Regulation of Pulmonary Vascular Smooth Muscle Contractility in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Implications for Therapy.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to analyze the correlation between decompression-related physiological stress markers, given by inflammatory processes and immune system activation and changes in Heart Rate Variability, evaluating whether Heart Rate Variability can be used to estimate the physiological stress caused by t...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Schirato SR,El-Dash I,El-Dash V,Bizzarro B,Marroni A,Pieri M,Cialoni D,Chaui-Berlinck JG

更新日期：2020-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Odontoblast cells generated from human dental pulp stem/progenitor cells (hDPSCs) secrete reparative dentin in responds to an injury. Endogenous Wnt signaling is also activated during this process, and these Wnt-activated cells are responsible for the following repair response. R-spondin 2 (Rspo2) is a potent stem cel...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Gong Y,Yuan S,Sun J,Wang Y,Liu S,Guo R,Dong W,Li R

更新日期：2020-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the metagenomic, metabolomic and trace metal makeup of intestinal microbiota and environment in healthy male participants during the run-in (5 day) and the following three 21-day interventions: normoxic bedrest (NBR), hypoxic bedrest (HBR) and hypoxic ambulation (HAmb) which were carried out within a contr...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Šket R,Debevec T,Kublik S,Schloter M,Schoeller A,Murovec B,Vogel Mikuš K,Makuc D,Pečnik K,Plavec J,Mekjavić IB,Eiken O,Prevoršek Z,Stres B

更新日期：2018-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Following partial hepatectomy, a coordinated series of molecular events occurs to regulate hepatocyte entry into the cell cycle to recover lost mass. In rats during the first 6 h following resection, hepatocytes are primed by a tightly controlled cytokine response to prepare hepatocytes to begin replication. Although ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Cook DJ,Patra B,Kuttippurathu L,Hoek JB,Vadigepalli R

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to constitute the leading cause of death globally. CVD risk stratification is an essential tool to sort through heterogeneous populations and identify individuals at risk of developing CVD. However, applications of current risk scores have recently been shown to result in conside...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Björnson E,Borén J,Mardinoglu A

更新日期：2016-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological calibration (Physiocal) improves the quality of continuous blood pressure (BP) signal from finger. However, the effects of Physiocal on spectral characteristics of systolic BP (SBP) variability are not well-known. We tested the hypothesis that the use of Physiocal may alter the results on SBP variability...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Kiviniemi AM,Hintsala H,Hautala AJ,Ikäheimo TM,Jaakkola JJ,Tiinanen S,Seppänen T,Tulppo MP

更新日期：2014-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal fibrosis is a common pathway of virtually all progressive kidney diseases. Osthole (OST, 7-Methoxy-8-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-2-chromenone), a derivative of coumarin mainly found in plants of the Apiaceae family, has shown inhibitory effects on inflammation, oxidative stress, fibrosis and tumor progression. The pres...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Zhang S,Huang Q,Cai X,Jiang S,Xu N,Zhou Q,Cao X,Hultström M,Tian J,Lai EY

更新日期：2018-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cotton rats are one of the experimental rodents used for testing different infectious and non-infectious diseases, including gastrointestinal tract pathology. However, their intestinal morphological characteristics are still poorly understood. Here, we clarified the anatomical and histological characteristics of the c...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Chuluunbaatar T,Ichii O,Nakamura T,Irie T,Namba T,Islam MR,Otani Y,Masum MA,Okamatsu-Ogura Y,Elewa YHA,Kon Y

更新日期：2020-10-26 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：:One goal of advanced information and communication technology is to simplify work. However, there is growing consensus regarding the negative consequences of inappropriate workload on employee's health and the safety of persons. In order to develop a method for continuous mental workload monitoring, we implemented a t...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Radüntz T

更新日期：2017-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The sense of taste is responsible for the detection and ingestion of food to cover energetic requirements in health and disease. The change in taste perception might lead to malnutrition that is usually one of the frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with cancer. In this review, we summarize the mech...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Murtaza B,Hichami A,Khan AS,Ghiringhelli F,Khan NA

更新日期：2017-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Southeast Asian Ovalocytosis results from a heterozygous deletion of 9 amino acids in the erythrocyte anion exchange protein AE1 (band 3). The report of the first successful birth of an individual homozygous for this mutation showed an association with severe dyserythropoietic anemia. Imaging of the proband's erythroc...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Flatt JF,Stevens-Hernandez CJ,Cogan NM,Eggleston DJ,Haines NM,Heesom KJ,Picard V,Thomas C,Bruce LJ

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive aging induces several structural and functional alterations in the cardiovascular system, among whom particularly important are a reduced number of myocardial cells and increased interstitial collagen fibers, which result in impaired left ventricular diastolic function. Even in the absence of cardiovascula...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Vigorito C,Giallauria F

更新日期：2014-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle quality and the physiological condition of fish are affected greatly by the culture environment. In aquaculture ponds, a bio-floating bed planted with vegetation is often used to improve water quality. This study investigated the growth and muscle quality of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) cultured in pon...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Zhang X,Wang J,Tang R,He X,Li L,Takagi Y,Li D

更新日期：2019-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：Background:There is an increasing interest in the use of eccentric muscle exercise to improve physical condition, especially with regards to its health-related benefits. However, it is known that unaccustomed eccentric exercise causes muscle damage and delayed pain, commonly defined as "delayed onset muscle soreness" (...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Dominguez-Balmaseda D,Diez-Vega I,Larrosa M,San Juan AF,Issaly N,Moreno-Pérez D,Burgos S,Sillero-Quintana M,Gonzalez C,Bas A,Roller M,Pérez-Ruiz M

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating microRNAs have proven to be reliable biomarkers, due to their high stability, both in vivo in the circulation, and ex vivo during sample preparation and storage. Small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) are a different type of small non-coding RNAs that can also be reliably measured in plasma, but have only been stu...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Håkansson KEJ,Sollie O,Simons KH,Quax PHA,Jensen J,Nossent AY

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscles are large cells with multiple nuclei that are precisely positioned. The importance of the correct nuclear position is highlighted by the correlation between mispositioned nuclei and muscle disease (Spiro et al., 1966; Gueneau et al., 2009). Myonuclei are generally considered to be equivalent and there...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Perillo M,Folker ES

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver cirrhosis (LC) is the final usual outcome of liver damage induced by various chronic liver diseases. Because of asymptomatic nature of LC, it is usually diagnosed at late and advanced stages, and patients are easy to miss the best timing for treatment. Thus, the early detection of LC is needed. In the prospectiv...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Yoo HJ,Jung KJ,Kim M,Kim M,Kang M,Jee SH,Choi Y,Lee JH

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In insects, locomotion is the result of rhythm generating thoracic circuits and their modulation by sensory reflexes and by inputs from the two head ganglia, the cerebral and the gnathal ganglia (GNG), which act as higher order neuronal centers playing different functions in the initiation, goal-direction, and mainten...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Emanuel S,Kaiser M,Pflueger HJ,Libersat F

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep learning (DL) has attracted the attention of computational toxicologists as it offers a potentially greater power for in silico predictive toxicology than existing shallow learning algorithms. However, contradicting reports have been documented. To further explore the advantages of DL over shallow learning, we co...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Idakwo G,Thangapandian S,Luttrell J 4th,Zhou Z,Zhang C,Gong P

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) has been detected in various water bodies and caused harm to aquatic organisms. The aim of this study was to investigate the cytotoxicity and mechanism associated with autophagy and oxidative stress after exposure to PFOA (0, 1, 10, 100 μg/L) for 12 h on lymphocytes, which was isolated fr...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Tang J,Lu X,Chen F,Ye X,Zhou D,Yuan J,He J,Chen B,Shan X,Jiang J,Liu W,Zhang H

更新日期：2018-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase (TH) is an enzyme complex in animal mitochondria and bacteria that utilizes the electrochemical proton gradient across membranes to drive the production of NADPH. The enzyme plays an important role in maintaining the redox balance of cells with implications in aging and a numbe...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Zhang Q,Padayatti PS,Leung JH

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:To excrete body nitrogen waste and regulate electrolyte and fluid balance, the kidney has developed into an energy factory with only second to the heart in mitochondrial content in the body to meet the high-energy demand and regulate homeostasis. Energy supply from the renal mitochondria majorly depends on lipid metab...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Lin PH,Duann P

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe our development of the diffusion tensor imaging modality for the bovine ocular lens. Diffusion gradients were added to a spin-echo pulse sequence and the relevant parameters of the sequence were refined to achieve good diffusion weighting in the lens tissue, which demonstrated heterogeneous regions of diff...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Vaghefi E,Donaldson PJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation-induced impaired function of vascular endothelium may cause leakage of plasma proteins that can lead to edema. Proteins may leave the vascular lumen through two main paracellular and transcellular pathways. As the first involves endothelial cell (EC) junction proteins and the second caveolae formation, th...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Muradashvili N,Tyagi R,Lominadze D

更新日期：2012-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease with a possible infectious component. Anemia of inflammation (AI) occurring in various chronic diseases alters the hemoglobin (Hb) concentration and iron status. Currently, the association between periodontitis and AI is still controversial. The aim of this s...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Wu D,Lin Z,Zhang S,Cao F,Liang D,Zhou X

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: mircoRNAs (miRNAs), small non-coding RNAs regulating gene expression, are stably secreted into the blood and circulating miRNAs (c-miRNAs) may play an important role in cell-cell communication. Furthermore, c-miRNAs might serve as novel biomarkers of the current vascular cell status. Here, we examined how the lev...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Wahl P,Wehmeier UF,Jansen FJ,Kilian Y,Bloch W,Werner N,Mester J,Hilberg T

更新日期：2016-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular endothelium supplying the brain exhibits very low paracellular and transcellular permeability and is a major constituent of the blood-brain barrier. High-density lipoprotein (HDL) crosses the blood-brain barrier by transcytosis, but technical limitations have made it difficult to elucidate its regulation....

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Fung KY,Wang C,Nyegaard S,Heit B,Fairn GD,Lee WL

更新日期：2017-10-30 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：:Background: In chronic hypoxia (CH) and short-term chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) exposure, glycemia and insulin levels decrease and insulin sensitivity increases, which can be explained by changes in glucose transport at skeletal muscles involving GLUT1, GLUT4, Akt, and AMPK, as well as GLUT4 translocation to cel...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Siques P,Brito J,Flores K,Ordenes S,Arriaza K,Pena E,León-Velarde F,López de Pablo ÁL,Gonzalez MC,Arribas S

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00