Epithelial and endothelial cell-cell contacts are established and maintained by several
intercellular junctional complexes. These structurally and biochemically differentiated …

Lung diseases, such as pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary fibrosis, are life-threatening
diseases and have common features of vascular remodeling. During progression …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Fufang Zhenzhu Tiaozhi (FTZ) is a traditional
Chinese herbal prescription that has been used to treat dyslipidemia, nonalcoholic fatty liver …

The integral membrane protein caveolin-1 (CAV1) plays a central role in radioresistance-
mediating tumor–stroma interactions of advanced prostate cancer (PCa). Among the tumor …

Evidence is mounting that abnormal vascular remodeling leads to many cardiovascular
diseases (CVDs). This suggests that vascular remodeling can be a crucial target for the …

About 230 million people worldwide suffer from peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and the
prevalence is increasing year by year. Multiple risk factors, including smoking, dyslipidemia …

Aims Our previous study showed that oscillatory shear stress (OSS) induces endothelial
progenitor cells (EPCs) to undergo endothelial to mesenchymal transition (EndoMT), which …

Exaggerated signaling by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)‐A and its receptor,
VEGFR 2, in pathologies results in poor vessel function. Still, pharmacological suppression …

Canonical Wnt and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) signaling pathways are highly
conserved systems that contribute to normal vertebrate development, with key …

Choroidal neovascularization (CNV), is a major cause of irreversible blindness among the
elderly population in developed countries, which is resulted from subretinal fibrosis without …