Volume 75, Issue 2, April 2026

 REVIEW

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 193-201, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935730

    The Impact of Physical Training on Circulating Retinol-Binding Protein 4: A Systematic Review

    Zaki Alsahafi, Ahmaed Baashar
    (Department of Basic Sciences, College of Science and Health Professions, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 203-244, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935720

    A Review of the Effects of Herbal Medicines on the Conductance of Ion Channels

    Mohammad Amin Rajizadeh, Siyavash Joukar, Farzaneh Rostamzadeh, Maryam Doustaki Zaboli
    (Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran)

     


     ORIGINAL ARTICLES

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 245-255, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935584

    Cardiovascular Effects of Early and Postponed Statin Treatment After Ovariectomy in Prediabetic Rat

    Tomas Hlinka, Martina Huttl, Hana Malinska, Irena Markova, Denisa Miklankova, Hana Bartuskova, Jan Pitha
    (Laboratory for Atherosclerosis Research, Center for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic )

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 257-264, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935686

    Increased Right Ventricular Cardiac Output to Left Ventricular Cardiac Output Ratio in High-Altitude Residents Without Pulmonary Hypertension: An Echocardiography Study

    Donghua Wang, Yunmei Fang, Xuchu Wu, Jie Zhang, Guangfei Yang, Xiaozhi Zheng
    (Department of Ultrasound, Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 265-275, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935733

    Synergistic Cardiac Protection by Thymoquinone and Valproic Acid in Absence Epilepsy

    Yasin Ali Cimen, Fatma Bedia Karakaya-Cimen, Huri Demirci, Ozlem Tugce Cilingir-Kaya
    (Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yalova University, Yalova, Turkey)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 277-284, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935693

    Association Between Serum SFRP1 Levels and Coronary Artery Calcification in Stage 5D Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis

    Huihui Chen, Jingjing Jin, Meijuan Cheng, Zhezhe Niu, Shenglei Zhang, Yaling Bai, Guolei Zhang, Jinsheng Xu Hebei

    (Clinical Research Center for Chronic Kidney Disease, Hebei Key Laboratory of Vascular Calcification in Kidney Disease, Department of Nephrology)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 285-292, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935666

    Variations in Pulse-Oxygen Saturation and Physical Development Within the First 2 Hours after Birth Among Healthy Term Neonates Different Altitudes

    Kun Du, Yong-Li Yang, Guo-Yun Li, Hui Mao, Ming-Cai Qin, Yin-Zhen Lai, Cai-Ren Zhuo-Ma, Yang-Fang Li, Xiao-Mei Liu
    (Department of Neonatology, Kunming Children's Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 293-299, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935640

    Clinical and Genetic Characteristics of Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome Associated with SUCLG1 Variants in China

    Gai-Xiu Zhang, Ke-Jia Ji, Zi-Wei Wang, Ni-Na Wang
    (Department of Endocrine Genetics and Metabolism, Shanxi Children’s Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 301-314, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935763

    Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α/BNIP3-Mediated Mitochondrial Autophagy in Septic Cardiomyopathy: Protective Mechanism for Cardiac Function

    Qian-Qian Liu, Yu-Hong Chen, Cong-Cong Zhao, Zhen-Jie Hu
    (Department of Critical Care Medicine, the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei, China)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 315-323, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935663

    Shortened Pulmonary Pulse Wave Transit Time in High-Altitude Residents Without Pulmonary Hypertension: An Doppler Echocardiography Study

    Donghua Wang, Yapeng Li, Hongye Wang, Jie Zhang, Xuchu Wu, Xiaozhi Zheng
    (Department of Ultrasound, Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 325-335, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935734

    Sodium Selenite Attenuates Monocrotaline-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension by Upregulating GPX3 and Ameliorating Vascular Remodeling

    Zihua Liu, Xue Liu, Richard Mprah, Hong Sun , Joseph Adu-Amankwaah, Xiuhua Pan, Shouquan Cheng, Bing Xie, Cheng Wang, Weili Qiao
    (Department of Physiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 337-348, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935728

    Challenges and Solutions in Low-Biomass Respiratory Microbiome Profiling: A Workflow for Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Sequencing in Guinea Pigs

    Tatiana Burjanivova, Tomas Buday, Daniela Mokra, Zuzana Hanzlikova, Eva Babusikova, Petar Podlesniy8, Veronika Holubekova, Jaroslav Budis, Tomas Szemes, Jana Plevkova
    (Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University Bratislava, Martin, Slovakia)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 349-364, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935656

    The Role of NAT10-Mediated ac4C Modification in Osteoblast Function and Bone Formation: Insights from Integrative Bioinformatics and Experimental Validation

    Yuchen Tang, Qiufu Wang, Wei Dong, Guanyin Jiang, Miao Lei, Xin Hu, Yongle Wu, Wei Jiang, Jie Hao, Zhenming Hu
    (Department of Orthopedics, University-Town Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 365-373, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935699

    Comparison of Motor Learning Abilities Using Balance Training in Young and Senior Women

    Karla Kotková, Yvona Angerová
    (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 375-383, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935707

    Prophylactic Effect of Echinacoside on Peripheral Neuropathy by Inhibiting Spinal Neuroinflammation and Exerting Neuroprotective Effects

    Xue Bai, Chenghong Sun, Kai Song, Xiaojun Zhou, Li Wang, Xin Li, Qian Zhou
    (Department of Anesthesiology, Hubei No. 3 People’s Hospital of Jianghan University, Wuhan, China)

     

  • Physiol. Res. 75: 385-397, 2026; doi:10.33549/physiolres.935771

    Effects of THC, CBD, and Their Combination on EEG Dynamics in Rats

    Marcel Bochin, Čestmír Vejmola, Vlastimil Koudelka, Stanislav Jiříček, Marek Nikolič, Klára Šíchová, Tomáš Páleníček
    (National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic)

     

     

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