Muscle mass refers to the weight and size of the smooth muscle tissue in your body. It includes skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscles. When people talk about muscle mass, they’re typically ...

The phenotypic transition of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) is a central pathological alteration in pulmonary artery remodeling, contributing to pulmonary hypertension. Super-enhancers ...

Knee pain is the most common muscle and joint ailment that brings people to the doctor. It affects about 25% of U.S. adults. Knee pain may be the result of an injury, overuse, or medical ...

Department of Hypertension and Endocrinology, Center for Hypertension and Metabolic Diseases, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing Institute of ...

A study conducted in 1988 by Lyness et al.(1) demonstrated numerous histological changes in the muscle fibers of patients with MGP compared with that in controls. In samples collected from patients ...

1 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Air-Force Medical University, Xi’an, China 2 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Chest Hospital in Xi’an People’s Hospital, Xi’an, ...

1 Department of General Surgery, The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China 2 Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, Institute of Biochemistry and ...

8 Department of Respiratory Medicine at Royal Brompton Hospital, London, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, and Imperial College, London, UK 9 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK Correspondence ...