Heart failure is a major health problem worldwide with a significant morbidity and mortality rate. Although studied extensively in animal models, data from patients at the compensated disease stage are lacking. We sampled myocardium biopsies from aortic …

Myocardial fibrosis (MF) plays a key role in the development and progression of heart failure (HF) with limited effective therapies. Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is a biomarker associated with fibrosis and inflammation in patients with HF. The Gal-3 inhibitor …

The role of IL-6 signalling in hypertensive heart disease and its sequelae is contro- versial. Our group demonstrated that Bazedoxifene suppressed IL-6/gp130 signalling in cancer cells but its effect on myocardial pathology induced by pressure overload is …

Objective: To construct targeted nanobubbles carrying both small-molecule CXCR4 antagonist AMD070 and light-absorbing material indocyanine green (ICG), and to study their in vitro multimodal imaging, as well as their mechanism and efficacy of inhibition …

Fatty acids are the most major substrate source for adult cardiac energy generation. Prohibitin 2 (PHB2), a highly conserved protein located in mitochondrial inner membrane, plays key roles in cellular energy metabolic homeostasis. However, its functions …

Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential is prevalent in elderly individuals and associated with increased risks of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease. However, mouse models to study the dynamics of clonal hematopoiesis and its …

Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway plays a role in features common to both excess salt/aldosterone and cardiovascular/renal diseases. Dietary sodium can upregulate mTORC1 signaling in cardiac and renal tissue, and inhibition of mTOR can …

The mechanism by which the kidney senses changes in hemoglobin concentration (Hb) may inform decisions regarding the optimal fluid for intravascular volume resuscitation in critical care settings where starch solution may be nephrotoxic. We hypothesized …

Sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy (SIc) is a compli- cation of severe sepsis and septic shock characterized by an invertible myocardial depression. This study sought to explore the potential effects and mechanism of luteolin, a flavonoid polyphenolic …

Background and Purpose: The development of endometriotic lesions is crucially dependent on the formation of new blood vessels. In the present study, we analyzed whether this process is regulated by erythropoietin-producing hepatoma receptor B4 (EphB4) …