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Is My Mouse Pregnant? High-Frequency Ultrasound Assessment
The mouse is the mammalian animal model of choice for many human diseases and biological processes. Developmental biology often requires staged-pregnant mice to determine evolving processes at various timepoints. Moreover, optimal and efficient breeding …
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Relaxin increased blood pressure and sympathetic activity in paraventricular nucleus of hypertensive rats via enhancing oxidative stress
Relaxin, an ovarian polypeptide hormone, is found in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) which is an important central integrative site for the control of blood pressure and sympathetic outflow. The aim of this study was to determine if …
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Bortezomib alleviates myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury via enhancing of Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway
Bortezomib is a classical proteasome inhibitor and previous researches have reported its roles of anti-oxidation and anti-inflammatory functions in various diseases. However, the role of Bortezomib in myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury (MIRI) is …
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Gelatin coating promotes in situ endothelialization of electrospun polycaprolactone vascular grafts
Rapid endothelialization is crucial for in situ tissue engineering vascular grafts to prevent graft failure in the long-term. Gelatin is a promising nature material that can promote endothelial cells (ECs) adhesion, proliferation, and migration. In this …
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Melatonin ameliorates myocardial injury by reducing apoptosis and autophagy of cardiomyocytes in a rat cardiopulmonary bypass model
Background. Myocardial injury is a frequent complication after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). This study aimed to test the hypothesis that melatonin could attenuate myocardial injury in a rat CPB model. Methods. Eighteen male …
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Deficiency in nebulin repeats of sarcomeric nebulette is detrimental for cardiomyocyte tolerance to exercise and biomechanical stress
The actin-binding sarcomeric nebulette (NEBL) protein provides efficient contractile flexibility via interaction with desmin intermediate filaments. NEBL gene mutations affecting the nebulin repeat (NR) domain are known to induce cardiomyopathy. The study …
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Chemerin-9 Attenuates Experimental Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation in ApoE−/− Mice
Chronic inflammation plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), a progressive segmental abdominal aortic dilation. Chemerin, a multifunctional adipocytokine, is mainly generated in the liver and adipose tissue. The …
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A metal protoporphyrin-induced nano-self-assembly for potentiating photothermal therapy by depleting antioxidant defense systems
Nanomaterial-mediated low-temperature photothermal therapy (PTT) by integrating photothermal agent and heat shock proteins (HSPs) inhibitor holds great potential application in antitumor treatment. A nanoplatform performing improved therapeutic effect …
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Repeated mutation of a developmental enhancer contributed to human thermoregulatory evolution
Humans sweat to cool their bodies and have by far the highest eccrine sweat gland density among primates. Humans' high eccrine gland density has long been recognized as a hallmark human evolutionary adaptation, but its genetic basis has been unknown. In …
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Dickkopf-1 promotes vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration through upregulating uhrf1 during cyclic stretch application
Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) was recently shown to play an important role in cardiovascular disease. The aim of this work was to assess the role of DKK1 in the regulation of smooth muscle cell function by mechanical stretch and the mechanisms underlying this …