Annals ofClinical Investigation

Volume: 2 - Number: 9 - June 1, 2002

Outstanding

Hypertension in Black Patients : An Emerging Role of the Endothelin System in Salt-Sensitive Hypertension

Blood Flow Regulates the Development of Vascular Hypertrophy, Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation, and Endothelial Cell Nitric Oxide Synthase in Hypertension

Integrated Ca2+ Signaling Between Smooth Muscle and Endothelium of Resistance Vessels

Calcium Modulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle ATP-Sensitive K+ Channels : Role of Protein Phosphatase-2B

Articles

Endothelium-specific loss of murine thrombomodulin disrupts the protein C anticoagulant pathway and causes juvenile-onset thrombosis

A complex role for the progesterone receptor in the response to vascular injury

Hypertension in Black Patients : An Emerging Role of the Endothelin System in Salt-Sensitive Hypertension

Blood Flow Regulates the Development of Vascular Hypertrophy, Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation, and Endothelial Cell Nitric Oxide Synthase in Hypertension

Insulin-Induced Decrease in Large Artery Stiffness Is Impaired in Uncomplicated Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Intrinsic Stiffness of the Carotid Arterial Wall Material in Essential Hypertensives

Inversion of the Intracellular Na+/K+ Ratio Blocks Apoptosis in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells by Induction of RNA Synthesis

Proapoptotic and Growth-Inhibitory Role of Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats In Vivo

Aldose Reductase Inhibitor Improves Insulin-Mediated Glucose Uptake and Prevents Migration of Human Coronary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells Induced by High Glucose

Aging Increases PGHS-2–Dependent Vasoconstriction in Rat Mesenteric Arteries

Bradykinin-Induced Vasodilation of Human Forearm Resistance Vessels Is Primarily Mediated by Endothelium-Dependent Hyperpolarization

Antagonist-Induced Intracellular Sequestration of Rabbit Bradykinin B2 Receptor

Quantification of the Contribution of Cardiac and Arterial Remodeling to Hypertension

Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptors Stimulate Collagen Synthesis in Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Functional Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Receptor in Cultured Human Vascular Endothelial Cells : Possible Role in Control of Blood Pressure

Brachial Vascular Reactivity in Blacks

Cellular Biology

Calcium Modulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle ATP-Sensitive K+ Channels : Role of Protein Phosphatase-2B

Integrative Physiology

Integrated Ca2+ Signaling Between Smooth Muscle and Endothelium of Resistance Vessels

Apoptosis Regulates Human Vascular Calcification In Vitro : Evidence for Initiation of Vascular Calcification by Apoptotic Bodies

Molecular Medicine

Retinoic Acida-Induced Tissue Transglutaminase and Apoptosis in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Summary

Aerobic Exercise Training Does Not Modify Large-Artery Compliance in Isolated Systolic Hypertension

Acute Effect of Caffeine on Arterial Stiffness and Aortic Pressure Waveform

Impaired Skin Capillary Recruitment in Essential Hypertension Is Caused by Both Functional and Structural Capillary Rarefaction

Increased Expression of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-a and -g in Blood Vessels of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats