1.Shen Y-T, Vatner DE, Gagnon HE, Vatner SF: Species differences in regulation of a-adrenergic receptor function. Am J Physiol 257:R1110-R1116, 1989.

2.Shen Y-T, Young MA, Ohanian J, Graham RM, Vatner, SF: Atrial natriuretic factor induced systemic vasoconstriction in conscious dogs, rats, and monkeys. Circulation Research 66:647-661, 1990.

3.Knight DR, Shen Y-T, Young MA, Vatner SF: Acetylcholine induced coronary vasoconstriction and vasodilation in tranquilized baboons. Circulation Research69:706-713, 1991.

4.Sato N, Kiuchi K, Shen Y-T, Vatner SF, Vatner DE: Adrenergic responsiveness is reduced, while baseline cardiac function is preserved in old adult conscious monkeys. Am J Physiol 269(Heart Circ. Physiol 38):H1664-H1671, 1995

5.Shen Y-T, Fallon JT, Iwase M, Vatner SF: Innate protection of baboon myocardium following coronary artery occlusion and reperfusion. Am J Physiol 270(Heart Circ. Physiol. 39):H1812-H1818, 1996

6.Cui T, Shen Y-T, Kalthof B, Iwase M, Vatner SF, Vatner DE: Identification and functional role of b-adrenergic receptor subtypes in primate and rodent: in vivo vs. isolated myocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 28(6):1307-1317, 1996

7.Ghaleh B, Shen Y-T, Vatner SF: Spatial heterogeneity of myocardial blood flow presages salvage vs. necrosis with coronary artery reperfusion in conscious baboons. Circulation 94:2210-2215, 1996

8.Shen Y-T, Cervoni P, Claus T, Vatner SF: Differences in ß3-adrenergic receptor cardiovascular regulation in conscious primates, rats and dogs. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 278:1435-1443, 1996

9.Shannon RP, Mathier MA, Manders WT, Shen Y-T: Coronary vascular responses to acute cocaine administration in conscious baboons compared to dogs. J Am Coll Cardiol 35:1347-1354, 2000

10.Asai K, Kudej RK, Shen Y-T, Yang G-P, Takagi G, Kudej AB, Geng Y-J, Nazareno JB, Vatner DE, Natividad F, Bishop S, Vatner SF: Peripheral vascular endothelial dysfunction and apoptosis in old monkeys. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol20:1493-1499, 2000

11.Asai K, Kudej RK, Takagi G, Kudej AB, Natividad F, Y-T Shen, Vatner DE, Vatner SF: Paradoxically enhanced endothelin-B receptor-mediated vasoconstriction in conscious old monkeys. Circulation 103:2382-2386, 2001

12.Takagi G, Asai K, Vatner SF, Kudej RK, Takagi I, Resuello RRG, Natividad F, Shen Y-T, Vatner DE: Gender differences on the effects of aging on cardiac and peripheral ß-adrenergic receptor stimulation in old conscious monkeys. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285:H527-H534, 2003