Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) directly juxtaposes the vascular adventitia and contains
a distinct mixture of mature adipocytes, preadipocytes, stem cells, and inflammatory cells …

Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K) is an unusual protein kinase that regulates
the elongation stage of protein synthesis by phosphorylating and inhibiting its only known …

Aims The formyl peptide receptor (FPR) subtype FPR2/ALX transduces pro-inflammatory
responses and participates in the resolution of inflammation depending on activation. The …

Calcification is an independent predictor of atherosclerosis-related cardiovascular events.
Microcalcification is linked to inflamed, unstable lesions, in comparison to the fibrotic stable …

To date, the tumor microenvironment (TME) has gained considerable attention in various
areas of cancer research due to its role in driving a loss of immune surveillance and …

Eukaryotic elongation factor-2 kinase (eEF2K), an atypical member of alpha-kinase family, is
highly overexpressed in breast, pancreatic, brain, and lung cancers, and associated with …

Macrophage survival is believed to be a contributing factor in the development of early
atherosclerotic lesions. Dysregulated apoptosis of macrophages is involved in the …

Oxysterols, a family of oxidation products of cholesterol, are increasingly drawing attention of
scientists to their multifaceted biochemical properties, several of them of clear relevance to …

Abstract CD4+ T cells, particularly IL-17-secreting helper CD4+ T cells, play a central role in
the inflammatory processes underlying autoimmune disorders. Eukaryotic Elongation Factor …

Heat-shock proteins (HSPs) belong to a group of highly conserved families of proteins
expressed by all cells and organisms and their expression may be constitutive or inducible …