Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a complete system of healing that developed in
China about 3000 years ago, and includes herbal medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion and …

There is accumulating evidence that vascular inflammation plays critical roles in
pathophysiology of atherosclerosis. It is widely accepted that both innate and adaptive immune …

Visceral adipose tissue-derived serine protease inhibitor (vaspin) is an interesting novel
adipocytokine with insulin-sensitizing effects. Some studies have suggested that vaspin could …

Background Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas are rare non-Hodgkin lymphomas with
substantial morbidity and mortality in advanced disease stages. We compared the efficacy of …

Background— Ghrelin is a novel growth hormone–releasing peptide that also induces
vasodilation, inhibits sympathetic nerve activity, and stimulates feeding through growth hormone–…

Although many animal studies indicate insulin has cardioprotective effects, clinical studies
suggest a link between insulin resistance (hyperinsulinemia) and heart failure (HF). Here we …

Several clinical studies have shown that insulin resistance is prevalent among patients with
heart failure, but the underlying mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. Here, we report …

Objective— Calorie restriction (CR) prolongs the lifespan of various species, ranging from
yeasts to mice. In yeast, CR extends the lifespan by increasing the activity of silencing …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Quantitative susceptibility mapping allows overcoming
several nonlocal restrictions of susceptibility-weighted and phase imaging and enables …

Objective— The central nervous system is thought to influence the regulation of the
cardiovascular system in response to humoral and neural signals from peripheral tissues, but our …