ischaemia

Cardiac pericytes

Regulation of coronary blood flow in health and disease

Capillary pericytes mediate coronary no-reflow after myocardial ischaemia

In the brain, after stroke, a similar post-ischaemic 'no-reflow' has been attributed to capillary constriction by contractile pericytes. We now show that occlusion of a rat coronary artery, followed by reperfusion, blocks 40% of cardiac capillaries and halves perfused blood volume within the affected region.

Identifying the source of a humoral factor of remote (pre)conditioning cardioprotection

Signalling pathways underlying the phenomenon of remote ischaemic preconditioning (RPc) cardioprotection are not completely understood. The existing evidence agrees that intact sensory innervation of the remote tissue/organ is required for the …

Cardioprotection evoked by remote ischaemic preconditioning is critically dependent on the activity of vagal pre-ganglionic neurones

This study demonstrates a crucial dependence of remote ischaemic preconditioning cardioprotection against ischaemia/reperfusion injury upon the activity of a distinct population of vagal pre-ganglionic neurones.

Remote ischaemic pre- and delayed postconditioning – similar degree of cardioprotection but distinct mechanisms

Myocardial ischaemia–reperfusion injury can be significantly reduced by an episode(s) of ischaemia–reperfusion applied prior to or during myocardial ischaemia (MI) to peripheral tissue located at a distance from the heart; this phenomenon is called …