The potential role of ischaemia–reperfusion injury in chronic, relapsing diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, Long COVID, and ME/CFS: evidence, mechanisms, and …

DB Kell, E Pretorius - Biochemical Journal, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Ischaemia–reperfusion (I–R) injury, initiated via bursts of reactive oxygen species produced
during the reoxygenation phase following hypoxia, is well known in a variety of acute …

Nattokinase: a promising alternative in prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases

H Chen, EM McGowan, N Ren, S Lal… - Biomarker …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the world and our approach
to the control and management of CVD mortality is limited. Nattokinase (NK), the most active …

[HTML][HTML] Breaking the vicious loop between inflammation, oxidative stress and coagulation, a novel anti-thrombus insight of nattokinase by inhibiting LPS-induced …

H Wu, Y Wang, Y Zhang, F Xu, J Chen, L Duan… - Redox biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Thrombosis is a principle cause of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of morbidity
and mortality worldwide; however, the conventional anti-thrombotic approach often leads to …

Fermented soybean foods: A review of their functional components, mechanism of action and factors influencing their health benefits

Y Qiao, K Zhang, Z Zhang, C Zhang, Y Sun… - Food Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
After thousands of years of evolution and development, traditional fermented soybean foods,
with their unique charm, have gained a stable place in the global market. With the explosive …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary soy and natto intake and cardiovascular disease mortality in Japanese adults: the Takayama study

C Nagata, K Wada, T Tamura, K Konishi, Y Goto… - The American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background: Whether soy intake is associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular
disease (CVD) remains unclear. A traditional Japanese soy food, natto, contains a potent …

Microbial fibrinolytic enzymes as anti-thrombotics: production, characterisation and prodigious biopharmaceutical applications

C Sharma, A Osmolovskiy, R Singh - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cardiac disorders such as acute myocardial infarction, embolism and stroke are primarily
attributed to excessive fibrin accumulation in the blood vessels, usually consequential in …

[HTML][HTML] Effective management of atherosclerosis progress and hyperlipidemia with nattokinase: A clinical study with 1,062 participants

H Chen, J Chen, F Zhang, Y Li, R Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nattokinase (NK), known as a potent fibrinolytic and antithrombotic agent, has been shown
to have antiatherosclerotic and lipid-lowering effects. However, data on human clinical …

Biotechnology, Bioengineering and Applications of Bacillus Nattokinase

L Yuan, C Liangqi, T Xiyu, L Jinyao - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Thrombosis has threatened human health in past decades. Bacillus nattokinase is a
potential low-cost thrombolytic drug without side-effects and has been introduced into the …

A single-dose of oral nattokinase potentiates thrombolysis and anti-coagulation profiles

Y Kurosawa, S Nirengi, T Homma, K Esaki, M Ohta… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Our aim was to determine the quantitative effects of a single-dose of Nattokinase (NK)
administration on coagulation/fibrinolysis parameters comprehensively in healthy male …

Nattokinase: production and application

F Dabbagh, M Negahdaripour, A Berenjian… - Applied microbiology …, 2014 - Springer
Nattokinase (NK, also known as subtilisin NAT)(EC 3.4. 21.62) is one of the most
considerable extracellular enzymes produced by Bacillus subtilis natto. The main interest …