Following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), early coronary artery reperfusion remains
the most effective means of limiting the eventual infarct size. The resultant left ventricular …

Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and the related urocortin peptides mediate behavioral,
cognitive, autonomic, neuroendocrine and immunologic responses to aversive stimuli by …

Urocortins, three paralogs of the stress-related peptide corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)
found in bony fish, amphibians, birds, and mammals, have unique phylogenies …

Apoptosis, a genetically programmed form of cell death, contributes to myocyte cell loss in a
variety of cardiac pathologies, including cardiac failure and those related to …

Many of the originally identified cardiovascular 'growth factors' have been demonstrated to
exert a diverse variety of actions within the cardiovascular system, the majority of which are …

Urocortin 1, a human homologue of fish urotensin I, together with its related-compounds
(urocortins 2 and 3), comprises a distinct family of stress peptides. Urocortin 1 has a high …

Three subtypes of adenosine receptors (A1, A2A and A3 ARs) are functionally expressed in
cardiomyocytes. Adenosine released during ischemia and ischemia/reperfusion plays a …

Olfactory ensheathing cells (OEC) have the ability to promote regeneration in the nervous
system. Hence, they hold promise for cell therapy. Most of the experimental studies have …

Abstract Urocortin III (Ucn III)/stresscopin (SCP) is a novel peptide of the corticotropin-
releasing factor (CRF) family and is a specific ligand for the CRF type 2 receptor. We wished …

We investigated the potential role of atorvastatin, given at reperfusion, to improve survival of
the ischemic/reperfused myocardium by activation of p44/42 MAPK and p38 MAPK with its …