Background Pigs were domesticated independently in Eastern and Western Eurasia early
during the agricultural revolution, and have since been transported and traded across the …

Background Atherosclerosis is a chronic and complex disease caused by lipid disorder,
inflammation, and other factors. It is closely related to cardiovascular diseases, the chief …

Radiotherapy in cancer treatment involves the use of ionizing radiation for cancer cell killing.
Although radiotherapy has shown significant improvements on cancer recurrence and …

Background: Angiogenesis is integral for embryogenesis, and targeting angiogenesis
improves the outcome of many pathological conditions in patients. TBX20 is a crucial …

DNA methylation is an important epigenetic modification that has been implicated in the
pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Although previous studies have identified various CpG …

Background and aims Hyperlipidemia-induced atherosclerosis is the major cause of heart
attack and stroke in humans. However, pathological details and molecular mechanisms …

Background and aims Chinese dragon's blood has been used to treat blood stasis for
thousands of years. Its total phenolic extract (Longxuetongluo capsule, LTC) is used for the …

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated that Cardiac Shock Wave Therapy
(CSWT) improves myocardial perfusion and cardiac function in a porcine model of chronic …

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. Deposition of oxidized low‐density lipoprotein (oxLDL) is one of the initiators and …

Background Perivascular adipose-derived stem cells (PVASCs) can contribute to vascular
remodeling, which are also capable of differentiating into multiple cell lineages. The present …