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Association of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with cardiovascular disease: a US-National Inpatient Perspective
ConclusionsThe prevalence of CVD is high among patients with ADPKD, and the most important risk factor associated with CVD is severity of RD. We found an increase in the trend of hospitalizations of patients with ADPKD associated with increased risk of AF, PHN, NICM, and hemorrhagic stroke. History of CVD is the strongest predictor of mortality among patients with ADPKD.
Source: Clinical and Experimental Nephrology - February 25, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research

PPARγ is a gatekeeper for extracellular matrix and vascular cell homeostasis: beneficial role in pulmonary hypertension and renal/cardiac/pulmonary fibrosis
Purpose of review Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by pulmonary arterial endothelial cell (PAEC) dysfunction and apoptosis, pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell (PASMC) proliferation, inflammation, vasoconstriction, and metabolic disturbances that include disrupted bone morphogenetic protein receptor (BMPR2)-peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) axis and DNA damage. Activation of PPARγ improves many of these mechanisms, although erroneous reports on potential adverse effects of thiazolidinedione (TZD)-class PPARγ agonists reduced their clinical use in the past decade. Here, we...
Source: Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension - January 30, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HYPERTENSION: Edited by Nancy J. Brown Source Type: research

High Right Ventricular Stroke Work Index Is Associated with Worse Kidney Function in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Conclusion: High right ventricular workload indicated by high RVSWI is associated with worse renal function in patients with Cpc-PH. Further prospective studies are needed to better understand this association.Cardiorenal Med 2018;8:123 –129
Source: Cardiorenal Medicine - February 28, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research

Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 and diminazene: role in cardiovascular and blood pressure regulation
Purpose of review: Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is an important regulator of the renin–angiotensin system through actions to degrade angiotensin II. Loss of ACE2 can contribute to the development and progression of cardiovascular disease, and experimental studies have highlighted a beneficial role for novel therapeutic approaches that activate or replenish tissue ACE2. This review focuses on experimental studies that have used the off-target effects of the antitrypanosomal agent, diminazene aceturate (DIZE) to activate ACE2. Recent findings: In cardiovascular disease, activation of the classical renin–angiot...
Source: Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension - August 5, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS: Edited by Adam Whaley-Connell and Sankar D. Navaneethan Source Type: research