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Li Lu is an academic researcher from University of Colorado Denver. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ischemia & Pressure overload. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 22 publications. Previous affiliations of Li Lu include Anschutz Medical Campus & University of California, San Francisco.
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Papers
Troglitazone Improves Recovery of Left Ventricular Function After Regional Ischemia in Pigs
TL;DR: In nondiabetic pigs, chronic troglitazone treatment improves recovery of LV systolic and diastolic function after acute ischemia, suggesting that treatment enhanced systemic insulin sensitivity.
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Matrix metalloproteinases and collagen ultrastructure in moderate myocardial ischemia and reperfusion in vivo.
Li Lu,Z. Gunja-Smith,J. F. Woessner,Philip C. Ursell,T. Nissen,R. E. Galardy,Ya Xu,Peili Zhu,Gregory G. Schwartz +8 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that although moderate ischemia and reperfusion alter myocardial MMP content and activity, these effects do not result in damage to interstitial collagen, nor do they contribute to myocardia expansion or contractile dysfunction.
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Glucose-insulin-potassium preserves systolic and diastolic function in ischemia and reperfusion in pigs.
TL;DR: The findings suggest that the clinical utility of GIK may extend beyond treatment of acute myocardial infarction to anticipatory metabolic protection of myocardium in patients at risk for recurrent episodes of ischemia.
PPAR-γ activation fails to provide myocardial protection in ischemia and reperfusion in pigs
Ya Xu,Michael Gen,Li Lu,Jennifer Fox,Sara O. Weiss,R. Dale Brown,Daniel Perlov,Hasan Ahmad,Peili Zhu,Clifford R. Greyson,Carlin S. Long,Gregory G. Schwartz +11 more
TL;DR: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-γ modulates substrate metabolism and inflammatory responses and in experimental rats subjected to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R), thiazolidined...
Thiazolidinedione drugs block cardiac KATP channels and may increase propensity for ischaemic ventricular fibrillation in pigs.
Li Lu,Michael J. Reiter,Ya Xu,A. Chicco,Clifford R. Greyson,Gregory G. Schwartz,Gregory G. Schwartz +6 more
TL;DR: Whether thiazolidinedione drugs block cardiac KATP channels at clinically relevant doses and promote onset of ventricular fibrillation during severe ischaemia is determined, indicating that KatP blockade promotes ischaemic ventricularfibrillation in this model.