Sex differences in eicosanoid formation and metabolism: a possible mediator of sex discrepancies in cardiovascular diseases

SH Gerges, AOS El-Kadi - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Arachidonic acid is metabolized by cyclooxygenase, lipoxygenase, and cytochrome P450
enzymes to produce prostaglandins, leukotrienes, epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), and …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the cardioprotective properties of n-3 PUFAs against ischemic heart disease via modulation of the innate immune system

AM Darwesh, DK Sosnowski, TYT Lee… - Chemico-biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality
worldwide, which is characterized by an imbalance between cardiac oxygen supply and …

Free fatty acid receptor 4 responds to endogenous fatty acids to protect the heart from pressure overload

KA Murphy, BA Harsch, CL Healy… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims Free fatty acid receptor 4 (Ffar4) is a G-protein-coupled receptor for endogenous
medium-/long-chain fatty acids that attenuates metabolic disease and inflammation …

Effect of inflammation on cytochrome P450-mediated arachidonic acid metabolism and the consequences on cardiac hypertrophy

MAW ElKhatib, FA Isse, AOS El-Kadi - Drug Metabolism Reviews, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The incidence of heart failure (HF) is generally preceded by cardiac hypertrophy (CH), which
is the enlargement of cardiac myocytes in response to stress. During CH, the metabolism of …

Resveratrol improves cardiac function and exercise performance in MI-induced heart failure through the inhibition of cardiotoxic HETE metabolites

N Matsumura, S Takahara, ZH Maayah… - Journal of molecular and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Numerous epidemiological studies have demonstrated that approximately 40% of
myocardial infarctions (MI) are associated with heart failure (HF). Resveratrol, a naturally …

The role of mid-chain hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids in the pathogenesis of hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy

ZH Maayah, AOS El-Kadi - Archives of toxicology, 2016 - Springer
The incidence, prevalence, and hospitalization rates associated with cardiovascular
diseases (CVDs) are projected to increase substantially in the world. Understanding of the …

The anti-inflammatory effects of 15-HETE on osteoarthritis during treadmill exercise

Y Tian, J Gou, H Zhang, J Lu, Z Jin, S Jia, L Bai - Life Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Aims Investigate the involvement of 15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (15-HETE), an anti-
inflammatory molecule, on the beneficial effects of exercise therapy for osteoarthritis (OA) …

S-enantiomer of 19-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid preferentially protects against angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy

SM Shoieb, AOS El-Kadi - Drug Metabolism and Disposition, 2018 - ASPET
We had recently demonstrated that the racemic mixture of 19-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid
(19-HETE) protects against angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced cardiac hypertrophy. Therefore …

2-Methoxyestradiol protects against pressure overload-induced left ventricular hypertrophy

ZH Maayah, J Levasseur, R Siva Piragasam… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Numerous experimental studies have supported the evidence that 2-methoxyestradiol (2
ME) is a biologically active metabolite that mediates multiple effects on the cardiovascular …

CYP1B1 inhibition attenuates doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity through a mid-chain HETEs-dependent mechanism

ZH Maayah, HN Althurwi, G Abdelhamid, G Lesyk… - Pharmacological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Doxorubicin (DOX) has been reported to be a very potent and effective anticancer agent.
However, clinical treatment with DOX has been greatly limited due to its cardiotoxicity …