Background and study aims Accurate endoscopic detec- tion of dysplasia in patients with Barrett’s esophagus (BE) remains a major clinical challenge. The current standard is to take multiple biopsies under endoscopic image gui- dance, but this leaves the …

Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) are shown to participate in tumor progression by establishing a favorable tumor microenvironment (TME) that promote metastasis through a cytokine networks. However, the mechanism of homing and …

Persistent cardiovascular pathology has been described in hyperthyroid patients even with effective antithyroid treatment. Here, we studied the effect of a well-known antithyroid drug, propylthiouracil (PTU; 20 mg/kg/day), on thyroxine (T4; 500 …

© 2017 The Author(s) Background: Three-dimensional visualization of the brain vasculature and its interactions with surrounding cells may shed light on diseases where aberrant microvascular organization is involved, including glioblastoma (GBM). …

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are a class of anti- diabetic drug used for the treatment of diabetes. These drugs are thought to lower blood glucose by blocking reabsorption of glucose by SGLT2 in the proximal convoluted tubules of the …

Despite the increasing number of clinical trials in gene therapy, no ideal methods still allow non-viral gene transfer in deep tissues such as the liver. We were interested in ultrasound (US)-mediated gene delivery to provide long term liver expression. …

Rationale Myocardial infarction (MI) triggers a dynamic microRNA response with the potential of yielding therapeutic targets. Objective We aimed to identify novel aberrantly expressed cardiac microRNAs post-MI with potential roles in adverse remodeling in …

Although microRNA-26b (miR-26b) has been previously identified as a regulator of cardiac hypertrophy, the specific mechanism remains elusive. Cardiac hypertrophy was induced by thoracic aortic constriction (TAC) in mice. Four weeks after surgery, the …

Innate and adaptive immune cells modulate heart failure pathogenesis during viral myocarditis, yet their identities and functions remain poorly defined. We utilized a combination of genetic fate mapping, parabiotic, transcriptional, and functional …

Background/Aims Studies of human cadaveric pancreas specimens indicate that pancreas inflammation plays an important role in type 1 diabetes pathogenesis. Due to the inaccessibility of pancreas in living patients, imaging technology to visualize pancreas …