Air pollution is associated with detrimental effects on human health, including decreased
cardiovascular function. However, the causative mechanisms behind these effects have yet …

Heart failure causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. The understanding of
heart failure pathomechanisms and options for treatment remain incomplete. Zebrafish has …

Experimental studies and clinical trials of nanoparticles for treating diseases are increasing
continuously. However, the reach to the market does not correlate with these efforts due to …

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are widely used as vertebrate model in developmental genetics and
functional genomics as well as in cardiac structure-function studies. The zebrafish heart has …

The sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is crucial for contraction and relaxation of the mammalian
cardiomyocyte, but its role in other vertebrate classes is equivocal. Recent evidence …

Cardiac arrhythmia, or irregular heart rhythm, is associated with morbidity and mortality and
is described as one of the most important future public health challenges. Therefore …

LncRNA-based control affects cardiac pathophysiologies like myocardial infarction, coronary
artery disease, hypertrophy, and myotonic muscular dystrophy. This study used a gene …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an increasing health care problem. About 10% of the
general population is affected by CKD, representing the sixth cause of death in the world …

A key factor determining the pumping function of the fish heart is the regulation of electrical
excitability of cardiac myocytes in the pacemaker region, the atrium and the ventricle …

The massive application of agrochemicals and associated environmental residues greatly
threaten human health. Cardiac dysfunction, as a major contributing factor to human …