Human salusin‐α and salusin‐β are related peptides produced from prosalusin. Bolus
injection of salusin‐β into rats induces more profound hypotension and bradycardia than …

This review provides an updated overview of the emerging roles of neopterin derivatives in
atherosclerosis. Neopterin, a metabolite of guanosine triphosphate, is produced by …

Background Atherosclerosis is a condition with the vascular accumulation of lipid plaques,
and its main major contributing factor is endothelial injury induced by oxidized low-density …

Background Endothelial injury is the main mechanism of atherosclerosis, and is caused by
oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL). Astragaloside IV (AS-IV) is the primary active …

Background Neopterin, a metabolite of GTP, is produced by activated macrophages and is
abundantly expressed within atherosclerotic lesions in human aorta and carotid and …

Background Vascular endothelial apoptosis is significantly associated with atherosclerosis
and cardiovascular diseases, for which oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) is a major …

Salusins are discovered in 2003 and divided into salusin-α and salusin-β, which are
bioactive peptides with hemodynamic and mitotic activity and mainly distributed in plasma …

Abstract Aims Kisspeptin-10 (KP-10), a potent vasoconstrictor and inhibitor of angiogenesis,
and its receptor, GPR54, have currently received much attention with respect to …

Ang II has been involved in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases, and matrix
metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) induced migration of human aortic smooth muscle cells …

Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1), an interleukin-6 family cytokine, is known as an active inducer
capable of cardiac hypertrophy and vascular stiffness in hypertensive heart disease. CT-1 is …