RATIONALE Cardiac lymphangiogenesis contributes to the reparative process post-myocardial infarction, but the factors and mechanisms regulating it are not well understood. OBJECTIVE To determine if epicardial-secreted factor AM (adrenomedullin; Adm=gene) …

Neuroblastoma is the most common extra-cranial childhood tumor and current treatment requires surgical resection and multi-drug chemotherapy. Local, perioperative delivery of chemotherapeutics is a promising treatment method for solid tumors that require …

Alterations in perinatal conditions (such as preterm birth) is linked to adult health and disease, in particular, the cardiovascular system. Neddylation, a novel post-translational modification through which the ubiquitin-like protein NEDD8 is conjugated …

Aims: The progression of atherosclerosis is based on the continued recruitment of leukocytes in the vessel wall. The previously described role of CD146 in leukocyte infiltration suggests an involvement for this adhesion molecule in the inflammatory …

Cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2R) has been reported to play an important role in the regulation of pathogenesis and progression of myocardial infarction (MI). Here we tried to investigate its potential mechanisms. The ratio of infarct size in heart issue was …

BACKGROUND: Metformin is a popular antidiabetic agent that is also used to treat heart failure patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Several reports suggest that metformin may also have cardioprotective effects in patients without diabetes mellitus. In …

AIMS: Diabetes is a worldwide health problem. Roux-en-Y-Gastric-Bypass (RYGB) leads to rapid resolution of Type-2-Diabetes (T2D). Decreased hepatic insulin resistance is key but underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We hypothesized that changes in …

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is characterized by glomerular and tubulointerstitial injury, proteinuria and remodeling. Here we examined whether the combination of an inhibitor of neprilysin (sacubitril), a natriuretic peptide-degrading enzyme, and an …

Hypertension and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) are severe cardiovascular diseases with incompletely de- fined molecular mechanisms. In the current study we generated dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) knockout mice for the first time to examine its …

An exaggerated exercise pressor reflex (EPR) is associated with excessive sympatho-excitation and exercise intolerance in the chronic heart failure (CHF) state. We hypothesized that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) causes the exaggerated EPR via …