Abstract:Background: Ulinastatin (UIT) has been considered to have beneficial effects for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery due to its anti-inflammatory properties, whereas the underlying mechanism remains unclear.
Approach and Results: We established an interlink among UIT, the kallikrein-kinin system (KKS), endothelial dysfunction and cardiac inflammation in response to ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI), using clinic investigation, in vitro and in vivo experiments, and RNA sequencing … Show more
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