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Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Lipoprotein Translation

Section edited by Nehal N. Mehta and Tommaso Angelone
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This section aims to speed mechanistic understanding, development of novel diagnostics and potential therapeutic targets within cardiovascular, metabolic diseases and lipoprotein diseases. The section is open to experiments involving cellular models, animal models, observational studies and clinical trials that are distinguished for their novelty in approach, design or indication, timeliness, and unique ability to translate laboratory concepts from the bench to the bedside.

Highest priority will be given to those manuscripts which are specifically focused on cardiovascular, metabolic and lipid disorders which enrich understanding of disease mechanism, novel therapeutics and state-of-the-art scientific technique.

Featured articles


Immune cell phenotyping in low blood volumes for assessment of cardiovascular disease risk, development, and progression: a pilot study

Research | Yvonne Baumer et al


Comprehensive analysis of differential immunocyte infiltration and the potential ceRNA networks during epicardial adipose tissue development in congenital heart disease

Research | Li Ma et al


Extracellular vesicles in diabetes mellitus induce alterations in endothelial cell morphology and migration​​​​​​​

Research | Sharon F Wu et al

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  1. Extracorporeal circulation during major cardiac surgery triggers a systemic inflammatory response affecting the clinical course and outcome. Recently, extracellular vesicle (EV) research has shed light onto a ...

    Authors: Lukas Wisgrill, Christian Lamm, Lena Hell, Johannes Thaler, Angelika Berger, Rene Weiss, Viktoria Weber, Harald Rinoesl, Michael J. Hiesmayr, Andreas Spittler and Martin H. Bernardi
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2020 18:202
  2. Glutamate, a key intermediate in myocardial metabolism, may enhance myocardial recovery after ischemia and possibly reduce the incidence and severity of postoperative heart failure in coronary artery bypass su...

    Authors: Huiqi Jiang, Jonas Holm, Mårten Vidlund, Farkas Vanky, Örjan Friberg, Yanqi Yang and Rolf Svedjeholm
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2020 18:193
  3. To detect the development, function and therapeutic potential of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT); analyze a related gene expression dataset, including data from neonates, infants, and children with congenital ...

    Authors: Li Ma, Wanting Shi, Xun Ma, Minghui Zou, Weidan Chen, Wenlei Li, Rongjun Zou and Xinxin Chen
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2020 18:111
  4. Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) is widely used in the treatment of circulatory failure, but repeatedly, its negative effects on the left ventricle (LV) have been observed. The purpos...

    Authors: Pavel Hála, Mikuláš Mlček, Petr Ošťádal, Michaela Popková, David Janák, Tomáš Bouček, Stanislav Lacko, Jaroslav Kudlička, Petr Neužil and Otomar Kittnar
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2020 18:75
  5. Inflammation within the perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) in obesity plays an important role in cardiovascular disorders. C-reactive protein (CRP) level in obesity patients is significantly increased and asso...

    Authors: Jia-Yuan Chen, Xiao-Lin Zhu, Wen-Hao Liu, Yong Xie, Hai-Feng Zhang, XiaoQiao Wang, Ru Ying, Zhi-Teng Chen, Mao-Xiong Wu, Qiong Qiu, Jing-Feng Wang and Yang-Xin Chen
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2020 18:68
  6. Bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) Absorb™ clinical use has been stopped due to higher rate of device thrombosis. Scaffold struts persist longer than 2 years in the vessel wall. Second generation devices are being d...

    Authors: Viktor Kočka, Petr Toušek, Martin Kozel, Andrea Buono, Martin Hajšl, Libor Lisa, Tomáš Buděšínský, Martin Malý and Petr Widimský
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2020 18:33
  7. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the world. Given the role of immune cells in atherosclerosis development and progression, effective methods for characterizing immune cell populati...

    Authors: Yvonne Baumer, Cristhian A. Gutierrez-Huerta, Ankit Saxena, Pradeep K. Dagur, Steven D. Langerman, Kosuke Tamura, Joniqua N. Ceasar, Marcus R. Andrews, Valerie Mitchell, Billy S. Collins, Quan Yu, Heather L. Teague, Martin P. Playford, Christopher K. E. Bleck, Nehal N. Mehta, J. Philip McCoy…
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2020 18:29
  8. Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) and Atrial Septal Defects (ASD) are the most common types of congenital heart diseases and a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is used dur...

    Authors: Federica Raggi, Davide Cangelosi, Pamela Becherini, Fabiola Blengio, Martina Morini, Massimo Acquaviva, Maria Luisa Belli, Giuseppe Panizzon, Giuseppe Cervo, Luigi Varesio, Alessandra Eva and Maria Carla Bosco
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2020 18:21
  9. The objectives of the study were to characterize and quantify cellular inflammation and structural remodeling of human atria and correlate findings with molecular markers of inflammation and patient surrogate ...

    Authors: Christie M. Aguiar, Kareem Gawdat, Stephanie Legere, Jean Marshall, Ansar Hassan, Petra C. Kienesberger, Thomas Pulinilkunnil, Mathieu Castonguay, Keith R. Brunt and Jean-Francois Legare
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:413
  10. Atherosclerosis preferentially develops in regions of disturbed flow (DF). Emerging evidence indicates that yes-associated protein (YAP) and transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ), which are...

    Authors: Dandan Liu, Hang Lv, Qi Liu, Yanli Sun, Shenglong Hou, Lu Zhang, Mengyue Yang, Baihe Han, Gang wang, Xuedong Wang, Wenjuan Du, Honggang Nie, Ruoxi Zhang, Xingtao Huang, Jingbo Hou and Bo Yu
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:378
  11. Adipokines in serum derive mainly from subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissues. Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), being a relatively small but unique fat depot, probably does not make an important contributio...

    Authors: Kacper Toczylowski, Tomasz Hirnle, Dorota Harasiuk, Piotr Zabielski, Anna Lewczuk, Iwona Dmitruk, Monika Ksiazek, Artur Sulik, Jan Gorski, Adrian Chabowski and Marcin Baranowski
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:310
  12. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) are cholesterol-lowering drugs widely used to treat hypercholesterolemia and prevent cardiovascular disease. Statins are generally well tolerated, but adverse reactions m...

    Authors: Estela Lorza-Gil, Marta García-Arevalo, Bianca Cristine Favero, Maria Cristina C. Gomes-Marcondes and Helena C. F. Oliveira
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:285
  13. Spaceflight or microgravity conditions cause myocardial atrophy and dysfunction, contributing to post-flight orthostatic intolerance. However, the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood and preve...

    Authors: Liwen Liang, Wenyi Yuan, Lina Qu, Huili Li, Lulu Zhang, Guo-Chang Fan and Tianqing Peng
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:279
  14. Neointimal hyperplasia and its related arterial stiffness are the crucial pathophysiological features in atherosclerosis and in-stent restenosis. Cluster of differentiation 147 (CD147), a member of the immunog...

    Authors: Kisoo Pahk, Hyojin Noh, Chanmin Joung, Mi Jang, Hwa Young Song, Kyung Won Kim, Kihoon Han, Jong-Ik Hwang, Sungeun Kim and Won-Ki Kim
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:274
  15. Macrophage cholesterol efflux capacity has been identified as a predictor for cardiovascular disease. We assessed the relationship between adipocyte-derived extracellular vesicle microRNAs and macrophage chole...

    Authors: Matthew D. Barberio, Lora J. Kasselman, Martin P. Playford, Samuel B. Epstein, Heather A. Renna, Madeleine Goldberg, Joshua DeLeon, Iryna Voloshyna, Ashley Barlev, Michael Salama, Sarah C. Ferrante, Evan P. Nadler, Nehal Mehta, Allison B. Reiss and Robert J. Freishtat
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:232
  16. Chemotherapy-induced left ventricular dysfunction represents a major clinical problem, which is often only recognised at an advanced stage, when supportive therapy is ineffective. Although an early heart failu...

    Authors: Mária Lódi, Dániel Priksz, Gábor Áron Fülöp, Beáta Bódi, Alexandra Gyöngyösi, Lilla Nagy, Árpád Kovács, Attila Béla Kertész, Judit Kocsis, István Édes, Zoltán Csanádi, István Czuriga, Zoltán Kisvárday, Béla Juhász, István Lekli, Péter Bai…
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:229
  17. Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients display increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and are characterized by a diminished regulatory T (Treg) cell content or function. Previous studies have shown a...

    Authors: Sergio Martínez-Hervás, Verónica Sánchez-García, Andrea Herrero-Cervera, Ángela Vinué, José Tomás Real, Juan F. Ascaso, Deborah Jane Burks and Herminia González-Navarro
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:222
  18. Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the leading causes for cancer-related deaths among women. MicroRNAs (miRs) have been proved to be vital to the development and progression of OC. Hence, the study aims to evaluate...

    Authors: Jun Dai, Rujia Wei, Peihai Zhang and Beihua Kong
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:190
  19. ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) displays circadian variability with the highest incidence in the morning hours. Data on whether the time-of-day at symptom onset affects infarct size or patie...

    Authors: Hendrik B. Sager, Oliver Husser, Sabine Steffens, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz, Heribert Schunkert, Adnan Kastrati, Gjin Ndrepepa and Thorsten Kessler
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:180
  20. The sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor canagliflozin has been shown to reduce major cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetic patients, with a pronounced decrease in hospitalization for heart fail...

    Authors: Alex Ali Sayour, Sevil Korkmaz-Icöz, Sivakkanan Loganathan, Mihály Ruppert, Viktor Nabil Sayour, Attila Oláh, Kálmán Benke, Maik Brune, Rita Benkő, Eszter Mária Horváth, Matthias Karck, Béla Merkely, Tamás Radovits and Gábor Szabó
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:127
  21. Chronic low-grade inflammation and oxidative stress play important roles in the development of obesity-induced cardiac hypertrophy. Here, we investigated the role of Fibronectin type III domain containing 5 (F...

    Authors: Zhi Geng, Wen-Yong Fan, Bing Zhou, Chao Ye, Ying Tong, Ye-Bo Zhou and Xiao-Qing Xiong
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:107
  22. Oxidized low-density lipoproteins and scavenger receptors (SRs) play an important role in the formation and development of atherosclerotic plaques. However, little is known about their presence in epicardial a...

    Authors: Concepción Santiago-Fernández, Luis M. Pérez-Belmonte, Mercedes Millán-Gómez, Inmaculada Moreno-Santos, Fernando Carrasco-Chinchilla, Amalio Ruiz-Salas, Luis Morcillo-Hidalgo, José M. Melero, Lourdes Garrido-Sánchez and Manuel Jiménez-Navarro
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:95
  23. Hyperoxia-induced bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) models are essential for better understanding and impacting on long-term pulmonary, cardiovascular, and neurological sequelae of this chronic disease. Only fe...

    Authors: Francesco Greco, Susanne Wiegert, Philipp Baumann, Sven Wellmann, Giovanni Pellegrini and Vincenzo Cannizzaro
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:91
  24. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The purpose of the present study was to discriminate the Indian CAD patients with...

    Authors: Ramu Adela, Podduturu Naveen Chander Reddy, Tarini Shankar Ghosh, Suruchi Aggarwal, Amit Kumar Yadav, Bhabatosh Das and Sanjay K. Banerjee
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:17
  25. Vascular grafts are widely used as a treatment in coronary artery bypass surgery, hemodialysis, peripheral arterial bypass and congenital heart disease. Various types of synthetic and natural materials were ex...

    Authors: Tao Wang, Nianguo Dong, Huimin Yan, Sze Yue Wong, Wen Zhao, Kang Xu, Dong Wang, Song Li and Xuefeng Qiu
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:24
  26. Vascular shear stress promotes endothelial cell sprouting in vitro. The impact of hemodynamic forces on microRNA (miRNA) and gene expression within growing vascular networks in vivo, however, remain poorly inv...

    Authors: Dominic Henn, Masood Abu-Halima, Dominik Wermke, Florian Falkner, Benjamin Thomas, Christoph Köpple, Nicole Ludwig, Matthias Schulte, Marc A. Brockmann, Yoo-Jin Kim, Justin M. Sacks, Ulrich Kneser, Andreas Keller, Eckart Meese and Volker J. Schmidt
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:22
  27. T cells are key regulators of immunity and one of the cells recruited in atherosclerosis and participated in various stages of the development of atherosclerosis. Characterizing T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoir...

    Authors: Zhixiong Zhong, Heming Wu, Qifeng Zhang, Wei Zhong and Pingsen Zhao
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:21
  28. Endothelial-dependent atherosclerosis develops in a non-random pattern in regions of vessel bending and bifurcations, where blood flow exhibits disturbed flow (DF) patterns. In contrast, uniform flow (UF), nor...

    Authors: Ian C. Harding, Ronodeep Mitra, Solomon A. Mensah, Ira M. Herman and Eno E. Ebong
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:364
  29. Aortic aneurysm (AA) is defined as an enlargement of the aorta greater than 1.5 times its normal size. Early diagnosis of AA is challenging and mortality of AA is high. Curative pharmacological treatments for ...

    Authors: Zhao Cheng, Yang-zhao Zhou, Yin Wu, Qi-ying Wu, Xiao-bo Liao, Xian-ming Fu and Xin-min Zhou
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:354
  30. To date the TGF-β1 activation mediated by integrin ανβ5 during fibrosis is well-known. This process has been shown also in the heart, where cardiac fibroblasts (CF) differentiate into α-smooth muscle actin (α-...

    Authors: Gianluca Lorenzo Perrucci, Veronica Antonietta Barbagallo, Maria Corlianò, Delfina Tosi, Rosaria Santoro, Patrizia Nigro, Paolo Poggio, Gaetano Bulfamante, Federico Lombardi and Giulio Pompilio
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:352
  31. Patients with monogenic familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) have high risk for coronary artery disease (CAD). A recent FH Expert Panel suggested that FH was underdiagnosed and undertreated which needs early dia...

    Authors: Ye-Xuan Cao, Na-Qiong Wu, Di Sun, Hui-Hui Liu, Jing-Lu Jin, Sha Li, Yuan-Lin Guo, Cheng-Gang Zhu, Ying Gao, Qiu-Ting Dong, Geng Liu, Qian Dong and Jian-Jun Li
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:345
  32. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has an increased prevalence (approximately 20–25% of the adult population) all over the world. Immunological function is significantly associated with the development of MetS, and Met...

    Authors: Shihui Fu, Yao Yao, Faqin Lv, Fu Zhang, Yali Zhao and Fuxin Luan
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:315
  33. Sirtuin 3 (Sirt3) is a key regulator of energy metabolism and oxidative stress. To investigate the role of Sirt3 in contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CIAKI), we established the model both in vivo and in vi...

    Authors: Qinghai Zhang, Xun Liu, Na li, Jihong Zhang, Jianmin Yang and Peili Bu
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:313

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  34. To examine serum angiopoietin-2 (Angpt-2) in relation to malnutrition, inflammation, atherosclerosis and cardiac valvular calcification, so-called MIAC syndrome and its predictive role in outcomes of peritonea...

    Authors: Xiaoxiao Yang, He Zhang, Yuanyuan Shi, Zanzhe Yu, Hao Yan, Zhaohui Ni, Jiaqi Qian and Wei Fang
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:312
  35. Scavenger receptor class B type 1 (SR-B1) plays an essential role in high density lipoprotein (HDL) metabolism. SR-B1 deficient (SR-B1 KO) mice are prone to atherosclerosis and exhibit abnormally large, choles...

    Authors: Susana Contreras-Duarte, Nicolás Santander, Ruth Birner-Gruenberger, Christian Wadsack, Attilio Rigotti and Dolores Busso
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:309
  36. Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) reduces symptoms, morbidity and mortality in chronic heart failure patients with wide QRS complexes. However, approximately one third of CRT patients are non-responders....

    Authors: Clémentine Andre, Eric Piver, Romain Perault, Arnaud Bisson, Julien Pucheux, Emmanuelle Vermes, Bertrand Pierre, Laurent Fauchier, Dominique Babuty and Nicolas Clementy
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:299
  37. Doxorubicin (DOX)-based chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) yields excellent disease-free survival, but poses a substantial risk of subsequent left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and heart failure, typically ...

    Authors: Matteo Sarocchi, Matteo Bauckneht, Eleonora Arboscello, Selene Capitanio, Cecilia Marini, Silvia Morbelli, Maurizio Miglino, Angela Giovanna Congiu, Giorgio Ghigliotti, Manrico Balbi, Claudio Brunelli, Gianmario Sambuceti, Pietro Ameri and Paolo Spallarossa
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:295
  38. Conotruncal heart defect (CTD) is a complex congenital heart disease with a complex and poorly understood etiology. The transcriptional corepressor RIPPLY3 plays a pivotal role in heart development as a negati...

    Authors: Nanchao Hong, Erge Zhang, Qingjie Wang, Xiaoqing Zhang, Fen Li, Qihua Fu, Rang Xu, Yu Yu, Sun Chen, Yuejuan Xu and Kun Sun
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:260
  39. Cardiomyopathies are the most common clinical and genetic heterogeneity cardiac diseases, and genetic contribution in particular plays a major role in patients with primary cardiomyopathies. The aim of this st...

    Authors: Chaoxia Lu, Wei Wu, Fang Liu, Kunqi Yang, Jiacheng Li, Yaping Liu, Rongrong Wang, Nuo Si, Peng Gao, Yongtai Liu, Shuyang Zhang and Xue Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:241
  40. Individuals with arterial hypertension often have an autonomic nervous system (ANS) imbalance with predominance of sympathetic ANS. This predominance can lead to injury of several organs affecting its function...

    Authors: Arthur F. Vale, Juliana A. Carneiro, Paulo C. V. Jardim, Thiago V. Jardim, James Steele, James P. Fisher and Paulo Gentil
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:240
  41. To explore the association between systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP respectively) and pulse pressure (PP) with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality events among Iranian patients with pr...

    Authors: Ashkan Hashemi, Sormeh Nourbakhsh, Samaneh Asgari, Mohammadhassan Mirbolouk, Fereidoun Azizi and Farzad Hadaegh
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:230
  42. YKL-40 (CHI3L1) is a novel biomarker for inflammation, tissue remodeling, and fibrosis, as well as cardiovascular diseases. We investigated the association between YKL-40 expression in epicardial adipose tissue (...

    Authors: Qing Wang, Hua Shen, Jie Min, Yang Gao, Kai Liu, Wang Xi, Jie Yang, Liang Yin, Jibin Xu, Jian Xiao and Zhinong Wang
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:229
  43. The globally rising obesity epidemic is associated with a broad spectrum of diseases including atherosclerosis and non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) disease. In the past, research focused on the vasculature or ...

    Authors: Erik Taylor, Nasi Huang, Jacob Bodde, Andrew Ellison, Ronald Killiany, Markus Michael Bachschmid and James Hamilton
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:215
  44. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs that function as regulators of gene expression and thereby contribute to the complex disease phenotypes. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM...

    Authors: Mengmeng Li, Xiao Chen, Liang Chen, Kai Chen, Jianye Zhou and Jiangping Song
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:161
  45. Scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) plays a key role in high density lipoproteins (HDL) metabolism. SR-BI deficiency in mice results in enhanced susceptibility to atherosclerosis with abnormal large, cho...

    Authors: Jia Cao, Yanyong Xu, Feifei Li, Liang Shang, Daping Fan and Hong Yu
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:155
  46. Discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) is a collagen-activated receptor tyrosine kinase extensively implicated in diseases such as cancer, atherosclerosis and fibrosis. Multiple preclinical studies, performed usin...

    Authors: Solange Moll, Yukari Yasui, Ahmed Abed, Takeshi Murata, Hideaki Shimada, Akira Maeda, Naoshi Fukushima, Masakazu Kanamori, Sabine Uhles, Laura Badi, Thomas Cagarelli, Ivan Formentini, Faye Drawnel, Guy Georges, Tobias Bergauer, Rodolfo Gasser…
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:148
  47. Oxidative stress has been linked to heart failure (HF) in humans. Antioxidant-based treatments are often ineffective. Therefore, we hypothesize that some of the HF patients might have a reductive stress (RS) c...

    Authors: Thiagarajan Sairam, Amit N. Patel, Meenu Subrahmanian, Rajendiran Gopalan, Steven M. Pogwizd, Sudha Ramalingam, Ramalingam Sankaran and Namakkal Soorapan Rajasekaran
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:130
  48. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a major global public health issue. HIV-related cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV positive patients. HIV Tat is a regula...

    Authors: Yanan Jiang, Lu Chai, Moyondafoluwa Blessing Fasae and Yunlong Bai
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:121
  49. The aim of this study was to characterize the influence of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) on myocardial remodeling in newborns and children.

    Authors: Johannes Petersen, Andrey Kazakov, Michael Böhm, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Ulrich Laufs and Hashim Abdul-Khaliq
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:111

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