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Curcumin alleviates hepatic steatosis by improving mitochondrial function in postnatal overfed rats and fatty L02 cells through the SIRT3 pathway
Postnatal overfeeding could increase the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in adulthood. This study investigated the effects of curcumin (CUR) on hepatic steatosis in postnatal overfed rats and elucidated potential mechanisms in …
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Tailoring a Near-Infrared Macrocyclization Scaffold Allows the Control of In Situ Self-Assembly for Photoacoustic/PET Bimodal Imaging
Enzyme-triggered macrocyclization and in situ self-assembly of small molecules into nanoparticles has shown promise to design activatable probes for molecular imaging. However, controlling macrocyclization and self-assembly to concurrently augment …
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SGLT2 inhibition potentiates the cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic effects of sGC stimulation in hypertensive rats with prolonged exposure to high-fat diet
Prolonged high-fat diet (HFD) accelerates the cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic dysfunction in hypertensive rats with altered renal development (ARDev). Soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulation or sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibition …
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Allergic asthma aggravates angiotensin Ⅱ-induced cardiac remodeling in mice
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death globally, and heart failure (HF) represents its terminal stage. Asthma, one of the most common chronic diseases, has been reported to be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. …
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Contribution of the innate and adaptive immune systems to aortic dilation in murine mucopolysaccharidosis type I
Background: Adult immunocompetent male C57Bl/6 mucopolysaccharidosis, type I (MPSI) mice develop aortic insufficiency (AI), dilated ascending aortas and decreased cardiac function, findings not observed in immune incompetent adult male NSG MPSI mice. We …
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In Vitro Matured Human Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Cardiomyocytes Form Grafts With Enhanced Structure and Function in Injured Hearts
Background: Human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) have tremendous promise for application in cardiac regeneration, but their translational potential is limited by an immature phenotype. We hypothesized that large-scale …
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Targeting ACSL1 promotes cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac regeneration
Background: Neonatal hearts have considerable regenerative potential within 7 days post birth (P7), but the rate of regeneration is extremely low after P7. Interestingly, lipid metabolism increases dramatically after P7. The similarities in these age …
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Naked mole-rats maintain cardiac function and body composition well into their fourth decade of life
The prevalence of cardiovascular disease increases exponentially with age, highlighting the contribution of aging mechanisms to cardiac diseases. Although model organisms which share human disease pathologies can elucidate mechanisms driving disease, they …
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Multimodal Contrast Agent Enabling pH Sensing Based on Organically Functionalized Gold Nanoshells with Mn-Zn Ferrite Cores
Highly complex nanoparticles combining multimodal imaging with the sensing of physical properties in biological systems can considerably enhance biomedical research, but reports demonstrating the performance of a single nanosized probe in several imaging …
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The Incorporation of Etanercept into a Porous Tri-Layer Scaffold for Restoring and Repairing Cartilage Tissue
Cartilage diseases currently affect a high percentage of the world’s population. Almost all of these diseases, such as osteoarthritis (OA), cause inflammation of this soft tissue. However, this could be controlled with biomaterials that act as an …