Cardiovascular disease risk increases with age regardless of sex. Some of this risk is
attributable to alterations in natural hormones throughout the life span. The quintessential …

Background E-cadherin plays a critical role in preserving cell-cell adhesion and tissue
integrity, and its reduced expression is a hallmark feature of the epithelial-mesenchymal …

Objective Arsenic trioxide (ATO or As 2 O 3) has beneficial effects on suppressing neointimal
hyperplasia and restenosis, but the mechanism is still unclear. The goal of this study is to …

Accumulating evidence suggests that the dysregulation of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs)
serves vital roles in the incidence and progression of lung cancer. However, the molecular …

Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) phenotypes span a reversible continuum from
quiescent/contractile (differentiated) to proliferative/synthetic (dedifferentiated) enabling …

Vitamin D (vit-D) supplementation can improve endothelial cell function in type 2 diabetes
mellitus patients with vit-D insufficiency or deficiency. In the present study, we aimed to …

Abstract Background and Aims Incident heart failure (HF) among individuals with chronic
kidney disease (CKD) incurs hospitalizations that burden patients and health care systems …

Background/Aims: Ovarian endometriosis (OvE) is ovarian cyst that is lined with endometrial
tissue. They are found in 17–44% of women with endometriosis. Their clinical manifestations …

Pericytes are mural cells that play an important role in regulation of angiogenesis and
endothelial function. Cadherins are a superfamily of adhesion molecules mediating Ca2+ …

Background Vascular remodelling is an essential pathophysiological state in many
circulatory diseases. Abnormal vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) behaviour leads to …