Molecular Internal Medicine

Aging Medicine

Potential harmful effects of discontinuing ACE-inhibitors and ARBs in COVID-19 patients
G.P. Rossi, V. Sanga, M. Barton
eLife 2020;9:e57278

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in women - new clues to causes and treatment
M. Barton, M.R. Meyer
JACC Basic Transl Sci 5, 296-299,2020

Endothelin: 30 years from discovery to therapy
M. Barton, M. Yanagisawa
Hypertension 74, 1232-1265, 2019

Nox1 downreglators: A new class of therapeutics
M. Barton, M.R. Meyer, E.R. Prossnitz
Steroids 152, 108949, 2019

Potential role for Nox1 for endothelin-induced brain capillary vasoconstriction in Alzheimer's disease and dementia
M. Barton, M.R. Meyer, E.R. Prossnitz.
Science eaav9518, 2019


Primum non nocere: Why calcitriol («vitamin» D) hormone therapy is not a magic bullet
M. Barton
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 39, 117-120, 2019

Endothelial factors in the pathogenesis and treatment of chronic kidney disease Part II: role in disease conditions. A joint consensus statement from the ESH Working Group on Endothelin and Endothelial Factors and the Japanese Society of Hypertension.
G.P. Rossi, T.M. Seccia, M. Barton, A.H. Danser AH, P.W. de Leeuw, N. Dhaun, D. Rizzoni, P. Rossignol, L.M. Ruilope, A.H. van den Meiracker, S. Ito S, N. Hasebe, D.J. Webb.
J Hypertension 36, 462-471, 2018

Endothelial factors in the pathogenesis and treatment of chronic kidney disease Part I: general mechanisms. A joint consensus statement from the ESH Working Group on Endothelin and Endothelial Factors and the Japanese Society of Hypertension.
G.P. Rossi, T.M. Seccia, M. Barton, A.H. Danser AH, P.W. de Leeuw, N. Dhaun, D. Rizzoni, P. Rossignol, L.M. Ruilope, A.H. van den Meiracker, S. Ito S, N. Hasebe, D.J. Webb.
J Hypertension 36, 451-461, 2018


GPER blockers as Nox downregulators: a new drug class to target chronic non-communicable diseases
M.R. Meyer, M. Barton

J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 176, 82-87, 2018

GPER mediates functional endothelial aging in renal arteries
M.R. Meyer, T. Rosemann, M. Barton, E.R. Prossnitz.
Pharmacology 100, 188-193, 2017

Obligatory role for GPER in cardiovascular aging and disease
M.R. Meyer, N.C. Fredette, C. Daniel, G. Sharma, K. Amann, J.B. Arterburn, M. Barton, E.R. Prossnitz.
Science Signaling 9, ra105, 2016


Estrogens and coronary artery disease: new clinical perspectives
M.R. Meyer, M. Barton
Adv Pharmacol 77, 307-360, 2016

GPER is required for the age-dependent upregulation of the myocardial endothelin system
M.R. Meyer, N.C. Fredette, G. Sharma, M. Barton, E.R. Prossnitz
Life Sci 159, 61-65, 2016


Accelerated vascular aging as a paradigm for hypertensive vascular disease: prevention and therapy
M. Barton, M. Husmann, M.R. Meyer
Can J Cardiol 32, 680-686, 2016


G protein-coupled estrogen receptor inhibits vascular prostanoid production and activity
M.R. Meyer, N.C. Fredette, M. Barton, E.R. Prossnitz
J Endocrinol 227, 61-69, 2015

Prostanoid-mediated contractions of the carotid artery become Nox2-independent with aging
M.R. Meyer, N.C. Fredette, M. Barton, E.R. Prossnitz
AGE 37, 79, 2015

Aging and endothelin: determinants of disease
M. Barton
Life Sci 118, 97-109, 2014

Advancing and translating knowledge in vascular medicine
M. Husmann, M. Barton
Front Cardiovasc Med 1, 6, 2014

Endothelin-1 but not angiotensin II contributes to functional aging in murine carotid arteries
M.R. Meyer, N.C. Fredette, M. Barton, E.R. Prossnitz
Life Sci 118, 213-218, 2014

Functional heterogenity of NADPH oxidase-mediated contractions to endothelin with vascular aging
M.R. Meyer, M. Barton, E.R Prossnitz

Life Sci 118, 226-231, 2014

Prevention and endothelial therapy of coronary artery disease
M. Barton
Curr Opin Pharmacol 13, 225-241, 2013

The G protein-coupled estrogen receptor GPER in physiology and disease
E.R. Prossnitz, M. Barton

Nature Rev Endocrinol 7, 715-726, 2011

Obesity and aging: determinants of endothelial cell dysfunction and atherosclerosis
M. Barton
Pflügers Arch 460, 825-837, 2010

Therapeutic potential of endothelin receptor antagonists for chronic proteinuric renal disease in humans
M. Barton
Biochim Biophys Acta 1802, 1203-1213, 2010

Dilation of epicardial coronary arteries by the G protein-coupled estrogen receptor agonists G-1 and ICI 182,780
M.R. Meyer, O. Baretella, E.R. Prossnitz, M. Barton
Pharmacology 86, 58-64, 2010

Lung cancer and hormone replacement therapy
M. Barton, M.R. Meyer, J.L. Bolton, E.R. Prossnitz
Lancet 375, 117-118, 2010

Postmenopausal hypertension: Mechanisms and therapy
M. Barton, M.R. Meyer
Hypertension 54, 11-18, 2009

Curriculum: Artériopathies athérosclérotique et monoxyde d’azote (NO) : l’importance clinique d’une espérance de vie plus longue et l’obésité
M. Husmann, M. Keller, M. Barton

Forum Médical Suisse 50, 1008-1011, 2007

Hormone replacement therapy and atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women: does aging limit therapeutic benefits?
M. Barton, M.R. Meyer, E. Haas
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 27, 1669-1672, 2007

WISDOM trial, postmenopausal hormone replacement and cardiovascular events: Why it is still not wise to use equine estrogens
M. Barton, M.R.Meyer, I. Bhattacharya, E. Haas
Br Med J e-pub, rapid response August 28, 2007

Atherosklerotische Gefässerkrankungen und Stickstoffmonoxid (NO): Die wachsende Bedeutung von hoher Lebenserwartung
und Übergewicht für die Klinik

M. Husmann, M. Keller, M. Barton
Swiss Medical Forum 50, 1008-1011, 2007

Curriculum: Atherosklerotische Gefässerkrankungen und Stickstoffmonoxid (NO): Die wachsende Bedeutung von hoher Lebenserwartung und Übergewicht für die Klinik
M. Husmann, M. Keller, M. Barton
Swiss Medical Forum 50, 1008-1011, 2007

Aging and biomedicine 2005: Where should we go from here?
M. Barton
Cardiovasc Res 66, 187-189, 2005

Anatomically distinct activation of endothelin-3 and the L-arginine/nitric oxide pathway in the kidney with advanced aging
T. Lattmann, S. Shaw, K. Münter, W. Vetter, M. Barton
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 327, 234-241, 2005

Vascular consequences of menopause and hormone therapy: Importance of timing of treatment and type of estrogen
R.K. Dubey, B. Imthurn, M. Barton, E.K. Jackson
Cardiovasc Res 66 , 295- 306, 2005

Ageing as a determinant of renal and vascular disease: role of endothelial factors
M. Barton
Nephrol Dial Transplant 20, 485-490, 2005

Spotlight issue on cardiovascular aging
S. Pepe, E. Lakatta, M. Barton (Eds).
Cardiovasc Res 66 , 1-419, 2005

Einfluss Postmenopausaler Hormonsubstitution mit konjugierten equinen Oestrogenen und Medroxyprogesteronazetat auf das kardiovaskuläre Risiko
J. Ortmann, W. Vetter, T. Traupe, M. Barton
Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax 93, 904-914, 2004

Postmenopausal hormone-replacement therapy
M. Barton, R.K. Dubey
N Engl J Med 346, 63-65, 2002

Increased expression of endothelin-1 and inducible nitric oxide synthase isoform II in aging arteries in vivo. Implications for atherosclerosis
W. Goettsch, T. Lattmann, K. Amann, M. Szibor, H. Morawietz, K. Münter, S.P. Müller, S. Shaw, M. Barton
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 280, 908-13, 2001

Postmenopausal estrogen replacement therapy and atherosclerosis: Can current compounds provide cardiovascular protection?
M. Barton
Exp Opin Invest Drugs 20, 789-809, 2001

Oestrogensubstitutionstherapie und Arteriosklerose - Pathophysiologie und therapeutische Implikationen
M. Barton
J Menopause 7, 12-15, 2000

Endothelial aging. A determinant of cardiovascular risk
M. Barton
In: Cardiovascular Aging. Physiology, Physiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics. IUPHAR Satellite Symposium, Nancy, France, July 23-24, 1998
Cardiovasc Drug Rev 3, 300-311, 1998


Anatomic heterogeneity of vascular aging. Role of nitric oxide and endothelin
M. Barton, F. Cosentino, R.P. Brandes, P. Moreau, S. Shaw, T.F. Luscher
Hypertension 30, 817-824, 1997

Effect of age on kinetics of nitric oxide release in rat aorta and pulmonary artery
M.R. Tschudi, M. Barton, N.A. Bersinger, P. Moreau, F. Cosentino, G. Noll, T. Malinski, T.F. Luscher
J Clin Invest 98, 899-905, 1996