Statins, among the most commonly prescribed drugs worldwide, are cholesterol-lowering
agents used to manage and prevent cardiovascular and coronary heart diseases. Recently …

Soluble Klotho (sKl) in the circulation can be generated directly by alterative splicing of the
Klotho transcript or the extracellular domain of membrane Klotho can be released from …

Reno‐protective strategies are needed to improve renal outcomes in patients with
atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS). Adipose tissue‐derived mesenchymal stem …

Klotho is a single-pass transmembrane protein that is highly expressed in the kidney and is
known to act as a coreceptor for fibroblast growth factor 23. The extracellular domain can be …

Renal microvascular (MV) damage and loss contribute to the progression of renal injury in
renovascular disease (RVD). Whether a targeted intervention in renal microcirculation could …

AIMS: Humanin (HN) is an endogenous mitochondrial-derived cytoprotective peptide that
has shown protective effects against atherosclerosis and is expressed in human vessels …

Background—The selection of patients with renal artery stenosis (RAS) likely to improve
glomerular filtration rate (GFR) after percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty is difficult …

Abstract Aims Endothelin-1 (ET-1) contributes to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular
diseases with multiple properties such as vasoconstriction. Human ET-1 gene expression is …

In this study, we investigated the therapeutic effects of simvastatin administered in
combination with bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC s) following experimentally induced …

Human umbilical cord blood cells (HUCBCs) have been employed as a restorative treatment
for experimental stroke. In this study, we investigated whether transplantation of sub …