Esophageal cancer has become a malignant tumor disease with high mortality worldwide. Many cases of esophageal cancer are not very serious in the beginning but become severe in the late stage, so the best treatment time is missed. Less than 20% of patients with esophageal cancer are in the late stage of the disease for 5 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIschemic stroke seriously threatens human health and creates a large social burden. The present study investigated whether tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP3) prevented cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R), with the aim to explore the underlying mechanism. A transient middle cerebral artery occlusion model was conducted in mice, and oxygen glucose deprivation and reoxygenation (OGD/R) was investigated in PC12 cells to mimic cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI).
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