Fibrosis, stiffening and scarring of an organ/tissue due to genetic abnormalities,
environmental factors, infection, and/or injury, is responsible for> 40% of all deaths in the …

Myocardial fibrosis is observed in various cardiovascular diseases and plays a key role in
the impairment of cardiac function. Endomyocardial biopsy, as the gold standard for the …

Myocardial fibrosis, resulting from the disturbance of extracellular matrix homeostasis in
response to different insults, is a common and important pathological remodeling process …

As cardiac diseases, which mostly result in heart failure, are increasing rapidly worldwide,
heart transplantation seems the only solution for saving lives. However, this practice is not …

Although there is accumulating evidence which suggests that the administration of ghrelin
could be used to preserve cardiac function, delay the progression of heart failure post …

Acute sympathetic stress can result in cardiac fibrosis, but may also lead to mental
dysfunction. Exercise training after isoproterenol (ISO)-induced acute sympathetic stress …

Background: The ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) is an important nuclei in responding to
emotional stress, and emotional stress is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. However …

Objective. By observing the effect of N‐acetylcysteine (NAC) on the proliferation and
collagen synthesis of rat cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) to explore the effect of NAC on cardiac …

Acute cardiac pathologies represent one of the leading causes of death, while iron
metabolism is recognized to be implicated in reactive oxygen species production, lipid …

Acute cardiac damage can be induced by isoproterenol injections in animals. The
associated inflammatory response could be reflected in the brain as neuroinflammation, with …