Background-Exosomes are membranous vesicles generated by almost all cells. Recent studies demonstrated that mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes possessed many effects, including antiapoptosis, anti-inflammatory effects, stimulation of angiogenesis, …

Checkpoint blockade of CTLA-4 results in long-lasting survival benefits in metastatic cancer patients. However, patients treated with CTLA-4 blockade have suffered from immune related adverse events, most likely due to the breadth of the induced T-cell …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition that results in whole-body dysfunction, notably cardiovascular (CV) disruption and disease. Injury- induced destruction of autonomic pathways in conjunction with a progressive decline in physical fitness …

Tissue-mimicking materials (TMMs) are widely used in quality assurance (QA) phantoms to assess the performance of ultrasound scanners. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) defines the acoustic parameters of up to 10 MHz. To manufacture a …

Happy Holidays from FUJIFILM VisualSonics SPECIAL HOLIDAY MESSAGE: Reflecting back on 2016 and Looking ahead to 2017 As 2016 winds down and we look towards upcoming holiday celebrations with family and friends, we at FUJIFILM VisualSonics take this moment …

Introduction: Wound healing after myocardial infarction (MI) is mediated by different cell types, secreted proteins, components of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and, as increasing evidences suggest, extracellular vesicles (EVs). We aim to determine the …

Background: In the heart, slow delayed rectifier channels provide outward currents (IKs) for action potential (AP) repolarization in a region- and context-dependent manner. In diseased hearts, chronic elevation of angiotensin II (Ang II) may remodel IKs …

In efforts to improve solid tumor imaging, and enable image-guided drug delivery (IGDD), multiple types of clinical imaging modalities have been combined with nanoparticle platforms1,2. These have improved ability to understand tumor microenvironment and …

Mitophagy eliminates dysfunctional mitochondria and thus plays a cardinal role in diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM). We observed the favourable effects of melatonin on cardiomyocyte mitophagy in mice with DCM and elucidated their underlying mechanisms. …

Heart failure is associated with low cardiac output (CO) and low brain perfusion that imposes a significant risk for accelerated brain aging and Alzheimer disease development. Although clinical heart failure can emerge several years following acute …