Christian Heiss

Summary

Affiliation: Heinrich Heine University
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Improvement of endothelial function with dietary flavanols is associated with mobilization of circulating angiogenic cells in patients with coronary artery disease
    Christian Heiss
    Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 56:218-24. 2010
  2. ncbi Brief secondhand smoke exposure depresses endothelial progenitor cells activity and endothelial function: sustained vascular injury and blunted nitric oxide production
    Christian Heiss
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143 0103, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 51:1760-71. 2008
  3. ncbi Nitric oxide synthase expression and functional response to nitric oxide are both important modulators of circulating angiogenic cell response to angiogenic stimuli
    Christian Heiss
    Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0124, USA
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 30:2212-8. 2010
  4. ncbi Increased CD62e(+) endothelial microparticle levels predict poor outcome in pulmonary hypertension patients
    Nicolas Amabile
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
    J Heart Lung Transplant 28:1081-6. 2009
  5. ncbi In vivo measurement of flow-mediated vasodilation in living rats using high-resolution ultrasound
    Christian Heiss
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0124, USA
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 294:H1086-93. 2008
  6. ncbi Endothelial function, nitric oxide, and cocoa flavanols
    Christian Heiss
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0214, USA
    J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 47:S128-35; discussion S172-6. 2006
  7. ncbi Pleiotrophin induces nitric oxide dependent migration of endothelial progenitor cells
    Christian Heiss
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0124, USA
    J Cell Physiol 215:366-73. 2008
  8. ncbi Circulating endothelial microparticle levels predict hemodynamic severity of pulmonary hypertension
    Nicolas Amabile
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143 0103, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 177:1268-75. 2008
  9. ncbi Peripheral arterial function in infants and young children with one-ventricle physiology and hypoxemia
    Shobha Natarajan
    Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Am J Cardiol 103:862-6. 2009
  10. ncbi The potential of flavanol and procyanidin intake to influence age-related vascular disease
    Roberta R Holt
    Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
    J Nutr Gerontol Geriatr 31:290-323. 2012

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Improvement of endothelial function with dietary flavanols is associated with mobilization of circulating angiogenic cells in patients with coronary artery disease
    Christian Heiss
    Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 56:218-24. 2010
    ....
  2. ncbi Brief secondhand smoke exposure depresses endothelial progenitor cells activity and endothelial function: sustained vascular injury and blunted nitric oxide production
    Christian Heiss
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143 0103, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 51:1760-71. 2008
    ..This study sought to analyze the effects of acute secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure on the number and function of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) over 24 h...
  3. ncbi Nitric oxide synthase expression and functional response to nitric oxide are both important modulators of circulating angiogenic cell response to angiogenic stimuli
    Christian Heiss
    Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0124, USA
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 30:2212-8. 2010
    ..The role of nitric oxide (NO) in CAC function is poorly understood. We hypothesized that CAC migration toward angiogenic signals is modulated by both NO synthase (NOS) expression and functional response to NO...
  4. ncbi Increased CD62e(+) endothelial microparticle levels predict poor outcome in pulmonary hypertension patients
    Nicolas Amabile
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
    J Heart Lung Transplant 28:1081-6. 2009
    ..We hypothesized that the levels of circulating EMPs and LMPs could predict outcome in these patients...
  5. ncbi In vivo measurement of flow-mediated vasodilation in living rats using high-resolution ultrasound
    Christian Heiss
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0124, USA
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 294:H1086-93. 2008
    ..To our knowledge, this is the first integrative physiological model to reproducibly study FMD of conduit arteries in living rats...
  6. ncbi Endothelial function, nitric oxide, and cocoa flavanols
    Christian Heiss
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0214, USA
    J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 47:S128-35; discussion S172-6. 2006
    ....
  7. ncbi Pleiotrophin induces nitric oxide dependent migration of endothelial progenitor cells
    Christian Heiss
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0124, USA
    J Cell Physiol 215:366-73. 2008
    ..These data suggest that PTN may mediate its pro-angiogenic effects by increasing the local number of not only endothelial cells but also early EPCs at angiogenic sites...
  8. ncbi Circulating endothelial microparticle levels predict hemodynamic severity of pulmonary hypertension
    Nicolas Amabile
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143 0103, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 177:1268-75. 2008
    ..Endothelial MPs are a biological marker of dysfunctional endothelium. Vascular remodeling and endothelial dysfunction are involved in pulmonary hypertension (PH)...
  9. ncbi Peripheral arterial function in infants and young children with one-ventricle physiology and hypoxemia
    Shobha Natarajan
    Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Am J Cardiol 103:862-6. 2009
    ....
  10. ncbi The potential of flavanol and procyanidin intake to influence age-related vascular disease
    Roberta R Holt
    Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
    J Nutr Gerontol Geriatr 31:290-323. 2012
    ..In the current article we review a selection of these studies, and comment on some of the potential mechanisms that have been postulated to underlie the health effects of flavanol and procyanidin-rich foods...