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Editorials

Circulation Research Editors’ Yearly Report: 2002

Suitability Criteria for Proteomics Manuscripts

Transition From a Continuous to Discontinuous Understanding of Cardiac Conduction

Impaired Hypoxic Coronary Vasodilation and ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel Function: A Manifestation of Diabetic Microangiopathy in Humans?

Serine Phosphorylation and Suppression of Apoptosis by the Small Heat Shock Protein B-Crystallin

Reports

Onset of Cardiac Function During Early Mouse Embryogenesis Coincides With Entry of Primitive Erythroblasts Into the Embryo Proper

ß-Adrenergic Receptor–Stimulated Apoptosis in Cardiac Myocytes Is Mediated by Reactive Oxygen Species/c-Jun NH₂-Terminal Kinase–Dependent Activation of the Mitochondrial Pathway

Reviews

Myocyte Death, Growth, and Regeneration in Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure

Molecular Medicine

Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Reduces Cholesterol Esterification in Macrophages

Local Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Therapy Increases Collateral Artery Formation in Apolipoprotein E–Deficient Mice but Induces Systemic Monocytic CD11b Expression, Neointimal Formation, and Plaque Progression

Regulation of Cytokine-Induced Nitric Oxide Synthesis by Asymmetric Dimethylarginine: Role of Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminohydrolase

Microarray Analysis Reveals Complex Remodeling of Cardiac Ion Channel Expression With Altered Thyroid Status: Relation to Cellular and Integrated Electrophysiology

Load-Induced Transcriptional Activation of c-jun in Rat Myocardium: Regulation by Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2

Cellular Biology

Mechanistically Distinct Steps in the Mitochondrial Death Pathway Triggered by Oxidative Stress in Cardiac Myocytes

Differential Actions of Cardioprotective Agents on the Mitochondrial Death Pathway

Mimicking Phosphorylation of B-Crystallin on Serine-59 Is Necessary and Sufficient to Provide Maximal Protection of Cardiac Myocytes From Apoptosis

Integrative Physiology

Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Exerts Ca²⁺-Dependent Positive Inotropic Effects in Failing Human Myocardium

Selective Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibition With Developing Heart Failure: Effects on Left Ventricular Function and Structure

Clinical Research

Diabetes Mellitus Impairs Vasodilation to Hypoxia in Human Coronary Arterioles: Reduced Activity of ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels

Compound Heterozygosity for Mutations (W156X and R225W) in SCN5A Associated With Severe Cardiac Conduction Disturbances and Degenerative Changes in the Conduction System

UltraRapid Communications

Role for Hydrogen Peroxide in Flow-Induced Dilation of Human Coronary Arterioles