The roles of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in human diseases

GA Cabral-Pacheco, I Garza-Veloz… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of zinc-dependent extracellular matrix (ECM)
remodeling endopeptidases that have the capacity to degrade almost every component of …

Impact of hypertension on retinal capillary microvasculature using optical coherence tomographic angiography

J Chua, CWL Chin, J Hong, ML Chee, TT Le… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Reduction in capillary density or rarefaction is a hallmark of essential
hypertension. We measured the retinal capillary density using noninvasive optical …

Characterization of a mouse model of obesity-related fibrotic cardiomyopathy that recapitulates features of human heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

L Alex, I Russo, V Holoborodko… - American Journal of …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is caused, or exacerbated by, a wide
range of extracardiac conditions. Diabetes, obesity, and metabolic dysfunction are …

Echocardiographic advances in dilated cardiomyopathy

A Faggiano, C Avallone, D Gentile… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Although the overall survival of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) has improved
significantly in the last decades, a non-negligible proportion of DCM patients still shows an …

Markers of focal and diffuse nonischemic myocardial fibrosis are associated with adverse cardiac remodeling and prognosis in patients with hypertension: the …

NR Iyer, TT Le, MSL Kui, HC Tang, CT Chin… - …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The prognostic significance of focal and diffuse myocardial fibrosis in patients
with cardiovascular risk factors is unclear. Methods: REMODEL (Response of the …

Dihydromyricetin attenuates myocardial hypertrophy induced by transverse aortic constriction via oxidative stress inhibition and SIRT3 pathway enhancement

Y Chen, HQ Luo, LL Sun, MT Xu, J Yu, LL Liu… - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Dihydromyricetin (DMY), one of the flavonoids in vine tea, exerts several pharmacological
actions. However, it is not clear whether DMY has a protective effect on pressure overload …

Echocardiographic global longitudinal strain is associated with myocardial fibrosis and predicts outcomes in aortic stenosis

TT Le, W Huang, GK Singh, DF Toh, SH Ewe… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Aims: Left ventricular ejection fraction is the conventional measure used to guide heart
failure management, regardless of underlying etiology. Left ventricular global longitudinal …

Distribution of myocardial work in arterial hypertension: insights from non-invasive left ventricular pressure-strain relations

F Loncaric, M Marciniak, L Nunno, M Mimbrero… - The international journal …, 2021 - Springer
A index of non-invasive myocardial work (MWI) can account for pressure during the
assessment of cardiac function, potentially separating the influence of loading conditions …

Impact of systemic vascular risk factors on the choriocapillaris using optical coherence tomography angiography in patients with systemic hypertension

J Chua, CWL Chin, B Tan, SH Wong, K Devarajan… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
We investigated the characteristics of the choriocapillaris flow voids using optical coherence
tomography angiography (OCTA) in 85 patients (164 eyes) with hypertension (mean±SD …

Choriocapillaris microvasculature dysfunction in systemic hypertension

J Chua, TT Le, B Tan, M Ke, C Li, DWK Wong… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
We examined the choriocapillaris microvasculature using a non-invasive swept-source
optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) in 41 healthy controls and 71 …