1-5
Editorial
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Gerd Heusch
7-8
Editorial
Role of autoimmunity in dilated cardiomyopathy
Ziya Kaya and Hugo A. Katus
9-18
Original Contribution
Humoral anti-proteasomal autoimmunity in dilated cardiomyopathy
Antje Voigt, Katrin Bartel, Karl Egerer, Christiane Trimpert and Eugen Feist, et al.
19-28
Original Contribution
Propylthiouracil, independent of its antithyroid effect, promotes vascular smooth muscle cells differentiation via PTEN induction
Wei-Jan Chen, Jong-Hwei S. Pang, Kwang-Huei Lin, Dany-Young Lee and Lung-An Hsu, et al.
29-38
Original Contribution
Long-term treatment with the AT1-receptor antagonist telmisartan inhibits biglycan accumulation in murine atherosclerosis
Nadine Nagy, Ariane Melchior-Becker and Jens W. Fischer
39-50
Original Contribution
Proteasome inhibitor bortezomib promotes a rupture-prone plaque phenotype in ApoE-deficient mice
Jozef Leo Van Herck, Guido R. Y. De Meyer, Wim Martinet, Hidde Bult and Christiaan J. Vrints, et al.
51-59
Original Contribution
Multi-slice computed tomography with N1177 identifies ruptured atherosclerotic plaques in rabbits
Jozef Leo Van Herck, Guido R. Y. De Meyer, Wim Martinet, Rodrigo A. Salgado and Bharati Shivalkar, et al.
61-71
Original Contribution
Open AccessSonic hedgehog is a potent chemoattractant for human monocytes: diabetes mellitus inhibits Sonic hedgehog-induced monocyte chemotaxis
Marina Dunaeva, Stefan Voo, Carolien van Oosterhoud and Johannes Waltenberger
73-87
Original Contribution
Open AccessEffects of muscarinic receptor stimulation on Ca2+ transient, cAMP production and pacemaker frequency of rabbit sinoatrial node cells
Marcel M. G. J. van Borren, Arie O. Verkerk, Ronald Wilders, Najat Hajji and Jan G. Zegers, et al.
89-98
Original Contribution
Adrenomedullin is increased in alveolar macrophages and released from the lungs into the circulation in severe heart failure
Erik Øie, Mohammed Shakil Ahmed, Thor Ueland, Liv Ingunn Bjoner Sikkeland and Christen P. Dahl, et al.
99-108
Original Contribution
Transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulators of biglycan in cardiac fibroblasts
Karen Tiede, Ariane Melchior-Becker and Jens W. Fischer
109-118
Original Contribution
Attenuation of myocardial injury by postconditioning: role of hypoxia inducible factor-1α
Huan-Xin Zhao, Xiao-Liang Wang, Ye-Hong Wang, Ye Wu and Xiao-Yu Li, et al.
119-128
Original Contribution
Attenuation of infarction in cynomolgus monkeys: preconditioning and postconditioning
Xi-Ming Yang, Yanping Liu, Yongge Liu, Narendra Tandon and Junichi Kambayashi, et al.
129-137
Original Contribution
AMP579 is revealed to be a potent A2b-adenosine receptor agonist in human 293 cells and rabbit hearts
Yanping Liu, Xiulan Yang, Xi-Ming Yang, Sheree Walker and Karina Förster, et al.
139-150
Original Contribution
Blockade of NF-κB by pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate attenuates myocardial inflammatory response and ventricular dysfunction following coronary microembolization induced by homologous microthrombi in rats
Shumei Li, Shishun Zhong, Kai Zeng, Yukun Luo and Feilong Zhang, et al.