Functional small-diameter neovessels created using endothelial progenitor cells expanded ex vivo.

Aortic valve endothelial cells undergo transforming growth factor-beta-mediated and non-transforming growth factor-beta-mediated transdifferentiation in vitro.

Evolution of cell phenotype and extracellular matrix in tissue-engineered heart valves during in-vitro maturation and in-vivo remodeling.

NFATc1 mediates vascular endothelial growth factor-induced proliferation of human pulmonary valve endothelial cells.

Molecular basis of cell membrane estrogen receptor interaction with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in endothelial cells.

The independent role of cyclic flexure in the early in vitro development of an engineered heart valve tissue.

Tissue-engineered microvessels on three-dimensional biodegradable scaffolds using human endothelial progenitor cells.

Clinical pulmonary autograft valves: pathologic evidence of adaptive remodeling in the aortic site.

Dynamic and reversible changes of interstitial cell phenotype during remodeling of cardiac valves.

From stem cells to viable autologous semilunar heart valve.

Inhibition of atherogenesis in BLT1-deficient mice reveals a role for LTB4 and BLT1 in smooth muscle cell recruitment.

Characterization of human atherosclerotic plaques by intravascular magnetic resonance imaging.

Application of anti-ligand antibodies to inhibit notch signaling.

Impact of combined losartan/hydrochlorothiazide on proteinuria in patients with chronic kidney disease and hypertension.

Relationship Between Residual Renal Function and Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 in Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis.

Chronic kidney disease is associated with neovascularization and intraplaque hemorrhage in coronary atherosclerosis in elders: results from the Hisayama Study.

Phosphate overload directly induces systemic inflammation and malnutrition as well as vascular calcification in uremia.

Effectiveness of lanthanum carbonate treatment used in combination with other phosphate binders in peritoneal dialysis patients.

Cerebral oxidative stress induces spatial working memory dysfunction in uremic mice: neuroprotective effect of tempol.

Association of kidney function with coronary atherosclerosis and calcification in autopsy samples from Japanese elders: the Hisayama study.

The clinical utility of serum tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b in the assessment of bone resorption in patients on peritoneal dialysis.

A nonsynonymous SNP in PRKCH (protein kinase C eta) increases the risk of cerebral infarction.

Validation of the exit-site scoring system recommended by the 2005 guidelines of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis.

Autocrine loop between vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C and VEGF receptor-3 positively regulates tumor-associated lymphangiogenesis in oral squamoid cancer cells.

VEGF-C regulates lymphangiogenesis and capillary stability by regulation of PDGF-B.

The regulation of vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGF-A, -C, and -D) expression in the retinal pigment epithelium.

Actions of ZD0947, a novel ATP-sensitive K+ channel opener, on membrane currents in human detrusor myocytes.

Nonendothelial mesenchymal cell-derived MCP-1 is required for FGF-2-mediated therapeutic neovascularization: critical role of the inflammatory/arteriogenic pathway.

The effects of flavoxate hydrochloride on voltage-dependent L-type Ca2+ currents in human urinary bladder.

Platelet-derived growth factor-AA is an essential and autocrine regulator of vascular endothelial growth factor expression in non-small cell lung carcinomas.

Cytoplasmic expression and extracellular deposition of an antiangiogenic factor, pigment epithelium-derived factor, in human atherosclerotic plaques.

Angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis and expression of lymphangiogenic factors in the atherosclerotic intima of human coronary arteries.

Shifts in developmental timing, and not increased levels of experience-dependent neuronal activity, promote barrel expansion in the primary somatosensory cortex of rats enucleated at birth.

Health research funding in Mexico: the need for a long-term agenda.

Modulatory role of sensory innervation on hair follicle stem cell progeny during wound healing of the rat skin.

Long-term effects of neonatal capsaicin treatment on intraepidermal nerve fibers and keratinocyte proliferation in rat glabrous skin.

Late onset muscle plasticity in the whisker pad of enucleated rats.

The rostral migratory stream is a neurogenic niche that predominantly engenders periglomerular cells: in vivo evidence in the adult rat brain.

Metabolic indices shift in the hypothalamic-neurohypophysial system during lactation: implications for interpreting their relationship with neuronal activity.

NF-kappaB activation but not PI3K/Akt is required for dexamethasone dependent protection against TNF-alpha cytotoxicity in L929 cells.

Control of the reactivation kinetics of homodimeric triosephosphate isomerase from unfolded monomers.

Susceptibility to proteolysis of triosephosphate isomerase from two pathogenic parasites: characterization of an enzyme with an intact and a nicked monomer.

The effects of exercise capacity and sedentary lifestyle on haemostasis among middle-aged women with coronary heart disease.

Upregulation of the 5-lipoxygenase pathway in human aortic valves correlates with severity of stenosis and leads to leukotriene-induced effects on valvular myofibroblasts.

Increased transcript level of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP-1) in human tricuspid compared with bicuspid aortic valves correlates with the stenosis severity.

Epigenetic regulation of 5-lipoxygenase in the phenotypic plasticity of valvular interstitial cells associated with aortic valve stenosis.

Cysteinyl leukotriene signaling through perinuclear CysLT(1) receptors on vascular smooth muscle cells transduces nuclear calcium signaling and alterations of gene expression.

The leukotriene receptor antagonist montelukast and aortic stenosis.

The haematocrit--an important factor causing impaired haemostasis in patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease.

Fibrinogen function is impaired in whole blood from patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease.