The natriuretic peptide family consists of three biologically active peptides: atrial natriuretic
peptide (ANP), brain (or B-type) natriuretic peptide (BNP), and C-type natriuretic peptide …

Natriuretic peptides, which are activated in heart failure, play an important cardioprotective
role. The most notable of the cardioprotective natriuretic peptides are atrial natriuretic …

Fibroblasts comprise the largest cell population in the myocardium. In heart disease, the
number of fibroblasts is increased either by replication of the resident myocardial fibroblasts …

After its discovery in the early 1980s, the natriuretic peptide (NP) system has been
extensively characterized and its potential influence in the development and progression of …

Natriuretic peptides are a family of three structurally related hormone/paracrine factors. Atrial
natriuretic peptide (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) are secreted from the cardiac …

Natriuretic peptides are a family of structurally related but genetically distinct
hormones/paracrine factors that regulate blood volume, blood pressure, ventricular …

cellular apoptosis signaling kinase-1, a redox-sensitive kinase upstream of Jun-nuclear
kinase and p38. Apoptosis signaling kinase-1 overexpression activates nuclear factor κB to …

Background—A variety of studies carried out using either human subjects or laboratory
animals suggest that vitamin D and its analogues possess important beneficial activity in the …

Sustained cardiac pressure overload induces hypertrophy and pathological remodeling,
frequently leading to heart failure. Genetically engineered hyperstimulation of guanosine …

Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain (B-type) natriuretic peptide (BNP) are circulating
hormones of cardiac origin that play an important role in the regulation of intravascular blood …