Modulating immune function is a critical strategy in cancer and atherosclerosis treatments. For cancer, boosting or maintaining the immune system is crucial to prevent tumor growth. However, in vascular disease, mitigating immune responses can decrease inflammation and slow atherosclerosis progression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBioenergetic preferences of osteolineage cells, including osteoprogenitors and osteoblasts (OBs), are a matter of intense debate. Early studies pointed to OB reliance on glucose and aerobic glycolysis while more recent works indicated the importance of glutamine as a mitochondrial fuel. Aiming to clarify this issue, we performed metabolic tracing of C-labeled glucose and glutamine in human osteolineage cells: bone marrow stromal (a.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiastolic dysfunction is increasingly common in preterm infants exposed to supplemental oxygen (hyperoxia). Previous studies in neonatal mice showed hyperoxia suppresses fatty acid synthesis genes required for proliferation and survival of atrial cardiomyocytes. The loss of atrial cardiomyocytes creates a hypoplastic left atrium that inappropriately fills the left ventricle during diastole.
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