Volume 74, Issue 6, December 2025

 REVIEWS

  • Physiol. Res. 74: 891-907, 2025; doi: 10.33549/physiolres.935677

    Pathogenic Role of mTOR Signaling in Cardiometabolic Disease: Implications for Heart, Liver, and Kidney Dysfunction

    Mahak Arora, Josef Zicha, Ivana Vaněčková
    (Department of Experimental Hypertension, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 74: 909-921, 2025; doi: 10.33549/physiolres.935633

    Connexin 43 in Pathophysiology of Cardiac Diseases: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies

    Lucia Žigová, Orsolya Hrubá, Jan Kyselovic, Andrea Gažová
    (Institute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia)

     


    ORIGINAL ARTICLES

  • Physiol. Res. 74: 923-934, 2025; doi: 10.33549/physiolres.935653

    Nrf2 Overexpression in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Enhances Adipose Tissue Metabolism through Redox-Mediated Suppression of Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation 

    Petr Mlejnek, Miroslava Šimáková, Jan Šilhavý, Tomáš Mráček, Josef Houštěk, Irena Marková, Martina Hüttl, Hana Malínská, Michal Pravenec
    (Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 74: 935-948, 2025; doi: 10.33549/physiolres.935572

    Ginkgolide C Improves Cardiac Function and Ameliorates Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Regulating PI3K/Akt Pathway

    Yanling Hao, Jinxia Wu, Zheng Gong, Wenxiu Zhou, Zhenyu Wang, Kexue Li, Tao Dong, Xia Qin, Ying Wang
    (National Demonstration Center for Experimental Basic Medical Science Education, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 74: 949-957, 2025; doi: 10.33549/physiolres.935533

    Melatonin Upregulates Sodium Channel Nav1.5 in Cultured Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes

    Aleksandra Durkina, Mikhail Gonotkov, Arseniy Furman, Olesya Bernikova, Ksenia Sedova, Valeria Mikhailova, Ilya Velegzhaninov, Jan Azarov
    (Department of Cardiac Physiology, Institute of Physiology, Komi Science Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 74: 959-968, 2025; doi: 10.33549/physiolres.935676

    Rehmannioside A Attenuates Inflammation via Inactivation of the p-p65 NF-κB and p-p38 MAPK Signaling in Abdominal Infection-Induced Acute Kidney Injury

    Siyu Xu, Tao Han, Ye Jiang, Rongming Liu, Zunpeng Sun, Weixing Ge, Yuyu Lu, Ling Wu, Cui Feng (Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Jiangning Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 74: 969-980, 2025; doi: 10.33549/physiolres.935581

    Effect of Muscle Contraction Under Caloric Restriction on Irisin and FGF21 Secretion in Mice

    Riku Tanimura, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takanaga Shirai, Kazuki Uemichi, Tomohiro Iwata, Tohru Takemasa
    (Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 74: 981-987, 2025; doi: 10.33549/physiolres.935661

    Predictive Value of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels in the Onset and Glycemic Control of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

    Ling-Ling Zou, Wu Dai, Jun Ye, Yong-Hong Cao, Fa-Hui Lv
    (Department of Endocrinology, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 74: 989-998, 2025; doi: 10.33549/physiolres.935652

    Relationship Between Breakfast Skipping and Body Composition, Nutritional Status or Chronotype in Female University Students With Normal Body Weight

    Kohei Seike, Kazushige Oshita, Yujiro Ishihara, Ryota Myotsuzono, Ken Nagamine
    (Department of Sport Science, Kyushu Kyoritsu University, Japan)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 74: 999-1005, 2025; doi: 10.33549/physiolres.935648

    Sexual Dimorphism in Plantar Pressure Distribution Patterns

    Jacek Lorkowski, Adam Jóźwik, Mieczyslaw Pokorski
    (Center for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 74: 1007-1019, 2025; doi: 10.33549/physiolres.935629

    Phase Angle in Bioelectrical Impedance: New Perspectives in Health and Body Composition Assessment

    Jitka Jirků, Jarmila Křížová (3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Department of endocrinology and metabolism, General University Hospital in Prague, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)

     


    SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

  • Physiol. Res. 74: 1021-1026, 2025; doi: 10.33549/physiolres.935665

    Endurance Exercise Attenuates Plasma Level of Neurofilament Light Chain and Prevents Body Weight Loss in a Rat Model of Tauopathy

    Marian Horvath, Michaela Skrabanova, Martin Cente, Jozef Hanes, Anton Kebis, Stefan Zorad, Peter Filipcik Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

     

  • Physiol. Res. 74: 1027-1031, 2025; doi: 10.33549/physiolres.935643

    Potential Effect of Trigonella Microgreens on Functional Parameters of HUVEC Cells in Vitro

    Tomas Jambor, Zofia Goc, Katarina Tokarova, Norbert Lukac (Institute of Applied Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia)

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