Background Aortic stenosis is a degenerative condition with high mortality in its severe stages and no preventive treatment.

Alterations in the expression and activity of specific translation factors, and the uncoupling of translational regulation from inhibition by tumour cell stresses, such as hypoxia and nutrient ...

Cationic arginine-rich peptides (CARPs) are an expanding and relatively novel class of compounds, which possess intrinsic neuroprotective properties. Intriguingly, CARPs possess a combination of ...

We focused on the gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) and GRP receptor (GRPR), which are reportedly involved in itch transmission in the spinal somatosensory system, to determine whether the GRP system is ...

Many general practitioners are unable to interpret ECGs accurately. For natriuretic peptides, most of the existing research has been done on secondary care populations, or in the context of screening ...

2 Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center & Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, Beijing, China 3 Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University ...