First introduced in the 1980s, the coronary stent has been used to reduce the rate of arterial
restenosis. Coronary stent implantation is currently a common procedure performed by …

The introduction of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) with stent implant has
substantially shifted the treatment of coronary artery disease. The current approach to …

Therapeutic strategies that target and disrupt the already-formed vessel networks of growing
tumors are actively pursued. The goal of these approaches is to induce a rapid shutdown of …

Autophagy has an important role in tumor biology of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Recent studies demonstrated that tissue factor (TF) combined with coagulation factor VII …

Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common neurodegenerative disorder, is
characterized by progressive cognitive impairment and memory loss. The mammalian target …

Left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending coronary artery bypass grafting
integrated with percutaneous coronary angioplasty (hybrid procedure) offers multivessel …

BACKGROUND: In the early postoperative period after pancreas-kidney transplantation,
pancreatic venous thrombosis is a major complication that leads to allograft dysfunction and …

The physiological role of autophagy in the catabolic process of the body involves protein
synthesis and degradation in homeostasis under normal and stressed conditions. In …

Sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) are supposed to attenuate cell proliferation and reduce
restenosis rate. Histologic finding from coronary artery after SES implant showed fibrosis …

Sirolimus (SRL) is a macrolide antibiotic that has potent antifungal and immunosuppressive
properties; preclinical studies suggest that SRL may possess a significant antiproliferative …