Arterial stiffness predicts an increased risk of cardiovascular events. Inflammation plays a
major role in large arteries stiffening, related to atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis, endothelial …

Myocardial infarction (MI) is a major disease posing a significant threat to human health, as it
leads to necrosis of numerous cardiomyocytes (CMs), left ventricle dilation, and cardiac …

The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined as the concurrence of obesity-associated
cardiovascular risk factors including abdominal obesity, impaired glucose tolerance …

Over the past decade, tissue-engineering strategies, mainly involving injectable hydrogels
and epicardial biomaterial patches, have been pursued to treat myocardial infarction …

RNAs not encoding proteins have gained prominence over the last couple of decades as
fundamental regulators of cellular function. Not surprisingly, their dysregulation is …

e160 Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol September 2018 were actively exported to the
cytoplasm with exportin-5 in a Ran-GTP–dependent manner. In the cytoplasm, the transition …

The spectrum of ischaemic cardiomyopathy, encompassing acute myocardial infarction to
congestive heart failure is a significant clinical issue in the modern era. This group of …

The interest in non-coding RNAs, which started more than a decade ago, has still not
weakened. A wealth of experimental and clinical studies has suggested the potential of non …

Recent knowledge concerning the role of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) in myocardial
ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury provides new insight into their possible roles as specific …

Identification of microRNA expression quantitative trait loci (miR-eQTL) can yield insights
into regulatory mechanisms of microRNA transcription, and can help elucidate the role of …