Activated vitamin D attenuates left ventricular abnormalities induced by dietary sodium in Dahl salt-sensitive animals

Natalya D. Bodyak, Juan Carlos Ayus, Steven G. Achinger, +11

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

NutritionHeart FailureDietary SodiumNephrologyHemodialysis Patients +20

Long-term improvement of cardiac function in rats after infarction by transplantation of embryonic stem cells

Jiangyong Min, Yinke Yang, D. Matthew Sullivan, +5

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Regenerative MedicineCardiac FunctionDevelopmental BiologyTransplantationMedicine +13

Cytomegalovirus Infection Causes an Increase of Arterial Blood Pressure

Jilin Cheng, Qingen Ke, Zhuang Jin, +5

PLoS Pathogens

H2O2-responsive molecularly engineered polymer nanoparticles as ischemia/reperfusion-targeted nanotherapeutic agents

Dongwon Lee, Soochan Bae, Donghyun Hong, +7

Scientific Reports

VEGF enhances functional improvement of postinfarcted hearts by transplantation of ESC-differentiated cells

Yinke Yang, Jiangyong Min, Jamal S. Rana, +5

Journal of Applied Physiology

Cardiac MuscleCell TherapyHeart FailureCardiac Progenitor CellsFunctional Improvement +20

Single point mutations affect fatty acid block of human myocardial sodium channel α subunit Na ⁺ channels

Yong‐Fu Xiao, Qingen Ke, Sho‐Ya Wang, +5

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Aldosterone-Sensing Neurons in the NTS Exhibit State-Dependent Pacemaker Activity and Drive Sodium Appetite via Synergy with Angiotensin II Signaling

Jon M. Resch, Henning Fenselau, Joseph C. Madara, +13

Neuron

Energy HomeostasisAldosterone-sensing NeuronsAngiotensin IiNeurophysiologySodium Homeostasis +12

A New Mdr2−/− Mouse Model of Sclerosing Cholangitis with Rapid Fibrosis Progression, Early-Onset Portal Hypertension, and Liver Cancer

Naoki Ikenaga, Susan B. Liu, Deanna Sverdlov, +5

American Journal Of Pathology

ImmunologyGastroenterologyPathologyCholangiopathiesAutoimmune Liver Disease +15

Deletion of <i>Ptpn11</i> (Shp2) in Cardiomyocytes Causes Dilated Cardiomyopathy via Effects on the Extracellular Signal–Regulated Kinase/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase and RhoA Signaling Pathways

Maria Kontaridis, Wentian Yang, Kendra K. Bence, +8

Circulation

Vascular endothelial growth factor promotes cardiomyocyte differentiation of embryonic stem cells

Yu Chen, Ivo Amende, Thomas Hampton, +5

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Cardiac MuscleImmunologyCardiac Progenitor CellsCell DifferentiationAngiogenesis +19