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Fingolimod attenuates lung injury and cardiac dysfunction following traumatic brain injury
Acute lung injury (ALI) and cardiac dysfunction are common in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients and always indicate poor outcomes. Inflammatory responses play important roles in TBI-induced cardiac and pulmonary damage. Fingolimod, an immunomodulatory …
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Opposing Functions of BRD4 Isoforms in Breast Cancer
Bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) is a cancer therapeutic target in ongoing clinical trials disrupting primarily BRD4-regulated transcription programs. The role of BRD4 in cancer has been attributed mainly to the abundant long isoform (BRD4-L). Here …
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Systemic blockade of ACVR2B ligands attenuates muscle wasting in ischemic heart failure without compromising cardiac function
Signaling through activin receptors regulates skeletal muscle mass and activin receptor 2B (ACVR2B) ligands are also suggested to participate in myocardial infarction (MI) pathology in the heart. In this study, we determined the effect of systemic …
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Cancer During Pregnancy: The Role of Vascular Toxicity in Chemotherapy-Induced Placental Toxicity
Breast cancer is diagnosed in ~0.3% of pregnant women. Studies that have addressed gestational and neonatal outcomes of chemotherapy during pregnancy have demonstrated increased gestational complications including preeclampsia and intrauterine growth …
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Metformin ameliorates cardiac conduction delay by regulating microRNA-1 in mice
Cardiac conduction delay may occur as a common complication of several cardiac diseases. A few therapies and drugs have a good effect on cardiac conduction delay. Metformin (Met) has a protective effect on the heart. This study’s aim was to investigate …
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TFEB-NF-κB inflammatory signaling axis: a novel therapeutic pathway of Dihydrotanshinone I in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity
Background: Doxorubicin is effective in a variety of solid and hematological malignancies. Unfortunately, clinical application of doxorubicin is limited due to a cumulative dose-dependent cardiotoxicity. Dihydrotanshinone I (DHT) is a natural product from …
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MEIS1 regulated proliferation and migration of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells in hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension
Aim: Proliferation and migration of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) are regarded as the pri- mary factors resulting in pulmonary arterial remodeling in pulmonary hypertension (PH). Myeloid ecotropic viral integration site 1 (MEIS1) has been …
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Endothelial Sirtuin 3 Dictates Glucose Transport to Cardiomyocyte and Sensitizes Pressure Overload‐Induced Heart Failure
BACKGROUND: Alterations of energetic metabolism are suggested to be an important contributor to pressure overload (PO)- induced heart failure. Our previous study reveals that knockout of endothelial Sirtuin 3 (SIRT3) alters glycolysis and impairs …
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Carbachol alleviates myocardial injury in septic rats through PI3K/AKT signaling pathway
OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of carbachol on myocardial injury in septic rats, and to further study its influence on the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (AKT) signaling pathway. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 48 healthy male …
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NOD Mice Recapitulate the Cardiac Disturbances Observed in Type 1 Diabetes
This work aimed at testing the hypothesis that NOD/ShiLtJ mice (NOD) recapitulate the cardiac disturbances observed on type 1 diabetes (T1D). NODmice were studied 4 weeks after the onset ofhyperglycemia, andNOR/Lt mice matched as control. Cardiac function …