Palm oil has long been incriminated in obesity, and this obesity would be responsible for the development of cardiac fibrosis, several authors have evoked role free radicals pathophysiological mechanism fibrotic response linked to obesity; aim study was therefore evaluate profile NOX2 fibrosis rats subjected a diet rich fat vegetable oils, case palm oil. A total forty young male Wistar were die...

Heart failure, the clinical manifestation of numerous forms of cardiovascular disease, is a devastating disorder characterized by interstitial fibrosis, chamber remodeling, and reduced ventricular compliance. Heart disease remains the predominant cause of mortality in the United States, accounting for nearly 800 000 deaths per year. Furthermore, it presents a considerable economic burden, with ...

High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), an important inflammatory mediator, is actively secreted by immune cells and some non-immune cells or passively released by necrotic cells. HMGB1 has been implicated in many inflammatory diseases. Our previous published data demonstrated that HMGB1 was up-regulated in heart tissue or serum in experimental autoimmune myocarditis (EAM); HMGB1 blockade could amel...

An increase in left ventricular collagen (cardiac fibrosis) is a detrimental process that adversely affects heart function. Strong evidence implicates the infiltration of inflammatory cells as a critical part of the process resulting in cardiac fibrosis. Inflammatory cells are capable of releasing arachidonic acid, which may be further metabolized by cyclooxygenase, lipoxygenase, and cytochrome...

BACKGROUND Exposure to subclinical levels of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) occurs commonly and is seemingly well tolerated. However, recurrent LPS exposure induces cardiac fibrosis over 2 to 3 months in a murine model, not mediated by the renin-angiotensin system. Subclinical LPS induces cardiac fibrosis by unique mechanisms. METHODS In C57/Bl6 mice, LPS (10 mg/kg) or saline (control) were injecte...

Cardiac fibrosis is a significant global health problem with limited treatment choices. Although previous studies have shown that imatinib (IMA) inhibited cardiac fibrosis, the anti-fibrotic mechanisms have not been clearly uncovered. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether IMA attenuates cardiac fibrosis by inhibiting platelet-derived growth factor receptors (PDGFR) on isoproterenol (ISO)...

Myocardial fibrosis is excess accumulation of the extracellular matrix fibrillar collagens. Fibrosis is a key feature of various cardiomyopathies and compromises cardiac systolic and diastolic performance. TIMP1 (tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1) is consistently upregulated in myocardial fibrosis and is used as a marker of fibrosis. However, it remains to be determined whether TIMP1 prom...

Cardiac fibrosis is one of the most devastating effects of cardiac disease. Current in vitro models of cardiac fibrosis do not sufficiently mimic the complex in vivo environment of the cardiomyocyte. We determined the local composition and mechanical properties of the myocardium in established mouse models of genetic and acquired fibrosis and tested the effect of myocardial composition on cardi...

We previously reported that the chronic inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis increases cardiac tissue angiotensin-converting enzyme expression and causes cardiac fibrosis in rats. However, the mechanisms are not known. Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is a key molecule that is responsible for tissue fibrosis. The present study investigated the role of TGF-beta in the pathogenesis...

Previously we found carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄) induced cirrhosis associated cardiac hypertrophy and apoptosis. The purpose of this study is to determine whether further CCl₄ treatment would induce cardiac cell fibrosis. The cardiac tissues were analyzed by H&E. histological staining, Trichrome Masson staining and Western blotting. The results showed that the CCl₄-treated-only group exhibits mo...