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Open AccessAspiration of thrombus for intermediate-risk subacute pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism is the most common cardiovascular disease after myocardial infarction and stroke. Konstantinides (Eur Heart J 41(4):543–603, 2020) Current guidelines categorize patients with PE as being at ...
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Open AccessMechanical stiffness promotes skin fibrosis via Piezo1-Wnt2/Wnt11-CCL24 positive feedback loop
Skin fibrosis is characterized by the excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) caused by fibrotic disorders of the skin. In recent years, ECM stiffness has emerged as a prominent mechanical cue tha...
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Open AccessMechanical stiffness promotes skin fibrosis through Piezo1-mediated arginine and proline metabolism
The increased mechanics of fibrotic skin tissue continuously regulate fibroblast functions such as survival and differentiation. Although all these processes consume metabolites, it is unclear whether and how ...
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Open AccessMechanical stretch promotes hypertrophic scar formation through mechanically activated cation channel Piezo1
Hypertrophic scar (HS) formation is a skin fibroproliferative disease that occurs following a cutaneous injury, leading to functional and cosmetic impairment. To date, few therapeutic treatments exhibit satisf...
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Open AccessTranscriptome differences in adipose stromal cells derived from pre- and postmenopausal women
As the population ages, an increasing number of postmenopausal women are donors of adipose stromal cells (ASCs) and may benefit from autologous ASC-related treatments. However, the effect of menopausal status ...
