Rong-Kun Xu

GH-releasing peptides improve cardiac dysfunction and cachexia and suppress stress-related hormones and cardiomyocyte apoptosis in rats with heart failure

Xiangbin Xu, Jinjiang Pang, Ji-Min Cao et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology · 2005 · 74 citations

Hexarelin protects rat cardiomyocytes from angiotensin II-induced apoptosis in vitro

Jinjiang Pang, Rong-Kun Xu, Xiangbin Xu et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology · 2004 · 63 citations

Heart Failure, Apoptosis, Angiotensin Ii-induced Apoptosis +18

Hexarelin suppresses high lipid diet and vitamin D3-induced atherosclerosis in the rat

Jinjiang Pang, Qihua Xu, Xiangbin Xu et al. · Peptides · 2009 · 58 citations

Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, Lipid Disorder +13

Chronic administration of hexarelin attenuates cardiac fibrosis in the spontaneously hypertensive rat

Xiangbin Xu, Jinjiang Pang, Xue Gao et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology · 2012 · 32 citations

Hypertension, Heart Failure, Chronic Administration +17

The Positive Inotropic and Calcium-Mobilizing Effects of Growth Hormone-Releasing Peptides on Rat Heart

Xiangbin Xu, Ji-Min Cao, Jing-Jiang Pang et al. · Endocrinology · 2003 · 20 citations · Full text

Cardiac Muscle, Heart Failure, Ghrp-induced Ca2+ Influx +18