Pasteur Institute—Cenci Bolognetti Foundation, Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the prevalent worldwide cancer ...

Endocardial cells are specialized endothelial cells that form the innermost layer of the heart wall. By virtue of genetic lineage–tracing technology, many of the unexpected roles of endocardium during ...

1 Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, The University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States 2 Department of Obstetrics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, ...

In human genetic studies a single nucleotide polymorphism within the salt-inducible kinase 1 (SIK1) gene was associated with hypertension. Lower SIK1 activity in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) ...