The impact of cytokines in coronary atherosclerotic plaque: current therapeutic approaches

P Tsioufis, P Theofilis, K Tsioufis… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coronary atherosclerosis is a chronic pathological process that involves inflammation
together with endothelial dysfunction and lipoprotein dysregulation. Experimental studies …

Exposure to fine particulate air pollution is associated with endothelial injury and systemic inflammation

CA Pope III, A Bhatnagar, JP McCracken… - Circulation …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Epidemiological evidence indicates that exposures to fine particulate matter air
pollution (PM2. 5) contribute to global burden of disease, primarily as a result of increased …

Role of circulating molecules in age-related cardiovascular and metabolic disorders

YT Hsiao, I Shimizu, Y Yoshida, T Minamino - Inflammation and …, 2022 - Springer
Studies analyzing heterochronic parabiosis mice models showed that molecules in the
blood of young mice rejuvenate aged mice. Therefore, blood-based therapies have become …

Quinic acid inhibits vascular inflammation in TNF-α-stimulated vascular smooth muscle cells

SA Jang, DW Park, JE Kwon, HS Song, B Park… - Biomedicine & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease, and the increased expression of
adhesion molecules on vascular smooth muscle cells contributes to the progression of …

Bilirubin prevents atherosclerotic lesion formation in low‐density lipoprotein receptor‐deficient mice by inhibiting endothelial VCAM‐1 and ICAM‐1 signaling

ME Vogel, G Idelman, ES Konaniah… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Numerous epidemiological studies support an inverse association between
serum bilirubin levels and the incidence of cardiovascular disease; however, the mechanism …

Pro-inflammatory cytokines in acute coronary syndromes

K Mourouzis, E Oikonomou, G Siasos… - Current …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Over the last decades, the role of inflammation and immune system activation
in the initiation and progression of coronary artery disease (CAD) has been established …

Capillaries as a therapeutic target for heart failure

Y Yoshida, I Shimizu, T Minamino - Journal of Atherosclerosis and …, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Prognosis of heart failure remains poor, and it is urgent to find new therapies for this critical
condition. Oxygen and metabolites are delivered through capillaries; therefore, they have …

Synthesis, Chemical and Biomedical Aspects of the Use of Sulfated Chitosan

IN Bolshakov, LM Gornostaev, OI Fominykh… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work is devoted to the chemical synthesis of sulfated chitosan and its experimental
verification in an animal model of early atherosclerosis. The method of chitosan …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophage-derived foam cells impair endothelial barrier function by inducing endothelial-mesenchymal transition via CCL-4

Y Yang, NS Luo, R Ying, Y Xie… - International …, 2017 - spandidos-publications.com
Recently, endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) has been demonstrated to play an
important role in the development of atherosclerosis, the molecular mechanisms of which …

[HTML][HTML] Abnormal mTORC1 signaling leads to retinal pigment epithelium degeneration

J Huang, S Gu, M Chen, S Zhang, Z Jiang, X Chen… - Theranostics, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) degeneration is potentially involved in the pathogenesis of
several retinal degenerative diseases. mTORC1 signaling is shown as a crucial regulator of …