Functional role of taurine in aging and cardiovascular health: an updated overview

G Santulli, U Kansakar, F Varzideh, P Mone… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Taurine, a naturally occurring sulfur-containing amino acid, has attracted significant attention
in recent years due to its potential health benefits. Found in various foods and often used in …

Ferulic acid and berberine, via Sirt1 and AMPK, may act as cell cleansing promoters of healthy longevity

JJ DiNicolantonio, MF McCarty, SI Assanga… - Open …, 2022 - openheart.bmj.com
Ferulic acid, a bacterial metabolite of anthocyanins, seems likely to be a primary mediator of
the health benefits associated with anthocyanin-rich diets, and has long been employed in …

Protective Role of Taurine on Rat Offspring Hypertension in the Setting of Maternal Chronic Kidney Disease

YL Tain, CY Hou, GP Chang-Chien, S Lin, CN Hsu - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Taurine is a natural antioxidant with antihypertensive properties. Maternal chronic kidney
disease (CKD) has an impact on renal programming and increases the risk of offspring …

Targeting Sirt1, AMPK, Nrf2, CK2, and soluble guanylate cyclase with nutraceuticals: a practical strategy for preserving bone mass

MF McCarty, L Lewis Lujan, S Iloki Assanga - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
There is a vast pre-clinical literature suggesting that certain nutraceuticals have the potential
to aid the preservation of bone mass in the context of estrogen withdrawal, glucocorticoid …

The Antiviral Roles of Hydrogen Sulfide by Blocking the Interaction between SARS‐CoV‐2 and Its Potential Cell Surface Receptors

J Dai, X Teng, S Jin, Y Wu - Oxidative Medicine and Cellular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) is posing a great threat to the global …

Taurine, a non-proteinous essential amino acid for human body systems: an overview

N Rais, A Ved, M Shadab, R Ahmad… - Arab Gulf Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Taurine (2-aminoethane sulfonic acid; C2H7NO3S) is a nonprotein sulfur-
containing β-amino acid present in nearly all mammalian tissues and the most ubiquitous …

Effects of taurine on vascular tone

O Yildiz, KG Ulusoy - Amino Acids, 2022 - Springer
Taurine is widely distributed at high concentrations in mammalian tissues, and it plays an
important role in a wide range of biological effects including modulation of cardiovascular …

Taurine alleviates ochratoxin A‐induced pyroptosis in PK‐15 cells by inhibiting oxidative stress

J Qu, K Liu, S Liu, D Yue, P Zhang… - … of Biochemical and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is one of the most harmful mycotoxins, which can cause multiple
toxicological effects, especially nephrotoxicity in animals and humans. Taurine is an …

Nutraceutical Aid for Allergies–Strategies for Down-Regulating Mast Cell Degranulation

MF McCarty, A Lerner, JJ DiNicolantonio… - Journal of Asthma and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Interactions of antigens with the mast cell FcεRI-IgE receptor complex induce degranulation
and boost synthesis of pro-inflammatory lipid mediators and cytokines. Activation of spleen …

Nutraceutical Prevention of Diabetic Complications—Focus on Dicarbonyl and Oxidative Stress

MF McCarty, JJ DiNicolantonio, JH O'Keefe - Current Issues in Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Oxidative and dicarbonyl stress, driven by excess accumulation of glycolytic intermediates in
cells that are highly permeable to glucose in the absence of effective insulin activity, appear …