the Kosair Charities Pediatric Heart Research Fund to BK,the U.S-China Pediatric Research Exchange Training Program to LC and BBK,and the National Natural Science Foundation of China to HLJ(81470495);All personnel expenses and partial research-related expenses for HTY and JZ were provided by Jilin University through a collaborative research agreement between the University of Louisville and Jilin University,Changchun,China.Basic science experiments were completed at the University of Louisville,Louisville,KY,USA.
Cadmium(Cd)is a nonessential heavy metal and a prevalent environmental toxin that has been shown to induce significant cardiomyocyte apoptosis in neonatal murine engineered cardiac tissues(ECTs).In contrast,zinc(Zn)is ...
Aim: Rosiglitazone is one of the specific PPARy agonists showing potential therapeutic effects in asthma. Though PPARy activation was considered protective in inhibiting airway inflammation and remodeling in asthma, ...