Fibroblast-Specific TGF-β Signaling Mediates Cardiac Dysfunction, Fibrosis, and Hypertrophy in Obese Diabetic Mice

Medicine, Endocrinology, Cardiovascular System,
Diabetic cardiomyopathy   TGF-β   Fibrosis   Heart failure   Hypertrophy  

New Mechanism of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: The Role of Fibroblast-Specific TGF-β/Smad3 Signaling Pathway Research Background Diabetes is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and heart failure (HF) globally. Diabetic patients not only face risks of macrovascular complications such as hypertension and atherosclerosis but are also pron...

Disruption of TGF-β signaling pathway is required to mediate effective killing of hepatocellular carcinoma by human iPSC-derived NK cells

Medicine, Hepatobiliary System, Oncology, Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Immunology, Genetics,
TGF-β   signaling pathway   NK cells   hepatocellular carcinoma   iPSC   anti-tumor   immunotherapy  

Background Introduction Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer, with a five-year survival rate of less than 20%, and treatment options are extremely limited. Traditional targeted drug therapies, such as Sorafenib and other kinase inhibitors, have been used to treat HCC, but their efficacy is limited and diffi...