Pressure overload (PO) and volume overload (VO) of the heart result in distinctive changes to geometry, due to compensatory structural remodeling. This remodeling potentially leads to changes in tissue mechanical properties. Understanding such changes is …

The precise assembly of actin-based thin filaments is crucial for muscle contraction. Dysregulation of actin dynamics at thin filament pointed ends results in skeletal and cardiac myopathies. Here, we discovered adenylyl cyclase-associated protein 2 …

Ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) has been proposed to image microvasculature beyond the ultrasound diffraction limit. Although ULM can attain microvascular images with a sub-diffraction resolution, long data acquisition time and processing time …

Immunotherapy by stimulating the host immune system has been a promising therapeutic strategy for advanced ovarian cancer. Here we describe a treatment strategy that combines chemotherapy and photo-sonodynamic therapy (PSDT) to induce systemic antitumor …

The key pathophysiological process leading to heart failure is cardiac remodeling, a term referring to cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, and apoptosis. We explored circadian rhythm disruption and calcium dyshomeostasis in cardiac remodeling and investigated …

Theoretically, on account of improved local bioavailability of photosensitizers and attenuated systemic phototoxicity, intravesical instillation-based photodynamic therapy (PDT) for bladder cancer (BCa) would demonstrate significant advantages in …

Cellular transition to hypoxia following tissue injury, has been shown to improve angiogenesis and regeneration in multiple tissues. To take advantage of this, many hypoxia-mimicking scaffolds have been prepared, yet the oxygen access state of implanted …

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, among them captopril, improve survival following myocardial infarction (MI). The mechanisms of captopril action remain inadequately understood due to its diverse effects on multiple signalling pathways at …

Aims: Cardiac fibrosis is a pathological hallmark of progressive heart diseases currently lacking effective treatment. Nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), a member of the vitamin B3 family, is a defined biosynthetic precursor of nicotinamide adenine …

Objectives: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have been confirmed to reduce the rate of rehospitalization for heart failure and cardiovascular death in diabetic patients. The aim of our study was to investigate the cardioprotective role of …