Vascular mechanisms and molecular targets in hypertensive pregnancy and preeclampsia

H Qu, RA Khalil - American Journal of Physiology-Heart and …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Preeclampsia is a major complication of pregnancy manifested as hypertension and often
intrauterine growth restriction, but the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms are …

Heme oxygenase dependent bilirubin generation in vascular cells: a role in preventing endothelial dysfunction in local tissue microenvironment?

M Nitti, AL Furfaro, GE Mann - Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Among antioxidants in the human body, bilirubin has been recognized over the past 20
years to afford protection against different chronic conditions, including inflammation and …

[HTML][HTML] Tempol reduces inflammation and oxidative damage in cigarette smoke-exposed mice by decreasing neutrophil infiltration and activating the Nrf2 pathway

DA da Silva, TML Correia, R Pereira… - Chemico-Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cigarette smoke is a complex mixture capable of triggering inflammation and oxidative
damage in animals at pulmonary and systemic levels. Tempol (4-hydroxy-2, 2, 6, 6 …

Heme oxygenase‐1 deficiency triggers exhaustion of hematopoietic stem cells

K Szade, M Zukowska, A Szade, W Nowak… - EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
While intrinsic changes in aging hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are well characterized, it
remains unclear how extrinsic factors affect HSC aging. Here, we demonstrate that cells in …

Proteomic analysis of KCNK3 loss of expression identified dysregulated pathways in pulmonary vascular cells

H Le Ribeuz, F Dumont, G Ruellou, M Lambert… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The physiopathology of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by
pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell (PASMC) and endothelial cell (PAEC) dysfunction …

The neuroprotective and neurodegeneration effects of heme oxygenase-1 in Alzheimer's disease

Z Si, X Wang - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by complex
pathological and biological features. Notably, extracellular amyloid-β deposits as senile …

HMOX1 is partly responsible for phenotypic and functional abnormalities in mesenchymal stem cells/stromal cells from placenta of preeclampsia (PE) patients

YS Basmaeil, D Algudiri, R Alenzi, A Al Subayyil… - Stem Cell Research & …, 2020 - Springer
Background Preeclampsia is a common obstetric syndrome affecting women in their first
pregnancy and characterized by hypertension and proteinuria, which appears after 20 …

Pathophysiology of chronic kidney disease progression: organ and cellular considerations

A Agarwal, KA Nath - Chronic Renal Disease, 2020 - Elsevier
Progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) involves the recruitment and engagement of
cellular processes originating in specific compartments of the kidney on the one hand and …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology: Vascular mechanisms and molecular targets in hypertensive pregnancy and preeclampsia

H Qu, RA Khalil - American Journal of Physiology-Heart and …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Preeclampsia is a major complication of pregnancy manifested as hypertension and often
intrauterine growth restriction, but the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms are …

Using ultrasound to define the time point of intrauterine growth retardation in a mouse model of heme oxygenase-1 deficiency

N Meyer, S Langwisch, M Scharm… - Biology of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The enzyme heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), encoded by the HMOX1 gene, mediates heme
catabolism by cleaving free heme. We have previously revealed the importance of HO-1 in …