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C2238/αANP modulates apolipoprotein E through Egr-1/miR199a in vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro [PDF]

, 2015
Subjects carrying the T2238C ANP gene variant have a higher risk to suffer a stroke or myocardial infarction. The mechanisms through which T2238C/αANP exerts detrimental vascular effects need to be fully clarified.
Bianchi, Franca, Cotugno, Maria, DI CASTRO, SARA, FRATI, GIACOMO, MARCHITTI, Simona, RUBATTU, Speranza Donatella, SCARPINO, Stefania, SCIARRETTA, SEBASTIANO, Stanzione, Rosita, VOLPE, Massimo   +9 more
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Impact of COVID-19 Infection on Regional Periocoronary Inflammation: An Angio-CT Study of Epicardial Fat Attenuation

Romanian Journal of Cardiology, 2023
It is currently well-known that inflammation plays an essential role in all phases of atherosclerosis. Recent CT studies showed that atherosclerotic plaques found in the right coronary arteries (RCA) display a greater number of features that increase ...
Mátyás Botond, Benedek Imre, Opincariu Diana, Blîndu Emanuel, Rosea Aurelian, Rodean loana, Benedek Bianka, Benedek Theodora   +7 more
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Colchicine therapy in acute coronary syndrome patients acts on caspase-1 to suppress NLRP3 inflammasome monocyte activation [PDF]

, 2016
Inflammasome activation, with subsequent release of pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and IL-18, has recently been implicated in atherosclerosis-associated inflammation. This study aims to assess in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients (
Christina Bursill, Cloe A Payet, David S Celermajer, Gonzalo J Martínez, Jennifer Y Barraclough, Sanjay Patel, Stacy Robertson, † ‡, † ‡   +8 more
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Acute cardiac inflammatory responses to postischemic reperfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass [PDF]

, 1999
Objectives: The investigation centers on whether there is a reperfusion-induced specific cardiac inflammatory reaction after bypass surgery. Background: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) leads to systemic inflammation.
Becker, Bernhard F., Hartl, Heinz, Hähnel, Christoph, Massoudy, Parwis, Meisner, Hans, Zahler, Stefan   +5 more
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Systemic Inflammation and COVID-19 Mortality in Patients with Major Noncommunicable Diseases: Chronic Coronary Syndromes, Diabetes and Obesity

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021
COVID-19 is currently considered an inflammatory disease affecting the entire organism. In severe forms, an augmented inflammatory response leads to the fulminant “cytokine storm”, which may result in severe multisystemic end-organ damage. Apart from the
Andreea-Luciana Buicu, S. Cernea, I. Benedek, Corneliu Florin Buicu, T. Benedek   +4 more
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Apolipoprotein E related Co-Morbidities and Alzheimer’s disease [PDF]

, 2016
The primary goal of advancement in clinical services is to provide a health care system that enhances an individual’s quality of life. Incidence of diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and associated dementia coupled with the advancing age of the ...
Akiyama, Alharbi, Armitage, Armitage, Armitage, Balin, Barbieri, Bergdahl, Berliner, Borilova Linhartova, Borrell-Pages, Bowling, Braak, Braak, Brown, Bu, Buchanan, Burt, Cambell, Cavrini, Chiu, Chukkapalli, Chukkapalli, Chukkapalli, Cole, Corder, Corrada, Curtiss, Cutler, De Oliveira, DeFronzo, DeStefano, Desvarieux, Duarte, Epel, Farrer, Forner, Foster, Freitag-Wolf, Galbraith, Gan, Gao, Genco, Grehan, Grossi, Habib, Haffajee, Hajishengalis, Hajishengalis, Haraszthy, Hardardottir, Hardy, Harold, Harper, Hayashi, Hayden, Heiduschka, Helfand, Het, Hitt, Holt, Hu, Huang, Hunter, Hutton, Imhof, Iqbal, Itzhaki, Jagannathachary, Joiner, Kamer, Kamer, Kamer, Katz, Khovidhunkit, Klein, Kliegel, Kolovou, Kornman, Kozarov, Kubota, Lalla, Lambert, Lesne, Leszcynska, Libby, Machado, Mahley, Mahley, Mahley, Mahley, Maney, Marti, McGeer, Michalowicz, Miklossy, Miklossy, Miller, Mooradian, Moutsopoulos, Nagpal, Neto, Nicoll, Noble, Okuda, Olsen, Ono, O’Brien, Papapanou, Perls, Pitas, Pizzo, Poirier, Poling, Poole, Poole, Rivera, Riviere, Rogers, Rohn, Roses, Roses, Rowe, Saito, Saunders, Scannapieco, Schuett, Shao, Singhrao, Singhrao, Singhrao, Singhrao, Small, Smit, Socransky, Soscia, Stein, Strittmatter, Strittmatter, Sullivan, Velsko, Walsh, Walsh, Watkins, Weisgraber, Wetterau, Wilson, Young   +147 more
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Computed Tomography: Assessment of Coronary Inflammation and Other Plaque Features.

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 2019
Unstable coronary plaques that are prone to erosion and rupture are the major cause of acute coronary syndromes. Our expanding understanding of the biological mechanisms of coronary atherosclerosis and rapid technological advances in the field of medical
E. Oikonomou, Henry West, Charalambos Antoniades   +2 more
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Evaluation of peri-plaque pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation in coronary atherosclerosis using a dual-layer spectral detector CT

Frontiers in Medicine
PurposeThis study aimed to evaluate the differences between pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) attenuation at different measured locations in evaluating coronary atherosclerosis using spectral computed tomography (CT) and to explore valuable imaging ...
Yulin Jia, Lei Zou, Lei Zou, Ming Xue, Xiaoyu Zhang, Xigang Xiao   +5 more
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Circulating interleukin-10 and risk of cardiovascular events: a prospective study in the elderly at risk [PDF]

, 2011
<p><b>Objective:</b> The goal of this study was to examine the association of the antiinflammatory interleukin-10 (IL-10) with risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).</p> <p><b>Methods and Results:</b> In the ...
Craen, A.J.M. de, Ford, I., Jukema, J.W., McInnes, I.B., Murray, H.M., Packard, C.J., PROSPER Study Grp, Sattar, N., Stott, D.J., Trompet, S., Welsh, P., Westendorp, R.G.J.   +11 more
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Isolated Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Coronary Vasculitis and Valvulitis

JACC: Case Reports, 2021
A 30-year-old woman presented with angina pectoris. Coronary angiography revealed severe stenosis in the left main and right coronary arteries that did not improve with intracoronary nitroglycerin.
Yoon Kook Kim, MD, Praveen Chekka, MD, Manu Mysore, MD, James Childress, MD, Maha Alfaraidhy, MD, Afton Thomas, DO, Bradley Taylor, MD, Jamal Mikdashi, MD, Stanley Liu, MD, Libin Wang, MD, PhD   +9 more
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