[HTML][HTML] Aspartate aminotransferase and cardiovascular disease—a narrative review

G Ndrepepa - Journal of Laboratory and Precision Medicine, 2021 - jlpm.amegroups.org
This narrative review summarized the existing knowledge on the association between
aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). AST plays a key role …

[HTML][HTML] Serum bilirubin levels in overweight and obese individuals: the importance of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant responses

L Žiberna, Z Jenko-Pražnikar, A Petelin - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Obesity is a chronic condition involving low-grade inflammation and increased oxidative
stress; thus, obese and overweight people have lower values of serum bilirubin. Essentially …

Bilirubin nanoparticles protect against cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury in mice

W Ai, S Bae, Q Ke, S Su, R Li, Y Chen… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury causes overproduction of reactive oxygen
species, which are the major culprits of oxidative stress that leads to inflammation …

[HTML][HTML] Increased uric acid, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase and alkaline phosphatase in early-pregnancy associated with the development of gestational …

Y Chen, W Ou, D Lin, M Lin, X Huang, S Ni… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Previous studies have reported that biomarkers of liver injury and renal
dysfunction were associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Association of total bilirubin with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the general population

Z Chen, J He, C Chen, Q Lu - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objective: The study aims to investigate the association of total bilirubin with all-cause and
cause-specific mortality in the general population. Methods: A total of 37,234 adults from the …

Predictive biomarkers of cardiovascular disease in adult Canadian population

P Pahwa, L Chu, C Karunanayake, P Aich… - Journal of Diabetes & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Elevated levels of the enzymes gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT), alanine
aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) …

Hypertension Residual Risk and Beyond–Five Decades of Insights from the Glasgow Blood Pressure Clinic

S Lip, L McCallum, S Padmanabhan - Hypertension Journal, 2021 - 9vom.in
Abstract The Glasgow Blood Pressure Clinic (GBPC) based in Greater Glasgow and Clyde
is the largest specialist hypertension clinic in the West of Scotland and was established in …