Smoking is an established risk factor for subarachnoid hemorrhage yet the underlying
mechanisms are largely unknown. Recent data has implicated a role of inflammation in the …

Cigarette smoking is one of the most important risk factors for peripheral arterial disease
(PAD). Smoking increases the risk of PAD by several fold and is a more influential risk factor …

Our objective was to test the hypothesis that acute exposure of human skin vasculature to
nicotine may have deleterious effects on endothelial function. Vasoconstriction and …

Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for atherosclerosis, cerebral and coronary vascular
diseases, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. Chronic smoking impairs endothelial function …

Epidemiologic studies suggest that prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking is
associated with an increased risk of elevated blood pressure in postnatal life. The present …

Background Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for coronary artery disease and causes
endothelial dysfunction, perhaps by decreasing the availability of nitric oxide availability in …

Smoking is a major health hazard with proven deleterious effects on the cerebral circulation,
including a decrease in cerebral blood flow and a high risk for stroke. To elucidate cellular …

Blood flow in oral tissues, including the tongue, salivary glands, gingiva, dental pulp, and lip,
plays an important role in modulating the complex oral functions involved in food intake. Oral …

N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) elicits pial arteriolar dilation that has been associated with
neuronal nitric oxide (NO) production. However, endothelial factors or glial P-450 …

Preeclampsia (PE) is a serious complication of pregnancy with a pathogenesis that is not
fully understood, though it involves the impaired invasion of extravillous trophoblasts (EVTs) …