The continuous increase in poultry production over the last decades to meet the high
growing demand and provide food security has attracted much concern due to the recent …

Heat stress is one of the most important environmental stressors for the poultry industry in
the world. Reduced growth rate, low feed efficiency, impaired immunological responses …

The heart has complex mechanisms that facilitate the maintenance of an oxygen supply–
demand balance necessary for its contractile function in response to physiological …

Research in the area of the pale, soft and exudative (PSE) pork and poultry meat is reviewed
in this article with an emphasis on genetic, biochemical and metabolic factors contributing to …

Mitochondria form junctions with the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum (SR/ER), which support
signal transduction and biosynthetic pathways and affect organellar distribution. Recently …

The pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation (AF) remains incompletely understood, despite its
prevalence and contributing role in stroke and heart failure. Whereas previous studies have …

Despite significant progress in cardiovascular medicine, myocardial ischemia and infarction,
progressing eventually to the final end point heart failure (HF), remain the leading cause of …

Mutations affecting the seemingly unrelated gene products, SepN1, a selenoprotein of
unknown function, and RyR1, the major component of the ryanodine receptor intracellular …

The unique chemistry of oxygen has been both a resource and threat for life on Earth for at
least the last 2.4 billion years. Reduction of oxygen to water allows extraction of more …

The cardiac ryanodine receptor-Ca2+ release channel (RyR2) is an essential sarcoplasmic
reticulum (SR) transmembrane protein that plays a central role in excitation–contraction …