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Determining the importance of STAT5A in atherosclerosisUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Paul Evans
Atherosclerosis, the build-up of fatty deposits in arteries, is started by inflammation of the cells that line blood vessels. This occurs mostly in the bends and branches of arteries, where blood flow is disrupted. By contrast, straighter p...
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Understanding autophagy; a cellular maintenance system that goes wrong in heart failureKing's College London | Dr Joseph Burgoyne
Over half a million people in the UK have been diagnosed with heart failure, when the heart lacks the strength to pump blood around the body efficiently. The condition gets worse over time, and can be severely debilitating and distressing. ...
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How our nerves control fat cell functionUniversity of Manchester | Professor Anthony Heagerty
Professor Anthony Heagerty and his team at the University of Manchester are studying how obesity increases a person’s risk of diabetes and high blood pressure. Almost a quarter of UK adults are obese, but we don’t fully understand how obesi...
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Can blocking the Hippo pathway help keep blood vessels healthy?University of Bristol | Dr Mark Bond
Dr Mark Bond and his colleagues at the University of Bristol are studying how a molecule called cAMP protects blood vessel health to see if manipulating it could treat vascular disease. High levels of cAMP inside the cells that line bloo...
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Getting FISSical to understand heart muscle contractionKing's College London | Dr Yin Biao Sun
Each heart beat is triggered by a pulse of calcium in a heart muscle cell, and is driven at the molecular level by myosin and actin filaments sliding past each other and generating the force for contraction. Calcium triggers contraction by ...
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Do neutrophil microparticles contribute to atherosclerosis?University of Sheffield | Dr Victoria Ridger
Atherosclerosis is a disease that causes the large blood vessels in our bodies to clog up because fatty plaques develop in the walls of arteries. Dr Victoria Ridger from the University of Sheffield is investigating whether tiny particles re...
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A protein WISP-1 may reduce the risk of aneurysm formationUniversity of Bristol | Professor Sarah Jane George
Professor Sarah Jane George and colleagues at the University of Bristol have been awarded a 3-year grant to demonstrate the role of a protein called WISP-1 in reducing the risk of aneurysm formation. An aneurysm is a localized, balloon-...
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Protective proteins in heart failureUniversity of Manchester | Dr Xin Wang
Heart failure is a devastating condition which affects over half a million people in the UK, and there is currently no cure. Scientists are trying to find new ways to repair the damage to heart muscle using stem cells, or help the heart to ...