Vascular mechanotransduction

MJ Davis, S Earley, YS Li, S Chien - Physiological reviews, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
This review aims to survey the current state of mechanotransduction in vascular smooth
muscle cells (VSMCs) and endothelial cells (ECs), including their sensing of mechanical …

Role of angiopoietin-2 in vascular physiology and pathophysiology

RG Akwii, MS Sajib, FT Zahra, CM Mikelis - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Angiopoietins 1–4 (Ang1–4) represent an important family of growth factors, whose activities
are mediated through the tyrosine kinase receptors, Tie1 and Tie2. The best characterized …

Mechanisms of dysfunction in the aging vasculature and role in age-related disease

AJ Donato, DR Machin, LA Lesniewski - Circulation research, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Advancing age promotes cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of death in the
United States and many developed nations. Two major age-related arterial phenotypes …

[HTML][HTML] The role of estrogen in insulin resistance: a review of clinical and preclinical data

M De Paoli, A Zakharia, GH Werstuck - The American journal of pathology, 2021 - Elsevier
Insulin resistance results when peripheral tissues, including adipose, skeletal muscle, and
liver, do not respond appropriately to insulin, causing the ineffective uptake of glucose. This …

Hypertension, diabetes, atherosclerosis and NASH: cause or consequence?

A Lonardo, F Nascimbeni, A Mantovani, G Targher - Journal of hepatology, 2018 - Elsevier
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become one of the most common forms of
chronic liver disease worldwide and its prevalence is expected to continue rising. NAFLD …

Endothelial function in cardiovascular medicine: a consensus paper of the European society of cardiology working groups on atherosclerosis and vascular biology …

Y Alexander, E Osto, A Schmidt-Trucksäss… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Endothelial cells (ECs) are sentinels of cardiovascular health. Their function is reduced by
the presence of cardiovascular risk factors, and is regained once pathological stimuli are …

70-year legacy of the Framingham Heart Study

C Andersson, AD Johnson, EJ Benjamin… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The Framingham Heart Study (FHS) was established in 1948 to improve
understanding of the epidemiology of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the USA. In 1961 …

Targeting vascular (endothelial) dysfunction

A Daiber, S Steven, A Weber… - British journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular diseases are major contributors to global deaths and disability‐adjusted life
years, with hypertension a significant risk factor for all causes of death. The endothelium that …

Mediterranean diet nutrients to turn the tide against insulin resistance and related diseases

M Mirabelli, E Chiefari, B Arcidiacono, DM Corigliano… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Insulin resistance (IR), defined as an attenuated biological response to circulating insulin, is
a fundamental defect in obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D), and is also linked to a wide …

Cohort Profile: The Framingham Heart Study (FHS): overview of milestones in cardiovascular epidemiology

CW Tsao, RS Vasan - International journal of epidemiology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Framingham Heart Study (FHS) has conducted seminal research defining
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and fundamentally shaping public health …