Mechanisms of Pericyte-Mediated Cancer Metastasis. [PDF]
Pericytes play multifarious roles in promoting cancer metastasis by facilitating metastatic cancer cell dissemination, circulating tumor cell survival, tissue extravasation, premetastatic niche formation, and metastatic tumor growth. These cells have intertwined interactions with vascular endothelial cells to modulate cancer cell behavior and ...
Guo Z, Cao Y.
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Graphical abstract summarizing the study design, main results and key findings Abstract Background and Aims Fatty liver disease (FLD) has been associated with excess mortality. Screening for hepatic steatosis (HS) in patients with metabolic dysfunction is therefore recommended by several guidelines, despite a paucity of evidence on the clinical ...
Laurens A. van Kleef +5 more
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Serum vitamin D levels, diabetes and cardio-metabolic risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians [PDF]
Assesses levels of serum 25(OH)D in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and explores relationships between 25(OH)D and cardio-metabolic risk factors and diabetes.
Lu, Zhong X +30 more
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Age at menarche and its association with the metabolic syndrome and its components [PDF]
The metabolic syndrome is a major public health challenge and identifies persons at risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to examine the association between age at menarche and the metabolic syndrome (IDF and NCEP ATP ...
Döring, Angela +9 more
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Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in Chinese adolescents [PDF]
Since national figures on the occurrence of metabolic syndrome among Chinese adolescents are lacking, this study aims to estimate its prevalence and distribution among Chinese youngsters.
Yang, X. +6 more
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Association of arterial stiffness with single nucleotide polymorphism rs1333049 and metabolic risk factors [PDF]
The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.cardiab.com/content/12/1/93. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.
Veerapol Kukongviriyapan +23 more
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Sex differences in risk factors for cardiovascular disease: the PERU MIGRANT study. [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Although men and women have similar risk factors for cardiovascular disease, many social behaviors in developing countries differ by sex. Rural-to-urban migrants have different cardiovascular risk profiles than rural or urban dwellers.
Bernabe-Ortiz Antonio +19 more
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Development and Validation of an Explainable Machine Learning Model for Identifying Hypertension Status in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an independent risk factor for hypertension (HTN) worldwide; however, OSA‐related HTN is frequently overlooked in clinical practice, partly because of the limitations of traditional clinical blood pressure measurements.
Wei F +5 more
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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Psychiatric Inpatients: A Naturalistic Study [PDF]
The aim of this naturalistic survey was to measure the prevalence of metabolic syndrome by collating data on routine physical investigation in an acute psychiatric inpatient population.
Batugedara, Anuja +4 more
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The impact of obesity and inflammation on metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type two diabetes in black and white South African women [PDF]
[T]he overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the ethnic-specific role of inflammation in obesity and related metabolic risk factors associated with T2DM and CVD in apparently healthy black and white premenopausal South African ...
Evans, Juliet P
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