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Clinical relevance of biomarkers for the identification of patients with carotid atherosclerotic plaque: Potential role and limitations of cysteine protease legumain
Asymptomatic carotid artery stenoses are common in the elderly population [1]. The presence of a carotid plaque is a major risk factor for the occurrence of athero-embolic stroke [2], and is associated with a higher incidence of silent brain ischemia [3]. Biomarkers, in addition to traditional cardiovascular risk factors, can help identify patients at risk of bearing an asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis, leading to the implementation of effective ultrasonographic screening programs [4]. In particular, inflammatory regulators, such as interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor- α, were shown to predict the presence and cha...
Source: Atherosclerosis - January 16, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Enrico Ammirati, Federica Fogacci Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Diversity of Organism-Wide and Organ-Specific Endothelial Cells
AbstractPurpose of ReviewEndothelial cells are of great importance in many types of diseases including the coronary artery diseases in heart and stroke in brain. In this review, we explore the heterogeneity among endothelial cells from an organism-wide, organ-specific, and healthy versus disease perspective.Recent FindingsRecent studies addressing the cellular heterogeneity between arterial versus venous endothelial cells (ECs) have revealed that arterial ECs have tighter junctions, a decreased immune response, anticoagulant properties while veins have both anticoagulant and procoagulant properties. Blood and lymphatic ECs...
Source: Current Cardiology Reports - February 7, 2020 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

A review on the role of MEG8 lncRNA in human disorders
Cancer Cell Int. 2022 Sep 16;22(1):285. doi: 10.1186/s12935-022-02705-9.ABSTRACTMaternally expressed 8 (MEG8) is a long non-coding RNA which is expressed in the nucleus. It is highly expressed in adrenal, placenta and brain. Recent studies have shown contribution of MEG8 in different disorders ranging from neoplastic ones to diabetic nephropathy, atherosclerosis, ischemic stroke, trophoblast dysfunction and abortion, Henoch-Schonlein purpura and osteoarthritis. It has an oncogenic role in the development of lung, pancreatic and liver cancer. In the current review, we summarize the role of this lncRNA in mentioned disorders...
Source: Atherosclerosis - September 16, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard Tayyebeh Khoshbakht Bashdar Mahmud Hussen Mohammad Taheri Seyedpouzhia Shojaei Source Type: research

Neuroprotective effect of aloe emodin against Huntington's disease-like symptoms in R6/1 transgenic mice
Food Funct. 2023 May 16. doi: 10.1039/d3fo00156c. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAloe emodin is a natural anthraquinone derived from aloe or rhubarb, showing anti-renal fibrosis, anti-atherosclerosis and anti-cancer effects. Aloe emodin also shows neuroprotective effects in ischemic stroke rats. Naturally, anthraquinone derivatives generally have the effect of inhibiting the transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) pathway. There is an increase in the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) and TGF-β1 levels in both Huntington's disease (HD) patients' brains and HD transgenic mice. Thus, we hypothesized tha...
Source: Atherosclerosis - May 16, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nan Yan Shuai Wang Haotian Gao Jiaqi Chen Jiahui Cao Pengsheng Wei Xue Li Ying Yu Yan Wang Yalin Niu Yijie Wang Shuyuan Liu Ge Jin Source Type: research

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