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Stroke Prevention: Little-Known and Neglected Aspects
Combining available therapies has the potential to reduce the risk of stroke by 80% or more. A comprehensive review of all aspects of stroke prevention would be very lengthy; in this narrative review, we focus on some aspects of stroke prevention that are little-known and/or neglected. These include the following: (1) implementation of a Mediterranean diet; (2) B vitamins to lower homocysteine; (3) coordinated approaches to smoking cessation; (4) intensive lipid-lowering therapy; (5) lipid lowering in the elderly; (6) physiologically individualized therapy for hypertension based on renin/aldosterone phenotyping; (7) avoidi...
Source: Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 27, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Mild traumatic brain injury increases vulnerability to cerebral ischemia in mice
Exp Neurol. 2021 May 13:113765. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113765. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRecent studies have reported that TBI is an independent risk factor for subsequent stroke. Here, we tested the hypothesis that TBI would exacerbate experimental stroke outcomes via alternations in neuroimmune and neurometabolic function. We performed a mild closed-head TBI and then one week later induced an experimental stroke in adult male mice. Mice that had previously experienced TBI exhibited larger infarcts, greater functional deficits, and more pronounced neuroinflammatory responses to stroke. We hypothesized that impa...
Source: Experimental Neurology - May 16, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Zachary M Weil Kate Karelina Bailey Whitehead Ruth Velazquez-Cruz Robin Oliverio Mark Pinti Divine C Nwafor Samuel Nicholson Julie A Fitzgerald John Hollander Candice M Brown Ning Zhang A Courtney DeVries Source Type: research

Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors and Protection Against stroke in Patients with type 2 Diabetes and Impaired Renal Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
It is well established that diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, including ischemic stroke. Among past antidiabetic agents, only pioglitazone and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) have been shown to decrease the risk of stroke.1-5 Similarly, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) were expected to reduce the risk of stroke, considering their blood pressure lowering and neuroprotective effects demonstrated by experimental studies.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - March 10, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Fotios Barkas, Sebastian Filippas Ntekouan, Evangelos Liberopoulos, Theodosios Filippatos, Haralampos Milionis Source Type: research

The effect of type 2 diabetes on CD36 expression and the uptake of oxLDL: Diabetes affects CD36 and oxLDL uptake.
Abstract We investigated whether type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), a risk factor of stroke, affects the level of scavenger receptor CD36 and the uptake of its ligand, oxidized LDL (oxLDL); and whether pioglitazone, a drug that enhances CD36, promotes oxLDL uptake. Compared to normoglycemic db/+ mice, adult db/db mice showed a pronounced reduction in surface CD36 expression on myeloid cells from the blood, brain, and bone marrow as detected by flow cytometry, which correlated with elevated plasma soluble-CD36 as determined by ELISA. Increased CD36 expression was found in brain macrophages and microglia of both genot...
Source: Experimental Neurology - September 10, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Kanoke A, Nishijima Y, Ljungberg M, Omodaka S, Yang SY, Wong S, Rabiller G, Tominaga T, Hsieh CL, Liu J Tags: Exp Neurol Source Type: research

Medical Management for Secondary Stroke Prevention
This article reviews the evidence base and recommendations for medical management for secondary stroke prevention. RECENT FINDINGS Recent developments for secondary stroke prevention include evidence to support the use of short-term dual antiplatelet therapy after minor stroke and transient ischemic attack, direct oral anticoagulants for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, reversal agents for direct oral anticoagulant–associated hemorrhage, and aspirin rather than presumptive anticoagulation with a direct oral anticoagulant for embolic stroke of undetermined source. SUMMARY Most strokes are preventable. The mainstays ...
Source: CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology - April 1, 2020 Category: Neurology Tags: REVIEW ARTICLES Source Type: research

Pioglitazone May Lower Risk for Recurrent Stroke in Prediabetic Stroke Patients: Why Some Neurologists Are Not Ready to Prescribe It
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Source: Neurology Today - March 21, 2019 Category: Neurology Tags: In the Pipeline Source Type: research

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Source: JAMA Neurology - March 18, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Stroke Patients With Prediabetes Benefit From Pioglitazone
(MedPage Today) -- IRIS analysis finds lower CV, diabetes risk in this subgroup
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - February 8, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Pioglitazone Therapy in Patients With Stroke and Prediabetes
This post hoc analysis of Insulin Resistance Intervention After Stroke (IRIS) randomized clinical trial assesses the association of pioglitazone vs placebo with recurrent stroke, myocardial infarction, and other cardiovascular events.
Source: JAMA Neurology - February 7, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Potential New Horizons for the Prevention of Cerebrovascular Diseases and Dementia
In this issue ofJAMA Neurology, Spence et al discuss the effect of pioglitazone, an insulin-sensitizing agent that has been shown to reduce the risk of recurrent stroke and myocardial infarction in patients with insulin resistance, in patients with prediabetes. Prediabetes was defined according to the American Diabetes Association criteria, ie, a hemoglobin A1c level of 5.7% to 6.4% or a fasting plasma glucose level of 100 to 125 mg/dL. Data were taken from the Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke (IRIS) study, an international randomized clinical trial performed in patients with previous stroke or transient ischem...
Source: JAMA Neurology - February 7, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Correction to: Treatment with the PPAR γ Agonist Pioglitazone in the Early Post-ischemia Phase Inhibits Pro-inflammatory Responses and Promotes Neurogenesis Via the Activation of Innate- and Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells in Rats
AbstractIn the original publication of the article, the second author (Keiko T. Kitazato) was missing.
Source: Translational Stroke Research - November 26, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Treatment with the PPAR γ Agonist Pioglitazone in the Early Post-ischemia Phase Inhibits Pro-inflammatory Responses and Promotes Neurogenesis Via the Activation of Innate- and Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells in Rats
AbstractNeurogenesis is essential for a good post-stroke outcome. Exogenous stem cells are currently being tested to promote neurogenesis after stroke. Elsewhere, we demonstrated that treatment with the PPAR γ agonist pioglitazone (PGZ) before cerebral ischemia induction reduced brain damage and activated survival-related genes in ovariectomized (OVX) rats. Here, we tested our hypothesis that post-ischemia treatment with PGZ inhibits brain damage and contributes to neurogenesis via activated stem cells . Bone marrow (BM) cells of 7-week-old Wistar female rats were replaced with BM cells from green fluorescent protein-tran...
Source: Translational Stroke Research - November 6, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

In the Clinic-Stroke Prevention: Who Would Benefit Most from Taking Pioglitazone to Prevent Stroke? A Model for Assessing Risk for Potential Benefits and Harms
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Source: Neurology Today - November 2, 2017 Category: Neurology Tags: Features Source Type: research

Which Patients With Ischemic Stroke and Insulin Resistance May Benefit From Pioglitazone?
The Insulin Resistance Intervention After Stroke (IRIS) trial has reported that treating insulin resistance with the peroxisome proliferator –activated receptor γ agonist pioglitazone hydrochloride reduced recurrent stroke or myocardial infarction (MI) by about one-fourth compared with placebo (pioglitazone, 9.0% vs placebo, 11.8%; hazard ratio [HR], 0.76; 95% CI, 0.62-0.93) in 3876 patients with recent (<6 months) ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack and insulin resistance but without diabetes, heart failure, or bladder cancer. Pioglitazone was also associated with less incident diabetes vs placebo (3.8% vs ...
Source: JAMA Neurology - November 1, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: research