The herb rosemary has long been linked with memory: "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance," says Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet. So it is fitting that researchers would study a compound found ...

Cardiac fibrosis, a hallmark of heart failure and various cardiomyopathies, represents a complex pathological process that has long challenged therapeutic intervention. High-throughput omics ...

Hemodynamic shear stress, the frictional force exerted by blood flow on the endothelium, mediates vascular homeostasis. This review examines the biophysical nature and biochemical effects of shear ...

TGF-β (transforming growth factor-β) is well identified as a central mediator in renal fibrosis. TGF-β initiates canonical and non-canonical pathways to exert multiple biological effects. Among them, ...

Tissue fibrosis represents an aberrant repair process, occurring because of prolonged injury, sustained inflammatory response, or metabolic disorders. It is characterized by an excessive accumulation ...