… Takayuki Shiomi and Vincent Lemaître contributed equally to … Takayuki Shiomi and Vincent
Lemaître contributed equally to … Takayuki Shiomi and Vincent Lemaître contributed equally to …

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a strong angiogenic mitogen and plays
important roles in angiogenesis under various pathophysiological conditions. The in vivo …

Age-related loss of muscle mass and force (sarcopenia) contributes to disability and increased
mortality. Ryanodine receptor 1 (RyR1) is the skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum …

Previous experimental and biochemical studies on matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have
indicated that MMPs are implicated in cancer invasion and metastases. Studies on the …

Most individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis develop a latent infection, which
does not progress to active tuberculosis (TB). This occurs, in part, because infected …

To assess the possible involvement of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the
pathology of osteoarthritic (OA) cartilage, we examined the expression of VEGF isoforms and …

The avascularity of cardiac valves is abrogated in several valvular heart diseases (VHDs).
This study investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying valvular avascularity and its …

ADAMs (a disintegrin and metalloproteinases) are multifunctional molecules involved in cell-cell
fusion, cell adhesion, membrane protein shedding, and proteolysis. In the present study…

A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs (ADAMTS)1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and
15, members of the ADAMTS gene family, have the ability to degrade a major cartilage …

A central tenet of tuberculosis pathogenesis is that caseous necrosis leads to extracellular
matrix destruction and bacterial transmission. We reconsider the underlying mechanism of …