The atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) hormone is secreted by the heart in response to an increase in blood pressure. ANP exhibits several potent anti-hypertensive actions in the kidney, adrenal ...

Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (NASDAQ: GLMD) ("Galmed" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company for the treatment of liver, cardiometabolic diseases and GI oncological indications, ...

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER) and University of Florida have identified atrial natriuretic peptide B (NPR2; guanylate cyclase B) receptor positive allosteric modulators ...

Atrial natriuretic peptide increases the intracellular 3′, 5′-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) concentration which activates cGMP-dependent protein kinase leading to perilipin and ...

Discover the under-recognized link between nocturia and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), especially in women. Learn how ...

In our study we investigated the effects of neuropeptides on the differentiation of monocyte-derived LCs (moLCs), specifically the neuropeptides with the most profound effect, i.e. atrial-and B-type ...

Previous studies on the value of brain natriuretic peptide in diastolic dysfunction have been largely limited to male subjects. The authors found that female gender, in addition to diastolic ...

The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved a point-of-care B-type natriuretic peptide assay to be used in the diagnosis of HF. Nesiritide, a synthetic B-type natriuretic peptide ...

While multiple machine learning (ML) algorithms offered similar predictive performance, the cost-effective analysis revealed ...

The win ratio is a method for analyzing a hierarchical composite outcome. It has been most widely used in randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in cardiovascular disease. We performed a review of ...

Any thoughts on milk thistle supplements in fatty liver disease that was diagnosed by an ultrasound due to elevated AST and ...