Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease which is a major cause of coronary heart
disease and stroke in humans. It is characterized by intimal plaques and cholesterol …

Vitamins are essential constituents of our diet that have long been known to influence the
immune system. Vitamins A and D have received particular attention in recent years as …

Endothelial cells situated at the interface between blood and the vessel wall play a crucial
role in controlling vascular tone and homeostasis, particularly in determining the expression …

Oxidative modification of LDL is known to elicit an array of pro-atherogenic responses, but it
is generally underappreciated that oxidized LDL (OxLDL) exists in multiple forms …

Recent evaluations of diet quality in the UK reveal that two thirds of people still do not
consume the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables per day. Fruit and …

Plasma total homocysteine (Hcy) has been associated with cardiovascular risk in multiple
large-scale epidemiological studies, and it has been considered as an independent risk …

Carvedilol is one of the most effective beta blockers for preventing ventricular
tachyarrhythmias in heart failure, but the mechanisms underlying its favorable antiarrhythmic …

Oxidative stress is associated with many chronic diseases. In this review, we look at the role
that oxidative stress may play in diabetes and related cardiovascular disease (CVD) and …

Hyperlipidemia, inflammation and altered antioxidant profiles are the usual complications in
diabetes mellitus. In the present study, we investigated the therapeutic potential of taurine in …

Mitochondria combine the production of energy with an efficient chain of reduction–oxidation
(redox) reactions but also with the unavoidable production of reactive oxygen species …