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Cathelicidin deficiency exacerbates cardiac dysfunction in lipopolysaccharide‐induced endotoxaemic mice
The therapeutic potential of the antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin (Camp) administration in sepsis has been widely investigated. However, little is known about the pathophysiological roles of cathelicidin in septic cardiomyopathy. In a lipopolysaccharide …
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Cardiac hypertrophy with obesity is augmented after pregnancy in C57BL/6 mice
Background: Over a third of reproductive-age women in the USA are obese, and the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is rising in premenopausal women. Cardiac hypertrophy is an independent predictor of CVD. In contrast to pregnancy, where …
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Hypoxia-Induced miR-210 Is Necessary for Vascular Regeneration upon Acute Limb Ischemia
Critical limb ischemia is the most serious form of peripheral artery disease, characterized by severe functional consequences, difficult clinical management and reduced life expectancy. The goal of this study was to investigate the miR-210 role in the …
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Bnip3 mediates doxorubicin-induced cardiomyocyte pyroptosis via caspase-3/GSDME
Aims: This study was aimed to investigate the role of GSDME-mediated pyroptosis in cardiac injury induced by Doxorubicin (DOX), and to evaluate the role of BH3-only protein Bcl-2/adenovirus E1B 19-kDa-interacting protein 3 (Bnip3) in regulation of …
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Curcumin Analogs Reduce Stress and Inflammation Indices in Experimental Models of Diabetes
Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress lead to a multitude of adverse cellular responses in target organs of chronic diabetic complications. Curcumin, a highly investigated phytochemical, has been shown to exhibit both anti-inflammatory and antioxidant …
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Endothelial S1pr1 regulates pressure overload‐induced cardiac remodelling through AKT‐eNOS pathway
Cardiac vascular microenvironment is crucial for cardiac remodelling during the process of heart failure. Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) tightly regulates vascular homeostasis via its receptor, S1pr1. We therefore hypothesize that endothelial S1pr1 might …
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GLI1-mediated pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell pyroptosis contributes to hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a clinically common malignant cardiovascular disease. Pyroptosis is a new form of inflammatory cell death that is involved in many disease processes. Glioma-associated oncogene family zinc finger 1 (GLI1) is a …
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aYAP modRNA reduces cardiac inflammation and hypertrophy in a murine ischemia-reperfusion model
Myocardial recovery from ischemia-reperfusion (IR) is shaped by the interaction of many signaling pathways and tissue repair processes, including the innate immune response. We and others previously showed that sustained expression of the transcriptional …
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Deciphering Role of Wnt Signalling in Cardiac Mesoderm and Cardiomyocyte Differentiation from Human iPSCs: Four-dimensional control of Wnt pathway for hiPSC-CMs differentiation
Differentiation of cardiomyocytes (CMs) from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) is critically dependent upon the regulation of the Wnt signaling pathway. The mechanisms remain unclear with regard to the dose and timing of each differentiation …
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Coadministration of an Adhesive Conductive Hydrogel Patch and an Injectable Hydrogel to Treat Myocardial Infarction
Over the past decade, tissue-engineering strategies, mainly involving injectable hydrogels and epicardial biomaterial patches, have been pursued to treat myocardial infarction. However, only limited therapeutic efficacy is achieved with a single means. …