Hormonal regulation of the hypothalamic melanocortin system.

abstract：:Background: Tissue availability of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) depends on several factors, including dietary intake, physical exercise, genetic variation, and metabolic turnover. However, there is limited evidence whether running training activity per se may influence indices associated with PUFA metabolism suc...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Davinelli S,Corbi G,Righetti S,Casiraghi E,Chiappero F,Martegani S,Pina R,De Vivo I,Simopoulos AP,Scapagnini G

更新日期：2019-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In the kidney, the stimulation of renin production by the collecting duct (CD-renin) contributes to the development of hypertension. The CD is a major nephron segment for the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO), and low NO bioavailability in the renal medulla is associated with hypertension. However, it is unknown whether ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Curnow AC,Gonsalez SR,Gogulamudi VR,Visniauskas B,Simon EE,Gonzalez AA,Majid DSA,Lara LS,Prieto MC

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Current cardiac drug safety assessments focus on hERG channel block and QT prolongation for evaluating arrhythmic risks, whereas the optogenetic approach focuses on the action potential (AP) waveform generated by a monolayer of human cardiomyocytes beating synchronously, thus assessing the contribution of several ion ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Björk S,Ojala EA,Nordström T,Ahola A,Liljeström M,Hyttinen J,Kankuri E,Mervaala E

更新日期：2017-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A new concept of non-rapid eye movement (NREM) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is proposed, that of multi-component integrative states that define stable and unstable sleep, respectively, NREMS, NREMUS REMS, and REMUS. Three complementary data sets are used: obstructive sleep apnea (20), healthy subjects (11), and ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Wood C,Bianchi MT,Yun CH,Shin C,Thomas RJ

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells (ESCs) are pluripotent mammalian cells derived from the Inner Cell Mass (ICM) of mouse blastocysts, which give rise to all three embryonic germ layers both in vivo and in vitro. Mouse ESCs have a distinct epigenetic landscape and a more decondensed chromatin compared to differentiated cells....

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Karnavas T,Pintonello L,Agresti A,Bianchi ME

更新日期：2014-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Chronic infection with HBV (CHB) or HCV (CHC) is the most common chronic viral hepatitis that can lead to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in humans, their infections have distinct pathogenic processes, however, little is known about the difference of glycoprotein glycopatterns in serum between hepat...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Qin X,Guo Y,Du H,Zhong Y,Zhang J,Li X,Yu H,Zhang Z,Jia Z,Li Z

更新日期：2017-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Pluripotency in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is regulated by three transcription factors-OCT3/4, SOX2, and NANOG. To fully exploit the therapeutic potential of these cells it is essential to have a good mechanistic understanding of the maintenance of self-renewal and pl...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Peterson H,Abu Dawud R,Garg A,Wang Y,Vilo J,Xenarios I,Adjaye J

更新日期：2013-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietin (Epo) is an indispensable erythropoietic hormone primarily produced from renal Epo-producing cells (REPs). Epo production in REPs is tightly regulated in a hypoxia-inducible manner to maintain tissue oxygen homeostasis. Insufficient Epo production by REPs causes renal anemia and anemia associated with c...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Souma T,Suzuki N,Yamamoto M

更新日期：2015-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Exercise reduces arterial and central venous blood pressures during recovery, which contributes to its valuable anti-hypertensive effects and to facilitating hypervolemia. Repeated sprint exercise potently improves metabolic function, but its cardiovascular effects (esp. hematological) are less well-charac...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Graham MJ,Lucas SJ,Francois ME,Stavrianeas S,Parr EB,Thomas KN,Cotter JD

更新日期：2016-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:When compared to the previous generations, younger generations have become sedentary on a global level. Physical activity positively contributes to human growth and development, causing, indeed, both physiological and psychological benefits. The aim of the current study was examining the relationship between physical ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Padulo J,Bragazzi NL,De Giorgio A,Grgantov Z,Prato S,Ardigò LP

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: A range of computational methods that rely on the analysis of genome-wide expression datasets have been developed and successfully used for drug repositioning. The success of these methods is based on the hypothesis that introducing a factor (in this case, a drug molecule) that could reverse the disease ge...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Zheng T,Ni Y,Li J,Chow BKC,Panagiotou G

更新日期：2017-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Tilt tables enable early mobilization of patients by providing verticalization. But there is a high risk of orthostatic hypotension provoked by verticalization, especially after neurological diseases such as spinal cord injury. Robot-assisted tilt tables might be an alternative as they add passive roboti...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Sarabadani Tafreshi A,Riener R,Klamroth-Marganska V

更新日期：2016-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:There is compelling evidence that the "what it feels like" subjective experience of sensory stimuli arises in the cerebral cortex in both humans as well as mammalian experimental animal models. Humans are alone in their ability to verbally communicate their experience of the external environment. In other species, sen...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Key B,Brown D

更新日期：2018-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells have emerged as key players in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 inflammatory pathologies. Dysfunctional endothelial cells can promote chronic inflammation and disease processes like thrombosis, atherosclerosis, and lung injury. In endothelial cells, mitochondria regulate these inflammatory pathways ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Chang R,Mamun A,Dominic A,Le NT

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, two alternative targets in insect periphery nerve system have been explored for environmentally-friendly approaches in insect pest management, namely odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) and odorant receptors (ORs). Located in insect antennae, OBPs are thought to be involved in the transport of odorants to ORs fo...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Venthur H,Zhou JJ

更新日期：2018-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Although insulin resistance (IR) is a key pathophysiologic condition underlying various metabolic disorders, impaired cellular glucose uptake is one of many manifestations of metabolic derangements in the human body. To study the systems-wide molecular changes associated with obesity-dependent IR, we integrated inform...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Choi H,Koh HWL,Zhou L,Cheng H,Loh TP,Parvaresh Rizi E,Toh SA,Ronnett GV,Huang BE,Khoo CM

更新日期：2019-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: To investigate whether housing temperature influences rat adiposity, and the extent it is modified by diet and/or pregnancy. Housing temperature impacts on brown adipose tissue, that possess a unique uncoupling protein (UCP) 1, which, when activated by reduced ambient temperature, enables rapid heat generation. M...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Albustanji L,Perez GS,AlHarethi E,Aldiss P,Bloor I,Barreto-Medeiros JM,Budge H,Symonds ME,Dellschaft N

更新日期：2019-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of adipokines identified over the past years has allowed considering the white adipose tissue as a secretory organ closely integrated into overall physiological and metabolic control. Apelin, a ubiquitously expressed peptide was known to exert different physiological effects mainly on the cardiovascular s...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Bertrand C,Valet P,Castan-Laurell I

更新日期：2015-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The pre-occlusal eruption brings the molars into functional occlusion and initiates tensional strains during mastication. We hypothesized that upon establishment of occlusal contact, the periodontal ligament (PDL) undergoes cell and extracellular matrix maturation to adapt to this mechanical function. The PDL of 12 Wi...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Denes BJ,Ait-Lounis A,Wehrle-Haller B,Kiliaridis S

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular calcification is the deposition of calcium phosphate minerals in vascular tissue. Vascular calcification occurs by both active and passive processes. Extent and tissue-specific patterns of vascular calcification are predictors of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The placenta is a highly vascularized or...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Wallingford MC,Benson C,Chavkin NW,Chin MT,Frasch MG

更新日期：2018-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and spinal-bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) are devastating diseases characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons. Although the molecular causes underlying these diseases differ, recent findings have highlighted the contribution of intrinsic skele...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Boyer JG,Ferrier A,Kothary R

更新日期：2013-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluid transport and mixing induced by beating cilia, present in the bronchial airways, are studied using a coupled lattice Boltzmann-Immersed Boundary solver. This solver allows the simulation of both single and multi-component fluid flows around moving solid boundaries. The cilia are modeled by a set of Lagrangia...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Chateau S,D'Ortona U,Poncet S,Favier J

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Denervation induces skeletal muscle atrophy, accompanied by complex biochemical and physiological changes, with potentially devastating outcomes even an increased mortality. Currently, however, there remains a paucity of effective strategies to treat skeletal muscle atrophy. Therefore, it is required to understand the...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Shen Y,Zhang R,Xu L,Wan Q,Zhu J,Gu J,Huang Z,Ma W,Shen M,Ding F,Sun H

更新日期：2019-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapamycin, also known as sirolimus, is an antifungal agent and immunosuppressant drug used to prevent organ rejection in transplantation. However, little is known about the role of rapamycin in cardiac hypertrophy and the signaling pathways involved. Here, the effect of rapamycin was examined using phenylephrine (PE) ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Gu J,Hu W,Song ZP,Chen YG,Zhang DD,Wang CQ

更新日期：2016-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Heart transplant is the gold standard therapy for patients with advanced heart failure. Over 5,500 heart transplants are performed every year worldwide. Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a common complication post-heart transplant which reduces survival and often necessitates heart retransplantation. P...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Irion CI,Dunkley JC,John-Williams K,Condor Capcha JM,Shehadeh SA,Pinto A,Loebe M,Webster KA,Brozzi NA,Shehadeh LA

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumption of acidic foods and drinks and other factors that cause enamel wear are responsible for the daily enamel loss and degradation. Use of some toothpastes that have been showed to possess different properties of remineralisation and/or repair of the enamel surface may help to protect tooth enamel. The aim of t...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Lelli M,Putignano A,Marchetti M,Foltran I,Mangani F,Procaccini M,Roveri N,Orsini G

更新日期：2014-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The senescence of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) has been implicated as a causal pro-inflammatory mechanism for cardiovascular disease development and progression of atherosclerosis, the instigator of ischemic heart disease. Contemporary limitations related to studying this cellular population and senescence-rel...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Stojanović SD,Fuchs M,Kunz M,Xiao K,Just A,Pich A,Bauersachs J,Fiedler J,Sedding D,Thum T

更新日期：2020-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperglycemia is the main feature of diabetes and may increase the risk of vascular calcification (VC), which is an independent predictor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (CCD). Selenium (Se) may decrease the risk of CCD, and previous studies confirmed that Se-containing protein from Se-enriched Spiruli...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Lin C,Zhang LJ,Li B,Zhang F,Shen QR,Kong GQ,Wang XF,Cui SH,Dai R,Cao WQ,Zhang P

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Pressure unloading induces the regression of left ventricular myocardial hypertrophy (LVH). Recent findings indicate that pharmacological activation of the soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) - cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) pathway may also exert reverse-remodeling properties in the myocardium. Therefo...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Ruppert M,Korkmaz-Icöz S,Li S,Brlecic P,Németh BT,Oláh A,Horváth EM,Veres G,Pleger S,Grabe N,Merkely B,Karck M,Radovits T,Szabó G

更新日期：2019-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to its roles in the maintenance of interstitial fluid homeostasis and immunosurveillance, the lymphatic system has a critical role in regulating transport of dietary lipids to the blood circulation. Recent work within the past two decades has identified an important relationship between lymphatic dysfuncti...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Norden PR,Kume T

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00