Right ventricular (RV) adaptation critically determines survival in pulmonary hypertension (PH). Since cardiac fibroblasts (FBs) are crucial mediators of cardiac fibrosis, we aim to uncover the mechanism underlying their activation during RV remodeling. …

Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are pivotal in the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The efficacy of targeting the CSF-1/CSF-1R axis in PDAC remains uncertain. Using single-cell RNA sequencing on …

SUMOylation may be involved in preeclampsia (PE) progression. We aimed to investigate the roles of SUMOylation in PE and its underlying mechanism using animal and cell models. A rat PE model was established by dexamethasone (DEX) treatment from pregnancy …

Impaired renal reserve induced by unilateral nephrectomy (UNx) leads to the full-spectrum of phenotypes of preeclampsia (PE) in mice. L-kynurenine (a product of L-tryptophan metabolism) supplementation throughout the entire pregnancy rescues the PE-like …

Background and Objective Characterizing the tumor microenvironment (TME) requires integrating multiple physiological features, including oxygenation, vascularity, and redox status. While EPR oxygen imaging (EPROI) provides spatial pO₂ maps, conventional …

Preclinical multimodal imaging is widely applied in small animal models for longitudinal studies of human diseases. Beyond murine systems, cost-effective and ethically sustainable models such as the chicken embryo and its chorioallantoic membrane are …