Galectins are a family of carbohydrate binding proteins with a broad range of cytokine and growth factor-like functions in multiple steps of cancer progression. They contribute to tumor cell transformation, promote tumor ...

Magnesium may influence blood pressure by modulating vascular tone and structure through its effects on myriad biochemical reactions that control vascular contraction/dilation, growth/apoptosis, differentiation and ...

Although there are reports concerning a vascular adaptive response to stress in males, this is not yet defined in females. The aim of this study was to delineate functional gender differences in the rat vascular adaptive ...

Amostragem florística foi feita em áreas da Reserva Biológica Municipal da Serra do Japi, Jundiaí, Estado de São Paulo, incluíndo fisionomias de floresta semidecídua montana, classificada como parte das formações da Mata ...

Since ovarian sex steroids (estradiol and progesterone) may affect both blood pressure and prostanoids synthesis, and because prostaglandin-E2 (PGE2) and prostacyclin (PGI2) can modulate the vascular action of pressor ...

Increased vascular matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) levels play a role in late phases of hypertensive vascular remodeling. However, no previous study has examined the time course of MMPs in the various phases of two-kidney, ...

The biologic basis of the negative prognosis of plasmablastic myeloma is not fully understood. To determine whether histologically aggressive multiple myeloma (MM) is associated with a more angiogenic marrow environment, ...