Diabetic nephropathy and gaseous modulators

SK Juin, R Ouseph, DD Gondim, VR Jala, U Sen - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) remains the leading cause of vascular morbidity and mortality in
diabetes patients. Despite the progress in understanding the diabetic disease process and …

Cardiovascular and renal interactions between cyclosporine and NSAIDs: underlying mechanisms and clinical relevance

AF El-Yazbi, AH Eid, MM El-Mas - Pharmacological research, 2018 - Elsevier
Cyclosporine, the prototype calcineurin inhibitor, transformed immunosuppressant regimens
and practices post-organ transplantation. Therapeutic uses of cyclosporine branched out to …

Additive renoprotection by pioglitazone and fenofibrate against inflammatory, oxidative and apoptotic manifestations of cisplatin nephrotoxicity: modulation by PPARs

MM Helmy, MW Helmy, MM El-Mas - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Nephrotoxicity is a major side effect for the antineoplastic drug cisplatin. Here, we employed
pharmacological, biochemical, and molecular studies to investigate the role of peroxisome …

PPARγ modulates refractive development and form deprivation myopia in Guinea pigs

M Pan, Z Guan, PS Reinach, L Kang, Y Cao… - Experimental eye …, 2021 - Elsevier
Form deprivation myopia (FDM) is characterized by loss of choroidal thickness (ChT),
reduced choroidal blood perfusion (ChBP), and consequently scleral hypoxia. In some …

Celecoxib offsets the negative renal influences of cyclosporine via modulation of the TGF-β1/IL-2/COX-2/endothelin ETB receptor cascade

HM El-Gowelli, MW Helmy, RM Ali… - Toxicology and applied …, 2014 - Elsevier
Endothelin (ET) signaling provokes nephrotoxicity induced by the immunosuppressant drug
cyclosporine A (CSA). We tested the hypotheses that (i): celecoxib, a selective …

Pioglitazone ameliorates methotrexate-induced renal endothelial dysfunction via amending detrimental changes in some antioxidant parameters, systemic cytokines …

SM El-Gowilly, MM Helmy, HM El-Gowelli - Vascular Pharmacology, 2015 - Elsevier
Methotrexate (MTX) is widely used in treatment of cancers and autoimmune diseases.
However, nephrotoxicity is one of its most important side effects. The peroxisome proliferator …

Interference with AGEs formation and AGEs-induced vascular injury mediates curcumin vascular protection in metabolic syndrome

OAA Ahmed, HM El-Bassossy, AS Azhar… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Vascular dysfunction predisposes to cardiovascular complications of metabolic syndrome
(MetS). The current study investigated the mechanism (s) of curcumin's (CUR) protective …

Nitric oxide synthase/K+ channel cascade triggers the adenosine A2B receptor-sensitive renal vasodilation in female rats

HM El-Gowelli, SM El-Gowilly, LK Elsalakawy… - European journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Adenosine A2B-receptors mediate the adenosine-evoked renal vasodilations in male rats.
Here, we tested whether this finding could be replicated in female renal vasculature and …

Impairment of nitric oxide synthase but not heme oxygenase accounts for baroreflex dysfunction caused by chronic nicotine in female rats

MA Fouda, HM El-Gowelli, SM El-Gowilly, L Rashed… - Plos one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
We recently reported that chronic nicotine impairs reflex chronotropic activity in female rats.
Here, we sought evidence to implicate nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and/or heme oxygenase …

[HTML][HTML] Heme oxygenase byproducts variably influences myocardial and autonomic dysfunctions induced by the cyclosporine/diclofenac regimen in female rats

KS Ibrahim, AF El-Yazbi, HM El-Gowelli… - Biomedicine & …, 2018 - Elsevier
We recently reported that exposure to cyclosporine (CSA) plus diclofenac causes
hypertension and impairs left ventricular (LV) and cardiac autonomic functions in female …