Heart failure remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. There is still a strong need to devise new mechanism-based treatments for heart failure. Numerous studies have sug- gested the importance of the Ca2þ-dependent protease …

Inflammation-limiting nonsteroidal pain relievers magnify myocardial infarction (MI) incidences and increase re-admission events in heart failure (HF) patients.However, the molecular and cellu- lar mechanism of this provocative adverse effect is unclear. …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an alternative strategy for treating pancreatic cancer (PC) in clinics. However, the therapeutic efficacy is generally suppressed by inadequate oxygen supply in the hypoxic tumor microenvironment. Herein, hierarchical zeolite …

Several studies have shown that neural remodeling in stellate ganglia (SG) is induced by myocardial infarction (MI). It remains unclear whether neural remodeling after MI is limited in SG within the sympathetic nervous system (SNS). MI was induced in a …

Cardiomyopathy is a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Membrane instability, leading to intracellular calcium (Ca2+) mishandling and overload, causes myocyte death and subsequent fibrosis in DMD …

Background: Heart failure (HF) is a state of inappropriately sustained inflammation, suggesting the loss of normal immunosuppressive mechanisms. Regulatory T-lymphocytes (Tregs) are considered key suppressors of immune responses; however, their role in HF …

Rationale Despite advances in pharmacotherapy, heart failure still incurs significant morbidity and mortality. Stimulating antibodies directed against the secondextracellular loop of the human ß1-adrenergic receptor (anti-ß1EC2) cause myocyte damage and …

The cerebellum is a prominent part of the vertebrate hindbrain that is critically involved in the regulation of important body functions such as movement coordination, maintenance of balance and posture, and motor control. Here, we describe a cerebellar …

When the heart is subjected to an increased workload, mechanical stretch together with neurohumoral stimuli activate the “fetal gene program” and induce cardiac hypertrophy to optimize output. Due to a lack of effective methods/models to quantify and …

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and highly malignant primary brain tumor, which is virtually incurable due to its therapeutic resistance to radiation and chemotherapy. To develop novel therapeutic approaches for treatment of GBM, we …