Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in the western world today. Although induction of angiogenesis would appear to be an ideal therapeutic strategy, clinical trials of proangiogenic factors have proved ...

Blood vessel growth and function are closely related to a number of pathological conditions, including tumor angiogenesis, wound healing and atherosclerosis. Smooth muscle cells (SMC) and endothelial cells (EC), the two ...

Thyroid hormone (TH), which is secreted by the thyroid gland, exerts significant effects on the central nervous system (CNS), especially during development, so that delayed treatment of perinatal hypothyroidism results ...