Hüttmann, U. Dührsen, J. Stypmann, R. Noppeney and H. Nückel, et al.
87-95
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Direct comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and conductance microcatheter in the evaluation of left ventricular function in mice
Ch. Jacoby, A. Molojavyi, U. Flögel, M. W. Merx and Zh. Ding, et al.
96-97
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Commentary on „Direct comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and conductance microcatheter in the evaluation of left ventricular function in mice“ by Jacoby et al.
in Basic Res Cardiol 101:87–95 (2006)
Jan M. Nielsen, Andrew N. Redington and Steen B. Kristiansen
98-99
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Reply to Nielsen et al.
in Basic Res Cardiol 101:96–97 (2006)
C. Jacoby, A. Molojavyi, U. Flögel, M. W. Merx and Z. Ding, et al.