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High-Frequency Ultrasound Imaging of Tidemark In Vitro in Advanced Knee Osteoarthritis
High-frequency ultrasound imaging has been widely adopted for assessment of the degenerative changes of articular cartilage in osteoarthritis (OA). Yet, there are few reports on investigating its capability to evaluate subchondral bone. Here, we employed …
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c-Jun dimerization protein 2 (JDP2) deficiency promotes cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction in response to pressure overload
c-Jun dimerization protein 2 (JDP2) deficiency promotes cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction in response to pressure overload …
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BSA-Bioinspired Gadolinium Hybrid-Functionalized Hollow Gold Nanoshells for NIRF/PA/CT/MR Quadmodal Diagnostic Imaging-Guided Photothermal/Photodynamic Cancer Therapy
Multimodal imaging guided synergistic therapy promises more accurate diagnosis and higher therapeutic efficiency than single imaging modality or their simple "mechanical" combination. In this research, we fabricated a new multifunctional drug delivery …
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Primary Immunoprevention of Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma by Vaccination against the Extracellular Domain of Anti-Müllerian Hormone Receptor II
Epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) is the most prevalent form of ovarian cancer in the United States, representing approximately 85% of all cases and causing more deaths than any other gynecologic malignancy. We propose that optimized control of EOC …
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Astragaloside IV protects against the pathological cardiac hypertrophy in mice
Although pathologic hypertrophic hearts currently maintain output, sustained cardiac hypertrophy could predispose a patient to arrhythmia and sudden death, and also cause heart failure. Thus, finding effective treatment and exploring the underlying …
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Reversal of pathological cardiac hypertrophy via the MEF2-coregulator interface
Cardiac hypertrophy, as a response to hemodynamic stress, is associated with cardiac dysfunction and death, but whether hypertrophy itself represents a pathological process remains unclear. Hypertrophy is driven by changes in myocardial gene expression …
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Beta-adrenergic regulation of the heart expressing the Ser1700A/Thr1704A mutated Cav1.2 channel
Beta-adrenergic stimulation of the heart increases ICa. PKA dependent phosphorylation of several amino acids (among them Ser 1700 and Thr 1704 in the carboxy-terminus of the Cav1.2 α1c subunit) has been implicated as decisive for the β-adrenergic …
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Mesopore-Induced Aggregation of Cobalt Protoporphyrin for Photoacoustic Imaging and Antioxidant Protection of Stem Cells
With the ever‐accelerating development of functional materials design and fabrication, various nanomaterial‐based molecular imaging platforms with improved detectability and functionality have been developed for next‐generation cell tracking technologies …
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Ultrasound molecular imaging as a non-invasive companion diagnostic for netrin-1 interference therapy in breast cancer
In ultrasound molecular imaging (USMI), ligand-functionalized microbubbles (MBs) are used to visualize vascular endothelial targets. Netrin-1 is upregulated in 60% of metastatic breast cancers and promotes tumor progression. A novel netrin-1 interference …
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Ischemic Stroke Increases Heart Vulnerability to Ischemia-Reperfusion and Alters Myocardial Cardioprotective Pathways
Background and Purpose- For years, the relationship between cardiac and neurological ischemic events has been limited to overlapping pathophysiological mechanisms and common risk factors. However, acute stroke may induce dramatic changes in cardiovascular …