The role of oxidative stress in atherosclerosis

M Batty, MR Bennett, E Yu - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the vascular system and is the leading
cause of cardiovascular diseases worldwide. Excessive generation of reactive oxygen …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammation and cardiovascular disease: From mechanisms to therapeutics

A Alfaddagh, SS Martin, TM Leucker, ED Michos… - American journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Inflammation constitutes a complex, highly conserved cascade of molecular and cellular
events. Inflammation has been labeled as “the fire within,” is highly regulated, and is critical …

Effects of randomized treatment with icosapent ethyl and a mineral oil comparator on interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, oxidized low-density lipoprotein …

PM Ridker, N Rifai, J MacFadyen, RJ Glynn, L Jiao… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: REDUCE-IT (Reduction of Cardiovascular Events With Icosapent Ethyl—
Intervention Trial) reported a 25% relative risk reduction in major adverse cardiovascular …

Drug repurposing: progress, challenges and recommendations

S Pushpakom, F Iorio, PA Eyers, KJ Escott… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2019 - nature.com
Given the high attrition rates, substantial costs and slow pace of new drug discovery and
development, repurposing of'old'drugs to treat both common and rare diseases is …

The immunology of atherosclerosis

A Gisterå, GK Hansson - Nature reviews nephrology, 2017 - nature.com
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, both in the general
population and among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In most cases, the …

Interleukin-1 beta as a target for atherosclerosis therapy: biological basis of CANTOS and beyond

P Libby - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2017 - jacc.org
Inflammatory pathways drive atherogenesis and link conventional risk factors to
atherosclerosis and its complications. One inflammatory mediator has come to the fore as a …

Genetic contributions to NAFLD: leveraging shared genetics to uncover systems biology

M Eslam, J George - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2020 - nature.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects around a quarter of the global population,
paralleling worldwide increases in obesity and metabolic syndrome. NAFLD arises in the …

Role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and therapeutic interventions

P Raggi, J Genest, JT Giles, KJ Rayner, G Dwivedi… - Atherosclerosis, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Rudolph Virchow (1821–1902) recognized inflammation in histological
preparations of coronary arteries and proposed that inflammation plays a causal role in …

Genetics of coronary artery disease: discovery, biology and clinical translation

AV Khera, S Kathiresan - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
Coronary artery disease is the leading global cause of mortality. Long recognized to be
heritable, recent advances have started to unravel the genetic architecture of the disease …

Mendelian randomization in cardiometabolic disease: challenges in evaluating causality

MV Holmes, M Ala-Korpela, GD Smith - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2017 - nature.com
Mendelian randomization (MR) is a burgeoning field that involves the use of genetic variants
to assess causal relationships between exposures and outcomes. MR studies can be …