Obesity is a global epidemic that greatly increases risk for developing cardiovascular
disease and type II diabetes. Sex differences in the obese phenotype are well established in …

Degenerative retinal disease leads to significant visual morbidity worldwide. Diabetic
retinopathy and macular degeneration are leading causes of blindness in the developed …

Scope It is found in the previous study that egg‐white‐derived antihypertensive peptide Ile‐
Arg‐Trp (IRW) upregulated angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in spontaneously …

Abstract Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) degrades vasoconstricting angiotensin II
(Ang II) into angiotensin (1–7), exerting protective effects in cardiovascular system; thus …

CD34+ hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) are vasculogenic and hypoxia is a
strong stimulus for the vasoreparative functions of these cells. Angiotensin‐converting …

Apelin and its receptor (APJ) are involved in the regulation of a variety of pathophysiological
processes. We studied the effect of apelin treatment on obesity-induced type 2 diabetes …

Abstract Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) is a major cause of acute kidney injury. Several studies
have shown that renin angiotensin (Ang) system and activation of Ang II type 1 receptor …

Calcific aortic valve stenosis (CAVS) is a serious socio-economic problem in developed
countries because this disease is the most common indication for aortic valve replacement …

This study evaluated the effects of Herba Epimedii-Semen Plentaginis (HESP) on blood
pressure and aortic intima media thickness (IMT) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) …

Аннотация Кальцинирующий аортальный стеноз (КАС) представляет собой серьёзную
социально-экономическую проблему в развитых странах, поскольку является наиболее …