Biological Versus Chronological Aging: JACC Focus Seminar

MR Hamczyk, RM Nevado, A Barettino, V Fuster… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - jacc.org
Aging is the main risk factor for vascular disease and ensuing cardiovascular and
cerebrovascular events, the leading causes of death worldwide. In a progressively aging …

Cardiovascular risk factors and molecular routes underlying endothelial dysfunction: Novel opportunities for primary prevention

G Benincasa, E Coscioni, C Napoli - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the major challenges of cardiovascular primary prevention approach is the absence
of early biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction which may be useful for identifying at-risk …

Epigenetic-sensitive pathways in personalized therapy of major cardiovascular diseases

C Schiano, G Benincasa, M Franzese… - Pharmacology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The complex pathobiology underlying cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) has yet to be
explained. Aberrant epigenetic changes may result from alterations in enzymatic activities …

Associations of maternal cardiovascular health in pregnancy with offspring cardiovascular health in early adolescence

AM Perak, N Lancki, A Kuang, DR Labarthe, NB Allen… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Pregnancy may be a key window to optimize cardiovascular health (CVH) for the
mother and influence lifelong CVH for her child. Objective To examine associations between …

Epigenetics and pulmonary diseases in the horizon of precision medicine: a review

G Benincasa, DL DeMeo, K Glass… - European …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Epigenetic mechanisms represent potential molecular routes which could bridge the gap
between genetic background and environmental risk factors contributing to the …

[HTML][HTML] Date Palm Fruit (Phoenix dactylifera): Effects on Vascular Health and Future Research Directions

YA Al-Dashti, RR Holt, CL Keen… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death globally, presenting an immense public
and economic burden. Studies on cardioprotective foods and their bioactive components are …

Precision medicine in distinct heart failure phenotypes: focus on clinical epigenetics

C Napoli, G Benincasa, F Donatelli, G Ambrosio - American heart journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Heart failure (HF) management is challenging due to high clinical heterogeneity of this
disease which makes patients responding differently to evidence-based standard therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical epigenetics settings for cancer and cardiovascular diseases: real-life applications of network medicine at the bedside

F Sarno, G Benincasa, M List, AL Barabasi… - Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Despite impressive efforts invested in epigenetic research in the last 50 years, clinical
applications are still lacking. Only a few university hospital centers currently use epigenetic …

Novel insights regarding nitric oxide and cardiovascular diseases

T Infante, D Costa, C Napoli - Angiology, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Nitric oxide (NO) is a powerful mediator with biological activities such as vasodilation and
prevention of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation as well as functional regulation of …

Differential epigenetic factors in the prediction of cardiovascular risk in diabetic patients

C Napoli, G Benincasa, C Schiano… - European Heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Hyperglycaemia can strongly alter the epigenetic signatures in many types of human
vascular cells providing persistent perturbations of protein–protein interactions both in micro …