Autologous veins are the most widely used grafts for bypassing small arteries in coronary and peripheral arterial occlusive diseases. However, they have limited availability and cause donor- site morbidity. Here, we report a direct comparison of acellular …

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to ex- plore the role and the mechanism of Parkin pro- tein in cardiac function and ventricular remodel- ing in myocardial infarction (MI) rats, and to pro- vide a new sight for the treatment of myocardi- al infarction. …

There is no therapy that promotes maturation and functionality of a dialysis arteriovenous fistula (AVF). The search for such therapies largely relies on evaluating vascular responses and putative therapies in experimental AVFs. We studied an AVF in mice …

Caveolin-3 (Cav-3) is a protein that has been implicated in t-tubule formation and function in cardiac ventricular myocytes. In cardiac hypertrophy and failure, Cav-3 expression decreases, t-tubule structure is disrupted and excitation-contraction …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of aquaporin-1 (AQP1) on heart edema in- duced by transverse aortic constriction (TAC) in mice, and to explore whether inhibiting the ex- pression of AQP1 could attenuate myocardial edema and improve cardiac function. …

Photoacoustic (PA) computed tomography (PACT) benefits from genetically encoded probes with photochromic behavior, which dramatically increase detection sensitivity and specificity through photoswitching and differential imaging. Starting with a DrBphP …

Background: Advanced-stage neuroblastoma patients require multiagent chemotherapy. Intratumoral implantation of vincristine-loaded silk gel uses local diffusion to decrease orthotopic neuroblastoma tumor growth in mice. We hypothesize that injecting …

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a severe disorder caused by medications or genetic mutations. D5 dopamine receptor (D5R) gene knockout (D5-/-) mice have cardiac hypertrophy and high blood pressure. To investigate the role and mechanism by which the D5R …

Heart failure (HF) is a shared manifestation of several cardiovas- cular pathologies, including hypertension and myocardial infarc- tion, and a limited repertoire of treatment modalities entails that the associated morbidity and mortality remain high. …

BACKGROUND: Chronic drinking leads to myocardial contractile dysfunction and dilated cardiomyopathy, and cardiac fibrosis is a consequence of these alcoholic injuries. Soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) hydrolyzes epoxyeicosatrienoic acids to less bioactive …