The Nile rat (Arvicanthis niloticus) is an emerging laboratory model of type 2 diabetes. When fed standard rodent chow, the majority of males progress from hyperinsulinemia by 2 months to hyperglycemia by 6 months, while most females remain at the …

Myocardial dysfunction is an important cause of heart failure (HF). RNA polymerase II subunit 5 (RPB5)-mediating protein (RMP) is a transcriptional mediating protein which coordinates cellular processes including gene expression, metabolism, proliferation …

The vasopressin type 2 receptor antagonist tolvaptan may have renoprotective effects in patients with heart failure (HF). This study aimed to reveal the renoprotective effect of tolvaptan from the viewpoint of hemodynamic combined with catheter and …

The prolonged, gonadotoxic effect of chemotherapy can finally lead to infertility in female cancer survivors. There is controversial evidence regarding the protective role of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue (GnRH-a) on chemotherapy-induced ovarian …

Rationale: Remodeling and fibrosis of the right ventricle (RV) may cause RV dysfunction and poor survival in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). Objectives: To investigate the consequences of RV fibrosis modulation and the accompanying cellular …

Rationale: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by vascular remodeling and excessive proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs). Fucoidan, polysacharidic ligand of an adhesion molecule P-selectin exhibits …

The poor survival of stem cells seriously limits their therapeutic efficacy for myocar- dial infarction (MI). Mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) activation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of multiple cardiovascular diseases. Here, we examined …

During physical exercise or stress, the sympathetic system stimulates cardiac contractility via β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR) activation, resulting in protein kinase A (PKA)–mediated phosphorylation of the cardiac ryanodine receptor RyR2. PKA-dependent …

The administration of cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2R) agonist has been reported to produce a cardioprotective effect against the pathogenesis and progression of myocardial infarction (MI). Here in this study, we investigated the specific mechanism related …

BACKGROUND: Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 (ALDH1A1), a member of aldehyde dehydrogenase family, is a marker of stemness in breast cancer. During tumor progression cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been reported to secrete angiogenic factors to orchestrate the …