The main neurological manifestation of COVID-19 is loss of smell or taste. The high
incidence of smell loss without significant rhinorrhea or nasal congestion suggests that …

The gut microbiota has been linked to the emergence of obesity, metabolic syndrome and
the onset of type 2 diabetes through decreased glucose tolerance and insulin resistance …

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, creates an urgent
need for identifying molecular mechanisms that mediate viral entry, propagation, and tissue …

Chronic activation of the renin‐angiotensin‐aldosterone system (RAAS) promotes and
perpetuates the syndromes of congestive heart failure, systemic hypertension, and chronic …

Ischemic cell death during a myocardial infarction leads to a multiphase reparative response
in which the damaged tissue is replaced with a fibrotic scar produced by fibroblasts and …

Recent findings have deeply changed the current view of coronary heart disease, going
beyond the simplistic model of atherosclerosis as a passive process involving cholesterol …

In its classical view, the renin angiotensin system (RAS) was defined as an endocrine
system involved in blood pressure regulation and body electrolyte balance. However, the …

Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors (RASi)—widely prescribed for the treatment of
cardiovascular diseases—have considerable potential in oncology. The RAS plays a crucial …

Vascular injury, characterized by endothelial dysfunction, structural remodelling,
inflammation and fibrosis, plays an important role in cardiovascular diseases. Cellular …

Circadian rhythms modulate many aspects of physiology. Knowledge of the molecular basis
of these rhythms has exploded in the last 20 years. However, most of these data are from …